Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini vs HTC One Mini – Release Dates, Price And Specs
The battle between Android smartphones is fought for quite a while among the front-runners HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4. As both companies are planning to release, till the end of the year, the “miniature” versions of this two flagship devices, we will surely assist to a new competition in the form of Galaxy S4 Mini vs. HTC One Mini a.k.a. HTC M4. If you were looking for some answers to your curiosities regarding this future battle.
Offering a strong software system and a remarkable hardware, both devices can become perfect options for the ones who are looking for a new smart phone, although there are plenty of alternatives on the market when talking about smartphones which contain “Galaxy” or “One” in their name.
When the tendency is to become increasingly smaller even though it implies less power for the device, we expect for the coming months to see the new candidates in the “Mini” section: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and probably HTC One Mini if we consider the fact that it is the smaller version of HTC One.
If you are now satisfied with the predictions on what customers should await from the future battle, we will relate bellow, from the other point of view, the rest of expectations under the title of “what not to expect” from the two Android devices.
The launch event & release dates
If you were thinking about an imposing press event for the launch of Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini or the HTC One Mini, be sure that it won’t happen, as both HTC and Samsung spent a lot of their 2013 budgets on the launches of the two flagships HTC One and Galaxy S4. Promotion also will reduce their budget and cash will not overflow so that they could place it in a new grandiose campaign. It is likely to hear about the launch of these devices in the newspapers, maybe a few weeks before the event or in the best case scenario, they will arrive at a trade show like CTIA. Although the two of them are very creditable devices, they will not enjoy a spectacular arrival and if you are breathless waiting for their launch, you will have to closely look on the news not to miss it.
The release dates cannot be exactly anticipated but both devices are thought to be launched in the late second quarter of the year, and this likely means June or July. The arrivals will be separated so that one will follow the other but don’t expect to be the same week. They will speculate the moment so that the public attention will be somehow equal and each of them will collect its worthiness. Carriers also will apply the same means.
The price
When talking about the price, although we cannot exactly estimate it, expect both manufacturing companies to maintain similar figures and keep step one with another regarding charges. This competitive rule was applied also with HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 and we should assume that the newcomers will be sold for less than their predecessors although carriers will finally decide upon it. So, an acceptable price will be about $100 and $150 in our opinion.
Carriers
When it comes to carriers that offer their devices, expect to see a similar dispensation to the one with HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Thus, HTC One is only available on T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T and a smaller carrier in Cincinnati Bell while Samsung Galaxy S4 is achievable on the five most important carriers in the U.S. Being included in the mid-range phone division, their distribution amid this carriers will probably be split amid smaller carriers and the top ones like T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular for Galaxy S4 Mini and T-Mobile for HTC One Mini taking the place of HTC One S.
Software
Software is another important part to be discussed and it is likely to see on the new devices the Nature UX from the Galaxy S4 and Sense 5 of HTC One, although many of their unbelievable features are subordinated to the hardware specifications. This way, we can be surprised to see on the new Galaxy S4 mini the Air view/Air Gesture feature or the IR port coupled with the Sense TV feature on the HTC ONE Mini. Nevertheless, if we consider the mid-range category which implies keeping the costs down, part of the hardware will be sacrificed in order to make the software accessible and their leader devices still appealing to the consumers.
Marketing Campaigns
As we have said in the beginning of this article when talking about the release event of the two “mini” devices, impressive marketing campaigns or excessive TV promotion are not likely to be seen neither from Samsung and HTC nor the carriers. They will be quietly launched probably under related and efficient names like Galaxy S4 Mini or HTC One Mini in order to suggest their belonging to the “S” and “One” class .
