If the SVP of Design guy ever watch this video, please tell me why on earth did you put a black bar that thick along the bottom of the screen just for the HTC logo?
Indeed, this just shows that the meticulous and artistic design of ***** can falter sometimes. This DEAD SPACE is an ugly excuse. Saying 'we needed the room' is admitting compromise, this should have been worked at until it was fixed. Look to the ***** G2 for how the front of the phone could look, with your Boomsound speakers top and bottom added on.
Mark Anderton The thing is though, the G2 isn't 90% metal. Metal blocks signals, so HTC needed to create an empty space on the device for all the antennas to go.
And therefore people that really care about the design of the new device see a visible compromise. I obviously couldn't do better, but I know a blemish on an otherwise amazing design. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to me, this phone is too long for a 5 inch screen.
I like how they seem to operate small and like a start up. Instead of a huge corporation like Samsung might go about making their phones. HTC seems more concerned with pleasant experience instead of packing every small little feature that's more of a gimmick the Samsung way. Great video!
Its great to see how HTC designs its phones by many professional designers whereas samsung has just one guy who goes on google images and copies what he sees lol.
I would like 2 Thanks the Designers of the hTc One, the hTc One Mini, & the New hTc One M8. Excellent design, super styling great creation in the end. The craftsmanship of the phone is phenomenal.
This video was very enlightening. It really helps me appreciate my phone even more than I already do, which is saying something because this phone is unbelievably handsome. I never thought I could compare the structural integrity of this phone to my watch (which isn't a smartwatch). They put so much graceful effort into this and the previous HTC one that I was shocked to hear they actually didn't do well last year. With the addition of an equally well built microSD card slot, the possibilities have blown up with this one, and I wouldn't be surprised if the One M8 came out on top this year versus Samsung's plane jane, utilitarian strategy. In terms of the easy scratchability of the back, this is the first device that i can sort of compare to a converse shoe, when you get those first little scuffs, It's kind of a bummer, but 2 years later, when you've beaten the shit out of it, It actually starts to look awesome again.
In this video I seen three different color options on the HTC one m8. (Of course the gold one, but that was not shown on the video). The first one I seen was the gun metal gray option. The second one was the same color as the last year model, light silver with whit plastic strips. The last one was light silver with black strips. I want that last one , but for some reason HTC isn't selling that color option.
I'm sticking with my M7 for another year. It's an absolute beast and it runs perfectly on Sense 6 software (which I have via custom ROM). The M9 will be mine! :)
Is that big plastic window at the top how they accomplished the 90% metal enclosure design? Funny how they aren't showing the top of the phone much in the stream.
HTC one "M8" , rather than having that additional camera at the back it should have bumped up the megapixel count to at least an 8MP Ultra Pixel or whatever they call it.A phone with Samsung' Galaxy S5's 16MP, coupled with 3GB Ram, a 2k display, 3200 mAh battery and an overclocked Snapdragon805 along with HTC one's(M8) design, Oh boy!! that would be my flagship phone for 2014.
I have had the One for an year now and I have really enjoyed the exclusivity. Every Tom, Dick and Mathew (Harry has an iPhone) has Samsung s4, and everybody ogled at the shiny One. I feel sad that the pleasure of exclusivity may end this year.
the camera is honestly keeping me from buying this phone.. sigh , i like it so much, the camera just had to fucking blow. now i have no clue what phone to get, i might just wait till late september or something
I was thinking the same but most people just use the camera on their phones occasionally for the odd picture for facebook or instagram and the camera on this should be plenty enough for that so I am definitely going to buy this phone :D
I was really hoping all the leaks were fake because of that too.. overall the phone looks ok but imo is uglier than the M7.. I'm not getting another HTC tool they get a good camera. My one takes HORRIBLE pictures, far worse than any other flagship from the past 3 years... So this time I'm going to give the Xperia a shot, better specs on almost every category + waterproof and amazing camera? Win.
I hope they can succeed, I've had a couple of HTC phones and they are fantastic right now I have the note 2 I love it and all but the design of the new one is very nice.
Grrrr can't get this cos I hate that bottom bezel, I thought they would learn from the m7 how bad that bottom bezel looks. I love my HTC One but just can't stand seeing the bottom bezel its totally messed up the phone's beauty. Well looking towards the m9 or m10 or whichever sorts it out.
Vini a.k.a SThrill I agree with you about the bezel and yeah Robert Balzani is just a punk that can not spell who either I'd a kid or troll with a Butthead thumbnail picture. Or is but hurt b/c you disagreed with you're opinion on the looks of you're own phone.
I didn't mind the bezel at all on the One M7, this year it's stupid though, because it doesn't actually have a purpose anymore and they are just wasting screen space with those buttons.
Although more comfortable, I think the first One had an aesthetically better design, everything felt more cohesive. The biggest killer I think unfortunately might be calling their updated product the "HTC One" again, it's only going to confuse those not in the know. A shame too they have great people working for them, I'd love to more HTC devices over more Samsung.
I thinks that the Ultra Pixel camera kills this phone for the average consumer that just looks at the megapixel count. Aside from that this phone be doing better than it has. I hope the company can stay strong for competition sake.
There can't have been a single person in the world who, when asked how ***** could improve the One, replied with "How about another lens on the back that lets you take tacky DoF effects and fake stereoscopic gimmicky effects?" Find me ONE person who'd prefer that ridiculous waste of money and effort over a bump in resolution on the main camera? Keep the Ultrapixel camera if you're sticking to it as part of a corporate vision, but increase the resolution so that you don't IMMEDIATELY see pixels when you zoom/crop. I wasn't lusting after a 20MP (UP) camera. 8 UP would have been a worthy iterative improvement. HTC you have misjudged what improvements people were looking to you for. If you're still afloat this time next year, try smaller bezels, better camera. It's not complicated. And if you really want to show off your design pedigree and wow us, make the battery replaceable.
Riswin Ashraf dont hope for that...HTC is in the verge of bunkrupt, and they need some seriously good sales to come back again... 4-5 months ago, there was a rumor that Lenovo wanted to buy HTC (which could actually be a great think, combining HTC's design and quality with Lenovo's endless money)
Frankly I feel as though this is a better phone then the Samsung S5. I would make a few design tweaks though, but it is far better than anything Samsung could ever do.
In my opinion, HTC deserves the top spot a whole lot more than Samsung. But then, if Samsung was on the 3rd spot, it would be the one trying to innovate.
Now throw this phone out in the market HTC because for once I've found the one phone I really want. I need a new phone and it is this phone or Note 3, but I rather go the new One because it is the "One" XD
the camera....still 5 mega pixels, huuuuuu. Its the only thing that keeps me from buying HTC devices now. I bought the samsung galaxy s4 over the ONE because of that, was not a bad choice, I loved the extremely colorful screen, and sharp camera, and performance (still get lag in games and never runs as smooth as the iPhone). This after focus thing could be cool, but it would only work for close subjects. The 5mp front facing camera is higher res than the back, makes no sense to me.
If the SVP of Design guy ever watch this video, please tell me why on earth did you put a black bar that thick along the bottom of the screen just for the HTC logo?
That's where the digitiser is, along with the antennas for a bunch of other sensors I'm betting.
its there to house the boom sound speaker components them self
Indeed, this just shows that the meticulous and artistic design of ***** can falter sometimes. This DEAD SPACE is an ugly excuse. Saying 'we needed the room' is admitting compromise, this should have been worked at until it was fixed. Look to the ***** G2 for how the front of the phone could look, with your Boomsound speakers top and bottom added on.
Mark Anderton The thing is though, the G2 isn't 90% metal. Metal blocks signals, so HTC needed to create an empty space on the device for all the antennas to go.
And therefore people that really care about the design of the new device see a visible compromise. I obviously couldn't do better, but I know a blemish on an otherwise amazing design. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to me, this phone is too long for a 5 inch screen.
I like how they seem to operate small and like a start up. Instead of a huge corporation like Samsung might go about making their phones. HTC seems more concerned with pleasant experience instead of packing every small little feature that's more of a gimmick the Samsung way. Great video!
I always enjoy watching The Verge Videos, but this time it was FANTASTIC!! Great Content GUYS!
Its great to see how HTC designs its phones by many professional designers whereas samsung has just one guy who goes on google images and copies what he sees lol.
OhMyBooda and the sad thing is, he googles "samsung phones".
Riswin Ashraf loooll
looks better then samcrap s5
Yet slippery to grip. 👎
donzzymc mermaid hands
I would like 2 Thanks the Designers of the hTc One, the hTc One Mini, & the New hTc One M8.
Excellent design, super styling great creation in the end. The craftsmanship of the phone is phenomenal.
I believe htc can strive to be a successful company in years to come :) . The htc one says it all .
too bad everyone falls for Sammy's advertisement...they miss on a great smartphone
I've always wanted either a HTC phone, now I want this phone with that case... that case is so better than any other case!
what kind of watch is that at 5:15??
This video was very enlightening. It really helps me appreciate my phone even more than I already do, which is saying something because this phone is unbelievably handsome. I never thought I could compare the structural integrity of this phone to my watch (which isn't a smartwatch). They put so much graceful effort into this and the previous HTC one that I was shocked to hear they actually didn't do well last year. With the addition of an equally well built microSD card slot, the possibilities have blown up with this one, and I wouldn't be surprised if the One M8 came out on top this year versus Samsung's plane jane, utilitarian strategy. In terms of the easy scratchability of the back, this is the first device that i can sort of compare to a converse shoe, when you get those first little scuffs, It's kind of a bummer, but 2 years later, when you've beaten the shit out of it, It actually starts to look awesome again.
I like how everyone is making fun of the S5 with the HTC One M8
In this video I seen three different color options on the HTC one m8. (Of course the gold one, but that was not shown on the video). The first one I seen was the gun metal gray option. The second one was the same color as the last year model, light silver with whit plastic strips. The last one was light silver with black strips. I want that last one , but for some reason HTC isn't selling that color option.
Looks incredible! I already have an HTC one 2013, I think I'll wait for next year's model.
I'm sticking with my M7 for another year. It's an absolute beast and it runs perfectly on Sense 6 software (which I have via custom ROM). The M9 will be mine! :)
What's the name of the song?
What are the color options? Because in this video the m8 has the same color as the m7 (which I like), in other videos the color is a lot more gray.
No mention of the Purple Hue problem in the previous camera that HTC has yet to acknowledge is a sensor issue & not a software issue.
Anyone know what the background tracks are in this video?
Sweet looking phone...I'll wait for the Max version.
Wow the white one is very gorgeous.
Great video as always. Too bad the camera doesn't perform as well as the competition.
Why aren't Sony try to by in the first's places like htc?
The phone is awesome as always but I am more amazed by the cover :O
This phone is SO GORGEOUS!
music used?
Jony Ive clone spotted at 1:13!
My jaw dropped when I saw the cover. If only there was a smaller version that was this good I could start considering Android.
Why still in 2014 you have those "big screen" concerns.. pff
Cause I have small hand concerns. And I'm not interested in larger screens - just like I prefer 13" laptop over 15" one.
The best design android phone indeed!
Is that big plastic window at the top how they accomplished the 90% metal enclosure design? Funny how they aren't showing the top of the phone much in the stream.
That's the IR Blaster.
***** Itst the IR blaster too....
HTC one "M8" , rather than having that additional camera at the back it should have bumped up the megapixel count to at least an 8MP Ultra Pixel or whatever they call it.A phone with Samsung' Galaxy S5's 16MP, coupled with 3GB Ram, a 2k display, 3200 mAh battery and an overclocked Snapdragon805 along with HTC one's(M8) design, Oh boy!! that would be my flagship phone for 2014.
Yo people what is the song from like the four minute mark onwards. Like all the way to the end.
So they got rid of the capacitive buttons, but kept the big black bezel.
I have had the One for an year now and I have really enjoyed the exclusivity. Every Tom, Dick and Mathew (Harry has an iPhone) has Samsung s4, and everybody ogled at the shiny One. I feel sad that the pleasure of exclusivity may end this year.
1:11 LOOK AT HER FINGERS OMG
This is basically a HTC commercial. But that does look like a nice phone.
This sound track was on an episode of Top Gear
It's stock music. Anybody can use it
Please share the name of the song, where I can get it ?
its a precious thing this phone
the camera is honestly keeping me from buying this phone.. sigh , i like it so much, the camera just had to fucking blow. now i have no clue what phone to get, i might just wait till late september or something
I was thinking the same but most people just use the camera on their phones occasionally for the odd picture for facebook or instagram and the camera on this should be plenty enough for that so I am definitely going to buy this phone :D
MrColakid11 i know what you mean, i'll have to see. i just don't know, you zoom in the tiniest bit and the photo just looks like shit
I was really hoping all the leaks were fake because of that too.. overall the phone looks ok but imo is uglier than the M7..
I'm not getting another HTC tool they get a good camera. My one takes HORRIBLE pictures, far worse than any other flagship from the past 3 years...
So this time I'm going to give the Xperia a shot, better specs on almost every category + waterproof and amazing camera? Win.
The story behind the New One: HTC still has some *fight* left.
Damn nice looking phone B-) htc all da way ;)
I just wish The One had a better camera....
I hope they can succeed, I've had a couple of HTC phones and they are fantastic right now I have the note 2 I love it and all but the design of the new one is very nice.
I still think even bumping up the camera to 5MP would make the battle a little bit easier.
***** that would be fine if it were true. But the results speak for themselves; the HTC one m7/m8 have the worst camera of any flagship.
vexx506 agreed.
Grrrr can't get this cos I hate that bottom bezel, I thought they would learn from the m7 how bad that bottom bezel looks. I love my HTC One but just can't stand seeing the bottom bezel its totally messed up the phone's beauty. Well looking towards the m9 or m10 or whichever sorts it out.
Vini a.k.a SThrill I agree with you about the bezel and yeah Robert Balzani is just a punk that can not spell who either I'd a kid or troll with a Butthead thumbnail picture. Or is but hurt b/c you disagreed with you're opinion on the looks of you're own phone.
I didn't mind the bezel at all on the One M7, this year it's stupid though, because it doesn't actually have a purpose anymore and they are just wasting screen space with those buttons.
vexx506 I couldn't agree more
Dude, after a while you barely notice it. Yes it's a bit annoying, but it's hardly a deal-breaker.
I don't doubt it, but it would be great if they were smaller.
Do I love the one, or do I love the one.. ;)
I surely own it..
The HTC one is the best phone i ever had
0:45 samsung add on top :D
Although more comfortable, I think the first One had an aesthetically better design, everything felt more cohesive.
The biggest killer I think unfortunately might be calling their updated product the "HTC One" again, it's only going to confuse those not in the know.
A shame too they have great people working for them, I'd love to more HTC devices over more Samsung.
The phone is Nice as hell point blank period........
somehow the old HTC One seem prettier to me than the new One
I thinks that the Ultra Pixel camera kills this phone for the average consumer that just looks at the megapixel count. Aside from that this phone be doing better than it has. I hope the company can stay strong for competition sake.
i got more interested in Christian Bale playing Steve Jobs 0:09
i want it...
There can't have been a single person in the world who, when asked how ***** could improve the One, replied with
"How about another lens on the back that lets you take tacky DoF effects and fake stereoscopic gimmicky effects?"
Find me ONE person who'd prefer that ridiculous waste of money and effort over a bump in resolution on the main camera? Keep the Ultrapixel camera if you're sticking to it as part of a corporate vision, but increase the resolution so that you don't IMMEDIATELY see pixels when you zoom/crop.
I wasn't lusting after a 20MP (UP) camera. 8 UP would have been a worthy iterative improvement.
HTC you have misjudged what improvements people were looking to you for.
If you're still afloat this time next year, try smaller bezels, better camera. It's not complicated. And if you really want to show off your design pedigree and wow us, make the battery replaceable.
3:16 GAP BOOTY
screw the s5. This is a BETTER phone hardware wise. I don't know why people buy that plastic crap.
Lucas Hickey It's a choice to get that "plastic crap" case. In case of s5, w or w/o case, you still have the s5 plastic crap quality.
marketing is a bitch...it makes people believe anything
Aaron Watson I hope so. Or HTC Ones are gonna end up in EVERYONE's hands rather than just in the hands of people who appreciate art and technology.
Riswin Ashraf
dont hope for that...HTC is in the verge of bunkrupt, and they need some seriously good sales to come back again...
4-5 months ago, there was a rumor that Lenovo wanted to buy HTC (which could actually be a great think, combining HTC's design and quality with Lenovo's endless money)
Nice
Two lens is I looks weird. But actually great idea possibly...? Photo quality is good.
Frankly I feel as though this is a better phone then the Samsung S5.
I would make a few design tweaks though, but it is far better than anything Samsung could ever do.
Huh dat pun 2:24
The one thing ive hated about the HTC one is that it rusts and scratches so easily , dunno how they are going to solve that
You do realize that aluminum doesn't rust, right?
Sorry not rust but looks so scarred look on eBay for used ones they always look really weathered the age on the device shows
yanic barrett oh, that's just abrasion. You can't really fix abrasion, unless we have a diamond-hard material that is affordable.
Lol yeah I guess you right
DANM!! i wish i could run IOS on this phone!!!
Ewww
Yuck
Ibraheem Al hadede LMAO!!!
Scott Croyle is a real wannabe Jony Ive lol
DeEpischeGames I think right now, Jony Ive wanna be scott croyle.
Sorry but this year imo it goes:
Xperia Z2 > HTC M8 > OPPO F7 > ALMOST ANY FLAGSHIP > Galaxy S5 > iPhone
actually its
JBed iPhone > HTC M8 > Xperia Z2 > S5
Typical underdog fanboy...Both Galaxy S5 and iPhone 5S are great smartphones each on their own right.
ToySoldiersTV 100% true
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Finally headphone port on the bottom...
The best android phone
What a sweet ass phone.
u wot m8
In my opinion, HTC deserves the top spot a whole lot more than Samsung. But then, if Samsung was on the 3rd spot, it would be the one trying to innovate.
Go htc! Great design. But still I wish they fixed that annoying bottom bezel!
Good luck htc
Now throw this phone out in the market HTC because for once I've found the one phone I really want. I need a new phone and it is this phone or Note 3, but I rather go the new One because it is the "One" XD
dont like the new one's design at all. too curved and glossy, doesn't look very industrial or clean anymore in my personal opinion.
...why is there a random dig at Microsoft and Windows Phone in this? Has next to nothing to do with the One.
you're dead samsung. lol
Their using macs to design the HTC 1, hmm interesting
they copied even the designer 1:12
you know what i mean. lol
the camera....still 5 mega pixels, huuuuuu. Its the only thing that keeps me from buying HTC devices now. I bought the samsung galaxy s4 over the ONE because of that, was not a bad choice, I loved the extremely colorful screen, and sharp camera, and performance (still get lag in games and never runs as smooth as the iPhone). This after focus thing could be cool, but it would only work for close subjects. The 5mp front facing camera is higher res than the back, makes no sense to me.
Here's an idea to help out HTC, go straight stock Android. I still understand why they won't drop their lame UI.
If it didnt have that stupid HTC logo bar it would have been an easy buy
LG > HTC > Samsung
personally HATE the new design ewww
wow, HTC copied Jony Ive. LOL. Oh, yeah, theirs is different, he has glasses.
better design, but still lame ass UI. lol
Why aren't Sony try to by in the first's places like htc?