Sony Xperia C3 vs HTC One Mini 2 Specs, Price Review: Features Comparison - Battle Between 2 Budget Smartphones
The Sony Xperia C3, which was released last year, was designed to be a budget smartphone with a great camera for selfies. In terms of design and specs, it quickly drew stiff competition from rivals such as HTC One Mini 2, which is much smaller.
Design
The Xperia C3 is squarely aimed for the budget sector, which explains why it does not have the premium build of higher-end Sony smartphones. The Xperia C3 is made from plastic but has a metal strip around its edges. The HTC One Mini 2, on the other hand, has quite a bit of metal in its front and back panel but not enough to approximate the premium quality of the HTC One (M8). However, the brushed metal chassis of the HTC One Mini 2gives it a great look which its competitor lacks.
Display
Sony heavily invests in the displays of its smartphones. The Xperia C3 is no exception since it comes with an IPS LCD screen measuring 5.5 inches with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels and a density of 267 pixels per inch. Compared to this, the HTC One (M8) has a super LCD2 screen measuring 4.5 inches with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels and a density of 326 pixels per inch.
Specs
Both the Xperia C3 and the HTC One Mini 2 come with the Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system. In terms of their specs, The HTC One Mini 2 and the Xperia C3 both have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 CPU and Adreno 305 GPU.
Memory
Coming to their memory slots, the HTC One Mini 2 has a slot which can accommodate up to 128 GB of external storage while the Xperia C3 has a slot that can accommodate up to 32 GB of external storage. When it comes to RAM, again both devices have 1 GB each.
Camera
The rear camera on the HTC One Mini 2 is a 13 megapixel shooter while the Xperia C3 has a 8 megapixel version. As for the front facing cameras, both devices have 5 megapixel versions.
Price
The retail price of the HTC One Mini 2 is pegged at $409 while the Xperia C3 costs $466.
