HTC One M9 smartphone review - Metal Power. New HTC One M9 - Overview of the Updated Smartphone from HTC Macro Mode and Shot of Objects Close-up
Taiwanese company HTC has released the flagship model HTC One. M9 almost simultaneously with the Chinese company Samsung - a global giant for the production of high-quality phones that submitted the next model Samsung Galaxy. It's not easy to compete with the manufacturer to whom the company HTC once lost the palm of the championship. Both models went on sale in March 2015 at about one price and with equal technical indicators. For the company, HTC is very important victory in this race of high technology, it will determine the future of the company.
HTC One M9 smartphone design
HTC smartphones are always on the beauty of the design ahead of rivals. Mobile devices with the Android operating system, the company brings to perfection in the design, using not only metal hints of the case, unlike rivals LG and SAMSUNG. But according to the established traditions of HTC, each new version of the device is a direct follower of the previous one.
Model M9 in the design plan - almost twin model M8. If it is almost indistinguishable to compare them for comparison, then they are almost indistinguishable from each other. Everything changes if they are in hand. The hull has become more subtle. Smooth, slippery model M8 and strives to slip out of the hands, while M9 has a brutal body, grungy and hard, pleasant to the touch. He lies in the palm confidently and firmly. Especially attractive models of golden and silver colors. Their owner will give himself the owner of a luxurious apparatus.
Another one at first glance a minor change in design can be attributed rather to minus than to the plus. The power button is now located on the right side under the sound volume buttons. They are very similar, and they are easy to confuse. Although it is believed that so the power button is easier to get. She has a special form to make it easier to grope.
Specifications HTC One M9
- Dimensions - 144.6x69.7x9.61 mm;
- Weight - 157 grams;
- OS - Android 5.0.2 with HTC Sense 7.0 shell;
- Processor - 8-nuclear, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994), Architecture Big.little GTS (4 Arm Cortex-A57 2.0 cores + 4 Arm Cortex-A53 kernels 1.5 GHz);
- RAM - 3 GB;
- Memory for data storage - 32 GB, support for MicroSD / HC / XC cards (128 GB);
- Screen - Capacitive, Super LCD Matrix 3, Diagonal 5 inches, resolution 1920x1080 Points, Pixel density per inch 441 PPI, Corning Gorilla Glass 4;
- Interfaces - Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 (APTX codec), MicroUSB (USB 2.0), USB-OTG, DLNA, HDMI MHL 3.0, NFC, IR port, 3.5 mm for headphones;
- The main chamber is 20 meters, BSI-sensor (TOSHIBA T4KA7), aperture F / 2.2, EFR 27.8 mm, sapphire coating, autofocus, double two-color flash, recording video 4K;
- Frontal camera - HTC Ultrapixel (4 MP), BSI matrix, aperture F / 2.0, EFR 26.8 mm, recording video 1080p;
- Radio - FM tuner with RDS;
- Sensors - accelerometer, hall sensor, compass, gyroscope, lighting and approximation sensors;
- Network - GSM / GPRS / EDGE, HSPA / WCDMA, 4G-LTE (Cat.6);
- Battery - non-removable, lithium-ion, 2,840 ma * h;
- Features - protection against IPX3 spray.
HTC ONE M9 smartphone screen
The M9 model is equipped with a liquid crystal screen with bright saturated paints. Volume screen, widescreen. It is a pity that the company cannot abandon its extensive black frame, below which the campaign logo is located. It does not decorate it and takes up the useful area.
The five-seam display with an IPS matrix has a Full HD resolution (1920x1080 points). Nothing special, but this is quite enough. Colors - saturated, lines - clear, pictures - drawn in detail. In addition, the battery charge is saved, which is charging amazingly quickly (50% in about 20-25 minutes).
HTC ONE M9
The smartphone has a good loud sound with the BOOOMSOUND system. The successful arrangement of speakers eliminates it from the lack of some smartphones when the sound is muted due to the fact that the speakers closes the palm. This is a big luck developers. You can listen to music, watch videos, enjoying clean sound and deep tone of low notes without the use of headphones. This qualitative difference of HTC One M9 from smartphones of other firms allows him to compile a serious competition of Samsung Galaxy S6 and even iPhone devices.
HTC ONE M9 performance
Externally, the M8 and M9 models are very similar, and the similarity ends. The new flagship of HTC ONE M9 is equipped with a powerful modern Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor (previously Qualcomm Snapdragon 801), the RAM increased significantly, it is 3 GB (at M8 OP 2 GB). The combination of the 8-nuclear 64-bit SNAPDRAGON processor with the Adreno 430 graphic chip will especially delight lovers computer games.
The process passes instantly, everything literally flies. The solid aluminum case is not heated. The owner should not be afraid of overheating of the device at maximum load and do not disable it for a long time. During testing HTC One M9 at the capacity limit, its indicators surpassed analogs in terms of performance, including the iPhone 6. CATO is proof of the quality of the phone and the professional work of its developers.
Internal memory has grown significantly. The lower threshold is 32 GB (against the former 16 GB), however, 21 GB is available to the user, the rest is given to the system and installed software. Internal memory can be stretched by desire to the same upper limit of 128 GB due to microSD cards. Now the user may not buy an additional memory card, although it should be noted that an increase in the internal memory will add a little to the cost of the smartphone.
HTC ONE M9 smartphone cameras
The main camera on 20 MP is located behind, the resolution is normal, but allows you to make wonderful clear, bright pictures and even 4k video. For fans of selfie on the front panel there is an extra camera for 4 megapixels. Both cameras are perfectly coped with their task, in quality will be quite satisfied with the most demanding buyer.
Battery and HTC One M9
An analysis of the battery operation showed that developers have yet to work on it. The battery does not keep the charge, very quickly discharged when watching a video, so it can create a real problem to the user. On average for the same time, the user sees less than 40% of charging, while Samsung and LG owners have more than 60%. Viewing the 40 minute series of the film "Eats" 20% of the battery charge against 9% on Samsung Galaxy S6.
Software HTC One M9
Concerning software, The developers themselves consider it - it requires refinement. The flagship model was on sale with the Android 5.0.2 operating system with an improved shell. For a comfortable operation of the device, many topics are installed, you can change fonts, icons, background, create your topics. Registration of individual design of the device using stickers and backgrounds for the back panel will make your phone unique, unlike others.
There is one very interesting feature - "smart" screen. Thanks to the HTC HOME function, the work screen and the lock screen will vary depending on the location of the smartphone owner. Houses on the screen labels of the social network, culinary book, games, and in the service - working applications, calendar, notes. On the road, it is proposed to use the Google Maps resource, icons of music albums are displayed. The more often the user resorts to this function, the more precisely the device adjusts to his interests and needs, freeing the owner from everyday routine care.
Advantages of smartphone HTC One M9
- Good technical indicators, withdrawn by the flagship model HTC M9 in the category of the top model based on Android;
- Beautiful, unique design, attractive body palette;
- The ability to change the interface according to the user's need;
- Android 5.0 operating system.
Disadvantages of smartphone HTC One M9
- Weak battery;
- Not very convenient buttons for volume and blocking.
Price and Video Overview HTC One M9
The cost of the smartphone is 30400-55878 rubles. The average price of HTC One M9 - 37900 rubles.
We present to your attention a video review HTC One M9:
Thus, owners smartphone htc. M8, satisfied with his work, can go to a more modern model - HTC M9, and will not be disappointed. In addition to the weak battery, there are no other serious flaws. At the request of the client, the firm guarantees the replacement of HTC M9, when any problems are detected with its operation in the first year of use.
Improved and updated flagship
The central figure at the Stand of the Taiwanese company NTS during the Spring Exhibition MWC 2015 in Barcelona this time was new flagship smartphone called One M9. And it is somewhat surprising, because before that all past years the company organized to submit their mobile flagships Separate large-scale presentations outside the framework of any international exhibitions.
But even more surprising, in contrast to market leaders, such as, for example, Apple and Samsung, which made quite a lot of cardinal change this time in new generations of their products, the next flagship NTS has changed very little compared to its last year's predecessor. A more recent hardware platform is installed, the battery volume is slightly increased, but the screen, as the main and the main measure for any modern mobile product, remains absolutely the same - both in size and permission. The housing also almost did not undergo changes - the dimensions and the mass remained almost the same. And it is quite surprising against the background of the universal boom "Shovels", in which even Google got involved, the smartphones of which in the past years were considered almost a reference to the grace and which in the new season unexpectedly released one of the biggest and heavy smartphones in the world. In this regard, Taiwan remained faithful to themselves, they retained a successful balance of sizes and mass, providing inventory to those users who, for some reason, still do not want to transplant to huge tablet phones. And it is not bad.
And nevertheless, here, who in the new season could well be satisfied with the "Improved" prefix "S" in the title, so this is another flagship NTS, because the number of changes is clearly not drawn to a new model. The main and most significant "innovation" compared to the previous version is a refund to the "normal" cameras. Widow is playing with the "ultrapixels", the developers finally came to the conclusion that this is not the best option, and turned their eyes to the "classics". Instead of 4 megapixels (main chamber!) Here now proudly bangs "20 MP", which may finally give true fans of the brand sigh with relief. The chamber of the new flagship NTS has become better to shoot better, and about other changes that have happened to the next representative of the famous family, read in our review.
Video review
To begin with, we offer to see our video review of the HTC One M9 smartphone:
Now take a look at the characteristics of the novelty.
The main characteristics of HTC One M9
| HTC One M9. | Meizu MX4. | LG G Flex 2 | Nexus 6. | SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. | |
| Screen | 5 ", S-LCD 3 | 5.36 ", IPS | 5.5 ", P-OLED | 5,96, Amoled | 5.1 ", Super AMOLED |
| Resolution | 1920 × 1080, 441 ppi | 1920 × 1152, 418 ppi | 1920 × 1080, 401 ppi | 2560 × 1440, 493 ppi | 2560 × 1440, 577 PPI |
| SOC. | Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (4 cores Cortex-A57 @ 2.0 GHz + 4 cores Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz) | MediaTek MT6595 Octa-Core (4 cores Cortex-A17 @ 2.2 GHz and 4 cores Cortex-A7 @ 1.7 GHz) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (4 cores Cortex-A57 @ 2.0 GHz + 4 Cortex-A53 kernels) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (4 kernels Krait 450 @ 2.7 GHz) | Exynos 7420 (4 cores Cortex-A57 @ 2.1 GHz and 4 cores Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz) |
| GPU. | Adreno 430. | PowerVR G6200. | Adreno 430. | Adreno 420. | Mali-T760. |
| Oz | 3 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 3 GB | 3 GB |
| Flash Memory | 32 GB | 16/32/64 GB | 32 GB | 32/64 GB | 32/64/128 GB |
| Memory card support | microSD. | — | microSD. | — | — |
| Operating system | Google Android 5.0 | Google Android 4.4. | Google Android 5.0. | Google Android 5.0. | Google Android 5.0. |
| Battery | non-removable, 2840 mA · h | non-removable, 3100 mA · h | non-removable, 3000 mA · h | non-removable, 3220 mA · h | non-removable, 2550 mA · h |
| Cameras | basic (20.7 MP; video 4K), frontal (4 MP) | basic (20.7 MP; video 4k), frontal (2 MP) | basic (13 mp; video 4K), frontal (2 MP) | basic (16 mp; video 4k), frontal (5 MP) | |
| Dimensions and weight | 145 × 70 × 9.6 mm, 157 g | 144 × 75 × 8.9 mm, 147 g | 149 × 75 × 9.4 mm, 154 g | 159 × 83 × 10.1 mm, 184 g | 143 × 70 × 6,8 mm, 138 g |
| average price | T-12259334. | T-11010064. | T-11883628. | T-11153512. | T-12259333. |
| HTC ONE M9 offers | L-12259334-10 | ||||
- Soc Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994), 64-bit platform, two clusters of four processor kernels: ARM Cortex-A57 with a frequency of 2.0 GHz and ARM Cortex-A53
- GPU Adreno 430 @ 600 MHz
- Android operating system 5.0.2, Lollipop
- Touchscreen Super LCD 3 (IPS) 5 ", 1920 × 1080, 441 PPI
- RAM (RAM) 3 GB, inner memory 32 GB
- SIM Cards: Nano-SIM (1 PC.)
- MICROSD memory card support (up to 2 TB)
- Data transfer 4G LTE ADVANCED CAT 6 (up to 300 Mbps)
- Wi-Fi 802.11a / B / G / N / AC MIMO (2.4 / 5 GHz), Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi Direct
- Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, IR port
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- USB 2.0, OTG, MHL 3.0
- Camera 20.7 MP, autofocus, video 4k
- Camera 4 MP Ultrapixel, Frontal
- Gyroscope, approximation sensor, lighting, accelerometer, electronic compass
- Battery 2840 MA · h, non-removable
- Dimensions 145 × 70 × 9.6 mm
- Mass 157 g
Contents of delivery
The HTC One M9 smartphone is shipped in a very small flat box of a familiar form - the same as all packages of NTS products (but smaller size). The box is made of thin white cardboard with a minimum number of logos and inscriptions.
The accessory kit contains a charger (5 V, 1.5 A), a Micro-USB connecting cable, as well as stereo header with an unemployed wiring of a flat cross section and intra-channel headphones. The caps on the side slots for the installation of the cards are opened with a complete metal key-clips.
Appearance and ease of use
Unlike all-metal buildings, which once crushed the NTS laser for its top smartphones, the new flagship M9, as was the last year's model M8, received a body, only half a metal. One-piece aluminum brown, a sort of pallet, which makes up the rear wall and sidewalls, is completely open in front - here it is glued to it with a glass / display, and this frame is fully made of plastic, painted under the color of the metal. It immediately rushes into the eyes, to the touch and even when a quick look, the front part texture is noticeably different from the rear surface, although the developers obviously tried to create a form that the body is all-metal.
All the familiar form of branded design is observed: seemingly the new flagship HTC One M9 is almost indistinguishable from its predecessors M7 and M8. All the same streamlined forms, strongly rounded corners, and most importantly, this attachment, rounded on the manner press papier, the back cover, due to which the smartphone is swaying, lying on the table. ONE M9 is constantly inconvenient to work with the NTS ONE M9 solid surface, since with any pressing the housing is swinging.
As for the dimensions of the device, then the developers can only praise. It is difficult for them, apparently, it was to stay from temptation and not to succumb to the universal movement of manufacturers in the direction of the extension of the dimensions, but they coped with it. As a result, NTS issued a five-year-old smartphone in the new season, whose sizes would be considered a few years ago, but now it is one of the most elegant and small top-level smartphones in the world. Due to the well-thought-out combination of dimensions, a matte back surface and a highly lowered lid, the smartphone is very comfortable in hand. The surfaces are not marked, but the metal still remains to define more slippery than plastic, nothing can be done with it.
The upper and lower parts of the frame around the screen on the front panel are traditionally very broad, since under them are the front stereo speakers, covered with lattices in the form of an array of round holes. In addition, the wide black band under the screen is not familiar with anything, except for the branded logo, and on it, as usual, a whole centimeter of unnecessary space on the front panel is spent, although the control buttons here are virtual. The developers claim that this strip is needed due to the presence of dynamics under it. Be that as it may, but at the bottom under the screen, the frame width reaches almost 20 mm, and it is unusual for modern standards.
Above the screen in the upper part in addition to the dynamics and eye silence and cameras and the camera is also available such a useful element as led indicator Alerts. A small bright point shines directly through the hole of the lattice dynamics, notifying about the status of charging and incoming events.
On the back, respectively, there are no lattices for the output of sound, on the entire rear surface you can find only a large square eye chamber with a double-colored LED flash nearby. The flash can be used as a flashlight using a special pre-installed program. Strips that can be seen on the rear surface of the housing, these are already familiar chamdes, carved in the metal, to lay an antennas in them. First, before that, they thought precisely in the NTS when creating their first all-metal NTS ONE (M7), and now Apple and Samsung went on this path.
The SIM card and memory card are familiar to the side slots, entering them on plastic pallets with a metal base. Salazks are pulled out of the connectors with a familiar pressure of the secret buttons using a key or any clip. It should be noted that this time the holes for the key became sewn, now any clip can really fit here.
Slots are separated on the sides of the case: one is intended for the SIM card of the Nano-SIM format, and the other is for a microSD memory card to 2 TB. Insert the second SIM card in the place of the memory card will not be possible, such an opportunity is not provided here.
NTS to the last stubbornly installed the power button and lock to the top end, but after even Apple moved this element on the side, finally surrendered. In HTC One M9, the power button is also transferred to the side face, but it is still not clear whether it becomes better. Now the power key turned out to be embedded below the central axis, and it is completely uncomfortable. Tactically, the keys are practically not different between themselves, the finger constantly presses the button in the middle, which is responsible for decreasing the volume, because it is it in the most comfortable place. In general, in NTS once again cleared with the buttons, although it would seem that everything was already invented and honed, it was enough to simply survive from competitors.
In the lower end of the case, the universal Micro-USB 2.0 connector is located with support for connecting external devices in OTG mode. The 3.5 mm audio output connector on the headphone minijacks is embedded here, which may, perhaps, cause some inconvenience while connecting both plugs.
It is possible that all this nonsense with a strange placement of buttons and connectors on the housing is caused by the presence of an infrared port on the top end of the housing. However, who forced to do this element so big so that he occupy the entire surface of the end? After all, other developers have models with an IR port - to take the same Samsung Galaxy S6, for example. But there there are no slightest problems with this, all control elements are distributed on the body conveniently and comfortable.
As for the color options of the novelty, there was no revelations here: the device goes on sale in the three already familiar colors: silver, dark gray and golden. Hermetic caps on their connectors does not have a smartphone, since it is not secured by protection against water and dust. Do not find on its surface and fastening for the strap. Wireless charging device also does not support.
Screen
HTC One M9 is equipped with the Super LCD 3 touch matrix (IPS) - according to external parameters exactly the same as used in the previous M8 model. Screen dimensions are 62 × 110 mm, diagonal - 5 inches, resolution - 1920 × 1080 points. Accordingly, the density of the points is very high, it reaches the value of 441 PPI.
The thickness of the frame from the edge of the screen to the edge of the case is not a record. It is approximately 3.5 mm, it is 15 mm from above, from the bottom - almost 20 mm.
The brightness of the display can be adjusted manually, and you can use automatic adjustment based on the operation of the illumination sensor. Multitouch technology here allows you to handle 10 simultaneous touches, but for this, as usual in the NTS smartphones, it is necessary to allow 3 fingers gesture recognition in the settings. When making a smartphone to the ear, the screen is blocked using the approximation sensor. The screen can be unlocked with double tapping on the glass, it is possible to work with the screen in gloves.
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Detailed examination with the use of measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.
The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface resistant to the appearance of scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen is not worse than the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, we give a photo on which the white surface is reflected in the screens (left - Nexus 7, to the right - HTC One M9, then they can be distinguished by size):
The HTC One M9 screen is slightly darker (brightness of photographs 104 against 108 at Nexus 7). Two reflected objects on the HTC One M9 screen is very weak, this suggests that between the layers of the screen (more specifically between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) there is no airbap (OGS-One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (type of glass / air) with highly different refractive ratios, such screens look better in conditions of strong external illumination, but their repair in the event of a cracked exterior glass costs much more expensive, since it accounts for a whole screen. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (fat-repellent) coating (by efficiency, slightly better than Nexus 7), so traces from the fingers are removed easier, and appear at a lower rate than in the case of conventional glass.
When manually controlling brightness and when displaying a white field in full screen maximum value Brightness was about 480 cd / m², minimal - 9.7 kD / m². The maximum brightness is high, it means that considering excellent anti-reflective properties, readability even on a sunny day outside the room should be at a good level. In complete dark, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. In stock Automatic brightness adjustment over the light sensor (it is located on the left of the front camera). In automatic mode, when changing external light conditions, the screen brightness is rising, and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness of up to 9.7 kD / m² (dark, but you can read from the screen), in conditions lit by artificial offices (about 400 lux) brightness rises to 150 kD / m² (normally), in a very bright environment (corresponds to the lighting with a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20000 LCs or a little more) is set to 450 kD / m² (not maximum, but enough). Brightness slider by 50% - the values \u200b\u200bare as follows: 7.2, 110 and 340 kD / m² (acceptable values), by 0% - 4.8, 72 and 230 kD / m² (logic is traced). That is, the auto-adjustment function of brightness works adequately. Only at the lowest level of the brightness of the backlight appears significant modulation, but its frequency is high - 2.3 kHz - therefore we can assume that the screen flicker is not at all.
IN this smartphone Used IPS type matrix. Micrographs demonstrate a typical structure of subpixels for IPS:
For comparison, you can familiarize yourself with the micrographic gallery of the screens used in mobile technology.
The screen has good viewing angles without a significant shift of colors, even with large looks from the perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, we give the photos on which the same images are displayed on the HTC One M9 and Nexus 7 screens, while the brightness of the screens is initially installed about 200 cd / m², and the color balance on the camera is forcibly switched to 6500 K. Perpendicular to the screens. White field:
Note good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field. And test picture:
The color rendition is good, but the color balance varies significantly and the HTC One M9 is clearly darkened. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:
It can be seen that the colors did not change much from both screens, but the HTC One M9 contrast decreased to a greater extent due to the strong decrease of black. And white field:
The brightness at an angle at the screens has decreased (at least 5 times, based on the difference in exposure), but the HTC One M9 screen is a bit lighter (average brightness of photographs 234 against 229 at Nexus 7). The black field during the deviation on the diagonal is highlighted strongly and acquires a purple shade or remains conditionally neutral-gray. The photos below are demonstrated (the brightness of white areas in the perpendicular plane of the directions of the direction is the same!):
And at a different angle:
With perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is very good:
Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is normal - about 700: 1. Response time when switching black-white-black is 14 ms (8 ms incl. + 6 ms off.). The transition between halftons of gray 25% and 75% (on the numerical value of color) and back in total takes 21 ms. Constructed by 32 points with an equal interval in the numerical value of the shade of a gray gamma curve did not reveal in neither lights or in the shadows. The index of the approximating power function is 2.13, which is lower than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve somewhat deviates from power dependence:
Due to the dynamic and very aggressive adjustment of the brightness of the backlight in accordance with the nature of the displayed image (the brightness of the brightness decreases) the resulting brightness dependence on the shade (gamma curve) does not correspond to the gamma curve of the static image, since the measurements were carried out with a consistent output of shades of gray almost in full screen. For this reason, a series of tests - the definition of contrast and response time, comparing the illumination of black at angles - we were performed in the output of special templates with constant medium brightness, and not one-photo fields in full screen. We give the dependence of the brightness (vertical axis) from time when switching from a black field to white in half the screen alternately, the average brightness does not change and the dynamic adjustment of the illumination brightness does not work (graph 50%/50% ). And the same dependence, but with the alternate output of the fields in full screen (schedule 100% ), while the average brightness is already changing and the dynamic adjustment of the brightness of the backlight works in all:
In general, such an unleated brightness correction is nothing but harm, since the constant change of screen brightness at least can cause some discomfort, reduce the distinguishability of gradations in the shadows in the case of dark images and readability of the screen on bright light.
Color coverage is close to SRGB:
The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:
As a result, colors have natural saturation. The balance of shades on the gray scale is mediocre, since the color temperature is significantly higher than the standard 6500 K and deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (ΔE) greater than 10, which even for the consumer device is considered a bad indicator. The balance shifted, of course, due to the excess of blue and green, thereby highlights the manufacturer of the brightness, neglecting the quality of color reproduction. But well, even though the color temperature and ΔE change little from the shade to the shade - this has a positive effect on the visual assessment of the color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)
Let's summarize: the screen has a sufficiently high maximum brightness and has good anti-glare properties, so the device without problems can be used outside the room even a summer sunny day. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. Mode with automatic adjustment of brightness is adequate. The advantages of the screen should include the presence of an effective oleophobic coating, no flicker and air gap in the layers of the screen, good uniform of the black field, as well as close to SRGB color coverage. To significant disadvantages, we will draw low stability of black to the rejection of the view from the perpendicular to the screen plane, the average quality of the color rendering, as well as an aggressive unconnected dynamic adjustment of the illumination brightness. However, taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this class of devices, the screen quality can be considered high.
Sound
In terms of sounding, the flagship series of the flagship series NTS ONE has always been at the highest level. This time the developers went even further, in collaboration with the Dolby laboratory, they achieved the effect of surround sound published by stereo speakers. With the help of embedded HTC Boomsound and Dolby Audio technologies, the smartphone copes with music of any complexity and any genre - even multichannel tracks with YouTube. The device, as usual, is equipped with two front stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, so that the smartphone sounds excellent. The sound is quite loud, pure in the entire spectrum, low frequencies in sufficiency, at the maximum volume of the volume of distortion is not observed. It also applies to sound in headphones, and in general, the sound of HTC One M9 causes only admiration. In the conversational dynamics, the voice of a familiar interlocutor, the timbre and intonation remain recognizable.
To play musical compositions in the device, the NTS Music's own brand player is used. All sound effects are combined by Boomsound technology and are given to the exhaust automation - it is not possible to manually configure anything.
The FM radio in the standard configuration of the smartphone is available, and the voice recorder has been discovered. Record telephone conversations with a smartphone line is not able to record.
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Camera
As for the cameras, this time the HTC developers finally put everything into place. Unlike the previous model of the series, which the role of the main chamber played all the same controversial 4-megapixel module called HTC Ultrapixel, here it was used only for the front camera, where he is perhaps the very place. Recall that HTC Ultrapixel is a specific module developed by the NTS, with a pixel size of 2.0 μm, the size of the 1/3 sensor, the model of the matrix of the matrix, the special processor HTC ImageCHIP 2, the diaphragm F2.0 and the lens 26.8 mm. Unlike, for example, HTC Desire Eye, here the front camera is not equipped with its own LED flash and autofocus.
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The main chamber in the HTC One M9 is equipped with a 20.7 megapixel module with a BSI sensor and a 28 mm wide-angle lens with a diaphragm F / 2.2. The camera has the function of automatic focus and two-color LED flash. Lens lens is covered with sapphire glass. Video recording is carried out with a resolution up to 4k.
The camera control menu is exactly the same as in the HTC Desire Eye model. The menu is drawn large, convenient to use and intuitively understandable. You can perform the shooting using a touch to the screen by pressing the mechanical button on the side, as well as using gestures and voices. Tools of a new brand service called HTC Eye Experience provide facial tracking options in frame, joint screen viewing, simultaneous double shooting, real-time makeup, voice and automatic selfie, photocyrk modes and Crop Me in, as well as Face Fusion. The double shooting feature allows you to shoot a photo or video of the frontal and the main camera both synchronously and sequentially, and at the same time output both images on the screen, so users will be able to capture not only events, but also their reaction to them. In stock And Corporate Mode Zoe - Photographing mode, in which the camera not only makes a few snapshots, but also glues them later into the microlics.
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The camera can shoot the video in the maximum resolution of 4k, there is also the ability to shoot in even more interesting to combine the size and quality of the video mode 1080r at a speed of 60 fps. Do not forget the mode of slow motion. Examples of various test rollers are presented below.
- Roller №1 (35 MB, 1920 × [Email Protected] FPS)
- Roller # 2 (32 MB, 1920 × [Email Protected] FPS)
- Roller # 3 (81 MB, 3840 × [Email Protected] FPS)
- Roller №4 (76 MB, 1280 × [Email Protected] FPS, SLO-MO)
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We also tested the camera on the laboratory stand on our technique.
By practically throwing the idea with the "ultrapi's", in HTC decided to go directly to the "big megapixels", but unfortunately, such a sharp jump was not able to them. There is nothing surprising in this: beautifully painting the advantages of a "low-pixel" camera, which itself removes well, you can easily relax and forget that the transition to "multi-scene" requires a lot of work in every sense. HTC also decided to "wave not looking", providing a new smartphone sensor of the largest permission from the cameras of this class. But at the same time they did not take into account that great permit - great responsibility". And the result of this is not until the end of the thoughtful step in our eyes.
The fact that the pictures are made by the flagship chamber can only be guessed by EXIF, since even a field test demonstrates the result just below average. The laboratory test confirms the seen: the camera is not so bad, but the sensor resolution does not pull, although the optics fails in places.
In fact, the main HTC error is not in the raw program, but in an attempt to use all the permission of the sensor, which requires more and cleaner optics. Even Sony engineers who used the similar sensor for the first time, schitri, limiting the resolution of the output snapshot of 8 Mp in authors. This made it possible to slightly increase the actual resolution of the camera and significantly improve the visual. Here we see a good real permission that after software improvements and a small compression could be higher, however, with the current state of affairs it is nothing more than dreams.
As a result, with a slightly more competent and cunning formulation of the task of HTC could achieve a very good result. Having worked a little diligently over the software processing and then reducing the picture twice, it would be quite possible to claim a place in the upper stages of the ratings. In the meantime, everything looks damp and ill-conceived, although it gives high hopes. In addition, with documentary shooting the camera copes well.
For some reason, of the three possible options for the aspect ratio of the parties here, it is called 10: 7, and 4: 3 is missing, which indicates a non-standard sensor, since the maximum resolution of the picture is obtained precisely with the ratio of the parties 10: 7.
Judging by rumors, the camera supports shooting in RAW, but we failed to find this function. However, the loss is small, since the possibility of shooting in the RAW camera of a smartphone is a matter of doubtful, and with such a module, especially.
Old "ultrapixel" module moved to the front panel, although not without loss. First, of course, the lens changed, and secondly, the sensor himself has changed a little. But in any case, it is suitable for shooting a selfie, even with the very good lighting, which confirms the laboratory test of the front chamber.
Telephone part and communication
The smartphone works standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and there is also support for the fourth-generation FDD-LTE networks, that is, the frequencies used in Russia are also supported. In practice with SIM cards of the domestic operator MTS, the smartphone is confidently registered and works in 4G networks. Communication capabilities of the smartphone at height: Both Wi-Fi ranges are supported (2.4 and 5 GHz), NFC, Bluetooth 4.1 with APTX audio codec, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, you can organize a wireless access point through wi-Fi Channels or bluetooth. Micro USB 2.0 connector supports the connection of external devices (USB Host, USB OTG), so you can connect to the Micro-USB port of flash drives and mouses with keyboards.
The navigation module works not only with GPS (with A-GPS), but also from the domestic GLONASS, but the satellites of the Chinese network Beidou (BDS) did not see the smartphone. No complaints are on the operation of the navigation module, the first satellites are found literally in seconds. Also among the smartphone sensors there is a magnetic field sensor, on the basis of which the digital compass is so necessary in navigation programs.
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OS and Software
As a system, a fresh Google software platform is immediately used. Android version 5.0.2 and updated brand graphical user interface HTC Sense 7. Updating the order of the SENSE shell number is mainly due to the fact that it works with the new version of Android OS, and the rest remains appearance And the possibilities are practically the same. Branded fonts, flat stylized icons, vertical way to scrolling the program menu, the structure of the notifications panel and quick access to the main functions, supporting the work with gestures - everything is familiar. In stock The mode of disabling audio notifications in time "Do not disturb", two energy-saving modes, as well as children's regime. The Smart Remote program is responsible for the operation of an IR transmitter as a remote control, the BlinkFeed news service. Now the BlinkFeed service will search for information based on the location of the smartphone.
There are not so many pre-installed programs, they are all useful: there is a file manager, a package for working with office documents, its own archiving service and a convenient feature of the transfer of personal data from the old apparatus to a new one, a comprehensive program for cleaning the memory and optimizing the free seat of Clean Master is installed.
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Changes related to the transition to the fifth version of OS Android, put it mainly in the appearance of separate interactive information tiles with alerts; Otherwise, the developers have saved their own organization of all menus, notification panels, latter open menu without changes. HTC One M9 has more opportunities for personalization. The HTC "Theme" application allows you to issue work screens in your own way: use your own photos and pictures from online resources, change the form and size of icons. But more interestingly, a contextual-dependent home screen appeared: a special widget now automatically detects the location of the user and selects applications based on its location and personal settings. By idea of \u200b\u200bthe creators, the necessary services and tools will appear on the home screen at the moment when they are needed. In any case, you can manually switch to the widget "House" or "work" modes with the appropriate situations with a set of applications displayed on the home screen in a separate widget.
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Performance
HTC ONE M9 hardware platform is based on the latest and most powerful from the entire family of single-chip system Qualcomm - Snapdragon 810. This 64-bit platform is made according to the process of 20 nm, it includes four powerful 64-bit Arm Cortex-A57 kernels with a frequency to 2 GHz, which are complemented by four simpler 64-bit Cortex-A53 cores with a frequency of up to 1.5 GHz, providing high energy efficiency or performance depending on specific tasks.
The modern video inspector Adreno 430 is responsible for processing graphics in SOC. The amount of smartphone RAM is worthy of 3 GB. For the needs of the user in the device there are about 23 GB flash memory from 32 nominal. Memory can be expanded by installing microSD cards, the volume of which can reach 2 TB, which sounds not quite familiar yet, and there are still no such cards yet. The device also supports connecting external flash drives, keyboards and mice to the Micro-USB port in OTG mode.
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HTC One M9 is not the first smartphone on the newest and most productive of the modern Soc company Qualcomm. At the beginning of the year, we have already managed to get acquainted with the capabilities of Snapdragon 810 using the example of LG G Flex 2, and it should be noted that in comparison with it, the results of the HTC are surprised. Perhaps the developers slightly "strangle" a powerful processor so that the metal case does not heat up too much, or there are some other explanations, but the fact remains: HTC One M9 on the same platform literally in all tests showed lower results than, rather than korean smartphone. In the 64-bit version of Antutu, the indicators reached 50k, but in the standard test, the resulting digit did not reach even 45k points. The same applies to all other tests with the exception of Bonsai Benchmark (in it the subject manifested itself with a true hero, lifting only the most powerful smartphone of modernity, Samsung Galaxy S6). In the rest of the graphic benchmarks, HTC One M9 is also not as bad, as in complex and browser tests, but still he has shown himself at all on equal with faster in all Korean.
Be that as it may, the HTC ONE M9 smartphone hardware filling in any case is quite productive in order to cope with any tasks set by demanding programs and heavy 3D games. Although now it is no longer necessary to talk about the unconditional superiority of Qualcomm on this field: the most powerful of the entire Snapdragon family is still inferior in the new season to the top platforms MediaTek and Samsung Exynos, and this is a disturbing fact.
Testing in the latest versions of Antutu and Geekbench 3 complex tests:
All results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the most fresh versions Popular benchmarks, we have brought to the table for convenience. The table usually adds several other devices from various segments, also tested on similar recent versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of the same comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions of the benchmarks, so "for the scenes" there are many decent and actual models - due to the fact that they at one time passed the "obstacles' band" on previous versions of test programs.
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Testing a graphic subsystem in 3DMark game tests, GFXBenchmark, and Bonsai Benchmark:
When testing in 3DMark for the most productive smartphones now it is possible to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the resolution of the rendering is fixed to 720p and is turned off by VSYNC (due to which the speed can rise above 60 FPS).
| HTC One M9. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 810) |
Meizu MX4. MEDIATEK MT6595) |
LG G Flex 2 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 810) |
Nexus 6. (Qualcomm Snapdragon 805) |
SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. (Exynos 7420) |
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| 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme (more - better) |
MAXED OUT! | MAXED OUT! | MAXED OUT! | MAXED OUT! | MAXED OUT! |
| 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited (more - better) |
20538 | 16691 | 24102 | 23234 | 21204 |
| GFXBENCHMARK T-REX HD (C24Z16 ONSCREEN) | 37 FPS. | 21.7 FPS. | 46 fps | 23 fps | 30 FPS. |
| GFXBENCHMARK T-REX HD (C24Z16 OFFSCREEN) | 36 fps | 23.2 FPS. | 46 fps | 29 fps | 46 fps |
| Bonsai Benchmark. | 4092 (58 FPS) | 4033 (58 FPS) | 3613 (52 FPS) | 3633 (52 FPS) | 4185 (60 FPS) |
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The back surface is shown below (the top in the picture is on the right), obtained after 10 minutes of the battery test operation in the GFXBenchMark program:
It can be seen that heating is localized in about the center of the device, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SOC chip. At the same time, the metal part of the back cover well distributes heat over the entire surface.
Browser cross-platform tests:
As for the benchmarks to estimate the speed of the JavaScript engine, it is necessary to always make a discount on the fact that they are significantly dependent on the browser in them, in which the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and such an opportunity is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.
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Video playback
To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices It is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to one of the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it.
According to test results, the subject did not turn out to be equipped with all the necessary decoders, in this case the sound, which are necessary for the full play of the majority of the most common files. To successfully play their playback, you will have to resort to the help of a third-party player - for example, MX Player.
| Format | Container, video, sound | MX Video Player. | Full video player |
| DVDRip. | AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3 | reproduces normal | reproduces normal |
| Web-DL SD | AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3 | reproduces normal | reproduces normal |
| Web-DL HD | MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3 | reproduces normal | |
| BDRip 720p. | MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3 | reproduces normal | video is reproduced normally, no sound |
| BDRip 1080p. | MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3 | reproduces normal | video is reproduced normally, no sound |
Testing the features of the video output spent Alexey Kudryavtsev.
The MHL interface, like the Mobility Displayport, we did not find in this smartphone (although its presence is declared in the specification), so it was necessary to restrict ourselves to testing an image of the video files on the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with one division by the frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing the playback devices and displaying the video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices)"). Screenshots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 per 720 (720p), 1920 at 1080 (1080p) and 3840 at 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames / s). In tests, we used the MX Player video player in the "hardware" mode. The test results are reduced to the table: the red marks indicate possible problems associated with playing the relevant files.
By the output criterion, the quality of video playback playback on the screen of the smartphone itself is very good, since frames (or frames of frames) may (but not obliged) to be output with more or less uniform intervals and without frames. Smartphone can even show files with a 4K resolution to 30 frame / s inclusive. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 to 1080 pixels (1080p), the image of the video file is displayed one-in-one via pixels, exactly along the border of the screen and in the true resolution of Full HD. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the standard range of 16-235, which is required for correct playback of typical video files.
Battery life
HTC One M9 has a non-removable rechargeable battery It is quite a worthy volume of 2840 mAh, however, even with a smartphone, a smartphone still did not demonstrate any outstanding results, not very much of the area and resolution. All within the normal range, but many modern flagships show the best level of autonomy. The manufacturer itself promises to 25.4 hours in conversation mode and up to 391 hours in standby mode. It is also necessary to remind you that in HTC One M9, as in other modern NTS models, there are two energy-saving modes - the usual and extreme: in the last majority of services and network modules are simply disconnected, and the smartphone is essentially turning into an ordinary phone for calls, but it is capable of Stretch in this mode much longer.
| Battery capacity | Reading mode | Video mode | 3D game mode | |
| HTC One M9. | 2840 mA · h | 11 h. 00 m. | 8 h. 20 m. | 3 h 50 m. |
| SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. | 2550 mA · h | 20 h. 00 m. | 12 h. 00 m. | 4 h. 00 m. |
| SAMSUNG GALAXY A7. | 2600 mA · h | 22 h. 10 m. | 12 h. 00 m. | 3 h. 20 m. |
| SAMSUNG NOTE 4. | 3220 mA · h | 10 h. 30 m. | 8 h. 30 m. | 3 h 50 m. |
| Yotaphone 2. | 2500 mA · h | 12 h. 00 m. | 9 h. 30 m. | 3 h. 15 m. |
| Lenovo vibe x2. | 2300 mA · h | 13 h. 00 m. | 6 h. 00 m. | 3 h. 15 m. |
| Meizu MX4. | 3100 mA · h | 12 h. 00 m. | 8 h. 40 m. | 3 h. 45 m. |
| Meizu MX4 PRO. | 3350 mA · h | 16 h. 00 m. | 8 h. 40 m. | 3 h. 30 m. |
| Sony Xperia Z3. | 3100 mA · h | 20 h. 00 m. | 10 h. 00 m. | 4 h 50 m. |
Our own tests in the most common use modes have shown that uninterrupted reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set to 100 cd / m²) lasted until the battery was completely discharge of only 11 hours, and with unlimited View video in high quality (720p) with the same level of brightness through the Wi-Fi home network, the device lasted less than 8.5 hours. In 3D-games mode, the smartphone did not reach up to 4 hours. The smartphone battery is charging at the same time just under 3 hours.
Outcome
As for the cost of HTC One M9, it is still not definitely defined for our market, although the pre-order on the model in some retail networks is already open. The next flagship came out from Taiwanese not just good; The main thing is that the new model with full right can be called successful work on errors. Almost everything that was unsuccessfully implemented in previous models of the series, here is fixed here (with the exception, perhaps, the ridiculous location of the lock button). The smartphone got stylish and expensive design, premium materials manufacturing and qualitatively assembled. An excellent screen, an improved camera and a powerful hardware filling with an excellent set of network modules complement the overall picture. At the same time, it is impossible to say that the NTS flagship is the most advanced apparatus: here it is not to find a fingerprint scanner, nor support for wireless charging, nor water protection, and the level of autonomy also leaves much to be desired. In comparison with the most advanced modern top models of market leaders, the new flagship of the NTS, perhaps, especially to boast nothing, is a high-level good smartphone, nothing more. And in this regard, there is hope that the manufacturer, understanding this, will not establish the same transcendent price on its new product, which, for example, is exhibited for the latest creations by Samsung. It remains to wait for the official announcement of the price for the Russian market, it will all set off and determine the final place under the sun for one of the best. modern smartphones called HTC One M9.
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Characteristics
- Class: Company flagship
- Form factor: monoblock
- Body Materials: Aluminum Case, Plastic Frame Around Display, Glass
- Operating system: Android 5.0 Lollipop, HTC Sense 7.0
- Network: GSM / EDGE, WCDMA, LTE CAT 6 (Nanosim)
- Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994)
- Processor: quad-core 1.5 GHz (Cortex-A53) and quad-core 2 GHz (Cortex-A57)
- Graphics: Adreno 430
- RAM: 3 GB
- Data storage memory: 32 GB, slot under MicroSD memory card (Maps of 128 GB are supported)
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi (A / B / G / N / AC), Bluetooth 4.1 (A2DP, APTX, LE), MICROUSB connector (USB 2.0) for charge / synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset, HDMI (via microUSB), DLNA , NFC, IR port
- Screen: Super LCD3, 5 ", Capacitive, 1920x1080 Points (FulldHD), automatic adjustment of the backlight level, GORILLA Glass 4 glass
- Main Camera: 20.1 MP, F / 2.2, BSI, Dual LED Flash (works like flashlight), sapphire glass
- Front camera: 4 MP (Ultrapixel technology), wide-angle (without autofocus), F / 2.0, recording video in 1080p
- NAVIGATION: GPS / GLONASS (support A-GPS)
- Sensors: Accelerometer, position sensor in space, light sensor, gyroscope, barometer
- Battery: non-removable, Li-POL, Capacity 2840 mAh
- Dimensions: 144.6 x 70 x 9.6 mm
- Weight: 157 grams
Comparing the next flagship of the company HTC with Apple smartphones, Samsung, Sony, Huawei, Lenovo, and so on, few people remember why it all started and what position HTC takes today. Yes, perhaps, an understanding that the HTC is on the background of the above brands - a small, but very proud producer, will not make you treat One M9 otherwise, but it is precisely the secret of some successful and, on the contrary, unsuccessful decisions laid in HTC One M9. I will try to tell you about all the features of the smartphone and start with a small story about the history of the company.
Long ago, in 1997, HTC has appeared - one of the Pleiads of Asian ODM manufacturers of portable devices. Headquarters was located in Taiwan, so it is customary to consider Taiwanese. At that time, HTC was engaged in the production of pocket personal computers (PDA) for different brands, later production has been expanded and simply produced by Windows Mobile smartphones. The company was a Microsoft Partner for Mobile Development Partner and was not deprived of contracts. The largest Customers of HTC for a long time there were brands such as Hewlett Packard, Dell, Palm, Fujitsu Siemens and others. Later partners became the largest cellular operators, and HTC began producing products for Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange.
Thus, by the beginning of the 2000s, HTC was one of the leaders of the ODM-market of devices on the Microsoft platform (then on the first versions of the PocketPC mobile OS) and therefore decided to produce smartphones under some kind of brand to sell them directly. So in 2002, the QTEK brand appeared to promote its products under his own name, let and fictional, and in 2004 - the Dopod brand for sales in Asia. Technically, everything that was produced under QTek and Dopod brands was HTC products, and after some time both were simplified, and HTC continued the production of communicators and smartphones already under its own, focusing on this direction and gradually leaving the ODM production niche.
In this short story, as you noticed, there is no large corporation or additional directions that the company would develop in parallel with the creation of smartphones under the HTC brand. I want to designate a simple thought - on the background of Apple, Samsung, LG, Lenovo, can be listed for a long time, HTC is a small manufacturer and brand. Of course, you do not need to remember this when we compare the next flagship from Apple or Samsung with the HTC flagship, because we are talking about one segment. But it is worth remembering if, looking at One M9, you wonder why last year's design is here and where is all innovation? ". Yes, from time to time HTC pleases truly cool ideas, including the design and body of the One line, the SENSE shell and the DOT View covers, for example. But it must be borne in mind that the company has no such resources on the "innovation" and a constant race in this area, which are in multidisciplinary major producers. And therefore it is wrong to say that HTC has called or from the lack of new ideas takes the design of the old one M8 and implements it in the new M9. The reason is prosaic - to remain a company that manages in fact equal to compete with huge corporations, HTC in some moments adheres to a conservative position. And when it comes to a successful solution, what, I think you will not argue, are the design and general idea of \u200b\u200bthe hull in One M8, the choice in favor of reuse of a proven formula, rather than inventing something new.
Contents of delivery
The device comes in a flat box familiar to new models, the previous HTC One (M8) was exactly the same. Inside, in addition to the smartphone and pair of paper instructions, there are a charging block, wired stereo chamber and a microUSB cable. Silicone Cover, which was with M8, there is no.
Design
Smartphone HTC One (M8) was distinguished by design from one (M7), although in general the models were performed in a common style, and M9 is largely a copy of M8, if not peering. The shape of the body, dimensions, outlines - all this remains unchanged, and will be correct to say that from the point of view of the general form, HTC One M9 resembles M8. However, there is also differences.
First - in one m8 screen with protective glass It is located in a side with side faces, that is, carefully built into the aluminum "bath" of the housing, whereas in M9 the screen with glass is slightly raised over the aluminum base of the case. From the point of view of the perception of the device, this change does not play any role, we see simply another realization of the placement of several elements of the case relative to each other. From a practical point of view, there is one disadvantage - in the resulting compound of halves of the body, the side can remain dust, and from time to time the side will have to blow.
The second is in one M9 other colors, and for one of them is the method of processing aluminum of the case. In M9 of dark gray and gold colors, the transition between the rear plane and the side ribs is performed smoothly, just like in M8. The third color is a combination of a silver "backing" and the side faces of a golden shade, here the transition between the planes is made more dramatically. Someone this option will seem more interesting, to someone, on the contrary, will like a smooth back, as in M8.
I am ashamed to confess, but I liked the most of all the HTC One M9 just golden color. It is ashamed, because in just a couple of years ago, I myself laughed at golden "iPhones" and such a color seemed to me too fried and bright. Now, looking at M9 in the golden performance, I see cool, bright, juicy color painted in metal gold, and I want to just take and start using a smartphone.
And also, I almost forgot, the new M9, like One M8, masked perfectly under the thermos!
In my opinion, the work was held in HTC to update the body design in the new flagship is quite sufficient. Yes, many will say that HTC is labeled and that the new apparatus had to have another design, but at the same time, do not forget, there are many people who are ready in the world, choosing something that they like, remain faithful This choice. The design of HTC One M8 was undoubtedly successful, selection of case materials and assembly - as well. The company brought the quality of the performance and perception of mass smartphones (I am not talking now about Vertu and Tag Heuer) to a new level and in one M9 simply adheres to this level.
Materials housing
Main material case in M9 - aluminum. The basis of the smartphone is performed from it, electronics, display and other elements are placed in it, above and under the screen are inserts from plastic under aluminum. Also made of plastic inserted in the upper end, where the "window" of the IR port is located.
The task with the placement of antennas in the apparatus is solved as well as in the previous smartphone. They are located outside the housing in small plastic grooves on the "back" of the device.
As for possible scratches: if they remain, then practically invisible in everyday use. My HTC One M8 for many months of operation almost did not lose his original face and looks just like that day when I took it out of the box, if not peeled, of course. Due to the use of aluminum on the case, traces and fingerprints and hands are invisible. From a practical point of view, the case in HTC One M9 has been able to: it does not just look beautiful and effectively, but does not force you to buy a cover so that the device does not slip out of the hands or accidentally not covered with a grid of well-noticeable scratches.
Assembly
Using Unibody-enclosures without removable elements (except trays under Nanosim-card and memory card) makes another HTC One good in terms of assembly quality. There are no staggering and creaking parts, the backlash of individual items. Minus such a design is not the best maintainability.
Gabarits.
The new HTC One M9 on the dimensions almost one to one repeats the previous apparatus of the company - M8. Accordingly, the difference with Samsung Galaxy S6 is also small, the last thinner, but at the same time a little wider. Go to M9 after huge shovels with screens diagonals in the area of \u200b\u200b5.5-5.7 inches - one pleasure. However, in terms of dimensions to scold HTC is for what. When most other manufacturers already make smartphones with thin side frames and compact venues on top and bottom of the screen, the "Triple Frame (TM)" trademark (TM) continue to be used in HTC, indents left and right almost 5 millimeters, and on top and bottom - almost 2 centimeter.
I would like to believe that in the next one, the company will attach all the forces to optimize the layout of the elements and enter the screen into a thinner frame. An excellent design option for M10, by the way, "surfaced" before the release of M9 as the expectations of the new flagship.
And now, compare the dimensions of different smartphones so that you can roughly understand what the HTC One M9 is on the background of other devices:
- Apple iPhone. 6 (4.7 ") - 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm, 129 grams
- HTC One M8. (5 ") - 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm, 160 grams
- (5 ") - 144.6 x 70 x 9.6 mm, 157 grams
- Meizu MX4. (5.4 ") - 144 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm, 147 grams
- SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. (5.1 ") - 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm, 138 grams
- Xiaomi Mi4. (5 ") - 139.2 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm, 149 grams
The device is quite comfortable to wear in the pockets of the outerwear and in trousers or jeans, the smartphone is comfortable in hand, does not slip.
In comparison with HTC One M8
In comparison with Meizu MX4 Pro
In comparison with HTC One M7
In comparison with Huawei Honor 6 Plus
Control elements
In terms of the location of the keys and in general, the management of the new HTC One M9 is practically no different from M8. In the smartphone, the three naectered buttons - "back", "home" and "the latest applications". Two actions are only for the "Home" key, in addition to the main task for returning to the main screen, you can call it to call Google Now.
When you touch any of the buttons, the device lightly vibrates.
The power key moved to the right end, exactly under the volume buttons, and it is very correct. Now you do not need to reach the top end to turn on the screen, if the double tap option is not suitable, the power button is located under the thumb right hand, and it is convenient (at least for the right one).
One of the main control chips is Motion Launch technology. Information from all sensors is transmitted to a special coprocessor, and any application receives this information immediately, without a survey of each sensor. First, it allows you to save a bit of battery charge, secondly, to implement new management methods. Thanks to Motion Launch in M9 there are different options for unlocking the screen without a power key. The double tap on the display will lead you to the lock screen, "swipe" with your finger from left to right - to the BlinkFeed screen, right to left - to the main screen, from top to bottom - in voice control, bottom up - you will be taken to that screen on which the device has been blocked (game , Application menu, some kind of running program and so on). All these actions the device is best distinguished when you hold it in your hand in the vertical orientation, although if you turn it into the landscape mode, they will also work, although not so clearly (everything except double tap, it works fine). In addition, any of the unlock options can be turned off in the screen settings if it interferes.
Another convenient feature is to turn on the camera from the locked state - it is enough to deploy the device into the horizontal mode and press any volume key.
The volume key is on the right edge, I can not say anything special about it - a completely comfortable button with the usual location. Near it - a tray under the microSD memory card. To install or remove a memory card, you need to use a needle or complete paper clip.
On the left edge from above - the tray under the Nanosim SIM card.
In the lower end of the case, a microusb connector and 3.5 mini jack for headphones or headsets are located. In my opinion, the location of the mini-jack at the bottom is the most convenient and correct. If you listen to music on your smartphone and wear it in pocket pants, jeans, or even jackets, then put it in the pocket of everything with the top end down, then, when you get the device from your pocket, it would not be necessary to intercept for use. And just in this position, the location of 3.5 mm mini jack on the bottom is optimal.
On the front side and the bottom and below are the speakers, on top there are also light sensors and approximation, inscribed in the dynamics of the light indicator light and 4 MPs of the wide-angle camera of the wide-angle chamber.
Screen
In HTC One M9, the Super LCD3 display is installed, for most characteristics it is the same as in last year's model (M8). Screen diagonal - 5 "", resolution - 1920x1080 Points (FullHD), Density points - 441 PPI. The screen with maximum viewing angles. By no matter how if you deviate it, diagonally, ribs or ends, the picture is not distorted. There is a good brightness, although slightly lower on the eye than in M8. In the sun, the display remains reading.
The color rendition is close to the natural, but even more calm than in M8, and this, in my opinion, for some users will be a controversial point. Personally, I like the color reproduction in the new M9, I am generally a supporter of the screens with the most calm color scheme, and how it is pale, let's say, the better. But, on the other hand, if some manufacturers offer the user the ability to choose and manually adjust the brightness, contrast and color display temperature, then the HTC does not give such a functional. And, choosing ONE M9, you must understand that the screen will be exactly what you see it at the first acquaintance with the device, it can not be reconfigured. Therefore, before buying a smartphone, it will be logical to see his "live".
Automatic brightness adjustment works, in general, well, although from time to time the brightness wants to tighten from the value that is displayed automatically.
The smartphone screen supports up to ten simultaneous touchs, as well as work in gloves. If you use the apparatus with wet hands, there will be no problems either, the display works well with such presses.
Below you can look at the comparison of the screens HTC One old and new generation.
From above HTC One M9, bottom of HTC One M8
Camera
One of the main differences of HTC One M9 from last year's model - new module The main chamber with a dual LED flash of different tones and resolution of 20 megapixels sensor. For those who opening the review immediately moved to this item, I will write the following: The camera in HTC One M9 is better than in M8 and M7 in terms of detailing pictures (naturally), still very fast, but a little worse by automatic balance White and work in conditions of insufficient illumination. Yes, ONE M9 in terms of the camera is inferior to such devices as Samsung Galaxy S6 or Note 4, but, in general, the module turned out to be quite good, and for HTC smartphones - just excellent. And now I will go to the story about the camera.
For the main chamber in HTC One M9, the Toshiba T4ka7 sensor with a backlight of the matrix (BSI) with a resolution of 20.1 mp is used. Size of the sensor - 1 / 2.4 ", pixel size - 1.12 Nm, the remaining specifications can be viewed. The characteristics are as follows: F / 2.2, 27.8 mm lenses, autofocus, video recording in resolution 4k and sapphire glass as protection of the camera module.
The front camera is also with a backlight sensor of the matrix, a module with a resolution of 4 ultrapixel is used here and HTC Ultrapixel branded technology, F / 2.0, 26.8 mm lens, video recording in resolution up to 1080p.
Accordingly, there are no more "ultrapixels" for the main chamber and tiny permission and there are no more two cameras on the back of the device.
I'll tell you a little about the modes of the main chamber.
Auto shooting mode (AUTO). In the "Auto" mode, you can configure ISO value, exposure (EV), white balance and select one of the 15 imposed effects. In the camera settings, the side of the frame is also set: widescreen (16: 9), normal (10: 7) or square (1: 1), mesh for easy shooting, saving geometers, self-timer, contrast value, saturation, image sharpness and retouching power For pictures. All settings can be saved to a separate profile with your own name and include them if necessary. Profiles can be several.
The frames made in the "Auto" mode are amenable to the greatest number of changes: you can add various graphic effects, apply one image on top of another, make collages or even just draw on the photo from hand. By the number of settings for the image built-in HTC One M9, the editor is comparable with the paid applications available on Google Play.
Bokeh. The new shooting mode with the effect of the blurred rear plan, however, the logic of its operation is not much different from the modes with the possibility of changing focus. The camera does in a short time several frames, alternately focusing at the beginning on the front, and then in the distant plan, and then carefully blurs the distant plan. So it turns out the effect of "bokeh". Honestly, I did not see a special difference when shooting the object close-up in the "bokeh" mode and in the "Auto" mode. Perhaps with new firmware bokeh in such photos will be more pronounced.
Double shoot. In this mode, the screen is divided into two halves, the slider between them allows one of the halves is larger, and the other is already. On one half of the screen, the image from the front camera, on the other, with the main one. You can take a photo from two chambers immediately, and you can alternately.
Picture. The mode is intended only for the front camera, and in it you make a series of four self-portraits, then the pictures are glued together into one frame, square, rectangular or extended in width. This mode seemed very cool to me, it would seem anything special, but in order to think and make a series of photos, especially with a loved one or friends, it is just fine.
Manual shooting mode (M). One of the features of the camera in ONE M8 is implemented in the new M9 - manual shooting mode. In this mode, you can change the following parameters - white balance, exposure, ISO, excerpt, focus. White balance is configured from 2300K to 7500K, ISO values \u200b\u200b- in the range of 100-1600, shutter speed - in the range from 1/8000 to 2 seconds.
The most important thing is the ability to expose excerpt and manually configure the focal length. This is not focusing on the TAP object on the screen, namely the selection of the fixed distance on which focus will occur. Thanks to the manual mode, it is not bad to remove with a lack of lighting, compensating for the lack of light with minimal ISO values \u200b\u200band long shutter speed. Naturally, it is better to shoot in this case with some kind of support, but the possibility of such shooting significantly expands the limits of the conditions for shooting on HTC One M9. Where the smartphone without a manual mode will produce either a cross-shown and noisy picture, or a black spot, on M9 with due skill you can make a good frame.
Below are examples of photos made in manual mode:
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Text shooting mode increases the sharpness of the image to the detriment of color and other parameters, there is also a separate macro mode. I will say right away - in terms of macro photography, the new M9 is inferior to last year's M8 - the minimum focus distance in the new model has become more.
The HDR mode seemed to me quite worked - the photo in it does not look too bright or too contrasting, on the contrary, almost no excessive intervention of electronics.
Below I will cite examples of pictures in different modes for three smartphones: HTC One M8, HTC One M9 and Meizu MX4 Pro. The latter is taken as one of the standards in terms of shooting. If you do not take the top devices like Apple iPhone 6 Plus or Samsung Galaxy S6 / S6 EDGE, MX4 Pro provides very good shooting quality. In addition, it is also 20 megapixel module, so the comparison is quite correct.
Shooting day
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"Kropy" photos from different modes
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I will also give the photos taken on HTC One M9 in good sunny weather:
Front-camera. It can be said that the main HTC One M8 camera, with a number of reservations, moved to the HTC One M9 front panel. I repeat, in the M9, the front module has a resolution of 4 ultrapixel, F / 2.0, 26.8 mm, pixel size - 2 micrometers, sensor size - 1/3 ", sensor model - Omnivision OV4688. Despite the decrease in the resolution (4 MPs against 5 MP in one M8) removes the front camera in M9 better. Sensor size and increased pixel size make their business - frames on M9 more saturated, deep, more detailed.
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Video. Video in standard mode is written in the maximum resolution of 3940x2160 pixels (4K), H.264, recording speed - 30 frames per second (variable), bitrate - 42 Mbps, recording sound is carried out in stereorem, recording quality - 96 kbps. During recording, you can manually change the focus point, there is also a tracking autofocus. Optical stabilization at the camera is not, so when shooting the video, the picture shakes, especially this is noticeable if you are shooting on the go or wrote video to the maximum increment.
In addition to the standard mode, there is a slow motion mode (resolution of 1280x720 points) and accelerated (1920x1080 pixels).
In my opinion, the camera in HTC One M9 is the visible progress of the company. Yes, in some points, with a lack of light M8, it turns out better in terms of the general transfer of the plot, but the rest of the camera in M9 I like more: here it is better to detail, the white balance is not bad, and what is important, the camera is still very much Fast: shooting happens instantly.
Comparison of cameras (romance white)
I asked the white novel to view all the photos presented in the review, and express your opinion on the camera in the new HTC One M9. Below is its detailed comments:
I think the possibilities of the HTC One M8 camera are well known, so the frames will be commenting from it to a minimum. It is worth noting that the frames on the M8 camera on the screen of the smartphone himself almost always look perfectly, which you can not say about them after viewing on the monitor. That is, if you are not going to arrange "see" photos on a large monitor or TV, then know that the quality of frames M8 will be enough for your eyes.
As always, I will start with the viewing angles. The most wide angle was at Meizu, then at HTC One M8. Surprisingly, the M9 showed the narrowest viewing angle. It must be clarified: to get a wide angle on M8, you need to switch the camera into the ratio of the side of 16: 9.
Shooting day
It is unlikely that someone will argue that the highest quality frames can be done at this time of the day: excellent complete lighting (not point), minimum of shadows when shooting over cloudy weather.
Naturally, the detailing of the photo taken on the HTC One M8 leaves much to be desired: soap in the corners, artifacts and so on. The best, in my opinion, the detail has the MEIZU camera, the picture is cleaner, rather than the picture obtained from the HTC M9 camera. Actually, it will be fair for all other shooting options.
White balance is the most accurate at Meizu MX4 Pro and HTC One M8. Frames on M9 almost always have warm shades. Sometimes the M9 camera is so confused that the blue color turns into a blue - a typical error with white balance.
Exposure, on the contrary, works slightly better on M9. At least the picture is slightly less contrast than on Meizu MX4 Pro. However, the dynamic range is clearly wider on Meizu: In the event of an image editing from MX4 Pro photos, you can pull more information.
Total: first place - Meizu, with a minimum separation - HTC One M9, somewhere far behind - HTC One M8.
HDR mode
Previously, I was surprised at the Cool HDR effect on HTC One M8, now I had to surprise HDR on M9. Photos with a similar effect is uniquely cooler on M9 - dark areas are bleached, and light darkened. Perhaps more than needed, but it looks cool. HDR mode on Meizu, let's say so gentle, but it looks good too.
Total: first place - HTC One M9 is the best, second - HTC One M8, the third - Meizu.
Macro mode
The minimum distance to the object in all devices is approximately the same. Beautiful photos on HTC One M8. I can say exactly, because I myself owned this model and often photographed bug-cocks: excellent sharpness, strong rear-line blur. Another question is the details. Of course, they are more on the frames of Meizu and HTC One M9. You can "kproplan" so that you will see the number of hair on the heads at the goat :) But if you say seriously, I would have chosen the MX4 Pro chamber.
Total: first place - Meizu, the second - HTC One M8, the third - HTC One M9.
Night shooting mode
If we talk about the overall impression of the picture, then the unambiguous leader is HTC One M8 with its own ultrapixels that allow you to pull out the maximum light from the picture. However, the details of the image will have to forget.
The pictures with Meizu slightly less than the light, but it is better to detail, less "crushed" noise.
TOTAL. If you want to get a light picture and you are not important to detail, it is better than HTC One M8, not to find. Therefore, in this test, the M8 camera ranks first. The second is Meizu MX4 Pro, and the third one - one M9.
Shooting mode in "Office"
I called the section that way, since the offices are usually not very light, but not dark, that is, the lighting that makes "think" across the chambers.
I liked the White Balance at Meizu and HTC One M8, M9 again there, staining everything into warm tones. Detailing is also better at Meizu, despite the fact that all the chambers begin to "make noise".
Total: first place - Meizu, second - HTC One M9, Third - HTC One M8.
Text shooting mode
If suddenly you are going to shoot the text on the M8 camera, then do wrong. In this case, it is necessary to have a chamber with a maximum resolution of the module. M9 and MX4 Pro are suitable for this role.
It's hard to say for sure who the pictures came out better, but the subjectively Meizu MX4 PRO did it a little better: less soap, more details.
Total: first place - Meizu, second (but not far) - HTC M9.
Video shooting
The HTC One M9 model is able to shoot video in resolution up to 4K (if you are accurate, then to Ultra HD 4K) at 30 k / s. File resolution - MP4, codec - H.264, bitrate - up to 45 Mbps. Sound stereo.
The picture at the maximum resolution is high-quality, but everything "kills" the absence of optical stabilization. The usual FullHD video is completely uninteresting: extremely weak detail, constantly floating focus, completely zero dynamic range.
The situation with night shooting is called pixel's vakhanalia. It is better to look once than I will explain a hundred times. Pay attention to the corners of the frame.
Conclusion
My opinion is. This time, the HTC camera has become much better than was in the M8 model (at least by permission), but does not even reach the flagship chambers of Chinese manufacturers: the software is still "finish" and "finish".
Sound
Honestly, I did not notice a special difference in the sound between the new M9 and the old M8. And it is not only about the sound in stereo speakers, but also about the sound in headphones. Everything is just as good, according to my feelings.
For Boomsound added several profiles - "Music" and "Cinema", the sound is a bit different, and indeed, if you plan to look at the smartphone series or cinema, it is better to put the "Cinema" profile, with him the sound will be greater and rich. I do not know what else to add here - the device gives a chic sound in the dynamics, and it can be easily used as a compact audio system for a small room. If you used to go on a business trip, they took a small wireless column to listen to music at the hotel, for example, you can not do this with M9, the device provides more than decent sound quality.
Autonomous work
The smartphone uses a non-removable Li-POL battery with a capacity of 2840 mAh, this is a little more than in HTC One M8, but also need to take into account the new more powerful platform.
I use HTC One M9 week, and, according to general impressions, the time of work in the device is exactly the same as in One M8. Removing One M9 with charging at 9-10 in the morning and using it actively all day, I get a fully discharged smartphone closer in the evening or night, depending on the activity of use. On average, the load is the following - 40-60 minutes of conversations, 10-20 text messages, Gmail, 3-4 hours listening to music and about 1-2 hours of active use of mobile Internet (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Messenger, browser).
In the smartphone is normal mode Energy saving, including that, you can save battery charge, lowered the screen brightness level by turning off the data transmission and vibration.
And, as in HTC One M8, there is a critical energy saving mode. In this mode, the processor operates at a low frequency, most sensors and sensors are disconnected, the data is not transferred when the screen is turned off, the vibration is turned off and the screen brightness level decreases. Moreover, in this mode you have a limited set of applications, namely the phone, mail (so far only tuned through the corporate client), messages, calendar and calculator. Run other programs or add new ones allowed to work in this mode.
Thanks to the new platform, the device supports fast charging, so, up to 60 percent battery in HTC One M9 can be charged in 50 minutes. but fast charge It is supported only with a special adapter, which is not included in the basic package of delivery and is purchased separately.
Platform, memory
The smartphone is built on the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 platform (MSM8994) with support for 64-bit architecture, a quad-core 1.5 GHz (Cortex-A53) frequency processor and a 2 GHz quad-core processor (Cortex-A57), a graphic subsystem (GPU) - Adreno 430. In The device 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory for storing user data, as well as a slot under the memory card.
HTC One M9 is one of the first to sell devices on the newest platform from Qualcomm. In addition to M9, LG G Flex 2 was built on this chipset, Xiaomi Mi Note Pro and, possibly, LG G4 and Sony Xperia Z4.
There are no questions on performance to the device. All, from the shell and launch of programs to toys like GTA San Andreas, on the maximum settings, the graphics work quickly and without the slightest delays. Below are the results of HTC One M9 tests in various benchmarks, add me to be honest, just nothing. Smartphone as fast as possible.
Now about heating. This is one of the problems. chipset Snapdragon. 810, at least, judge by news on the network. In M9 heating (information is taken from the battery) is about 45-46 degrees, if about half an hour to play San Andreas on the maximum graphics settings, running in the background of a stress test built into the AnTutu benchmark. The housing of the smartphone is felt very warm. If you look at the heating indicators, that is, the devices where these values \u200b\u200bare 5, or even 10 degrees above, but taking the data of smartphones in the hand, you do not feel such a heating of the housing, as with M9. Cause in aluminum. Where the other plastic device retains part of heat inside, M9 takes everything on the aluminum base of the case, and, in fact, you, holding a smartphone in your hands, feel the same 45 degrees that are only partially transmitted in a plastic case in another device.
With daily use, heating is practically not felt. If you enable Wi-Fi and start updating 30 applications from Google Play, the heating will be noticeable, but, again, how often do you update the 20-30 programs on a smartphone at the same time? I think not too often.
Interfaces
The smartphone works in GSM networks (850/900/1800/1900), HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100) and LTE FDD stripes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 20, 28 and TDD stripes 38, 40, 41. LTE works including in Russia. You can enable and disable wireless interfaces through the settings or adding one of several widgets to the main screen, as well as using the notification curtain, in which there is a convenient menu with the ability to output to the main screen of those switches that you need.
For synchronization with PC and data transfer, a complete MicroUSB cable is used. The characteristics of the smartphone indicate the USB 2.0 interface version, however, when connecting the HTC One M9 to a computer (Windows 7), the system issues a notification that this device It can work faster if you connect it via USB 3.0. The transfer of a 1 GB file to a smartphone via USB 2.0 takes about 40 seconds.
In the smartphone there is support for USB on-the-Go (USB OTG) - you can connect to the device through the flash drive adapter and other drives, for example, a camera for transmitting pictures from it to the device's memory. The HTC ONE system allows you to read and copy information from flash drives formatted in FAT / FAT32 file systems.
Bluetooth. Built-in Bluetooth 4.1 module with A2DP and LE support.
Wi-Fi (802.11 A / AC / B / G / N). HTC ONE M9 uses a two-way Wi-Fi module. You can leave it to work in automatic mode, and you can manually specify the frequency lane for Wi-Fi - only 5 GHz or only 2.4 GHz. The module works without complaints. In additional settings you can set the mode maximum performance (Removing a tick with "Wi-Fi Optimization"), as well as enable or disable automatic connection to the last saved active network. When the module is working, the device does not heat up.
Wi-Fi Router . HTC One M9 has the ability to "decrease" 2G / 3G / 4G Internet connection via Wi-Fi. On the menu wireless networks The option "Sharing mobile Internet"And then" Wi-Fi Router ". Here, when you first start you need to select the Network Name and Password (WPA2). You can also set the maximum number of connections to the smartphone (1-8) or separately prohibit or allow each new connection. When the utility is enabled, you can connect to the Internet, "Distributed" via a Wi-Fi smartphone, from any device, whether it is a laptop, another smartphone or tablet and so on.
DLNA, HDMI. The smartphone supports DLNA technology: if your home has a DLNA-compatible media server and other devices, you can use with them and HTC One M9. For example, output sound or video from the device immediately to the TV. Also in M9 there is support for HDMI, the connector is combined with MicroUSB (MHL), and in order to use HDMI, you will need to buy a special cable.
NFC.. As in the previous flagships, the HTC One M9 has support for NFC, but the use of this module is still a bit. Specifically, the HTC, this module is used to quickly connect the smartphone with wireless Bluetooth accessories (column, HTC MINI + remote control). And you should not forget that with the help of NFC and the Yandex.Metro program (or analogues) can be checked on a smartphone for 55,000 rubles the number of remaining trips to the subway ticket! I would like to believe that in the near future the version of the Wallet application will appear for M9, this will allow NFC more actively.
Navigation
In M9 there is support for GPS / GLONASS, a minimum amount of time is leaving for satellites, from 5 to 15 seconds. The device is preinstalled by Google Maps and Google Navigation. Google Navigation is used as the main program for navigation.
For convenient work with a smartphone when it is in a car in the mount, there is a special mode "in the car". When it is turned on, you can see major icons on the desktop, there are also special enlarged versions of the main applications: address book, music, settings, dialing. If you wish, you can add labels of other programs in this menu. In this mode, you can use a special assistant, utility that performs voice teams It seems "Call + contact name", "Play + Title Title" and some others. It is worth paying attention to this program if you are going to use HTC One M9 driving, it really works and does well recognize the team, if you catch them more or less loud and clear.
HTC Dot View Case
The brilliant idea born on the popularity wave of pixel themes, for the first time the covers appeared for the HTC One M8 model, and it is logical that they are also for M9. On the species of Dot View - an ordinary plastic case of the "book" format, with a punched silicone cap perforated. Several colors and types of covers are available to the choice - with a transparent silicone back (as in the photo) or with opaque plastic. In Russia, Dot View will be sold with a transparent "back", dark blue, blue, pink and gray. Approximate cost - 3,000 rubles.
For those who still do not know what Dot View is, I remind you. The raisin of the cover is that it does not just protect the smartphone body, but also displays various notifications. The notifications themselves are drawn on the screen with a pixel font, and we see them through perforated with holes. It looks amazing, at the same time, that is important, from a practical point of view, everything is also convenient. Double tap on the cover cover - and you see time and weather. Swipe finger from top to bottom while calling - hang up, bottom-up - answer call. The lid also displays notifications about the timer or alarm, appear Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp icons and some other applications, if there are new messages, as well as new text messages and missed calls.
In standby mode on the lid double tap The time and the picture is drawn, which is selected in the DOT View application. The image can be static or animated. If on M8 information from the cover is comfortable only in the room or in the evening, then in M9 everything is perfectly visible even during the day - specifically for this mode raised the brightness of the screen.
In general, DOT VIEW is one of the exclusive M9 chips, like M8. It is so unexpected wow-effect from such a simple idea that I can not even believe.
Software, HTC Sense 7.0
Smartphone works under android management 5.0, Sense 7.0 is used as a shell. IN new version Sensa has a number of important changes, for some of them, such as decoration themes, very successful and implemented incredibly correctly and competently, want to hug and thank the developers. For others, such as "oblique" font in the widget of the clock, I want to throw a rotten tomato. I will tell about all changes in the new Sense 7.0. In a separate material, it will be released on Friday or on Monday.
Conclusion
No complaints have no complaints to the quality of receiving a signal for the week of using HTC One M9. The device catches the network well, the sound in the conversational dynamics is clean, without wheezing and extraneous noises, the volume of the volume is small, but still present. The vibrating alert is relatively strong, felt, despite the dimensions and weight of the device, in most situations. The volume of the outline speakers is higher than the average, while, as in the case of M8, I can not say that the dynamics are supergregative, but this is compensated high quality Sound.
There is no accurate information at the price of HTC One M9 in Russia and the timing of official sales, so I will tell only about preliminary information. It is likely that the HTC One M9 will go on sale at the end of April, the cost will be around 55,000 rubles, plus-minus 2,000-3,000 rubles in a large or smaller side. That is, by the price of the smartphone will be between Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge.
Yes, you can confidently say that the combination of characteristics and price of HTC One M9 loses Samsung Galaxy S6, but let's return to the beginning of the material. Unlike large corporations, HTC looks, let's say, a little modest on them. And one is only the fact that from year to year the flagships of HTC compare with the flagships of the largest producers, much means. I do not want to say that HTC is a small poor company, and around the predatory sharks, but if you look objectively, HTC holds firmly for its user at this competitive market, and M9 is another step towards not a mass user, but two categories - people With which HTC likes, and people who like high-quality, good things, and not plastic rattles. With the first category, everything is approximately clear: one M9 is all the best of the previous model with a new camera module and on a new platform, successful solutions are saved to the maximum. For the second category, HTC One M9 received a gold color, incredibly cool and spectacular in real life, 20 MP camera module, so as not to scare people with "technologies" and do not try to explain what the strength of four ultrapixels, as well as the next Sense update, simple, beautiful And a comfortable shell, which even looks organic on Android 5.0.
So, the smartphone HTC One M9 is another step of the company to the perfectly balanced smartphone based on Android. Yes, it can be ironically noted that the company walks in this direction for a long time, but also it is impossible not to note progress. Let's slowly, but HTC moves forward. In M9 there is a normal chamber module, the housing itself has become even better and more effectively, while remaining practical, the speakers are also improved, the new platform is chosen even with a margin, I would say. Of the disadvantages - not the most universal color profile for the screen, the maximum realistic picture of the picture without "sticks" will not like everything, as well as wide frames, I want to see the performance of HTC not just a filigree work with a metal, but also new solutions in the face panel design, with Thin frames. The camera has never been a strong side of the company's devices, with this, it seems you just need to accept, but here the progress compared to the rest of the models from HTC is obvious and visible on the eye.
Is it worth changing on a new HTC One M9 last year's M8? To be honest, I would not, except that you really want a new 20 megapixel camera, because the details of ultrapixels are missing. But if you have any other smartphone from HTC, starting with M7 and ending with models from the Desire line, be sure to look at the HTC One M9 when you select a new device. Yes, perhaps this is not the most flagship flagship in the market of Android-smartphones, but the company has a balanced apparatus in a well-filled metal case.
The new flagship of the company HTC retained the traditional design of bonal brand's premium smartphones, the distinguishing features of which are the all-metal body with front stereo speakers BOOMSOUND, but on the part of the hardware filling the radical change: SNAPDRAGON 810, 3 GB of RAM. But will the newest "iron" will help to surpass the flagship of other A-brands? Find out further in the review.
Design and Functional Elements
The appearance of the new flagship HTC did not change much from the time of the previous version. Transformation in the design is minimal - the all-metal gadget housing with a grinding metal texture is now performed in two tones and looks clearly more interesting.
Another unobtrusive externally, but a very important improvement touched the power button - it moved to the right side face and now falls into the right finger. We got to the test of the device in a silver case with a mirrored golden edge. There are also options in golden and gray.
Next to the switch-on / off key is equipped with a separate sound volume control buttons and a slot for microSD memory cards.
On the opposite sidewall of the smartphone is equipped with a closed slot for Nanosim card. The lower end occupies a 3.5 mm audio output and a microUSB port, and on the top there is a black plastic insert, hiding IR port.
Extract One M9 from the predecessor is the easiest way to the back panel. Here, the novelty gives the square form of the lens of the 20/1mp chamber with a two-color LED flash. The center is traditionally caused by the manufacturer's logo, noise reduction microphone and plastic bands, "hiding" antennas remained in its place.
The front panel ONE M9 is "divided" between a 5-inch display, the side frames of which have become somewhat already, rather than at One M8, the lens "ultrapixel" camera, a slot for sensors and two stereo speakers. The top indicator is also hidden under the top, and under the bottom "conversational" microphone.
Thanks to the ergonomic form of the case and the impeccable quality of the ONE M9 assembly, it is convenient and pleasant to keep in your hands, including when it comes to managing one hand.
Display
As for the display of the novelty, then on this front at one M9 without change - as in last year's model, a 5-inch screen is used with a resolution of 1080x1920 points. The density of pixels per inch - 441. No pixelization here will not see here - the displayed image is clear, the fonts are smooth.
The matrix is \u200b\u200bmade using Super LCD3 technology and boasts magnificent color reproduction and wide viewing angles.
The brightness of the screen brightness is not bad, at least a maximum enough to comfortably work with a smartphone in sunny weather. The backlight level can be adjusted either manually or automatically.
The one M9 display is very responsive, recognizes up to ten simultaneous touch and reacts to touch in gloves. Due to the high-quality oleophobic coating, the finger on the surface of the panel slides easily, and the fat fingerprints are barely noticeable.
To protect the screen from scratches and damage, the fourth generation Gorilla Glass glass is used, while the one M8 display covered a much less durable Gorilla Glass 3.
Memory
Capacity of the built-in flash drive ONE M9 - 32 GB. Of these, the user is available about 21 GB. Separately, I will note the support of the USB-OTG specification and the microSD format memory cards with a maximum up to 128 GB.
Equipment and productivity
Unlike the design, the hardware stuffing of the smartphone was pretty substantially transformed. One M9 One of the first on the market was received by the new 64-bit 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 processor with a clock frequency of 2 GHz and Adreno 430 graphics.
In a pair with 3 GB of RAM, this expensive chipset allows HTC One M9 to gain more than 52 thousand points in Antutu. In practice, this "iron bundle" reproduces video in 4K permissions and allows you to play any games from Play Market with maximum settings Graphics. With simpler tasks, there will be no problems, believe me.
I note that the update came to the smartphone before starting testing on the smartphone, which solved the sore problem of the first instances of ONE M9, associated with strong overheating of the processor.
Wireless modules and interfaces
The smartphone is equipped with a proper flagship with a set of wireless technology: NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC with Wi-Fi Direct technology, Bluetooth 4.1, GLONASS, GPS with coordinate definition support for additional means (A-GPS).
In addition, an IR port is provided for remote management of household appliances.
Battery
The more powerful iron of the new model forced the developers to increase the capacity of its battery to 2840 mAh. It is curious that at the same time the dimensions and weight of one M9 in comparison with the predecessor not only did not change, but the opposite became even less - 144.6x69.7x 9.6 mm at a weight of 157 g against 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm at 160 g at one M8.
If you do not really terrorize the smartphone with heavy games and video, but to use mainly for calls and web surfing, then the charge of its battery is enough for an average of 7-8 hours. And by activating the power saving mode provided here, time autonomous work And, more, you can extend until one day.
At the same time on the automatic screen brightness settings in the Full HD view mode, the video gadget will last no more than 5 hours, and Asphalt 8 will exist its battery to 0% in just 3-3.5 hours.
Dynamics
As in the previous HTC flagships, ONE M9 musical abilities on top. It is perfectly balanced bass and high frequencies. At maximum volume, the user will not hear a single distortion.
For the BOOOMSOUND speakers with support for audio technology Dolby Audio in the settings there are two music modes "and" in the theater ". The smartphone" from the box "supports the audio of high resolution, that is, the sound, superior to the quality of the CD, which is played very cool and in terms of audio opportunities exceeds Most of their competitors in the flagship segment.
When connecting headphones, you can listen to FM radio and is it possible to choose a suitable profile for them.
Sound in conversational dynamics is clean without outsided noise. The volume of the loudness of the decent - the interlocutor is well audible even in noisy places.
Cameras
The main photo module ONE M9 is equipped with a BSI-sensor size 1 / 2.4 "and a resolution of 20.1 mp.
The 27.8 mm of the camera lens covered on top of the sapphire glass is f / 2.2. The autofocus system and two-color LED flash are also not forgotten. As for the 2015 flagship, it is not enough for an optical image stabilization system that would compensate for the trembling of the hands when photographing.
However, even without it, using the ONE M9 camera, you can make very good pictures if you catch a suitable lighting and properly use the settings provided.
- Test photos
The camera "Camera" is not overloaded with numerous settings - only the most necessary. From the available photographing modes: RAW-camera, bokeh, double shooting, panorama.
The front chamber turned out to be an impressive 4-ultrapixel sensor Omnivision OV4688 with reverse illumination and aperture F / 2.0. Pixel size - 2.0 micrometer, sensor - 1/3 inches.
The camera is ideal for video chats and allows you to make high-quality selfie. Among the available functions and regimes are: "AutoLech", "Voice Selfie", "Quick Makeup" and "Photocyrse".
ONE M9's main chamber is able to shoot 4K video at a speed of 30 frames / s and Full HD-rollers for 120 frames / s. The maximum resolution of the video recorded by the front photo module is 1080p.
- Test video
- Test video indoors - https://youtu.be/fh04xlsgwle
Competitors
HTC One M9 smartphones have not yet much, the most clear of them in terms of technical characteristics Presented below in the table.
|
Parameter |
HTC One M9. | SAMSUNG GALAXY S6. | LG G4. | Sony Xperia Z3 + | ZTE Nubia Z9. |
|
OS. |
Android 5.0 Lollipop + Sense UI 7.0 | Android 5.0.2 Lollipop + Touchwiz UI | Android 5.1 Lollipop + Optimus UX 4.0 UI | Android 5.0 Lollipop | Android 5.0.2 lollipop |
|
Display |
5 ", Super LCD3, 1920x1080 | 5.1",
Super Amoled, 1440 x 2560 |
5.5",
IPS LCD, 1440 x 2560 |
5.2",
IPS LCD, 1920x1080 |
5.2",
IPS LCD, 1920x1080 |
|
CPU |
8 cores, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 2 GHz, |
Exynos 7420. (4 cores 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4 kernels 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57) |
6 cores, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808, 1.8 GHz, |
8 cores, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810, 2GHz, |
8 cores, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810, 2 GHz, |
|
Graphics |
Adreno 430. | MALI-T760MP8. | Adreno 418. | Adreno 430. | Adreno 430. |
|
Oz |
3 GB | 3 GB | 3 GB | 3 GB | 3 GB |
|
ROM |
32 GB + MicroSD | 32/64/128 GB | 32 GB + MicroSD | 32 GB + MicroSD | 32 GB |
|
Camera |
20.1 Mp, 4 mp front. | 16 MP, 5 mp front. | 16MP,
8 mp front. |
20.7 Mp, 5.1 mp Front. | 16MP, 8 MP front. |
|
Battery |
2840 MAC | 2550 mAh. | 3000 mAh. | 2930 Mach | 2900 mAh. |
|
Gabarits. |
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm | 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm |
148.9x76.1x 6.3-9.8 mm |
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