Any comments? Droid Mini? Good phone or not?

[Danno]

My trusty old friend has gone 10-toes up. No choice, have to get a new phone. Anyone have any comments on the Droid Mini?

[kalbert]

I'd think it to be ok, assuming you're not a power user? The mini is a pretty good phone. It calls people and people can call you, and it's small size is nice in the pocket, but it's kinda mediocre as a computer. The camera is good enough, battery is good enough, etc for average use but it's not cutting edge stuff. It is an old model too so there probably won't be many, if any, software updates.

Personally I'm a big fan of the Moto X. It has done everything I want it to do, nothing more, nothing less. Possibly the best phone out there. Sadly it's a year old now too so I imagine the updates will taper off soon. It's age probably puts it near the price of the Mini. It's a little larger, but is not a tank like the Droid Maxx or the Samsung stuff. It hasn't got alot of the bells and whistles of the premium phones, but nobody uses the features the X doesn't have. It's also assembled in Texas, so there's that.

My second choice is probably a HTC One, as I find myself watching more and more videos while eating lunch or killing time. The front facing stereo speakers make it the hands down winner for that. No more cupping hands behind the phone to try and direct the sound back to my ears!

Edited September 3, 2014 by kalbert