The day has finally arrived ““ HTC has revealed its latest iteration of its flagship. The HTC One M9 is now official, after being one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year.
Just as the past week‘s rumours have suggested, the One M9 we‘re seeing today is the one that takes the majority of its inspiration form the One M8‘s design, rather than making a radical departure into Desire/Nexus 9 territory.
It‘s been a year since the HTC One M8 launched, and the Taiwanese company has spent 12 months hard at work designing the best they possibly can. Or have they? Looking at the new M9, you have to where the year of work since the previous One has gone.
The two devices are actually very difficult to tell apart. The One M9 gets a five-inch 1080p display, runs a Snapdragon 810 SoC, and is outfitted with a hefty 3GB of RAM. It will have 32GB of internal storage, with the option to add more via microSD, and trades last year‘s Duo Camera arrangement for a monolithic 20MP sensor ““ one protected by a sapphire lens.
Up front you‘ll find an UltraPixel camera capable of 1080p video. And of course, those stereo BoomSound speakers are back. While nothing will beat discrete speakers, HTC‘s using perceptual technology to simulate the surround sound effect.
So is this device a beautiful piece of smartphone engineering or is it a disappointment? Well, we think it‘s both. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below.
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