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the HTC One mini is a mini phone or at least that's what HTC wants you to believe but it's a matter of perspective the HTC One mini is still larger than the Apple iPhone five Apple's flagship for this year so in this video we're going to compare the two and see how they stack up let's go take a look you don't have to be a rocket scientist and you don't have to analyze and compare these two phones too much to realize that a mini phone the HTC One mini is larger than Apple's flagship the iPhone 5 if we want to be fair and honest we'd say that the iPhone 5 is the real mini phone among the two the difference between the iPhone 5 and the HTC One mini is bigger than the difference between the One mini and the one yes we have compared the two ones we reviewed the iPhone 5 we even had an after the bus and a durability report so head over to pocket now for all the details while you're at it follow us on social media to be among the first to see when our videos and posts are up aside from a fundamental difference that comes down to Android versus iOS these two phones couldn't be more different will tell you exactly what we're referring to in this comparison where we are looking at hardware software and user experience as well as the camera believe it or not there are also similarities when it comes to the HTC One mini and the iPhone 5 it's not all about the differences as strange as it may sound aluminium is the main material used in the construction of these phones paired with glass on the front the one mini also adds plastic along the edges which embraces the aluminum on the back and glass on the front as well as two inserts on the back that aside everything else is different the iPhone 5 is more square toward the edges and round towards the corners while the HTC One mini is tapered along the edges which makes it feel really good in hand precision drilled holes are present on both devices along the bottom edge on the iPhone 5 front firing top and bottom on the HTC One mini and there's a physical home button on the Apple flagship while the HTC One mini has two capacitive buttons for back and helm the differences are even more prana when we look under the hood generated by the totally different ways Android and iOS operate four inch IPS LCD screen with 640 by 11:36 resolution on the iPhone 5 for 326 PPI versus 4.3 inch 720p super LCD to display on the HTC One mini for 342 PPI dual-core Apple a6 chip clocked at 1.3 gigahertz versus a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 cpu running at 1.4 gigahertz 1 gig of ram on both 16 32 64 gigabytes of storage on the iPhone vs 16 gigabytes of storage on the HTC One mini both non expandable 8 megapixel camera versus 4 megapixel camera 1.2 megapixel front facing us is 1.6 megapixel 1440 milliamp hour battery versus 18 hundred million power pack and most importantly ios 6.1.2 nioh s7 vs. android 4.2.2 jelly bean with HTC Sense on top of it long before iOS started to become boring and before Android jelly bean made the user experience very fluid for Android users Apple's operating system was considered by many the benchmark for speed and fluidity now since jelly bean Android is as fluid as it can get and luckily HTC Sense on the 1 mini doesn't bug it down will refer to iOS 6.1.3 this video but you should know that iOS 7 will soon be available for the iPhone 5 we've already published a demo of the upcoming OS on the current Apple flagship so head over to pocket now to see that whether iOS 6 is boring or just conservative and consistent is up to you it also depends on which side you are on Apple users don't mind it Android users call it out so we'll leave that up to you however we'll tell you this much the entire OS and user experience on iOS looks like the app drawer on the HTC One mini you've got a grid of 20 icons with four persistent on the bottom and in a world of widgets and live tiles it's safe to say that iOS became the most static OS on the market a drop-down notification shade is there just like an Android which you can customize this contents can be tweaked to see your needs and folders can be easily created to organize your apps and weird on the other hand has its widgets on the HTC One mini since five is nicely complementing the OS without being too intrusive blinkfeed collects all the information that is important to you across several social media sources and other content providers while the rest of the home screens can be tweaked to your liking with either stock widgets and icons or free as well as commercial solutions from the Play Store and since we're talking about the stores iTunes and Google Play Store are the two leading content markets today there's absolutely no use mentioning which is the one containing more applications once you pass a certain threshold it doesn't really matter you can find anything on both online markets we'll have to give it to the HTC One mini when it comes to the user experience and the sheer pleasure of using the phone whether it's bling feed the gallery or the camera interface the one mini looks more refined iOS on the iPhone 5 on the other hand is more simplistic and believe it or not the speaker puts up a decent fight with boom sound on the one-minute but how do these two compare when it comes to performance let's learn some applications and while we launch them in the background will tell you that it's a tie with some applications launching fast around the iPhone others under one minute we're comparing day-to-day tasks like social media Facebook Twitter Google+ email calendar camera YouTube Spotify Maps and the like we'll leave you with the comparisons running in the background there we go now as far as the camera is concerned the ultrapixel camera still does not deliver and the iPhone 5 is clearly the best shooter among the two and not because it has doubled the megapixel rating but because the shots are sharper color reproduction is closer to reality and stills are missing noise which appears to be present on almost all picture snap with the one mini we're not saying the one mini is a bad camera we're saying that it's worse than the iPhone 5 we're letting the sample images do the talking and you'll be the judge of the camera quality surely they both excel in optimal conditions bright sunny outdoors but is the tricky lighting shadows and difficult circumstances that give a fair representation of details and overall camera quality to draw a conclusion is more difficult than one would think aside from the eternal iOS vs. Android debate these two phones are different and behave differently there is no word on carrier pricing for the HTC One mini yet if we compare unlock prices the iPhone 5 is more expensive even if its price will drop once the new iPhone lands in q3 if budget is your only concern or limitation then the one mini is for you however if you prefer to look at the overall package and services you'll have to do some research and see the ecosystem offerings too after all we're comparing a flagship even if almost one year old with a mid-range err bottom line you can't go wrong with either phone just make sure you can live with mediocre shots if you opt for the HTC One mini everyone that's gonna do it for today for the HTC One mini versus Apple iPhone 5 comparison a bonanza denied you can follow me on Facebook as well as on Twitter and if you like this video please give us the usual thumbs up thank you very much for watching until next time you