HTC launched flagship android smartphone namely One M8 in India which is priced @ 47,900/-. It is available is White, Gold and Silver/Gunmetal shades.
DESIGN, BUILD QUALITY & DISPLAY
The design of this phone is Great. It has a corning gorilla glass 3 on front and a brush alluminium finish unibody back and feels very good in hands. It is slim at 9.4mm and weighs 160gms. It has 5 inch FULL HD Super LCD 3 display of resolution 1920 x 1280 with 441 ppi. The viewing angles and sunlight legibility of the display is Great. It runs on HTC's Sense 6.0 User Interface. The display supports 10 multi-touch points and the brightness of the screen is very good.
STORAGE, MULTIMEDIA & CONNECTIVITYS
It has 16GB of internal storage which is further expandable upto 128GB. The device features dedicated multimedia apps such as Zoe camera app stores all your images and has built video player as well as music player which stores and plays respectively which are very good. FM radio comes pre-installed too. Connectivities like 2G, 3G speeds upto 42.2mbps download & 5.76mbps upload, 4G speeds upto 150mbps download & 50mbps upload, Wifi a/b/g/n/ac, Wifi hotsopt, USB OTG as well as Bluetooth 4.0 .But has IR blaster & market dependent NFC.
CAMERA & VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES
It has a dual 4MP rear camera 1/3inch sensor with autofocus and dual tone dual led flash which features Simultaneous image and video recording, Geo-tagging, Touch focus, Image stabilization, HDR etc. The camera clarity is pretty good overall. Daytime the images are very good and has fine details respectively but in the night is where the noise starts to become more visible and to get better details at night HDR mode images with bit of steady hands helps to produce slightly better images n clarity is acceptable. It does FULL HD 1080p@60fps & 30fps HDR & 720p@120fps video recording with video stabilization and stereo sound having bit-rate of 34mbps & 16-17mbps for 60fps n 30fps respectivelyand stores in mp4 format. The video recording clarity is great overall. Daytime the video clarity is great and has fine details respectively but at night video clarity is acceptable could have been better. It also has a 5MP front camera for selfe's which does 1080p video with HDR and clarity is very good.
SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, PERFORMANCE & BENCHMARKS
It runs Android (OS) 4.4.2 Kitkat out of the box. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AB for US markets) & (MSM8974AC for Asian markets) processor running a octa core at 2.3 GHZ & 2.5 GHZ respectively (Cortex A15) with 2GB RAM and Adreno 330 (550 MHZ single Core) GPU. The performance is Excellent which provides number of graphic intensive games and multitasking run quite well and there is no lag at all.
QUADRANT :23660.
ANTUTU : 36946.
NENAMARK 2 : 59.4 fps.
BATTERY LIFE PERFORMANCE
It has a Non-Removable Li-Pro 2600 mah battery. The battery life is very good which is given below.
BROWSING : upto 9:20H.
VIDEO WATCHING: upto 10:40H.
TALKTIME : upto 15H(2G) / upto 13H(3G).
STANDBY TIME: upto 420 H(2G) / upto 410 H(3G).
PROS
*Top class build quality.
*Excellent display and viewing angle.
*Excellent Performance.
*Very good camera and great video recording clarity.
*Excellent Loudspeaker with Boom sound speakers.
*USB OTG & IR Blaster but also optinal NFC
*Excellent Loudspeaker with Boom sound speakers.
*USB OTG & IR Blaster but also optinal NFC
CONS
*Non removable battery could have had slightly higher capacity for better battery life.
*Display is bit reflective hampering sunlight legibility with respect to competition.
*Camera is Very good Still 4MP size is pretty low for the competition.
*Display is bit reflective hampering sunlight legibility with respect to competition.
*Camera is Very good Still 4MP size is pretty low for the competition.
*No OIS or 4K video recording.
*No dedicated camera key.
*No dedicated camera key.
OVERALL PRODUCT RATING° : 9.2/10.
°overall product rating refers to all the aspects including the price, performance, overall quality, features, etc., based on individual product.
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