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HTC ONE (M8)

So it's all the more impressive that HTC, fresh from making the best-looking phone of 2013, has managed to make the HTC One (M8), a phone crammed full of power and great features while improving the design that won it so many accolades. The poor naming aside, the One (M8) is a phone that takes the superb DNA of last year's device, improves it in nearly every area and then packs it full of all the latest technology and still finds space to pack in a microSD card slot. On top of that the chassis has been retooled to now be made of 90% metal, up from around 70% last year, and the result is a brushed aluminium design that seems compelling the second you lay eyes on it. Of course, the One (M8) isn't a phone that's going to be to everyone's tastes. It's expensive, coming in at least £500 SIM free (AU$899, around US$820), but that's to be expected from a flagship phone like this. HTC One (M8) is a phone that's supposed to offer the best of the smartphone market, one that will survive the onslaught of the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S5, while preserving HTC's heritage and bringing the bottom line closer to something more healthy. The other special thing about this phone is its Duo Camera.

Dimensions 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm (5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 in).
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz).

Type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density).
Multitouch Yes.
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
- HTC Sense UI v6.

  Alert types   Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones.
Loudspeaker   Yes, with stereo speakers, built-in amplifiers.
3.5mm jack   Yes.

Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB.
Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM.

  GPRS   Yes.
EDGE   Yes.
Speed HSDPA 42 Mbps, LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps.
WLAN   Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA.
Bluetooth   Yes, v4.0 with A2DP.
NFC   Yes (market/operator dependent).
Infrared port Yes.
USB   Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go.

Primary Dual 4 MP, 2688х1520 pixels, dual-LED flash.
Secondary Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR.
Video 1080p@60fps, 720p@60fps, HDR.
Features 1/3'' sensor size, 2µm pixel size, automatic simultaneous video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, HDR, panorama.

OS   Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat),
Chipset   Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801,
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz (Asia, China) Krait 400.
GPU   Adreno 330.
Sensors   Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass.
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email.
Browser HTML5.
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS.
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS.
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator.
Colors Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold.
- SNS integration.
- Google Drive (50 GB cloud storage).
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link).
- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player.
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player.
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail.
- YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk.
- Organizer.
- Document viewer/editor.
- Photo viewer/editor.
- Voice memo/dial/commands.
- Predictive text input.