The HTC One (M8) Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi & Joshua Ho on March 26, 2014 7:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- HTC
- Mobile
- HTC One
Display
The new One increases its display size from 4.7” to 5.0”. The M8’s IPS Pro panel (read: IPS) still features a 1080p resolution. There are no funny subpixel arrays here, just a standard RGB stripe. HTC isn’t using in-cell touch, although Synaptics supplies the touch controller for the M8. The display is a MIPI command mode type panel (effectively supporting self refreshing of the panel).
The overall display experience on M8 is near identical to M7 from a color accuracy standpoint. Black levels are higher than our original M7 sample, but max contrast ratio is still a healthy 1300:1.
The M8’s display isn’t bad by any means, but I continue to be disappointed in the lack of attention paid to pursuing greater color accuracy among most Android OEMs. The Nexus 5 and 7 are the targets to aim for in that space - I hope we’ll eventually have more than Google pursuing them.
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justaname - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - link
Now all they need to make is the new One mini, which would be the old One(M7) with the new 801 SoC. And maybe the microSD.number58 - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - link
This might just be my next phone. I'm beyond tired of my galaxy nexus. So where's Brian?Death666Angel - Friday, March 28, 2014 - link
Yeah, but it was a great phone, wasn't it? :Diwod - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - link
I mean if you are an Android user, why would anyone choose Samsung over this? This is quite possibly one of the best designed phone out there.Blairh - Thursday, March 27, 2014 - link
The camera.asaini007 - Thursday, March 27, 2014 - link
The heart-rate sensor(sarcasm)
Death666Angel - Friday, March 28, 2014 - link
Because I stuff my phone in a cheap case and look at its screen, not everything but the screen?If you like it and it hits your button, great. But why does everyone have to conform to your ideals of a top android smartphone?
batongxue - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - link
"haven’t changed compared to M7: there’s still 1080p30 (20Mbps High Profile H.264), 1080p60 (also 20Mbps High Profile), slow motion (720p) pand HDR video."The 2013 One doesn't do 1080p60 and the slowmo is relative low res instead of 720p.
Something's wrong with the description here.
rxzlmn - Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - link
I wish you would review the Z2. You didn't review the Z1, please do review the Z2 this time.Vaibhav Sharma - Thursday, March 27, 2014 - link
Me 2. Please review the z2. Sony is bigger than lg or htc here in India. More content for global audience? :)