HTC 10 Mini Rumors: Smaller but as Powerful as the HTC 10?
With Apple leading the recent trend of going small without sacrificing power, Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is also rumored to be following the trend. According to a report in Tech Times, HTC is said to be working on a smaller version of its upcoming flagship, the HTC 10. The device, dubbed the HTC 10 Mini, is reported to be released sometime in September.
The original report came from an Austrian news site, who claimed to have received insider information about the device. According to another report in TechnoBuffalo, the HTC 10 mini will be smaller in terms of its display size, which will be at 4.7 inches. Under the hood, however, the phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset, paired with 4 GB of RAM. These are said to be the same specs as that of the upcoming HTC 10. The Snapdragon 823 is rumored to be a better version of the Snapdragon 820, because of its faster clock speed, according to the report. This however has not been confirmed by Qualcomm. According to another report in Digital Trends, the clock speed of the Snapdragon 823 is rumored to be 2.8 GHz.
HTC is set to unveil the HTC 10 on April 12 but this does not keep the rumor mill from running as other smartphone manufacturers are also introducing mini versions of their flagships. Samsung, according to Tech Times, is planning to introduce the Samsung Galaxy S7 Mini which has a 4.6-inch screen.
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Like Samsung, which had its Galaxy S5 Mini phone unveiled in 2014, that same year HTC had launched the HTC One Mini 2, which was essentially a smaller-sized variant of their flagship phone then. Techno Buffalo reported that although the mini variant may have the same specs under the hood, display resolution may be reduced to 1080 or 720 p, which is not as good as the HTC 10. It is also not known if the mini variant will have the same camera set-up.
