HTC One M9 Released

The HTC One M9 has been presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: HTC's 2015 flagship smartphone. The successor to the popular HTC One (M8), the M9 sticks very closely to its predecessor. But it now has an improved camera and more ram. Read on to find out more…

Specs

The specs include a 5 inch 1080p IPS display, an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 3 gb ram, 32 GB internal memory + microSD expansion capability. It also sports a 2840mAh battery and the new, 20 MP camera. The ultrapixel camera has now been moved to the front, and that means a much better selfie quality, finally!

Design

The design of the M9 resembles a lot to the design of the M8. Here, HTC is following the policy, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The M8 was a classy phone with that premium unibody aluminum casing. The trend follows here as well. There are some minor changes like the back now has a bit more texture to provide better grip, and the shape of the back camera sensor has changed as well.

Price

The M9 will launch in USA in the first week of april with a price tag of roughly 700 USD. We do not have any information for the launch date in India. But we expect it to launch mid-April or start of May. The price in India is expected to be around 45k INR.

Verdict

The HTC One M9 is a great phone, hands down. HTC fixed all the short comings with the One M8 and have refined their already perfect design. But with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy s6 and s6 edge in India, HTC will definitely have a tough competition in the upper end market. Keeping that in mind, let’s see what happens..

Here are some detailed technical specifications for the M9:

HTC One M9 Technical Specifications

SYSTEM                 Android 5.0.2 Lollipop + HTC Sense 7

DISPLAY                5 inches, IPS LCD, 1Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), 441 ppi

PROCESSOR          Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (4 x 2.0 GHz cores + 4 x 1.5 GHz cores)

RAM                        3 GB

MEMORY               32 GB + microSD

BATTERY              2,840 mAh (non-removable)

CAMERA               20 MP (rear-facing), UltraPixel (front-facing)

CONNECTIVITY   USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 & 5 GHz, LTE Cat. 6, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, IR blaster, HDMI MHL 3.0

DIMENSIONS        144.6 x 69.7 x 9.61 mm

WEIGHT                 157 grams