HTC One M9 review: One up

23 March 2015
One of the hottest bodies in business just got hotter, in time for next season. Touched-up and brushed-down, the HTC One M9 arrives spot on time third year in a row, looking like a celebrity and acting like a pro. There's an engine boost and upgrades...

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  • Anonymous
  • m77
  • 24 Mar 2015

I'm sure that Samsung fans gravitate towards this site. Check the top searches. I don't understand why HTC would have their device so low down the list.

The M8 was awesome, and many other sites thought the same.

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    • Anonymous
    • m77
    • 24 Mar 2015

    Any idea why the S6 has nothing in the standby time section in the stats? I thought GSM Arena did their tests?

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      • Anonymous
      • q8Q
      • 24 Mar 2015

      SDKforLumia, 24 Mar 2015" The camera lens does not offer optical image stabili... moreRight? Them having trouble producing it is one thing. Though they should find a solution to it.
      Lack of space however is ridiculous. It is one of the thickest flagship's ever to exist. And it's battery capacity is week for its size.

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        • SDKforLumia
        • KIA
        • 24 Mar 2015

        " The camera lens does not offer optical image stabilization, which according to HTC is mostly due to lack of physical space inside the device, as well as quality control issues, meaning it's hard to mass produce up to high standards."
        Hence, HTC's ignorance and arrogance continues.

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          • Derick
          • 7j}
          • 24 Mar 2015

          vindya, 24 Mar 2015 In terms of look htc one m7 and one max are the best. Per... moreI agree that the irregular sized speaker grills spoiled the beauty of m8 and m9. They should definitely have both grills of same size and centered.

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            • Anonymous
            • q8Q
            • 24 Mar 2015

            AnonD-4340, 24 Mar 2015It would be silly to change design because the two predeces... moreAnd in what way shape or form was it the design that held them back. Try using unbiased logic. Not close minded opinions

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              • AnonD-4340
              • m7I
              • 24 Mar 2015

              Anonymous, 24 Mar 2015Using the same, but refined design is only logical. It wou... moreIt would be silly to change design because the two predecessors were so successful? Sorry to burst your bubble but both of them brought HTC near bankruptcy. Other than the front facing camera the M9 is nothing but a downgrade and i bet lots of people who were waiting for the M9 reviews bought iPhones after reading the M9 misery.

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                • Anonymous
                • q8Q
                • 24 Mar 2015

                Using the same, but refined design is only logical.
                It would be silly to change it
                But no ois?
                Same volume speakers? When even last year they are practically the same as speakers in 2009?
                Same screen.... Except it's actually slightly dimmer and more reflective?
                Thicker than before with a tiny increase in battery capacity and much worse battery life?
                Those are some of the things that just don't cut it. In the end the phone is still nice, but so held back.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 0c@
                  • 24 Mar 2015

                  It's tempting for the speakers and now that it has a decent camera.

                  But no OIS is just ridiculous for a flagship.

                  And I have trouble bringing myself to buy another phone with the mediocre Qualcomm Fluence noise cancellation (which sadly has come to dominate the market). I wish HTC would go back to the Audience chip, like they used whay back with the One X (and which Samsung still uses in the Galaxy and Note phones).

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                    • Anonymous
                    • q8Q
                    • 24 Mar 2015

                    Athull, 24 Mar 2015LOL ur wrong. All Pureview cameras have Carl Zeiss optics...http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2012/07/chipworks-founds-toshiba-41mp-sensor.html?m=1

                      Anonymous, 24 Mar 2015Nokia uses Toshiba sensors for the purviewsLOL ur wrong. All Pureview cameras have Carl Zeiss optics...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • q8Q
                        • 24 Mar 2015

                        vindya, 24 Mar 2015 In terms of look htc one m7 and one max are the best. Per... moreUm. Looks are entirely preference. No it's not the best performance... I couldn't read any more of your denial

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                          • Anonymous
                          • KxE
                          • 24 Mar 2015

                          Non-removable battery = another failure in the making

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                            • vindya
                            • 7j}
                            • 24 Mar 2015

                            Aadrian, 23 Mar 2015Nice design, so much better than samsung galaxy s6. This ph... more
                            In terms of look htc one m7 and one max are the best. Performance wise m8 is the best but the asymmetrical speakers in m8 and m9 looks weird. There may not be any boom box or any stereo device having one small speaker/grill and the other one larger in this world expect m8 and m9. Htc may be the only company coming with such an odd design for some meagre improvement in sound. Like in m7 and one max They should have placed the sensors on one side and the front cam on the other side on the top bezel so there would have been enough space in between to put a speaker grill equal to the size of speaker grill on the bottom bezel.

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                              • AnonD-80165
                              • J{e
                              • 24 Mar 2015

                              [deleted post]Yes.
                              Exynoss 5433 on note4 provides worse battery saving than 14nm 7420 on S6 . Note4 has battery not much bigger Than M9s and smaller than Z4, and yet better battery life. So I'm pretty sure the Sd810 will never be better on battery drain than Exynoss 7420.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • q8Q
                                • 24 Mar 2015

                                Anonymous, 23 Mar 2015Yikes... Toshiba makes camera for phones? You learn som... moreNokia uses Toshiba sensors for the purviews

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • q8Q
                                  • 24 Mar 2015

                                  AnonD-159252, 23 Mar 2015I agree that a Qhd screen is not really necessary especiall... moreUm...the z3 is well above the m9. And the iPhone is way below then

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                                    • jay
                                    • Kg%
                                    • 24 Mar 2015

                                    Disappointed with M9's rear camera. Still waiting for LG G4 and XPERIA Z4's announcement.

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                                      • AnonD-80165
                                      • Pna
                                      • 24 Mar 2015

                                      Anonymous, 24 Mar 2015Yes, we know, but something went seriously wrong with the S... moreExynoss 5433 hits ~4500 on Geekbench. Almost as high as the 7420, which has the same architecture, but faster ram and 64bit enabled.

                                      And it does that inside a phone. So I really doubt the Sd810 has the potential to get there... sd820 may surpass it and compete with 7420, but hey 5433 was released past year...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mwC
                                        • 24 Mar 2015

                                        Quit your fanboyism, read whole review and do some maths before spamming darkraver, you re annoying.