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Samsung Galaxy S6 Specification and Release Date

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After a series of production, Korean tech-giant Samsung unpacked the Galaxy S6 in March 1, 2015. It is the sixth edition of galaxy devices. Samsung changed a huge objects in the latest Galaxy S6. Unlike the previous versions of Galaxy, Samsung manufactured this device with <a href="https://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/Exynos/w/solution.html#?v=overview" target="_blank">Exynos 7420</a> instead of the legendary Qualcom chipset due to it's over heating and power hogging problem. This new chipset is 35% more power saving. Samsung focused on processor clock speed, camera, RAM and graphics processing unit (GPU). They didn't change the clock speed and processor core. 1.3 Ghz and 1.7 Ghz  Cortex A-57 CPU was designed for it. But Samsung boarded a super GPU <a href="http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/mali-performance-efficient-graphics/mali-t760.php" target="_blank"><b>Mali-T760</b></a> which will provide high-end gaming and multi tasking facility.</div>
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Samsung boarded a 20 Mega Pixel (MP) front and 5 MP back camera. The front camera is best ever and it can snap images with 4992 х 3744 pixels resolution. Other common features are optical image stabilization, phase detection, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama.</div>
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Regarding video recording, S6 is also a great device. It can record up to 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps and 720p@120fps. Front facing camera can also record 1080p@30fps. Both camera have dual recording and video call feature.</div>
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Samsung designed S6 with all new idea making a body dimension of 143.3 x 70.8 x 6.9 mm (5.64 x 2.79 x 0.27 in) and screen resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels (~587 ppi pixel density). Like other galaxy devices, S6 also manufactured with Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 5.00 inch display having16M color with  the protection of <b>Corning Gorilla Glass 4. </b>Beyond doubt, it will have the latest TouchWiz Ui and Android 5.0 Lolipop.</div>
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Some new features like <b>USB 3.0</b>, <b>Gesture and Heart rate sensor</b>, wireless charging also boarded with Samsung Galaxy S6. Like other Samsung latest smartphones it doesn't have FM Radio support but have all the sensors like Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate that other manufacturers use now-a-days. </div>
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Here is the full specification provided by <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php" target="_blank">GSMARENA</a>:</div>
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<b>Network</b> -    Technology  GSM / HSPA / LTE<br />
                     2G bands     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900<br />
                     3G bands     HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SM-G925F<br />
                     4G bands     LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600<br />
                     (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) - SM-G925F<br />
                     Speed     HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps<br />
                     GPRS     Yes<br />
                     EDGE     Yes</div>
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<b>Body </b>-          Dimensions     143.3 x 70.8 x 6.9 mm (5.64 x 2.79 x 0.27 in)</div>
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                     SIM     Nano-SIM<br />
                     Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)</div>
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                     Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)<br />
                     IP67 certified - dust and water resistant<br />
                     Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes</div>
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<b>Display-</b>       Type     Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors<br />
                     Size     5.0 inches (~67.9% screen-to-body ratio)<br />
                     Resolution     1440 x 2560 pixels (~587 ppi pixel density)<br />
                     Multitouch     Yes<br />
                     Protection     Corning Gorilla Glass 4<br />
                     - TouchWiz UI</div>
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<b>Platform</b>-    OS     Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)<br />
                     Chipset     Exynos 7420</div>
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                     CPU   <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.9 GHz</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Cortex-A57</span></b><br />
                     GPU     Mali-T760</div>
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<b>Memory</b>-    Card slot     microSD, up to 128 GB<br />
                    Internal     32 GB, 3 GB RAM</div>
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<b>Camera</b>-     Primary <span style="font-size: x-small;">20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus.</span><br />
                    Video     2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps<br />
                    Secondary     5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call</div>
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<b>Sound-</b>       Alert types     Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones<br />
                     Loudspeaker     Yes<br />
                     3.5mm jack     Yes<b> </b></div>
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<b>Comms</b>-     WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot<br />
<b>                     Bluetooth</b>     v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X<br />
<b>                     GPS</b>     Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou<br />
<b>                     NFC</b>     Yes<br />
<b>                     Infrared port</b>     Yes<br />
                     Radio     No<br />
                     USB     microUSB v3.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host</div>
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<b>Features-</b>   Sensors    <span style="font-size: x-small;">Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate</span><br />
                     Messaging     SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM<br />
                     Browser     HTML5<br />
                     Java     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator<br />
                    - Wireless charging (Qi-enabled) - market dependent<br />
                     - ANT+ support<br />
                     - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation<br />
                     - Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll<br />
                     - Air gestures<br />
                     - Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)<br />
                     - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic<br />
                     - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player<br />
                     - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player<br />
                     - Photo/video editor<br />
                     - Document viewer</div>
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<b>Battery</b>-       Li-Ion battery<br />
                     Stand-by     <br />
                     Talk time      <b></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Released Date:</b> <b><span style="color: red;">Planned on March 1, 2015</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">You can have a video trailor of Samsung Galaxy S6 by 3G</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">:</span></span></div>
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<a class="google-play-button" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bbm&referrer=utm_source%3Dandroidcentral%26utm_medium%3Dblog%26utm_campaign%3Dbloglink" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/themes/android/images/site/get_it_on_play_logo_large.png" /></a>As expected, the latest version of BBM
 will begin rolling out today across BlackBerry, iPhone and Android 
devices. BBM 2.1 brings with it BBM Stickers as well as some new 
features like pictures in multi-person chats and larger file transfers 
of up to 16MB. It isn't live at the time of writing, but you should be 
seeing it sometime soon.<br />
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The stickers will be available in both free and paid packs through 
the integrated BBM Shop. Packs will contain between 20-25 stickers and 
will be for brands like Shaun the Sheep and WWE.<br />

Keep on scrolling to check out the full press release.<br />

<strong>Press Release</strong><br />

<h4>
BBM Chats Just Got More Fun with the Introduction of Stickers</h4>
<em>Multi-Person Photo Sharing and Larger File Transfers Round Out New Features</em><br />

Waterloo, ON - BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global 
leader in mobile communications, today announced an update of BBM™, a 
leading mobile messaging platform for private and secure communications,
 that allows customers to further personalize and enhance their chat 
experiences.<br />

Available for download later today from the respective app stores for
 the Android™, BlackBerry® and iOS® platforms, BBM will now offer 
stickers – larger, bolder and more expressive images than emoticons – 
that BBM users can add to their BBM chats. Customers will be able to 
purchase and download sticker packs from the new BBM Shop found in BBM.<br />

“Stickers are another great example of how we’re making the BBM 
experience more engaging and fun for our customers,” said David Proulx, 
Senior Director, BBM at BlackBerry. “Stickers let you personalize your 
chats and strike the right chord with people around the world who rely 
on stickers in chats when they connect with colleagues, family, friends,
 peers and partners.”<br />

BBM customers will be able to download a variety of sticker packs 
right inside BBM from the BBM Shop. Each sticker pack contains between 
20 and 25 stickers and features content developed by talented artists or
 relating to a theme or a character like CosCat, Gilbert’s Tales or 
Bubble Bot, as well as sticker packs featuring content from popular 
brands including Shaun the Sheep and WWE. To start, sticker packs will 
either be offered for free, or cost US $1.99, or an approximate 
equivalent amount in the local currency, and will be billed through the 
device’s app store.<br />

With WrestleMania 30 just around the corner, WWE is planning to give 
away a free sticker pack to its fans through BBM. In addition, a free 
sticker pack created by BlackBerry featuring favorite BBM emoticons will
 be available to all BBM customers that download the new update. 
BlackBerry plans to add new sticker packs on a regular basis.<br />

In addition to stickers, BBM customers can now easily share photos in
 multi-person chats*. Photos will be delivered in the chat as a 
thumbnail that can be opened to reveal the image in full size. BBM 
customers can also now send higher quality photos, videos and 
presentations thanks to larger in-chat file transfers. Files up to 16MB 
can now be shared in a chat, an increase of 10MB.**<br />

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HTC One Review (M8)

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The HTC One
 has done what few phones have done before. A year after its release, it
 still holds up. That’s not always the case with a smartphone, and HTC’s
 had its share of phones that disappointed in the long-term. The HTC 
One, however? Still a good buy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>

<br />
But time is ticking for that original HTC One, also known by its codename, M7. Today, it’s been replaced by a <i>new</i> HTC One. A sleeker, more powerful, slightly larger HTC One. The M8.<br />
<br />
And what’s more — it’s available for purchase today.<br />
<br />
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</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/m8_m7_spooning.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The new and original HTC One" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/m8_m7_spooning.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The original HTC One was the company’s first major push into an all- 
(OK, mostly) metal construction, milling out a single block of aluminum 
for what was a pretty striking phone. But the new HTC One? Downright 
futuristic. More metal. A more impressive design. A bigger display. And 
the best software HTC’s ever put together, with HTC Sense 6 and its 
wealth of features running atop Android 4.4.2 KitKat.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The new HTC One is, quite simply, the best smartphone HTC has ever made.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">

</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">But it’s not without a few quirks. Join us as we walk you through the new HTC One, as only Android Central can do.</span></span><br />
<h2>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
About this review</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some background on this review: As always, we’re trying to be as 
thorough as we can here. The new HTC One is a hell of a phone and 
deserves as such. But a little context is in order. We’ve used the phone
 for a week now. That’s plenty of time to get a really good feel for it,
 kick the tires, crawl around and see what’s hiding where. But there may
 still be some gremlins lurking about that might not be evident in the 
short-term.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We’ve got a UK model here in the United States. As is the case when 
that happens, we don’t get a full feel for real-world battery life 
(which is the kind we care about) because we don’t get LTE data. And 
while we do have HSPA+ connectivity on AT&T, the radios still act up
 a little. That’s not unexpected, but it’s also not quite ideal. We’ll 
revisit that once we’ve got U.S. carrier versions available. It also 
means we’ll see slightly different software in the United States, thanks
 to carrier additions. (OK, OK. Bloatware.)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There also will be some relatively minor tweaks to the internals 
depending on what region of the world you’re in, specifically the clock 
speed used by the processor. We’ll touch on that here but don’t expect 
it to affect things too much.</span></div>
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<h2>
HTC One video walk-through </h2>
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HTC One Hardware</h2>
More metal, more boom<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The broad strokes on the new HTC One: Usually we’d call a phone with a
 5-inch display a “5-inch phone.” That doesn’t quite apply to the new 
HTC One (or the old one, for that matter) because of the front-facing 
speakers above and below the display. So it’s a 5-inch phone in a larger
 body, but one that’s beautifully designed. (Warning: There’s some 
serious gushing going on in the next section.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Technically speaking, we’re looking at a Super LCD3 display at 1080p,
 covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Nothing really to say here other 
than it looks great — just like before. It’s decent in direct sunlight, 
has great viewing angles, and there’s virtually no gap between the 
display and the glass. Top marks here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We’ll talk more about BoomSound in a bit. The short version is it’s 
back, and boomier than ever. HTC didn’t mess with an already great 
thing, except to make it better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Processor? Some of the latest from Qualcomm. Cameras? Three lenses, 
actually. HTC tried something new with the 2013 HTC One, and it’s trying
 more this year while in improves on the previous model.</span></div>
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Look and feel: So metal</h3>
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It’s evident that HTC knows what it’s doing. It’s got the metal down.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Think back to the original HTC One. Both on and off the record, we 
quickly learned that the M7 was a difficult phone to produce. Milling 
out all that metal. Injecting a bit of plastic. That HTC was able to do 
it at all — especially in something as sleek as the finished product — 
was probably a minor miracle.</span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the new HTC One, it’s evident that HTC knows what it’s doing. 
It’s got the metal down. That’s not to say that it’s gotten any easier —
 chance are it hasn’t — but this much is clear: The new HTC One may well
 have the best look and feel of any phone the company has produced, and 
that’s saying something.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_blw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-metal.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="HTC One (M8) metal finish" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-metal.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-regulatory.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) back" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-regulatory.jpg" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new HTC One is a tad bigger than the old HTC One. It’s nearly a 
full centimeter taller, a couple of millimeters wider and just about as 
thick, though that’s tempered by the slope to the sides. You notice the 
difference mostly in the height — but the way HTC’s done the buttons 
minimizes that a bit.</span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You’ll also find you’re using the power button a lot less, thanks to 
the new “Motion Launch” and double-tap to wake. Yes, HTC borrowed LG’s 
baby here. Tap a sleeping HTC One twice to wake it. (There’s no tapping 
again on a home screen to put it back to sleep, though.) Or, better yet,
 use one of the gestures to wake directly into something more useful. 
More on that in a bit.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_hardware.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) screen" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_hardware.jpg" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A lot of the improved look and feel comes down to the way the back of the phone curves up and over and into the side.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way, the power button’s still up top, still a little hard to 
reach, and it’s moved from the left hand-side to the right. That 
actually makes it a little easier to hit, since you’re already on that 
side for the volume buttons. But it can still be a stretch to get all 
the way up there. So remember to tap your screen, m’kay?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A lot of the improved look and feel comes down to one thing — the way
 the back of the phone curves up and over and into the side. Gone is the
 beveled edge that, while stylish, very much broke up the line of the 
phone. Now it’s just a gentle curve that rolls over onto the back. It’s 
still a pretty sharp angle to the vertical, but the transition in no way
 feels like a sharp edge.</span></div>
<div class="twowidebox">
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-bottom.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) bottom" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-bottom.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-corner.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) corner" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/htc-one-m8-corner.jpg" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC’s attention to detail is very much still in effect, though, from 
the beveled front edge as it meets the display to the top edge, which 
houses the power button and IR port and any other magical device. The 
brushed finish on the gunmetal gray — easily our favorite of the three —
 is a wonderful touch. It’s possible to put pits in it, of course. It’s 
is metal, and try not to drop your phone. (Any phone, for that matter.) 
It’s also just a wee bit slick to hold, thanks to that smooth finish.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But let’s just put it this way: the new HTC One looks and feels like a smartphone from the future.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="nanosim" name="nanosim"></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cards, of the Nano-SIM and microSD variety</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s worth mentioning that with the new HTC One, we’ve moved to a 
nano-SIM card. It’s likely smaller than what you’ve had before, so you 
might need to swap yours out. (Or, if you’re brave, just cut it down 
yourself.)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And once you go down in size, you’ll need a SIM-card adapter if you ever need to size back up.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also new is the addition of a microSD card. It’s back after a couple generations on the sidelines — and it comes at an interesting time for external storage.
 The new HTC One supports cards with up to 128 gigabytes of storage, or 
roughly 21 times what I took with me in my computer when I went to 
college in the late 1990s.</span></div>
<div class="twowidebox">
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_blw/public/article_images/2014/03/microsd_card_slot_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) microSD slot" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/microsd_card_slot_htc_one_m8.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/microsd_card_tray_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) microSD tray" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/microsd_card_tray_htc_one_m8.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/sim_card_slot_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) Nano-SIM slot" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/sim_card_slot_htc_one_m8.jpg" /></a>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/sim_card_tray_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) Nano-SIM tray" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/sim_card_tray_htc_one_m8.jpg" /></a>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BoomSound and those speakers</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Behold, the awesome power of BoomSound! For those who haven’t had the
 pleasure, BoomSound is the name HTC’s given to its front-facing 
speakers along with the software that powers them. Back in the day, that
 was Beats. Now? It’s just … algorithms. (The Beats logo in the system 
bar has been replaced with some sort of “b” by the way.) And it truly 
does change the way you experience games and videos and, yes, music on 
your phone.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote class="right">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back in the day, that was Beats. Now? It’s just … algorithms.</span></blockquote>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you thought the old HTC One was loud, wait till you hear the new 
one. HTC says total output is about 25 percent louder, thanks to a new 
amplifier and some extra space carved out behind the speakers. Sound 
also is slightly more full. You’ve got a whole new sound palette to play
 with as well. Notifications seem to be a little less harsh this time 
around. (Or perhaps we’re just used to their level, finally.)</span></div>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_boomsound.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) top speaker" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_boomsound.jpg" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BoomSound isn’t just a name, though. It’s also a setting. You can’t 
toggle it unless you’ve got headphones or another speaker plugged in, 
but its effect is basically the same as Beats’. Turn the BoomSound 
setting off, and music sounds a little more muddied. Turn it back on, 
and things are more crisp (the high end stands out much more), but also 
more compressed.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fun fact! The speaker grilles on the new HTC One are part function, 
part facade. On the M8, it’s a little easier to see where the actual 
speaker is (about the first third of the space), and the holes for the 
microphone. This was true on the M7 as well, but not as visible.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="bezels" name="bezels"></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bezels and buttons</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So yeah. HTC has finally moved to on-screen buttons, getting rid of 
the awkward back-home scheme and with that that big black band with the 
HTC logo and — oh, wait. The buttons have moved, but the band is still 
there. What the hell?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For what it’s worth, HTC says there’s still a good bit of 
functionality (some of it having to do with the display) tucked back 
there. So what if it looks a little funny. It’s certainly smarter than 
anyone who cries “Dat bezel.”  We got over this plenty fast and suggest 
you do, too.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But here’s the thing: Put the capacitive buttons from the original 
HTC One next to the on-screen buttons of the new HTC One, and it’s just 
about a wash. You end up with a little extra real estate for apps that 
use immersive mode.</span></div>
<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_bezel_0.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) bottom bezel" class="lightbox lightbox2" height="480" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_m8_bezel_0.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<h2>
HTC One Internals</h2>
Faster, better, stronger <br />
<hr />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you’d expect, the new HTC One packs in some of the fastest 
smartphone internals available in early 2014. Most markets will get a 
2.3GHz Snapdragon 801 CPU (MSM8974AB), one of the latest and greatest 
from Qualcomm. But China and some other parts of Asia will get a 
slightly faster 2.5GHz model — still a Snapdragon 801, but the top-end 
MSM8974AC variant also found in Samsung’s Galaxy S5. We’re reviewing the
 2.3GHz model, which numbers aside is blazingly fast. Some will fixate 
on the minor differences between the two M8 flavors — but we’re not 
losing any sleep over that errant 200MHz, and neither should you.</span></div>
<blockquote>
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Some will fixate on the minor differences between the two HTC One 
flavors — but we’re not losing any sleep over that errant 200MHz.</span></blockquote>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whatever speed processor your HTC One (M8) uses, it’ll be backed up 
by an ample 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and 16 or 32GB of internal storage. There’s
 no 64GB model this time around, which is unfortunate for those wanting a
 massive helping of built-in flash. But at least you’re able to plug 
that gap with up to 128GB of microSD storage, which can be used for the 
two major smartphone memory hogs — photos and music.</span></div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="battery" name="battery"></a><br />
<h3>
HTC One Battery life</h3>
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<a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/article_images/2014/03/battery-life.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) battery life" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/battery-life.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #eee;" /></a>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we mentioned at the outset, it’s a little tough to get proper 
real-world testing done on a UK device here in the United States, if 
only because we don’t get the opportunity to use it with LTE data. But 
that’s not to say we haven’t been impressed by battery life on the new 
HTC One.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Capacity this time around hasn’t increased all that much, up 13 
percent to 2,600 mAh. But you can really see the difference the 
Snapdragon 801 system on a chip has made, and how much it, along with 
software optimization, has affected overall use.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put it this way: That we’re seeing 15 hours of use — and this during a
 testing week as well, in which we’re taking a lot of pictures and using
 the phone more than we might otherwise, just trying to figure things 
out — all while on a device not optimized for the network we’re using 
points to pretty damn good battery life.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s safe to say we’re easily getting another 5 hours or so (give or 
take) over the original HTC One. HTC says that we should expect 40% more
 battery life over its predecessor.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charging the phone should be a little less of a pain this time 
around, too. The original HTC One was purposefully slow. But the M8 
supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0, which combines technology in the phone itself along with technology in the wall charger for extremely fast charging times.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There’s a pretty big catch here, however. The 1.5A wall charger that 
comes with the M8 doesn’t actually support the quick charging. HTC says 
it’ll offer a charger later this year that outputs at 1.67A and supports
 Quick Charge 2.0.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<blockquote>
<span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That we’re seeing 15 hours of use during a testing week on a device 
not optimized for the network we’re using points to pretty damn good 
battery life.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="powersave" name="powersave"></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extreme power saving mode</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div class="halfwidebox right">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/article_images/2014/03/power-save.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) Extreme Power Saving Mode" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/medium/public/article_images/2014/03/power-save.jpg" /></a></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the 13 percent increase in battery capacity is nice to see, 
it’s not all that great in the scheme of things. And HTC’s done some 
work on the software side. New in the new HTC One is “EXTREME POWER 
SAVING MODE!!!” (Don’t judge. That’s what it sounds like in our 
collective head.)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basically it shuts down all connections but still allows phone calls 
and texts to come through. You can manually refresh e-mail if you want —
 but only in HTC’s e-mail app. Your smartphone essentially is turned 
into a dumb phone. And to make sure you don’t cheat and try to actually 
make it <i>do</i> things, the M8 gets a new home EXTREME home screen, 
with shortcuts to the Phone, Messages, Mail, Calendar and Calculator 
apps. To exit EXTREME mode, you’ll need to hit the dedicated “Exit” 
button.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC says that with only 5 percent battery remaining, you can eke out 
15 hours in this EXTREME mode. On a full battery? It’ll last something 
like a dozen days. We’d consider this to be more of an emergency mode 
than EXTREME, however.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The actual results? Yeah, it lasts a long time. Not actually using 
your phone will certainly extend battery life. Again, we’d treat this 
more as an emergency mode.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note: This feature isn't actually available for U.S. models yet, as we wait on carrier certification for the software update. Outside the U.S.? You should be good to go.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There’s a secondary power management feature as well. It’s a more 
subdued “Power saver” that gives options for conserving CPU usage, 
reducing the screen brightness, turning off the vibration motor, and 
turning off the data connection when the screen is off.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<h2>
HTC One specifications</h2>
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HTC One (M8)</div>
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<table class="dimensions"><tbody>
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<div>
2.78 in<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">70.6 mm</span></div>
</div>
</td><td class="spacer"><br /></td><td class="thick">0.37 in<br />
9.35 mm</td></tr>
<tr><td class="front"><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/article_images/2014/03/htc_one_2014_front.png" /></td>
            <td class="tall"><div>
5.76 in<br />
146.36 mm</div>
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        </tr>
<tr><td class="weight" colspan="3">5.64 oz (160 g)</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td class="screen specs-icon" colspan="3">5.0" HD<br />
1920x1080<br />
441ppi<br />
Gorilla Glass 3</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td class="battery specs-icon" colspan="3">2600 mAh<br />
Talk: 20 hrs (3G)<br />
Standby: 496 hrs (3G)<br />
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0</td>
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</tbody></table>
<ul>
<li class="camera specs-icon"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
        Rear: Duo camera — 4MP UltraPixel BSI sensor, 28mm ƒ/2.0 lens + depth sensor<br />

Front: 5MP, f/2.0 88° wide-angle lens, HDR</span>

</li>
<li class="processor specs-icon"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
        Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor<br />

2.5Ghz (Asia/China)<br />

2.3Ghz (US/EMEA)</span>

</li>
<li class="storage specs-icon"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
        2GB RAM<br />

16GB or 32GB internal storage<br />

micro SD (up to 128GB)</span>

</li>
<li class="radio specs-icon"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
        LTE<br />

HSPA/CDMA<br />

Wi-Fi 802.11ac<br />

Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX</span>

</li>
<li class="os specs-icon"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
        Android 4.4.2 KitKat<br />

HTC Sense 6<br />

HTC BlinkFeed</span>

</li>
</ul>
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m8-specs" title="HTC One (M8) specs">Full HTC One (M8) specs</a></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MSM8974AC and MSM8974AB, 800/900/1800/2600 MHz, 2.0um pixels, GPS, 
GLONASS, .ogg, .m4a, .aac, AWS, 5 V, 1.5 A… we won't bore you with all 
the nitty-gritty specs for the HTC One (M8) in this review. If you want 
the full low-down on which frequencies on which carriers HTC's latest 
supports, what kinds of video formats you'll be able to play back, and 
which regions are getting which version of the Snapdragon 801 processor,
 hit up our <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m8-specs" title="HTC One (M8) specs">full HTC One (M8) specifications page</a>.</span></div>
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<h2>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
The new HTC One software</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The sixth Sense</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new HTC One launches with Android 4.4.2 KitKat — the most recent 
version available, for those of you keeping score at home — and a new 
version of HTC’s custom user interface — Sense 6.0.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As is usually the case, there’s not much of the Android user interface that HTC hasn’t gotten its hands on.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As is usually the case, there’s not much HTC hasn’t gotten its hands 
on. From the new on-screen buttons to the menus to the lock screen and 
quick settings, app drawer and, well, just about everything. The 
notification pulldown appears to be mostly unaffected, though. (The 
notifications are as Google intended, though the timestamps are done in 
HTC’s font.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The good news is that it’s not a huge visual shift from Sense 5, and 
even smaller if you’ve been using Sense 5.5. That’s not to say it’s not 
improved — because it is — it’s just that you shouldn’t have to relearn 
too much. The biggest improvements come in BlinkFeed and the camera app,
 but there are plenty of smaller tweaks to be enjoyed as well.</span><br />
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Homescreens and the app drawer</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once again, HTC’s gone simple here, with a three-pane home screen as 
the default. BlinkFeed (more on that in a minute) is still anchored to 
the far left. You can still remove it if you want (we do recommend at 
least trying it for a bit, though), though HTC’s removed the simple 
BlinkFeed on/off toggle switch it added in Sense 5.5 and now requires 
you to drag it to the “Remove” button, just like any other panel. (Less 
simple, perhaps, but more consistent.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can remove BlinkFeed if you want, though we recommend trying it for a bit.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The main home panel sports HTC’s 4x1 Weather Clock widget — yes, the 
old-school 4x2 Weather Clock is still alive and well, if you choose to 
add it — the Google search widget (not embedded into the home screen as 
on other phones), and the app dock. Our UK model also has a folder of 
Google apps, but we’d expect that sort of thing to change depending on 
your region and carrier.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The third panel is blank, left for you to do as you will.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adding and removing panels is simple. You can either pinch two 
fingers together to get to the mini view (along with the widgets 
drawer), or go to Settings>Personalize>Manage home screen pages. 
From either one you can remove existing panels, or hit the + button to 
add more, for a maximum of five (plus BlinkFeed).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simple and effective. Of course if you prefer, you can always install a third-party launcher. But do give this one a shot first.</span><br />
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BlinkFeed is back and better than ever</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The basic premise of BlinkFeed is the same as a year ago — it brings 
news and social information to your home screen in the form of one of 
those “flip” type layouts. It was a bit controversial at first because 
it took up a home screen spot, with no easy way to remove it. HTC added 
the option to remove it in a later version.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But by most accounts, BlinkFeed was a surprising success, in part due
 to the layout, and also because of the back-end work from Mobiles 
Republic (you likely know them through <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilesrepublic.appy">News Republic</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilesrepublic.appygeek">AppyGeek</a>, which makes BlinkFeed easy to set up and easy to use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The big differences this time around are a slightly new design and a 
new exploration option. BlinkFeed uses the same colors as the theme you 
have selected (more on that in a minute) and allows more color to come 
through, giving everything a flatter look. You’ve still got more options
 than you probably should use — BlinkFeed loses some of its power when 
you overload it, we think — but a powerful new option is restaurant 
recommendations from FourSquare. (We’d prefer to be able to add Zagat or
 Urbanspoon, perhaps, but partnerships are what they are.) Those results
 will vary, of course, depending on what’s around you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All in all, if you loved BlinkFeed before, it’s even better now. If 
you’re trying it for the first time, give it a good look — it’ll 
probably surprise you. Just remember that it’s for more casual browsing 
of what’s going on. Don’t treat it like a full RSS reader. And perhaps 
most important — remember that you can get the latest from Android 
Central and all of your favorite Mobile Nations sites in BlinkFeed. (End
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Quick settings</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC’s quick settings largely remain unchanged from Sense 5.5. The new
 HTC One has a full deck of a dozen quick settings, which you access by 
pulling down on the notification bar and then tapping the icon in the 
top flight to “flip” over. Tap a quick setting to toggle it on or off. 
To enter that setting’s respective menu, hit the “…” button.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If 12 quick settings seems like too many, you can pare them back. Tap
 the Edit button (it looks like a rectangle and a pencil) in the system 
bar there, and you can disable or swap out any of the quick settings. 
You’ve got another 12 from which to choose, by the way.</span><br />
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Lock screen shortcuts and Motion Launch</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC has added some additional functionality to the lock screen in 
Sense 6. You’ve got the usual app shortcuts — by default they’re phone, 
HTC text message app, HTC’s browser and the camera — which you can open 
directly from the lock screen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That’s old hat, though. Motion Launch is the new hotness, and it comprises five actions that will wake the phone:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Double tap the display to wake the phone. (Yes, just like <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/knock-knock-how-turn-lg-g2-without-power-button" title="LG Knock On">what LG’s been doing</a> for some time.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swipe left to “wake the widget panel,” which means open to the home screen.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swipe right to wake the phone and launch BlinkFeed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swipe up to simply unlock the phone and return to whatever you were doing when it went to sleep.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Swipe down to wake the phone and turn on voice dialing.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note that these all only work when the phone’s in portrait mode.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There’s one other shortcut you can use when the phone’s asleep. To 
quickly wake the phone and open the camera app, just hold the phone in 
landscape (horizontally), and hold either volume-up or volume-down. (You
 can also set the volume button to serve as a shutter button or zoom 
in/out key, if you like.) It’s not quite as fluid as the wrist-flick on 
the Moto X, which we’ve ended up using far more than we thought we 
might. But it’s still a nice shortcut.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you don’t like the gestures, you can turn them off at 
Settings>Display & Gestures>Motion Launch gestures. You also 
can chose to have the Quick Call (voice dialing) bypass lock screen 
security, if you wish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way, the app shortcuts on the lock screen are slaved to 
whatever you have docked in HTC’s launcher. If you use a third-party 
launcher, be sure to set these however you want them first.</span><br />
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Sound profiles and do-not-disturb</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our smartphones tend to make a lot of noise. And they vibrate a lot. And most of us don’t want that happening <i>all</i> the time, particularly at night. HTC’s made it super easy in Sense 6 to shut your phone up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just like in Sense 5, you’ve got sound profiles in the quick 
settings, with options for silent, vibrate and normal. It’s a great way 
to quickly silence your phone, since it seems nobody’s ever going to go 
back to having a proper physical switch for that. (You old-school HTC 
fans know what we’re talking about.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC has made it super easy in Sense 6 to shut your phone up.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But for even greater control, HTC’s got a proper do-not-disturb mode.
 The easiest way to get to it is to use the quick-setting shortcut — 
just tap the three dots — but you also can find it in the “Sound” 
section of the settings menu. This one will block incoming and calls, 
turn off sounds and vibration, and kill the LED notification light. You 
can whitelist groups or individual contacts whose phone calls you want 
to let through, and there’s an option to always play alarms and timers. 
(That’s something we’ve seen third-party apps squelch, so it’s a good 
option to have.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For occasional use, you can set a timer for DND automatically turn 
off — from 30 minutes to 12 hours. For for regular use, hit the 
“Schedule” setting at the bottom. (A setting that inexplicably was 
missing in Sense 5.5) You can set multiple schedules, which is nice, as 
well as choose whether you want to allow calls from your exceptions, or 
from everyone, or from no one — all for each schedule.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s not quite as intuitive as the do-not-disturb that’s built into, 
say, the Moto X, but DND is a feature that must be included in every new
 device from here out, and it’s good to see it in the new HTC One.</span><br />
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Personalize and theming</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s worth taking a trip through the “Personalize” section of the 
settings menu. HTC’s set this up to serve as a bit of a one-stop shop 
for a lot of the usual things you’ll want to tweak, including your 
wallpapers, ringtones, notification sounds and alarm ringers. It’s also 
an easy way to get more apps and widgets onto your home screens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When in doubt? Check the Personalize section.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s also where you’ll find the “Themes” section. HTC’s no stranger 
to theming, but in past iterations of Sense (pre-Sense 5, actually) it’s
 included completely different home screens for different use cases — 
one for home, one for work, one for play, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This time around, theming is much more subtle, changing the wallpaper
 and the color used in the quick settings and settings menus, as well as
 in BlinkFeed. There are three color options at launch, and a black 
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cameras are one of the most important parts of a smartphone these 
days. We document everything. And for all the talk about how 
revolutionary the camera was in the 2013 HTC One, with its “UltraPixels”
 letting in way more light, never mind the relatively low 4-megapixel 
resolution — well, it was a little bit of a let-down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 4-megapixel resolution quickly shows its limitations if you zoom into a picture at all.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That’s not to say we didn’t get some rather spectacular shots with 
it. It’s just that it wasn’t a great all-around camera. It struggled 
outdoors, almost like it couldn’t help itself in areas of bright light 
Low-light was a bit of an issue, too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC’s been working on it, though, and it shows in the cameras for the
 new HTC One. It handles outdoor shots better. Low light is still sort 
of hit-and-miss. And the 4-megapixel resolution (in addition to being a 
hangup for the specs-at-all-cost crowd) quickly shows its limitations if
 you zoom into a picture at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For some of us, it’ll be a deal-breaker. Others of us will explore 
the myriad options and effects and come up with some truly compelling 
shots. Video Highlights — the combination of still images and video 
“Zoes” — remain a great way to share your experiences, and HTC has made 
them both more customizable and easier to manipulate. So, as always is 
the case in the mobile world, it’s a trade-off. The new HTC One has a 
bit of a finicky camera that has a number of really cool features, but 
it occasionally struggles where other smartphones would just shoot the 
shot and move on.</span><br />
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The new camera app</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For as interesting as the original HTC One (M7) camera was, with the 
introduction of the UltraPixel, the app was a bit of a jumbled mess, 
with far too many important features tucked behind multiple menu layers.
 Fortunately, things have greatly improved in the M8’s camera app. 
(Including being able to launch it without waking the phone first by 
holding it in the landscape orientation and hitting the volume button.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new HTC One’s main camera functions have been broken out into 
their own top-level section of the camera app, which you get to by 
tapping the four circles. That’s where you’ll find the shortcuts to the 
main camera app, selfie shots (ie the front-facing camera), dual capture
 (which uses both the front and rear cameras at the same time, video 
mode, Pan 360 — Photospheres on HTC, finally! More on that in a minute. —
 and Zoe camera.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There’s still another layer of menus that you’ll need to visit 
frequently — hit the three-dot overflow button — and that’s where you’ll
 find another wealth of options. You’ll need this to switch from Auto 
mode to night mode, or HDR, panorama, anti-shake, manual, portrait, 
landscape, backlight, text or macro modes. Yeah, there’s still a lot 
going on here, but it’s less text-based and a lot easier on the brain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For even greater control, you can now set ISO levels yourself (200, 
400, 800 or 1600). You can control white balance and exposure values. 
You can set filters. Change the crop from the default 16:9 to 4:3 or 
1:1. Change contrast, saturation and sharpness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And that’s just the start. HTC has taken what we’ve usually had to 
run to third-party cameras to find and crammed it all into the default 
app on the new HTC One.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the really cool part? Once you have things customized just how 
you like them, you can save that camera profile for easy switching.</span><br />
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The rear camera(s)</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the new HTC One, you technically don’t just get a single 
rear-facing camera. There actually are two of them making up this new 
generation of UltraPixel technology. Of course the last time we saw two 
shooters on the rear end we ended up with half-baked 3D technology that 
fortunately didn’t last more than a single generation. This time around,
 the second lens — and that’s a better way to think of it, instead of as
 a second camera — is used to get depth information, and that opens up a
 wealth of new features.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The last time we saw two cameras we got half-baked 3D. This time 
around, the second lens gets depth information that opens up a wealth of
 new features.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Being able to defocus part of an image is all the rage these days — 
basically every manufacturer is doing it. HTC’s implementation is called
 “UFocus.” Just tap on an area of an image, and it’ll focus on that 
spot, and defocus on everything else. If you’ve used a DSLR, it’s the 
same bokeh effect you get by manually setting a low aperture, where you 
isolate the subject of the image and defocus everything else. It works 
pretty well here, but you can’t help wonder if we’re not going to see 
this feature abused on every phone for the next year, until we all 
decide we’re tired of using it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are other fun backgrounding effects — think of all this as the 
new filters, by the way — which work to varying degrees of success, 
depending on how hard a line you have between the focal image and the 
background. “Sketch” turns things into a sort of “Take on Me” background
 (ask your parents, kids, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914" title="Ah Ha Take on Me">watch this video</a>).
 “Zoom Blur” is a little cheesy but makes it look like the focal point 
is “zooming” out of the pictures. “Cartoon” sort of does a rough 
cartoony effect, and “Colorize” attempts to suck all the color out of 
everything but the focal point. Again, these all work better with hard 
lines between the foreground and background. Whispy hair will throw it 
off, for example.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then there’s the “Seasons” effects, which will add animated foliage 
or snow or even dandelions to your picture, much in the same way that 
Google+ has done, with snow for winter and hearts for Valentine’s Day. 
It’s cheesy, for sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“3D Dimension Plus” is kind of fun, however, and it really stands out
 in Video Highlights. Tilt (or swipe, if you prefer) to see the 
foreground image sort of pop out from everything else. It’s sort of like
 those old-school holographic images, only with a picture you actually 
want to look at.</span><br />
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The front-facing camera</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You gotta love how HTC is embracing the “Selfie,” going as far as 
naming its front-facing camera mode after everyone’s favorite 
narcissistic pastime. And you’ll get some great shots from that angle, 
thanks to the 5-megapixel camera. In fact, that’s a higher resolution 
than you’ll get out of the rear camera, albeit without all the bells and
 whistles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You’ll still be able to get wide-angle shots from the front as well 
and can even shoot in HDR mode. Speaking of wide angles, the default 
setting for the front camera is a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is cut down 
from the physical 4:3 ratio of the sensor. So go ahead and switch to 4:3
 so you can use all of the pixels you've got — you can always crop it 
down later. (The rear camera, however, is physically 16:9, so switching 
it to 4:3 means you'll be losing pixels.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It’s pretty apparent that HTC decided you can’t fight the selfie. So you might as well take a good one.</span><br />
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Zoes and Highlights</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zoes are largely unchanged from their previous iterations, though you
 now have more control over them. For the uninitiated, a Zoe is a short 
video clip from which you also can extract still images, and they’re 
used as source files for Video Highlights. They’ve lost a little of 
their initial mystique as moving pictures, especially now that HTC’s 
changed the way you take them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There’s not really a difference between a Zoe and a video — the end 
result is a video file — but now you get a little more control over the 
start and stop.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Sense 5 there was a Zoe button in the camera UI. Tap it, then hit 
the shutter button, and you get a 5-second .mp4 file. In Sense 6 and the
 new HTC One, you have to enter the dedicated “Zoe Camera” mode. But 
once you’re there, things get interesting. Tap the shutter button once, 
and you get a single still image. Hold it down, and it starts recording a
 “video Zoe.” (For want of a better term.) Keep holding down the shutter
 button, and it transitions into a full-fledged video recording. There’s
 not really a difference between a Zoe and a video — the end result is a
 video file — but now you get a little more control over the start and 
stop. That’s good and bad — it requires you to first use the Zoe Camera 
mode, and then worry about starting and stopping things manually. On the
 other hand, you get more control.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Video Highlights are great in Sense 6. The Gallery app (not to be 
confused with Google’s own Photos app, which still lives alongside it) 
still automatically creates Video Highlights, piecing together images 
and videos of proximate time and space. (Same day or time, same 
location.) It’s far more simple to choose what you want to appear in a 
Video Highlight now, though. Hit the edit button (paper and pencil icon,
 remember?), and uncheck anything you don’t want to appear. Or add other
 images and videos. HIt the “...” overflow menu button to get more 
options, including remixing the video, restoring the pieces to 
chronological order, adjust the music, and save the highlight to the 
phone’s storage. Swipe over to the “Themes” tab and choose one of a 
dozen themes. Hit the “Music” tab and switch to your own soundtrack, if 
you’d prefer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here’s what the 12 themes look like:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC’s also got its own Zoe app on the way for sharing and 
collaborating with friends. It’s not expected to be available until this
 summer, but you’ll be able to share your Zoes through the cloud and 
combine them with others for the ultimate Video Highlight. And with the 
app, you’ll be able to explore others’ Highlights as well. We’ll have 
more on that app once it’s available later this year.</span><br />
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Photosphere! (aka Pan 360)</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let’s not mince words here: HTC’s finally gotten Photosphere — those 
cool 360-degree panoramas we first enjoyed on the Nexus 4 and later on 
phones from LG and Sony — and it’s done so with the best implementation 
we’ve used thus far. The end results? Well, after a week of test shots, 
the results are decent. (It’s sometimes tough to tell what’s a stitching
 problem and what’s user error.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/photosphere_sample_1_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) Photosphere sample" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/article_images/2014/03/photosphere_sample_1_htc_one_m8_0.jpg" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The trick with Photospheres has always been trying to keep the camera
 in one spot, one fixed point in space, and rotating it around that 
point. The user interface leads you waypoint to waypoint. HTC uses a 
large orange rectangle to guide you along those waypoints, and it’s the 
simplest implementation we’ve used. And more important, those blocks are
 easy to see when you’re squinting into the sun, trying not to move the 
phone off that fixed point in space any more than you have to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/xlarge_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/photosphere_sample_2_htc_one_m8.jpg"><img alt="HTC One (M8) Photosphere sample" class="lightbox lightbox2" src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/article_images/2014/03/photosphere_sample_2_htc_one_m8_0.jpg" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC's got its own interpretation of viewing Photospheres, too. View 
one and you’re immediately thrust into a pretty immersive experience You
 can tap and pan around, of course, but by default you can also just 
move the camera to look around. You’re even able to flip the world 
upside down, though we’ve no idea why you’d want to. There’s no “Tiny 
Planet” option, but you do have the ability to take a still from inside 
your Pan 360 shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We've got a few samples of what the HTC One (M8) camera can do here, 
but there's a lot more than we could reasonably put in this review. To 
see how the crazy new DuoCamera performs under more conditions 
(including darker times where we put the light-collecting UltraPixel 
sensor to test), go ahead and check out our <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/camera-samples-new-htc-one" title="HTC One (M8) camera samples">HTC One (M8) camera samples post</a>.</span></div>
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HTC One (M8) — the rest</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few other tidbits we’ve found with the new HTC One:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can accept a call by simply holding the phone up to your ear in the normal manner. It works pretty well.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The slick Dot View case, which uses the display to shine information
 through its Swiss Cheese protective cover, will run $49 and be 
available from <a href="http://www.htc.com/">HTC.com</a>. You can get it in any color you want at first, so long as it’s gray.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The usual bootloader unlocking programs remain in effect, so long as your carrier doesn’t have other ideas about that.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Or, skip the carrier altogether and buy a SIM-unlocked or developer version. They’ll run $649 on HTC’s website.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC’s keyboard is usable, though we definitely prefer the prediction available from third-party downloads.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We’ve had nary a problem with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or GPS.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phone calls have worked fine for us, even with the UK version on U.S. networks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The camera UI rotates properly in portrait mode, but the on-screen back-home-recent apps buttons do not.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's worth mentioning that HTC didn't include a system-level file 
manager, so KitKat's new restrictions on SD cards are going to be 
magnified a bit.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-2014/" title="HTC One (M8) Forums">New HTC One forums</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imore.com/new-htc-one-m8-and-iphone-5s" title="Comparing the new HTC One (M8) and the iPhone 5s">HTC One vs. iPhone 5s</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/google-play-edition-htc-one-m8-official" title="A stock Android experience HTC One (M8)">HTC One Google Play edition</a></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC has been noticeably excited about the HTC One for some time now, 
and rightfully so. It’s a hell of a smartphone. It’s an imperfect one, 
sure. The camera still trades resolution for features, but the features 
tend to be pretty compelling, and it’s not like you aren’t able to take 
some beautiful shots. That’s probably our single complaint about the new
 HTC One.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new HTC One has been made available for purchase the same day of 
its announcement — nearly unheard of in the Android smartphone world.</span></span></blockquote>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And don’t dismiss the business side of the HTC One launch. It’s 
available for purchase the same day as it’s announced — nearly unheard 
of in the Android smartphone world. In the U.S., it’s available in 
Verizon stores today. Online today on the other carriers, and available 
in stores April 11.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And if you don’t want to go the carrier route — and this is a 
direction we’d recommend at least looking at if the frequencies and 
finances make sense — you can buy unlocked versions directly from HTC. 
For those who prefer a more “stock” experience, a Google Play edition is
 available. (And it’ll still be able to take advantage of that secondary
 camera.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HTC over the last year retired its trademark “Quietly Brilliant” 
mantra. It did so at a tumultuous time — the company (and those of us 
who cover it) aren’t ignorant to the fact that it still faces some 
pretty serious financial questions. But HTC has become bold, and without
 (too much) bombast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And, above all, it continues to do what it does best: Bring us the best smartphone it possibly can.</span></div>
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