
In good light the photos could be very nice. The pre-production phones I tried delivered photos that were, to be frank, disappointing.
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Unfortunately, it's not clear that HTC has cracked the rest of the camera formula. Sony uses the same sensors in their phone, with impressive results. HTC tried to improve camera quality this year by using a 20-megapixel Sony sensor in the main shooter.

Perhaps it was the lens, or perhaps the software driving it a good sensor alone doesn't guarantee good photos. HTC's UltraPixel sensor was always a brilliant idea on paper, but delivered sub-par results in too many situations. A healthy 3GB of RAM helps here, too.Ĭameras have long been a relatively weak spot for HTC. It's the new king of the mountain in phone processors, and it provides predictably blazing performance for the M9.

The processor is a Snapdragon 810 with eight cores. The spun texture on the lock button looks and feels nice. The keys could have more travel, but they're decent. The lock button has packed up and moved down to the side, a common and welcome change these days. My only niggle is with the SIM and memory card trays, which are more noticeable - but look and by touch - than they should be.Īll of the buttons look and feel good. Nearly everything about the fit and finish of the M9 is superb. Last year's One suffered from annoying fit and finish issues where the various front bezel parts met (or didn't.) HTC took steps to address that in the new M9 by forming the bezel around the display as one part.
