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hey everyone this is Anton and you're watching the HTC One mini vs. HTC One comparison on Pocket now but you notice that I don't have any devices with me that's because we're gonna do things a little bit differently this time we are using the HTC One mini to record this intro so let's get to the comparison when we started using the HTC One mini as our daily driver after installing everything and mirroring our HTC One setup we were surprised to see that the HTC One mini was snappy really snappy of course if you want to see just how snappy the HTC One is check out our full review over at PocketNow for all the details while you're at it follow us on social media to be among the first to see our videos and posts we thought you'd like to see a side-by-side the HTC 2013 mini flagship and the ness four mini competitor versus the HTC One flagship the Samsung Galaxy s4 competition so here it is and we're looking as usual at hardware software and user experience as well as the camera you can almost think the HTC One mini is an HTC one if you don't know what to look for that's not only because it sports the same design and materials but also because it is not much smaller than the HTC One that is on paper and compared side-by-side however when you hold the phone and you start actually using it you will instantly realize that it is a mini version of the flagship just like the one the one mini is made out of aluminum however there are a couple of differences while the HTC One has plastic inserts along the edges the one mini extends the plastic further towards the front and back embracing a little bit from the aluminum and from the glass this way the taiwanese company eliminated some of the complaints with a few HTC one units that had a slight gap between the aluminum and the plastic itself everything else is apparently the same to the untrained eye upon close examination you'll see that the power button no longer acts as an IR blaster like on the one the volume rockers have also been redesigned a bit and the LED flash on the back has been repositioned the boom sound speaker grilles are narrower but just as precisely driven and a detail HTC payed attention to and were happy that it did the camera is slightly recessed so it's much more difficult to scratch it while laying down the phone on its back these are about the only differences in design and build however there are a lot of contrasts under the hood we have a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.4 gigahertz versus a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 running at 1.7 gigahertz one gig of ram versus two gigs of ram 16 gigs of internal storage versus 32 or 64 4.3 inch 720p s LCD to display versus 4.7 inch 1080p s LCD 3 display 18 hundred million power battery versus 2300 million power battery no IR blaster and NFC on the mini well the one has them both the main camera is matched at 4 megapixels wearing the ultra pixel tag but the webcam is a 1.6 megapixel unit versus a 2.1 megapixel shooter on the 1 Android 4.2.2 now runs on both devices out of the box on the mini via update on the HTC One and sense is nicely complementing it which brings us to the user experience as you can see we've got a mirrored setup on both devices and we can tell you that the user experience HTC is delivering on the one many matches the one found on the flagship there's nothing you can do on the one that you can do on the 1 mini if you disregard of course hardware limitations referring to NFC and IR blaster this means that blinkfeed is there whether you like it or not and since has been further tweaked and fine-tuned with the 4.2.2 update on the one they're both featuring the new notification shade and some other minor tweaks under the hood for a detailed look at HTC Sense experience on one and implicitly on the one mini make sure to check out our full HTC one review on pocket now performance-wise HTC and /or google managed to achieve a great thing a slower device on paper manages to keep up with a flagship is it possible for a snapdragon 400 with half the RAM to keep up with a snapdragon 600 with double the RAM yes give or take a couple of milliseconds which are really negligible we've compared at launch times for most daily tests for browsing the web YouTube Spotify email Facebook calendar Google Plus Twitter messaging and other app launches will let these side-by-side comparisons run for a bit until you get a sense of how well the one mini is keeping up with the one see what we mean now let's move on to the camera its performance should be similar to the ones let's run the slide show while we tell you more about the camera HTC fitted the same four megapixel ultra pixel camera under one mini its lens cover is a tad smaller and the LED flash has been slightly repositioned but aside from that everything should be the same on paper and it also is in reality everything we said with the occasion of our HTC one review concerning the camera applies here two shots are good outdoors and while HTC doesn't miss an opportunity to emphasize its ultra pixel camera performance in low-light conditions we are not impressed there's just too much noise and the sensitivity is not appalling either it's not a bad shooter but it's not the best either and we're not comparing it to the one on the either way PureView or the Lumia 1020 but two other films like Samsung Galaxy s4 or Lumia 925 the camera interface and the entire experience is identical to the HTC One this means that you can snap pictures zoe's have special effects as always experience the live gallery with highlights and all photo editing manipulation live effects everything is well we'll look at some of these aspects in our upcoming review you can always check out our HTC one review right now for more details in conclusion the HTC One mini is worthy of wearing its bigger brothers the HTC one's name it is a true miniature of the flagship from the outer looks and premium feel to the entire user experience even in the performance Department while lacking specs on paper it delivers a solid experience if you think that the HTC One is too big for you or too expensive the One mini is a great solution if you prefer the HTC One looks and feel stop right here if that's not a must on your list you can also look at another mini phone is direct competitor the samsung galaxy s4 mini which we also reviewed