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Why is it that only HTC One owners say that i should have gone HTC instead of my S4? I haven't heard a S4 owner tell an HTC one owner they made a mistake. I wanted Removable battery and expandable storage. So my option was clear.
We feel the difference is obvious. If it's not, then go with the One...
Maybe we're more secure in our choice. Both fantastic devices, buy what suits you.
I had tge htc one but battery life was killing me. Only got about 2 half hrs screentime. Galaxy 4+ hrs n all the features are nice.miss the speakers
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because obviously u asked in the htc1 forums? sigh..
Same reason as yours, no ext sd, non removable battery = fail to me. Plus htc devices always end up sucking.
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The only reason that mattered to me was the screen size. If both were 5in then it would if gone HTC
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screen size and i dont like the bezel on the htc one. I prefer the almost edge to edge on the s4
Just got mines today, removable battery, and micro sd plus 2 gigs ram DDR3 instead of DDr2 like the one!!!!!!!!!!!
I got both. I'm a big slut.
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I know this is the S4 forum so this is going to be hated on but...
I went with the 0ne instead of the S4 primarily because I had a Samsung galaxy S and its horrible 6 month lifespan. I don't trust Samsung's phones despite what is said about the S3 and S4 based on my experience with the brand. Products from hard drives to phones from Samsung have always disappointed me. I went with the 0ne simply because it isn't Samsung... so there you go...
Ended up settling with HTC One after a few days with S4. Couldn't stand the UI lag and the overheating issue. Both are great phones, prefer HTC One's screen, speakers and UI. Wouldn't mind having thinner bezel like S4 though.
nismo35 said:
Why is it that only HTC One owners say that i should have gone HTC instead of my S4? I haven't heard a S4 owner tell an HTC one owner they made a mistake. I wanted Removable battery and expandable storage. So my option was clear.
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There are lots of reasons, the camera on the S4 captures allot more detail, the colours are more accurate and not overexposed and washed out like some HTC One images sometimes look., ok it doesn't cope with low light conditions as well but that's a trade-off I'm happy to make.
I can capture images with a Galaxy S4 that I can set as my desktop wallpaper and they look fantastic, I can't do that with a HTC One as they a bit blurry and colours don't look right..
There's the gorgeous OLED display which is a massive improvement over the one on the S3, yes the S3 offered different colour settings but they just removed colour, the movie mode looked washed out, any lower and it would have been black and white. Whereas the display modes on the S4 are completely different and if you want; it can produce near accurate colours and it looks fantastic.
The hardware is quicker, CPU and GPU are clocked higher and it uses DDR3 memory instead of DDR2 in the HTC One.
Removable back cover, removable battery, sdcard slot, thinner, lighter and more ergonomic design which feels allot nicer to hold, gorilla glass 3 and various software features.
Another plus is there are no on screen buttons taking up space on your screen, on the HTC One in allot of apps you get a large on screen menu button taking up space on the screen limiting the screen available for your app and games (yes even in games) and it looks stupid.
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I know this is the S4 forum so this is going to be hated on but...
I went with the 0ne instead of the S4 primarily because I had a Samsung galaxy S and its horrible 6 month lifespan. I don't trust Samsung's phones despite what is said about the S3 and S4 based on my experience with the brand. Products from hard drives to phones from Samsung have always disappointed me. I went with the 0ne simply because it isn't Samsung... so there you go...
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6 month lifespan? I still have the Galaxy S I bought on launch, well I don't have it, my niece uses it now and it's still doing a grand job. Yes they stopped updating it but competing products released at the same time were not updated either so it's stupid to buy HTC for that reason when they did exactly the same thing.
Samsung produce some of the best SSD drives around and they are hugely popular and in very high demand, clearly they are doing something right and you are doing something wrong.
I had a HTC one X, then S3 then HTC one X+, then bought amd returned the 64gb dev HTC one AND the black 32 GB HTC one... now using Tmobile S4 on AT&T, rooted.
The HTC One was hard too hold for me. The S4 felt better in my hand. I know s4 is an super upgraded S3, but I felt that HTC one is a super upgraded one x+.
So thats my story, only thing is that 9 gb storage is killing me... maybe upgrade to 32 later...
I am not a samung lover or HTC lover, but a phone changing lover... hahaha. Bad habit..
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I know this is the S4 forum so this is going to be hated on but...
I went with the 0ne instead of the S4 primarily because I had a Samsung galaxy S and its horrible 6 month lifespan. I don't trust Samsung's phones despite what is said about the S3 and S4 based on my experience with the brand. Products from hard drives to phones from Samsung have always disappointed me. I went with the 0ne simply because it isn't Samsung... so there you go...
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So you're judging the S4 based on the first Galaxy S? Good thing you didn't judge the one by its brand. I would list all their crap phones but it's too long of a list.
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I've seen several people choose the S4 over the HTC one due to durability.
The HTC one is almost impossible to do any self repairs. Check out the iFixit tear down and you'll see. Not sure how good HTC's warranty is but make sure you get some sort of insurance on it. Just my two cents...
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I know this is the S4 forum so this is going to be hated on but...
I went with the 0ne instead of the S4 primarily because I had a Samsung galaxy S and its horrible 6 month lifespan. I don't trust Samsung's phones despite what is said about the S3 and S4 based on my experience with the brand. Products from hard drives to phones from Samsung have always disappointed me. I went with the 0ne simply because it isn't Samsung... so there you go...
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I was on that boat. I hated my galaxy s. I went with an amaze after and hated it as much. So I went s3 next and just loved it. Now with s4 and living it more. Battery is amazing as is the screen. I prefer touchwiz over sense also. Plus I have to have an sdcard.
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I went S4 over HTC because I've owned numerous phones from each manufacturer, and they've all served me well, but Samsung just does it (everything) better, period, well for me
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I had both but the battery life was killing me on htc one. Also I didnt like the keyboard, I know I can change it
S4 is thin and light, removable battery is pretty important for me
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Samsung produce some of the best SSD drives around and they are hugely popular and in very high demand, clearly they are doing something right and you are doing something wrong.
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Who said I ever had an SSD drive? SSD tech is hard to get wrong... I have a couple Samsung HDD that are terrible. Also have gone through 3 Samsung cell phones that crash repeatedly, freeze, lock in UI bugs, and have expanding failed lion batteries. I expected to get some rage in this thread for my honest reply but for you to call me stupid and make assumptions based on your experiences is just fanboyish.
Don't take this and quote it as if it is an open challenge for more rhetoric, this is a 1 time response to your attack on my intelligence, experience, and opinion.
TouchWiz S4 Mini was gutted in terms of some cooler TouchWiz function available on the regular S4, namely:
Air View, smart stay, smart scroll, air gesture, multi Window, TV remote, etc.
However, I have seen they are porting S4 room into regular S3. I would imagine it should be even easier to do it with S4 mini (especially, as pre-sale versions already had (some of those?) features that were later disabled).
Is there a good chance for a rom that will contain those S4 things that are now missing from S4 mini?
This is one of the main question I ask myself while deciding whether I should get S2 or S4 mini, as S3/S4 is more of a spade, than a mobile phone.
There's TV remote on s4 mini (ir blaster )
Also, does the S2 have those features? If it doesn't then you might as well get the S4 Mini for the performancd
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There's TV remote on s4 mini (ir blaster )
Also, does the S2 have those features? If it doesn't then you might as well get the S4 Mini for the performancd
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No, S2 doesn't have those features but is 100 euro cheaper than S4 mini, so I would like to know if there's a point of that price difference.
So the remote is there (I don't care much for it). How about chances to get the rest of the features with a S4 rom port?
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No, S2 doesn't have those features but is 100 euro cheaper than S4 mini, so I would like to know if there's a point of that price difference.
So the remote is there (I don't care much for it). How about chances to get the rest of the features with a S4 rom port?
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The things that the S4 Mini will never get are things like Air Gestures since the Mini doesn't have the front facing IR sensor that the S4 has so it can't detect movement.
However things like smart scroll is POSSIBLE in a ROM since that just uses the front-facing camera, so smart scroll is a software exclusion not a hardware issue. As for multi-window that too is software related so MAYBE a ROM might have it but remember that is some serious work so you may never see it.
As for Smart Stay....the S4 Mini already HAS that...
Regarding porting an S4 ROM to the S3/S4 Mini as I said above Air Gestures will NOT work since the IR sensor for that is missing.
Thank you, that explains quite a lot.
So I am still stuck between a S2 and its amazing development resources, or S4 mini, which for the moment has next to none. And I don't know if it will ever have enough to produce some really interesting ROM options.
S4 mini advantages:
- camera wide lens as in S3 (can someone confirm? I hate narrow lens of regular S4)
- slightly better screen
- slightly better camera
- slightly faster (don't really care, cause I never game, only multitask)
- might get some S4 functions down the line
S2 advantages:
- 100 euro cheaper
- huge amount of roms
- roms with changable dpi (remedies the issue of lower resolution, making it even possibly an advantage over S4 mini without this function)
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Thank you, that explains quite a lot.
So I am still stuck between a S2 and its amazing development resources, or S4 mini, which for the moment has next to none....
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Well it seems you have made up your own mind here
If being able to choose from large amounts of ROM's is what you want then maybe the S2 is what you want but remember the s4 mini only came out around July/August so not really a lot of time to create stable ROM's.
All I can say is that the S4 Mini is much more future proof in terms of hardware specs so that should count for something. If you wanted to stay stock then my argument would be simple since the s4 mini would definitely be updated by Samsung since it is a rather beefy phone but since you're interested in using various ROM's then the S2 seems like a winner at the moment. Main phone such as the S2 or S3 and S4 would get more ROM support since they were "flagship" phones when they came out.
Take this in mind, look at how much support the S3 Mini has gotten and then apply that to the S4 Mini (but in my opinion the S4 Mini seems to be more popular than the S3 Mini so it may get more ROM support, but give it some time)
To end off as a closing argument. If you want a phone NOW then I would say the S2 since you clearly want ROM choices BUT take into consideration that the S4 Mini has only been around for 1-2 months.
That's the best I can do, hopefully it has helped in your decision.
*Addressing one of your advantages of the S4 Mini, the S4 Mini is not slightly faster than the S2. It is MILES faster. It's getting +-19500 in Antutu 4 whereas the S2 is only getting +-10500
*Also what do you mean by wide lens camera? You mean like choosing a wide capture mode? The S4 Mini does let you choose full resolution 4:3 which are squarish or you can choose slightly lower resolution 16:9 pictures which are widescreen. But ye maybe I don't know what you mean.
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Take this in mind, look at how much support the S3 Mini has gotten and then apply that to the S4 Mini (but in my opinion the S4 Mini seems to be more popular than the S3 Mini so it may get more ROM support, but give it some time)
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Good point. Haven't thought of looking into that.
*Addressing one of your advantages of the S4 Mini, the S4 Mini is not slightly faster than the S2. It is MILES faster. It's getting +-19500 in Antutu 4 whereas the S2 is only getting +-10500
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I am not sure where would I see this speed difference if I don't game.
*Also what do you mean by wide lens camera? You mean like choosing a wide capture mode? The S4 Mini does let you choose full resolution 4:3 which are squarish or you can choose slightly lower resolution 16:9 pictures which are widescreen. But ye maybe I don't know what you mean.
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No, that's not what I mean. If you look at the difference between the area of the picture S3 and S4 fit into the frame (check out S4 gsmarena review) you will be amazed by how much narrower is the lens of S4. That's a serious issue for me.
I read S4 mini's camera is nearly the same as S3's so I would like to know if the viewing angle is also as wide.
Also, do you think prices of S4 mini will drop when Note 3 comes out?
The speed improvement will be clearly reflected in your multitasking. Also note the amount of ram the s2 has vs s4mini.
The prices are unlikely to drop as they are of very different functions and target very different user groups.
I know that on paper the s4 mini has the better specs. I'm hesitant to buy the s4 mini because samsung smartphones tend to lag even with the good specs (i have a s2 right now). Can someone who has used a htc one mini and s4 mini tell me how they compare in real life?
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I know that on paper the s4 mini has the better specs. I'm hesitant to buy the s4 mini because samsung smartphones tend to lag even with the good specs (i have a s2 right now). Can someone who has used a htc one mini and s4 mini tell me how they compare in real life?
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I didnt see any difference, apart from touchwiz vs sense, between the s4 mini and the one mini.
But i prefer running cyanogenmod anyway so maybe i just didnt want to see any difference
don't remember all the specs of the htc one mini, but I think it has the better resolution. Anyway I choose the s4 mini because the htc one mini doesn't offer a micro sd slot.
I've never gotten much hands-on time with the one mini so I can't give a good comparison except that the one mini felt sturdier due to its metal frame.
Also, the S4 mini doesn't lag. Especially after installing custom roms
lag? but....wait, you really want to use stock ROM?
install cyanogenmod, it's awesome!!
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I'm hesitant to buy the s4 mini because samsung smartphones tend to lag even with the good specs
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The S4 Mini is higher performance than the S3 (yes, S3, not just S3 Mini). I've never seen it lag, neither on stock nor on CM ROMs. Note that I don't play any demanding games, though.
In synthetic benchmarks, the S4 Mini is also considerably faster than the HTC One Mini. Both phones have the same CPU, but it's clocked about 20% faster in the S4 Mini than in the One Mini. Furthermore, the S4 Mini has 50% more RAM. The S4 Mini has a lower resolution display than the One Mini, which may be a con for you but it certainly helps in providing a super-snappy GUI.
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I know that on paper the s4 mini has the better specs. I'm hesitant to buy the s4 mini because samsung smartphones tend to lag even with the good specs (i have a s2 right now). Can someone who has used a htc one mini and s4 mini tell me how they compare in real life?
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Had the same dilema, but at the end went for S4 mini, as it has more advantages (at least for me - removable battery, memocard and easy to manage with Odin).
I have had this phone about 5 times longer than I have EVER had a phone, Its time for a new device! It has gotten very boring!
The s4 mini is a couple years old now but still king of the 4.3" market (with price and features included), what phones have y'all seen that will replace your s4 mini?
My phones must have an sd slot, 4.3ish inch screen(one thumb use), good cameras, LTE, and user replacable batteries.
The s5 mini would work for me if I could figure out how to move it to sprint from us cellular, z3 compact would be nice as well but the price is unjustifiable and I had a z1 compact and it had all sorts of bugs that I read arent too far off the z3c, the s5 mini Im still on the hunt for but I am also trying to make the switch over to cdma, the htc minis are solid phones but just not well executed with all its features being dull.
And to top it all off, the small screen market is so messed up I have almost gotten a few iphone 5s to play with! help me find a better phone!
Z3 has no custom rooms yet, especially no miui.
And it's very weak it would seem.
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Z3 has no custom rooms yet, especially no miui.
And it's very weak it would seem.
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Idk the last time you looked bit about a week ago I seen they finally have full root for z3c so it'll be more appealing to the majority and speed things up. I still think I'd rather have a s5 mini over the z3c any day though.
I did try a z3c before I bought my s4mini, also the off screen buttons that Samsung have at the bottom makes quite a difference!
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I did try a z3c before I bought my s4mini, also the off screen buttons that Samsung have at the bottom makes quite a difference!
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Definitely! I grew up on HTC phones and love my capacitive buttons. I tried the Nav bar buttons on a few phones and its just weird, but they usually come with a slightly bigger screen to offset. But it still reminds me too much of an iPhone where your screen is taken up by buttons rather than physical buttons
Well I've been living with the z5 compact for a few months and absolutely hate it. It's pretty much the only option out there right now but I still feel the s4 mini was a better phone. What have y'all come to decide on?
S7 mini is rumored, but will likely be large, xiamo mi5 mini will be perfect but no SD slot, HTC 10 mini is a rumor but probably too large with no SD slot as well. Any others I'm missing?
If anyone knows where to find a g800m s5 mini let me know, I'll be buying! Lol
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Well I've been living with the z5 compact for a few months and absolutely hate it. It's pretty much the only option out there right now but I still feel the s4 mini was a better phone. What have y'all come to decide on?
S7 mini is rumored, but will likely be large, xiamo mi5 mini will be perfect but no SD slot, HTC 10 mini is a rumor but probably too large with no SD slot as well. Any others I'm missing?
If anyone knows where to find a g800m s5 mini let me know, I'll be buying! Lol
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Well i would definitely like to go with samsung ( yes I love debloated touchwiz)mini dual sim flagships( s7 mini duos?!?), but alas! it looks most unlikely. Besides, 4.3"-4.5" screens with flagship specs are scarce/not available. On a brighter note ZUK Z2 looks promising, tough its 5" may be Mi5 mini if that comes out. Waiting.
Note: My ideal phone: 1)4.5" display( with max 5" dimension). 2) Dual sim with microsd (No hybrid sim tray). 3)Snapdragon 652(will reduce the price compared to 820) with Quick charge 3.0. 4)Weight: 140 gms max. 5)up to date Touchwiz Ui with with themes store. 6)Notification LED(RGB).
Finally got my hands on a G800M s5 mini a couple months ago after selling off my z5c. I like the form factor, the waterproofness, the speaker loudness, and resolution. all around a nice phone except for dev support, the s4 mini blows it away in that department. If you get a chance to find one snatch it up!(it took me two years of searching) I still daily the s4 mini though, and probably will be for a few more years.. Also Im going to be trying the ios10 out for the SE once jailbreak comes out.
i still have my s4 mini in a drawer parked aside, it was my main device but i recently upgraded to the nexus 5x and i just love it! but the s4 mini remains one of my favorite android phones ever used.
I came to the S4 Mini from the diminutive Xperia Ray (awesome LegacyXperia roms!), so the Samsung felt quite large initially. Now I look at the Ray, which still serves me well as an alarm clock, and it seems so small...I cannot believe I used it for web, mail, maps, etc.
The S4 Mini is a great little device, and made even better thanks to the sterling work from @arco68. Every so often I search the net for news of any new 4.3" phones with decent specs and good developer support, but of course nothing exists. I considered a Z3C before getting the S4 Mini, but was put-off by the limited official CM development, which I consider to be essential.
I remain hopeful that a manufacturer will one day launch a well-specked, modern, and truly mini phone that devs can get behind. However, until that happens I will happily stick with S4 Mini, which does everything I need and is just the right size.
My S4 mini suddenly died (surprise) and I found the Galaxy A3 pretty fit, I can type better for some reason and had almost everything for my unique setup (I prefer KK, need xposed and WPS WPA working). Obviously not the same in performance and development (not CM 11 for this) but was surprisely good.
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My S4 mini suddenly died (surprise) and I found the Galaxy A3 pretty fit, I can type better for some reason and had almost everything for my unique setup (I prefer KK, need xposed and WPS WPA working). Obviously not the same in performance and development (not CM 11 for this) but was surprisely good.
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the a3 is almost identical to the s5 mini except no 720p and waterproofness. no kit cm11 for the s5 mini either, Im a big kit kat fan as well
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the a3 is almost identical to the s5 mini except no 720p and waterproofness. no kit cm11 for the s5 mini either, Im a big kit kat fan as well
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Me too, there's just something better with KK. Best compatibility with DonkeyGuard and Opera Mini Handler Hui (actually those two apps don't even run in Lollliopop). I just wish that the S5 mini had CM 11 and will fully switch
Fingers crossed the rumors of a Xiamoi Mi S turn out to be true...
Hello all!
After a lot of hard use, the screen on my beloved S4 mini broke and are not usable..
I don't think its really worth buying a replacement screen for this old phone, but looking around on newer models, i feel like we are really lucky to have this great community and development still around.
If your phone broke what new one would you get? Or would you get a new s4 mini again? I mean, 8mp camera, low resolution screen... The specs for this phone are really bad, but the roms/development around it is just amazing it seems. And yea, i have been really happy with it the last 2.5+ years.
The other problem is that i dont really want a phone that is much bigger than this one currently is, as i think it has a great size..
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Hello all!
After a lot of hard use, the screen on my beloved S4 mini broke and are not usable..
I don't think its really worth buying a replacement screen for this old phone, but looking around on newer models, i feel like we are really lucky to have this great community and development still around.
If your phone broke what new one would you get? Or would you get a new s4 mini again? I mean, 8mp camera, low resolution screen... The specs for this phone are really bad, but the roms/development around it is just amazing it seems. And yea, i have been really happy with it the last 2.5+ years.
The other problem is that i dont really want a phone that is much bigger than this one currently is, as i think it has a great size..
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it will depend on your financial stats , if i was in your place and my financial stat is lets say average or even a little better i would go for the S5 mini
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it will depend on your financial stats , if i was in your place and my financial stat is lets say average or even a little better i would go for the S5 mini
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Money is not the biggest problem really, but i dont want to give 1000$ for a flagship phone, because it's not worth it imo
Yea i looked at the s5 mini, but as far as i can tell, its not really much better. The resolution is a little better and then it features a quad core cpu. But the rest is pretty much the same, and its already 2+ years old
What about the Galaxy A3? is a little bigger (4.7"), but has some better specs. But it doesnt seem it much supported by rom builders.. Or maybe the Xperia Z5 compact, but its like double the price of the S5 mini.
I wish samsung had continued their Mini series..
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Money is not the biggest problem really, but i dont want to give 1000$ for a flagship phone, because it's not worth it imo
Yea i looked at the s5 mini, but as far as i can tell, its not really much better. The resolution is a little better and then it features a quad core cpu. But the rest is pretty much the same, and its already 2+ years old
What about the Galaxy A3? is a little bigger (4.7"), but has some better specs. But it doesnt seem it much supported by rom builders.. Or maybe the Xperia Z5 compact, but its like double the price of the S5 mini.
I wish samsung had continued their Mini series..
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well there is no big difference between the s4 mini and the A3 only in screen size and CPU which is not something will make me personnaly want it , and nooooooooo stay away from the Xperia if you love custom roms and those stuff , they are so complicated and some of them even dont accept custom roms ( locked bootloader ) i decided to never own an xperia again in my life even for free
try looking in the Galaxy J there are some great phones too
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well there is no big difference between the s4 mini and the A3 only in screen size and CPU which is not something will make me personnaly want it , and nooooooooo stay away from the Xperia if you love custom roms and those stuff , they are so complicated and some of them even dont accept custom roms ( locked bootloader ) i decided to never own an xperia again in my life even for free
try looking in the Galaxy J there are some great phones too
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Hmm well the A3 has better screen, better cpu, better camera and better battery but it seems the battery is not removeable though.
Haha yea alright point taken about the xperia
the s4 mini is a good phone and it wins on more phones, i suggest you to replace the screen or to buy the new s4 mini plus
I was also considering a Z3 compact when seeing a replacement for my beloved Xperia Ray, but went for a refurbished S4 Mini. A great little phone, and excellent dev support (thanks to @arco68). I liked the sleek appearance of the A3, but it's bigger than the S4 Mini and Z Compacts.
Nice comparison tool here:
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/si...mpact,Samsung-Galaxy-A3/phones/7788,9611,8932
Cheers!
I'm also looking for a replacement. So far, I tried:
- Samsung S5 Mini - larger, pentile screen = text looks fuzzy, has GPS hardware issue
- Moto X 2013 - has 5.1 official, great screen, but: larger, software keys make usable space same as S4 Mini, no sd card, has radio standby bug
- Sony Z5 Compact - expensive, really blocky & heavy - not very compact when compared to all the others in list, software keys make usable space *less than* S4 Mini
- Samsung A3 2015 - larger & blockier, very light, nice materials, only Android 5.0 with probably no update, specs almost same as S4 Mini (Plus / VE)
- Samsung A3 2016 - even larger, pentile screen = text looks really fuzzy, worse than S4 Mini...
- Moto G LTE 2013 - larger, but ergonomic, heavy, Android 5.1, sd card, only 1 GB RAM & 8 GB space
So far, only A3 2015 & Moto G LTE 2013 are acceptable, but no real upgrades (apart from not being stuck on KitKat...).
There are other new phones similar in size with S4 Mini, but all are huge downgrades: Lenovo A1000, Samsung J1 Mini, chinese phones...
So far, staying with S4 Mini seems the only good option...
What about the S3 Mini
I have both the S3 and S4 Mini, I prefer the S3, S4 is stuck at 3G, also the S3 is a little smaller than S4, Just my humble opinion.
Keep s4 mini is best ever
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I have both the S3 and S4 Mini, I prefer the S3, S4 is stuck at 3G, also the S3 is a little smaller than S4, Just my humble opinion.
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I also checked the S3 Mini as soon as it was released. Unfortunately, it was also pentile, and at that resolution it was very visible.
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So far, staying with S4 Mini seems the only good option...
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I know, right? It's crazy to think that our ~3 year old phone is still one of the best compact devices available.
I had hoped that the iPhone 5SE would encourage other manufacturers to release new <4.5" devices with modern specs. Every so often I check to see if any new, compact Android phones have been announced, but it seems 5.0" is considered the 'sweet spot' these days.
It's a shame the One Plus 3 Mini rumour was quashed - that would have made for a nice little device.
Cheers!
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I know, right? It's crazy to think that our ~3 year old phone is still one of the best compact devices available.
Cheers!
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Yea exactly. But my s4 mini is also getting a little 'boring' to look at, the same about the s5 mini, so i would like some other design. Sonys experia models looks pretty good, but they are all 5", like the xperia XA, it looks very good
If i chose to buy the galaxy A3, it would definitely be the 2016 edition
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- Samsung A3 2016 - even larger, pentile screen = text looks really fuzzy, worse than S4 Mini...
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what do you mean that the text looks 'fuzzy'? I went to the store to look at it yesterday, i think it looked pretty good
The font lines are zig-zagged instead of straight because the pixels "borrow" subpixels from the adjacent ones. It's not obvious to anyone. I mostly read PDFs and browse desktop versions of sites, so the text is small and uses few pixels, so it makes a huge difference to me. I compared the 2016 model to the 2015 one, and to S4 Mini side by side, and the new model was worse than both.