ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMARTPHONE THIS YEAR: HTC ONE

HTC ONE (SILVER)

Once upon a time, HTC was Voted Manufacturer of the Year in 2011 by GSMA and emerging as the top US smartphone vendor later that year. But that story seems to have gone awry for the better part of 2012,  coupled with the dominance of Samsung. A combination of improper support, poor marketing, complacency and fatigue made the company slump this way  but there is a light at the end of the tunnel for HTC this year with the making of a smartphone with  the most exciting design in recent times which flaunts a super cool and great screen. The HTC One is that device which camera also brings a new approach to mobile photography and a redesign of it’s Sense UI. The HTC One is here to prove a point.

 

SPECS     SHEET

HARDWARE

 - Quad-core 1.7GHz Krait 300 CPU, 2GB RAM, Adreno 320GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset.
- Aluminium unibody
- Front-mounted stereo speakers with Boomsound tech
- Class- leading audio output
- A built in storage of 32/64GB
- A dedicated mic for Active noise cancellation
- 2,300 mAH Li-Po battery

CAMERA AND SCREEN

The HTC One has  :
- 4 MP autofocus  “Ultrapixel” rear-view camera with 1/3″ sensor; LED Flash with  a 1080p video recording in HDR mode and continuous autofocus and stereo sound. It also boasts a 2.1 MP front-facing camera also with 1080p video recording.
- A 4.7″ 16 M- color 1080p Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen with 469ppi pixel density which makes it really crisp.

HTC ONE (BLACK)

SOFTWARE AND DATA

The HTC One comes with Android OS v4.1.2 Jelly Bean which is upgradable to v4.2.2 and Sense UI 5.0. It’s data  is a  Quad-band GSM/GPRS?EDGE support ; 3G with HSPA and LTE. It has Bluetooth v4 and NFC.
With a spec sheet like that, the One has nothing to fear from the competition but the only doubt is the low camera resolution but HTC says the “Ultrapixel” will make the difference and we certainly hope so . The HTC One is a really tempting package and they are preparing to come out of Samsung’s wing back into the limelight which will take some time but the initiative has been take and the HTC One is a statement of intent. Let’s take a quick peek into it’s camera.

IPHONE 5, BLACKBERRY Z10 & HTC ONE

CAMERA

The HTC One’s camera was built especially for low light performance. When it’s used in a good lighting condition, the low resolution takes it’s toll which makes the total resolving power to be quite limited whiles the per-pixel detail level is impressive. The gamble doesn’t pay off here but this changes quickly when the One’s camera is brought into a low light condition. This is where the “Ultrapixel” comes into play and gives superior shots. Depending on the time and place of the usage of the HTC One’s camera, will either make it great or normal . With the HTC One topping some charts as the best smartphone now, HTC should improve upon it’s marketing strategy and proper support which will take it out of Samsung which has a  strong marketing strategy in place’s shadow for good and put HTC  where it belongs. The first step is the HTC One.