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I'm Andrew Hoffa CNET and I'm here with the HTC One mini it's a sleek all-metal Android phone it's a little easier to slip into your pocket now as the name suggests the mini is smaller than the previous HTC One its screen measures 4.3 inches which is knocking naught point 4 inches off the full-size model a van not might seem like much but it actually makes it much more comfortable to hold in one hand in terms of its design is not that much different from the full-size version you'll see it still has a full metal construction that feels just as luxurious here as it did on the previous model on the front are the same two boomsound speakers now these gave a really full sound for a phone on the last one so hopefully they'll give just as good performance here the screen resolution has been knocked down to 720p but the smaller size means it doesn't take as many pixels to cram in to make it look as sharp I've only had a brief eyes on so far but it already looks quite good it's powered by a dual rather than quad-core processor but Qualcomm reckons that it can still give very good performance we'll have to wait until the full review to see how it really stacks up it comes running for latest Android 4.2.2 jelly bean software now it's big brother has just seen an update to the latest version so it is good to see that this will be launching with the latest software onboard you'll see the same HTC Sense software with the big minimalist tiles in the menus and the blinkfeed scrolling news panel on your homescreen around the back you'll see the same four megapixel camera now HTC reckons that the individual pixels have been made physically larger which theoretically gives better image quality overall I was very impressed with this tech on the normal HTC one so fingers crossed it will be able to give at least comparable performance so while the HTC One mini doesn't have the same key specs as its big brother it does have a sleek design a great interface and it's a lot more pocket-friendly there's no word on pricing yet but hopefully we will be getting a mid-range price to match respects when it launches in the UK in August I'm Andrew coil for CNET and this is the HTC One mini