Taking home the “Best 2013
Smartphone” award in this year’s MWC in Barcelona. HTC once again deliver
another raging monster phone with a similar name. HTC One M8 promises better
specs and camera capabilities compared to its predecessor. Check out after the
jump as we do our take on HTC’s specifications.
Internals
The display will be a bump from
4.7-inch to a 5-inch affair. Judging from the looks of it, the device will
still sport a 1080p full HD display. HTC’s use of processor for its flagship
handset has been in question since last year when it decided to release a
generation-old Snapdragon 600 for the 2013 HTC One. Now, leaks suggest that the
Taiwanese company will be using an “improved processor” though we are seeing
that it could use a Snapdragon 801 or the lower version Snapdragon 800.
Its design will still be the same
old svelte philosophy. Basing on the leaked pictures, the all new HTC One is
just a taller version of its predecessor. The iconic frontal speakers with Boom
Sound will still be pleasing our ears and the added double tap to wake function
from LG G2 are pleasing features of this handheld.
Duo Camera
HTC has this odd reputation of
innovating certain norms when it comes to mobile camera features. Last year,
instead of join the race to have highest camera sensor, HTC has decided to use
a 4MP sensor for its 2013 flagship and introduce an Ultrapixel software to
support its camera at the same time.
Now, the all new One will have not only
one but two rear cameras called the Duo Camera. This will give “bokeh” or blurred
effects to photographs and will also allow the camera to choose the focal
point. Plus, this camera will chew any 3D effects thrown at it, both photos and
videos. It’ll also have the iPhone5s-eque dual LED flash.
The all new HTC One will be,
again, one of the first handsets to have a Google Play Edition this year. After
the naming HTC One as 2013’s best smartphone in MWC, HTC guns this new flagship
as a tough competitor in the high-end Android market just like what it did a
year ago. Locally, this device is dubbed to hit the country this month.
HTC One 2014 (M8) Specifications
146.4 x 70.6 x
9.4 mm at 160 g
5-inch Full HD
(1080 x 1920) Super LCD3 at 441ppi
Corning
Gorilla Glass 3
2.3GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core CPU
Adreno 330 GPU
2GB RAM
16/32/64GB
internal storage
up to 128GB
via microSD
Dual 4
megapixel Ultrapixel rear camera, dual-LED flash (Duo Camera)
5 megapixel
front-facing camera
LTE, HSPA+
WiFi 802.11
a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0
w/ A2DP
NFC
GPS, A-GPS,
GLONASS
IR Blaster
Stereo FM
Radio w/ RDS
HTC BoomSound
Android 4.4.2
Kitkat w/ HTC Sense UI 6
2,600mAh
battery
