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this coverage of MWC is brought to you by bitdefender mobile security LG has also taken the shrink ray to its flagship device but the story is not quite as simple as you might think hey it's Josh regard from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is your first look at the LG g2 mini as you might be able to glean from the video here but also from the first look at the G pro 2 we have a little bit of a different design element going on here as the glossy plastic that somewhat defined the g2 has been done away with for a more matted design on both the bigger and smaller versions of their flagship device what we have here is a very small phone at 4.7 inches in the screen and also with a very light weight of 121 grams this is definitely a phone that is very easy to use in one hand and is quite refreshing the display as I said is 4.7 inches and is a qHD IPS display that comes in at 960 by 540 resolution now you might think that that resolution is a little bit lower than you would want however what LG has was very keen to tell us was that the g2 mini is not geared towards the people who want the flagship specs inside of just a smaller body they're looking to create the g2 mini for a demographic that isn't looking for the high specifications and is an entry point for all of those who want to get into LG's camp underneath the surface we do have two different versions of the LG g2 mini that will support either the 1.2 gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 but also there is a version that is available with the Tegra 4 I by Nvidia clocked in at 1.7 gigahertz which is a version we're very excited to check out as far as the other bits go you do have 8 gigabytes of on-board storage on there with one gigabyte of RAM and an SD card slot to bolster that onboard storage and as far as the battery goes it is a removable 24 40 million power unit that for a device of this size should be able to give you some good longevity as far as the camera goes as we do see two different versions of the chipsets that could be available in the g2 mini we also see two different cameras from what we can tell the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 version will have an eight megapixel shooter but the NVIDIA Tegra 4i version can support a 13 mm pixel camera as far as its functionality goes it is pretty standard fare especially if you've used any optimist UI powered cameras in the past from LG's camp and finally when it comes to the software we still have the same version of the Optimus UI that you will find on the G pro 2 and updated in the original g2 along with all of the enhancements that LG is planning on putting into it including the updated knock-on feature called the NOC code which we had a lot of fun using in order to easily unlock the device in a very unique fashion however the Optimus UI is in need of a bit of a refresh especially considering its in-your-face features that pretty much take up a lot of the real estate on the screen especially on a screen as small as this you might find that the Optimus View eye is a little bit much for some we do see the value in LG creating a device in the g2 mini that is not necessarily the most powerful device just packed into a smaller form factor but is a device that many people can use as an entry point into the LG line and the g2 mini is a good representation of what LG can do when it comes to their great smartphones so keep it tuned to Android a thority for all the best coverage including our coverage of the g2 mini and for the rest of the Mobile World Congress here at Barcelona Spain