The gorgeous HTC One is a winner
The good: The HTC One
flaunts a stunning metal design, powerful quad-core processor, and a
beautiful 4.7-inch 1080p screen. It runs Android Jelly Bean, takes great
pictures, and has a feature-packed camera app.
The bad: Sealed
case design means no SD expansion slot or user replaceable battery. The
BlinkFeed software can’t be completely removed. The phone isn’t yet
available on Verizon.
The bottom line: A few quibbles notwithstanding, the powerhouse HTC One is a beautifully crafted, near-ideal smartphone.
As HTC's new flagship smartphone, the HTC One is packed to the rafters
with top-notch components and technologies including some of the latest
processing gear from Qualcomm. In addition to being state of the art,
the successor to 2012's HTC One X is lovingly crafted from premium metals,
leaving no doubt that the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer has put a
considerable amount of blood, sweat, and tears into this handset.
HTC definitely brought its A-game, and it needs to to defeat its arch-rival, the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Like all other smartphones though, the One isn't perfect -- it lacks an
SD card slot for extra storage expansion as well as a removable
battery. The camera isn't quite as revolutionary as advertised. Android
purists may not love HTC's Sense UI skin, and the One's nonremovable
BlinkFeed news reader isn't particularly welcome.
Quibbles aside, though, the HTC One should be at or near the top of the
list for anyone looking for a phone on Sprint, T-Mobile, or AT&T --
where it's going head-to-head with the Samsung Galaxy S4. Yes, it's a game of inches between both of those big-screen Android superphones (read our story
to see how they stack up, feature for feature). But I can easily say
the HTC One is the fastest, most beautiful phone I've ever used, and it
will sway anyone looking for a worthy alternative to the Samsung.
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