HTC’s big event at the 2015 Mobile World congress happened earlier this morning, and they have unleashed the HTC One M9, which continues the HTC One line. They are calling it their “most personal, beautiful and powerful smartphone yet” and it brings several improvements. It will be landing on AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile in the early Spring. It will also be available from HTC.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile specialty stores, Costco Wholesale and Target.
The One M9 continues with an all metal design and this year it has a two-tone metal design. It will come with a tone silver or rose gold finish and has very distinct edges, all-in-all it looks very similar to the One M8. You till have the two BoomSound Speakers on the back, but gone is the DuoSense lens with a UltraPixel camera on the back, you have a square lens along with an LED flash. The device itself comes in at 157 grams and is 9.61 millimeters thick.
The One M9 is running HTC Sense 7 which puts you in control of everything, and it is running on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop. There is a new themes mode, which intelligently puts you in the control seat, you can choose you favorite photo and with Sense 7 it will customize the software experience around it. Plus, it has different modes which will recognize your location and customize your home screen for it. Lastly, with BlinkFeed it now has location-based recommendations for news updates, events, and more. Powering the device is a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 octa-core CPU, which is made up of four 2GHz and for 1.5GHz 64-bit processing powers. Plus, providing even more power is a large 3GBs of RAM. It will have 32GB of internal storage, plus a micro SD card slot.
HTC Connect allows you to send media, with a three finger swipe, to compatible products. You can send music, photos, and videos to televisions and speakers. Now, of course you can use the BoomSound speakers on the device which have been updated with an even better experience. They now feature 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound and HTC promises the One M9 has one of the best sounding experiences on the market. The One M9 has a 5-inch Full HD 1080p display and is still compatible with DotView cases. HTC is saying the M9 should get around 20 hours of talk time thanks to a 2840Ah battery.
The biggest change with the One M9 is with the camera, it now has a 20 megapixel camera with a saphire lens on the back along with f/2.2, 27.8mm lens, 4K video recording, auto focus, and a BSI sensor on the back. The UltraPixel is not dead, there is a UltraPixel lens on the front with a BSI sensor, f/2.0, 26.8mm lens, 1080p and video recording. HTC has a new software experience that will allow you to implant effects like Shapes, Prismatic, Elements and Bokeh, all while still being able to use HTC Zoe. HTC wants you to zoom in on photos now and the new camera setup with a 2o megapixel lens, should perform better than the M7 and M8.
While there is no word on exact pricing or availability for the One M9, we know it will be available in the early Spring. Specific carriers have begun to announce they will be getting the device like AT&T, but Verizon has said they will be getting in it Quarter 2 and they did show off their variant which has some logos. I cannot wait to check out the all the new HTC One M9, in the mean time check out a press release and a gallery below.
Press Release
BRING YOUR WORLD TO LIFE WITH THE NEW HTC ONE
Get more out of every experience with the beautifully crafted HTC One M9’s unique combination of elegance and performance
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, March 1, 2015 – HTC today unveiled its most personal, beautiful and powerful smartphone yet, the HTC One M9. The newest flagship in the globally acclaimed HTC One family, the HTC One M9 is a classic yet timeless celebration of beauty and elegance that combines high style and performance, enabling you to get the most from your mobile phone.
“HTC has built its reputation on challenging expectations in the mobile industry,” said Cher Wang, Chairwoman, HTC. “The HTC One M9 accomplishes this once again with stunning elegance and design, combined with smart features that help bring your world to life, connecting you in a deeper way to the things you consider most important. So much more than just a phone, the HTC One M9 is an extension of who you are.”
A complete celebration of design
Building on a three-year pursuit of excellence, the HTC One M9 melds the best of the award- winning HTC One M7 and HTC One M8 into a stunning, iconic design. Distinct metal edges combine perfectly with graceful curves for a jewellery-grade look. Small and easy to hold, the crafted, all-metal unibody design is highlighted by an exquisite dual-tone silver and rose gold1 finish that is as distinctive, as it is durable. Mirror-polished gold sides cascade effortlessly into a hairline brushed silver back panel, encasing a bright and vivid display.
HTC Sense 7: An extension of you
Your phone should make a statement about who you are, and the new HTC Sense 7 experience puts you in control of everything. Highly customizable and intuitively you, Themes puts you at the center of the smartphone experience, intelligently analyzing your favorite photos to modify the look and feel of your apps, color scheme and backgrounds.
As your always-on travel companion, your smartphone is perfectly placed to enrich your mobile life. Sense 7 reinvents the home screen to deliver the most useful apps to the homepage based on your location. Whether at home, work, or play, you’re never more than
a click away from the features you need with this contextual, customizable widget. A more intelligent HTC BlinkFeed also makes it easier to uncover the hidden gems that surround you by using location data to recommend points of interest, news and information.
Incredible imaging: Helping you create your best memories
With the best camera being the one you carry in your pocket, your smartphone should make it a breeze to take brilliant, creative and fun images. The HTC One M9’s cameras are designed to capture every moment in amazing quality, allowing you to relive those moments again and again. The main camera features an incredible 20 megapixels that accentuate every crisp, intricate detail, and a sapphire cover lens that protects from scratches. For vivid video that looks like the latest blockbuster, the camera also shoots movies in 4K resolution.
The best moments take you by surprise, and spontaneity often doesn’t come fully lit. The ultimate companion of the impulsive snapper, the HTC One M9 addresses low-light shots with a powerful UltraPixel front-facing camera. Dynamic auto exposure and UltraPixels that capture 300% more light than standard cameras deliver sharper, more natural and balanced self-portraits in any lighting conditions.
HTC Sense 7 with HTC’s EYETM Experience software makes taking creative pictures easy. A host of new editing effects including Shapes, Prismatic, Elements and Bokeh allow you to add a little bit of individual artistry into every shot, with the Zoe app automatically editing them, putting them to your choice of music and letting friends remix the collection with their own shots to create a shared celebration from every moment.
With so many incredible images, quickly showing your friends those brilliant shots could become an issue. Wherever they’re stored, the new One Gallery makes it easy to search through your entire photo library, viewing images saved on the phone, on social media and on select cloud platforms. The gallery puts your whole image library at your fingertips, searching by date, location, event, album or even the images themselves with Image Match.
Exhilarating audio: Hear the difference
A truly great viewing experience deserves sound that puts you on the front row. The
HTC One M9 guarantees a larger-than-life soundtrack courtesy of HTC BoomSound. The HTC One family’s iconic dual front-facing speakers, now combined with 5.1 channel Dolby® Surround sound simulation, get you even closer to the action, delivering extraordinary,cinema-style surround sound. Uniting HTC BoomSound and Dolby Audio creates immersion vibrant audio experience, so you can enjoy movies with rich, clear and powerful sound even without connecting headphones or external speakers. Whether listening via the stereo speakers or headphones, even the most discerning music fans will be blown away by the phone’s support for perfect, 24-bit high-definition sound that surpasses even CD quality. HTC’s unique combination of HTC BoomSound, Dolby Audio, a finely tuned sound profile, and Qualcomm® Immersive Audio gives all of your music and movies an unmistakable
HTC One M9 flavor.Connecting your world
Smartphones are fast becoming the central hub for home entertainment, and HTC Connect makes it easy to enjoy your multimedia experience beyond your phone. A three- finger swipe on the screen connects the phone to compatible TVs or external speakers from leading manufacturers including Harman Kardon. HTC Connect’s integration with Qualcomm® AllPlayTM smart media platform and Blackfire Research wireless media technology, allows you and your friends to stream high-quality content from your smartphones to multiple home entertainment devices around the house. The playlist feature also allows multiple smartphones to share a speaker with Qualcomm AllPlay. For the ultimate connected smartphone-powered TV experience, the HTC One M9 comes exclusively preloaded with the Peel® Smart Remote app. Instantly connecting you to the shows you love, the app even learns from your viewing habits, transforming your phone into a personal TV guide and remote control.
Accessories and availability
For a standout look, the HTC One M9 will be available with a range of unique and customizable accessories including the second-generation HTC Dot View case, which adds more retro personalization thanks to a host of new features and color options. A transparent back keeps your smartphone pristine without hiding it from the world with the case injecting fun into even the most tedious commute by transforming into a mini games arcade. The new HTC Dot View case won’t even get in the way of apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and Badoo with through-the-case notifications alerting you to the latest photos, messages and check-ins.
Life has no limits, and when your adventurous side takes you into the unknown, an IP68 water-resistant Active Case and Active Headset means that your phone can boldly follow wherever the action takes you, keeping up with the pace of the most epic adventures.
The new HTC One will be available in the U.S. on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon early Spring. It will also be available through HTC.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile specialty stores, Costco Wholesale and Target. An unlocked version will be available on www.htc.com. More information on availability will be shared in the coming weeks. Follow @HTCUSA and visit www.htc.com/one for more information.
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