Though it may not sound like much, that inch or so makes a lot of difference when toting the device around-especially if you're carrying it in your pocket. The HP Sprocket is nearly an inch shorter and weighs about 2.5 ounces less than the Mini 2. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. ( See how we test everything we review (Opens in a new window).) Shrinking the MiniĪt 1 by 3 by 5.2 inches (HWD) and weighing 8.4 ounces (the same weight as the original Mini), the Mini 2 ($71.89 at Amazon UK) (Opens in a new window) comes in either all-white or all-black, and is closer in length to the Polaroid Insta-Share ($71.89 at Amazon UK) (Opens in a new window). The output, however, isn't nearly as good as photos printed on a few closely priced five- and six-ink consumer-grade photo printers from Canon and Epson.
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And, much like its predecessor and the other portable photo printers, it prints passable photos.
While it still prints 2-by-3.4-inch photos (other photo printers of its ilk print 2-by-3-inch pics), it's almost an inch shorter than the original Mini ($71.89 at Amazon UK) (Opens in a new window), and very close to the Lifeprint 2x3 Hyperphoto Printer ($71.89 at Amazon UK) (Opens in a new window) and its other competitors in size and girth. Kodak has fired back with its new Kodak Mini 2 HD Instant Photo Printer ($99.99). The problem for the Mini, though, is that, at 6 inches long-or an inch or so longer than these other models-it's just big enough not to be all that miniature.