HTC One (M8) And One (E8) Review: A Flagship And Its Sidekick
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We run HTC's flagship Android smartphone, the One (M8), through our exhaustive benchmark suite. In addition, the company sent over its less-expensive sibling, the HTC One (E8). Both devices are compared and tested against a strong field of competition.
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Heironious
July 24, 2014 12:39:41 AM
LordConrad
July 24, 2014 2:12:23 AM
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blackmagnum
July 24, 2014 2:18:12 AM
JOSHSKORN
July 24, 2014 2:24:22 AM
Just stop comparing to the iPhone 5s until a comparable 64-bit chip is released and implemented into Android phones. Until then, the iPhone 5s "appears to be faster" (only on benchmarks) but as many of us know, it justifies buying an iPhone for most users, even though a 64-bit processor in a mobile phone may be pointless (for now).
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kevith
July 24, 2014 3:22:02 AM
CaedenV
July 24, 2014 4:46:11 AM
If I were the android type I would get this phone hands-down. If they released a WP version then I would jump all over it over the stuff Nokia has been pushing out in 2014 so far.
The only 'complaints' that I have are the lack of wireless charging (impossible due to the metal back plate right?), and the lack of a sort of Nokia Glance screen (though other android devices are picking up similar features). The cover seems to bring that Glance functionality... but I really don't like that cover and would rather not. The thing is that with my lowly 920 I have built myself an upright wireless charging stand, and with glance screen enabled whenever the device has access to power, it makes a most excellent clock/notification center. With my 920 approaching 2 years old I am starting to look for a replacement, and as of the moment I am not finding one. WP has seemingly abandoned the high end devices, I am not apple compatible, and Android devices have a lot of really neat features... but then you deal with non-standard UIs and gimmickey software. I really hope something really good comes out before Christmas because the 920 is not getting any younger.
The only 'complaints' that I have are the lack of wireless charging (impossible due to the metal back plate right?), and the lack of a sort of Nokia Glance screen (though other android devices are picking up similar features). The cover seems to bring that Glance functionality... but I really don't like that cover and would rather not. The thing is that with my lowly 920 I have built myself an upright wireless charging stand, and with glance screen enabled whenever the device has access to power, it makes a most excellent clock/notification center. With my 920 approaching 2 years old I am starting to look for a replacement, and as of the moment I am not finding one. WP has seemingly abandoned the high end devices, I am not apple compatible, and Android devices have a lot of really neat features... but then you deal with non-standard UIs and gimmickey software. I really hope something really good comes out before Christmas because the 920 is not getting any younger.
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stevessvt
July 24, 2014 6:13:11 AM
Avus
July 24, 2014 6:17:34 AM
envy14tpe
July 24, 2014 6:29:47 AM
TeKEffect
July 24, 2014 8:05:44 AM
Merry_Blind
July 24, 2014 9:13:20 AM
PapaCrazy
July 24, 2014 9:47:47 AM
I love my One M8. I've had iPhones and Samsungs before. It's hard to explain why this phone is so enjoyable, it really is more than the sum of its parts. Slick UI even better than stock Android, insanely quick in day to day tasks, design features that genuinely make the phone easier to use like tap-to-wake, beautiful audio quality that can even drive my 600ohm(!) headphones to respectable volumes... I actually was planning on getting a Samsung G5 but with the lack of 32gb went with the HTC instead. I had no idea the HTC One was so awesome when I bought it, but glad I did. Next time around I will be looking at HTC first thing.
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dovah-chan
July 24, 2014 11:27:15 AM
http://puu.sh/aposd/12cc16eef6.jpg a proud owner
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dovah-chan
July 24, 2014 11:31:22 AM
PapaCrazy
July 24, 2014 3:02:45 PM
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oh yeah forgot to say that the futuremark benchmarks are invalid as HTC cheated on those for specifically optimizing for themNot to make excuses for HTC, but the "high performance CPU mode" that becomes unlocked on those tests was made a public feature to downplay the fact that they cheated. So now you can goto Developer Options and enable it yourself 24/7 (with added battery drain). As an overclocker, I find it a cute novelty, but not much more. It's a tangible user benefit to the cheating, though not an excuse for such tactics in benchmarks.
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Thor God Of Thunder
July 24, 2014 7:43:09 PM
doogansquest
July 27, 2014 2:08:11 PM
Apple's GPU scores aren't exactly accurate. I mean, they have to produce less information in their much lower resolution screens.
Got to give it to them on their web browsing experience though. They've always been pretty good there. Still the most over-priced-per-performance piece of marketing-to-the-sheep garbage out there.
Got to give it to them on their web browsing experience though. They've always been pretty good there. Still the most over-priced-per-performance piece of marketing-to-the-sheep garbage out there.
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CaedenV
July 29, 2014 1:12:43 PM
Woo Hoo! Confirmed yesterday that the HTC One (M8) is going to have a WP version! Sadly it will be tied to VZW, but perhaps there will be an international version that would play nice on ATT or T-Mo network? Still, this looks to be a much better offering than the Lumia 930, cant wait to see a release date and if they are going to mess with the hardware or housing for the WP variant.
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stealthgamer
August 7, 2014 5:51:51 AM
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