HTC One, a rival for the Galaxy S4? - Challenges.fr

HTC is counting on its new smartphone “One” to redress the balance. The situation is complicated by the Taiwanese manufacturer reported net income for the first quarter of the lowest for 7 years. Its market share is further reduced to a trickle between 2011 and 2012. According to IDC, it rose from 8.8% in 2011 to 4.6% in 2012, when Samsung tops (30.3%) and second Apple (19.1%).

This is why the HTC One sign of the time counter-attack against an increasingly competitive market. We must now rely on the revival of Sony, the ambitions of Huawei, the return of BlackBerry …

Unveiled at Barcelona, ??the flagship of the Taiwanese brand displays the appetite of the group. This high-end mobile means a level playing field with the top of the market, the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4 has to happen at the end of the month.

One is undoubtedly the evolving Android smartphone of the moment. Too bad its release delayed placed almost at the same time on the market as the new star of the Korean giant. Therefore difficult to get a place in the sun.

A very successful visual signature

Yet the technical and design, the HTC One offers the very best currently. His look is a great success with his piece aluminum shell. Side finish, there is nothing to say. We may regret against by weight: 143 grams and thickness: 9.3 mm. For once, against the iPhone 5, its 112 grams and 7.6 mm thick, there is no picture! The smartphone apple remains unbeatable time.

4.7-inch full HD (1920x1080Pixels) offers against a resolution by 468 pixels per inch which is above that of the iPhone 5 (326 ppi) and the Galaxy S4 (441 dpi .)

carbide secondly to Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 600 to 1.7 GHz and has 2GB of RAM, which have a fast and efficient multi-tasking machine.

device is further equipped with a camera with 4 million pixels, only we say. When competition display 8 or 13 million pixels, the Taiwanese group has not launched in the bidding and it shows. The photos are all absolutely correct, no more.

Where

HTC still has some room for maneuver is more on the small product. Outside Sense TV that turns the mobile universal TV remote control, sound AudioBeats and some interesting video features, the One can not compete with all the advanced Samsung on its latest smartphone range.

Sold from 630 euros, the HTC One does not have to be ashamed in front of the Galaxy S4. His visual signature aluminum is much more successful than the eternal plastic shell ‘cheap’ Korean rival.

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>> Key Specifications

– Size: 137,4 x68, 2×9, 3 mm

– Weight: 143 grams

– Screen: 4.7 inches

– Resolution: 1920×1080 pixels

– Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core 1.7 GHz

– RAM: 2 GB

– Storage: 32 or 64 GB

– Operating System: Android Jelly Bean

– Connection: Wi-Fi, 3G, 3G +, 4G LTE

– Camera : 4 MP

– Battery: 2300 mAh

– Price: from 776 euros

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