From DailyTech: Following the leak of renders of the handset earlier this month, HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) this morning officially announced the update to the HTC One mini. Dubbed the HTC One mini 2 (for some reason HTC lowercases the "mini" bit), the new smartphone drops the 3D camera and packs a lower resolution HD (1280x720 pixels) found in its larger kin, the HTC One M8 (2014). The dual-LED flash is also dropped.
One feature that is retained from the higher resolution 5 megapixel HD front shooter. HTC intends to "dominate the selfie market", which it claims accounts for 90 percent of mobile photos in some regions.
It seems questionable that customers would rather have the high-resolution selfies than retaining the slick 3D rear camera for bokeh adjustments or 3D visualization. But that's the gamble HTC is making.
To be fair it is pretty impressive to see a 5 MP front-facing camera on this budget model as some premium, flagship phones such as the Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) Galaxy S5 only has a 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera.
The phone also features a "tightened" 4.5-inch display and Sense 6.
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