It’s always nice to have a smartphone that you can easily tuck inside
your pocket. It’s very convenient especially when you don’t want to
carry a lot of bulky items. Speaking of which, the HP Veer appears to be
the current title holder for the world’s smallest smartphone. It’s even
smaller than the Nokia 700!
So far, there is no such phone that could beat the HP Veer’s body
dimensions. It is 84 mm in width, 54.5 mm in length and it has an
average thickness of 15.1 mm. It also weighs no less than 103 grams
which is only as heavy as a small bottle of body lotion.As for its
features, the HP Veer may not be as trendy as this year’s latest
smartphones but it has a reliable webOS 2.2 operating system that is
backed up by its 800 MHz Scorpion processor. Meanwhile, the mini
smartphone’s 2.6” TFT screen is quite good for doing a lot of basic
stuffs such as playing music and text messaging.
Android Smallest Phone List:
Samsung Galaxy mini 2
Sleek and chic are the words Samsung used to define its
Gingerbread-based Galaxy mini 2 smartphone. And by the looks of it, they
might not be wrong. Well, this may not be the only candidate competing
for the tinest Android phone title from the South Korea-based
conglomerate, but it’s surely one of the most capable handsets in
this particular segment to roll out through the company. A 3.27-inch TFT
touch display dons the front proffering resolutions of 320 x 480
pixels. Fitted within its 108.9mm x 58.6mm x 12.3mm form factor is an
800MHz processor that’s accompanied by a 3MP rear-facing camera, a
1300mAh battery proffering 7.5 hours of 3G talktime and various other features.
Price: $259
LG Optimus L3 E400
The LG Optimus L3 E400 may not be the smallest Android phone in our
compilation, but at the same time, it’s not large enough to roll with
the big boys. Compact yet well designed, is how we’d describe the
handset, not just on the outside, but on the inside as well. Built
around a form factor which reads 102.6mm x 61.6mm x 11.85mm in terms of
dimensions, the smartphone gives you a full course meal of the
Gingerbread platform running on an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon
S1 SOC based on the Cortex A5 architecture.
A 3.2-inch TFT QVGA LCD caters to your visual needs, while a 3MP
fixed-focus snapper keeps you entertained with its still image capture
and 30fps QVGA recording capabilities. LG has also thrown in a 1500mAh
Li-ion battery to power up the little fellow.
Price: $124.99
Sony Xperia mini
In the words of Sony, size does matter. They don’t mean big here, but
rather compact smartphones that are capable of delivering a rich
experience you’d normally find in larger handsets. If words don’t
convince you, the company lets its devices do the talking through a host
of reliable hardware. A 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is given the
task of carrying around the heavy load, while the 512MB of RAM gives it
a helping hand in multitasking.
Along with the Android Gingerbread OS, the handset employs a 3-inch TFT
capacitive scratch-resistant Reality display with Mobile Brava engine. A
5MP camera lets you snap up stills and even capture videos in 720p
HD resolutions. And where storage is concerned, it comes with 1GB of
built-in memory and a microSD expansion slot for support of up to 32GB.
Price: $155
Sony Xperia Active
Like we said before, small shouldn’t always mean less capable. The Sony
Xperia Active is a fine example of that philosophy. Taking its place as
one of the rugged smartphones in the Android ecosystem, the device is
designed for the adventurous few and it’s capable of taking on rough
conditions. At 110.8 grams, the handset measures 92mm x 55mm x 16.5mm in
terms of dimensions.
On the front, you’ll find a 3-inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen
with wet finger tracking, just in case you decide to take a quick dip. A
1GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm takes the lead within this tiny
beast, while the Gingerbread platform runs the show. A 5MP camera is
also amongst the catalog of features, proffering AF, 8x digital zoom, a
LED flash and an f/2.6 aperture.
Price: $275
Sony Live with Walkman
To describe the Sony Live with Walkman, you could simply say it’s a
small guy who knows how to entertain. This little Android beast pumps in
performance through a Qualcomm 8255 processor clocked at 1GHz, while a
rich experience is delivered through the Android Gingerbread OS
proffering the xLoud audio filter technology.
Complementing the 3.2-inch 320 x 480 TFT display is a 5MP camera that
features AF, 8x digital zoom, LED flash and video recording in 720p HD.
Apart from these, it houses 512MB of RAM, 320MB of user-accessible
memory, support for a microSD card up to 32GB and DLNA certification for
wirelessly sharing digital media content.
Price: $205
HTC Explorer
If you’re looking for the tiniest Android phone that’s worth the price
tag affixed onto it, we’d recommend the HTC Explorer any day. With
dimensions of 102.8mm x 57.2mm x 12.9mm, the device draws its energy
from a 1230mAh Li-ion battery to power up a host of hardware components
including the 600MHz processor. 512MB of takes its place for delivering
better multitasking, while the HTC Sense UI aims at enhancing you
Android Gingerbread experience altogether.
A 3MP snapper dominates the rear, while a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 touchscreen
sits pretty on the other side. On the connectivity front, your options
lie at Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, 3G support with download speeds of up to
7.2Mbps and Bluetooth 3.0 amongst others.
Price: $141.00
