HTC One M8 mini to be available in May in HTC's home country

posted by Florin T. / Apr 14, 2014, 7:00 AM

HTC One M8 mini to be available in May in HTC's home country

No, HTC hasn’t confirmed the existence of the rumored One M8 mini yet, but a new report from Taiwan (the company’s home country) informs us that the smartphone will be available there starting May. Last month, a story coming out of the UK stated the same thing: HTC is getting ready to introduce a mini version of its One M8 sometime in May.

While the One M8 that’s already available to purchase sports a 5-inch 1080p display, it’s said that the M8 mini would feature a 4.5-inch 720p screen. Other features should include a 13MP rear camera (without HTC’s UltraPixel technology), quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal memory. Just like its bigger brother, the One M8 mini should run Android 4.4 KitKat with Sense 6.0 UI.

HTC seems to be happy with initial One M8 sales, and it probably has high hopes when it comes to the M8 mini, too. But the company needs to be careful on the price tag attached to this mini smartphone. Ever since Motorola introduced its Moto G at the end of last year, we tend to view mid-end handsets differently, in the way that they should be really affordable.

Well, let’s hope we’ll find out more about the One M8 mini soon.

source: ePrice Taiwan (translated)

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15 Comments

1. mercorp

Posts: 1045; Member since: Jan 28, 2012

Make sure that it is like z1 compact.Unless the phone is significantly cheaper.

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:03 AM 1

2. mercorp

Essentialy an htc desire 816 mini.... Will it be the plastic m8? Pray not.Sony is the trendsetter of mini smartphone flagships.

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:06 AM 0

3. tech2

Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012

Nope. The trend was started by Samsung.

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:08 AM 5

10. FCB-Eto

Posts: 64; Member since: Aug 17, 2013

Sorry that trend was started by Sony long before there was even the S2,there was the xperia x10 then the was the x10 mini. Also sk17 mini pro with a qwerty keyboard that slid sideways so don't come and say Samsung started a trend without facts.

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 8:29 AM 3

11. tech2

Do you know what 'trend' means ? He didn't say 'first' but 'trend' which are two different word with different meaning. Now tell me this if Sony started the 'trend of mini flagships' why didn't they FOLLOW through in 2011 and all of a sudden came back in 2013 (Xperia mini isn't a mini version of FLAGSHIP) ? Trend essentially means to initiate in a direction and FOLLOW it (Source: Wikipedia) And why LG, Sony and HTC started releasing their mini versions of their flagships since Samsung started with S3 ? Because Samsung started the TREND OF MINI FLAGSHIPS

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 8:48 AM 0

4. skinny95black

Posts: 113; Member since: Jan 06, 2013

It went slae unlees they leave this stupid habit of pricing thier phone like iphones in saudi arabia when the m7 and the s4 came In the same time they had the same price tag monthes later the s4 dropped to 1900 and m7 still with lunch price 2700 why do they price their phones this high if they wanted a market share they should make their prices more appealing like lg g2 had a lunch price of 2100 I was actually suprised at the price and if had the money I'll buy it no doubt but let's hope htc think about their prices a second time

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:13 AM 0

5. mercorp

@tech 2, Yes,the Galaxy s3 mini of late 2012. followed by s4mini and m7mini. But they were at best mid-rangers with grand names. Z1 compact is the true supermini.

6. tiara6918

Posts: 2263; Member since: Apr 26, 2012

Probably this one is gonna have the same price as the one mini before

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:30 AM 0

7. vincelongman

Posts: 5625; Member since: Feb 10, 2013

4.5" screen on a Mini phone? Does that mean 4" screens are nano phones now? The M8 Mini is gonna be basically the same size as the M7

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:38 AM 1

8. jaytai0106

Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011

Pretty sad that the mini versions of flagship devices still have huge screen. 3 years ago, 4" screen is like the biggest one you can get... Now even mini is like psh... I want to be bigger than that.

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 7:55 AM 0

15. vincelongman

I wish OEMs would make 3 different sizes with the same specs 1. 4.0-3" 2. 4.7-5" 3. 5.2+

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 4:06 PM 0

12. Taters

Posts: 6474; Member since: Jan 28, 2013

That only applies to suck t c, Sony, and Nokia. Real manufacturers can make small phones regardless of how big the screen is. Have you played with a moto x or moto g? They have 4.7 inch and 4.5 inch screens but are just as easy to handle as a iPhone 5/5s. The moto x is actually pretty much the same size as the Xperia Z1 compact. http://youtu.be/qefIuQHnK7A

posted on Apr 14, 2014, 9:39 AM 0

14. vincelongman

Yes I know its not just about the screen size, I love the Xperia ZL design But this is HTC, the Mini will probably still have the extra bezel as HTC are incapable of design a small display connector