‘Mini’ smartphones aren’t working out for Samsung, HTC and others

[Wireless News]

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lxmoJT9P5h2IfSJ4mMFXRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/htc-one-mini-bgr-1.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/mini-smartphones-aren-t-working-samsung-htc-others-190530644.html)Bigger is apparently better in the competitive world of smartphones. The size of the average smartphone has increased dramatically over the past few years to the point where manageable smartphones are now called “mini” by most of the vendors that sell them. As it turns out, Android users apparently have precious little interest in these smaller smartphones. While Apple’s comparatively small iPhone models continue to sell as fast as Apple’s manufacturing partners can build them, sales of handsets like the Galaxy S4 mini and HTC One mini have reportedly been so slow that the companies building them are now forced to rethink their strategies. According to a report from Digitimes on Wednesday, vendors including Samsung, HTC, Sony and ZTE have



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