HTC One 2014 (M8) goes official with Duo Camera, 5-inch screen
The HTC has announced it's latest flagship phone HTC One 2014 (M8). The smartphone sports a uni-body design made of 90% metal as opposed to 70% for its predecessor giving it an even sleeker look.
The new HTC One 2014 screen has been bumped from a 4.7-inch unit to a 5-inch, while keeping the 1080p screen resolution. a more slimmer bezels and hardware keys have been replaced by on-screen ones so the difference in size compared to the original One is minimal.
The iconic front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers has been impressively updated with more kick to your music experience, boosting the sound upto 25% more than predecessor.
The HTC One 2014 (M8) is powered by the latest Snapdragon 801 chipset with a 2.3 GHz Krait 400 processor for the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa and a higher-clocked 2.5 GHz Krait 400 for Asia, Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. The storage options are 16 GB and 32 GB but the M8 will allow expansion by up to 128 GB through the microSD card slot.
The HTC One 2014 has the latest Sense 6.0 over the latest version of Android 4.4 KitKat . One of the coolest new features brought by the updated package is Motion Launch, which lets you quickly open the camera or unlock the phone while the screen is off. Picking up the One (M8) in landscape mode and pressing the volume button will launch the camera. There's double tap or slide up from the bottom to wake the phone. While locked you can pick up the phone in portrait mode and swipe left on its screen to launch the widget panel or right for BlinkFeed.
As we seen in Galaxy S5 power saving mode boosting battery backup by turning off the colour pixels, the new HTC One 2014 does have similar Power Saving Mode, which promises to give you up to 30 hours of running by using just 10% of the One (M8)'s 2,600 mAh battery.
The camera of the HTC One 2014 (M8) features a 4MP camera with 1/3" sensor, 2 micron-sized pixels and f/2.0 aperture plus a second camera located above it meant to gather depth information. HTC calls this Duo Camera- two independent lenses able to calculate the relative distance of the subjects in an image. HTC's dual camera setup enables cool effects such as selective focus (shallow depth of field) and post-shot refocusing.
The new HTC One (M8) can focus in just 0.3s.
The front-facing camera is a wide-angle 5 MP unit making it a huge jump from last year's 2.1 MP.
Unfortunately, the optical image stabilization of the original One is now gone, and the One (M8) will rely on digital stabilization to do its magic. HTC has also improved the flash of the smartphone by using a two toned cold and warm LED flash light, which can help the smartphone produce more accurate color tones in low-light conditions.
The HTC One comes with a variety of accessories like the Flip Case, Double Dip case (each in three colors), Dot View case (showing you alarms, events, calls, battery, weather and more in a colorful dotted way) and more.
Coming in Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold the HTC One (M8) will be available in select markets starting today. It will roll out across 230 carriers in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, China, Africa and the Middle East.
The new HTC One 2014 screen has been bumped from a 4.7-inch unit to a 5-inch, while keeping the 1080p screen resolution. a more slimmer bezels and hardware keys have been replaced by on-screen ones so the difference in size compared to the original One is minimal.
The iconic front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers has been impressively updated with more kick to your music experience, boosting the sound upto 25% more than predecessor.
The HTC One 2014 (M8) is powered by the latest Snapdragon 801 chipset with a 2.3 GHz Krait 400 processor for the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa and a higher-clocked 2.5 GHz Krait 400 for Asia, Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. The storage options are 16 GB and 32 GB but the M8 will allow expansion by up to 128 GB through the microSD card slot.
The HTC One 2014 has the latest Sense 6.0 over the latest version of Android 4.4 KitKat . One of the coolest new features brought by the updated package is Motion Launch, which lets you quickly open the camera or unlock the phone while the screen is off. Picking up the One (M8) in landscape mode and pressing the volume button will launch the camera. There's double tap or slide up from the bottom to wake the phone. While locked you can pick up the phone in portrait mode and swipe left on its screen to launch the widget panel or right for BlinkFeed.
As we seen in Galaxy S5 power saving mode boosting battery backup by turning off the colour pixels, the new HTC One 2014 does have similar Power Saving Mode, which promises to give you up to 30 hours of running by using just 10% of the One (M8)'s 2,600 mAh battery.
The camera of the HTC One 2014 (M8) features a 4MP camera with 1/3" sensor, 2 micron-sized pixels and f/2.0 aperture plus a second camera located above it meant to gather depth information. HTC calls this Duo Camera- two independent lenses able to calculate the relative distance of the subjects in an image. HTC's dual camera setup enables cool effects such as selective focus (shallow depth of field) and post-shot refocusing.
The new HTC One (M8) can focus in just 0.3s.
The front-facing camera is a wide-angle 5 MP unit making it a huge jump from last year's 2.1 MP.
Unfortunately, the optical image stabilization of the original One is now gone, and the One (M8) will rely on digital stabilization to do its magic. HTC has also improved the flash of the smartphone by using a two toned cold and warm LED flash light, which can help the smartphone produce more accurate color tones in low-light conditions.
The HTC One comes with a variety of accessories like the Flip Case, Double Dip case (each in three colors), Dot View case (showing you alarms, events, calls, battery, weather and more in a colorful dotted way) and more.
Coming in Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold the HTC One (M8) will be available in select markets starting today. It will roll out across 230 carriers in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, China, Africa and the Middle East.
HTC One 2014 Vs HTC One 2013 Comparison
| HTC One (2014) | HTC One (2013) | |
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.35mm (5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 inch) | 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3mm (5.41 x 2.69 x 0.37 inch) |
| Weight | 5.64 oz. (160g) | 5.04 oz. (143g) |
| Screen size | 5.0 inches | 4.7 inches |
| Screen resolution | 1,920 x 1,080 (441 ppi) | 1,920 x 1,080 (468 ppi) |
| Screen type | S-LCD3 | S-LCD3 |
| Battery | 2,600mAh (non-removable) | 2,300mAh (non-removable) |
| Internal storage | 16GB (32GB version coming) | 32/64GB |
| External storage | MicroSD (up to 128GB) | None |
| Rear camera | 4MP UltraPixel, f/2.0, 2.0µm pixel size, 1/3" sensor size, 28mm lens | 4MP UltraPixel, f/2.0, BSI, 1/3" sensor size, 2µm pixel size, OIS |
| Front-facing cam | 5MP, f/2.0, BSI, wide-angle lens | 2.1MP |
| Video capture | 1080p | 1080p, 30 fps |
| NFC | Yes | Yes |
| Radios | GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900) (All); CDMA (800/1900) (Verizon, Sprint). HSPA+ EMEA: (850/900/1900/2100) with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps Asia: (850/900/1900/2100) with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps AT&T: (850/1900/2100) with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps Sprint: (850/1900/2100) with HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps Verizon: (850/900/1900/2100) with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps T-Mobile: (850/AWS/1900/2100) with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps LTE EMEA: (800/900/1800/2600) Asia: (700/900/1800/2100/2600) AT&T: (700/850/AWS/1800/1900/2600) Sprint: FDD (800/1900), TDD (2600) Verizon: (700/AWS/1800/2600) T-Mobile: (700/AWS) |
Depends on the market |
| Bluetooth | v4.0 with AptX | v4.0 with AptX |
| SoC | 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (Asia variant uses 2.5GHz); Adreno 330 GPU | 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (APQ8064T) |
| RAM | 2GB | 2GB |
| SIM slot | Nano-SIM | Micro-SIM |
| Connectivity | MHL, DLNA, IR, HDMI, GPS/GLONASS | MHL, DLNA, IR |
| WiFi | Dual-band, 802.11a/ac/b/g/n | Dual-band, 802.11a/ac/b/g/n, WiFi Direct |
| Operating system | Android 4.4.2, Sense 6.0 | Android 4.1.2, Sense 5.0 (at launch) |
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