HTC One review: To rule them all

22 March 2013
Arguably one of the most exciting pieces of smartphone design in recent times, the HTC One is also properly powered and flaunts a screen that should please even the most demanding eyes...

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  • Anonymous
  • sEJ
  • 23 Mar 2013

For those who said battery life is not good...
Sony Xperia Z only manage 6.5 hour in web browsing, while HTC ONE scores good 10 hours!!!
It's THE CHAMPION of Current Battery life race horse.
Go troll somewhere else PLEASE!

I love GSM Arena review how they pick wordings like that.. "Dont get too greedy.. Lol.."

And the camera which bashed many times by haters, I see that it's performance is particularly great!
Especially in dim light surroundings. GSM Arena proves itself not eaten by majority opinion and give it's own objective standard.

This is truly lovely phone and worthy successor of my current handheld. Build quality, excdellent screen, stereo speaker and great battery life on top of it!

Can't wait to hold this baby :)

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    • AnonD-124528
    • tu6
    • 23 Mar 2013

    AnonD-126837, 23 Mar 2013What impressive 'beats' man? Audio output of 82.7Db Compar... moreBeats is not about loudness of the audio but more to quality of the audio...u can experience it if u wear a pair of headphones....like gsmarena said..it's not the loudest of them all..anyone with good hearing and sound ability will know..

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      • Anonymous
      • IWP
      • 23 Mar 2013

      Wow! Look like fanboy from other camps are in defensive mode. Anyway, Great review! all the advantages and disadvantages are clearly and objectively stated.

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        • Anonymous
        • vv0
        • 23 Mar 2013

        AnonD-126837, 23 Mar 2013What impressive 'beats' man? Audio output of 82.7Db Compar... moreCheck the THD & IMD, especially the reading with headphone load attached. I am impressed.

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          • AnonD-87222
          • 3ZH
          • 23 Mar 2013

          I don't want to add fuel but if you want to be extra cruel, compare those pictures with the FIRST Galaxy S (yes, the 3 year old 5mpx camera):
          http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5313&idPhone2=3115&idPhone3=4238

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            • AnonD-123876
            • 0kG
            • 23 Mar 2013

            AnonD-126837, 23 Mar 2013What impressive 'beats' man? Audio output of 82.7Db Compar... moreok that's not good for the ringtone speaker but i mean by impressive beats audio their role in the music player. i like HTC but this phone doesn't wowed me despite the lcd screen and the design

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              • AnonD-78383
              • q{c
              • 23 Mar 2013

              It seems as though HTC has blown there hype about there camera out of proportions yet again.

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                • AnonD-126837
                • m}x
                • 23 Mar 2013

                AnonD-123876, 23 Mar 2013from the beginning until the final words i haven't found an... moreWhat impressive 'beats' man? Audio output of 82.7Db
                Compare to S3 or Iphone5 which has 91,7Db!
                That's 3 Times lower loudness!!!

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                  • AnonD-123876
                  • 0kG
                  • 23 Mar 2013

                  from the beginning until the final words i haven't found anything impressive more than the design and beats audio and screen

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                    • AnonD-126837
                    • m}x
                    • 23 Mar 2013

                    Only 82.7Db in audio output loudness!? Compare to S3 or Iphone5 which has 92Db!That's 3 Times lower loudness!!!

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                      • AnonD-78383
                      • q{c
                      • 23 Mar 2013

                      AnonD-32581, 23 Mar 2013the camera is quite disappointing, despite what htc say tha... moreThat's actually incorrect! It blows out the 920 in low light performance & definitely video.

                      Also check out this link for further proof

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5NFpddZ958&list=UUwPRdjbrlqTjWOl7ig9JLHg&index=8

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                        • AnonD-128056
                        • 58g
                        • 23 Mar 2013

                        http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/htc-one/gsmarena_001.jpg it has a 48 hour endurance rating

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                          • Anonymous
                          • stP
                          • 23 Mar 2013

                          Amazing battery life!

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                            • AnonD-32581
                            • 2CE
                            • 23 Mar 2013

                            the camera is quite disappointing, despite what htc say that it has "ultra pixel" (quite a gimmick) don't care what anyone says,,, 920 takes way better pictures to this

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                              • AnonD-109426
                              • ftV
                              • 23 Mar 2013

                              I really wanted to give htc a chance. However despite good design and awesome screen the one will not change my view about them. The absence of expandable memory and non removable battery plus lack of useful features will make me rooted in the Sammy's galaxy s.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 2CS
                                • 23 Mar 2013

                                So if I have read this correctly even the GSMArena team now say that the "ultra pixels" gimmick is a fail, lack of out of box video codec support (come on HTC its 2013) is a massive fail and again silly MTP USB instead of the much better USBMSM connectivity ..

                                HTC should of named this handset the HTC Fail.

                                Please I urge everyone who is even considering this mobile to stop and don't bother, HTC need to be taught a lesson that there incompetence will longer be tolerated and that they should go away and really this about what there potential buyers want.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • PFx
                                  • 23 Mar 2013

                                  AnonD-55045, 22 Mar 2013I really wanted to like this phone. The speakers and screen... moreHehehe.. are you nuts?!
                                  Battery life un web browsing is 10 hours!!! compared to just 6.5hrs of Sony Xperia Z.
                                  Go troll somewhere else please!!

                                  I really love GSM Arena review here, excellent wordings pick..."Let's not be greedy..lol"

                                  All in all, HTC ONE is a real class, even with the bashing of camera, the test shows clearly it has an advantage on low light surrounding.
                                  Definitely worthy successor, my next phone.

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                                    • prfrma
                                    • mxQ
                                    • 23 Mar 2013

                                    AnonD-55045, 22 Mar 2013I really wanted to like this phone. The speakers and screen... moreI don't think 10 hours of video time and 48 is disappointing battery life.

                                    I'm really looking forward to this phone.

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                                      • AnonD-118519
                                      • Lim
                                      • 23 Mar 2013

                                      i want a comparison between this one and XZ.
                                      they are top two phones right now.

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                                        • AnonD-55045
                                        • Ps}
                                        • 22 Mar 2013

                                        I really wanted to like this phone. The speakers and screen are pretty much it. The camera failed to meet the hype generated around it and I couldn't care less about design, especially when it comes at the cost of delays to launch. With a battery life kinda disappointing and some other minor hiccups, I couldn't justify buying the One over the S4 or, heck, even after the Xperia Z, which has a nice design and water proofing that make up for the less capable SoC and GPU.