It was beautiful, stylish, had great performance, mature, clear software and people welcomed this phone with open arms.

 

In 2016, HTC made a somewhat peculiar decision that left some of us a bit confused. Basically, The HTC One M9 Is a No:1 Phone.

This may be a Good thing, in another time… but since 2016 is such a great year for phones, full of innovations competitive market, we wonder HTC M9

Design

HTC has great attention to detail. The HTC One M9 has a refined, elegant design, with an angular body, a high quality matter finish on the metal case and now featuring a single metal piece that is placed with the precision Latest Mobiles of watchmakers into the rear casing.

The M9 is one-handed, but a bit bulkier (2.8×0.4×5.7 inches) and heavier (5.28 oz).The phone is very well balanced, the soft matte finish makes it less slippery, feels softer in hand and it is easier to handle thanks to the sharp line.

The phone features a scratch resistant coating.

Some changes made from the M9 is the now square shaped camera and that the power button no longer rests on the top of the phone. Instead it is now placed on the right side, below the volume controller and the micro SD slot. Also, the phone features a micro USB and 3.5 mm jack that rest on the bottom of the phone.

Audio is provided by the front facing Boom Sound stereo speakers that we consider to be the best speakers on smart phones to date.

 

Samsung Galaxy S6 is thinner and has a similar design, as both phones feature glass and metal casing, but we felt that the HTC M9 design is better looking and a lot more attention.

Display

The M9 features a 6-inch SuperLCD 3 display with a resolution of 1920x1080p, a 16:9 aspect ratio.

The display featured rich, natural and accurate colours, with decent black levels and reasonable contrast. Under direct sunlight, the display remained visible.

While the display looks Very good, it was not as bright as the competition.

Performance

HTC One M9 sports a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset (4 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 4 at 1.5GHz), backed by 3GB RAM, 32GB native storage and up to 128GB external storage available through the microSD.

The Android Lollipop, the phone does lag on multitasking the first time it is launched.

This phone does get warm and thanks to the metal body it may seem more than it is really.  The maximum we were able to reach was about 100 degrees F and that from running Asphalt 8.

Software

HTC One M9 features the new version of HTC Android 5.1 Lollipop the new UI is still as great as its predecessor.

There is a reasonable amount most of these apps are actually useful.

The Sense 7 is fast, stable, responsive and arguably the best UI you can get, not considering the stock version of Android Lollipop.