It’s a two tone design (well, the Silver/Gold and Gold/Pink versions have a contrasting band around the side, whereas the Gunmetal Grey and Gold on Gold versions don’t) that uses a single piece of metal for the entire phone – it really feels better packaged. The metallic chassis is back and is bolder than ever. The resolution is “only” 1080p, but again, some are questioning whether the pin-sharp QHD resolution is needed, especially as it’s harder on battery life. There are some things that haven’t improved though: the screen is still “only” 5 inches, which could be too big or too small depending on your opinion on the subject.
It’s not got the cachet of Samsung’s Super AMOLED display, but it’s still colour rich and seems close to the glass, which is important for image quality. The internals are impressive: an octa-core Qualcomm 810 chipset, 3GB of RAM, 2840 mAh battery on top of a Super LCD3 screen. HTC has kept the microSD slot for extra storage, and boosted the internal spec to 32GB to ensure issues of low memory should be a thing of the past. This will go down further, but it seems this phone has had to have a price increase to facilitate the improved design and uprated innards. US pricing has it at $649 without subsidy – which seems slightly out of kilter with the UK, but if you shop around you can get it for under £500.
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In the UK it’s got an RRP of £580 SIM free for the handset, with a good £10 per month extra on contract. It’s certainly charging for it: the One M9 isn’t cheap. So has the Taiwanese brand managed to do the almost impossible and create yet another perfect device? It’s dropped the maligned 4MP Ultrapixel sensor, bumping it up to a huge 20.7MP option in a bid to attract those that feel safer buying a phone with higher numbers on the spec sheet.Īnd it’s tied off the experience with a huge boost in the engine room and teamed up with Dolby to refine its already powerful BoomSound experience.Įven the battery capacity is improved, something HTC has struggled with in the past – now it’s beating Samsung’s Galaxy S6. It’s a brand realising it made a pretty much perfect phone with the One M8 and doubling down on its greatest strength to try and win over more customers.
The HTC One M9 is a phone built on precision.
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