Taiwan-based HTC Corporation unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the all-new HTC One (M8), on Tuesday. Reviews of the phone have been positive with many saying it is definitely better than its predecessor, the M7, but the poor quality of the camera has failed the phone.
“HTC officially revealed the M8 yesterday and I have been capturing lots of photos and trying to set up the best shots to use their software. It would have been easier if they'd just bumped up the camera resolution,” Matthew Miller of ZDNet.
Miller’s review is available on ZDNet.
On Pocketnow, Taylor Martin posted an article that reiterates a sense that the camera on the highly anticipated HTC One M8 leaves something more to be desired. And it’s also true that consumers and analysts have high expectations for HTC Corporation, despite recent financial setbacks. This comes despite the former flagship, the HTC One winning the ‘best smartphone of 2013’ at the MWC2014 in Barcelona.
Ahead of the launch on Tuesday, HTC promised “the best phone ever” on the M8 and a bigger 5-inch-display coupled with the prominent Android 4.4.4. KitKat software, a lightning speed processor and enhancements on camera technology.
According to reviews on the Net, the new HTC is clearly better than its predecessor with a fantastic design, performance and build. However, the reviews also mention a lackluster camera.
In quantitative terms, reviews averaged 7/10, while they also mentioned that a higher res. on the camera would have bumped up the figure to at least 9.5 or higher, GuardianLibertyVoice reported.
Zach Epstein who reviewed the camera on the M8 said: “The colors in photos taken on the M8’s camera are often washed out and dull.” He said the phone was also lacking in clarity and added that a full-size image taken by M8 revealed blurred edges and “an unacceptable amount of noise.”
Despite an impressive software on the camera and refocus function, the fantastic Sense 6 software, automatic background blurring and the coupling of two cameras coming together in the smartphone’s favor, HTC M8 simply does not capture high-quality photos and videos.
Epstein added, “due to this one big flaw, the gap between HTC’s new phone and rival smartphones “will grow disappointingly wide in 2014,” GLV reports.
“A great photo experience comes from the combination of camera sensors and lenses, megapixels, and camera software...Compared to rivals like Nokia, Samsung and Apple, the HTC M8 falls short,” wrote Miller in an online review.
With Reports y Information Week, BGR, Zdnet
