The last "lone hero"

It so happened that of all the top novelties of the current season, it was the new HTC smartphone that turned out to be the last in our hands, when the reviews of all the others flagship devices have already appeared on the pages of our publication. It was not our fault - the release of the device was postponed for a long time, there were no final samples, and this situation is quite symbolic. The Taiwanese company is not doing very well now - over the past year and a half, NTS has gradually lost its former glory among users, and the company's position in the world market has noticeably shaken. After the release of problematic models with the prefix X and X + in the name, the company for some time did not offer the market any significant new products, and the only noticeable model HTC Butterfly, released during this time, suffered a strange fate. For some reason, the European version of the phone had too little flash memory, and at the same time there was no possibility of its expansion by means of cards. All this, coupled with a dubious glossy body and a very high price, could not cause (at least in our area) much interest from users to this model. And now the company has decided to do a "reboot" and start all over again. The developers again focused all their efforts on only one model, ceasing to spray, and this immediately bore fruit. The latest creation of the NTS turned out to be so interesting that it instantly attracted the lost part of the users' attention back to the company. Although we are not talking about a complete return of former positions: at the last Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​the NTS stand could not boast of either size or an abundance of attention from visitors and the press. And practically one model was presented at the stand during the exhibition - HTC One. The one on which all the stakes are now made in the company: "if it takes off, we will fly further."

An unusually tense attitude in the company towards the "new hope" was manifested even in the very name of the new product. A very strange name, we must admit. The Taiwanese decided to suddenly give their creation a name corresponding to the common name of the entire line of smartphones that have come out of their factories recently - no more, no less. “HTC One” is the same as if Sony named its next smartphone simply “Sony Xperia”, without any additional letters or numbers. An interesting solution. It is very inconvenient for searching on the Internet (when typing in the name of any other device starting with “HTC One”, information about HTC One itself will automatically drop out, and vice versa) and very beneficial for the company itself (for the same reason). However, given the recently shaken position of the Taiwanese company in the world market, perhaps this step was quite thoughtful in order to raise the fading interest in HTC products?

The main flagship models tested by us earlier, we have added for the convenience of visual comparison in a single table, presented below.

	Htc one	Samsung Galaxy S4	Sony Xperia Z	Oppo Find 5	Google Nexus 4	LG Optimus G
Screen	4.7 ″, S-LCD3 (IPS)	4.99 ″, SuperAMOLED	5 ″, IPS?	5 ″, IPS	4.7 ″, IPS Plus	4.7 ″, IPS Plus
Permission	1920 × 1080, 469 ppi	1920 × 1080, 441 ppi	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 @ 1.7 GHz (4 cores, ARMv7 Krait)	Exynos 5410 @ 1.8 GHz (8 cores)		Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 cores, ARMv7 Krait)	Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 cores, ARMv7 Krait)	Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 cores, ARMv7 Krait)
RAM	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Flash memory	32/64 GB	16/32/64 GB	16 GB	16/32 GB	8/16 GB	32 GB
Memory card support	No	microSD	microSD	No	No	No
Operating system	Google android 4.1	Google Android 4.2	Google Android 4.1	Google Android 4.1	Google Android 4.2	Google Android 4.1
SIM format *	Micro-SIM	Micro-SIM	Micro-SIM	Micro-SIM	Micro-SIM	Micro-SIM
Battery	non-removable, 2300 mAh	removable, 2600 mAh	non-removable, 2330 mAh	non-removable, 2500 mAh	non-removable, 2100 mAh	non-removable, 2100 mAh
Cameras	rear (4 Mp; video - 1080p), front (2 Mp)		rear (13 Mp; video - 1080p), front (2 Mp)	rear (13 Mp; video - 1080p), front (1.9 Mp)	rear (8 Mp; video - 1080p), front (1.3 Mp)	rear (13 Mp; video - 1080p), front (1.3 Mp)
Dimensions (edit)	137 x 68 x 9.3 mm, 143 grams	137 x 70 x 7.9 mm, 130 g	139 x 71 x 7.9mm, 146g	142 x 69 x 8.9mm, 165g	134 x 69 x 9.1mm, 139g	132 x 69 x 8.5 mm, 145 g

* The most common SIM card formats are described in a separate article.

Key features of HTC One

• SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.7 GHz, 4 cores, ARMv7 Krait
• GPU Adreno 320
• Operating system Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• Sensory IPS display, 4.7 ″, 1920 × 1080
• Random access memory (RAM) 2 GB, inner memory 32/64 GB
• Slot for microSD cards missing
• GSM communication GPRS / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G UMTS HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, MHL, OTG
• Wi-Fi Display / DLNA support
• Wi-Fi 802.11a / ac / b / g / n
• GPS / Glonass
• Digital compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, position sensors, light
• 4MP camera with HDR video support
• Camera 2.1 MP (front)
• Lithium polymer battery 2300 mAh
• Dimensions 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm
• Weight 143 g

Appearance and usability

The description should, of course, begin with the materials of the case. Unlike most modern plastic communicators, NTS One is almost entirely made of metal. At each presentation, the developers tirelessly demonstrate such a picture, especially focusing on the production technology of the body of the new smartphone.

The body is completely cut out of a single piece of aluminum, leaving space only for the glass of the screen and the camera optics. In principle, NTS had experience with metal before in the creation of cases for their smartphones. However, by her own admission, she always had to compromise by embedding plastic parts in a metal case so that the metal would not shield radio waves. When creating the HTC One, the developers took a different path. They carried all the antennas and microphones out, placing them in special grooves - grooves cut from the outside right in the body material. These recesses contain those elements that should not be shielded by metal. From above, these grooves are filled with a special composite material that resembles ordinary plastic in structure. It is curious that not only the grooves on the back, but all four side edges along the perimeter are also filled with this material. This does not cause any inconvenience to the user, and it looks unusual - somehow “unbeatable”.

Everything else here is just metal and glass, so there is no need to talk long about whether the new smartphone looks expensive or cheap. The materials themselves are premium, so the NTS One looks exactly like it is ready to match any environment at any moment. In other words, HTC One will look equally good with an expensive suit or in the hands of a teenager.

The smartphone is quite heavy (143 g), which is logical, given the abundance of metal from which the body is cut. If we talk about dimensions, then due to the narrow edges and sloping back, the phone fits comfortably in the hand. But this does not mean at all that I am ready to extol metal as the best material for the production of smartphones. By the way, many users prefer "warm", lightweight and rough plastic, especially since it is now also quite durable. And in terms of the ease of holding in the fingers, the matte soft-touch coating is probably more practical than the smooth and sometimes slippery metal. Such one can slip out of the hand (especially considering the mass), and it is more exposed to heat than plastic. Yes, of course, metal removes heat from the processor filling better than plastic, we all know this, but in terms of comfort, it is difficult to say that it is very pleasant to always take cold metal in your hand, which after a few minutes of operation suddenly becomes hot. Plastic in this sense just behaves quieter, that's all. But in any case, the neat appearance and small thickness allow us to speak of HTC One as universal smartphone, which will fit equally for a man's and a woman's hand.

And of course such a sturdy case will better withstand various external influences than plastic. Although at this point it is worth noting that the experts of one popular foreign publication, who disassembled the NTS One smartphone, claim that the smartphone is practically unsuitable for repair, because it does not understand. That is, if the speaker wheezes or the glass is cracked, it will probably be very problematic to replace these elements. However, this is only the unofficial opinion of some journalists.

Now let's look at the details and individual elements of the NTS One body. In the rear part, in addition to the aforementioned grooves, there is a digital camera window and a photo flash eye nearby - everything is standard. The form factor of the case is monoblock. The case is non-separable, there are no removable parts, so the cover cannot be removed either.

Another fact logically follows from this structure of the building. The SIM card is inserted here into the side groove on the left side of the smartphone, driving there on a metal slide. The method of fastening is exactly the same as for the iPhone: you need to squeeze in a paper clip to eject the container with the card. The SIM-card is used here in Micro-SIM format, the container itself is made of metal.

Both connectors, traditionally located at the top and bottom of the device, are universal: Micro-USB - at the bottom, 3.5 mm audio output - at the top.

But this is where the logic ends. All other controls of the NTS One are so unusual and inconvenient that one can only marvel at it. First, that ill-fated power and lock key. For some reason it was again placed not on its side, but on top - where no finger could reach. And the fact that this button is also an IR transmitter does not justify it in any way. And who, in fact, made you insert the infrared port into the power button? On the top end, and without it, there would be enough space to equip an IR transmitter. By the way, he is needed here to control various equipment, such as a TV or set-top box - the corresponding software already installed in the smartphone.

Secondly, both this key and the other, which controls the volume, are both embedded flush with the plane of the case. They do not protrude from it at all, and therefore, it is not possible to grope them blindly. It is extremely inconvenient to manipulate such buttons, all the time you have to watch where you press, and it is impossible to get used to it. As mentioned, these buttons are indistinguishable to the touch from the rest of the surface.

And this list of absurdities is crowned with an unusual touch panel of control buttons under the screen. During the time that humanity has been creating smartphones with touch screens, it seemed to have managed to sort out all possible versions of the block of buttons under the screen. But the developers from NTS managed to change everything this time. From standard set just "cut out" the button that calls the menu. In its place, the NTS logo now flaunts - right in the middle of the panel, and on the sides of it - only Back and Home, there is no Menu button at all. There could be no talk of saving space: unlike the entirely virtual block of buttons that migrated to the screen in some smartphones, here the strip under the screen still takes up space, if not with three, but with two buttons. Quite a strange decision, and how it is justified is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the list of the last open applications is now also not easy to find intuitively: it is called here by double touch Home buttons.

Finishing the theme of the buttons, it is worth noting that the menu that pops up by a long press on the power key, in addition to the standard shutdown, restart and transition to flight mode functions, is supplemented with one more item - a call to the child mode. In this mode, you can safely let your children play with your smartphone, without fear of access to important phone functions that are locked for them.

It remains to add that two variants of NTS One are supplied to the market with different color solutions: Glacial Silver (metallic gray with the romantic name “silver glacier”), as we have in our review, and Stealth Black (“invisible black”), pictured above. In the black version, all the materials are the same, only the metal is painted here, and the plastic, which is filled with all the grooves and sidewalls, matches the body color: in the gray version it is white, while in the black phone it is black. The rest of the smartphones are identical. Both options are not too easily soiled, since there are no glossy surfaces. True, on the black HTC One's surface, fingerprints, dirt, dust and grease are more noticeable than on the gray one - this should be taken into account by pedantic neat when choosing.

Screen

HTC One has a very high quality touchscreen, called the creators of S-LCD 3. In numbers, the physical parameters of the screen are as follows: dimensions - 58 × 103 mm, diagonal - 119 mm (4.7 inches), resolution - Full HD 1080p (1920 × 1080 pixels), pixel density PPI is 469 dpi, which is now a record figure in the smartphone market. HTC One's display has both manual and automatic brightness control based on a light sensor. Multi-touch technology allows you to simultaneously process up to ten touches, which is confirmed by tests. It is curious that here this feature must be manually enabled in the settings, otherwise the screen will recognize only two simultaneous touches - such a strange know-how has already been encountered in NTS devices before. There is also a proximity sensor that locks the screen when you bring the smartphone to your ear.

Alexey Kudryavtsev, editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections, carried out a detailed examination of the display using measuring devices. Here is his expert opinion on the HTC One screen.

The smartphone screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface and, judging by the reflection of bright light sources in it, has an anti-glare filter. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special and quite effective oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating, so fingerprints do not appear as quickly as in the case of ordinary glass, but are removed more easily.

With manual brightness control, its maximum value was about 450 cd / m², and the minimum was 11 cd / m². Maximum value high enough, therefore, with a bright daylight the readability of the screen will be preserved to some extent. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable level. There is an automatic brightness control by the light sensor (it is located in the left upper corner front panel): in complete darkness, the auto dimming function reduces the brightness to 18 cd / m2 (not very dim yet), in an office lit with artificial light sets to 81 cd / m2 (acceptable), in very bright environments increases to a maximum of 450- 460 cd / m² (as it should be). V automatic mode when the ambient light conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. There is no backlight flicker.

This smartphone has an IPS-type matrix. The micrograph shows a typical IPS subpixel structure:

The screen has good viewing angles without inverting tints and without significant color shift, even with large gaze deviations from the perpendicular to the screen. When deflected diagonally, the black field lightens very little and, depending on the direction of deviation, acquires a purple tint or remains almost neutral gray. When viewed from a perpendicular view, the black field uniformity is very good. The response time for the transition black-white-black is 21 ms (12 ms on + 9 ms off). The transition between mid-tones of 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes 33 ms in total. The contrast is good - about 950: 1. The gamma curve plotted at 32 points did not reveal any blockage in highlights or shadows, and the exponent of the approximating power function is 2.23, which is close to the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve deviates slightly from the power dependence:

The color gamut is sRGB:

Therefore, visually, the colors on this screen have natural saturation. The spectra show that the matrix filters mix the components together to a moderate extent:

The balance of shades on the gray scale is good: although the color temperature is higher than 6500 K, this parameter does not change very much throughout the significant part of the gray scale, while the deviation from the spectrum of a completely black body (delta E) is less than 10, which is considered for a consumer device a good indicator. (The dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

As a result, we have a high-quality version of the screen on the IPS-type matrix, which deserves a high rating.

Sound

In terms of its sound, the HTC One smartphone is one of the best solutions on the market. Of all the smartphones we have tested recently, only the Oppo Find 5 can match the HTC One in terms of sound quality. The HTC One's speakers are positioned in the most unusual way - the creators never tire of reminding them in their TV commercials. There are two front-facing stereo speakers built into the phone, and both of them are facing the front, not the back, like most smartphones. The device emits not excessively loud, but very clean, even in the entire range, deep sound saturated with low frequencies. The openings of the speaker grilles on the front surface cannot be blocked by the table surface, so nothing prevents the sound output (except, of course, when you put your smartphone face down). The sound here is additionally processed and improved with the help of HTC Boomsound and Beats Audio technologies.

There is an FM radio in the smartphone, but traditionally it works only with the headphones connected, which act as an antenna. There is also a regular voice recorder used to create voice notes. Both applications should be looked for in separate folders, where icons of the corresponding applications are carefully collected: radio in the Multimedia folder, and the voice recorder in the Tools folder. Built-in default write capability telephone conversations unfortunately, the HTC One does not.

Camera

The assessment of the photographs and conclusions on the quality were made by Anton Solovyov.

HTC One is equipped, like most modern smartphones, with two modules digital cameras... The front camera for video communication has a sensor with a resolution of 2.1 megapixels, an example of the picture in front of you. In principle, the shooting quality for the front camera is not bad, you can even make out the text if you want. The maximum resolution of images obtained with the front camera is 1920 × 1088 dots.

For a 2MP front camera, the quality is quite acceptable. In the center, the text is quite legible, but sharpness decreases at the edges. The barcode fragment is already noticeably blurry.

The whole intrigue lies in the new module of the main, rear camera of the smartphone: here the developers have installed a module with a resolution of only 4 megapixels. Explaining such a low resolution by modern standards, the developers tirelessly repeat in their presentations the words that the number of megapixels does not really mean anything, and suggest looking at the rest of the characteristics of the new sensor. Which, by the way, make up the most voluminous section in the list of specifications on the manufacturer's corporate website.

HTC UltraPixel Camera:

• Pixel size 2.0 μm
• Sensor size 1/3 ", back-illuminated matrix
• Dedicated HTC ImageChip 2 processor
• F2.0 aperture and [relative] 28mm wide-angle lens

Colorful epithets and large pixel sizes do not help much yet: the pictures do not shine with special quality and leave much to be desired. "Bye" - because there is an opinion that something can improve with the release of new software firmware for HTC One. At least the majority of HTC fans now tend to believe it and wait. In the meantime, you can independently evaluate the quality of the resulting images by clicking on the thumbnails below. By default, the camera is set for shooting in maximum resolution 4 megapixels, while the images are 2688 × 1520 with an aspect ratio of 16: 9.

Good detail for 4 MP. Slight geometry distortions indicate that the lens may be too wide. Nice color rendering.

And a few more photos taken with different settings in different light conditions.

Noticeable geometry distortion is quite normal for a wide-angle lens. There is no significant distortion. Small chromatic aberrations are visible on the telephone wire fragment.

Fairly even exposure over the entire field of the image with almost backlighting.

A detailed examination of the image indicates either the absence of software sharpening, or its good work.

Examples of macro photography of close-up objects, as well as text from paper.

Strange deterioration in sharpness on the right side of the image. If the text on the left is sharp, then on the right it seems to be out of focus. Most likely just a bad shot.

Good sharpness on a branch. Plus, there's a nice lack of chromatic aberration in bokeh.

There are four shooting modes in the video settings: with the maximum Full HD resolution 1080p, with fast (60fps) and slow motion effects, and Full HD video with HDR technology.

The ability to shoot video on a smartphone camera in fast and slow motion, as well as to use HDR technology when shooting video are now fashionable "chips" for manufacturers. We met the same set of possibilities when Samsung testing Galaxy S4 and Oppo Find 5, as well as some other top-end smartphones. By the way, it is worth noting that the accelerated shooting in the Oppo Find 5 is carried out at a speed of 120 frames per second, while in the HTC One - only 60 frames per second. However, Oppo achieves this due to the video resolution reduced to 480p, while the HTC One has a slower speed, but the accelerated mode is implemented at 720p. So it is clear from everything that the struggle on this new front is just beginning to unfold. In any case, while both of these "unusual" modes - slow and fast - can only be used when shooting in reduced resolution, and not in Full HD, so the very image quality in the resulting clips always leaves much to be desired. Examples of video shooting in all four described modes are laid out below.

• Movie # 1 (Normal, 30.5 MB, 1920 × 1080, 16: 9, 30 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)
• Movie # 2 (Slow motion, 11.9 MB, 768 × 432, 16: 9, 23 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC)
• Movie # 3 (Fast, 13.5 MB, 1280 × 720, 16: 9, 60 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)
• Movie # 4 (HDR, 26.3 MB, 1920 × 1080, 16: 9, 29 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)

And of course, one cannot fail to mention one more "find" - the photography mode, in which the camera not only takes several pictures in a row, but also glues them together into a whole micro-clip, capable of capturing some short event in motion. This is not a standard video mode, but a slightly different one, even a different resolution of the resulting micro-clips (1920 × 1088, and not 1920 × 1080, as with ordinary video in Full HD) testifies to this. In principle, there is nothing special in this mode - probably, in such cases it would be quite possible to do with ordinary video filming. In addition, this format is not unique: at the presentations of the Samsung Galaxy S4, they demonstrate exactly the same mode, capable of capturing short events in motion - a dance pirouette, for example. But for some reason, the developers at HTC decided to put a strong emphasis on this, allocated a separate button for this mode in the most prominent place of the screen and even gave the mode its own unique name: Zoe. Examples of a couple of these "Zoe" are in front of you.

• Zoe # 1 (3.82 MB, 1920 × 1088, 16: 9, 24 fps, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 108 kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)
• Zoe # 2 (3.74 MB, 1920 × 1088, 16: 9, 24 fps, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 107 kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)

It is curious that in the phone's memory, in addition to these Full HD-clips, there was a whole series of photos from the same video, numbered with the “zoe” marking, but in a resolution different from the micro-clips - 2688 × 1520. That is, Zoe is real burst shooting, and then you can work with built-in tools with individual frames from the series - in particular, choose the best one. For example, here are the "frames" related to "Zoe # 2":

As for the settings for controlling the camera, they are somehow unusually collected all into a single long tape, in which you need to open the sub-items you are interested in one by one. It's a little confusing at first, but then you get used to it. It is curious that there is no point on changing the resolution of the resulting photographs, the shooting is carried out in only one resolution. True, there is a possibility of "cropping" for different aspect ratios. In the settings there is also the possibility of geotagging, adding graphic effects, turning on face detection, smiling, panoramic shooting and, of course, manual settings for exposure, white balance, etc. The shutter sound can be turned off. You can also display a grid on the screen, which is convenient.

There is no separate hardware key on the side of the device for controlling the camera on HTC One. It is also impossible to release the camera shutter using the volume key here, although this is now often practiced in smartphones from other companies. Here, even in shooting mode, this key continues to adjust the sound volume level, which is frankly surprising. On the positive side, it is possible to note the possibility of taking a photo while recording a video; there is also a standard possibility of continuous shooting.

Conclusions on the capabilities of the camera for taking photos:

The camera is well suited for everyday shooting, designed to capture interesting moments or important information... The advantages include good program selection of exposure, as well as an interesting implementation of macro photography. Significant disadvantage- low resolution of the camera. It is done really well, but still the main task of the smartphone camera is more documentary than artistic. And here HTC One loses almost three times to the top smartphones of competitors. On the other hand, it boasts good sharpness compared to some smartphones, the manufacturers of which do not consider that a large number of pixels on the sensor is a big responsibility.

Compared to the LG Nexus 4, the HTC One is only inferior in resolution. The edge sharpness on the Nexus falls off, but not much. LG Optimus G, in turn, loses to HTC One in the exposure selection program. In some places, its sharpness leaves much to be desired, despite the resolution of 13 megapixels. The same can be said about the Sony Xperia Z, the optics of which are clearly too weak for such a "large" matrix. But the camera on the Oppo Find 5 smartphone is made very worthy: there is practically no drop in sharpness to the edges of the picture, and in general the sharpness in the picture is good. The choice of exposure is not bad either. However, it also has geometric distortions inherent in all the listed smartphones, as a result of the use of a wide-angle lens. The Samsung Galaxy S4 also copes well with photography, although it is somewhat inferior to the Oppo Find 5. Apparently, all manufacturers have practically managed to defeat chromatic aberrations and "white outlines". In fact, in this general HTC comparison One is missing only high resolution so that you can rightly call its camera one of the best among top-end smartphones.

Recall that the company deliberately abandoned the high resolution, using a standard-sized matrix with a relatively small number of pixels. That is, the linear size of the photosensitive elements is relatively large here, which should at least provide images from such a matrix with a reduced noise level. And in practice, we really see that HTC One's images definitely win in terms of noise. However, if you reduce the image of the same Oppo Find 5 to 4 megapixels, then in terms of detail and noise it will be no worse, and perhaps even better, than the HTC One variant. It's no secret that good old cameras with a 4-5 megapixel matrix shot cleaner than the early 12 megapixel cameras. Now at the expense software processing manufacturers try to achieve the same clarity at higher resolutions. HTC went the other way, trying to win with lower resolutions. The experiment is very interesting, but from the series “new is well forgotten old”. However, we also note that it is impossible to objectively assess the noise and detail of a smartphone from field shots (or rather, it is very difficult). In an amicable way, you need to shoot the world in a specially prepared room, and we are not at all sure that our readers will be interested in these technical details when applied to a smartphone camera. Returning to the “user” level, we can give the following assessment: HTC managed to achieve the best quality of images, but this quality is manifested in the “beauty” of the artistic shot, and not in the detail of the documentary. For all his dislike for a large number pixels on the matrix, we think that HTC is not quite the right path, since for a flagship smartphone 4 megapixels is too small - at least for those areas where a smartphone camera is usually used. This camera shoots better than the 5-megapixel cameras on previous HTC smartphones, so they should have laid down at least 6 megapixels.

In conclusion, the HTC One is well-suited for capturing artistic subjects where you don't need to look at fine details.

Software

HTC One is currently running on Google Android software platform version 4.1.2. On top of the standard OS interface, the company has installed a shell of its own production, called HTC Sense 5. The shell has undergone significant changes compared to previous versions... Everything from color schemes and general organization of the desktop to strange, elongated fonts has been completely redesigned here.

It is curious that the application menu on HTC One unexpectedly scrolls not horizontally, like everyone else, but vertically. This is so unusual for users who have already had experience of communicating with the Android system before that, without prompting, they still cannot figure out that they need to scroll vertically. Perhaps it will seem more convenient to some, but those I asked are not too happy about such changes.

The application menu itself looks "loose" by default - the program icons are spaced apart from one another by a considerable distance. However, the matrix of app icons can be made denser by changing the grid configuration from 3 × 4 to 4 × 5 in the settings. The settings buttons for changing, sorting and searching through the program menu are not initially visible - they must be called by additionally pulling down the work screen, which is not entirely usual.

But the most notable innovation here seems to be HTC BlinkFeed. This is a standalone service built right into the home screen - a kind of widget on the desktop that cannot be removed. Represents live tape constantly updated events, whether it be news from sites, social activities friends, event announcements and the like. According to HTC representatives, BlinkFeed brings together relevant content from various sources, which is collected and processed on the company's servers, and then sent to the feed. The figure of 10 thousand articles is announced daily, coming from more than 1400 media sources from around the world. According to the developers, the user will now be able to grasp all the most necessary and significant at one glance, without switching between all kinds of programs and websites. The feed content is divided into sections, and the owner of the NTS One smartphone is free to choose which topics he wants to receive updates on in the BlinkFeed feed. The problem is different: the user cannot independently connect other sources here that are not initially included in the list processed by HTC servers for the BlinkFeed service. That is, the user can choose only within the limits of HTC's own choice. To switch from BlinkFeed viewing to the desktop, you need to perform a horizontal swipe across the screen - then the application menu will open.

There are not very many preinstalled programs. Some of them, such as the Polaris Office suite or a flashlight, may be helpful. Moreover, office programs, for example, here allow you not only to open the usual Word documents, Excel and PowerPoint, but also edit and save them. There is even a curious service called Rescue, with which, it is assumed, the user can get a remote technical support company specialists. We are impressed by the desire to refine the appearance of the application menu: as soon as Google added the ability to create folders for icons, manufacturers immediately began to neatly arrange those by topic.

But, unfortunately, the branded apps installed on HTC One do not work in our country. Wherever you click (HTC Watch, HTC TB ...) - the programs report that they do not support our region, although they are correctly translated into Russian: Russia is simply not on the list of countries.

The HTC One has unexpectedly given a lot of attention to the “baby issue”. A separate service is built into the smartphone, which allows children to close access to important settings from children, and this mode is even placed in the menu when rebooting as a separate item. Obviously, this can be useful to someone, although nowadays it may be easier for a child to buy his own inexpensive electronic toy than to trust such an expensive parental device.

Telephone part and communications

The radio part of the tested HTC One smartphone is stable, no accidental signal loss or dropouts from the operator's network were noticed. The screen is large, drawing of keys, numbers and letters of the number dialing and virtual keyboard for typing SMS-messages is quite convenient. HTC One pays a lot of attention to the way information is entered, there is a standard stroke input option, and even has a whole tutorial on “how to type easier”.

No freezes, reboots or spontaneous shutdowns were noticed during testing. It is convenient to overload the phone using a menu that pops up by long pressing the power button. When brought to your ear, the screen is blocked by a proximity sensor. The light sensor automatically monitors the brightness level of the screen. There is a convenient led indicator events, which is not built in the most usual way: the indicator does not have its own "window", but shines directly through the holes of the upper speaker grill.

The device is equipped with modern network interfaces and wireless modules: Bluetooth version 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a / ac / b / g / n (this is the first announced device with support for 802.11ac!) Wi-Fi support Direct, DLNA and point organization capability Wi-Fi access... The Micro-USB connector supports MHL and OTG modes: a 32 GB flash drive connected to the device via an adapter was perfectly recognized and mounted as a separate storage. As for MHL, we tested this mode in detail in the section on video playback.

We separately tested the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, which HTC One claims to support. The tests were carried out with ASUS RT-AC66U router - one of two models with 802.11ac support available on the local market. Recall that this new version of the standard operates only in the 5 GHz band and provides more than double the speed of 802.11n. In the case of smartphones, most often only one antenna is used, so connection speeds in this case can be a maximum of 150 Mbps for 802.11n and 433 Mbps for 802.11ac. Real performance is usually about half as much. In addition, many mobile devices do not even support dual-channel operation, resulting in a 72 Mbps limitation for 802.11n.

Despite the declared support for 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, we managed to get from the device only a connection at a typical 802.11g speed of 54 Mbps. At the same time, the real performance was a little over 20 Mbit / s. We put a lot of effort into configuring the router, but the smartphone was unable to see the 5 GHz band, so tests were not carried out in 802.11ac mode. Most likely, the situation is due to the use of a pre-sale sample. If possible, we will definitely return to this issue later.

HTC One also has support for NFC, a short-range, high-frequency wireless communication technology that allows devices to exchange data about 10 centimeters away. This technology is aimed primarily at use in mobile phones and payment terminals, and in some countries it is already in full use for contactless payments, payment of travel in public transport or even personal identification. In our country, NFC has not yet become widespread, but now the user of a smartphone that supports this technology can test it in action. All you need to do is download and install the Yandex.Metro application, which, when you bring your ticket to the phone, is able to show the terms of its use and the number of remaining trips. Another application is offered by a domestic operator cellular MTS, which organized NFC support for contactless payments. The set " Mobile wallet»Includes a special MTS SIM card with MasterCard PayPass technology linked to the MTS Money bank card. In addition, an NFC antenna is included with the kit, which must be able to be placed in the SIM card slot. That is, for such contactless payments, in any case, just a smartphone is not enough - you also need to get and insert a new special SIM card into it, as well as open a corresponding account in the MTS Bank. But in the case of a phone with support NFC technology you do not have to install an antenna either - and this is not so simple, and in an iPhone, where a SIM card is inserted into the case through a slot, it simply will not work to install it.

The GPS-module is assisted in determining the position of the A-GPS technology, with its help, orientation on the terrain is carried out almost instantly. If you turn off all wireless modules, then a cold start with a search for satellites and determining a location will take one and a half minutes. The phone also claims to support the Russian satellite navigation service Glonass.

Performance

The HTC One hardware platform is based on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 SoC. It includes a 1.7 GHz Krait 300 quad-core CPU and an Adreno 320 GPU. According to the creators, the new system provides 40% more performance than the previous generation system. Snapdragon S4 Pro, while reducing power consumption by 30%.

The amount of RAM in HTC One is 2 GB. System memory in the smartphone is laid 32 or 64 GB - depending on the selected configuration. In our case, the storage, user accessible For loading own files, was about 25 GB with a nominal designated volume of 32 GB. When you connect your smartphone to a PC, internal storage mounted as independent removable drive... Unfortunately, HTC One did not provide the possibility of expanding memory using microSD cards, so the user will have to be content with only these 25 GB for all his needs.

We compared the hardware performance of the HTC One in various popular benchmarks with the performance of other top-of-the-line smartphones we tested earlier. Most of them, by the way, are built on the same previous Snapdragon S4 Pro platform, which was mentioned above. Therefore, it is quite expected that the device, based on the new Snapdragon 600, was at the forefront of the benchmarks in comparison with competitors. HTC One has shown very strong performance results, standing on a par with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and leaving behind the rest of today's top smartphones such as Google nexus 4, LG Optimus G, HTC One X + and Samsung Galaxy Note II. Here is a summary with a comparison of the results on the basis AnTuTu test... Our own data differ slightly from these, but the general alignment of forces is clearly clear.

Below are the results of testing HTC One in new version GLBenchmark - 2.7.0 where new T-Rex HD scene was added increased complexity... As we recall, even such a powerful system as that of the Oppo Find 5, produced only 13 fps in this test. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 platform in the HTC One handles this difficult test better, but just barely at 15 fps.

Video playback and external screen connection

For testing "omnivorous" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special features subtitles) We used the most common formats that make up the bulk of the content available on the Web. Note that it is important for mobile devices to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is often impossible to process modern versions using processor cores alone. Also, do not expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player	Native video player
DVDRip	AVI, XviD 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduced normally	reproduced normally
Web-DL SD	AVI, XviD 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduced normally	reproduced normally
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000Kbps, AC3
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	the video plays normally, the sound is only software¹	video plays fine, no sound¹
BDRip 1080p	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000Kbps, AC3	the video plays normally, the sound is only software¹	video plays fine, no sound¹

¹ the sound in MX Video Player was played only after switching to software decoding; the standard player does not have such a setting

Additionally, the MHL interface was tested. To test it, we used an LG IPS237L monitor that supports direct MHL connection using a passive Micro-USB to HDMI adapter cable. In this case, MHL output is carried out at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels with a frequency of 30 fps. The display on the monitor screen in portrait orientation of the smartphone screen is carried out in portrait orientation only if the current program, in principle, does not support landscape orientation, while the image height on the monitor screen is slightly less than the height of the display area, and black fields are displayed on the right and left. In all other cases, regardless of the orientation of the smartphone, the image on its screen and on the monitor screen is forced to be displayed in landscape orientation. Unfortunately, the image is displayed on the monitor in a slightly reduced form so that black stripes remain around the perimeter. There is apparently no possibility to disable such a conclusion. As a result, the actual resolution on the monitor screen is lower than on the screen of the smartphone itself, that is, less than Full HD. Sound is output via MHL (in this case, the sounds were heard through the headphones connected to the monitor, since there are no speakers in the monitor itself) and is of good quality. At the same time, at least multimedia sounds are not output through the loudspeaker of the smartphone itself, and the volume is controlled by buttons on the smartphone body. The smartphone connected via MHL is being charged.

The video output by means of a standard player deserves a special description. To begin with, using a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see Methodology for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1), we checked how the video is displayed on the screen of the smartphone itself. Screenshots with an exposure of 1 s helped to determine the nature of the frame output of video files with different parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p) and 1920 by 1080 (1080p) pixels) and the frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames / With). The results of this (block titled as " Screen") And the following test are summarized in the table:

File	Uniformity	Skips
Screen
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4	Badly	few
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	Great	No
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4	Okay	No
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4	Okay	No
MHL (monitor)
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4	Badly	lot
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4	Okay	few
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	Badly	lot
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	Badly	lot
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4	Badly	No
MHL (adapter)
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	Badly	lot
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	Badly	lot
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4	Badly	No
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4	Badly	No

Note: if both the "Uniformity" and "Gaps" columns have "green" ratings, this means that when watching movies, most likely, either artifacts caused by uneven alternation and skipping of frames will not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing experience. "Red" marks indicate possible problems related to the playback of the corresponding files.

Only one file is played perfectly - 1280 × 720 @ 60 fps, in all other cases the intervals between frames alternate unevenly, in one case a small part of the frames is skipped, and 1080p files at 60 fps are not played. However, apart from these two cases, it is quite difficult to visually notice artifacts. Note that uniform frame interleaving, if any, is still a relatively unstable state, since some external and internal background processes lead to periodic failure of the correct interleaving of intervals between frames. When playing video files with a resolution of Full HD (1920 × 1080 pixels) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed one-to-one, exactly along the edge of the screen in true Full HD resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen slightly does not correspond to the original one - in the shadows three to four shades of gray are indistinguishable from black, but in the highlights all gradations of shades are displayed (for video in the range of 16-235). It should be noted the relatively good - loud and good quality - stereophonic sound, which is created by the two spaced loudspeakers of this smartphone. As a result, it is not at all necessary to wear headphones to watch a movie, unless, of course, the sound interferes with those around you.

With a monitor connected via MHL, during video playback with a standard player, the picture of the video file itself is displayed both on the smartphone screen and on the connected monitor, but information elements and virtual controls are displayed only on the smartphone screen. When playing video files with a Full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels), due to the overscan, which cannot be switched off, as noted above, the actual image resolution on the monitor screen is slightly lower than the Full HD resolution. The brightness range displayed on the monitor corresponds to the original - in highlights and shadows all gradations of shades are displayed (for video in the range of 16-235). The results of the tests on the monitor are shown in the table above in the "MHL (monitor)" block. The output quality is poor, since the intervals between frames (or between groups of frames) are interleaved unevenly, and in some cases frames are skipped.

Additionally, we tested video output (with a standard player) over MHL using an MHL adapter. With this adapter, the monitor was output at 720p @ 60 fps, which determined the maximum actual image resolution. Except for the resolution and frame rate, everything else - the nature of the interface output, recharging, audio and gray scale output - did not differ from the direct connection via MHL. The test results are shown in the table above in the "MHL (adapter)" block. The conclusion is the same - the quality of the output is low.

As a result, it turns out that the implementation of the MHL interface in the HTC One smartphone has a number of serious drawbacks. However, given type connections, in principle, can be used for games, watching movies, displaying web pages, etc., but you will have to come to terms with a decrease in the actual resolution and with periodic twitching of the picture when displaying a dynamic image.

Battery life

Capacity lithium polymer battery installed in HTC One is 2300 mAh. The battery is non-removable, so you won't be able to remove it yourself and replace it with a new one.

The smartphone has shown very good results in terms of battery life, leaving behind all the top-end novelties that we have tested recently. Here are the results of testing the subject in several modes of battery life.

Continuous reading in the FBReader program at the minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set to about 100 cd / m2) for 2 hours consumed only 14% of the full battery charge, and for two hours of watching a YouTube video in high quality(HQ) homepage Wi-Fi network the device has used up 27% of the battery capacity. At maximum load in continuous 3D game mode (100% brightness, 60 fps), the smartphone worked for 2 hours and 14 minutes. HTC One can be fully charged in 2 hours.

Prices

The average retail price of the device in rubles in Moscow at the time of reading the article can be found by bringing the mouse to the price tag.

Outcome

As for the cost, the official sales of the HTC smartphone in Russia have already started. From April 10, the smartphone was supposed to start selling in the majority retail chains and shops at a recommended price of 29,990 rubles. This time there will be no exclusive contracts with individual sellers, which is understandable: now the company is not in such a position to dictate its terms to anyone. Thus, the smartphone will be sold in all stores, and those who have pre-ordered on the websites of the company and all its key partners will receive a smartphone at a price of 27,990 rubles. Compared to the flagships of other companies, this is a very attractive price, and the smartphone turned out to be quite interesting. Of the obvious advantages, it has a reliable case made of high-quality and durable materials, as well as a powerful, most advanced hardware platform to date. Relative disadvantages include a strange camera, an inconvenient combination and location of all hardware buttons, as well as the need to familiarize yourself with the developers' “findings” expressed in software and interface, such as the vertical program menu and BlinkFeed, for example.

For a collection of innovative solutions, concentrated in one product, flavored with a non-standard attractive appearance, the HTC One smartphone certainly deserves our award.

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Even though Htc one and appeared, but the smartphone is still a very reliable device. To get the most out of your device, you must update its operating system in a timely manner, and you can do this in two ways: using OTA updates or using custom ROMs. Both procedures will allow you not only to get all the latest innovations, but also to increase the device's performance. In addition, updates often bring new personalization options. Below, we'll detail how to update your operating system correctly. Htc one.

When comparing flagship smartphones, we constantly forget about more budget devices. Of course, top-end devices always delight the eye with advanced hardware and various interesting innovations, but not everyone needs super-expensive mobile devices. Next, we will conduct a small comparison of the brightest budget smartphones, as well as those devices that were the flagships of large companies a year ago, but have now become noticeably cheaper, and have been replaced by updated models. , last year of release, Galaxy Grand 2 and also - these are the participants of today's fight.

HTC One M8 added to the list of flagship smartphones this year. The device has surpassed its predecessor in everything, but what about the competitors? Do you have a chance to become a leader, and how great are they? Next, we will try to figure it out by comparing the smartphone with the latest creation. Google.

Became the new flagship of the company. In addition to huge amount updates in the field of hardware and software, the smartphone also received a special case Dot View... The new case differs from the existing ones in that it has a perforated front membrane that protects the display of the device. A special software was developed especially for this case, which allows not only to see all notifications without removing the protective membrane from the smartphone, but also to interact with the device. Although it is not possible to buy a cover yet, the application is already available for download.

Htc one (M7) turned out to be a surprisingly tough nut to crack: the smartphone managed to stay afloat almost the entire year after the start of sales, but now it's time for a new flagship. Present to your attention Htc one (M8) - a device that will become business card Htc in 2014. Read on about its main characteristics and fundamental differences from its older brother.

In case you suddenly decided to buy yourself a new smartphone this month, we have prepared a selection of the best mobile phones on the operating system. Android which are on sale now. The list does not yet include several top-end devices that were presented earlier, but they will only go on sale in the coming months.

It's time to take stock of the outgoing year. In 2013, many different interesting Android Devices: The hardware is more powerful, the displays are larger, and the operating system is more agile. Of course, not without different kinds disappointment, but we are not talking about that now. Let's leave all the negative moments in the past and try to remember again five best Android smartphones of the outgoing year.

I want to tell you some things that may be useful to you when using a device on the Android 4.0 operating system and specifically on. I will write tips on how to take a screenshot of the screen, how to update Android on HTC One V and a few more tips.

Simply, I often met such questions on the forums, and there they are always answered endlessly, although there is a FAQ for each device, I now have to introduce the forum http://w3bsit3-dns.com/forum. So, I will collect here a few questions, and of course the answers to them.

Smartphone HTC One V has become, it seems to me, quite popular, even judging by the number of reviews on the Rosette. So let's look at the most common questions about this device, which I have already had for three months and I am very pleased with it.

How to take a screenshot of the screen in Android 4.0?

I don’t know exactly, but it seems to me that this method works on all Android devices. Everything is done very simply, we hold down the power / lock button of the device and press the home key. The screenshot will be saved immediately, for example on One V it is saved in the “All images” folder.

I am still waiting for an update to Android 4.1 :) I don’t know how things are going now, I’ll need to look for information, but now it’s not about that. There have already been several updates on the One V, and the phone itself checks for updates, but you can check yourself if there is something new. To do this, go to the settings, select the very last item "About phone" and click "Check now". If there are no updates, then the phone will inform you about it, but if there is, it will offer to update the software.

What glass is on HTC One V Gorilla Glass or not?

This question was very relevant as soon as the device hit the market. But even now I think many people are interested in what kind of glass protects the screen in our phone. Perhaps I will upset you now, but this device does not have Gorilla glass. The glass is set tempered and very powerful, but not this famous company, when I fell, there was not a trace on the screen. I think I wrote about it.

Can HTC SENSE be demolished from HTC One V?

No friends, unfortunately not. You can only replace it with another launcher, but remove it and leave it standard interface Android 4.0 is not allowed. Yes, I don't think it's necessary, for example, I really like the interface from HTC and I don't see any reason to demolish it. Many people buy devices from HTC for the presence of the SENSE interface.

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With a 12.0 megapixel camera. Waterproof. Wi-Fi. GPS. SIM card type - nano SIM. Dual SIM cards. 4G LTE. With a 6.0 inch (15 cm) screen. Bluetooth. Operating system type - Android. Video recording. The touch screen type is capacitive. Multitouch. 3G. With a maximum supported memory card capacity of 2048 GB. With 3930mAh battery capacity. With a built-in memory size of 64 GB. Automatic screen orientation. Video resolution - 3840x2160. Type - Smartphone. The case is classic. MP3 player. Memory card slot - microSD. With 8 megapixel front camera. Screen manufacturing technology - Super LCD. Width: 74.9 mm. Thickness: 8.5 mm. Height: 158.5 mm. Weight: 188 g.

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Cell phone HTC U11 Plus 128Gb Ceramic Black

The size of the built-in memory is 128 Gb. With digital video camera. SIM card type - nano SIM. With GPS. With auto-rotate screen. With 4G LTE. The touch screen type is capacitive. Operating system type - Android. Max. the amount of memory cards is 2048 Gb. For 2 SIM cards. With Multitouch. Video resolution - 3840x2160. The device's screen is 6.0 inches. Battery capacity 3930 mAh. With mp3 player. Camera 12.0 Mpx. Waterproof. Type - Smartphone. With 3G. The case is classic. With bluetooth. Front camera 8 Mpx. With Wi-Fi. Memory card slot - microSD. Screen manufacturing technology - Super LCD. With a height: 158.5 mm. With thickness: 8.5 mm. Width: 74.9 mm. With a weight: 188 g.

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HTC U Ultra 64GB, Ice White 99HALU071-00 (white)

With a 12.0 megapixel camera. Wi-Fi. GPS. Radio. SIM card type - nano SIM. Dual SIM cards. With a 5.7-inch (14 cm) screen. 4G LTE. Bluetooth. Video recording. Operating system type - Android. The touch screen type is capacitive. Multitouch. 3G. With a maximum supported memory card capacity of 2048 GB. With a built-in memory size of 64 GB. Automatic screen orientation. Video resolution - 3840x2160. The screen resolution is 1440x2560. With a 16 megapixel front camera. Type - Smartphone. The case is classic. Shockproof. MP3 player. Memory card slot - microSD. Screen manufacturing technology - Super LCD. With 3000mAh battery capacity. With thickness: 8.0 mm. Width: 79.8 mm. With height: 162.4 mm. With a weight: 170 g.

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Smartphone HTC U Ultra EEA Ice white 99HALU071-00

With digital video camera. Shockproof. SIM card type - nano SIM. With a radio receiver. The size of the built-in memory is 64 Gb. With GPS. With auto-rotate screen. Battery capacity 3000 mAh. Operating system type - Android. With 4G LTE. The device's screen is 5.7 inches. The touch screen type is capacitive. Max. the amount of memory cards is 2048 Gb. Front camera 16 Mpx. For 2 SIM cards. With Multitouch. Video resolution - 3840x2160. The screen resolution is 1440x2560. With mp3 player. Camera 12.0 Mpx. Type - Smartphone. With 3G. The case is classic. With bluetooth. With Wi-Fi. Memory card slot - microSD. Screen manufacturing technology - Super LCD. Weight: 170 g. Dimensions 162.4x79.8x8.0 mm.

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Smartphone HTC U Ultra White Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 / 4GB / 64GB / 5.7 2560x1440 / -12Mp + -16Mp / -DualSim / -3G / -LTE / -BT / -Android 7.0 99HALU071-00 (white)

HTC U Ultra has an unusual design that sets it apart from a number of other smartphones. Thanks to the use of a special technology for the introduction of color pigments and sapphire crystal the back of the device plays beautifully in the light with different colors. The screen of the smartphone is covered with shock-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Both the back and the working side of the smartphone have an oleophobic coating, thanks to which they do not leave any traces of touch. The peculiarity of the HTC U Ultra is that it has immediately

If you're looking to get a Google Pixel 2 but aren't ready to splurge, take a look at HTC U11 Life at Android One made by the same manufacturer as the Pixel 2 smartphones.

Latest OS version Android Oreo, supplemented by a full Edge version Sense (launching applications by pressing the sides of the phone, "frame") and USonic sound setting. The phone is guaranteed to receive OS updates for two years, and security patches for three years.

The U11 Life smartphone from HTC has IP67 protection, which is a rarity in this price range, some of the best headphones and a really competitive camera. Design elements and functionality have been completely borrowed from the HTC U11. Despite all the positives, the U11 Life, as well as the Pixel 2 and HTC U11, have some drawbacks.

The arrangement of elements in HTC U11 Life is very similar to the flagship U11, the only difference is the absence of antenna stripes at the edges. The SIM card tray and buttons remained in the same places.

The camera remains in the same place, only it has become a little larger and uses a single flash. Instead of Gorilla glass, as on the U11, the U11 Life received polycarbonate glass and acrylic back panel... Looks stylish but is easier to scratch.

On glossy back cover fingerprints remain, I would recommend using a case. The USB connector and speaker are at the bottom, they just changed places. Unfortunately, the U11 Life did not inherit the BoomSound Hi-Fi Edition speaker system from the flagship model.

Hardware part

The HTC U11 Life smartphone uses bottom panel to accommodate capacitive navigation buttons and a fingerprint scanner. The navigation buttons work well and can be permanently illuminated or completely turned off. The fingerprint scanner is reliable, but not as fast as on more expensive phones.

The USB Type-C port is to the right of the monaural speaker. I didn't get used to it right away, so I put the charging cable in the wrong place several times.

In the nano-SIM tray, on the top edge of the phone, there is a microSD card slot that allows us to expand the storage. There are two versions of the HTC U11 Life, available with 3GB and 4GB of RAM, with the 4GB / 64GB version being an exclusive online product available only through HTC.com. Under the hood of all U11 Life models, the mid-range Snapdragon 630 chipset is not bad, but I would like to see the Snapdragon 660.

With an IP67 waterproof rating, this HTC phone can stay up to 1 meter deep in fresh water for up to half an hour, making it a good addition to a mid-range smartphone. Like the flagship U11, Life lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack, although HTC is trying to compensate for this in other ways. The budget U11 Life supports fast Bluetooth 5, so you can enjoy higher bandwidth and more wide range for compatible accessories.

Smartphone screen

The 5.2-inch Full HD display of the HTC U11 Life turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The Super Life LCD Panel offers rich colors, good dynamic range, stable viewing angles and exceptional brightness (over 500 nits).

The display sensor does not always respond the first time, sometimes you have to press harder. But on the whole, the quality of the screen here corresponds to the level of the best devices of the average price.

Software

Some people think HTC's touch frame feature is useless. I found it very intuitive and use it all the time. A short press launches the camera application, whether the phone is unlocked or not. Long press, switch modes between front and rear camera. A short press, in the mode of one of the cameras, takes a photo. This is a handy feature of HTC U11 Life if you have gloves on or you can't use the camera as usual.

Outside the camera app, long press will usually launch Google Assistant (can be customized). The assistant is also activated by voice or by long pressing the Home button.

The HTC Edge Sense app lets you customize a specific action for a specific tap. The main thing is to remember where and what you have set up, and using the phone will become much more interesting. Here you can also adjust the degree of pressure on the frame or turn it off if not needed.

The HTC U11 Life phone runs on the latest Android Oreo operating system out of the box. The gadget also comes with security updates for three years, which is rare.

The stock version of Android Oreo on U11 Life runs as smoothly and reliably as expected. HTC has never had a performance issue, not even with the Sense skin, which is no surprise. It also has the advantages of Oreo, such as running in the background and limiting data caching to make better use of available smartphone resources and extend battery life.

Speaker and headset sound

The new HTC U11 Life also offers the USonic sound setting, found in the Settings menu. The gadget comes with a pair of excellent headphones. They use USonic software where everything can be customized for a specific profile.

HTC USonic essentially uses sonar to scan the ear canal. Just insert the headphones, press the button, but you will not see a short sound signal, and that's it. Now the sound in the headphones is tuned as high quality as possible for each ear. This setting can be turned off at any time.

The lack of a 3.5mm jack on the U11 Life will disappoint many. The kit does not even include an adapter, which completely excludes the possibility of connecting a wired headset. But, the adapter can be purchased on the NTS website. Even with an adapter, standard HTC headphones will not work, as HTC uses a digital protocol here that is not supported by other companies.

You shouldn't expect anything special from the front speaker. He plays loudly, but not always with high quality. The sound is sometimes empty, which is especially noticeable at low frequencies.

Phone performance

Here you need to understand the price range of HTC U11 Life, naturally, the flagship performance will be absent here. Despite the poor specs, the phone is pretty much like the Moto X4, and performed well in our benchmarks.

The software runs smoothly and stably, like gadgets costing twice as much. Of course, the processor in U11 Life does not always cope with the multitasking that the user requires, so there are occasional slowdowns. When working in in social networks, video playback, web browsing, no problems were observed.

Battery and autonomy

The use of the Snapdragon 630 processor increases the autonomy of HTC U11 Life, even with a small battery. Despite the 2600 mAh battery, when the screen is on, the charge lasts for 4.5 - 5.5 hours.

Connected to a 5V / 2A charger, the U11 Life Android One charges in just over an hour and a half from 0 to 100%. For half an hour of charging, the device shows a little less than 50%. In general, the battery life is far from ideal here and is average for the market.

The HTC U11 Life has 16MP front and 16MP rear cameras with f / 2.0 aperture. There is no optical stabilization here, and this, of course, affects a lot. But, the colors in the photo are accurate and even, without oversaturation. Of course, in low light, noise appears, and sometimes the shutter is released with a slight delay.

The color reproduction of the U11 Life cameras is quite accurate. Turning on HDR mode Boost, smooths out the imperfections of poor detail and illumination. The result is decent photography. In general, in terms of the quality of photographs, this good smartphone but not a flagship either.

Video HTC U11 Life shoots in 4K at 30 frames per second with a six-minute time limit. Supports Hi-Res audio recording in video (which is disabled by default every time you change video quality settings).

The HTC camera app has a host of other modes, including Professional RAW, along with hyperplane and slow motion (720p @ 120fps). With patience and strong hands, you can get very, very good photos.

Outcome

Is it worth spending $ 350 (£ 25,000) on the HTC U11 Life? I cannot say unequivocally that "Yes". Taking into account not himself productive processor and a small battery.

The price is still a little overpriced, it is not transcendental, but not everyone can afford it. There are now a lot of other competitive devices in this price range, with better performance, useful features, dual camera and 3.5mm jack.

In the end, I can only say one thing for sure, having bought the U11 Life, you will not be disappointed, and if you see promotions or discounts, then this is one of the best deals for today.

Benefits of HTC U11 Life

• Excellent software and OS
• Guaranteed updates
• Superior LCD display
• Flagship design
• Good camera
• Great headphones
• IP67 protection

Disadvantages of U11 Life

• Small battery
• Not the best performance
• Limited audio options

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