HTC has
finally launched its latest One M8 flagship in the Indian market at a price of
Rs 49,900. It will be available from May 7 onwards.
The One M8 sports a slightly larger 5-inch
display with a Full HD resolution, bringing the pixel count to 440ppi. The
smartphone comes powered by the Snapdragon 801 SoC, just like the S5 and the
Z2. The phone will continue to have dual-front speakers, but gets a two camera
setup that HTC calls ‘Duo Camera’, something called ‘Motion Launch’, Extreme
power saving mode and the brand new Sense 6. The 16GB onboard storage can be
expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot.
The new HTC One M8 gets rid of any polycarbonate
or plastic for the sides as the chassis is almost completely metal. The phone
also debuts their latest version of Sense which features an enhanced BlinkFeed
experience. They’ve been opened up to developers so Foursquare and Fitbit
updates can be pushed through BlinkFeed now.
Battery life was one of the pain points of the
M7 or the old HTC One. The M8 is said to have 40 percent better battery life.
Whats more, other than the standard power saver mode, ‘Extreme power saver’
mode will shut down all communications except calls, text and emails.
Like LG and Samsung, HTC has added a bunch of
gestures to the One M8. You can now double tap the phone to wake it, bring a
ringing phone to your ear to answer it, etc. This isn’t exactly ground breaking
stuff but it’s nice that HTC has included all these features.
Coming to the camera, HTC is sticking to their
Ultrapixel shooter. Nearly all reviews were critical of HTC’s choice of
retaining the 4-megapixel or HTC Ultrapixel camera, which was panned last year
for bad colour depth and terrible performance indoors. Unlike the previous
version however, the M8 will feature a whole bunch of manual settings for you
to tinker around with.
The second camera around the back will be used
to capture depth information. Rather than doing this at the software level like
Nokia, which basically takes a bunch of stills at different focus points for
you to manipulate later, the M8 will do this at the hardware level. Zoe mode
also makes a comeback.
Find out how the HTC One M8 stacks up against Sony Xperia Z2 and Samsung
Galaxy S5.
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