Generally speaking, it’s no secret that
smartphone developers at large understand that not everyone is looking for a
bulky, and often cumbersome, 5+ inch mobile monster to take up their precious pocket
or purse space. The mobile market generously showcases a wide variety of
smartphone sizes, but overall these do tend to lean more heavily toward the
big-boned side of the seesaw. In some instances we’ve seen smaller adaptations
of larger phones that still maintain the firepower of their bigger brethren,
but in other cases the “mini” models have not been quite up to snuff.
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Concerning the spanking new LG G2 Mini,
this disappointing lineage continues onward. The G2 Mini is a compact Android
phone standing a triumphant 4.7 inches, sustaining the flashy outward appeal of
its successful and sought-after predecessor, the LG G2. Unfortunately, the G2
Mini doesn’t quite walk the walk of its older brother as can easily be
witnessed by its hardware.
The G2 Mini’s screen only manages to
boast a nearly measly 960x540 pixels over its stout 4.7 inch bodice allowing
for a wimpy 234 pixels per inch density. That’s really not much to gloat over at
all, especially in comparison to the gleam and sheen of hundreds of other
smartphones on the market. Truly, the G2 Mini’s pixel density is not even close
to the ballpark of retina quality that the top mobile screens on the market
have to offer.
In comparison to the original G2 which touts a whopping 2.26GHz
quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, the G2 Mini squeaks by with a mousy sized 1.2GHz
quad-core Snapdragon 400. Not to mention that the G2 Mini also only has half
the amount of memory that the G2 has to offer with its limp 1GB of RAM versus
the 2GB provided with the original G2. Not nearly as speedy as the G2, the Mini
isn’t going to fair well with users looking to hurriedly flash through their
data while on the go.
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But really, the G2 Mini isn’t all
bad. After all, it’s still running the latest and greatest version of Android
that there is to offer, the 4.4 KitKat. This is a valid point to make here
seeing how many middle of the road mobile phones are greeting the market while
only operating with Android 4.2. The G2 Mini even sports the same fun rear
controls as the original G2, hosting its volume control and power push-button
below the camera rather than clunking up the side edges of the phone where they
can be accidentally pushed while traveling about.
A few other decent aspects to the
G2 Mini include its 8GB of storage which is expandable with microSD, an
8-megapixel camera, and a respectable 2,440mAh swappable battery. Some specs
will differ from country to country, as in Latin America’s Mini will feature a
faster 1.7GHz Nvidia chip and a 13-megapixel camera. Colors will generally
include white, gold, black and red, but these will not be available in every
regional market. That being said, the American release and pricing has not been
announced quite yet.About Author:
Ezra Melino is an all-around-geek turned serious blogger out of North Carolina who not-so-secretly relishes an in-print love affair with everything from technology and multimedia entertainment to film and order dish. He has written for and managed multiple tech blogs that are devoted to exploring new technological developments all around the world.