Which Samsung smartphone is the ideal choice for consumers? We pit the Galaxy S4 Mini against the Galaxy S5 Mini to see which is better.

For the design and display, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is more of a traditional phone, in which it does not support features like water resistance, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini benefits more from its predecessor having those features. Samsung has been able to get IP67 certification for the Galaxy S5 Mini, when it comes to water and dust resistance. In addition to this, they have also added the fingerprint sensor. These additions result in the weight of the phone being increased to 120 grams, while the Galaxy S4 Mini weighs 107 grams.

The Galaxy S4 Mini comes with a 4.3 inch display that has been bumped up to 4.5 inches. Along with the increase in size, an increase in resolution is also offered. The Galaxy S4 Mini has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, while the Galaxy S5 Mini provides up to 720 x 1280 pixels.

For hardware, memory, and connectivity specs, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini comes with only 8 GB of internal memory and the Android OS takes up 3 GB of this internal memory to leave the user with just 5 GB out of the box. This makes the memory card a necessity, rather than a luxury. The Galaxy S5 Mini on the other hand has 16 GB of internal storage, out of which 11 GB will be available to the user.

A number of connectivity options are offered on both smartphones, but the Galaxy S5 Mini miss out on the DLNA feature, while this is present on the Galaxy S4 Mini. However, the NFC support is also absent in the non-LTE models of the Galaxy S5 Mini. Apart from these minor changes, the connectivity options are carried over from the Galaxy S4 Mini.

The Galaxy S5 Mini has twice the capacity with its quad core 1.4 GHz processor compared to the dual core 1.7 GHz processor on the Galaxy S4 Mini.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini cost $550, while the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is around $290.

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