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April 2013
(88%)
1017 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(70%)
2 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Highperforming phones
New 4 Ultrapixel camera technology
High quality stereo speakers combined with Beats Audio
HTC Sense 5
Stylish with very solid build quality
Connectivity is key
Lower noise at higher ISO settings than some key competitors
Fun filters on board
Fast burst shooting and best shot mode
Quick to share direct from phone
HTC Zoe (zoetrope) capture and gallery playback is fun
Some manual control
1080p display
Metal frame is sturdy and luxurious
Extremely powerful
Attractive interface
Elegant design
Quality manufacturing
Overall responsiveness
Superb display
Sense 5 looks good AND is practical
Good sound
High volume
Camera works well in low lighting and for social networking
Gets great connection and WiFi
Fast GPS fixing
Great screen
Attractive and well-built design
Ultra-fast
BlinkFeed is useful
BoomSound boost for films and music
Desirable design
Featurepacked snapper
Lots of power.
Great design
Sleek Sense
Innovative camera
Great design & build quality
Ultrapixel camera
Stunning screen
We always thought that HTC’s One X was cruelly overlooked - its beautiful curved unibody was far better looking than the cheapish Samsung Galaxy S3. HTC’s designers have excelled themselves again this year
The HTC One is gorgeous. A lovingly crafted metal slab almost identical in size to its predecessor
It’s cool to the touch
Rock solid
And lies smoothly on a tablet
Since the camera doesn’t
Display
Power
Design and build
Sense 5 alterations
Zoe camera
Summary videos
Live Gallery
Sound performance
Exceptional hardware
Recordbreaking speed
Stunning 1080p screen
Slick Sense 5 software
Well-built
Powerful
Great sound
Intuitive user interface
Nice screen
Stunningly highresolution screen
Impressive camera
Neat HTC Android overlay.
It's a looker
Eye-lickingly great screen
Universal remote control
Class leading design
Class leading screen
Class leading power
Innovative interface
HD and BoomSound great for movies and music Sleek
Desirable metal design Smart
Featurepacked camera Packs plenty of power
Full 1080p HD screen
Very fast processor
Solid build quality
HTC Sense 5.0
Excellent build and ergonomics
Fab screen
Sense 5 is visually slick
Great performance
Great build
Superb screen
Very capable processor
Exceptional build quality
Striking visage
Decent performance
Innovative camera feature
The editors didn't like
It's a tradeoff between design
Price or performance
Battery life
Easily scratched aluminium casing
The HTC One side-by-side with its predecessor the One X. The difference in design is striking
Design
My first impression on picking up the HTC One was that it feels sleek and sturdy. The aluminium casing
Low resolution
3
2 shots are 3MP
Underexposure common
Digital zoom results
Detail lacks
Soft edges
Camera lens easily smears from handling
Adjustment options slow to access
No physical shutter button
Holding as a camera tricky due to trim body
W
Black paintwork picks up scuffs incredibly easily
BlinkFeed can't be removed
No immediate way to customise menus
No expandable storage or removable battery
Camera doesn't impress
The UltraPixel sensor just can't compete
Battery life could be higher
Heats up when web browsing and gaming
Touchsensitive buttons can be confusing
There's still room to make the body more compact
Nonexpandable memory
Battery isn't great
Camera image quality doesn't match HTC's claims
BlinkFeed needs some tweaking.
No memory card slot
Zoes fill up storage
Alarm too simple
BlinkFeed limitations
All Android keyboards
Gets warm from heavy usage
As cool as the HTC One looks
There are a few design flaws its creators should be kicking themselves over. HTC’s decision to remove one of the standard control buttons (the multi-tasking tab) to make way for its logo below the screen is an odd one that’ll surprise longtime Android users - instead
You double tap the home button to switch apps.This
You get used to. More frustrating is HTC’s decis
No storage expansion
Camera suffers from noise
Blink Feed won't be for everyone
Camera could be better
BlinkFeed needs work
No memory slot
Battery life is unexceptional and the aluminium casing can be slippy in the hand
Having a high pixel count generally slows phones down, so our speed expectations were low. We were wrong! This thing is absurdly, unprecedentedly fast. How fast? It goes from fully powered off to all booted up and ready to go in eight seconds. EIGHT! Lag
As good as the camera is for stills, it takes very lackluster video. The results aren't particularly sharp and details get lost. There's also a watery, warble effect which may be rolling-shutter, or more likely, the optical image stabilization not working
While the jury will remain out until we get our hands on U.S. devices, at this point, all signs point to yes. Its simply one of the most exciting pieces of hardware weve seen in a long time, including the Galaxy S IV. As of this moment, the HTC One is l...
Abstract: The HTC One and Sony Xperia Z are the pride and joy of their respective manufacturers. In the videos dedicated to their design stories you can clearly see how passionate the teams are about their products. Fittingly, the Xperia Z and HTC One are two o...
Abstract: By now you should have formed an opinion of which phone you like better - each had moments where it shined and got overshadowed elsewhere. The truth is that this will be one of the most exciting fights in the premium segment this season. Yes, the Gala...
So this is it - the One has brought out the best in HTC. It's sure as shooting that five different people will say that about five different HTC smartphones. And at least four of them will be right. But there're certain things that make this one the One.T...
Abstract: Smartphones are now more advanced than ever, but we seem to have hit a low in innovation - we're just getting a Company Phone N+1 handset released each year on schedule. This is why we were excited to meet the HTC One, the company broke every mold it ...
Abstract: HTC makes a strong bid for a bigger slice of the smartphone market with its latest flagship smartphone, One.The stunning display, slick aluminium unibody design coupled with more than sufficient quad-core power makes for a very impressive first impression...
Abstract: Going by sales in the past year alone, it's easy to forget that HTC still makes some of the best hardware in the smartphone game. Despite the fact that it was the first to release a smartphone with a dual-core Krait chipset, the first to launch a...
What we love: Amazing build quality, smooth and snappy user experience, fantastic camera features, BoomSound is really Boombastic, What we dislike: Fragile material, Sense 5 may not be good for exHTC users, Camera takes overexposed pictures, HTC MARKETING
We love the HTC One, it is the best Android phone that we've experienced, it delivers superb user experience in an amazingly designed hardware, it shows the philosophy that HTC has always believed in – Quietly Brilliant. While more powerful devices such a...
Abstract: Recently, it came to light that Samsung and other mobile manufacturers were cheating current mobile benchmarks by upping processor performance each time these benchmarks were run on their devices. While this isn't something new in the tech industry, quite...
– Industrial design, – Beautiful display, – Great lowlight photos, – Excellent video captures with OIS and large pixels, – Toned down Sense UI that's consistent with Android, – Topnotch performance
– Relatively heavy, – Aluminum chassis prone to scuffs, – Photos are washed out, – Low resolution causing pixelated photos, – BlinkFeed is a nuisance, with no options to disable it, – Battery life could be better; slow to recharge
It's not easy to declare a single phone as the best of the year as there will be competing devices littered throughout the following 12 months. But if there's one device I have to pick for 2013, it will definitely be the HTC One, except that it has two we...
