Having a high pixel count generally slows phones down, so our speed expectations were low. We were wrong! This thing is absurdly, unprecedentedly fast. How fast? It goes from fully powered off to all booted up and ready to go in eight seconds. EIGHT! Lag
As good as the camera is for stills, it takes very lackluster video. The results aren't particularly sharp and details get lost. There's also a watery, warble effect which may be rolling-shutter, or more likely, the optical image stabilization not working
While the jury will remain out until we get our hands on U.S. devices, at this point, all signs point to yes. Its simply one of the most exciting pieces of hardware weve seen in a long time, including the Galaxy S IV. As of this moment, the HTC One is l...
Abstract: The HTC One and Sony Xperia Z are the pride and joy of their respective manufacturers. In the videos dedicated to their design stories you can clearly see how passionate the teams are about their products. Fittingly, the Xperia Z and HTC One are two o...
Abstract: By now you should have formed an opinion of which phone you like better - each had moments where it shined and got overshadowed elsewhere. The truth is that this will be one of the most exciting fights in the premium segment this season. Yes, the Gala...
So this is it - the One has brought out the best in HTC. It's sure as shooting that five different people will say that about five different HTC smartphones. And at least four of them will be right. But there're certain things that make this one the One.T...
Abstract: Smartphones are now more advanced than ever, but we seem to have hit a low in innovation - we're just getting a Company Phone N+1 handset released each year on schedule. This is why we were excited to meet the HTC One, the company broke every mold it ...
Abstract: HTC makes a strong bid for a bigger slice of the smartphone market with its latest flagship smartphone, One.The stunning display, slick aluminium unibody design coupled with more than sufficient quad-core power makes for a very impressive first impression...
Abstract: Going by sales in the past year alone, it's easy to forget that HTC still makes some of the best hardware in the smartphone game. Despite the fact that it was the first to release a smartphone with a dual-core Krait chipset, the first to launch a...
What we love: Amazing build quality, smooth and snappy user experience, fantastic camera features, BoomSound is really Boombastic, What we dislike: Fragile material, Sense 5 may not be good for exHTC users, Camera takes overexposed pictures, HTC MARKETING
We love the HTC One, it is the best Android phone that we've experienced, it delivers superb user experience in an amazingly designed hardware, it shows the philosophy that HTC has always believed in – Quietly Brilliant. While more powerful devices such a...
Abstract: Recently, it came to light that Samsung and other mobile manufacturers were cheating current mobile benchmarks by upping processor performance each time these benchmarks were run on their devices. While this isn't something new in the tech industry, quite...
– Industrial design, – Beautiful display, – Great lowlight photos, – Excellent video captures with OIS and large pixels, – Toned down Sense UI that's consistent with Android, – Topnotch performance
– Relatively heavy, – Aluminum chassis prone to scuffs, – Photos are washed out, – Low resolution causing pixelated photos, – BlinkFeed is a nuisance, with no options to disable it, – Battery life could be better; slow to recharge
It's not easy to declare a single phone as the best of the year as there will be competing devices littered throughout the following 12 months. But if there's one device I have to pick for 2013, it will definitely be the HTC One, except that it has two we...
