After
a couple of months after the start of sales of HTC One (M8) the company
produces a smaller version of its flagship. Unlike competitors, all the design
features apparatus carefully preserved.
Android-smartphone
very much and most of them are not distinguished design. Even among the
expensive models beautiful phones made of high quality materials, very little.
As we move down the price scale deficit increases. Almost all manufacturers are
trying to maintain design continuity with the older models, but necessary to
reduce the cost trade-offs still affected.
For
example, younger model Xperia Z1, the unit with the suffix Compact, a back
cover made of transparent plastic, not glass, as the older model, and user
forums are full of anger about the scratches on the case. Sometimes a negative
contribution is not the body, and "slaughtered" functionality - so,
Galaxy S4 mini is equipped with a screen resolution of 960x540, which at a
diagonal 4.3 "gives a nasty eye graininess. Therefore, buy a smaller size
device, without harming either his sense of beauty or purse, has long been
problematic - in fact the choice was limited to the iPhone pre-penultimate
models.
Decent
alternative to this solution offers HTC mini-version of its flagship fresh One
(M8). When reduced to 4.5 "diagonal One Mini 2 offers the same metal body
in a variety of shades, HD-display and excellent performance, as well as the
latest version of the proprietary interface Sense - almost all in the older
model. The main technical differences, except for the reduced the screen is to
provide a processor - this quad Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, as well as the camera
- instead camera with additional sensor "depth" is applied normal to
the market 13-megapixel camera with good performance (f / 2.2, the
back-illuminated sensor BSI CMOS).
The
front facing camera is the same as in the flagship model - a 5MP sensor paired
with wide-angle, which would make a self-portrait (more recently known for his
jargon Anglicism’s "self") is not only the owner, but also a small
company of 3-4 people. At the same time phone communications were not affected
at all: there is also NFC, and 4G (LTE), and the latest version of Bluetooth,
suitable for communication with smart clock and fitness trackers. Compared with
last year's One Mini, the most significant improvement is the emergence of a
memory card slot, NFC and increased battery.
As
usual, the strengths of HTC is gradually revealed in the use of the device. The
screen is not only clear but also clearly visible in the sun and perfectly
conveys the color; speakerphone; Android 4.4 and the interface is polished and
refined, although it would seem, and so good. Compared with the older model,
there is no possibility of "natural control» (motion launch) and, accordingly,
the perforated cover Dot View. This is perhaps the only thing in the HTC One
Mini 2 can truly sorry.
