My Hunt for the HTC One

Ever since I broke my Samsung Galaxy SII by dropping my table lamp on it, I have been on the lookout for a suitable replacement. As an Android fan boy, i could not get myself to turn to the Dark Side and end up getting an Iphone 5.That would have been synonymous with selling my soul to the devil even though I am a little Red Devil myself (if you know what i mean ). I was very much tempted to just upgrade from the Samsung Galaxy S2 to the S4 until i came across the HTC One.

 

What i Like  about the HTC One 

The best thing about the HTC One is its look and feel. It's one of the best looking smartphones hands down. And, perhaps more importantly, it's built to last.

The One also feels great , and that has a lot to do with the slight curvature of the rear panel. HTC chose to make the One's battery fixed in place, and that's not ideal, at least not for me.( i tend to use my phone a lot  thus draining down the battery quite easily ) But one benefit of this decision was that the battery could be placed between the display and the other internal hardware components, which enabled the company to create the comfortable curve of the One's rear panel. 

The One's rear panel is made almost entirely of brushed aluminum, with the exception of two horizontal ridges that lift the device just slightly off of the surface it's placed on, to protect the camera lens.The front of the One also features aluminum panels at the top and bottom of the display, and the metal stretches to all four corners on the front and back. This is notable because the aluminum helps protect the display from damage during drops and bumps. A pretty good feature specially for a klutz like me.

HTC One Speakers and Beats Audio Tech

I also like how the front-facing speakers look on the One, and they work very well. The One's notification LED is placed beneath the speaker holes, so it's not noticeable when it's not in use - and it looks cool when the LED in the speaker hole blinks. And I like how the One doesn't have any hardware buttons on its display. 

The One has two separate sets of speakers, one atop the front panel and one at its rear, so it can provide stereo sound. The HTC One's speakers are slightly louder than the GS4, HTC also claims that the One is optimized for use with Beats headphones, which implies you'll get better sound using a Beats headset than you would with headphones from another manufacturer. As I don't own any Beats products I don't think that i'll able to test it.

HTC One LCD Display

I prefer the display on the HTC One to the screen on Samsung's GS4. They're both high-quality displays. However, the LCD on the One is consistently brighter, even when both screens are set to their highest brightness settings, and the GS4 display seems slightly more pixilated in some instances

Determining which phone's display is best for you is largely a matter of preference, so you should check out both the One and GS4 side by side, if you can. The HTC packs a 1080p HD, 468ppi LCD. The GS4 has a 1080p HD 441ppi Super AMOLED display. So the resolution differences aren't major; it's the display type that makes a difference here. ( You can get full technical specs from gsmarena.com)

At the end of the day, HTC might well get bust in a year or two but  with the HTC One as its flagship model, they might go out with a bang.