The HTC One M8 is now over three years old, but it's still a very nice smartphone. Is it worth it to buy 2016 anyway? Well, you can pick one up for only £ 60 “used”. The HTC One M8 is a smartphone that has much to offer. Its predecessor, the HTC One, was our favorite smartphone until the Nexus 5 rolled up. There is already strong competition in this generation in this generation: the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Sony XPERIA Z2.
HTC One M8 – Design:
Not surprisingly, the new HTC One M8, like its competitors, is not a radical overhaul. Instead, it takes the design of the one and refines it. Instead of matte silver, the new phone has a polished, dark gunmetal finish with an attractive brushed effect. It still has the smooth rounded rump, but the sharp, chiseled edges have now been rounded as well. From a practical point of view, we are disappointed to see that the Home, Multitasking and Back buttons have been moved from below the screen to the display itself and are on the usable screen. The HTC One M8 also lacks dust and water resistance, such as the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5 and the recently released Sony XPERIA Z1 Compact.
However, it is good to see that HTC has added a micro-SD slot to the new model. With the original HTC One – now renamed One M7 – you kept track of the space you chose to buy. We also like the ingenious new dot-view case from HTC (£ 35 with VAT). This allows light from the display to shine through a grid of pinholes in the front cover, allowing the phone to display time, weather, and flap-through notifications in retro dot matrix style. It is even possible to answer calls through the case without having to open it.
HTC One M8 – Camera:
Apart from the design, the duo camera is the most important update. Turn the M8 over and you'll see two lenses – one that captures the main image and a smaller object that captures spatial information. This allows the M8 to add dramatic depth of field effects to your photos after shooting. The UFocus tool blurs foreground or background details, while the foreground effect isolates the main subject by desaturating the background and adding a sketch filter. Dimension Plus adds an interactive parallax effect to images: tilt the phone, and the background changes relative to the foreground subject, much like Apple's parallax wallpaper.
For general snapshots, however, the camera is more than satisfactory. It uses a 1/3-inch, 4.1 megapixel sensor with the same 2μm “UltraPixels” as before and a 1: 2 aperture. Unlike the original, there is no optical image stabilization, but photos are sharper and cleaner: In low light, there is more detail and better control of the noise and in good light a better assessment of the exposure. The two color two color LED flash means that taking pictures in a darkened pub lounge will not produce ghostly skin tones.
HTC One M8 – HTC Sense:
In addition to Android 4.4 KitKat, the HTC One M8 also comes with the latest version of HTC's proprietary Sense 6 interface, which of course includes a number of customizations. First and foremost is a feature called HTC Motion Launch that lets you wake up the phone with different gestures? Tapping twice will take you to the lock screen, while swiping from the bottom will take you directly to the desired home screen. A right-side swipe opens the traditional Android desktop, which includes shortcuts and widgets, as well as top and left dialing options for the voice dialing mode and the HTC BlinkFeed user interface.
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