HTC One (M8) Officially Announced.
By Deepanshu Kumar, 26th march 2014
After quite a lengthy build-up, the all new HTC One (M8) is finally upon us. Even though we knew most of the details thanks to a spate of pre-announcement leaks, HTC has still revealed a couple of interesting tidbits in its simultaneous showcasing in New York and London.
The HTC One (M8) has an aluminum unibody and a 5-inch, 1080 x 1920 display – that’s a 441 ppi pixel density, by the way – the device is also slightly taller than last year’s model. s for the device’s dimensions, the new HTC One (M8) measures in at 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm, which translates to 5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 inches. The HTC One boasts a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974-AB) SoC, with a healthy 2GB of RAM to keep things ticking over. Some reports had suggested that the device would pack as much as 3 gigs of RAM like the Galaxy S5, but while tech. specs are certainly of importance, anything above the 2GB mark in a smartphone is going to offer solid performance.
The display is a 5-inch, Super LCD3 panel with a resolution of 1080 x 1920, which will serve as the ideal companion to the dual 4-megapixel rear-facing cameras, or ‘Duo Cameras’ as HTC is calling them. In the build-up, some suggested that the presence of the two side-by-side snappers would offer some kind of 3D mode, but in actual fact, the idea is to allow users to adjust focus after you’ve taken the shot.
The BoomSound is back for another round, and considering that the speakers of last year’s flagship are still the very vest in the loudspeaker business, we’re expecting nothing less this time around. As alluded to in the Taiwanese company’s own teaser clips, much improvement has gone into giving the dual-speaker setup even more bite, bass and clarity, so if you like to play your music and video loudly, then you’ll definitely be interested in the HTC One 2.