HTC One phone claims to be best music mobile
HTC has confirmed the details of its new flagship phone, the HTC One, at simultaneous launch events in London and New York.
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The HTC One claims to deliver "the best audio experience of any mobile phone", some claim for a phone offering Beats Audio as standard (though you can of course still turn it off).
A 4.7in full HD LCD screen is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, quadcore 1.7GHz processor, while the latest version of HTC Sense sits on top of the Android OS.
Weighing 143g, the phone is 137.4mm tall by 68mm wide by just 4mm thin – should you want to start figuring out whether it's the right size for your hands.
The HTC One will come with 32GB of internal storage, with no mention of an SD card slot for expansion. A 64GB model looks set to be limited to "select APAC markets".
There's a 2300 mAh battery, support for aptX Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and DLNA, and a microUSB port with MHL/HDMI output support.
It's also a 4G phone, set to be available on the EE network as well as other UK networks on standard tarrifs.
HTC BoomSound is the new name for the company's "audio experience" – something of a strange choice – which unfortunately seems to focus on the fact the phone has external stereo speakers fed by a dedicated amplifier... We're more concerned with how the standard audio output sounds.
Elsewhere, it's the HTC One's camera functionality that gets most attention, the new HTC UltraPixel Camera coming with plenty of new features.
Smart Flash automatically chooses one of five levels of flash depending on your shot, while HTC Zoe takes 20 pictures with one touch of the camera button, allowing you to choose the best shot and even merge shots together. It'll also take a short video clip as it does it. Pretty clever.
Will the HTC One manage to impress us the way the HTC One X did? And more importantly, will it be able to compete with the likes of the iPhone 5 and Nexus 4, not to mention the new flagship phones from LG, Samsung and Sony?
Written by Joe Cox
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The Xperia Z seems to be a sweet phone as well, but I'm actually looking forward to put my hands on the HTC One.
Regarding the pixel count, if both are 1080p then the pixel count is the same, although the HTC One will have more ppi (pixels per inch) due to the smaller size of the display. Not that it matters since 1080p contain way too many pixels for such small screens.
Indeed. Corrected. Apologies.
"The HTC One will come with a 32GB HDD..." Are you sure about that it's HDD? It would be very unusual in smartphone.
Hi I believe the Xperia Z has the first 1080p screen which is larger and has a higher. pixel count than the HTC. I would wager based on my experience of the S that the Sony would have superior audio performance too. Boom box!! A term that all hifi lovers will avoid like the plague.
"The HTC One claims to deliver "the best audio experience of any mobile phone"
I bought a Sony P phone and its sound is truly excellent - the best I've ever heard on any device (including a fruity Pod thing). Sony's in-ear phones are also very acceptable. Perhaps a little bass-heavy but they deliver impressivley clear and detailed sound.
My original android phone was a WildfireS and the sound on that was indifferent (ok, it *was* a budget phone). So HTC had a lot to do to make their new claim AFAICS. I can't comment on the claimed sound quality, but the name "Boom Sound" does not inspire confidence.
Shazbat!
You'd hope, wouldn't you? But alarmingly large numbers of people do seem to use their phones as mini-boomboxes to share their music with others (whether they want it or not), and (as the story says) unfortunately this seems to be a clientele this model is targeting.
Strange choice of article title considering most people wont even use the speakers - they'll be using a headset.
I would have have thought something like "First full 1080p smartphone to hit UK" might have been more relevant.
Doesn't look like it... "64GB variant to be available in select APAC markets"
HTC website states 32/64GB storage, any mention of 64GB in the UK?