HTC 10 review: Greatest hit

02 May, 2016
The HTC 10 is everything an HTC fan has been longing for. A full smartphone package experience without compromise. The problem with this idea is that it doesn’t exist, there will always be some phone with a better camera or better battery or a larger display. But we can always look at this idea subjectively and find the right balance between what the phone offers versus compromises you might be making.

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  • 03 May 2016

Anonymous, 03 May 2016No brand offers build quality even close to HTC. They are a... moreAgreed. Unfortunately, Apple fans are still in denial thinking Apple came up with everything

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    • Anonymous
    • vId
    • 03 May 2016

    No brand offers build quality even close to HTC. They are all copying HTC's antenna lines though.

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      • pJm
      • 03 May 2016

      Rafe Firmani, 03 May 2016HTC 10 body is a masterpiece compared to double glass of s7The front of the HTC is still glass, obviously. You act like because the back is metal you can treat it carelessly. And the HTC is quite bulky and thick too.

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        • AnonD-395224
        • bCk
        • 03 May 2016

        Yeah the performance is great for some parts but how about throttling and battery life? I'll take battery life over small performance advantage.

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          • Anonymous
          • n5u
          • 03 May 2016

          Anonymous, 03 May 2016Surely the camera and the battery will behave even better a... moreI take it you've never had an update before, nothing changes

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            • Anonymous
            • PEN
            • 03 May 2016

            Very glad that the review is objective and unbiased as usual. your site is always my no. 1 choice. but i think your site is too generous about the bad display and quieter speakers of htc 10 which you only use wordings to describe the fact. Don't be afraid my friend, let's show the display and loudness test data as usual, let consumer and the world to know the very dim, inaccurate, saturated and extremely cold temperature display of htc 10. Moreover, htc always cheating on performance benchmark and boost clock speed when the rom detect the phone is running benchmarking apps, especially atututu, just as the case as one m8 before, which is very dirty and naive move. my money will never give to this kind of cheap company. huawei p9 is more faster and snappier than htc 10 even they both use the cheaper eMMC flash NAND. to all htc fanboys, let's face it, the 10 desn't have any advantage over other flagships, but even worse.

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              • Anonymous
              • p%D
              • 03 May 2016

              Surely the camera and the battery will behave even better after the update yesterday.

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                • Anonymous
                • S90
                • 03 May 2016

                Rafe Firmani, 03 May 2016HTC 10 body is a masterpiece compared to double glass of s7yes htc is very elegant and way better than glassy samsung s7
                htc will win , for sure I will buy it very soon

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ty@
                  • 03 May 2016

                  Battery Fail, 03 May 2016Lol at that battery life .G2 is better...

                    AnonD-442781, 03 May 2016Yeah the camera is good, but it isn't a selling point. The ... moreHTC 10 body is a masterpiece compared to double glass of s7

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                      • pJm
                      • 03 May 2016

                      AnonD-265341, 03 May 2016I agree, it does not have much on th s7, and yeah, the batt... moreYeah the camera is good, but it isn't a selling point. The s7 camera is still better, and so is the g5 camera.

                      Overall I think the htc10 is better than the g5 because the g5 modular aspect is basically useless and resulted in a crappy body. But the s7 is definitively better than both.

                        AnonD-69077, 03 May 2016This review is rather disappoiting mainly battery life, ear... moreAudio quality, not just clarity, can only be compared to HTC previous versions.
                        Samsung and LG would like a child's toy compared to HTC flagship audio!
                        Notice the word flagship, tho.

                        Having said that, I can safely now conclude that HTC 10 audio isn't as deep bass and as loud as compared to previous phone like m7_ 8_ 9!
                        Especially m8 Harman/Kardon the sound is amazing!!

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                          • Mark
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                          • 03 May 2016

                          I wish there was a 1080p version of it so battery could be better

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                            • AnonD-265341
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                            • 03 May 2016

                            AnonD-442781, 03 May 2016Well, as we all should know by now, the phone disappoints. ... moreI agree, it does not have much on th s7, and yeah, the battery is a deal breaker for me. But i have to say i like the camera, mabye i still remember the horible m9 camera. I dont like the desig much at all

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                              • ndn
                              • 03 May 2016

                              From the start I will say NO cos it has no waterproof. It is a must-have feature for a 500+ phone, not to mention a flagship of 700!
                              Im not an audiophile, I actually listen to everything through one headphone so that feature is useless for me.
                              There are 2 must-have fratures that make me choose a device: sd card & waterproof. If a device lacks one of those im not interested. Period.
                              So it seems that if I will update this year, i will have to choose between the S7 or X Performance from Sony.

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                                • AnonD-533259
                                • tht
                                • 03 May 2016

                                Anonymous, 03 May 2016did u even read the review by gsmarena>>?I did.it fooled me.s7 camera is great for capturing buildings,bridges etc. But when it comes to nature,it sucks. alot. Just try it yourself, trees, bushes,etc. The results are horrible, even xiaomi mi4c does better than S7. I wish samsung can update s7 camera software so we can tweak its camera sharpness.
                                i dont hate samsung,in fact im a samsung user, tablet and note.

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                                  • Battery Fail
                                  • La8
                                  • 03 May 2016

                                  Lol at that battery life .

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • ajQ
                                    • 03 May 2016

                                    If you really want to see how the camera performs then look at the pics taken with HTC 10 and S7 --> View them at 1/1 and download on the computer.
                                    The S7 pictures are a mile better. There is no term of comparation: more accurate colors, a lot more details, ... everything is better.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 7q9
                                      • 03 May 2016

                                      AnonD-533259, 03 May 2016this camera destroys s7 camera. S7 is very annoying when it... moredid u even read the review by gsmarena>>?

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                                        • 9xg
                                        • 03 May 2016

                                        Rushed review, we need a review after the phone has been updated. With more comparisons.

                                        Anyway, it is still a win compared to any TouchWiz lame device.