Which smartphone is worth the purchase: The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, the Oppo Ni Mini, or the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini.
For the design and display, the Sony Xperia Z1 has a 4.3 inch display, which is capable of operating at a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and weighs 137 grams. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini has the same display has the same size as that of the Sony smartphone, but it falls short in comparison due to its lower resolution, which is 960 x 540 resolution and weighs 107 grams.The Oppo N1 Mini’s display comes in a pretty large size of 5 inches with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and weighs 150 grams.
For the hardware, camera and battery specs, The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is powered by a Qualcomm, 2.2 GHz, quad core processing unit, while the role of the GPU is handled by an Adreno 330 graphics processing unit. It comes with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory storage, while the original 16 GB can be expanded upon, by making use of the implemented memory card slot, which users can have up to 64 GB this way. It runs on the Google’s Android JellyBean operating system.
The front facing camera comes with HD recording capabilities, but with different allocated MP. The front facing lens only has 2 MP, while the rear camera showcases a grand total of 20.7 MP.The battery unit can sustain the smartphone's life for as long as 600 hours while in standby and 18 hours of talk time.
The Samsung S4 Mini also uses a Qualcomm processor, however, it is only a 1.7 GHz dual core processing unit, and it is combined with 1.5 GB of RAM, which is also less than what the Z1 Compact has to offer. It has an internal memory amount of 8 GB, and can make it to 64 GB through a microSD card. It runs on the Android JellyBean 4.3 suppor
The Samsung unit has a 1.9 MP camera on the front of the device, and a much bigger 8MP unit placed on the phone’s rear. Its battery is able to sustain 300 hours of standby time, and up to 12 hours of talk time.
The Oppo N1 Mini is equipped with a Qualcomm processor, just like the previous two devices of the comparison, but it is ranked, due to its processing unit being clocked at only 1.6 GHz, which is less than the the Sony and Samsung smartphones. It has 16 GB of internal memory, as well as 2 GB of RAM and runs on on Android JellyBean 4.3.
The device uses a 13 MP camera on the rear side, which comes equipped with the standard mobile camera function such as Auto Focus, and the LED Flash. It is powered by a 2140 mAh battery.
The Oppo N1 Mini is worth $441 in the Indian market, while the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and the Samsung S4 Mini are around $420 and $290 in amazon.com.
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