Another show stopper device from HTC!!
The Taiwanese smartphone-maker announced its newest flagship device with the catch of " Beautifully Designed, Inside and Out "
HTC unveiled the HTC One M8 at a press conference in New York and London, Tuesday ( March 25, 2014) Showing off its high end built quality for its signature all aluminum body and a great specifications.
With the new HTC One M8 that houses a larger screen size with 146.36x70.6x9.35 mm, 5 inches with Full HD 1080p (Hoping for a 2K display) The rather square built quality of the M7 was disregarded and has been replaced by the smooth round edges of the M8. The new One is much lighter that its younger brother that weighs only about 160g.
HTC also upgraded their flagship device with top-notch specifications that now supports Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 801, quad-core CPUs with 2GB of RAM with a storage of 16GB and 32 GB and a new addition of card slot expansion (MicroSD) that can handle up to 128GB of added memory.
The HTC One M8 will come with its UI the Sense 6 or as they call it the " 6th Sense " with added features like:
- Gestures control
- Life the camera to eye level to open the camera
- Flip to mute
- Hand-free calling
- Calendar
- Music
- Sense TV
- Swipe 2 fingers to connect to your TV, Speakers and Stereos
- The new Sense 6 supports real-time sports updates
Audio:
"We set the standards to mobile audio" - HTCThe HTC One M8 still have the Best Audio for mobile with their HTC BoomSound with Dual front facing speakers.
"Our BoomSound is 25% louder with more depth with built-in Amps to create rich audio that brings music and video to life" - HTC
Battery:
HTC said that the battery life of the M8 is 40% bigger that can last longer than the previous devices with its 2600mAh, It can last up to 20 hours for talk time and 496 hours for standby time. They added a battery saving mode called "Extreme Power Saving Mode"
Battery % Days/Week it will last
100% 2 Weeks
20% 60 Hours
10% 30 Hours
5% 15 Hours
Camera:
2013 was the year of Selfies and now HTC brought high-end specs for its camera for the M8. The M8 now supports a 5MP Wide Angle front facing camera good for video chatting and great for Selfie lovers. (A Year of the Selfies yet again! Thanks to the HTC One M8.)
The most interesting hardware of the M8 is the Duo Camera
"HTC changed the conversation of Mobile Photography" - HTC
- Primary camera with the HTC's signature ULTRA PIXEL that can record 1080p Full HD Wide angle recording with HDR Video
- Secondary Camera it will capture the depth information of every photo you have taken, with the Duo Camera you can refocus any photo after taking it.
HTC Dot Case:
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HTC M8 Doc case which shows the time and weather with the use of LEDs, the colors for the case will be available in Blue, Orange and Green.
HTC One M8 will be made available to 230+ carriers and 100+ countries. At the end of April it will be made available in some countries like Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Taiwan and The US. If you want it now, go to Verizon stores walk in and walk out with the new HTC One M8.
Connectivity:
Others:
- HTC still have the 3.5mm stereo audio jack
- NFC
- Bluetooth 4.0
- Wifi a/b/g/n/ac
- DLNA ( wirelessly stream media from phone to a compatible TV or Compurter )
- HTC Connect
- Micro USB 2. (5Pin)
- 4G LTE
- Accelerometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Ambient light sensor
- Gyro sensor
- Barometer sensor
- GPS
Others:
- Nano Sim
- Color availability: Silver, Black, Gold
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