Yeah, I know we are a little late, but that's a long tale and if you are interested, mail me for it. Whatever, its the HTC One I am here to tell about. HTC One, earlier codenamed M7 (excuse the cliché), announced a few days ago, is thought to be a competitor for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4, to be launched on 14th March. Although I am dying to use some words here, let me save them for the conclusion and lets see what HTC One has to offer
The shockers that this phone packs are what actually made me re-read its specs twice to get the clarity at first, and they are seriously eye-catching. Firstly, HTC One has a 4.7 inch Full HD display, with..*ahem*.. a whopping 468 ppi resolution!!! Yes that's right, and I know this is totally crazy!! It is powered by Android 4.1.2 and has the HTC Sense 5 UI. It has the muscle power of the latest Snapdragon 600 Quad Core processor, clocked at 1.7 GHz, comes in 32 GB and 64 GB storage variants, has a 2 GB DDR2 RAM and has the jiuce of a 2300 mAh Li-polymer battery.
Lets come to the second one : HTC One comes in a full metal body, so no plastic and a much premium look and feel. I know the pics offer something of a confusion as if it is a windows 8 powered device. This is the Sense 5 UI for you, and these tiles you may see are a part of what's called the Blinkboard, which is a constantly updating fliboard + windows 8 tiles sort of thing, and is extremely user friendly.Third surprise is its super amazing sound, with the dual frontal audio speakers with dedicated amps, along with the expected Studio quality of Beats Audio, HTC One manages to offer some seriously amazing sound quality.
Let us see the rest of the specs first before we get onto the last , and the most shocking surprise. HTC One is Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX enabled, with WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n , DLNA, Infrared booster, and micro USB 2.0 with mobile high definition video link (MHL). It supports 4G LTE as well.
At last, i'll come onto the Fourth surprise , and I think you must have guessed it. Yeah its the camera. And no, if you are thinking something lavish and extravagant like the Nokia Pure View 43 MP one, then you cannot be more distant from the truth. The HTC One sports a 4 MP camera!!!!!! And again, Yeh, its 4 MP, no mistakes there. And again, yeh I know this sounds totally crazy for a uber high end smartphone. But lets see what this 4 MP shooter is capable of. Normal cameras have sensor with pixels of size 1.4 microns. But HTC One's 4 MP camera has pixels of size 2 micron. Now for any deluded readers who believe 0.6 doesn't make much difference, try multiplying it by 4 million (which is what 4 Mega Pixels means). THAT makes one hell of a difference. So this brilliant camera captures more than 300% light than normal ones, giving some amazing clarity ( This is the BEST example to explain that it's the sensor which determines the image clarity and not the number of pixels) . Large number of pixels lead to large image size, which really is not convenient with the limited storage we have. So this is one of the most innovative risks that HTC has taken ever. With Smart Flash (five levels of flash depending upon distance) , slow motion video recording , dedicated HTC ImageChip 2, this camera performs amazingly.
CONCLUSION
HTC One is one phone that could seriously work wonders to revive the company's market share in the top end segment , as it is a brilliant device without any doubts. The only catch is the price, which is something we have no idea about. Its this factor which could change things a lot, as people are less likely to spend near $900 or above, just as Samsung is also to offer the much awaited S4. So full credits to the makers for the device, and lets see how the price turns out, not "4getting" the upcoming S4 ! :D
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