In other words, that will let you pop in a 200GB microSD card and (essentially) never worry about storage again.
HTC ONE M9 REVIEW CNET ANDROID
Thanks to updates in Android Marshmallow, you can mount an external card as though it's built-in storage, allowing you to store all apps, games and other system information. The phone comes with 16GB of storage as standard, and there's a microSD card slot if you need more space. HTC claims that it's "equivalent to the performance of a dedicated external DAC" although we'll take that with a pinch of salt. Pressing and holding the home button launches Google Now (as always), but oddly, you can only do that with the onscreen home button, not the physical one beneath.Īlthough HTC removed the BoomSound speakers, it equipped the A9 with high-resolution audio capabilities, including support for 24-bit FLAC audio, which upscales lower-resolution audio from streaming services, and a more powerful headphones output, which allows it to drive rich audio to the sort of large closed-back headphones audiophiles love. The touch-sensitive button performs only those functions for now, although I can see additional abilities being useful here - a double tap to quick-launch into the camera, for example. Placing your finger on the scanner wakes the phone from standby, so you can gain access to the phone in one swift motion. The scanner, at least, worked well, recognising my prints quickly and accurately. To avoid the multiple controls, not to mention the resemblance to the iPhone, HTC could have used a fingerprint scanner on the side of the phone, as Sony did on the Xperia Z5, or stuck with the rear-mounted scanner from 2013's One Max (also used to great effect on the Huawei-made Google Nexus 6P ). Oddly, HTC still maintains the onscreen navigation buttons above, so there are actually two home buttons within a few millimetres of each other. It doesn't fully click in, but it's touch-sensitive so will return you to the homescreen with a simple tap. In the speaker's place on the front is the physical home button.
HTC ONE M9 REVIEW CNET BLUETOOTH
If you want to feel immersed in your audio, you'll need to hook the A9 up to a Bluetooth speaker. Regrettably, the A9's small speaker grille found only in the bottom edge can't compete. Both the One M9 and One M8 were able to kick out a surprisingly powerful sound, which made listening to podcasts while cooking easy and fun. I'm sad to see the "BoomSound" speakers go, which are louder than you'll find on most phones, and point the sound directly toward you. It feels well put together, but its light weight and slightly hollow sound when tapped mean it lacks the reassuringly premium feel of the iPhone, or indeed its sibling, the One M9. It's big enough to properly display photos and games but not so chunky as to be cumbersome to hold in one hand.
HTC ONE M9 REVIEW CNET PLUS
The A9's 5-inch screen sits in my personal sweet spot between the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 (a touch too small) and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus (too big). Want more proof? There's a physical home button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner on the front, the screen's glass curves at the edges to meet the body and there are speaker holes drilled into the bottom edge, just like on the iPhone. Even the camera lens protrudes from the body in the same way as the iPhone 6's. If you're more daring, there's also a dark-red version. The all-metal body is flat on the back (rather than curved like the M9), it has similar inset lines running across the top and bottom (although this is something we saw first on the HTC One M7 ) and it comes in silver, dark gray and gold colours. It still looks very much like the iPhone, but at least Apple's device is an attractive one to copy. I've mellowed since then, even if I'd prefer HTC to be more original. When I first saw the A9 earlier in October, the obvious resemblance irritated me. Let's get this out of the way - the looks pretty much identical to the iPhone 6.
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