HTC announces the HTC One (M8) with dual cameras and fancy gesture controls

 Mar 26, 2014 

 

HTC’s latest bid for smartphone relevance is a 5-inch handset called the HTC One (M8), parentheses and all. At a Tuesday press event in New York, HTC CEO Peter Chou announced the new smartphone, stressing smart industrial design, a more intelligent, gesture-driven user interface, and what the company calls “another breakthrough camera.”
Key specs include a 440 ppi, 5-inch display; a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 801 processor paired with 2GB of RAM; and a MicroSD slot for up to 128GB of removable storage, augmenting 32GB of onboard storage. The original One featured a 4.7-inch display, and didn’t include any slot for extra storage.
The handset features a new Boomsound audio amplifier that provides 25 percent louder volume relative to the previous One, and battery life has been increased by 40 percent thanks to a larger cell.
Available for online purchase today via AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, the new One (M8) could be “in your hands as early as tomorrow,” says HTC. The price starts at $199. The T-Mobile version of the One (M8) will be available online and in stores on April 11 for zero down and $26.50 a month (for 24 months).
The new smartphone features the sixth version of HTC’s Sense user interface, along with a new iteration of BlinkFeed that allows for greater customization of content streams based on personal preferences. But the real standout features are certainly the new One’s cameras, and gesture-sensing UI.

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