Htc One M8 - another attempt to regain leadership

Smartphone Htc One M8 was noted in the history of a remarkable fact: the gadget went on sale simultaneously in several countries, including Russia the next day after the official presentation. In addition, for this model, the manufacturer offered original accessories. In the line of the Taiwanese brand Htc flagship smartphone with an index of M8 in the title was introduced in the spring of 2014. For the company, it was one of the last attempts to jump into the departing train of market leaders. As far as she succeeded, it can be judged by the fact that today HTC is not a very popular brand. However, the smartphone turned out pretty good, and more about it - in the review.

Characteristics of the hardware of the smartphone Htc One M8

The Htc One M8 mobile phone is endowed with an attractive design and a standard hardware for 2014 flagship devices.

The Htc One M8 smartphone has entered the market with the current version of Android 4.4.2 Kitkat OS in 2014 and the HTC Sense add-on version 6.0. As befits a leader in the product line of the brand, he was offered at a high price - about 32,000 rubles. Htc One M8 was available in two versions: with support for one SIM and Dual Sim.

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Key design solutions and device ergonomics

Overview Htc One M8 traditionally begin with the packaging of the device, which is a stylishly decorated cardboard box of white color.

To place the smartphone inside, a cardboard pad is provided, under which the manufacturer has placed the following attachments:

• charging unit 5V- / 1.5A;
• USB cable;
• needle tool for the promotion of a pair of sled with cells under the card;
• silicone protector case;
• branded wired headset and a set of spare liners;
• Supporting documentation.

The device Htc One M8 is made in a monolithic format. The choice is offered Three color options: black, silver and gold. The case material is sturdy aluminum and the screen protects the glass. Due to the rounding of the back surface, a device with a large thickness (9 mm) does not look bulky and is conveniently held in the hand.

On a note! For an additional fee, the device was supplied with a branded perforated case and software to work with it. Case Dot View Case is made of plastic in the format of the book. In addition to the protective function of this accessory, responding to certain svaypas or at an alarm signal (timer),can reflect notifications traced in pixel font, current time, weather, battery charge level.

Structural elements, displayed on the case, the manufacturer has placed in the following configuration.

1. A microUSB port and an audio jack for a 3.5 mm headphone plug are located on the bottom of the case, which is convenient when operating the device.
2. The power button is located on the upper end. This is not a very convenient solution, it is difficult to reach and grope. Here is the IR port.
3. The volume control key is on the right side of the case.
4. A pair of retractable slide for the carrier and MicroSD card is located on the left.
5. The front side is occupied by the display. Above the screen and below it are the openings of two front stereo speakers BoomSound. Under the screen, touch-sensitive navigation buttons, above the screen, as usual, are the front camera's eye, sensors.
6. The back panel is the location for a pair of rear camera lenses and a two-color LED flash.

Interesting smartphone features

HTC One M8 is equipped with a large 5-inch display. This screen is a touch-sensitive Super LCD 3 sensor matrix with a pixel density of 440 per inch.The display reproduces the image with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, which corresponds to the format of FullHD. The picture is different color saturation. Adjusting the brightness of the image is automatically based on data from the built-in light sensor. Manual brightness adjustment mode is also available.

In synthetic tests, the smartphone does not have enough stars from the sky: it is inferior to the Xiaomi Mi3, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Sony Xperia Z Ultra and is gaining about 32 thousand points in Antutu. But in real life, it shows itself quite well: the gadget without delays copes with video playback and other inherent functionality, including gaming applications. As an unpleasant moment in the reviews of the owners there is a noticeable heating of the smartphone under heavy load.. The sound quality of the device is high, which is ensured by the proprietary HTC BoomSound technology.

On a note! The device supports USB Host / OTG mode, which allows you to connect to external devices via a microUSB port: laptop, mouse, flash drive, keyboard, external monitor.

The flagship HTC 2014 has entered the market with the new graphic add-in Sense version 6, in which many tactile teams appeared.For example, double clicking on a locked screen removes a screen lock — a great alternative to clicking on the inconveniently located Power button.

An interesting solution to save battery is system Motion Launch. This innovative technology indirectly works to save energy. Data from all sensors are collected in a single storage. Applying applications to a single database, and not directly to the sensors, does not require energy.

Duration of battery life

The device can not boast a large energy reserve - the capacity of a non-removable battery is only 2600 mAh. But as already mentioned, the device is equipped for energy efficiency advanced power saving mode. This mechanism allows the gadget to maintain a working state in standby mode for up to 15 days. Economy mode automatically turns on when the battery level drops, the minimum threshold is 5%.

With intensive use of all the functional baggage of the gadget, battery charge lasts 8-12 hours. Depending on the operating scenario of the device, charging is required daily 1 time, more often or less.Before charging in reading mode, the smartphone can withstand up to 22 hours, video viewing will run out of stock in 13.5 hours, and 3D games in 3.5 hours. The duration of the charging process is 2.5 hours.

Features of photography with a camera with two lenses

The main camera Htc One M8 is made by Duo technology (two lenses), equipped with 4 MP UltraPixel matrix with f / 2 diaphragm and fast autofocus. Due to the additional lens, the effect of frame depth is achieved. To illuminate when shooting in low light conditions, the camera is equipped with a two-color LED flash. Camera supports FullHD format video. The front camera 5MP can also record video of a similar format.

The developers gave the device several photographing modes:

• double when both cameras are working;
• panoramic shooting up to 360 °;
• Zoe - mode (a series of frames combined into a video clip).

The considered device received a number of footage conversion functions. The following photo effects are available.

1. UFocus is used to change the focus on the finished image.
2. Foregrounder allows you to change the background on the captured frame.
3. Using the Copy & Paste tool, you can move selected fragments of a frame to another image.
4. Dimension Plus when tilting the smartphone adjusts the viewing angle.
5. Image match system will help to select photos with one object and create an album.
6. You can liven up individual shots with the Seasons animation effect.

Examples of photos on the camera of the model in question:

Final verdict

For its time, the Htc One M8 was a quality device, powerful, with interesting innovative solutions, generally worthy of flagship status. but its key disadvantage was the price: at the start of sales, it amounted to more than 30 thousand rubles, while Samsung offered its flagship S5 with a magnificent screen Amoled and good quality pictures cheaper. Currently, this model is morally obsolete, and even with Android v 6.0 firmware is rarely available. You can buy the device today for an amount of 11,000 rubles.

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