Review - HTC One M8

HTC's latest high-end handset, the One M8, is out now and it's arguably one of the best Android handsets on the market today.

Despite giving off the appearance that it moves incredibly quickly, closer inspection of the smartphone market reveals that things tend to stay quite stable for long periods of time in terms of top-end handsets. The specs mature, as they are wont to do, but it happens gradually, and today’s best smartphones are typically not that far ahead of those from a year or two back, software and operating system advances aside. So with all the fanfare that surrounded the launch of HTC’s brand new One M8, we weren’t ready to allow ourselves to be taken in by the hype. We’ve heard all the promises of revolution before and, more often than not, they tend to fall a little short of the mark.For the most part, one high-end smartphone is much the same as the next. They look the same, they do the same things and they feature the same specs. That all adds up to a pretty strong environment for the consumer, knowing as they do that whichever device they opt for, they’re getting something that’ll do a fine job, albeit a job that’s almost indistinguishable from its competitors. That’s where the One M8 differs from the rest.

Like its predecessor, the One, the One M8 is an incredibly stylish piece of design work. It’s got slick curves in all the right places, a fantastic screen that dominates its front side, and an attractive rear plate that just screams premium. This alone is enough to differentiate it from the bulk of the competition – it’s a unique aesthetic proposition among a sea of identikit pretenders.