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HTC's recent troubles have been well documented of late and there was talk of the HTC One being the Taiwanese firm's last chance to stay in the race which it at one point was comfortably leading. The HTC Desire set the template for the premium Android phone, but Samsung has since come along with its Galaxy S range and swallowed up a massive sector of the market, while HTC has struggled amid some misguided products and the departure of key staff members. Thankfully, the One was a massive success - one of the firm's best-selling phones, in fact - and many regard it as 2013's best mobile, full stop.Even so, it's curious to note that HTC has stuck with largely the same basic visual template for its successor, taking a leaf out of Apple's book by imitating the two-year design cycle. The One M8 - despite its clumsy name - builds on the good work seen in its immediate forerunner and delivers a premium experience which stands in stark contrast to Samsung's relatively cheap-feeling Galaxy S5 - undoubtedly its biggest rival in the Android sphere. While Samsung's phone will most likely achieve more commercial success due to its brand power and legion of dedicated fans, when placed side-by-side, it's abundantly clear that HTC's product is the higher quality design of the two.
Blessed with a new and improved Snapdragon 801 chipset and sporting a larger screen, improved metal body and a MicroSD card slot, the HTC One M8 superbly refines what many consider to be 2013's best handset. Not surprisingly, HTC has utilised the same SoC as the Samsung Galaxy S5, provided very similar performance overall.
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