{"id":2073,"date":"2013-05-07T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2013-05-07T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:02:30","slug":"htc-one-review-its-now-or-never-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/05\/07\/htc-one-review-its-now-or-never-again\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC One review: It\u2019s now or never again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s been a hard year for HTC. The Taiwan-based phone manufacturer had a great beginning in the Android world, but it\u2019s been struggling to keep up appearances and convince the public to buy its handsets. Some analysts believe that the HTC brand is in trouble and that the company’s struggles stem partly from the public not really recognizing it as the maker of the Android handset to buy. Not anymore, at least.
\nNow that Samsung is in the top spot, HTC has a lot of ground to make up. The company’s CEO, Peter Chou, famously said that he will step down if the One doesn’t succeed, but the phone hasn’t exactly had the best start: it has suffered manufacturing snafus caused by a component shortage, which came about partly because HTC is no longer considered a \u201ctier-one customer\u201d in manufacturing land. But in spite of branding and supply chain problems, the HTC One is still a very solid Android handset.
\nBody, build, and display
\nSpecs at a glance: HTC One
\nScreen 1920\u00d71080 4.7-inch (468 ppi) Super LCD 3 with RGB Matrix
\nOS Android 4.1.2 with Sense 5
\nCPU Quad-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
\nRAM 2GB
\nGPU Qualcomm Adreno 320
\nStorage 16 or 32 GB NAND flash
\nNetworking 802.11a\/b\/g\/n\/ac, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, wireless HDMI
\nPorts Micro-USB, headphones
\nCamera 4MP rear camera with “UltraPixel” image sensor, 2.1MP front camera
\nSize 5.41″ \u00d7 2.69″ \u00d7 0.37″ (137.4 \u00d7 68.2 \u00d7 9.3 mm)
\nWeight 5.0 oz. (143 g)
\nBattery 2300 mAh
\nStarting price $99 at Sprint, $199.99 at AT&T, $99.99 at T-Mobile
\nSensor Accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
\nOther perks Infrared
\nAt 5.41 \u00d7 2.69 \u00d7 0.37 inches, the HTC One is only a bit bigger than the Samsung Galaxy S 4. Its smooth aluminum backside somewhat resembles the finish on Apple\u2019s MacBook Pro, and it features white accents around the edges, with a few stripes continuing on the back and ending abruptly at the camera lens. It\u2019s an interesting design, one that HTC says is made through \u201czero-gap\u201d construction, a term that refers to the phone being carved out of a piece of aluminum (you’ll find an image of the chassis design in our gallery below).
\nThe One feels sturdy and well-built\u2014more so than any of the plastic body phones I’ve used before. It\u2019s also a testament to HTC\u2019s marketing strategy: rather than dial it back to cut on costs, HTC has gone full-force by showing that its design capabilities mirror that of top-tier handset makers like Apple. What we have here is a fashionable and sturdy device; its aluminum chassis and matte white trim makes it look unlike any other Android handset on the market right now.
\nInside, the HTC One features a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32 or 64 gigabytes of storage. Unfortunately, there is no microSD expansion slot, nor is there a removable backing. The micro-SIM slot sits on the left-hand side of the phone, with the volume rocker and power button on the right and top sides of the device, respectively. There is also a micro-USB slot on the bottom, though it’s placed on the right side rather than in the middle as it is on most other handsets. One benefit to this minor design decision is that you can actually use the phone to type horizontally while it\u2019s charging without bumping the cord.
\nFull Story: HTC One review: It\u2019s now or never again | Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a hard year for HTC. 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