Where to begin on the HTC One that hasn't been posted by countless consumer and professional reviewers??? Well, I'll basically reiterate what everyone has said.
Let's start with the exterior: there is no better built phone on the market, period. No better feeling Windows phone, Blackberry, iPhone and ESPECIALLY Android phone. No matter what you pay for the phone, expect it to feel like a million bucks in the hand from the aluminum unibody construction. Every millimeter of the HTC One is crafted with care and precision manufactured with lasers, under the eye of elder metallurgists. Or at least I'd like to think that.
Along the top edge of the phone is a 3.5mm combination headset/microphone jack towards the right and the power button/IR blaster on the left. Yes, you can program the phone to control your stereo, TV or any other infrared receivable item. Along the right edge is the volume rocker that has a really cool design on it that makes it easy to find when not looking at it. The bottom edge has your man microphone and micro USB 2.0 port. No micro HDMI. And along the left edge, you have the pin hole SIM ejector and the flush SIM card slot. The front of the phone has the display, 2 capacitive buttons (back and home), a front facing camera, light and proximity sensors along with your stereo Boomsound speakers. The back has your secondary, noise cancelling microphone and your main camera with flash. All specs to be explained below:
- 4.7" 1080p Super LCD3 display with 468 pixels per inch (ppi)
- Snapdragon 600 Quad-core processor rated at 1.7 GHz, mated with the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM
- 2MP front facing camera with a wide angled lens, capable of 1080p video recording and HDR photos
- 4.1MP UltraPixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and single LED flash
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wifi
- Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC (Near-field Communication)
- Capacitive touchscreen with up to 10 touch points
- 2300 mAh Lithium-polymer battery
- 2G/3G/4GLTE (Sprint only at 1900MHz frequency)
- 32GB internal storage (26GB useable)
If you're still undecided after seeing the specifications, I'll get into the cons:
- Short battery life for ultra-heavy users w/o powersaver mode
- Slow to charge from PC and 12V from car.
- 4.1MP maximum resolution doesn't capture enough detail
- Screen is too bright in a dark room with 0% brightness
- Proximity sensor reads false positives often with skin oils left behind
- Beats Audio limits maximum speakers' volume when engaged
- No kickstand (coming from HTC EVO 4G LTE)
Most these are nitpicking from a tech enthusiast like me and can easily be avoided or mitigated.
Now, the pros:
- Wonderful screen with excellent viewing angles
- Quick speed from app to app with GREAT multitasking
- Best Android overlay in the business. Clearly Android with many things to enhance your experience
- BlinkFeed is by far the best software addition to Android any hardware manufacturer has added to it
- Out of the box with Android 4.1 JellyBean with HTC Sense 5.0, Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.0 available with immediate update
- UltraPixel camera captures better low light images than any other phone on the market
- Boomsound is the best hardware addition to any phone, by anyone. Speakers are loud, clear and are placed perfectly
- Build quality is unparalleled
- Easily customizable with different custom ROMs, thanks to HTC's easy to unlock bootloader at htcdev.com
- Zoe is cool and more functional than people give it credit for
- No feature wasted that was packaged in HTC Sense, versus Samsung Galaxy S4
- Sense keyboard is rather exceptional, as stock keyboards go
I'd recommend this phone to anyone and I have. I've gotten 6 people to get some variant of the HTC One and each person loves it, as do I. And with prices at $50 or less for a 2-year contract (as of 1/4/2014), getting such a powerhouse is a no brainer!
My own recommended list, without any order, are as such:
- HTC One
- HTC One Max
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3
- LG G2
- Google/LG Nexus 5 (recommended to get 32GB version from Google Play)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition
- Moto X
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Where to begin on the HTC One that hasn't been posted by countless consumer and professional reviewers??? Well, I'll basically reiterate what everyone has said.Let's start with the exterior: there is no better built phone on the market, period. No better feeling Windows phone, Blackberry, iPhone and ESPECIALLY Android phone. No matter what you pay for the phone, expect it to feel like a million bucks in the hand from the aluminum unibody construction. Every millimeter of the HTC One is crafted with care and precision manufactured with lasers, under the eye of elder metallurgists. Or at least I'd like to think that.Along the top edge of the phone is a 3.5mm combination headset/microphone jack towards the right and the power button/IR blaster on the left. Yes, you can program the phone to control your stereo, TV or any other infrared receivable item. Along the right edge is the volume rocker that has a really cool design on it that makes it easy to find when not looking at it. The bottom edge has your man microphone and micro USB 2.0 port. No micro HDMI. And along the left edge, you have the pin hole SIM ejector and the flush SIM card slot. The front of the phone has the display, 2 capacitive buttons (back and home), a front facing camera, light and proximity sensors along with your stereo Boomsound speakers. The back has your secondary, noise cancelling microphone and your main camera with flash. All specs to be explained below:- 4.7" 1080p Super LCD3 display with 468 pixels per inch (ppi)- Snapdragon 600 Quad-core processor rated at 1.7 GHz, mated with the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM- 2MP front facing camera with a wide angled lens, capable of 1080p video recording and HDR photos- 4.1MP UltraPixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and single LED flash- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wifi- Bluetooth 4.0- NFC (Near-field Communication)- Capacitive touchscreen with up to 10 touch points- 2300 mAh Lithium-polymer battery- 2G/3G/4GLTE (Sprint only at 1900MHz frequency)- 32GB internal storage (26GB useable)If you're still undecided after seeing the specifications, I'll get into the cons:- Short battery life for ultra-heavy users w/o powersaver mode- Slow to charge from PC and 12V from car.- 4.1MP maximum resolution doesn't capture enough detail- Screen is too bright in a dark room with 0% brightness- Proximity sensor reads false positives often with skin oils left behind- Beats Audio limits maximum speakers' volume when engaged- No kickstand (coming from HTC EVO 4G LTE)Most these are nitpicking from a tech enthusiast like me and can easily be avoided or mitigated.Now, the pros:- Wonderful screen with excellent viewing angles- Quick speed from app to app with GREAT multitasking- Best Android overlay in the business. Clearly Android with many things to enhance your experience- BlinkFeed is by far the best software addition to Android any hardware manufacturer has added to it- Out of the box with Android 4.1 JellyBean with HTC Sense 5.0, Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.0 available with immediate update- UltraPixel camera captures better low light images than any other phone on the market- Boomsound is the best hardware addition to any phone, by anyone. Speakers are loud, clear and are placed perfectly- Build quality is unparalleled- Easily customizable with different custom ROMs, thanks to HTC's easy to unlock bootloader at htcdev.com- Zoe is cool and more functional than people give it credit for- No feature wasted that was packaged in HTC Sense, versus Samsung Galaxy S4- Sense keyboard is rather exceptional, as stock keyboards goI'd recommend this phone to anyone and I have. I've gotten 6 people to get some variant of the HTC One and each person loves it, as do I. And with prices at $50 or less for a 2-year contract (as of 1/4/2014), getting such a powerhouse is a no brainer!My own recommended list, without any order, are as such:- HTC One- HTC One Max- Samsung Galaxy Note 3- LG G2- Google/LG Nexus 5 (recommended to get 32GB version from Google Play)- Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition- Moto X
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Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2014
Where to begin on the HTC One that hasn't been posted by countless consumer and professional reviewers??? Well, I'll basically reiterate what everyone has said.
Let's start with the exterior: there is no better built phone on the market, period. No better feeling Windows phone, Blackberry, iPhone and ESPECIALLY Android phone. No matter what you pay for the phone, expect it to feel like a million bucks in the hand from the aluminum unibody construction. Every millimeter of the HTC One is crafted with care and precision manufactured with lasers, under the eye of elder metallurgists. Or at least I'd like to think that.
Along the top edge of the phone is a 3.5mm combination headset/microphone jack towards the right and the power button/IR blaster on the left. Yes, you can program the phone to control your stereo, TV or any other infrared receivable item. Along the right edge is the volume rocker that has a really cool design on it that makes it easy to find when not looking at it. The bottom edge has your man microphone and micro USB 2.0 port. No micro HDMI. And along the left edge, you have the pin hole SIM ejector and the flush SIM card slot. The front of the phone has the display, 2 capacitive buttons (back and home), a front facing camera, light and proximity sensors along with your stereo Boomsound speakers. The back has your secondary, noise cancelling microphone and your main camera with flash. All specs to be explained below:
- 4.7" 1080p Super LCD3 display with 468 pixels per inch (ppi)
- Snapdragon 600 Quad-core processor rated at 1.7 GHz, mated with the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM
- 2MP front facing camera with a wide angled lens, capable of 1080p video recording and HDR photos
- 4.1MP UltraPixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and single LED flash
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wifi
- Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC (Near-field Communication)
- Capacitive touchscreen with up to 10 touch points
- 2300 mAh Lithium-polymer battery
- 2G/3G/4GLTE (Sprint only at 1900MHz frequency)
- 32GB internal storage (26GB useable)
If you're still undecided after seeing the specifications, I'll get into the cons:
- Short battery life for ultra-heavy users w/o powersaver mode
- Slow to charge from PC and 12V from car.
- 4.1MP maximum resolution doesn't capture enough detail
- Screen is too bright in a dark room with 0% brightness
- Proximity sensor reads false positives often with skin oils left behind
- Beats Audio limits maximum speakers' volume when engaged
- No kickstand (coming from HTC EVO 4G LTE)
Most these are nitpicking from a tech enthusiast like me and can easily be avoided or mitigated.
Now, the pros:
- Wonderful screen with excellent viewing angles
- Quick speed from app to app with GREAT multitasking
- Best Android overlay in the business. Clearly Android with many things to enhance your experience
- BlinkFeed is by far the best software addition to Android any hardware manufacturer has added to it
- Out of the box with Android 4.1 JellyBean with HTC Sense 5.0, Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.0 available with immediate update
- UltraPixel camera captures better low light images than any other phone on the market
- Boomsound is the best hardware addition to any phone, by anyone. Speakers are loud, clear and are placed perfectly
- Build quality is unparalleled
- Easily customizable with different custom ROMs, thanks to HTC's easy to unlock bootloader at htcdev.com
- Zoe is cool and more functional than people give it credit for
- No feature wasted that was packaged in HTC Sense, versus Samsung Galaxy S4
- Sense keyboard is rather exceptional, as stock keyboards go
I'd recommend this phone to anyone and I have. I've gotten 6 people to get some variant of the HTC One and each person loves it, as do I. And with prices at $50 or less for a 2-year contract (as of 1/4/2014), getting such a powerhouse is a no brainer!
My own recommended list, without any order, are as such:
- HTC One
- HTC One Max
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3
- LG G2
- Google/LG Nexus 5 (recommended to get 32GB version from Google Play)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition
- Moto X
Let's start with the exterior: there is no better built phone on the market, period. No better feeling Windows phone, Blackberry, iPhone and ESPECIALLY Android phone. No matter what you pay for the phone, expect it to feel like a million bucks in the hand from the aluminum unibody construction. Every millimeter of the HTC One is crafted with care and precision manufactured with lasers, under the eye of elder metallurgists. Or at least I'd like to think that.
Along the top edge of the phone is a 3.5mm combination headset/microphone jack towards the right and the power button/IR blaster on the left. Yes, you can program the phone to control your stereo, TV or any other infrared receivable item. Along the right edge is the volume rocker that has a really cool design on it that makes it easy to find when not looking at it. The bottom edge has your man microphone and micro USB 2.0 port. No micro HDMI. And along the left edge, you have the pin hole SIM ejector and the flush SIM card slot. The front of the phone has the display, 2 capacitive buttons (back and home), a front facing camera, light and proximity sensors along with your stereo Boomsound speakers. The back has your secondary, noise cancelling microphone and your main camera with flash. All specs to be explained below:
- 4.7" 1080p Super LCD3 display with 468 pixels per inch (ppi)
- Snapdragon 600 Quad-core processor rated at 1.7 GHz, mated with the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM
- 2MP front facing camera with a wide angled lens, capable of 1080p video recording and HDR photos
- 4.1MP UltraPixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and single LED flash
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wifi
- Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC (Near-field Communication)
- Capacitive touchscreen with up to 10 touch points
- 2300 mAh Lithium-polymer battery
- 2G/3G/4GLTE (Sprint only at 1900MHz frequency)
- 32GB internal storage (26GB useable)
If you're still undecided after seeing the specifications, I'll get into the cons:
- Short battery life for ultra-heavy users w/o powersaver mode
- Slow to charge from PC and 12V from car.
- 4.1MP maximum resolution doesn't capture enough detail
- Screen is too bright in a dark room with 0% brightness
- Proximity sensor reads false positives often with skin oils left behind
- Beats Audio limits maximum speakers' volume when engaged
- No kickstand (coming from HTC EVO 4G LTE)
Most these are nitpicking from a tech enthusiast like me and can easily be avoided or mitigated.
Now, the pros:
- Wonderful screen with excellent viewing angles
- Quick speed from app to app with GREAT multitasking
- Best Android overlay in the business. Clearly Android with many things to enhance your experience
- BlinkFeed is by far the best software addition to Android any hardware manufacturer has added to it
- Out of the box with Android 4.1 JellyBean with HTC Sense 5.0, Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.0 available with immediate update
- UltraPixel camera captures better low light images than any other phone on the market
- Boomsound is the best hardware addition to any phone, by anyone. Speakers are loud, clear and are placed perfectly
- Build quality is unparalleled
- Easily customizable with different custom ROMs, thanks to HTC's easy to unlock bootloader at htcdev.com
- Zoe is cool and more functional than people give it credit for
- No feature wasted that was packaged in HTC Sense, versus Samsung Galaxy S4
- Sense keyboard is rather exceptional, as stock keyboards go
I'd recommend this phone to anyone and I have. I've gotten 6 people to get some variant of the HTC One and each person loves it, as do I. And with prices at $50 or less for a 2-year contract (as of 1/4/2014), getting such a powerhouse is a no brainer!
My own recommended list, without any order, are as such:
- HTC One
- HTC One Max
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3
- LG G2
- Google/LG Nexus 5 (recommended to get 32GB version from Google Play)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition
- Moto X
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017
