HTC One was undoubtedly the best smartphone of the year with high-end specs and no compromising with the build quality packed in a metal body.
This year ,HTC is set to increasing it's market share by the all new HTC One or the HTC One M8 as stated.
The phone looks to be very promising as the previous version or so and gives a good competition to the Samsung Galaxy S5 .
HARDWARE-
HTC One M8 is powered by the overclocked version Snapdragon 800 i.e Snapdragon 801 clocked at 2.3GHz the US Variant and 2.5GHz for the ones in Asia and China.
Backing up is the 2GB RAM ,which was unexpected and rumoured to be 3GB;which is now seen in every high end smartphone these days
Both packed in phone,perform really well without any lags in high end games.
DISPLAY-
CONNECTIVITY-
This year ,HTC is set to increasing it's market share by the all new HTC One or the HTC One M8 as stated.
The phone looks to be very promising as the previous version or so and gives a good competition to the Samsung Galaxy S5 .
HARDWARE-
Backing up is the 2GB RAM ,which was unexpected and rumoured to be 3GB;which is now seen in every high end smartphone these days
Both packed in phone,perform really well without any lags in high end games.
DISPLAY-
Same specs of predecessor , a 5-inch 1920x1080 SuperLCD3@441ppi with Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
Display is good enough for daily smartphone user and bright outdoors and can be viewed while wearing sunglasses too.Viewing angles are very good too.
USER INTERFACE-
Display is good enough for daily smartphone user and bright outdoors and can be viewed while wearing sunglasses too.Viewing angles are very good too.
USER INTERFACE-
HTC One M8 features Sense 6 which the company claims ,is neater and cleaner than previous versions .
Blinkfeed , is also re-vamped with many new features like it can now pull Social-Media from more new websites and is now independent of the Home button as seen in the HTC One.While browsing ,the user won't notice any lag in switching apps or returning to home.
CAMERA-
Blinkfeed , is also re-vamped with many new features like it can now pull Social-Media from more new websites and is now independent of the Home button as seen in the HTC One.While browsing ,the user won't notice any lag in switching apps or returning to home.
CAMERA-
HTC One M8 features duo-camera i.e 2 Rear Cameras , which allow it to distinguish between foreground and background areas and helps to re-focus the images after the shot has been taken. The rear snapper stand at 4 Ultra-pixel as claimed by HTC One .Both cameras allow better low light imaging with ultrapixel technology.The front snapper is 5MP which is very good for taking selfies and other features include HTC Zeo,unwanted object removal and common features like HDR,face-detection,geo-tagging and so.
CONNECTIVITY-
Most different of all ,HTC One M8 includes an infrared port which is not seen in high-end smartphones.Other connectivity options are Wi-Fi ,Bluetooth,NFC ,4G,3G,2G and single nano-sim.
BODY-
BODY-
It is the most easiest and feels more slimmer to hold , HTC One M8 has been built out of alluminium .Curved shape and dimensions plus material makes the phone more premium to hold of all phones.
STORAGE-
Internal storage offered is 16GB and 32GB and expandable upto 128GB via a MicroSD-Card and a free 65GB Google Drive account
BATTERY-
It features an Li-Po 2600mAh un-removable battery which is on par with Note 3 with a standby time of 296 hours on 2G and 296Hours on 3G and allows talktime of 14 hours on 2G and 20 hours on 3G as per tests prove
BATTERY-
It features an Li-Po 2600mAh un-removable battery which is on par with Note 3 with a standby time of 296 hours on 2G and 296Hours on 3G and allows talktime of 14 hours on 2G and 20 hours on 3G as per tests prove
EXTRA FEATURES-
HTC M8 features double tab to unlock on the lockscreen or sleep mode and a cleverly designed dotted hard-case which shows you notifications and time without unlocking your phone and answer calls by double tapping or sliding on the case , as said.
PRICING-HTC One M8's price is around $649 without carrier and varying from $199 to $249 on 2-year contract basis.
VERDICT- The smartphone is a great run for the money and won't disappoint users except the camera which seems to be capturing decent images but Xperia Z2 and Galaxy S5 ,both outrun the HTC One M8.
SOURCES-CNET ,DigitalSpy and Google Images
Maybe this is a step taken by the most growing user -mobile operating system as many manufacturers like Samsung,HTC,Nokia are proving the features of Android but with a highly modified interface such as the Touchwiz on Samsung Devices or Sense on HTC devices. It is unclear and not announced by Google if it's mandatory to add "powered by android" in future devices for all manufacturers.
Source-VR-Zone and Google Images
The Galaxy S5 , much awaited smartphone across the world ,not available officially yet , has been rooted by Senior Recognised Developer of XDA-Developers ;Chainfire .It was the International SM-G900F variant of the Galaxy S5.The procedure is easy thou, in form of CF-Auto-Root,which is also used to root other Samsung Android variants like the Galaxy S2,S3,S4 and Galaxy TAB series also.
CF-Auto Root will install Super-SU apk and binary on to the phone thus granting root access.
NOTE-Rooting will increase your flash counter and trips KNOX warranty flag.
Follow the procedures as listed-
1.Download file from here
2.Download ODIN v.307 from here
3.Extract the 1st file on Desktop
4.Open ODIN
5.Click PDA button and select CF-Auto-Root.....tar.md5 and DE-SELECT Re-Partition (Selecting will cause a soft-brick)
6.Power off the Galaxy S5 and connect it to PC via USB.Go into download mode by holding Volume down+Home+Power Button
7.Click on Start button and wait for the phone to boot.
CF-Auto Root will install Super-SU apk and binary on to the phone thus granting root access.
NOTE-Rooting will increase your flash counter and trips KNOX warranty flag.
Follow the procedures as listed-
1.Download file from here
2.Download ODIN v.307 from here
3.Extract the 1st file on Desktop
4.Open ODIN
5.Click PDA button and select CF-Auto-Root.....tar.md5 and DE-SELECT Re-Partition (Selecting will cause a soft-brick)
6.Power off the Galaxy S5 and connect it to PC via USB.Go into download mode by holding Volume down+Home+Power Button
7.Click on Start button and wait for the phone to boot.
Micromax has been trending in the market due to it's Canvas series which are excellent in price to hardware ratio , despite of the age-group . MMX's share in the Indian marking has been expanding over time , next to South Korean giant ,Samsung ,knocking off many International companies like SONY and HTC.Also,it's International share graph has been showing a significant rise and no downfalls.Canvas series now gets a big-brother,in terms of hardware ; the Canvas Knight (A350) which features Micromax's and MediaTek's first octa-core processor i.e 8 cores working at same time(true octa-core) .Octa-core was first released by Samsung,in the Galaxy S4 , which was a not true octa-core processor.
The processors made by Samsung are known as Exynos.
Coming back to Canvas Knight , as stated contains a 2GHz true-octa core processor by MediaTek.The processor is pretty impressive,isn't it? Well beyond that,it has a lot to praise about under the hood , mainly 2GB of RAM ,that helps it gain more multitasking capability as compared to the previous smartphones.
The on-the-go photographers won't be disappointed by the camera,as the new Canvas Knight features a 16MP rear camera which proves to be a good capture device for on-the-go purposes and for those selfie lovers the phone features a 8MP front camera , which is beyond the numbers provided by Samsung in it's flaship smartphones.Additional features are 1080p video recording @30fps Geo-Tagging,Face-Detection,Auto-Focus,Flash,HDR and other modes provided by Micromax.
Talking about the display,Canvas Knight has a very good display.It is an 5-inches Full HD(1920x1080) IPS LCD with 441 ppi .
The smartphone runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean . It is very common,but,Micromax is providing Kitkat update to it's smartphones in Q2 of 2014.
It supports 2G and 3G networks with dual-sim capabilities.Canvas Knight won't be too costly as compared to it's specifications .Price is around 20000-21000 INR which is a good deal.
