Comparison between the HTC One M8 and the HTC One

Ladies and gentlemen, You don’t have an HTC One!

Finally, after many weeks of leaks, rumors and more leaks and more rumours, the new flagship that HTC will be fighting for in the coming months is already among us.

Now it’s time to explore everything it has to offer and Compare your chances with those of your competitors. However, one of the most important comparisons that perro be made before presenting a new terminal is the comparison with what came before, in this case, for the HTC One we analyzed at the time, which performed so well last year.

So it’s her Time to find out how the device has changedwhich will help us escoge if something is worth changing. Let’s go there!

Technical specifications

design

Given the positive reviews received by the company’s former flagship, HTC decided to continue on the path of success, the HTC One M8 is practically made on the same chassis. In this way, at first glance we find a afín terminal, although if we search a little more we will find important changes.

First, the móvil inteligente now it is more, which is rendered nearly 10 millimeters longer at the cost of the plus 0.3 inches. In addition, the corners of the team are preserved more accurate, should theoretically be more comfortable and hold in hand. If we turn it over and look at its back, we see that more than an obvious change to the cameraand it is that we now have two purposes because of its dual nature.

And of course, Aluminum continues to be the star material in this HTC One M8. Undoubtedly, the choice of this material over another material like polycarbonate plastic adds infinitely more to the devices plusand much nicer in my opinion.

Screen

The biggest change we’ll notice on screen is the “stretching” of it, which will now be 5 inches, compared to 4.7 inches in the previous one. The resolution stays at 1080p, so the pixels per inch drop slightly, although of course nothing is aparente to the naked eye.

What many users dislike is the appearance of the rear buttons, hometown and multitasking built into the panel itself, eliminating the capacitive buttons on the sides of the HTC logotipo. Now that black band is occupied solely by that logotipo, which automatically conveys a sense of inexplicable waste.

camera

And we find what seems to be the point where HTC has made the most effort to improve, or at least change. As with last year’s presentation, the HTC One M8’s camera was one of the main themes in the weeks leading up to the event, and it is now during the event itself one of the most famous.

As you all know, the Taiwanese company is taking risks for the second year in a row and this time, apart from UltraPixel technology, Choose dual camera or camera duoas they christen it, which is a double obligation LED flash. Therefore, they promise to get high-quality images again, even in low-light conditions. The focusing speed has also been improved.That’s 300 milliseconds, on par with the Samsung Galaxy S5 that we also tested.

But things don’t stop exactly there, but this does raise the possibility Capturing depth in images like never before in a móvil inteligente. In addition, we perro also change the focus after taking the photo and use it many new effects and animations with options like Seasons, Prelude, Copy&Paste or Agregado Dimension.

There seems to be a jump in quality for the front camera that goes over from the current 2.1 megapixels to 5that enable us to make good ones “autofotos”.

Naturally, About this item we will talk in detail in a dedicated article.

hardware

As a logical progression the new HTC One is equipped chipsetsstronger than its predecessor. While in the company’s top-of-the-line range so far we’ve found the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, which consists of a Krait 300 4-core processor and Adreno 320 GPU, the refresh makes a leap towards the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, which wasn’t very important Qualcomm Snapdragon 801with 4 cores Krait 400 and Adreno 330, the same as its main competitors, see the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Sony Xperia Z2.

In order to get detailed information about the performance of the terminal, we will have to wait a little longer, but nobody escapes if everything goes according to their wishes. the new device will be a well-oiled machine again. Of course, it has a tough contrincante ahead of it, which is none other than 2013’s HTC One, and this is it To say the least, surpassing the performance and exquisite fluidity of the previous model is a difficult task.. At least we hope that it is on the same level, which has a perfect optimization of the required system that we will talk about below

programa

The HTC One M8 will go on sale with the latest version of the system, Android 4.4.2 KitKatand of course everything runs under the custom layer HTC Sense in its sixth version. Hence a Redesign of HTC BlinkFeed to consult our daily news, popular networks and others, and other home applications such as HTC Sense televisión will also undergo an aesthetic and functional change.

On the other hand, we have to expect a good job from the company in terms of updates and that has to be acknowledged with the current HTC One, it doesn’t do badly at all, at least so far. We will see its fate even after the launch of its successor.

aspects plus

In addition to all the comments, the new HTC One M8 includes many other new features, among which we cánido highlight the following:

• address offer, a function that allows you to interact with the terminal through fácil gestures or movements thanks to the capabilities of its sensors. So we cánido, among other things, with a double tap Rotate the screen or answer calls by putting the phone to our ear. Utilities.
• Great battery saver: According to HTC, the optimization of idle battery consumption has been improved thanks to a great new mode, as well as the usual energy savings that we see in the HTC One M7, which gains up to 40% more autonomy.
• HTC Boom Sound now it’s clearer, more immersive and 25% more powerful, thanks to the integration of two redesigned stereo speakers and a new amplifier.
• Fitbit: HTC cares about our health too, and that’s what comes preloaded for that applications Fitbit, working in conjunction with the low consumption sensor, will be able to monitor while we sleep and we will even be able to monitor our physical condition. We perro see all of this in HTC BlinkFeed.

Conclusions

How perro we check Even compared to the previous model, the new HTC One is not a revolution, which was heavily criticized by the competition. Of course, the Taiwanese company seems to have sent put more effort than its competitors when it comes to taking care of the details.

Therefore we see many points to offer Added value without going beyond the camera (although many will be the opposite), and even things that were already very good, like the sound, have been refined and taken another step forward. However, it could be sinned in other things like increasing in sizealthough we also know that this is the price to pay for unparalleled sound quality on mobile.

Speaking of price, the Price of this HTC One M8 It is slightly above the starting price of the M7: 729 euros, for which its predecessor cost 699.

Now as always We want to know what you think of this comparison and the new HTC One M8. Do you think the development of Taiwan’s flagship is enough?