The purported LG G3 Mini may come with a smaller display and worse specs compared to its predecessor, if newly-surfaced information turns out to be accurate.
The trend of launching a big flagship smartphone with high-end specs and then releasing a smaller version with more watered-down specs seems to be going strong. Many companies have joined this race, especially since high-end flagships nowadays tend to sport massive screens that are not for everyone's taste.
Many consumers still want reasonably-sized smartphones that are easy to operate one-handedly, and that's where the Mini versions of flagships come into play. Still, with such increasingly bigger screens on the flagships, the smaller variants do sport a smaller display, but they're not that "mini" either.
The LG G2 Mini, for instance, launched back in February as the more compact version of the LG G2. Although it has the "Mini" moniker in its name, however, it could be hardly considered a "Mini" with its 4.7-inch display. The screen was still too big for some users, and the LG G2 Mini did not become very popular.
It now looks like LG may be reconsidering things with its next-generation LG G3, trimming the display down a bit. According to newly-leaked information, the LG G3 Mini will feature a smaller 4.5-inch screen, not a 4.7-inch display like its predecessor.
At 4.5 inches, the LG G3 Mini will not exactly be petite either, but it will match the size of the HTC One Mini 2. The information surfaced on Zauba, an Indian import/export site, and it also reveals some of the purported specifications of the much-rumored LG G3 Mini. The specs seem quite odd, however, especially when compared to the LG G2 Mini.
According to Zauba, the smartphone will sport a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 8 GB of internal storage capacity, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a 2,100 mAh battery. This would mean that the LG G3 Mini would have a lower-end camera and battery compared to its predecessor, while maintaining the same processing speed. In other words, instead of being an upgrade, it would actually be a downgrade.
Needless to mention, launching a new-generation device as a downgrade is highly unlikely, so do take this report with a hefty grain of salt.
