HTC One (M8) Expert Reviews: The New Best Android Smartphone

Last year’s HTC One delivered a wide range of innovative smartphone breakthroughs: beautiful all-metal design, an ever-changing home screen that streams customized online feeds, dual front-facing speakers and an amazing HTC UltraPixel camera.

As one of the few Android phones to truly compete with Apple in terms of design, the HTC One (M8) is a beautiful handset. According techcrunch, It has more in common with Apple than with any other Android OEM when it comes to the look and feel of its latest phones, and the new M8 is no exception. But it also manages to distinguish itself enough to avoid any accusations that it’s simply “copying” the iPhone maker.

With a full wrap-around, high quality, all-metal design with curved edges that naturally fit in your hand, significant enhancements to every breakthrough feature of last year’s model, as well as all-new innovations, the HTC One (M8) is designed to impress and built to perform.

Some of the most prominent new features of the HTC One (M8) have to do with its ability to take truly stunning portrait photography and pictures with unique, fun and creative special effects. In a smartphone first, HTC’s Duo Camera features a dual lens that captures depth of field information and provides an entirely new set of editing tools.

The HTC One (M8) launch was as much about Sense 6.0 as it was about new hardware. The latest version of Sense, HTC’s UI customization of Android, offers improved BlinkFeed, new unlocking features for the phone, a better, more social integrated TV remote and more.

The battery in the HTC One (M8) lasts 40 percent longer than before. Extreme Power Save mode gives you up to 2 weeks of standby time while still giving you manual access to calls, email, texts, and other basic functions. Even with just 10 percent battery, you’ll have 30 hours of standby time with Extreme Power Saving Mode.

The HTC One (M8) features a new multi-band amplifier that ratchets up?the volume and sound quality, and boosts bass while keeping the mid/high frequencies clear. A new software balancing system optimizes bass and treble levels to ensure clear vocal and sound details. Redesigned speaker chambers result in sound that is 25 percent more powerful than the HTC One (M7). A new DSP constantly monitors the speakers to ensure the audio is never degraded by clipping or distortion.

The screen on the HTC One (M8) is a 5-inch, 1920 x 1080 screen, with 441 pixel density. It’s absolutely one of the best smartphone screens in the business. HD quality video looks terrific on the 1080p Full HD screen, which makes the One a great device for watching video while you wait or during the commute.

Pros

• It has included a microSD slot so you can add your own memory card for more storage
• Screen is just at the upper end of size/usability ratio
• Finally, Best design of any Android phone

Cons

• The battery is only 2600mAh
• Some accidental touch on far side interactions
• New Motion Launch feature makes for accidental unlocking

All in all, I feel The HTC One (M8) is currently my favorite Android smartphone.

See full specs below

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA, Asia
		HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile
	4G Network	LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 - T-Mobile
		LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - AT&T
	SIM	Nano-SIM
	Announced	2014, March
	Status	Available. Released 2014, March

BODY	Dimensions	146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm (5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 in)
	Weight	160 g (5.64 oz)

DISPLAY	Type	Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
		- HTC Sense UI v6

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers, built-in amplifiers
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - AT&T), HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes (market/operator dependent)
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host

CAMERA	Primary	Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
	Features	1/3'' sensor size, 2µm pixel size, automatic simultaneous video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, HDR, panorama
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
	Secondary	Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801
	CPU	Quad-core 2.3 GHz (US/EMEA)/ 2.5 GHz (Asia, China) Krait 400
	GPU	Adreno 330
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold
		- SNS integration - Google Drive (50 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk - Organizer - Document viewer/editor - Photo viewer/editor - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 271 h (2G) / Up to 496 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 20 h (3G)

MISC	SAR EU	0.42 W/kg (head)     0.22 W/kg (body)

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