One of the favorite phones of all time is the HTC One (M8). It was loved for its beautiful design, gorgeous display, and excellent build. But some flaws arose in it, namely the UltraPixel camera, the phone ceased to become the best. To correct that, the HTC One M9 has arrived. It has a proper 20 MP camera on the back and the design has been redesigned without losing the features that made it special. Here are some impressions that would make the M9 HTC’s biggest hope for 2015.

Construction design

Over the past three years, HTC has built a reputation for great design and top-notch build quality. The M8 was designed for feel and the M9 retained many of the sharp edged designs of the original. The front is angular while the back is curved, with highly polished sides and different colored finishes.

There seems to be a compromise in the design, albeit very well done. HTC tells that there are many step processes of coating, machining, chamfering. The buttons are scratch resistant and have different textures, while the rear camera comes with a sapphire crystal over the lens.

Another thing worth mentioning about the M9 is its ‘table presence’. It’s like a clunking car door and depends entirely on how much you enjoy it.

The specifications

Like the latest phones out there, there’s a Snapdragon 810 chip and 3GB of RAM that provide enough power to handle the most demanding apps, videos, and games. The display is a 5-inch 1080p display without any display upgrade from the previous M8.

On the screen

The availability of the Sense 7 interface helps in better customization of Android. The Themes app, apart from changing some colors, reworks the textures, icons, clock, fonts and sounds. As you select an image for your home screen, the app chooses the colors and fonts to suit it. Sense Home is also aware of the context in which it is being used, the time it is being used and acts accordingly.

boom and shake the phone

The presence of finely perforated grilles on both sides of the M9 makes Boomsound one of HTC’s top flagships. A three-finger swipe sends different Dolby-enabled songs from the same phone to different speakers in multiple rooms.

Ultra Selfie Sunrise

The new M9 has a 20MP snapper on the back that produces proper big photos of people’s faces by using the ‘exposure engine’. You can even record 4K video with your smartphone. With the presence of a selfie camera, an ultra-pixel sensor, one can do without the use of flash.

For easy photo browsing, different snapshots can be collected in One Gallery app, as it links Drive/Facebook/Dropbox/Flickr/Instagram images in one place and makes searching easy.

There may be phones that can boast a lot of futuristic features, but M9 is still a great example of no-gimmicks design, with a smart interface and stunning build quality.

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