“Although we’re still missing some of the pieces, based upon what data we have the One M9 is in an alarming place for a new smartphone. It lasts longer, it feels just as fast, and it costs less.” Anandtech: Honestly, if you’re willing to settle for the M9, you should also look at the M8 while you’re at it. “HTC played it safe this year instead of pushing things further. Here’s a bundle of impressions from other notable outlets: Gizmodo: But if the HTC One M9 is supposed to one-up its predecessor in every other way, then the camera seems to have missed the memo. HTC Sense is better than ever, and the Snapdragon 810 is plenty powerful to make it run smoothly.

“For the third year in a row, HTC has a really compelling phone with a disappointing camera,” writes Dan Seifert.Īnd that seems to be the common theme here - the familiar design is fine, because it’s actually good. The Verge gave it a similar rating of 8.3/10, and echoed Engadget’s sentiments about the HTC One M9’s 20.7 megapixel camera. “Alas, the M9 is let down by a camera that isn’t as good as it should be,” said the reviewer, who noted that it wasn’t much better than yesteryear’s Ultrapixel counterpart that now sits on the front. While our HTC One M9 review is still in the works and will be along shortly (here’s everything you need to know about it in the meantime, and you can always talk about it at ), we thought it wise to bring you the opinions of some of the web’s top tech outlets ahead of the phone’s April 10th availability here in the United States.Įngadget, who rated the phone 84 out of 100, says that while it looks and feel just as good as the previous two entrants have, there wasn’t a big enough improvement in the camera department to completely win them over. In case you haven’t heard, the HTC One M9 has officially launched in Taiwan and reviews of the international version of the phone have started pouring in.

Htc one m9 review and comparison