HTC One M8 Review Specs and Price

HTC One M8 Review Specs and Price

HTC One M8 Review - HTC smart phones becoming one of the favorite KompasTekno in industrial design in 2013 Team HTC shows his hard work in making a beautiful phone, the user interface is cool, tough camera, and of course a strong performance. The name "One" was chosen in the hope HTC phones could be "The One," or the selected phone. The Taiwanese company returned phone presents "The One" which was to be reckoned with in the middle of the competitors for this 2014. The phone was still carrying the name HTC but given the caption "M8" in tow. 

One M8 has a larger screen, higher component specifications, offer two sensors rear cameras (which makes many people curious), and improvement in appearance antarmukan HTC Sense. 

He still inherit many traits from its predecessor, including an audio technology BoomSound placed at the top and bottom of the screen and the aluminum material that bind her. 

On paper, One M8 does look better than previous HTC coded M7. To find out more about the One M8, let's start this review to find out advantages and disadvantages. 

Design 

One M8 is designed with rounded corners. 5-inch landscape display can be referred to as the ideal size for a smart phone at this time. One screen resolution is the same as the M7, which is 1920 x 1080 pixels, but the pixel density is 441 pixels One M8 per inch (ppi), is smaller than the M7 One reaches 469 ppi. 

The difference in pixel density it does not really affect the quality of the One M8 because of KompasTekno experience, the difference between the two is not too pronounced. One M8 screen quality still unsightly with the brightness and contrast without excessive saturation. 

Meanwhile, around the M8 One screen is framed by a glossy black bezel and protected by glass Gorilla Glass anti-abrasion 3. 

One M8 carries the dimensions of 146.4 x 70.6 mm. He made ​​longer keep the phone but HTC is not too wide. While the thickness of only 9.3 mm. 

Actually, it would be convenient if a user thumb can reach all parts of the phone screen. But it is not found in the One M8 because of the right thumb rather difficulty reaching the left side of the screen. Often times you have to shift the position of the hands if you want to grab it. The only best way to use this phone is to hold it with two hands and navigate with two thumbs. 

Approximately 90 percent of the body One M8 covered by aluminum material with a matte texture. This material makes One M8 cold while in the air-conditioned room. This material also makes it look solid when in the grip. 

The top and bottom of the phone that flank rather wide screen designed to accommodate two speaker units that use technology BoomSound. That is, that there is a distance and placement for stereo speakers are adequate. The wide shape glance makes it similar to the BlackBerry Z10. 

Speaker placement and technology BoomSound on One M8 able to present audio loud and clear, very fitting for the activity streaming video in landscape position. It should be understood thumping bass from these speakers is less upbeat due to the limited size of the speakers on the mobile device. 

To turn on the screen when the phone is in standby, you do not need to bother pressing the power button located on the top side. Quite tapping the screen twice, or shift the screen to the right or the left, then the screen will light up. One M8 make KompasTekno remember the last time to use the power button to activate the screen. The key is really just used to turn off or turn on the phone. 

After tapping the screen twice, slide to the left to enter the main menu. Meanwhile, if shifted to the right will go to BlinkFeed. This method is very unique and gives a different experience. 

Turning to connectivity, users can find a GSM SIM card slot Nano on the left side. On the right side of the phone there is a MicroSD external memory card slot (up to 128GB) and volume control buttons. From experience KompasTekno, the volume button is a bit difficult to be touched because it is not too obtrusive. 

While the 3.5 mm audio port and microUSB port can be found on the bottom side. 

Operating system and software : 

Companies such as HTC seeks to not just sell phones, but they also sell the features that exist only in their homemade products. 

HTC modifying the operating system Android 4.2.2 (KitKat) that runs on it. HTC calls as a result of the modification of Sense UI that has now reached version 6 Unlike the previous version, Sense 6 appear more simple but still elegant and cool. The font used is very comfortable to read. 

Now the "All apps" are present without the time and weather information. The page comes with a black background with a row of icons that appear flat, with no 3D effects, drop shadow, or whatever. At the top right there is a shortcut button to search apps, Google Play Store, and a menu to manage the application. 

The absence of time and weather information to make the application icon that accommodated much more, up to 20 apps per page "All Apps." It is much easier for users to find applications. 

One of the flagship applications provided by HTC on One M8 is BlinkFeed, an application to read the news from sources that can be adjusted as well as featuring all the latest information from social media such as Facebook and Twitter. BlinkFeed position on the main screen far left. 

In general, this application is very useful for you who like to read the news from foreign news agencies and national because users will not run out of reading material. BlinkFeed look identical to the checkered shades similar to Live Tiles in Windows Phone. 

Disadvantages BlinkFeed is, the user can only select information from sources who have cooperated with HTC alone, can not freely add their own sources such as RSS feeds --misalnya the Flipboard app. 

HTC brings a number of useful applications for One M8 users, such as Polaris Office 5 to support productivity, Flashlight to provide illumination of an LED flash, and Stocks to monitor the stock market. 

One thing we did not like about the 6th Sense on HTC phones, the application of the keyboard (keyboard) virtual very "excited." 

Arrangement of meetings between the keys is designed without crevices, small size, and the key was laced with character or icon that disturb the view. Spaced buttons are not positioned in the center. Sometimes one finger is pressing the slash or even pressing Home, but mean pressing the spacebar. 

HTC seems to need to duplicate the default Android keyboard design structure that is simple and not "excited." As a way out, KompasTekno advises users can install apps SwiftKey keyboard or the like on Google Play Store. 

Performance: 

Performance One M8 supported by quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB speed of 2.3 GHz, Adreno 330 graphics processor units, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB internal memory. 

With this kind of support component, you do not need to doubt the ability to play games One M8 heavyweight to watch high resolution video. All it can run smoothly without a hitch. 

Here is One M8 performance data when tested with Antutu and Quadrant applications. One M8 get a score of 37 425 in Antutu and 25 506 in Quadrant. 

The only thing to note when playing a heavyweight content is the battery. One judge KompasTekno M8 battery is quite wasteful. Capacity 2.600mAh not long enough sustain his power. 

This kind of problem seems not only found on One M8. This is a common problem of smart phones available in the market, so it is not surprising that many people who never forget the portable charger POWERBANK alias as the default mandatory. 

It should be noted that the content plays heavyweights will make the batteries run out quickly, especially if users are constantly accessing social media, surfing the internet, or unrequited email, which all were associated with an internet connection. 

Cellular and internet connection is not stable also makes the batteries run out quickly because of the antenna components are constantly working to find the signal, and it also makes the phone gets hot. 

If the battery is dying and you still need a cell phone for communication, One M8 provides a Power Saver feature. This feature helps in saving a little power because it disables everything, except telephone, SMS, email and manually refresh. 

Camera: 

Now we hop in the features that make people very curious about the One M8. This phone with 5MP camera on the front. The front camera is capable of taking high-resolution photographs and has a wide viewing angle. 

While on the back there are two flash LEDs, each white and yellow, as well as two units of the camera. Under large camera handy to take a picture width (wide) as well as over-sized camera handy to take a smaller image depth (depth). 

Both the rear camera 4MP resolution, respectively, but in the back plus a description UltraPixel. 

UltraPixel not a unit of account. It's just a mere marketing term. However, in terms of marketing behind it, there are technical things that made ​​HTC unusual in their camera technology. 

The term is meant Ultrapixel HTC refers to the size of the light receptors (pixels) on the camera sensor One M8 larger than other smart phones. The larger size is claimed to make the sensor more sensitive to light cameras and capable of producing great images. 

The size of the camera sensor itself is also claimed UltraPixel larger than other smart phones, which is 1/3 inch. From experience KompasTekno, One M8 camera can take pictures in the room brighter light deficiency. 

Meanwhile, it is the lack of technology, One M8 camera only has a resolution of 4 megapixels or well below other premium smart phones which now carries the sensor 8 megapixel or even 13 megapixel. 

Conclusion: 

excess 

+ Design body cool phone with aluminum material 

+ The screen is large and bright 

+ Performance steady 

+ The sound produced from the speakers loud and clear 

+ Two rear camera unit produces quality photos and videos are beautiful, even in a room that lacks light 

+ Using two flash LEDs (white and yellow) 

+ There are excellent features, namely BlinkFeed, Zoe, and Highlights Reel 

+ Available MicroSD slot to expand storage 

Disadvantages 

- Battery life is quite wasteful (smart phones is a common problem) 

- From the camera sector, there is still a purple interference effects on high-contrast objects affected 

- Features BlinkFeed can not choose freely the content provider channel 

- The structure and design of a virtual keyboard is "excited"

HTC One M8 Review Specs

Specification of HTC One M8 Review

YEAR  year 2014 GENERAL  network GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 - EMEA, Asia, HSDPA 850/1900/2100 - AT & T, HSDPA 850/1700/1900/2100 - T-Mobile SCREEN  type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~ 441 ppi pixel density) DIMENSIONS  Size / Weight 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm / 160 g AUDIO  features Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones Jack Yes speakerphone Yes MEMORY  internal 16 GB of storage, 2GB of RAM external MicroSD, up to 128 GB DATA  3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE EDGE Yes GPRS Yes WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP USB / Port MicroUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host CAMERA  primary Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, third '' sensor size, pixel size 2μm, simultaneous automatic video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, HDR, panorama secondary 5 MP, 1080p @ 30fps Video Record 1080p @ 30fps BATTERY  talk Time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 20 h (3G) type Li-Po 2600 mAh battery standby Up to 271 h (2G) / Up to 496 h (3G) FEATURES  OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8974AB 801, Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Adreno 330 browser HTML5 GPS A-GPS support, GLONASS Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email Additional Features Java MIDP emulator, SNS integration, Google Drive (50 GB of cloud storage), Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, TV-out (via MHL A / V link), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Organizer , Document viewer / editor, Photo viewer / e OTHER FEATURES  multiple SIM nano SIM Video Player DivX / XviD / MP4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV player MP3 Player MP3 / eAAC + / WMA / WAV / FLAC player audio Record Yes

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