The inclusion of physical bottom is strongly hinting the presence of fingerprint scanner but nothing can be confirmed as yet. The most evident change is the new physical home button replacing the usual speaker at the bottom.
The alleged M9 Plus has slightly different design than what we expect from HTC’s flagship. The secondary camera for capturing depth information that is used to simulate a range of bokeh effects was first introduced on the 4MP One M8 but dropped on the M9 which comes with a. In the camera department the return of the Duo Cam system is somewhat of a surprise. HTC M9 plus, 5.5inch 2k display+snapdragon810+3GB RAM+dual rear camera+fingerprint scanner. A fingerprint scanner has been added for mobile payment functionality. Leakster Leaksfly claims that the the device will be named HTC One M9 Plus and will feature a slightly different design as well as come with a few extra features than the regular HTC One M9 flagship. Now, another variant of HTC’s popular flagship has surfaced on the internet. Just recently we saw some images of alleged the upcoming HTC One (M9) flagship. Rumour mill is working fast to give us all the hints we want about the devices we are excited about. Octacore (quad 2.1GHz and quad 1.5GHz), Samsung Exynos SoCġ6MP (f/1.9, phase detect autofocus, OIS)ġ6MP (f/1.Mobile World Conference (MWC) is fast approaching with the promise of new and exciting flagships. Octacore (quad 2GHz and quad 1.5GHz), Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC
My test unit was the silver and gold version, with the back finished in brushed silver and the sidewalls in rose gold, but the phone will also be available with a dark gunmetal-grey rear with mirrored edges, with a gold rear and gold mirrored edges, and a rather more lurid pink. The most visible difference between last year’s M8 and the HTC One M9, however, is the range of colours in which it will be available. And in another small yet significant improvement, HTC has added a scratch-resistant coating to the rear of the phone.I haven’t yet had the phone for long enough to say how effective this is in the long term, but I haven’t noticed any scratches or scuffs so far. These edges give you more grip on the phone than the smoother, more slippery M8. Instead, the M9 has defined edges, flattened sides and a step between those edges and the front of the phone.Įmpirically, this represents a tiny improvement practically, though, it does feel different in your hand. Although it has the same, gently curved rear panel as its predecessor, it no longer wraps smoothly around the sides of the phone.
HTC hasn’t completely left the design alone, however. From a distance, you might struggle to tell the two apart.
Just like the M8 before it, the HTC One M9 is hewn from metal, and it’s the same size, too, with a 5in screen upfront, and a similar configuration of sensor, camera and speaker paraphernalia above and below the screen.
But the HTC One M7 and last year’s HTC One M8 were positively received in most parts of the media, and it’s clearly aiming to capitalise on that good press with the HTC One M9.Īt the same time, it doesn’t want to move away from this successful formula, so despite all the hype, it perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise to find that there isn’t a huge amount different about HTC’s new flagship model.
HTC has struggled in recent years to top the efforts of Samsung in the Android smartphone space. Here are our favourite phones right now, or read on to read what we thought of the M9 a year ago: It’s still a good phone for now, but others have held up better in the specs, even if the M9 is still quite the looker. Most contracts have it around the £30 mark for 24 months, meaning it’ll be January 2018 before you pay it off – at which point the M9 will look somewhat long in the tooth.