Which smartphone is the best purchase? The Sony Xperia M2, the LG G2 Mini, or the iPhone 4S.
For the design and display, the Sony Xperia M2 weighs around 5.22 grams and comes with the following dimensions: 5.50 x 2.80 x 0.34 inches. It is equipped with a TFT display measuring 4.8 inches that holds light and proximity sensors, as well as multi touch capabilities. It renders a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, while the pixel density is at 229ppi.
The LG G2 Mini is equipped with an IPS LCD display measuring 4.7 inches that comes with a proximity sensor and multi touch capabilities. It renders a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, and the pixel density is slightly higher than the one seen on the Sony device, which is 234ppi.
The iPhone 4S is lighter (weighing 4.94 grams), but is actually thicker (dimensions: 4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 inches) than the Sony device. It comes with an IPS LCD display measuring 3.5 inches which can render a screen resolution of 640 x 960 pixels. Its pixel density is at 326ppi, and as for other features it has proximity and light sensors, oleophobic coating and multi touch capabilities.
For the hardware and OS, the Sony Xperia M2 has a quad ore working at 1.2 GHz which is paired up with the Snapdragon 400 chipset from Qualcomm and Adreno GPU. It supports 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory (which you can expand via microSD card by up to 32 GB). It runs on the Android 4.3 (which is upgradable to Android 4.4).
The LG G2 Mini has a quad core working at 1.2 GHz which is paired up with the Snapdragon 400 chipset from Qualcomm and Adreno GPU. It supports 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of ROM (the internal storage capacity can be expanded with the help of a microSD card). It runs on the Android 4.4.2.
The iPhone 4S has a dual core working at 0.8 GHz which is paired up with the Apple A5 chipset and PowerVR SGX 543MP2 GPU. It supports 512 MB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory. It runs on is iOS 5 (which can be upgraded to iOS 5.1, 6, 6.1 and 7.x).
For the camera and battery specs, the Sony Xperia M2 has a 8 MP camera with features like LED flash. The camera can shoot videos at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.The battery unit has a capacity of 2300 mAh which is estimated to last 12 hours of talking time.
The LG G2 Mini's primary camera has 8 MP and multiple features like: autofocus, LED flash and back illuminated sensor. The secondary camera has 1.3 MP.The battery unit has a capacity of 2440 mAh.
The iPhone 4S has a primary camera of 8 MP with features like geo tagging, autofocus, LED flash, digital image stabilization, touch to focus, back illuminated sensor and face detection. The secondary camera has 0.3 MP and users can shoot videos at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.The battery unit is estimated to last around 14 hours.
The Sony Xperia M2 is worth $262.00, while the LG G2 Mini is at $480.00, and finally the iPhone 4S cost around $450.00.
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