When having to decide if your next smartphone will be the HTC One Mini or the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini , you might as well state the question which of the flagships of the manufacturers will be your future companion since both devices fight with the same advantages and disadvantages as the mini...

Bright display; Good processing; High-grade material; Stereo loudspeakers; The device seems very high-grade and sturdy due to the usage of aluminum.

Non-interchangeable battery; Memory expansion via SD card not possible; Only 1GB RAM; High buying price; Faint display of self-taken photographs; The RRP of 449 Euros (~$599) is clearly too high since the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are available for a surcharge of nearly 50 and 100 Euros (~$66 and...

My encounter with the HTC One mini underlines the increasing irrelevance of specs to the smartphone user experience. HTC managed to chop the One's processing credentials in half without introducing any tangible performance shortcomings.

Best display at this size; Performs as well as the higher-spec One; High build quality

Poor camera results; Limited battery life; Sense is still a burden rather than a boon

If today's supersized smartphones are too much for you to handle, the HTC One Mini ($99.99) may be your salvation. It's a smaller phone like the competing Moto X , but still plenty roomy and powerful for the price. The thing about this size phone is that it's easy to use with a single hand.

Very easy to use with a single hand; Nicely crafted; Sharp, responsive screen.

Lower-end processor; Middling reception; No memory card slot or removable battery.

The HTC One is the best Android smartphone on the planet, but its 4.7-inch design might be too large for some. That's where the AT&T-exclusive HTC One Mini comes in. At 4.3 inches, the $99 Mini was built specifically for one-handed use, and it still sports dual front speakers along with a (mostly)...

, and continues with the technology introduced in the HTC One. Namely a 4 megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and f/2.0 lens, designed to give better low light performance than other higher resolution sensors, although the HTC One Mini does not benefit from the optical image stabilisation in the

Large clear bright 4.3inch screen; Extremely responsive and quick in use; Impressive HDR stills and video; Great looking phone; Fast continuous shooting; Bright f/2.0 lens; 2 year warranty; Very good panoramic mode; Extremely thin

No physical shutter release button; Only 4 megapixel sensor - daylight shots lack detail; Lacks optical image stabilisation; Can get warm in use; Ignores ISO setting; LED Flash

The 4 "ultrapixel" (marketing mumbo-jumbo) camera offers called Zoe. It offers many images post processing effects such as skin smoothening, red-eye removal, and anti-shine. Sequence Shot is an excellent feature that combines multiple images in a single frame to convey the action.

Impressive design; Sturdy build; Sharp screen; Elegant UI; Great sound quality

Disappointing camera; Expensive; Limited storage

The HTC one mini is similar to the HTC One only lighter, slimmer and less expensive. The screen is sharp and the images resolution is high. The sound quality is also great. As expected, there are fewer features than the HTC one but if you are not looking for specifically high qualities, this is the...

Sound quality; Screen display; comfortable size; price and design

Memory is only 16 GB with no external storage

On paper, the naming of the HTC One mini makes perfect sense. The mini is a mid-to-high-end aluminum-clad smart

Aluminum design is solid and premium, complemented by fantastic Super LCD 2 display; Decent (but not high-end) performance from the Snapdragon 400

As neither a premium nor cheap 4.3-inch device, the HTC One presents better value for money; The "Ultrapixel" camera is still disappointing, more so without OIS

A fast and responsive smartphone, but let down by meagre storage

Building a mini version of your popular flagship handset seems to be the in-thing among Tier 1 smartphone makers and once again, we have Samsung to thank (or resent) for this. If memory serves us correctly, the S3 mini really kick-started this craze and soon other OEMs were also infected with this...