HTC One M8 Review

Pros: Beautiful design, Large beautiful screen, Metal design, The new HTC sense 6, Expandable mermory

Cons: Poor camera in bright light, Duo camera doesn't work perfectly 

The beautiful HTC one M8 is the key product for the company this year also the last year one wasn't the biggest hit but was very popular for the design. As the company has managed to launch some great phones  previous year's HTC One being the big example -but none of them stand a chance against the mighty samsung phones .Once almost as popular as  Android, HTC's market share is very low in comparison to Samsung's.

Design

The HTC One M8 looks very beautiful when you compare it to the Samsung Galaxy S5, or even the gorgeous LG G3. HTC knows the look and quality of materials matter, and has made them it's top design priority. Like the original HTC One which was build of metal, the HTC One M8 is a metal phone. According to HTC , last year's model has a back that's about 70 per cent metal, and the HTC One M8's rear is made of around 90 per cent metal explanation, last year's model has a back that's about 70 per cent metal,  the HTC One M8's rear is around 90 per cent metal.

The two-tone plastic in the previous one  have been replaced by a one-piece metal back that curved around to meet the  Corning Gorilla Glass of the screen's top layer. HTC One M8 is very curvier and gives a very smooth feel than its predecessor, while keeping its hard and cool feel it’s come with metal – aluminium in this case.

The One M8 also solved the key perceived issue that was with the first HTC One – The good thing is it has a microSD memory card slot that was missing in first HTC one. 

It is situated on the righter edge of the one, using a pop-out tray design. It is a good strategy by HTC to give an option for an external SD card as everyone knows as buying a memory card will always be cheaper than upgrading to a pricier version. According to sources HTC is going to make a 32GB edition too, but it won't be available earlier everywhere here.

Here is the strange HTC's move from a micro SIM to a nano SIM is more controversial. Very few phones use this tiny SIM – most notably the iPhone 5S/5 and the Google owned Motorola Moto X – and as the tray clearly makes room for a dual-SIM model, this is a good move not an issue. Still, most networks will happily send you out a nano SIM replacement for free may be. You can also easily clip down your current SIM manually. But we don't recommend it. 

Do it if you know it or else it will cause problems for you.

The biggest flaw in the one is they miss out on water proof and dust resistant feature that the other flagship phones are sporting. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 are water and dust resistance, using a rubbery flap to cover the microUSB charge socket. The HTC's One M8 is not waterproof – its microUSB slot is exposed. According to Reports online that suggest that the phone is actually fairly water-resistant, but the lack of any certification means you won't be covered for any water damage.

HTC One M8 – Performance

The HTC One M8 sports a Snapdragon 801 processor, the same processor type seen in the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2. However, both of these giants have a  advantage over the HTC one M8, in terms of clock speed .

Where the M8 uses the 2.3GHz clock speed of the snapdragon 801, the Galaxy S5 has the slightly faster 2.5GHz version. However HTC one M8 for india sports a 2.5GHz clock speed that’s an awesome news for the indians.

Sony xperia Z2 beats the HTC One M8 and the Samsung galaxy S 5 with its RAM. Out of the three key flagships seen to date, it is the only one that is Z2 to have 3GB of RAM. The HTC One M8 and Samsung Galaxy S5 both have 2GB of RAM. Well we think 2GB of RAM is enough for hardcore gaming and multimedia task. Don’t understand what they are trying. Are they trying to make smartphones “alienware”? well if it is true then they are doing awesome and putting everything in their flagship phones.

HTC One M8: Benchmarks

The HTC One M8 performs as expected in benchmarks. In Geekbench 3 it scores 2,840 points, which is just slightly above, the scores we have seen in the 800 tablets and phones It’s not a big thing that it’s benchmark score is better than the snapdragon 800 versions the big catch is that the Snapdragon 800 devices run at 2.2GHz, which is just a bit slower than the One M8. It can be seen that this is not a massive upgrage but it is still faster.

There’s a also a quite impressive improvement in the 3DMark gaming benchmark. It scores 20,556, which is around 15 per cent better than some of the Snapdragon 800 devices.

Should I buy the HTC One M8?

It’s obvious that the HTC One M8 deserves its position as the top Android smartphone in HTC’s line-up.

It is real that its metal body looks and feels a lot better than the Samsung Galaxy S5, Well as a big fan of Samsung saying such such thing is very difficult for me but it is real that it feels very premium one like the iphone. And as the core specs and screens are roughly comparable, this will be enough to convince many that HTC is the way to go. It’s not a bad move either – the look and feel of a phone does matter and the HTC One M8 nails this. HTC is setting the standard for phone design right now.

For that reason we're recommending it. It's a fantastic phone. The only issue is the camera. It's really outstanding in low-light and very fast, but it has some serious problems like chroma and other noise problems. 

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Rumours

As a Samsung Lover it's really exciting to see what the samsung's new beast will feature. Samsung always equip the note flagship with the best specs compared to others. It's been a trend for samsung to increase it's screen size eventually as seen in previous note phones. The original galaxy note sports a 5.3" display, the note 2 sports a 5.5" display, and the note 3 have a 5.7" display. 

According to sources the new note may feature a 5.9” or a 6” display, But I don’t think Samsung will increase the screen size by 5.8”. Because by increasing the size more than 5.7” , it will hard to hold the phablet that will be a big drawback. As for its display, it’s not clear how big the Galaxy Note 4’s screen will be at this time, but the publication says Samsung has stepped up flexible display production by more than 50%.

 A  report suggested that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 will come in two versions, one will feature a flexible display and one with a regular screen, so there would be a  premium Galaxy Note 4 that will have a metal case and flexible display, and a “regular” designed handset that will feature a plastic case and a non-flexible display –as previous galaxy note flagships however, that’s just speculation at this point, as Samsung has yet to unveil the handset.

The good news is the new galaxy note 4 will have a 16 MP shooter with OIS. So we will see a awesome camera that can shoot 4k videos with some more Samsung software tweaks.

On the hardware side the Two versions of the new Galaxy Note 4 have been spotted in the AnTuTu benchmark database, including SM-N910C and SM-N910S, or Exynos and Qualcomm versions of the upcoming galaxy note 4.

Just like previous galaxy note generations, the new  Galaxy Note 4 models will be seen with different system on chips (SoC) depending on their regions they’re sold in, including a 1.3GHz eight core Samsung Exynos 5433 processor ( that includes four Cortex A57 and four Cortex-A53 cores) with ARM Mali-T760 GPU SoC, and a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor with Adreno 420GPU SoC.

And the best news is that the Both Galaxy Note 4 versions will pack the same high-resolution 2K display (2560 x 1440 resolution), 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 16-megapixel camera and 3.68-megapixel front-facing camera. And  The Exynos 5433 version of the Note 4 is also 64-bit. It will be more powerful than the current results suggested by anTuTU benchmarks. Well I am really exciting for the new galaxy note 4 because it will be the first Samsung flagship phone to come head to head with the new Iphone 6.