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Phones HTC Hima Flagship Device Rumored to Sport Snapdragon 810, 5-Inch FHD Display, 20.7M
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Could you tell me the section where this is being disu
What thread are you reading that on over at XDA?
In the linked thread there is a comparison to the S6, but you will have to go through the pages..
Watching HTC dip down to 2005-levels financially when they weren't even branding HTC into their phones yet is really sad to watch for the smartphone/Android/Nexus OEM pioneer. But they made blunder after blunder, so it is their own fault. People including me can admire their wonderful design/hardware innovations.. After awhile, issues with bad cam quality, bad video drivers, sketchy sound audio, poor battery life, purple tint cams, and so and so on will start to wear out on the buyers. If anyone is familiar with HTC, they make great looking phones with glitchy aspects in other areas. Their customer service is not known to be great either.
If HTC doesn't pull through after burying themselves for so many years, the company to root for other than LG, Nokia, Sony, and Xiaomi is probably Motorola or Huawei. Motorola is a former top dog great at hardware but is now in the same position as Nokia except owned by a sketchy Chinese OEM like Lenovo. Huawei seems sketchy with their custom SoC but I think their Mate7 surpassed the HTC One M7 and M8 in design. Their P6 and P7 are also quite good looking. Honorable are the other Chinese OEM's like Oppo/OnePlus, ZTE, and Meizu.
With all that negative I said about HTC, I still want a gunmetal grey One mini 2! Yeah, the Snapdragon 400 isn't future-proofing and neither is its cam. But that One mini 2 looks and feels better in the hand than the M8 and M9. It is the M7 size but chubbier at 10.6 mm. I never cared for the sizes of the M8 and G3 esp the height. The HTC One mini 2 would look good next to my LG G3 Beat. I can use the same holster case between them. I just miss BoomSound and Sense. But HTC sucks offering value. If they could drop the price to under $180, I would go back to HTC ASAP while NOT selling my Xiaomi or LG for it. I would get a Sony PS4 and HTC One mini 2 later this year if there is a price drop.
If that happens, Xiaomi, LG, HTC, Sony, and ASUS are finally together for me with a cheap Nokia down the road just for kicks. I wouldn't need Motorola and Huawei with a team of brands like that. I got my bases covered with DESIGN, SOUND, GAMING (PS4), BATTERY LIFE, and VALUE. Camera will always be my weakness but I am not heavily interested in that area.
If HTC doesn't pull through after burying themselves for so many years, the company to root for other than LG, Nokia, Sony, and Xiaomi is probably Motorola or Huawei. Motorola is a former top dog great at hardware but is now in the same position as Nokia except owned by a sketchy Chinese OEM like Lenovo. Huawei seems sketchy with their custom SoC but I think their Mate7 surpassed the HTC One M7 and M8 in design. Their P6 and P7 are also quite good looking. Honorable are the other Chinese OEM's like Oppo/OnePlus, ZTE, and Meizu.
With all that negative I said about HTC, I still want a gunmetal grey One mini 2! Yeah, the Snapdragon 400 isn't future-proofing and neither is its cam. But that One mini 2 looks and feels better in the hand than the M8 and M9. It is the M7 size but chubbier at 10.6 mm. I never cared for the sizes of the M8 and G3 esp the height. The HTC One mini 2 would look good next to my LG G3 Beat. I can use the same holster case between them. I just miss BoomSound and Sense. But HTC sucks offering value. If they could drop the price to under $180, I would go back to HTC ASAP while NOT selling my Xiaomi or LG for it. I would get a Sony PS4 and HTC One mini 2 later this year if there is a price drop.
If that happens, Xiaomi, LG, HTC, Sony, and ASUS are finally together for me with a cheap Nokia down the road just for kicks. I wouldn't need Motorola and Huawei with a team of brands like that. I got my bases covered with DESIGN, SOUND, GAMING (PS4), BATTERY LIFE, and VALUE. Camera will always be my weakness but I am not heavily interested in that area.
Anyway, the new firmware really improves the camera. Have a look here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/131635781@N03/445e2r
It's a shame that HTC didn't market the M9 right. They should wait till the software is ready..
It's a shame that HTC didn't market the M9 right. They should wait till the software is ready..
Totally agree. They need a new advertising agency and really market this phone correctly.
I think the new firmware 1.40 has really improved the camera. Have a look!
Here some pics I took with firmware 1.40:
All pictures in Auto mode have the sharpness set to -1,5
Auto with Flash
Manual mode, ISO 100, 1/5
HDR
Auto, no flash
HDR
Auto
Auto
HDR
Low light:
Low light,HDR
Manual, ISO 100, 1/5
Here some pics I took with firmware 1.40:
All pictures in Auto mode have the sharpness set to -1,5
Auto with Flash
Manual mode, ISO 100, 1/5
HDR
Auto, no flash
HDR
Auto
Auto
HDR
Low light:
Low light,HDR
Manual, ISO 100, 1/5
@petvas - looks like HDR is still a little over aggressive in bringing up shadow areas meaning the outside garden shot gets a little 'flat' compared to say the darker version which whilst it is darker actually has more contrast and depth. Seems like very few smartphones get HDR correct (I often find it better to use third party solution after the event if I want to correct / use with HDR).
Even the celebrated Lumia cameras with its new 'rich capture' mode struggle in a similar way. It's better disabled.
Other than that looks grand to me
seems the update has really helped in lower light situations in form of less grain.
Also new update has clearly had a better jpg compression algorithm applied.
Even the celebrated Lumia cameras with its new 'rich capture' mode struggle in a similar way. It's better disabled.
Other than that looks grand to me
seems the update has really helped in lower light situations in form of less grain.Also new update has clearly had a better jpg compression algorithm applied.
Doesn't matter at this point. From a business perspective that is. HTC had no momentum behind the M9 at launch and gaining it now takes twice the effort as we approach iPhone season.
Update is good for current owners though.