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SIM card

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Mobile networks

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Operating system

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Built-in memory

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Screen

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Sensors

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rear camera

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Front-camera

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Audio

Information about the type of speakers and audio technologies supported by the device.

Radio

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Location determination

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WiFi

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Bluetooth

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USB

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HDMI

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Headphone jack

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Connecting devices

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Browser

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Video file formats/codecs

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Battery

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Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)

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2 years ago 0

The battery holds for a long time, before that there was a sony xperia, it only held a charge while it was on steam, applications, VK, games, etc. were used. this one holds noticeably longer, when I come home there is at least 60-70% left, the sound from the speakers is generally a fairy tale, it’s a pleasure to play games, the front camera is also very good!

2 years ago 0

The advantages of this aparatik are obvious: the case made of metal is more reliable than other brothers. The battery is enough. After watching the movie, the battery - that the fly does not fuck, remains almost fully charged). More hawala on the Internet. The monitor is good, lively, I have not seen it cooler yet. The sound is pleasant to listen to, the ears are pleased with two speakers, like in a disco - loud and clean. The hardware part is not stupid, everything is smooth and beautiful. Two gig games without brakes

2 years ago 0

Loud speakers, comfortable in the hand, good performance

2 years ago 0

1, 2. Excellent sound and picture quality. 3. It's just damn cool in the hand without a cover and various cases. 4. There are enough cameras for everyday life (take a picture of the train schedule or a lecture). 5. The battery is quite sane. With gentle use, I have enough for three days without recharging. 6. Resistant to damage. Either I'm so neat, or the smartphone is really so well resistant to damage. Without cases, it is used throughout its "life" - no scratches are observed. I can’t say anything about glass, because. I use protective film. 7. Aluminum housing. This is both a plus and a minus (point 2 of the shortcomings). Pleasantly cools the palm after lying on the table for 5-7 minutes.

2 years ago 0

design, very fast, very loud, good screen

2 years ago 0

Ergonomic, does not strain in your pocket. Large, clear display with correct color reproduction. Everything is that any flagship can.

2 years ago 0

I will not paint the device strongly - everything in the reviews has already been painted for a long time. From what I want to note on personal impression. 1) The screen is beautiful, even though my copy is Samsung, not Sharp. 2) Sound, sound, sound! Now I listen to music not at full power, but half, I shudder from incoming calls - loudly at the maximum! Vibro is also stronger than before 3) The battery is not bad. Strongly did not bother, but at least not worse than everyone else. The phone finally survives until the end of the day, and sometimes it lives for two days .. However, some people manage to land it in 6 hours - only external power will help them in any device :) comments, with a note that if you finish it, then everything is fine). New sense (excluding items that are in short supply

2 years ago 0

excellent display, color reproduction at the level, the picture is pleasing to the eye, but I generally keep quiet about video in fullhd

2 years ago 0

the best display, everything works very quickly, a monolithic aluminum case, the design is out of competition, the battery (whoever says anything) is on the level.

2 years ago 0

Awesome design, can't get enough of it. + Very comfortable in the hand, when you hold it, you experience pleasant tactile sensations (thanks to aluminum), do not want to let it go. + The speakers are the bomb! Listening to music, watching videos with sound is a pleasure. + Excellent performance, nothing slows down. + Stunning screen. No words only emotions! + Price. I bought it for 17k, which is inexpensive, for such a unit. + Very pleased with the loud and clear sound when talking on the phone. + It's also nice that the phone can be used as a remote control, and even if some device is not in the database, you can train the phone using a standard remote control from this device. + 4G keeps flying until the traffic runs out.

2 years ago 0

1. Heating
2. Battery, I read that this is the norm for modern smartphones, but after the Lumia 710, which lasted 2 days with my load on the phone.
3. Due to the fact that I wore a cover with skinon (do not order covers from there), there were scuffs on the back, most likely from sand.

2 years ago 0

the only thing that I consider a disadvantage is the camera in the dark, it is pink!

2 years ago 0

The camera is good, I would like cooler

2 years ago 0

Didn't find it for myself

2 years ago 0

1. The htc inscription on the back of the gadget is slightly recessed, so if you take it with dirty hands or lay it on a dirty surface, dirt accumulates there. It is solved by a simple cleaning once every couple of months, or by a banal pulling on the case.
2. Heavy toys cause your smartphone to heat up in agony, which does not affect performance in any way, but the aluminum back will definitely notify you that it is a little uncomfortable. And notify by degrees 35-45. It is also solved by pulling the case. Of course, it won’t stop heating up, but it won’t burn your hand - for sure.

2 years ago 0

too loud (not quiet), gets very hot, sits down very quickly, the camera is not impressive, build quality, uncomfortable buttons.

2 years ago 0

Battery (1-2 days), slippery, camera resolution, covers hide the advantages of aluminum.

2 years ago 0

1) non-switchable blinkfeed - this will strain some. I use an rss reader and that's why I don't need this service and it just takes up space. If they add support for their rss to it, then it will be a bomb, but for now, a minus.
2) Three dots in non-adapted applications. It is removed in any third-party firmware, but 90% will sit on the drain, and there fixes for this um .. features can be expected for a long time.
3) Many people complain about the gaps in the places where the front panel of the speakers and the main body are glued together. On mine, too, there are microscopic ones, I didn’t drive about this. But you should pay attention when buying! If you find these gaps with difficulty - do not worry and take it :)
4) Weak functionality of different sense features out of the box - no curtain with switches in the pull-out menu, few widgets, why

2 years ago 0

assembly leaves much to be desired, Sense 5 is raw like fresh chicken eggs, the keyboard is not very comfortable, but the good thing is that Sense is tailored to the external style of the device itself, blink is not fully localized for the Russian Federation (there is news, a championship, high-tech mail something else), so that there is little use for it, the TV remote function also does not work

2 years ago 0

didn't like the camera

The last lone hero

It so happened that of all the top new products of the current season, it was the new HTC smartphone that turned out to be the last one in our hands, when the reviews of all other flagship devices have already appeared on the pages of our publication. This happened through no fault of ours - the release of the device was postponed for a long time, there were no final samples, and this situation is quite symbolic. Things are not going very well for the Taiwanese company 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 did not offer the market any significant new products for some time, and the only noticeable HTC Butterfly model released during this time suffered a strange fate. For some reason, the European version of the phone turned out to have too little flash memory, and at the same time there was no possibility of expanding it with cards. All this, coupled with a dubious glossy body and a very high price, could not arouse (at least in our area) a lot of user interest in this model. And now the company decided to make a “reboot” and start all over again. The developers again focused all their efforts on only one model, ceasing to be sprayed, and this immediately bore fruit. The latest creation of the NTS turned out to be so interesting that it instantly drew back to the company the lost part of the attention of users. Although there is no talk of a complete return to its former positions: at the last Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​the NTS booth could not boast of either size or an abundance of attention from visitors and the press. Yes, and the model at the booth during the exhibition was presented almost one - HTC One. The one on which all the stakes in the company are now made: “if it takes off, we will fly further.”

Unusually tense attitude in the company to the "new hope" manifested itself even in the very name of the novelty. Quite a 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 lately - no more, no less. “HTC One” is like Sony calling its next smartphone simply “Sony Xperia”, without any additional letters or numbers. An interesting decision. Very inconvenient for searching on the Internet (when you type in the name of any other device starting with “HTC One”, information about the 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 well thought out in order to raise the fading interest in HTC products?

The main flagship models that we tested earlier have been added to a single table below for the convenience of visual comparison.

* 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
• IPS touch display, 4.7″, 1920×1080
• Random access memory (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 32/64 GB
• No microSD card slot
• Communication GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G UMTS HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, MHL, OTG
• WiFi Display/DLNA support
• WiFi 802.11a/ac/b/g/n
• GPS/Glonass
• Digital compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, position, light sensors
• 4 MP camera with HDR video support
• Camera 2.1 MP (front)
• Lithium polymer battery 2300 mAh
• Dimensions 137.4×68.2×9.3mm
• Weight 143 g

Appearance and usability

The description should begin, of course, with the body materials. Unlike most plastic modern communicators, HTC 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 new smartphone case.

The body is entirely cut from a single piece of aluminum, leaving only the screen glass and camera optics. In principle, NTS has had experience working with metal when creating cases for its smartphones. However, by her own admission, she always had to compromise by embedding plastic parts in a metal case so that the metal did not shield the radio waves. When creating HTC One, the developers went a different way. They took all the antennas and microphones outside, laying them in special recesses - grooves cut out from the outside right in the case 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 undercuts on the back side, but also all four side edges along the perimeter are also filled with this material. This does not cause inconvenience for the user, and it looks unusual - somehow “not beaten”.

Everything else here is just metal and glass, so there is no need to talk for a long time about whether the new smartphone looks expensive or cheap. The materials themselves are premium, so the HTC 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 and in the hands of a teenager.

The smartphone is quite heavy (143 g), which is logical, given the abundance of metal from which the case is machined. If we talk about the dimensions, then due to the narrow edges and the sloping back, the phone is quite comfortable in the hand. But this does not mean at all that I am ready to praise metal as the best material for the production of smartphones. Many users, by the way, prefer “warm”, light and rough plastic, especially since now it is also quite durable. And in terms of ease of holding in the fingers, the matte soft-touch coating is certainly more practical than smooth and sometimes slippery metal. This one can slip out of your hand (especially given the mass), and is more susceptible to heat than plastic. Yes, of course, metal removes heat from the processor better than plastic, we all know this, but in terms of comfort it’s hard to say that it’s very pleasant to take always cold metal in your hand, which suddenly heats up to hot after a few minutes of work. Plastic in this sense just behaves more calmly, that's all. But in any case, a neat appearance and small thickness allow us to talk about HTC One as a universal smartphone, which is equally suitable for both male and female hands.

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

Now let's look at the details and individual elements of the HTC One case. In the back, in addition to the mentioned grooves, there is a digital camera window and a flashlight nearby - everything is standard. Case form factor - 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 hull. The SIM card is inserted into the side slot on the left side of the smartphone, driving there on a metal sled. The attachment method is exactly the same as the iPhone: you need to press the key clip to eject the container with the card. The SIM card is used here in the Micro-SIM format, the container itself is made of metal.

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

But that's where the logic ends. All other controls on the NTS One are so unusual and inconvenient that one can only wonder. First, that ill-fated power and lock key. For some reason, she was again placed not on her side, but on top - where not a single 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, forced to embed the infrared port in the power button? At the top end, and without it, there would be enough space for arranging an IR transmitter. By the way, it is needed here to control various equipment, such as a TV or set-top box - the corresponding software is 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. Manipulating such buttons is extremely inconvenient, all the time you have to watch where you press, and it's impossible to get used to it. As already mentioned, these buttons are indistinguishable from the rest of the surface to the touch.

And this list of absurdities is crowned by 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 go through all the possible options for the execution of the button block under the screen. But the developers from the NTS managed to change everything this time. From the standard set, they simply “cut out” a 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 here at all. There was no question of saving space: unlike the completely virtual block of buttons that migrated to the screen in some smartphones, here the strip under the screen still takes up space, even if not with three, but with two buttons. A rather strange decision, and how it is justified is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the list of recently opened applications is also not easy to intuitively find now: it is called up here by double-tapping the Home button.

Finishing the topic of buttons, it is worth noting that the menu that pops up by long pressing the power key, in addition to the standard functions of shutting down, rebooting and switching to flight mode, has been supplemented with one more item - calling the children's mode. In this mode, you can safely let your children play with your smartphone without fear for access to important phone functions that are blocked for them.

It remains to be added that two versions of the NTS One are supplied to the market with different color schemes: Glacial Silver (metallic gray with the romantic name “silver glacier”), as in our review, and Stealth Black (“invisible black”) - in the photo above. In the black version, all the materials are the same, only the metal is painted here, and the plastic, which fills all the recesses and sides, matches the color of the case: in the gray version it is white, and in the black phone it is black. The rest of the smartphones are identical. Both options are not too easily soiled, as there are no glossy surfaces. However, on the cover of the black HTC One fingerprints, dirt, dust and grease are more visible than on the gray one - this should be taken into account by pedantic tidies when choosing.

Screen

HTC One has a very high-quality touch display, called the creators of S-LCD 3. In numbers, the physical parameters of the screen of the novelty are as follows: dimensions - 58 × 103 mm, diagonal - 119 mm (4.7 inches), resolution - Full HD 1080p ( 1920 × 1080 pixels), the PPI pixel density is 469 dpi, which is now a record high in the smartphone market. The HTC One display has both manual and automatic brightness adjustment, which is based on the 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 blocks the screen when you bring the smartphone to your ear.

A detailed examination of the display using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the HTC One screen.

The screen of the smartphone is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface and, judging by the reflection of bright light sources in it, it has an anti-reflective 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. The maximum value is quite high, so in 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 a light sensor (it is located in the upper left corner of the front panel): in total darkness, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness to 18 cd / m² (still not very dim), in an office lit by artificial light it sets to 81 cd / m² (acceptable), in a very bright environment increases to a maximum of 450-460 cd/m² (as it should be). In 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 sub-pixel structure:

The screen has good viewing angles without hue inversion and without significant color shift even at large deviations of the gaze from the perpendicular to the screen. The black field, when deflected diagonally, is highlighted quite a bit and, depending on the direction of the deflection, acquires a purple tint or remains almost neutral gray. When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is very good. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 21 ms (12 ms on + 9 ms off). The transition between halftones 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 33 ms. Contrast is good - about 950:1. The gamma curve constructed from 32 points did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the 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 slightly deviates from the power dependence:

The color gamut is sRGB:

Therefore, visually, the colors on this screen have a natural saturation. The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components to each other:

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 on the entire part of the gray scale that matters, while the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (delta E) is less than 10, which is considered to be a good indicator. (The dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance is not of great importance there, and the measurement error of color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

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

Sound

The sound of the HTC One smartphone is one of the best solutions on the market. Of all the smartphones we've tested recently, only the Oppo Find 5 can match the HTC One in sound quality. HTC One speakers are located in the most unusual way - the creators do not tire of reminding of this in television advertising. The phone has two front-facing stereo speakers, and both of them face the front surface, and not the back, as in most smartphones. The device produces not excessively loud, but very clear, even in the entire range, deep sound, saturated with low frequencies. The speaker grille openings on the front surface cannot be blocked by the table surface, so nothing prevents the sound from coming out (except, of course, when you put the 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 connected headphones that 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 the icons of the corresponding applications are carefully collected: the radio in the Multimedia folder, and the voice recorder in the Tools folder. Unfortunately, HTC One does not have the built-in ability to record telephone conversations.

Camera

Photo evaluation and quality conclusions were made by Anton Solovyov.

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

For a 2-megapixel front camera, the quality is quite acceptable. In the center, the text is quite legible, but sharpness drops off at the edges. The fragment with the barcode is already noticeably blurry.

The whole intrigue lies in the new module of the main, rear camera of the smartphone: here the developers installed a module with a resolution of only 4 megapixels. Explaining such a low resolution by modern standards, the developers tirelessly repeat at their presentations the words that the number of megapixels really does not mean anything, and offer to look 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 website.

HTC UltraPixel Camera:

• Pixel size 2.0 µm
• Sensor size 1/3″, matrix backlight
• Dedicated HTC ImageChip 2 processor
• F2.0 aperture and a [relatively] 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. "For now" - 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 brand fans are now inclined to believe in it and are waiting. 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 to shoot at a maximum resolution of 4 megapixels, while the pictures are taken at a size of 2688 × 1520 with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

Good detail for 4 megapixels. Slight geometry distortion suggests that the lens may have too wide an angle. Nice color rendition.

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

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

Pretty even exposure across the entire field of the picture with almost backlight.

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

Examples of macro photography of nearby objects, as well as text from paper.

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

Good sharpness on the branch. In addition, a pleasant absence of chromatic aberrations in bokeh.

In the video settings, there are four shooting modes: with a maximum Full HD resolution of 1080p, with fast motion (60 frames per second) and slow motion effects, as well as Full HD video using 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” among manufacturers. We met the same set of features when testing the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Oppo Find 5, as well as some other top smartphones. By the way, it is worth noting that Oppo Find 5's fast shooting is at 120 frames per second, while HTC One's is only 60 frames per second. However, Oppo achieves this by reducing the resolution of the video to 480p, and HTC One, although the speed is lower, but the fast mode is implemented at 720p. So everything shows 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 low resolution, and not in Full HD, so the image quality itself on the resulting videos always leaves much to be desired. Examples of video recording in all four described modes are listed below.

• Clip #1 (Normal, 30.5 MB, 1920×1080, 16:9, 30 fps, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 Kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)
• Clip #2 (Slow motion, 11.9 MB, 768×432, 16:9, 23 fps, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC)
• Movie #3 (Fast, 13.5 MB, 1280×720, 16:9, 60 fps, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [email protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 Kbps, 48 ​​kHz, 2 channels)
• Clip #4 (HDR, 26.3 MB, 1920×1080, 16:9, 29 fps, 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 later into a whole micro-movie that can capture some short event in motion. This is not a standard video mode, but a little different, this is evidenced even by a different resolution of the resulting micro-rolls (1920 × 1088, not 1920 × 1080, as in normal Full HD video shooting). In principle, there is nothing special in this mode - probably, in such cases, ordinary video recording could be completely dispensed with. In addition, this format is not unique: Samsung Galaxy S4 presentations show exactly the same mode that can capture 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, gave this mode a separate button in the most prominent place on the screen, and even gave the mode its own unique name: Zoe. Examples of a pair of such "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 addition to these Full HD videos, the phone's memory contained a whole series of photographs from the same video sequence, numbered with the "zoe" marking, but in a resolution different from the micro-videos - 2688 × 1520. That is, Zoe is a real continuous shooting, and then you can work with individual frames from the series with built-in tools - in particular, choose the best one. For example, here are the "footage" related to "Zoe #2":

As for the settings for controlling the camera, they are somehow unusually collected all in a single long tape, in which you need to open the sub-items that interest you in turn. It's a little confusing at first, but then you get used to it. It is curious that there is no item for changing the resolution of the resulting photographs, shooting is carried out only in one resolution. True, there is the possibility of "cropping" for a different aspect ratio. In the settings there is also the possibility of geotagging, adding graphic effects, enabling face detection, smiles, panoramic shooting and, of course, manual exposure settings, 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, although this is now often practiced in smartphones from other companies. Here, this key, and in the shooting mode, still 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 burst 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. Of the advantages, one can single out a good exposure selection program, as well as an interesting implementation of macro photography. A significant drawback is the low resolution of the camera. It is done really well, but still the main task of the smartphone camera is more of a documentary than an artistic one. And here HTC One loses almost three times to top-end smartphones of competitors. On the other hand, it boasts good sharpness compared to some smartphones, whose manufacturers do not consider that a large number of pixels on the matrix is ​​a big responsibility.

Compared to the LG Nexus 4, the HTC One loses only in resolution. Sharpness at the edges of the Nexus drops, but not much. LG Optimus G, in turn, loses to HTC One in terms of 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, whose optics are clearly rather weak for such a “large” matrix. But the camera on the Oppo Find 5 smartphone is very worthy: there is practically no drop in sharpness to the edges of the image, and in general, the sharpness of the image is good. Good choice of exposure. However, it also has geometric distortions that are common to all the listed smartphones, as a result of using a wide-angle lens. The Samsung Galaxy S4 also does a good job of taking pictures, although it is somewhat inferior to the Oppo Find 5. Apparently, all manufacturers have almost managed to defeat chromatic aberrations and “white contours”. In fact, in this general comparison, the HTC One lacks only a large resolution to rightly call its camera one of the best among high-end smartphones.

Recall that the company deliberately refused a large resolution, using a standard-sized matrix with a relatively small number of pixels. That is, the linear size of the photosensitive elements here is relatively large, which should at least provide images from such a matrix with a reduced noise level. And in practice, we really see that in terms of noise, the pictures of HTC One definitely win. However, if you reduce a picture 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 version. It's no secret that good old 4-5MP cameras shot cleaner than early 12MP cameras. Now, due to software processing, manufacturers are trying to achieve the same purity at a higher resolution. HTC went the other way, trying to win with a lower resolution. The experiment is very interesting, but from the series “the new is the well-forgotten old”. However, we also note that it is impossible (or rather, very difficult) to objectively assess the noise and detail of a smartphone from field shots. In a good way, it requires shooting 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 pictures, but this quality is manifested in the “beauty” of an artistic picture, and not in the detail of a documentary. For all its dislike for a large number of pixels on the matrix, we believe that HTC is not going the right way, since 4 megapixels is too small for a flagship smartphone - at least for those areas where a smartphone camera is usually used. This camera shoots better than the 5-megapixel cameras on past HTC smartphones, so they should have invested in at least 6 megapixels.

In conclusion, we can say that the HTC One camera is well suited for capturing artistic scenes where you don't need to look at small details.

Software

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

Curiously, the application menu on HTC One quite unexpectedly scrolls not horizontally, like everyone else, but vertically. This is so unusual for users who have already had experience with the Android system before that, without a hint, they still cannot figure out that they need to scroll vertically. Perhaps someone will find this more convenient, but those whom I asked are not too happy about such changes.

The application menu itself by default looks “loose” - the program icons are separated from one another by a considerable distance. However, the matrix of application icons can be made denser by changing the grid configuration from 3x4 to 4x5 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 home screen, which is not quite familiar.

But the most noticeable 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. It is a live feed of constantly updated events, whether it is news from websites, social activities of friends, event announcements, and the like. According to HTC, BlinkFeed brings together relevant content from various sources, which is collected and processed on the company's servers, and then issued to the feed. The number of 10,000 articles coming daily from more than 1,400 media sources from around the world is announced. According to the developers, the user will now be able to cover everything that is most necessary and significant at a glance, without switching between various programs and websites. The content of the feed is divided into sections, and the owner of the HTC One smartphone is free to choose on what topics he wants to receive information updates in the BlinkFeed feed. The problem is different: the user cannot independently connect here other sources 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 limited by the choice of HTC itself. To switch from BlinkFeed view to the desktop, you need to perform a horizontal swipe on the screen - then the application menu will open.

There are not many pre-installed programs. Some of them, such as the Polaris Office package or a flashlight, may be useful. Moreover, office programs, for example, here allow not only to open the usual Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, but also to edit and save them. There is even a curious service called Rescue, with the help of which, as expected, the user can receive remote technical support from the company's specialists. We are impressed by the desire to ennoble the appearance of the application menu: as soon as Google added the ability to create folders for icons, manufacturers immediately began to neatly arrange them by subject.

But, unfortunately, proprietary applications 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 in the list of countries.

In HTC One unexpectedly much attention is paid to the "children's issue". A separate service is built into the smartphone, which allows you to close access to important settings from children, and this mode is even placed in the menu when you reboot as a separate item. Obviously, this may be useful to someone, although in this day and age it may be easier to buy a child their 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 random signal loss or loss from the network of the telecom operator was noticed. The screen is large, the drawing of keys, numbers and letters of dialing and a virtual keyboard for typing SMS messages is quite convenient. The HTC One pays a lot of attention to how to enter information, there is a full-time ability to enter a stroke, and even compiled a whole tutorial on the topic "how to type easier."

There were no freezes, reboots and spontaneous shutdowns during testing. It is convenient to reboot the phone using the menu that pops up by long pressing the power button. When brought to the ear, the screen is blocked by the proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor controls the brightness level of the screen automatically. There is a convenient LED event indicator, which is not built in the most usual way: the indicator does not have its own “window”, but shines directly through the holes in the upper speaker grille.

The device is equipped with modern network interfaces and wireless communication modules: Bluetooth version 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a/ac/b/g/n (this is the first announced device with 802.11ac support!), there is support for Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA and the ability to organize Wi-Fi hotspots. The Micro-USB connector supports MHL and OTG modes: a 32-gigabyte 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 video playback section.

We separately tested the new Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard, which support is announced in HTC One. Testing was carried out with the ASUS RT-AC66U router - one of two models with support for the 802.11ac standard, present 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 compared to 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 that. In addition, many mobile devices do not even support dual channel operation, resulting in a 72 Mbps limit for 802.11n.

Despite the declared support for 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, we were only able to get a connection from the device at the typical 802.11g speed of 54 Mbps. At the same time, the real performance was a little over 20 Mbps. We put a lot of effort into setting up the router, but the smartphone could not see the 5 GHz band, so tests in 802.11ac mode were not carried out. 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 wireless high-frequency technology that allows you to exchange data between devices located at a distance of about 10 centimeters. This technology is aimed primarily at use in mobile phones and payment terminals, and in some countries it is already being used with might and main for contactless payments, fare payment in public transport or even personal identification. In our country, NFC has not yet become widespread, but even now the user of a smartphone that supports this technology can try it out in action. It is enough to download and install the Yandex.Metro application, which, when presented to the phone, is able to show the terms of its use and the number of remaining trips. Another application is offered by the domestic mobile operator MTS, which has organized NFC support for contactless payments. The Mobile Wallet package includes a special MTS SIM card with MasterCard PayPass technology, linked to an 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 an appropriate account with MTS Bank. But in the case of an NFC-enabled phone, you don’t have to install an antenna either - and this is not so simple, and in the iPhone, where the SIM card is pushed into the case through a slot, it simply cannot be installed.

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

Performance

The hardware platform of HTC One is based on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 SoC. It includes a quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300 CPU and 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. The system memory in the smartphone is laid 32 or 64 GB - depending on the selected configuration. In our case, the storage available to the user for uploading their own files was about 25 GB, with a nominal designated volume of 32 GB. When you connect your smartphone to a PC, its internal storage is mounted as an independent removable drive. Unfortunately, the HTC One did not provide for memory expansion with 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 tests with the performance of other top modern smartphones we've tested so far. Most of them, by the way, are built on the very previous Snapdragon S4 Pro platform, which was mentioned above. Therefore, it is quite expected that a device based on the new Snapdragon 600 turned out to be at the forefront of tests in comparison with competitors. The HTC One delivered a very strong performance score, putting it on a par with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and outperforming the rest of today's top smartphones such as the Google Nexus 4, LG Optimus G, HTC One X+ and Samsung Galaxy Note II. Here is a summary with a comparison of the results based on the AnTuTu test database. Our own data are slightly different from these, but the overall balance of power is clear.

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

Video playback and connection to an external display

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

¹ sound in MX Video Player only played after switching to software decoding; The regular player does not have such a setting.

Additionally, the MHL interface was tested. To test it, we used the LG IPS237L monitor, which supports direct MHL connection using a passive Micro-USB to HDMI adapter cable. In this case, the output via MHL is carried out in a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels at a frequency of 30 fps. Displaying on the monitor screen in portrait orientation of the smartphone screen is carried out in portrait orientation only if the current program does not support landscape orientation at all, while on the monitor screen the image height 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 on the monitor is displayed in a slightly reduced form so that black stripes remain around the perimeter. There doesn't seem to be an option to turn it off. 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. The 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 has a 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 the buttons on the smartphone case. The smartphone connected via MHL is charging.

Video output by means of a regular 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 Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1), we checked how the video is displayed on the screen of the smartphone itself. Screen shots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped to determine the nature of the output frames 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 fps / with). The results of this (block titled " Screen”) and the following test are tabulated:

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

Only one file plays perfectly - 1280x720 at 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 with 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 it exists, 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 Full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is displayed one-on-one, exactly along the border of the screen in true Full HD resolution. The range of brightness displayed on the screen is slightly different from the original one - in the shadows, three or 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 is impossible not to note the relatively good - loud and good quality - stereo sound, which is created by two spaced speakers of this smartphone. As a result, it is not necessary to wear headphones to watch a movie, unless, of course, the sound disturbs others.

With a monitor connected via MHL, when playing video 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 Full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels), due to the non-switchable, as noted above, the actual resolution of the image on the monitor screen is slightly less than the Full HD resolution. The brightness range displayed on the monitor corresponds to the original one - all gradations of shades are displayed in highlights and shadows (for video in the range of 16-235). The results of the monitor output tests are shown in the table above in the "MHL (monitor)" section. The output quality is not high, since the intervals between frames (or between groups of frames) alternate unevenly, and in some cases frames are skipped.

Additionally, video output (with a standard player) via MHL using an MHL adapter was tested. When using this adapter, the monitor output was 720p at 60 fps, which determined the maximum actual image resolution. With the exception of resolution and frame rate, everything else - the nature of the interface output, recharging, sound output and gray scale - did not differ from a direct connection via MHL. The test results are shown in the table above in the "MHL (adapter)" section. The conclusion is similar - the output quality 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. Nevertheless, this type of connection can in principle be used for games, watching movies, displaying web pages, etc., but you will need to put up with a decrease in the actual resolution and with periodic twitching of the picture when displaying a dynamic image.

Battery life

The capacity of the lithium-polymer battery installed in HTC One is 2300 mAh. The battery is non-removable, so you can’t remove it yourself and replace it with a new one.

The smartphone showed very good performance in terms of battery life, leaving a little behind all the top new items we've tested lately. Here are the test results of the test subject in several modes of battery life.

Continuous reading in the FBReader program at the minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to about 100 cd / m²) for 2 hours consumed only 14% of the total battery charge, and for two hours of watching YouTube videos in high quality (HQ) via a home network The Wi-Fi device has used up 27% of its battery capacity. At maximum load in the continuous 3D game mode (100% brightness, 60 fps), the smartphone worked for 2 hours and 14 minutes. A full charge of HTC One takes 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 moving 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 to be sold in most retail chains and stores at a recommended price of 29,990 rubles. This time there will be no exclusive contracts with individual sellers, which is understandable: the company is not in such a position now to dictate its terms to anyone. Thus, the smartphone will be sold in all stores, and those who 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. Of the relative disadvantages - a strange camera, an inconvenient combination and location of all hardware buttons, as well as the need to get acquainted with the "finds" of developers expressed in software and interface, such as a vertical program menu and BlinkFeed, for example.

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

cool

HTC One M7 is one of the flagship smartphones of the Taiwanese company HTC. Started production in February 2013. The smartphone has 32 gigabytes of internal memory, a 2300 mAh battery, a display with a diagonal of 4.7 inches. RAM - 2048 MB. There is no slot for an additional memory card. Also HTC One M7 is equipped with Qualcom Shapedragon 600 quad-core processor, with a frequency of 1.7 GHz. Runs Android 4.1.2 (Jilly Bean) operating system, but upgrade to newer versions is possible. The operating system is dressed in the traditional HTC Sense shell for HTC devices, which greatly changes its design. It should be noted that the body of the smartphone is almost entirely made of aluminum, there are no plastic elements. To prevent the metal from creating problems in the operation of the antennas, special holes were made in the case. The weight of HTC One M7 is 143 grams. The display is protected by ultra-strong tempered glass Gorilla Glass 2 and coated with an oleophobic coating that prevents greasy fingerprints. The device has a sensitive touchscreen that quickly responds to touch with a finger or stylus. It is worth noting that HTC One M7 is considered a smartphone with a high pixel density display. The screen resolution is 1920×1080 pixels. On the right corner of HTC One M7 is an LED that glows when charging and flickers when you receive an SMS, call, or low battery. The smartphone came in white, black, blue, red and gold colors. HTC One M7 also has a built-in camera with a resolution of 4 ultrapixels. The pixel size has been increased to 2 µm (the standard size is 1.4 µm). Thanks to this, more light enters the camera matrix. The smartphone is equipped with two stereo speakers - this is the so-called Boom Sound technology, which increases the number of sound frequencies emitted by HTC One M7. The speakers are located on the front side of the smartphone, below and above the display. In addition, HTC One M7 comes with built-in Beats Audio technology. Supports all major wireless communications - Wi-fi Direct and Wi-fi 802.11a/ac/b/g/n, LTE, GLONASS and GPS, LTE, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, NFC. In addition, the smartphone has an infrared port - it allows you to perform the functions of a TV remote control. In addition to technical innovations, new services have been developed for HTC One M7, the most notable of which is the Blink Feed news application. The service collects news from various sources and creates a single, constantly updated feed from them. However, the number of sources from which you can receive news is limited. You can also create folders in the application menu. But many features remain unchanged, such as phone features, music apps, or the photo and video gallery. There is a sorting of audio recordings by artist name, album name or corresponding genre. In the gallery, you can view both files downloaded from the World Wide Web and those taken with a smartphone camera. In addition to the above, the smartphone has a long battery life. With Wi-fi turned on and 2 hours of searching the Internet per day, HTC One M7 works for about a day. But if you turn on GPS and increase your browsing time, the battery life drops to twelve hours. These are the main technical characteristics of one of the flagship smartphones manufactured by HTC. Read also a detailed review of the HTC One M7 32GB smartphone, answers to frequently asked questions about the HTC One M7 32GB phone , how to solve the problem with purple pictures of the HTC One M7 32Gb phone and other news and articles about the HTC One M7 32GB.

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