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For readers who are considering buying the HTC One Mini 2 or the Nokia Lumia 925, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The HTC One Mini 2 comes with a 4.5-inch Super LCD2 capacitive touch screen, which translates into a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The Nokia Lumia 925 comes with a 4.5-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, which translates into a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels. Both the devices are about the same in this category. The Lumia 925 has a slight edge with 332 ppi pixels display density compared to the 326 ppi pixels display density on the Mini 2.

The HTC One Mini 2 measures 137.4 x 65 x 10.6 mm and weighs 137 grams. The Nokia Lumia 925 is comparatively smaller, wider and thinner. The device measures 129 x 70.6 x 8.5 mm and weighs 139 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The HTC One Mini 2 is equipped with a 1.2 GHz quad core Cortex A7 processor and Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 128 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Nokia Lumia 925 is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core Krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The HTC One Mini 2 runs on the Android KItKat operating system and the Nokia Lumia 925 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to the 8.1 version. Both the devices have 1 GB of RAM. In terms of computing power the Mini 2 has a slight edge.

Camera

The HTC One Mini 2 sports a 13 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 5 MP. The Nokia Lumia 925 sports an 8 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilisation, autofocus and dual LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3 MP.

Battery

The HTC One Mini 2 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 2110 mAh battery, which translates into a resolution of 16 hours and 10 minutes on 3G. The Nokia Lumia 925 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 12 hours and 40 minutes on 3G.

Price in Australia

The HTC One Mini 2 16 GB 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $459.95 and the Nokia Lumia 925 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $319.95 in Australia.

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