Review: HTC One – Part 1
This week I am reviewing the HTC One which runs on the Telus network. This is HTC’s flagship phone and as you go though this three part review, you’ll see why. It runs Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) and comes in a slim package that is a bit longer and wider than the iPhone 5. The phone is made of aluminium and is easy to hold. One thing to note is that it feels solid and not cheap. This puts it on par with the iPhone 5 in my books. It also feels good in your hand which is a surprise as I thought the phone would be too big in my hand.
The first thing you notice about the phone is the screen. It’s simply stunning. It’s 4.7 inches and is capable of displaying in 1080P. Everything is sharp and clear. One thing that I noticed is that it doesn’t seem to be as prone to attracting fingerprints the way that other phones I’ve tested. That impressed me. What also impressed me was the sound. Phone call sound was outstanding and so is music playback with or without headphones. You can thank BoomSound as well as Beats Audio for the latter.
The next thing you notice is how fast this phone is. Besides having a 1.7GHz quad-core processor and 32GB of storage, it’s on LTE. So when I used the Speedtest.net Android app to test this phone, I got an average of 27390 kbps downstream and 16281 kbps upstream when I tested it. The phone is capable of doing up to 75 Mbps for what it’s worth. Having said that, the phone is not slow. One thing to note, the memory is not expandable. But I do not think that this will be an issue as 32 GB of memory should be enough for most.
The final thing I noticed is the Sense user interface. I found that many aspects of the Sense UI to be improvements over the stock Android interface. It’s clean and gorgeous widgets make this phone very useful. Not only that, it has haptic feedback so it feels like you’re typing on a real keyboard when you type. That’s a nice touch. More on that in the next part of the review. Stay tuned.
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