#HTC ONE M9 REVIEW TECHRADAR ANDROID#

Yes, there are more tie-ins and features, yet somehow I still come away wanting to drill down even more. That’s somewhat the case here for the latest iteration. I love the concept but I always felt like execution was not where it could have been. For those who already have specifics in mind you can drag and drop your own titles into the widget and jumpstart the learning.įor me BlinkFeed has always been a mixed bag. It might take a while for the phone to totally learn your preferences but it’s rather cool when it does. The idea is that when you leave you’ll turn to different apps work sometimes requires entirely different apps. What’s more, you’ll have a widget called Sense Home which is designed to highlight apps and games you’ll be more prone to use at home. Out of the box you’ll find the One M9 set up with widgets, BlinkFeed (left screen), and a customizable launcher. Not only does Sense look wonderful with its more minimal influence, it’s also smarter than ever before.

#HTC ONE M9 REVIEW TECHRADAR ANDROID#

The 7.0 release of Sense feels terrific and relies more on what Android sets forward with its Material Design principles. A few years later, however, we were pining for HTC to stop pushing its agenda so heavily and to scale things back. Remember back to the first generations of HTC Sense and how it was a welcome alternative to the stock Android experience. Attributed to Android 5.0 Lollipop and HTC Sense 7, the UI is the first thing that sticks with you. The HTC One M9 is not all that different from its predecessors yet it feels new at the same time.

While other hardware makers were going the cheaper route with materials, HTC was putting out solid devices. Suffice it to say, the One and the One M8 received high marks for build quality and look to represent HTC very well. At a casual glance the average person might not be able to quickly identify the difference between the now-three generations? More importantly, does that matter? The argument of revolution versus evolution plays out quite heavily with the HTC One line of devices. What happens, though, when someone appears to go back to the same well three times in a row? In a boiled-down look, that’s what HTC has done with its flagship One. Sure, most years we something big and revolutionary happen across the board most hardware makers are able to produce something that looks different at first glance from one model to the next.

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