Flagship handsets are popular but manufacturers offer devices that are a notch lower from its highest tiered smartphones. A sample is the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini that features many things that users love about Galaxy S4 but in a slightly less powerful and smaller package.

Meanwhile, HTC retained the one's sleek construction for its mini variant but the price and key specs are lower. Motorola also released a mid-range Droid Maxx version known as Droid Mini. Also, Apple released the iPhone 5C, which is the first cheaper alternative to its flagship iPhone.

Let's compare which handset dominates the betaphone realm.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is 4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 inches and 3.77 oz. with a display of 4.3-inch QHD sAMOLED; 540x960 pixels. It runs on Android 4.2.2 and has a 8-megapixel; 1080p HD video with 1.9-megapixel; 720p HD video. The processor is a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 with the only device with expandable memory of up to 64GB. Battery life is 1,900mAh removable: 12 hours talk time and 12.5 days standby time.

Motorola Droid Mini measures at 4.81 x 2.41 x 0.34 inches and 4.59 oz. It has a display of 4.3-inch HD; 1,280x720 pixels and runs on Android 4.2. Its rear camera and recording are at 10-megapixel; 1080p HD video with 2MP front-facing cam. Its processor is a 1.7GHz dual-core Motorola X8 system with no expandable memory and battery life of 2,000mAh embedded with 28 hours usage time and 14 days standby time.

The dimension of HTC One Mini is 5.2 x 2.5 x 0.36 inches and 4.52 oz. It has a display of 4.3-inch HD, 720p, 340ppi, running on Android 4.2.2. Just like all four devices, it is 4G LTE capable. It's camera has 4-UltraPixel, 1080p HD video with 1.6-megapixel, 720p HD video front-facing camera. Its processor is a 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 with a battery life of 1,800mAh embedded with 21 hours talk time and 21 days standby time.

iPhone 5C measures at 4.9 x 2.33 x 0.35 inches and 4.65 oz. Its display boasts 4-inch Retina Display, 1,136x640 pixels, 326 ppi, running on iOS 7. Cameras are at 8-megapixel, 1080p HD video and 1.2-megapixel, 720p video with a Proprietary A6 (32-bit) processor. The iPhone 5C is the only device among the four that has different colors other than black, white and silver. Color variants include blue, green, pink, yellow and white. Its battery life is embedded with 10 hours talk time and 10 days standby time.