Which smartphone is worth the purchase? We compare the Blackberry Z10 and the HTC One Mini to see which is better.

For the design and display, the Blackberry Z10 has a touch screen that measures 4.2 inches and has a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels. It weighs 137.5 grams and has the following dimensions: 130 x 65.6 x 9 mm.

The HTC One Mini has a slightly bigger touch screen of 4.3 inches Super LCD2 which can render a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It is lighter than its competitor, weighing 122 grams, and it is surprisingly thicker (dimensions: 132 x 63.2 x 9.3 mm).

In terms of hardware and OS, the Blackberry Z10 has a dual core (Krait) processor that works at 1.5 GHz. The chipset that comes along with it is a Snapdragon MSM8960 from Qualcomm. It has a 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (you can expand this memory up to 64GB if you use a microSD card). It runs on the Blackberry 10 OS.

Meanwhile, the HTC One Mini has a dual core (the Krait 200) clocked at 1.4 GHz. Its processor is paired up with the Snapdragon 400 chipset from Qualcomm. The smartphone has a 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory (the HTC does not present itself with a microSD slot, so the memory is not expandable). It runs on the Android Jelly Bean.

For battey usage and camera specs, the Blackberry Z10 has Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery that last around 10 hours of talking time while the HTC One Mini has as Li-Po 1800 mAh battery that last around 13 hours and 20 minutes of talking time (3G).

The HTC One Mini has a 4MP rear-facing camera (LED flash + autofocus) and a front-facing camera of 1.6MP, while the Blackberry Z10 comes with a superior 8MP rear-facing camera (LED flash + autofocus) and front-facing camera of 2MP.

The Blackberry Z10 cost around $185.95, while the HTC One Mini is at $355.55.

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