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the HTC One m8 has been shrunken down to size perhaps for some users out there hey it's Josh reguar from Android authority what's going on everybody and here is your first look at the HTC One mini two of course we're going to start off with the design and what we have here is a phone quite literally the same as the HTC One m8 just shrunken down for a better and more accessible size and as essentially what the mini device is supposed to be and that's what you get here it's really the same design the language that was found in the original with this hairline brush metal on the back and of course the Busan speakers found on the top and bottom of the front of the device that screen by the way is a four point five inch screen coming in at 720p resolution you have a five megapixel front facing shooter up top as well but another design aesthetic that comes back from the original HTC One mini is this plastic ring that goes around the device on the silver versions of the original and also of the second one you'll see that that lip is white it's white plastic all around which was a design choice that we actually thought was a pretty nice change going to let's say the HTC One mini of last year and also the HTC One Maxx but it does return here as well though I am using the gunmetal gray version of this device in which they that plastic lip is black and it blends in a lot better with this device so it's not necessarily something that you would really notice as compared to the silver version as you go around the device the you'll find that at least on the top the power button is so much easier to to reach as compared to the original Big Brother flagship and if you thought that that phone was really large you just have to grip this phone and then be able to turn on the screen a lot easier because that power button is easily reachable with your index finger the power or rather the volume buttons on the left side are silver on the version that I'm using but now we have been told that in the final production units these will be great to better blend in with the rest of the aesthetic but once you get over to the back it does there's a telltale sign here as well that this is a different phone compared to its flagship Big Brother and that is of course the exclusion of the dual camera here up top you're not getting the same optics package either when it comes to the HTC One mini two as this is not an ultra pixel camera normally for ultra pixels are what you get for the shooters and flagship HTC devices but much like the htc desire 816 that was very recently released you get a 13 megapixel more standardized camera here on the HTC One mini 2 after that it's like I said before the same general aesthetic but what is great about this device and what is probably going to strike a lot of you most is how easy it is to handle the smaller devices are definitely a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of the flagship devices that we're dealing with now at around 5 or even more inches and they are also a little bit harder to maneuver in one hand but that's not the case with the HTC One mini 2 as I've already mentioned the display is a 720p resolution display coming at 4.5 inches for this device and while you might be a screen nut or someone who really craves higher resolutions you really won't be seeing much of a difference on this particular display especially because it is smaller 720p is perfect for a display of this size and with the darker motif of Sense 6 it shows that the contrast is pretty good and after that the color reproduction also looks quite good as well so doing anything from watching media to playing games on here should be fine after getting underneath the surface you'll find the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 it is the lower tier processing package compared to let's say the 6 or the 800 obviously but it is a quad core processor clocked in at 1.2 gigahertz back to by 1 gigabyte of RAM now that should still provide you everything you need to perform your general tasks those of you who require more advanced processing packages for more advanced tasks will obviously look to the HTC One m8 but at least on here you still should be able to get everything you need done in a very quick manner because Sense 6 is one of the more minimalistic operating systems out there and it should still provide you a snappy experience those sensors that will would trigger when you bring the phone up to your face on the HTC One m8 are not found here so you will not be turning on the screen and a number of different unique ways but at least like I said already you will be able to reach that power buck up top very easily as far as on-board storage goes you get 16 gigabytes on the HTC One mini 2 but also you have a micro SD card slot which is a great addition to here and it is expandable of with cards of up to 1 and 28 gigabytes of capacity the battery is a 2100 milliamp hour units that is pretty sizable for a device of this size and should provide quite a bit of longevity and finally just talking about the camera while the camera is a 13 megapixel shooter in this sense it's a more standardized optics package it does still provide pretty much the same experience that you would expect from an HTC camera you aren't able to still put together zoe's but the Zoe camera is not included in the modes and after that you also don't have the Pan 360 it's more of a standardized experience with the regular camera the selfie camera and then after that you have of course the ability to create zoe's in the gallery that will then be shared into the Zoe app which is included in the device and finally in software we have sent six the latest version of sens from HTC that what's called Sixth Sense for a little out there but nonetheless it comes without what you would see in the HTC One m8 it's obviously just brought down to size and that includes blinkfeed which is one of the in my opinion best news aggregation ii screams that is available that are available out there and it is an enhanced version that now uses tiles in a very flat manner instead of the paginated layouts to bring you all of your news feeds in a very attractive way after that you can always hunker down into specific sources if you wish which is a feature I always loved about it but once you put blink feet aside it's a pretty standardized Android experience what with the home screens the notification drop-down with the quick settings shade the app drawer and of course the canvas for all of your widgets icons and folders so you're getting a very simplistic layout on here that is a really easy way of getting into Android one of the easier operating systems to use out there and that was a feather in the cap of the HTC One m8 but now it is of course a feather in the cap of the HTC One mini two and so there you have it for the HTC One mini two in this quick look as you can already see there I'm holding it very easily in my hand and it's just small enough room to be able to grip it like this and that is really the charm of the HTC One mini two and that's what it was for the original mini as well the fact that are greatly put together flagship device has been brought down to size and it brings some of the best that the original had to offer and puts it in a size that plenty of users out there will enjoy better than the larger five plus inch devices out there that make one-handed usage a little bit more difficult so keep it tuned to Andrew thority for all of the coverage including our future review of the HTC One mini - keep it tuned here for all of the best reviews comparisons weekly shows and also all content from the likes of Joe James Kevin the tech ninja and lawn Winn so keep it tuned here's android thority because we are your source for all things Android