- With Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 and 3 GB of RAM. There are differences in performance, but most users will not notice them. But in price the difference is serious. We will tell about the special version of the new flagship in detail.

The housing is metallic, the frame around the perimeter is grounded, the back of the matte and does not slip out of the hands, plastic inserts three are strips near the ends and on the upper end. By the way, HTC 10 Lifestyle has three antennas for one cellular module.

On the front panel above the screen there is a fairly large camera and speaker. Under the screen, the speaker is not, like stripes with the logo. Due to this screen frame, HTC 10 Lifestyle has become much thinner, so that the smartphone seems elegant. The screen is protected from damage 2.5D GORILLA Glass 3.

Size of the smartphone - 145.9 x 71.9 x 9.0 mm, weight - 161. To the edges, the HTC 10 Lifestyle housing is narrowed to 3 mm.

Control

The "Home" button is traditionally located under the screen and includes a fingerprint scanner.

On the right and left of the scanner are the sensory buttons. On the right side of the smartphone there is a ribbed power key. Slightly above the loudness rachine.

HTC 10 Lifestyle supports Motion Launch gesture system and Ice View covers. When you take a smartphone in your hand, the sound is automatically muted, and when you turn it out, the call signal is turned off.

HTC 10 Lifestyle has a 5.2-inch screen resolution of 2560x1440 points, the density is 546 dpi. Note that the human eye distinguishes about 400 points per inch, so the picture is perceived absolutely solid.

The display used the IPS matrix Super LCD fifth generation - the colors have become rich, the stock of the brightness is greater. Small font is read on a clear day with it without problems. The screen has become more sensitive and reacts to 50% faster than predecessors.

Performance

The basis of the HTC 10 Lifestyle is a 64-bit chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 with a frequency of up to 1.8 GHz, which includes four Arm Cortex A72 kernels and four more Arm Cortex A53, as well as the X8 LTE modem and the graphics core of the ADRENO 510 GPU. Compared to the top Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip has a little less productivity. But there is a BOOST + function that accelerates the work of the smartphone. In addition, HTC 10 Lifestyle supports Cat.6 networks (300 Mbps, 50 Mbps), and HTC 10 - Cat.9 (450 Mbps, 50 Mbps).

RAM at the smartphone - 3 GB, constant - 32 GB. There is also a slot to a microSD map with a capacity of up to 2 TB and a Nanosim card slot.

Works HTC 10 Lifestyle from a battery capacity of 3000 mAh. In conversation mode in 3G / 4G networks, it can hold out until 27 hours, in standby mode - up to 19 days. With the average activity of the use of the battery capacity, it is enough for about two days. There are also two power saving modes - standard and maximum. Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging is supported - the battery is charged from 0 to 50% per half.

Main camera

So high quality main chamber in HTC smartphones has not yet been. Its permission is 12 megapixel, but the BSI HTC Ultrapixel 2 branded matrix is \u200b\u200bused, which receives more information about the image. The size of the point is 1.55 μm, aperture - F / 1.8.

The lens implements an optical stabilization system. Its focal length corresponds to 26 mm, the angle of coverage is 80 degrees.

There is a laser highlight of autofocus. LED flash dual to provide better color reproduction.

At HTC 10 Lifestyle you can shoot 4k-videos with Hi-res speaking and take a photo in parallel. Also, the camera allows you to create timelaplse video and rollers at a speed of up to 120 frames per second in the resolution of 720p. In professional camera mode, you can configure a wide range of parameters and save photos in RAW format (12 bits).

Front-camera

The camera on the front panel also uses Ultrapixel technology, but its resolution is less than 5 MP. But there is an optical image stabilization. The viewing angle is 86 degrees, aperture - ƒ / 1.8, the focal length corresponds to 23 mm, the point size is 1.34 microns. The HDR mode, voice control and video shooting Full HD 1080p are supported.

Acoustics

HTC smartphones have always differed excellent sound quality, and HTC 10 Lifestyle is no exception. The technology of BOOMSOUND Hi-Fi Edition is implemented, one speaker is over the screen, the second was transferred to the lower end of the smartphone.

A 24-bit DAC and headphone amplifier is built into the smartphone. In each dynamics - separate high and low-frequency emitters.

The feature of the new model is support for Losless audio and Dolby Audio Surround. In addition, when connecting new headphones, the smartphone will offer to configure them: in automatic mode, responding to questions, or manually - set the desired values \u200b\u200bfor individual frequencies in each headset.

The package includes Hi-Res Audio branded headphones with polymer membranes with a thickness of 8 microns, which is used in the aerospace industry. The size of the drivers in comparison with the previous standard models was increased by 70%. By the way, for each pair of headphones, you can create your own sound profile.

Sound reception system is also interesting. HTC 10 Lifestyle has three built-in microphones and an active noise reduction system. The HI-RES stereo sound recording is supported.

Communication and sensors

HTC 10 Lifestyle includes a set of sensors and ports, which is implemented in almost all top smartphones. In addition to the latest Bluetooth 4.2 and dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC (2.4 and 5 GHz), there is a NFC contactless operation sensor. In addition, HTC 10 Lifestyle has Display Port to connect external screens, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetic sensor, digital compass, approximity sensors and lighting. There are also 3.5 mm traditional connector for stereo headlights, as well as USB 2.1 Gen 1, Type-C (we note that

Overview of phones and smartphones HTC (HTS)

Conducting an overview of HTC smartphones We focus on all the characteristics and features of the model so that you have the opportunity to accurately decide for yourself whether it is worth buying it. The release of the new flagship of the company was repeatedly postponed, and the company's affairs in recent years go not in the best way, it gradually loses its position in the global market. After the release of X and X + models, which turned out to be very problematic, the company no longer offered significant models and released only HTC Butterfly. The gadget suffered a very strange fate, because in the European version there were excessively small internal memory and there was no ability to install a memory card. Such features in combination with an overpriced price and glossy corps scared the interest of users. After that, the manufacturer decided to change its strategy and to approach the development of devices.

Mobile phones HTC Review You can read in this section of our project. The manufacturer focused all his efforts on the development of one device, and the work done was not in vain. The last model of the manufacturer HTC One turned out so successful that the company's position corrected at the moment, although there is no talk yet about the full return of positions. The model is made in a stylish metal case and has a revolutionary chamber, which uses the technology of enlarged pixels. This provides excellent image quality with insufficient illumination. HTC phone overview will familiarize you with the performance of devices, autonomy, display and other features.

NTS has for several years as a rather strong competitor among manufacturers of mobile gadgets, and even imposed a struggle with such major corporations as Apple Samsung, Nokia and Sony. In order for any company to find out in the face and knew its capabilities, a top product is always needed, the peak of production technologies and innovation. For HTC, such a device in 2013 was the HTC One smartphone. The smartphone has absorbed the best work and experience of the company, and is designed to compete with the flagships of companies of competitors.

The smartphone is made in the black and silver body. I got a silver color for a review in the framework of the tender. Perhaps it is even better because black apricari phones dominate the market, and have already been somewhat fed. Silver color looks more freshly and more interesting, and will also allow you to stand out from the crowd with such a smartphone.

Packaging, kit and unpacking HTC One

HTC One is quite original box. On the top of the photo, the smartphone itself is presented, and from the end the name of the model, S / N and IMEI. Produce a gadget in Taiwan. Depending on whether the black or silver color, the smartphone is depicted on the front of the box, is so inside.

On the back of the package, the specifications of the device are indicated.

It is worth saying that only a version with 32GB of memory comes to Russia, despite the fact that HTC makes the gadget and with 64GB memory.

Inside the box, the smartphone itself is packed in the film and lies in the left side of the box.

At the bottom of the box there is a documentation, a bracket for extracting a SIM card slot, charger, USB cable, branded headset and spare nozzles and it. The implementation of the SIM card installation method into the smartphone largely copies the engineering solutions of Apple smartphones, but it is stated in NTS that their ideas have nothing to do with smartphones from Cupertino.

Design HTC One and its features

The very first thing that can be said about the smartphone, taking it in hand, the fact that he is big, even huge. The display of sizes is 4.7 inches makes this device a very dimensional device. Owners of 4-inch smartphones will immediately notice the difference, and first will be used even unusual.

With the use of materials, NTS has never been hungry ideas, and this smartphone has absorbed the best. The entire body is completely metallic.

Schematically metal base NTS ONE looks like this. Aluminum case material, with plastic inserts. For a black smartphone used in black color aluminum. Therefore, when choosing a color, it is worth thinking about the practicality of the material in advance. Whatever critics tell, I would choose a silver color.

A little more about the production of the HTC One case and its design is described in the video from the manufacturer under:

On the front of the device, the front camera 2,1mpixel, the illumination and approximation sensors, the call speaker are placed. Inside the dynamics itself there is a LED indicator.

At the bottom of the right and on the left of the manufacturer's logo are the "Home" and "Back" buttons, as well as a conversational speaker.

At the bottom of the smartphone from the end there is a Micro USB connector for charging a smartphone, as well as connecting to it of an external medium (flash drive) and connect it to PC or Mac. Also right from Micro USB connector is a microphone hole.

At the top of the end, the inclusion button and audio 3.5 jack connector found their place.

The SIM card slot is arranged by analogy with Apple iPhone. The bracket to extract the SIM card slot goes in the rover.

The sticker on the end of the smartphone reads that the PCT smartphone is before us, and he is made in Taiwan, at the homeland of the manufacturer of the NTS.

Volume swing button is right from the end. The button almost does not protrude from the housing, and the volume is not so adjustable, especially, especially owners with thumbs. But what you won't go for the sake of design.

From the back of the smartphone is extremely modestly decorated.

4 Ultra Pixel Camera with LED Flash at the top of the device.

The name of the manufacturer in the middle.

And BEATS AUDIO technology at the bottom.

HTC One in comparison with Samsung Galaxy S4.

Of course, that, due to the materials used, the smartphone from the NTS looks more practical than the SAMSUNG competitor.

Specifications HTC One

Form factor: monoblock

Case materials: Aluminum, plastic

OS: Android 4.1.2, HTC Sense 5.0

Networks: GSM / EDGE, LTE, WCDMA

Platform: Qualcomm Snapdragon 600

Processor: Quad-core 1.7 GHz, GPU - Adreno 320

RAM: 2 GB

Memory for data storage: ~ 26 GB (32 GB stated), there are also 64 GB version (not sold in Russia)

Interfaces: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, MICROUSB connector for charge and synchronization, 3.5 mm Jack, HDMI (via microUSB), DLNA, NFC

Screen: Capacitive, Solux, 4.7 "with a resolution of 1920x1080 Points (FulldHD), 468 PPI, Automatic adjustment of the backlight level

Camera: 4 Ultrapixel (resolution of the picture 2688 x 1520), autofocus, bsi, f / 2.0, optical multi-rope stabilization, video 1080p (1920x1080 pixels), LED flash

Front camera: 2.1 MP, wide-angle (88 degrees), video 1080p

NAVIGATION: GPS (support A-GPS, GLONASS)

Optional: Accelerometer, light sensor, approximation sensor, FM radio

Battery: non-removable li-pol centener, 2300 mAh capacity

Dimensions: 137.4 * 68.2 * 9,3mm

Weight: 143g.

HTC ONE screen

This is the first and basic, as I would like to talk regarding HTC One. The smartphone is equipped with a 4.7-inch display, which has a resolution of 1920 * 1080. Era FullHD smartphones comes. The Solux screen using Super LCD technology has improved image quality and ultra-high pixel density - 468 dpi. Corning Gorilla Glass's protective glass pushes fats and practically does not collect fingerprints. For those who want to assess the scale, it is only worth thinking that their 21.5-27 inch monitor has a resolution of 1920 * 1080, while the same permission is in this smartphone equipped with a 4.7 inches display. Subjectively estimating, it can be said that the detailing of the image is above all praise. Watch the video and photos on this display, one pleasure, no pixelization can be speech.

HTC ONE

The BOOMSOUND sound system on the WCD9310 audio processor, implemented in HTC One manages to a solid five. Stereo is implemented in the form of two speakers, which provide powerful and high-quality sound due to the Beats Audio sound processing. As for the headphones coming in the kit, then I, as a person, spoiled by 300-hundred-sakes, they did not seemed outstanding. But the assessment of people who listened to music through the standard headset is very high. The flat wire does not allow to curl wire and makes the use of a standard headset more convenient. The device uses special microphones with two membranes. Such a solution with two membranes has a high sensitivity that allows you to record a very quiet sound with a small "signal-noise" ratio, and an excellent susceptibility to loud sound that affects the quality of the recording at high sound pressure indicators.

With the help of a special service in HTC One, during playing music, you can set up in such a way that along with the visualization will go the words of the song.

Productive filling HTC One

HTC ONE uses the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with a clock frequency of 1.7 GHz and the Adreno 320 graphics core. This is a new improved version from Qualcomm, which has a higher performance and optimization of power consumption. The smartphone has on its board 2GB of RAM, now it is not the first mobile device with this amount of memory for 2013 gadgets. Memory-memorable memory in HTC One 32GB, but about 25.5GB is available for data storage. The rest is occupied by Android OS and system files. There is no slot for memory card.

The performance shown by the HTC One smartphone in most popular test applications is striking imagination. Today it is one of the most powerful and rapid smartphones in the world.

HTC Blinkfeed.

HTC Blinkfeed is a news feed like RRS-mailings from various sources, including renewing personal ribbons in Facebook social networks. You can choose from the HTC Blinkfeed the country from which you want to add to the tape and news. Next, choose the categories "Technique", "Art", "Music" and others, and Blinkfeed displays these news on the main screen. The list of information sources is limited and determined by HTC for each country, the news are collected by a special service. Of the minuses, I would like to note that the HTC Blinkfeed cannot add its sources.

HTC ONE settings

I apply the main screenshots of the smartphone settings for inquisitive readers.

Internet and other HTC One Services

Internet pages on the screen with a resolution of points 1920 * 1080 viewing one pleasure. The same applies to the navigation service, both the built-in and installed Navitel. A smartphone with a screen size as HTC One 4.7 is easily able to replace the car navigator or a video recorder.

Camera in NTS ONE

Not all companies go along the path of the race for megapixels and focus on the final quality of photos. HTC decided to introduce a new touch element - "UltraPixel". Ultrapixel in HTC One has a size in two microns, and almost twice as averaged for ordinary smartphones. This in turn should provide higher quality pictures. The resolution of photos of HTC One is 2688 * 1520 points, which in classical understanding is approximately 4 megapixels. The main thing now for HTC One and the company as a whole, so that a simple user understands that the camera with 4 Ultrapixel is not 4 megapixel camera. Main Camera Chip - HTC Zoe Software - Set of effects, as well as technology, thanks to which the camera records seconds until the frame and three - after. When using this reception, a mini-video is obtained from which you can take the most successful frame or processing it. Multi-rope optical stabilization is also implemented in the HTC One chamber.

The HTC Zoe software settings for the camera are provided in detail below as screenshots.

From the useful features that I liked it, it is worth noting the horizon line, which works through the G-sensor, HDR-shooting, the ability to adjust the ISO, the white balance settings and the autotright function. The latter function can be useful to people who are removed in those places where the photo-video is prohibited, and set up a camera to an immediate autowaretail of the footage, say to the tablet, which is in a person in a backpack behind his back.

Panoramic survey.

Video filming.

Do not forget to set 1080p in YouTube settings. :)

HTC ONE service time

Battery in HTC One with a capacity of 2300 mAh using Li-Pol technology, in my opinion enough not so long as much as I would like.

The hardest mode is the games, just allowed the smartphone to hold out only 4.5 hours, but also the gadget heated well.

See 2-3 films on the maximum brightness on HTC One you can, in this mode, the smartphone worked for 6.5 hours.

If you take the daily use of a regular user - calls, SMS, the Internet and a little game + music + video, then in such a smartphone mode there is enough for a working day, without recharging HTC One worked for 11 hours.

In only MP3 player mode without visualization, the device works about 50-55 hours.

Using HTC One as a conventional dialer (a few calls and slightly SMS) allowed that with 100% battery charge to hold out almost 5 days.

By the way, HTC One is charged from a minimum to 100% about 3.5-4 hours. Energy Saving Settings Provided by the User, of course available.

Conclusion and summing up by HTC One

During the testing of this gadget, I had no doubt that the smartphone is good. Starting from the case materials and ending with the camera, HTC One causes only positive feelings. And the powerful filling, which is equipped with HTC One, will allow its owner to play the most powerful games. Big FullHD screen 4.7 inches and a powerful high-quality audio system will cause delight and music lovers and lovers to watch movies on HTC One. Assembly quality, appearance and highest performance under the control of Android OS 4.1.2 allow you to conclude that we are presented to the finished product that I want to buy even despite its solid value. The smartphone has just recently been on sale, and while the price in most stores is 29990r., But HTC One is clearly worth this money.

Pros:

Whole aluminum housing

FullHD display

Highest performance

High-quality camera using UltraPixel technology

Rich software to work with HTC Zoe camera

Protective display of the display with grease-repellent and non-fingerprint layer

High-quality and powerful audio system

Convenient service HTC Blinkfeed

Minuses:

Cost at the start of sales

Small bat autonomous time.

I am grateful to the company DNS. And personally Dmitry Volnevichu For the HTC One Overview within the tender from HTC.

Over time of autonomous work, the full order is true, the same Samsung Galaxy S7 turned out to be more survivable. With quite active use with adaptive backlight brightness, HTC 10 can count on full day of work - from early morning until late evening. But in addition to this, I will note an extremely fast charge with the branded adapter. The smartphone is fully charged less than in two hours. A half-hour session next to the socket will give you about half a day of autonomous work. But in all this you can see and a small minus. The USB-C connector that is used in HTC 10 is not so common, and if you forget to take a cable with you, it will not be so easy to lend it from familiar or colleagues. But this is a temporary phenomenon - literally in a year or two smartphones with USB-C will be fully, and it will be possible to find a corresponding cable at each step.

Competitors

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 / S7 EDGE

The most obvious alternative to HTC 10 is, of course, Samsung Galaxy S7. It is exactly the same money. If we talk about design, I would give preference to HTC. The all-metal case looks somewhere solid than the sword gloss S7. But he has his own highlight. Performance is almost the same, and by autonomy HTC is inferior slightly. But if you compare smartphones for each individual parameter, the last Galaxy will be in the lead - it has a better screen, and the built-in camera.

The last "single hero"

It so happened that from all the top new items of the current season, it was the new HTC smartphone in our hands the latter when the reviews of all other flagship devices have already entered the pages of our publication. This happened not in our fault - the release of the device for a long time was transferred, the final samples were not, and this situation is quite symbolic. It's not too good now. After the issue of problem models with the console and x + in the title, the company did not offer the market for some time, and the only one released at this time, the noticeable model HTC Butterfly suffered a strange fate. In the European version of the phone, there was also too few flash memory, and there was no possibility of its expansion at the expense of cards. All this, coupled with a dubious glossy corps and a very high price, could not cause (at least in our territories) of the great interest of users to this model. And now the company decided to make a "reboot" and start all over again. The developers re-focused all their strength on the model alone, having ceased to spray, and it immediately brought their fruits. The last creation of the NTS turned out to be so interesting that VMIG attracted back to the company lost part of the attention of users. Although there is no question of full return of the past position: at the last Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe NTS booth could not boast of any dimensions nor upgrades attention from visitors and the press. And the model on the bench during the exhibition was presented almost one - HTC One. That is the most on which all rates are now made in the company: "take off - fly further."

An unusually tense attitude in the company to the "New Hope" manifested even in the very name of the novelties. Very strange name, it is worth recognizing. Taiwanese decided to suddenly give a name corresponding to the overall name of the entire line of smartphones, which came out from their plants lately - no more, no less. "HTC One" is all the same as if Sony called their next smartphone simply "Sony Xperia", without any additional alphabetic or digital designations. Curious solution. Very uncomfortable to search on the Internet (when driving the name of any other device starting with "HTC One", will automatically fall out information and about HTC One itself, and vice versa) and very beneficial for the company itself (for the same reason). However, given the situation of the Taiwanese company in the global market lately, perhaps this step was quite thoughtful in order to raise a focusing interest in HTC products?

The main flagship models that we tested earlier, we added for the convenience of visual comparison in a single sign presented below.

	HTC One.	SAMSUNG GALAXY S4.	Sony Xperia Z.	OPPO FIND 5.	Google Nexus 4.	LG Optimus G.
Screen	4.7 ", S-LCD3 (IPS)	4.99 ", Superamoled	5 ", IPS?	5 ", IPS	4.7 ", IPS Plus	4.7 ", IPS Plus
Resolution	1920 × 1080, 469 PPI	1920 × 1080, 441 ppi	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi	1280 × 768, 317 ppi
SOC.	Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 @ 1.7 GHz (4 kernels, armv7 krait)	Exynos 5410 @ 1.8 GHz (8 cores)		Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 kernels, armv7 krait)	Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 kernels, armv7 krait)	Qualcomm APQ8064 @ 1.5 GHz (4 kernels, armv7 krait)
Oz	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Flash Memory	32/64 GB	16/32/64 GB	16 GB	16/32 GB	8/16 GB	32 GB
Memory card support	not	microSD.	microSD.	not	not	not
Operating system	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.1.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.1.
SIM format *	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.	Micro-Sim.
Battery	non-removable, 2300 mA · h	removable, 2600 mA · h	non-removable, 2330 mA · h	non-removable, 2500 mA · h	non-removable, 2100 mA · h	non-removable, 2100 mA · h
Cameras	relean (4 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (2 MP)		rear (13 megapixel; video - 1080p), frontal (2 mp)	rear (13 megacle; video - 1080p), frontal (1.9 megapixel)	relean (8 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (1.3 Mp)	rear (13 megacled; video - 1080p), frontal (1.3 Mp)
Gabarits.	137 × 68 × 9.3 mm, 143 g	137 × 70 × 7.9 mm, 130 g	139 × 71 × 7.9 mm, 146 g	142 × 69 × 8.9 mm, 165 g	134 × 69 × 9.1 mm, 139 g	132 × 69 × 8,5 mm, 145 g

* The most common SIM card formats are described in a separate material.

Key Features HTC One

• Soc Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.7 GHz, 4 Cores, Armv7 Krait
• GPU Adreno 320.
• Android 4.1.2 Operating System Jelly Bean
• Touchscreen display IPS, 4.7 ", 1920 × 1080
• RAM (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 32/64 GB
• MICROSD card slot
• Communication GSM GPRS / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G UMTS HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, MHL, OTG
• Wi-Fi Support Display / DLNA
• Wi-Fi 802.11a / AC / B / G / N
• GPS / GLONASS
• Digital compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, position sensors, illumination
• Camera 4 MP, with support for HDR video
• Camera 2.1 megapixel (Frontal)
• Lithium-polymer battery 2300 mA · h
• Sizes 137.4 × 68.2 × 9.3 mm
• Mass 143 g

Appearance and ease of use

Start a description should be, of course, with the case materials. Unlike most plastic modern communicators, NTS ONE is almost entirely made of metal. The developers on each presentation tirelessly demonstrate such a picture, especially focusing on the technology of the production of a new smartphone.

The entire body is cut out of a single piece of aluminum, the space is left only for the screen of the screen and camera optics. In principle, NTS has previously had experience in working with metal when creating corps of their smartphones. However, according to her own recognition, it has always had to compromise, embedding plastic parts into a metal case so that the metal does not shielded radio waves. When creating HTC One, the developers went on otherwise. They made all the antennas and microphones to outward, putting them in special shading - grooves, cut outside right in the case material. In these recesses, those elements that should not be applied with metal are laid. From above, these grooves are flooded with a special composite material resembling a conventional plastic structure. It is curious that not only the pumps on the back side, but all four side faces around the perimeter are also flooded with this material. The inconvenience for the user does not cause it, and it looks unusual - somehow "indispensable."

Everything else here is only metal and glass, so long to argue about whether a new smartphone looks, it is expensive or cheaply. Materials themselves are premium, therefore NTS ONE looks exactly so that in any minute is ready to correspond to any surrounding environment. In other words, HTC One is equally good to look and with an expensive costume, and in the hands of a teenager.

The smartphone is sufficiently heavy (143 g), which is logical, given the abundance of the metal, from which the case is calculated. If we talk about the dimensions, then at the expense of the narrow faces and the showing back the phone is quite conveniently located in the hand. But it does not mean at all that I am ready to take a metal as the best of materials for the production of smartphones. Many users, by the way, more like that "warm", light and rough plastic, especially since it is still strong enough. And in terms of the convenience of holding in the fingers, the matte coating Soft-Touch is probably more practical than smooth and sometimes slippery metal. Such and from the hand can slip out (especially considering the mass), and the heating is more susceptible than plastic. Yes, of course, the metal better takes the heat from the processor filling than plastic, we all know it, but in terms of comfort it is difficult to argue that it is very pleasant to take a cold metal in your hand, which after a few minutes work suddenly hesitated to hot. Plastic in this sense simply behaves quieter, only and everything. But in any case, a neat appearance and a small thickness allow you to talk about HTC One as a universal smartphone that is suitable equally for both male and female hands.

And of course, such a strong case will be better to resist various external influences than plastic. Although it is worth noting at this place that the Specialists of one popular foreign edition say that the smartphone argue that the smartphone is practically not suitable for repairs, because it does not understand. That is, if the speaker stuck or cracked the glass - it is probably to replace these elements will be very problematic. However, this is only the unofficial opinion of the part of journalists.

Now consider the details and individual elements of the NTS ONE case. In the back, in addition to said grooves, there is a digital camera window and a photo of the photo flashlight is all standard. Form factor hull - monoblock. No case, no removable parts, respectively, the lid is also not removed.

From this building of the case, the other fact is logical. The SIM card here is inserted into the side groove on the left side of the smartphone, driving there on metal sleds. The method of fastening is exactly the same as the iPhone: you need to press the clicker for emissions of the container with the card. SIM card Here is used Micro-SIM format, the container itself is made of metal.

Both connectors traditionally located on the upper and lower ends of the device are universal: Micro-USB - down, the audio output is 3.5 mm - at the top.

But on this logic ends. All other controls of NTS ONE are so unusual and inconvenient, which remains only a divide. First, this ill-fated power and lock key. She was why they were not located on her side, and from above - wherever no finger would get. And the fact that this combination button is still an IR transmitter, it does not justify it. And who, actually, forced to cut the IR port in the power button? In the upper end and without it, there would be enough space to arrange an IR transmitter. He here, by the way, is needed to control various techniques, such as a TV or a television console - the appropriate software is already installed in the smartphone.

Secondly, this key, and the other that adjusts the volume - both are embedded with the plane of the case. They do not perform absolutely out of it, and therefore, it is not possible to grope them blindly. Manipulate such buttons is extremely uncomfortable, all the time you have to watch where you click, and it is impossible to get used to it. As already mentioned, these buttons are indistinguishable from the rest of the surface.

And the unusual touchpad of control buttons under the screen is crossed and crowns. During that time, mankind has created smartphones with touch screens, it has time, it would seem, to sort out all possible options for performing a block of buttons under the screen. But the developers from NTS managed and this time to change everything. From the standard set, the button called the menu is simply "drank. In her place now the NTS logo is now - right in the middle of the panel, and on the sides of it - only back and home, the menu buttons are not at all. There could not be something about saving the place: unlike the entire virtual block of the buttons, swinging in some smartphones on the screen, here the strip under the screen still occupies the place, albeit with three, but with two buttons. A rather strange decision, and what it is justified - it is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the list of recent open applications is intuitively to find now also not easy: it is called here on a double touch button home.

Finishing the theme of the buttons, it is worth noting that the menu that pops up for a long-term pressure of the power key, in addition to the standard shutdown functions, reboot and transition to the flight mode is complemented by another item - a call to the children's regime. In this mode, you can safely give a smartphone to play your children, without fear for access to important features of the phone, which are blocked for them.

It remains to add that two options for NTS ONE with different colors are available on the market: Glacial Silver (gray metallic with the romantic name "Silver Glacier"), as in our review, and Stealth Black ("invisible black") - in the photo above. At the black option, all the materials are the same, only the metal here is painted here, and plastic, which are filled with all the shackles and sidewalls - under the color of the case: in the gray version it is white, and in the black phone it is black. The rest of the smartphones are identical. Both options are not too marked, since there are no glossy surfaces. True, on the coating of black HTC One fingerprints, dirt, dust and fat are more noticeable than gray - it should be taken into account by pedantic cleanliness when choosing.

Screen

The HTC One has a very high-quality touchscreen display, called the creators of S-LCD 3. In the figures, the physical parameters of the screen of the novelty look like this: dimensions - 58 × 103 mm, diagonal - 119 mm (4.7 inches), resolution - Full HD 1080p ( 1920 × 1080 Points), PPI pixel density is 469 dpi, which is now a record indicator in the smartphone market. The HTC One display has both manual and automatic brightness adjustment, which is based on the operation of the lighting sensor. Multitach technology allows you to simultaneously process up to ten touches, which is confirmed by tests. It is curious that here this feature should be manually included in the settings, otherwise the screen will recognize only two simultaneous touch - such a strange know-how has already been encountered in the NTS devices before. There is also an approximation sensor here, which blocks the screen when applying for a smartphone to the ear.

A detailed examination of the display using measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" section Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the HTC One screen.

The smartphone screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface and, judging by the reflection of bright light sources in it, has an anti-glare filter. On the outer surface of the screen, there is a special and fairly effective oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating, so the traces of the fingers appear not as fast as in the case of conventional glass, but are easier to be easier.

When manually controlled, its maximum value was about 450 kD / m², and the minimum is 11 kD / m². The maximum value is quite high, so with a bright daylight, the readability of the screen to some extent will be saved. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. There is automatic brightness adjustment over the light sensor (it is located in the upper left corner of the front panel): In full dark, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness of up to 18 cd / m² (not very dark), in conditions lit by artificial offices, it sets 81 kD / m² (acceptable), in a very bright environment increases to the maximum 450-460 kD / m² (as it should be). In automatic mode, when changing external light conditions, the screen brightness is rising, and decreases. There is no flickering.

This smartphone has an IPS type matrix. Microfotography demonstrates a typical subpixel structure for IPS:

The screen has good viewing angles without inverting the shades and without a significant shift of colors, even at large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen. The black field when the diagonal deviation is deviated quite a bit and, depending on the direction of the deviation, acquires a purple shade or remains almost neutrally gray. With perpendicular look, the uniform of the black field is very good. The response time when switching a black-white-black is 21 ms (12 ms incl. + 9 ms off.). The transition between halftons is 25% and 75% (according to the numerical color value) and back in sum occupies 33 ms. The contrast is good - about 950: 1. The gamma curve built according to 32 points did not reveal in neither lights, nor in the shadows, and the indicator of the approximating power function is 2.23, which is close to the standard value 2.2, while the real gamma curve is slightly deviate from the power dependence:

Color coverage is SRGB:

Therefore, visually colors on this screen have natural saturation. The spectra show that the matrix light filters to moderately mix the components to each other:

The balance of shades on the gray scale is good: the color temperature is though higher than 6500 K, but on the entire value of the part of the gray scale this parameter changes not very much, while the deviation from the spectrum of absolutely black body (Delta E) is less than 10, which is considered for the consumer device A good indicator. (Dark areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

As a result, we have a qualitative version of the screen on an IPS type matrix that deserves high marks.

Sound

In my sound, the HTC One smartphone is one of the best solutions on the market. Of all the smartphones tested, only OPPO Find 5 can be compared with HTC One in terms of the quality of the audio. HTC One speakers are located in the most unusual way - this is not tired to remind the creators in television advertising. Two front stereo speakers are built into the phone, and both of them are facing the face surface, and not the rear, like most of the smartphones. The device makes no overly loud, but very clean, smooth in the entire range, deep sound saturated with low frequencies. Holes of the speaker grids on the front surface cannot overlap the surface of the table, so nothing prevents the sound output (except, it is clear, the option when you put the smartphone "face down"). The sound here is additionally processed and improved using HTC BOOMSOUND and Beats Audio technologies.

The FM radio in the smartphone is available, but traditionally only works with the headphones connected that perform the role of the antenna. There is also a regular voice recorder used to create voice notes. Both applications should be signed in separate folders, where the icons of the appropriate application themes are thoughtfully assembled: radio in the multimedia folder, and the voice recorder in the tool folder. Built-in default features to record telephone conversations from HTC One, unfortunately, no.

Camera

Assessment of photos and conclusions in quality are made by Anton Solovyov.

HTC One is equipped with most modern smartphones, two digital cameras modules. The front camera, serving for video link, has a 2.1 megapixel sensor, an example of a snapshot in front of you. In principle, the quality of shooting for the front camera is not bad, you can even disassemble the text if you wish. The maximum resolution of the pictures obtained by the front chamber is 1920 × 1088 points.

For a 2 megapixel front camera, quite acceptable quality. In the center, the text is quite picky, but at the edges sharpness drops. The fragment with the barcode is already marked noticeably.

All the intrigue is enclosed in a new module of the main, rear smartphone camera: Here the developers have installed a module with a resolution of only 4 MP. Explaining such a low permission from modern standards, developers tirelessly repeat on their presentations words that the number of megapixels does not actually mean, and offer to look at the other characteristics of the new sensor. Which, by the way, make up the most surround section in the list of specifications on the manufacturer's brand site.

HTC Ultrapixel Camera:

• Pixel size 2.0 μm
• Size of the 1/3 sensor, the inverse illumination of the matrix
• Special processor HTC ImageCHIP 2
• Diaphragm F2.0 and [relative] Wide-angle lens 28 mm

Colorful epithets and large pixel sizes are not yet too helping: snapshots are not blocked and leave much to be desired. "For now" - because there is an opinion that something can improve with the release of new software firmware for HTC One. At least most of the fans of the HTC brand are now inclined to believe and wait. In the meantime, it is possible to evaluate the quality of the images obtained by clicking on the miniatures shown below. By default, the camera is set to shoot at the maximum resolution of 4 MP, while the pictures are obtained in size 2688 × 1520 with the aspect ratio of 16: 9.

Good detail for 4 megapions. Small distortion of geometry suggest that, perhaps, the lens has too wide angle. Pleasant color reproduction.

And some more photos made with various settings in different light conditions.

The noticeable distortion of geometry is quite normal for a wide-angle lens. There is no essential distortion. Small chromatic aberrations are noticeable on the phragment with the telephone wire.

Pretty uniform exposure throughout the field of the image with almost the opposite light.

A detailed consideration of the snapshot indicates either the absence of a programming increase, or about its good work.

Examples of macro photography of near-locked objects, as well as text with paper.

Strange deterioration of sharpness in the right side of the picture. If the text is sharp in the left part, then in the right it is not like a focus. Castor, just an unsuccessful shot.

Good sharpness on the branch. In addition, the pleasant lack of chromatic aberrations in bokeh.

In the video settings there are four shooting modes: with a maximum Full HD-resolution of 1080p, with effects of diminished (60 frames per second) and slow survey, as well as Full HD video using HDR technology.

The ability to keep a video on a smartphone camera in a steady and slow motion, as well as apply when shooting video, HDR technology is now at the manufacturers of fashionable "chips". We met the same set of opportunities when testing Samsung Galaxy S4 and OPPO Find 5, as well as some other top smartphones. By the way, it is worth noting that the declined shooting in OPPO Find 5 is carried out at a speed of 120 frames per second, and in HTC One - only 60 frames per second. However, OPPO is achieved at the expense of the roller resolution reduced to 480p, and the HTC One has less and less, but the steady mode is implemented in the resolution of 720p. So all over it is clear that the struggle on this new front is just beginning to deploy. In any case, while both of these "unusual" modes are slow and steady - can only be applied when shooting in a reduced resolution, and not in Full HD, so that the image quality itself on the received rollers always leaves much to be desired. Examples of video filming in all four modes described are laid below.

• Roller # 1 (Normal, 30.5 MB, 1920 × 1080, 16: 9, 30 frames / s, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels)
• Roller # 2 (slowdown, 11.9 MB, 768 × 432, 16: 9, 23 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC)
• Roller # 3 (steady, 13.5 MB, 1280 × 720, 16: 9, 60 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels)
• Roller №4 (HDR, 26.3 MB, 1920 × 1080, 16: 9, 29 frames / s, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC, 192 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels)

And of course, it is impossible not to mention another "find" - a photographing mode, in which the camera not only makes a few snapshots, but also glues them into a whole microorolic that can capture some short event in motion. This is not a standard video shooting mode, but a little different, even another resolution of the micromarolics obtained (1920 × 1088, and not 1920 × 1080, as with a normal video in Full HD). In principle, there is nothing special in this mode - probably, in such cases it would be possible to quite do the usual video. In addition, such a format is not unique: at Samsung Galaxy S4 presentations demonstrate exactly the same mode capable of capturing short events in motion - dance pirouette, for example. But for some reason, the developers in HTC decided to make a strong accent on it, allocated a separate button in this mode at the most prominent screen location and even gave the mode their own unique name: zoe. Examples of a pair of such "zoe" in front of you.

• Zoe №1 (3.82 MB, 1920 × 1088, 16: 9, 24 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC, 108 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels)
• ZoE number 2 (3.74 MB, 1920 × 1088, 16: 9, 24 frames / sec, video - MPEG-4 AVC ( [Email Protected]), sound - AAC LC, 107 kbps, 48 \u200b\u200bkHz, 2 channels)

It is curious that in the memory of the phone, in addition to full HD-rollers, a whole series of photographs was found from the same video, numbered Zoe labeling, but in a variety of micromarolics resolution - 2688 × 1520. That is, Zoe is a real serial shooting, and with individual frames from the series then you can work with built-in tools - in particular, choose the best. Here, for example, "frames" related to "Zoe No. 2":

As for the settings for the camera management, they are somehow unusually assembled in a single long tape, in which you need to open the subparagraphs you are interested in. At first it confuses a little, but then you get used to it. It is curious that there is no point to change the permission of the obtained photographs here, the shooting is carried out only in one resolution. True, there is the possibility of "trimming" under the different aspect ratio. The settings also have the ability to bind the geometers, adding graphic effects, inclusion of face recognition, smiles, panoramic shooting and, of course, manual exposure settings, white balance, etc. The shutter sound can be disabled. You can also display the grid that is convenient.

A separate hardware key on the side of the camera control device at HTC One is not provided. Examine the shutter of the camera using the volume control key here too, although it is often practiced in smartphones of other firms. Here, this key and in shooting mode, everything also continues to adjust the sound volume level, which is frankly surprising. From positive moments, you can note the possibility of shooting a photo during video recording, there is also a full-time framework.

Conclusions for camera features for shooting photos:

The camera is not bad for everyday shooting, designed to capture interesting moments or important information. Of the advantages, you can highlight a good exposure selection program, as well as an interesting implementation of macro photography. Significant disadvantage - low camera resolution. It is really good, but still the main task of the smartphone camera is rather a documentary shooting than artistic. And here the HTC One is almost three times losing the top smartphones of competitors. On the other hand, it boasts good sharpness compared to some smartphones whose manufacturers do not believe that a large number of pixels on the matrix are a big responsibility.

In comparison with LG Nexus 4, the HTC One smartphone loses only in resolution. The sharpness around the edges of Nexus falls, but not much. LG Optimus G, in turn, loses HTC ONE on the operation of the exposure selection program. In places and the sharpness of him leaves much to be desired, despite the resolution of 13 megapixels. The same can be said about Sony Xperia Z, the optics of which is clearly weak for such a "big" matrix. But the camera on the smartphone oppo Find 5 is very worthy: there is practically no drop in sharpness to the edges of the picture, and in general, the sharpness of the picture is good. Not bad and exposure selection. However, it has geometric distortion, characteristic of all listed smartphones, as a result of the use of a wide-angle lens. Also well copes with the photographing of Samsung Galaxy S4, although it is somewhat inferior to OPPO Find 5. Apparently, all manufacturers have almost managed to defeat chromatic aberrations and "white contours". In fact, in this general comparison of HTC One lacks only a large permission, so that it can be rightfully called its camera one of the best among top smartphones.

Recall that from a large permission, the company refused to consciously using the standard size of a matrix with a relatively small number of pixels. That is, the linear size of the lighting elements here is relatively large that at least a reduced level of noise should be provided with such matrix. And in practice, we really see that the htc single shots are definitely won. However, if you reduce up to 4 megapixel snapshot of the same OPPO FIND 5, then in detail and noise it will not be worse, and perhaps even better than the HTC One option. It is no secret that good old chambers with a 4-5 MP matrix have been cleaned cleaned than early chambers with 12 meters. Now, at the expense of software processing, manufacturers are trying to achieve the same purity with greater resolution. HTC went on the opposite way, trying to win with a smaller resolution. The experiment is very interesting, but from the series "New - this is well forgotten old." However, we note also that it is impossible to objectively to estimate the noise and detail of the smartphone on the field snapshots (or rather, it is very difficult). In a good way, the shooting is required in a specially prepared premises, and we are absolutely not sure that our readers will be interested in these technical details in the applied to the smartphone chamber. Returning to the "Custom" level, we can give such an assessment: the best quality of HTC images succeeded, but the quality is manifested in the "beauty" of the artistic picture, and not in the detail of the documentary. With all its dislike for a large number of pixels on the matrix, we believe that HTC is not quite true, since for the flagship smartphone 4 MP is too small - in any case, for those areas where the smartphone is usually used. Removes this camera better than 5 megapixel cameras on past HTC smartphones, so it cost them at least 6 megapixel.

In conclusion, we can say that the HTC One chamber is well suited for shooting artistic plots, which do not need to look at small details.

Software

HTC One works at the moment on the Google Android version 4.1.2 software platform. On top of the standard OS interface, the company installed the shell of its own manufacture, wearing the name of HTC Sense 5. The shell has undergone significant changes compared to previous versions. It is completely redistributed here everything from the color schemes and the general organization of the desktop to strange, elongated in the height of fonts.

It is curious that the menu of programs in HTC One completely unexpectedly scrolls not horizontally, like everyone else, and vertically. It is so unusual for users who have already had experience to communicate with the Android system, which without tips they cannot figure out that it is necessary to flip vertically. Perhaps someone will seem more convenient for someone, but those who I asked, such changes are not too glad.

The default application menu itself looks like "loose" - the program icons will take one from the other at a considerable distance. However, the application icon matrix can be done denser by changing the mesh configuration with 3 × 4 to 4 × 5 in the settings. The settings buttons for change, sorting and searching on the program menu are not originally visible - they must be called, additionally, pulling down the work screen, which is not quite familiar.

But the most notable innovation here sees HTC Blinkfeed. It is an independent service, built directly to the home screen - a sort of widget on the desktop that cannot be removed. It is a live ribbon constantly updating events, whether it is news from sites, social activity of friends, annexes of events and the like. According to representatives of the company, HTC, Blinkfeed combines current content from various sources, which is collected and recycled on the company servers, and then issued in the tape. The figure of 10 thousand articles is voiced, daily coming from more than 1,400 media sources from around the world. According to the developers, all the most necessary and significant user can now reach in one glance without switching between all sorts of programs and websites. Content tape is divided into sections, and the owner of the NTS ONE smartphone is free to choose what themes he wants to receive updates of information in the Blinkfeed tape. The problem is different: the user cannot independently connect other sources here, which are initially not included in the list of HTC servers for the BlinkFeed service. That is, the user can choose only in the limited choice of HTC the limits. To move from viewing BlinkFeed to the desktop you need to perform horizontal wave across the screen - then the application menu opens.

Pre-installed programs are not very much. Some of them, such as a package for working with office documents Polaris Office or flashlight, may be useful. Moreover, office programs, for example, here allow not only to open the familiar Word documents, Excel and PowerPoint, but also to edit and save them. There is even a curious service called Rescue, with which it is assumed to be used by the user can receive remote technical support from the company's specialists. We are impressed by the desire to reflect the appearance of the application menu: as soon as Google added the ability to create folders for icons, the manufacturers immediately began to gently spread those on topics.

But, unfortunately, branded applications installed in HTC One do not work in our country. Where do not press (HTC Watch, HTC TB ...) - programs report that they do not support our region, although competently translated into Russian: Russia is simply absent in the list of countries.

HTC One unexpectedly much attention is paid to the "Children's Question". A separate service is built into the smartphone, which allows you to close access to important settings from children, and this mode is even deposited in the menu when rebooting with a separate item. Obviously, it may be useful to someone, although in our time it can be easier to buy a child's own inexpensive electronic toy than to trust such a dear parental apparatus.

Telephone part and communication

The radio cavity of the HTC One smartphone is stable, random loss of signal and falling out of the network operator has not been observed. The screen is large, drawing the keys, numbers and letters of the number dialing and the virtual keyboard for a set of SMS messages are quite convenient. In HTC One, much attention is paid to information entry methods, there is a complete possibility of entering the route, and even a complete tutorial on the theme "how easier to print" has been drawn up.

Having freezes, reboots and spontaneous discs during testing was not observed. The phone is convenient to overload using a menu that pops up for a long-term power button. When submission to the ear, the screen is blocked by the approximation sensor. The illumination sensor controls the screen brightness level in automatic mode. There is a convenient LED indicator of events, which is not built in the most common way: the indicator does not have its own "window", but shines directly through the holes of the upper dynamics lattice.

The device is equipped with modern network interfaces and wireless communication modules: Bluetooth version 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11a / AC / B / G / N (this is the first announcement machine with 802.11ac support!), There is support for Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA and the ability to organize Access points Wi-Fi. The Micro-USB connector supports MHL and OTG modes: a 32-gigabyte flash drive, connected to the device through an adapter, perfectly recognized and mounted as a separate storage. As for MHL, this mode is tested in detail by us in the video playback section.

We separately test the new Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard, the support of which is declared in HTC One. Testing was carried out with the ASUS RT-AC66U router - one of two models with the support of 802.11ac standards present in the local market. Recall that this new version of the standard works only in the 5 GHz range and provides an increase in speed more than twice as compared with 802.11n. In the case of smartphones, only one antenna is most often used, so the compound speeds in this case can be a maximum of 150 Mbps for 802.11n and 433 Mbps for 802.11ac. Real performance is usually about two times less. In addition, many mobile devices do not even support the two-channel operation mode, which leads to a limitation at 72 Mbps for 802.11n.

Despite the declared support for 802.11a / B / G / N / AC, we managed to obtain from the device only the connection on the 54 Mbps velocity characteristic for 802.11g. At the same time, real performance amounted to a little more than 20 Mbps. We have made a lot of effort to set up the router, but see the range of 5 GHz smartphone failed, so 802.11ac test tests were not carried out. Most likely, the situation is due to the use of pre-sale sample. If possible, we will definitely return to this issue later.

HTC ONE has and support for NFC - wireless high-frequency communication technology of a small radius of action, which makes it possible to exchange data between devices located at a distance of about 10 centimeters. This technology is aimed primarily to use in mobile phones and payment terminals, and in some countries it is already used for contactless payments, fare in public transport or even identification of personality. In our country, NFC has not yet been widespread, but now the user of a smartphone supporting this technology can try it in action. It is enough to download and install the Yandex.Metro application, which, when submission to the telephone, a travel ticket is able to show the deadlines for its use and the number of remaining trips. Another application offers a domestic MTS cellular operator that organized NFC support for contactless payments. The Mobile Wallet kit includes a special MTS SIM card with MasterCard PayPass technology, tied to MTS bank card. In addition, the kit is attached to the NFC antenna, which is necessary to be accommodated in the nest for the SIM card. That is, for such contactless payments, in any case, not enough for a smartphone is not enough - it is necessary to get a new special SIM card into it, as well as get an appropriate account in MTS bank. But in the case of a phone with support for NFC technology, you will not have to install another and the antenna - and this is not such a simple, and in the iPhone, where the SIM card in the case is moving through the slot, it will simply fail to install it.

Assistance in the location of the GPS module provides A-GPS technology, with its help orientation on the ground is carried out almost instantly. If you disable all wireless communication modules, then the cold start with satellite search and location will take one and a half minutes. The phone also contains the support of the Russian Satellite Navigation Navigation Glonass.

Performance

HTC ONE hardware platform is built on the basis of the latest single-chip system Qualcomm Snapdragon 600. It includes a quad-core CPU KRAIT 300 with a frequency of 1.7 GHz and GPU Adreno 320. According to the creators, the new system provides 40% more performance than the system of the previous generation. Snapdragon S4 Pro, with a simultaneous 30% reduction in power consumption.

The amount of RAM in HTC One is 2 GB. The system memory into the smartphone is laid 32 or 64 GB - depending on the selected configuration. In our case, the repository affordable to the user for downloading its own files was about 25 GB with a nominal value of 32 GB. When the smartphone is connected to the PC, its internal storage is mounted as an independent removable disk. The possibilities of expanding memory using MicroSD cards in HTC One, unfortunately, did not foresee, so the user will have to be content with only these 25 GB for all its needs.

We compared the HTC One hardware performance in various popular tests with the performance of the other top modern smartphones tested. Most of them, by the way, are built on the most previous Snapdragon S4 Pro platform, which was mentioned above. Therefore, a fully expected device based on the new Snapdragon 600 turned out to be the results of tests on advanced positions in comparison with competitors. HTC One demonstrated very high performance results, put in one row with Samsung Galaxy S4 and leaving behind the remaining top smartphones of modernity, such as Google Nexus 4, LG Optimus G, HTC One X + and Samsung Galaxy Note II. We give summary data with comparing the results based on the Antutu test. Our own data differ slightly from these, but the overall alignment of forces is clearly clear.

Below are the results of the HTC One test in the new version of Glbenchmark - 2.7.0, where a new T-REX HD scene has been added in high complexity. As we remember, even such a powerful system, like OPPO FIND 5, issued only 13 FPS in this test. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 platform in HTC One coped with this complex test better, but very slightly slightly - 15 FPS.

Play video and connection to the external screen

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player.	Full video player
DVDRip.	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL SD	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	reproduces normal
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3
BDRip 720p	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	video is reproduced normally, sound only program	video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 1080p.	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	video is reproduced normally, sound only program	video is reproduced normally, no sound

¹ Sound in MX Video Player was played only after switching to software decoding; the regular player does not have such a setting

Additionally, the MHL interface was tested. To test it, we used the LG IPS237L monitor that supports a direct MHL connection using a passive adapter cable from the Micro-USB connector on HDMI. In this case, the conclusion on MHL is carried out in a resolution of 1920 to 1080 pixels with a frequency of 30 frames / s. The display on the monitor screen during the portrait orientation of the smartphone screen is carried out in portrait orientation only if the current program does not support the landscape orientation, while the image height is slightly less than the height of the display area, and the right and on the left are black fields. In all other cases, regardless of the orientation of the smartphone, the image on its screen and on the monitor screen is forcibly displayed in the landscape orientation. Unfortunately, the image on the monitor is displayed in a slightly reduced form so that black stripes remain around the perimeter. Opportunities to disable such a conclusion apparently not. As a result, the actual resolution on the monitor screen is lower than on the screen of the smartphone itself, that is, less than Full HD. The sound on MHL is displayed (in this case, the sounds were heard through the headphones connected to the monitor, since there are no loudspeakers in the monitor) and it has good quality. At the same time, at least multimedia sounds through the loudspeaker of the smartphone itself are not displayed, and the volume is adjusted by the buttons on the smartphone housing. MHL connected smartphone is charging.

A special description deserves video tools for the staff player. To begin with, using a dialing of test files with one division per frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see the method of testing the playback and video display devices. Version 1) We checked how the video is displayed on the screen of the smartphone itself. Screen shots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 to 720 (720p) and 1920 per 1080 (1080p) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frame / from). The results of this (block entitled as " Screen") And the next test is reduced to the table:

File	Uniformity	Pass
Screen
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4.	badly	few
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4.	oK	not
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	excellent	not
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	oK	not
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4.	oK	not
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4.	oK	not
MHL (Monitor)
watch-1920x1080-60p.mp4	not reproduced
watch-1920x1080-50p.mp4.	badly	lot
watch-1920x1080-30p.mp4.	oK	few
watch-1920x1080-25p.mp4	badly	not
watch-1920x1080-24p.mp4	badly	not
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	badly	lot
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	badly	lot
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	badly	not
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4.	badly	not
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4.	badly	not
MHL (adapter)
watch-1280x720-60p.mp4	badly	lot
watch-1280x720-50p.mp4	badly	lot
watch-1280x720-30p.mp4	badly	not
watch-1280x720-25p.mp4.	badly	not
watch-1280x720-24p.mp4.	badly	not

Note: If in both columns "uniformity" and "skips" exhibited "green" estimates, this means that when viewing movies, most likely, or artifacts caused by uneven alternation and passage, will not be visible at all, or their number and visibility It will not affect the preview of viewing. "Red" marks indicate possible problems associated with playing relevant files.

Only one file is played perfectly - 1280 × 720 at 60 frame / s, in all other cases, the intervals between frames alternate unevenly, in one case a small part of frames is skipped, and 1080p files from 60 frame / s are not played. However, in addition to these two cases, artifacts are visually noticed. Note that uniform alternation of frames, if it is, it is still a relatively unstable state, since some external and internal background processes lead to a periodic failure of the correct interval between frames. When playing video files with Full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels) on the smartphone screen, the image of the video file is output one-in-one, exactly along the screen border in the true resolution of Full HD. The brightness range displayed on the screen does not match the original - in the shadows of three or four shades of gray are indistinguishable from black, but all gradations are displayed in the lights (for video in the range of 16-235). It is impossible not to note the relatively good - loud and good in quality - stereo sound, which create two spaced loudspeakers of this smartphone. As a result, it is not necessary to wear headphones to view the cinema, if, of course, the sound does not prevent others.

With the MHL connected monitor when playing a video full-time player, a picture of the video file is displayed both on the smartphone screen and on the connected monitor, but information elements and virtual controls are displayed only on the smartphone screen. When playing video files with Full HD resolution (1920 × 1080 pixels) due to the unconnected, as noted above, overskana The actual image resolution on the monitor screen is somewhat less than the permission of Full HD. The brightness range displayed on the monitor corresponds to the original - in the lights and in the shadows displays all gradations of shades (for video in the range of 16-235). The results of the output tests on the monitor are shown in the table above in the "MHL (monitor" block. The quality of the output is low, since the intervals between frames (or between groups of personnel) alternate unevenly, and in some cases frames are skipped.

Additionally, the video output was tested (a regular player) on MHL with the use of a MHL adapter. When using this adapter, the output to the monitor was carried out in 720p mode at 60 frames / s, which determined the maximum actual image resolution. With the exception of the permission and frequency of frames, everything else is the nature of the interface output, recharging, the sound of sound and the gray scale - did not differ from direct connection via MHL. Test results are shown in the table above in the MHL (adapter) block. The output is similar - the quality of the output is low.

As a result, it turns out that the implementation of the MHL interface in the HTC One smartphone has a number of serious flaws. However, this type of connection can be used in principle for games, viewing movies, the withdrawal of web pages, etc., but it will be necessary to respen with a decrease in the actual permit and with periodic twitching of the picture when the dynamic image is derived.

Battery life

The capacity of the lithium-polymer battery installed in HTC One is 2300 mA · h. The battery is non-removable, so it will not be possible to replace it yourself and replace it.

The smartphone demonstrated very good indicators in terms of the duration of autonomous work, leaving a little behind all top novelties that have been tested lately. Here are the results of testing the subject in several modes of autonomous work.

Uninterrupted reading in the program FBReader with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was exhibited by about 100 cd / m²) for 2 hours only 14% of the total battery charge, and on a two-hour view video from YouTube in high quality (HQ) through the home network Wi-Fi apparatus I spent 27% battery capacity. With a maximum load in the mode of continuous 3D game (100% brightness, 60 FPS), the smartphone has worked for 2 hours 14 minutes. Complete HTC One charging is carried out in 2 hours.

Prices

The average retail price of the device in rubles in Moscow at the time of reading the article can be found by putting a mouse to the price tag.

Outcome

As for the cost, the official sales of the HTC smartphone in Russia is already a start. From April 10, the smartphone was to start selling in most retail chains and shops at the recommended price of 29,990 rubles. There will be no exclusive contracts with individual sellers this time, which is understandable: not this is now the company's position to dictate to someone else's conditions. Thus, the smartphone will be sold in all stores, and those who designed pre-ordered on the company's websites and all its key partners will receive a smartphone at a price of 27,990 rubles. Compared to the flagships of other firms, this is a very attractive price, and the smartphone turned out to be quite interesting. From the obvious advantages of his reliable housing from high-quality and durable materials, as well as powerful, the most advanced hardware platform today. Of the relative minuses - a strange chamber, an uncomfortable combination and location of all hardware buttons, as well as the need to get acquainted with the "finds" of developers, expressed in software and interface, such as the vertical menu of programs and blinkfeed, for example.

For the combination of innovative solutions focused in one product, a non-standard attractive appearance, the HTC One smartphone certainly deserves our reward.