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The HTC One M9 has landed. Fresh from the Mobile World Conference, HTC have unveiled their new flagship One M9 phone. At first glance the One M9 doesn’t look that dissimilar from its predecessor: elegant look, feel and smooth metal lines. However unlike the M8, this baby has a more luxury finish dual-tone metal unibody with a brushed metal backing and scratch resistant coating to ensure you don’t get those scratches like you did with the M8. It comes in three premium finishes: Gold on Gold, Gunmetal Grey on Grey and Gold on Silver. With a 5-inch 1920×1080 (that’s 440ppi) display and Dolby certified BoomSound speakers, you can play media to rival larger devices. Measurements of the external device itself are 144.6 x 69.7 x 9.61mm, and weight is 157g. The phone has been specially designed to appear and feel more like a piece of jewellery than a phone which may be appealing to many.
Behind the scenes, the HTC One M9 has a Qualcomm 64 bit Snapdragon 810 octo-core processor with 3GB RAM for multitasking and 32GB storage which can be expanded via the MicroSD slot (something the new Samsung has given up). The CPU runs Android 5.02 and is fast becoming the standard for high end smartphones.
The main difference from the M8 is HTC doing away with the UltraPixel rear camera which was an annoyance for many users. Here they have instead moved the 4MP UltraPixel display to the forward facing camera which makes taking selfies in lowlight a breeze. As for the rear facing camera they have beefed it up with a new 20MP camera. User reviews of the camera however have not found much benefit from the extra megapixels, although the addition of 4K video recording and RAW image capture may make those who shoot videos often more inclinded to check out this phone.
Other features include the new 2800mAh battery and lower power screen to extend the amount of time between charges and the new Sense 7 and BlinkFeed software. Sense 7 is the in-house Android skin and now offers more customization and organization than before. Sense Home provides you with location based app layouts where you are provided with apps you are more likely to use at home vs while you are out. BlinkFeed provides updates from all your favourite apps and can do things like suggest places to eat when you are out of the house around mealtimes. HTC is obviously looking to provide timely appropriate content delivery when and where you need it most with the One M9.
Although HTC has learned from the mistakes of the M8 and built subtly on its better points the phone doesn’t offer too much in terms of exciting new surprises. HTC have instead chosen to concentrate on a few key attributes in their new model. The new M9 will be for those who put a fine form and streamlined media-rich content delivery up the top of their desirables list. The HTC One M9 will be available in Australia later this year. HTC One M9 Dot View Cases, Covers and Accessories
