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HTC One (M8) got the Looks and Brains

The HTC One (M8) seems to be making quite a wave in the market. I don't know about you guys but I'm the Transformer-and-Iron Man kinda guy and the latest android smartphone is sure giving me the good butterflies.  The sleek chrome-metal design is awesome. But that is just part of the looks. You have to see the brains here. 

The M8 is built on the award-winning HTC One. The mobile phone comes with something that hasn't been around in focus for sometime now since Sony Ericsson went of the market year ago: optimum audio functionality that we so miss in smartphone nowadays. 

Music and audio functionality in most phones today are practically designed only for headsets or earphones. Meaning, playing music from your phone without using the headsets don't sound as 'premium' as you expected. The new HTC just might be trying to shift the shelves with a different pitch this time other than the usual big-optimized-camera-MP way. 

Here's why the audio capability in the HTC One M8 is far from the pack - even from the Samsung S5 or iPhone 5 in terms of output:

  • Dual front-facing stereo speakers
    The sound is projected at you, not away. Even premium smartphones have speakers that are back-sided which of course directs audio away from the listeners - you. HTC's revolutionary front-facing speaker design optimizes the music, videos and games as you watch.
  • Built-in amplifiers
    Coupled with the front speakers, you also have built-in amplifiers that have max output of a .85cc top speaker chamber and .80cc bottom speaker chamber. 
  • Bass-Treble Balance
    With front speakers and amps now add to the main component of the audio interface: distortion-free, clear sound. This patented software is so techy that there are even temperature-sensing controls that automatically lowers power to protect against speaker damage.

And there's the dual biggie sensor 4MP camera... 

 But that's just being biased to the audio output here. the HTC One M8 has the "normal premium" features that you'd find in other smartphones such as Sony Xperia, Samsung Galaxy, and even in the iPhone series. For instance, the 180x360 degree 'refocus camera' which brings backgrounds to the fore, or blur scenes in the background to give you crisp foreground images likewise. 

And there is the "night-vision" functionality: The new HTC One M8 has bigger, layered lenses so that it captures 300% more light. That is, your night images are going to look a lot sharper and cleaner instead of the blurry grainy camera photos we are more familiar with.   

Overall, the HTC One M8 is in the league of the Motorola Moto E - fast, reliable and sturdy, and definitely with the right image and machine processing functionality. 
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