HTC One M8 gallery and more details!

The HTC One (M8) launch event is over, yet we still are very excited! It seems that HTC did it again – right from this place I’m telling you – this will be the best smartphone of the 2014!

Here are some official pictures:

As you can see HTC One (M8) comes in a 3 colours - Gunmetal Grey, Amber Gold and Glacial Silver. Personally I love the first one - Gunmetal Grey. It looks gorgeous!

Here are the highlights that stand out the most:

• A more refined design: its 90% metal now, with the metal wrapping up the side (the HTC One was 70% metal). The gunmetal grey is simply gorgeous and has this great texture to it. The entire phone is more solidly constructed.
• Bigger Battery: with a 2600 mAH battery, it lasts longer.
• Bigger Storage: Yes, its true, there is a microSD slot in there, and it supports up to 128 GB of storage. Hows that for mind-blowing?
• Bigger Screen: 5 inches is a nice size; not so huge like the One Max, but noticeably bigger than the 4.7 inch screen on the HTC One.
• Better BoomSound: The audio quality from the dual-front facing speakers on the HTC One was great...but you wouldnt believe how much better the new HTC One (M8) sounds! Richer, fuller audio with a wider sound. Its 25% louder, yes, but the audio quality is dramatically better.
• A Better Camera Experience: Its a 4 megapixel UltraPixel sensor, but we switched to a new provider for the sensor, completely addressed the pink tint issue, added a second sensor to get depth/spatial information (which allows for some great camera effects). Image quality is simply better.

And here is the official full specification:

• COLORS: Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold
• DISPLAY: 5.0 inch, Full HD 1080p Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
• CPU SPEED: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor / 2.5GHz quad-core CPU in Asia/China / 2.3GHz quad-core CPU in US/EMEA
• PLATFORM ANDROID: Android™ 4.4 with HTC Sense 6, HTC BlinkFeed?
• SIM CARD TYPE: nanoSIM
• CAMERA: Duo camera. Primary Camera: HTC UltraPixel camera , BSI sensor
• 2.0 um, sensor size 1/3”, ƒ/2.0, 28mm lens. HTC ImageChip 2. 1080p Full HD video recording with HDR video. Secondary camera: capture depth information. Front Camera: 5MP, ƒ/2.0, BSI sensor, wide angle lens with HDR capability, 1080p Full HD video recording Gallery with UFocus, Dimension Plus, Seasons, Foregrounder, Image match.
• MEMORY: Total storage: 16GB/32GB, available capacity varies. Expansion card slot supports microSD™ memory card for up to 128GB additional storage 
• RAM: 2 GB DDR3
• ?BATTERY: Embedded rechargeable Li-polymer battery. Capacity: 2600 mAh
• Talk time: Up to 20 hours for 3G
• Standby time: Up to 496 hours for 3G
• Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
• DC output: 5V and 1.5 A
• GPS: Internal GPS antenna + GLONASS, Digital compass
• SENSORS: Gyro sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Barometer
• CONNECTIVITY(3): 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, NFC (3), Bluetooth® 4.0 with aptX™ enabled
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5 GHz) DLNA®, HTC Connect
• Micro-USB 2.0 (5-pin) port with mobile high-definition video link (MHL) for USB or HDMI connection
• SOUND ENHANCEMENT: HTC BoomSound, Dual front-facing stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, HTC Sense Voice
• Dimensions (LxWxT): 146.36 x 70.6 x 9.35 mm
• Weight: 160g

NETWORK COVERAGE:

• 2G/ 2.5G - GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3G - WCDMA:
• EMEA: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
• Asia: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
• AT&T: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps
• Sprint: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA up to 14.4 Mbps
• Verizon: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps
• Tmus: 850/AWS/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps
• 3G - CDMA
• Sprint & Verizon: 800/1900 MHz4G - LTE:
• EMEA: 800/900/1800/2600 MHz
• Asia: 700/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz
• AT&T: 700/850/AWS/1800/1900/2600 MHz
• Sprint: FDD 800/1900 MHz , TDD 2600 MHz
• Verizon: 700/AWS/1800/2600 MHz
• T-Mobile: 700/AWS MHz

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Sense 6 Toolbox for HTC One HTC One M8

Happy day for all users who love to customize their HTC Sense UI! Sense 6 Toolbox (previously Sense 5 Toolbox) is known to be the best and the most advanced tool to customize your Sense 5/6 based device. It’s based on Xposed eco-system and it allows you to change a lot of settings of the user interface, including colour schemes and different layout styles.

More details can be found here ---> Sense 6 Toolbox with Android Revolution HD

Want to see some goodies it offers? Just take a look!

Some of the features you can find in Sense 6 Toolbox:

Interface mods

·         Transparent statusbar and notification drawer

·         Center clock, AM/PM removal, traffic meter, horizontal EQS

·         Gestures to manipulate recent apps and additional information about each app, AOSP styled recents

·         [Sense 6] Custom color themes for every app

Statusbar mods

·         Icons by vomer (CleanBeam)

·         Customizable color themes for all new statusbar icons

·         Ability to hide icons

Sense mods

·         Transparency for many UI elements (dock, clock widget, app drawer, folders, etc)

·         Infinite apps in folders, 7 home screens, home popup menu, more grid options for homescreens and app drawer

·         Actions for vertical swipes and shaking on homescreens, horizontal swipes on dock

Messaging mods

·         Wake on SMS, increase MMS size

·         Replace delivery notifications with toasts

·         Increase MMS size

Controls mods

·         Volume2wake

·         Activate flashlight on power long press

·         Bind actions to hardware buttons (Back long press and swipe up from Home)

·         Bind actions to volume keys for camera and music playback controls

·         [M8] Smaller softkey bar

Various mods

·         Advanced Power Menu

·         Show more information about installed apps and apps that are being installed

·         Improved screen locking and unlocking

·         Hardware buttons backlight control

·         Large caller photo in dialer and on lockscreen during calls

·         Disable unwanted notifications and confirmation dialogs

·         On/off screen animations (Fade, CRT)

Full list of the features can be found here - complete mods list.

Sense 6 Toolbox is tested and fully compatible with Android Revolution HD 5.0 for the HTC One M8 you can download from this xda-developers thread.

Official Sense Toolbox homepage

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HTC diary London Launch Event 2014 by Tom

25.03.2014 - The All New HTC One

It was damp and cold when I got to the station; a 20 minute walk in the drizzle. I didnt care - the excitement I was feeling was a bit silly really - I felt a bit like a Belieber going to their first concert. Where I was actually going was to The Olympia conference centre in Kensington to see the HTC One M8 unveiled. I was one of only 20 HTC Elevate Members chosen to attend this event, so I was feeling privileged, excited, apprehensive about meeting new people, and also not looking forward to the length of the day. The train arrived on time, and I headed to the Parcel Yard pub at Kings Cross - where I met up with most of the other Elevators who were going to the Event. We then got on the Underground and went to the venue; where we were pretty much fast-tracked through a registration process and led to seats at the front of the auditorium.

This was a much bigger venue than last year; massive black cloth drapes and moody lighting were accentuated by a thin fog of fake smoke. As we entered the main room there were a good few hundred seats all full of reporters, VIPs and other guests, and of course Laura Kimball with her trusty intern sidekick Britt. We had seats on the very front row, right by the stage. Kevin, Dan, and myself got logged in on our phones and connected to the Hangout that Mike was hosting, and started filming straight away. There was quite a wait until it started but once it did, Phil Blair, HTCs EMEA President, introduced the show and what HTC were thinking about when they designed this years phone; and then brought on Cher Wang who clearly showed her passion for great devices and great user experiences. Once she had wowed us, she brought on Scott Croyle, HTCs design guru, to tell us about the phone itself, and all its new features.

All this was interspersed with loud music and great graphics on the huge screen behind the stage. The whole atmosphere was one of excitement, and joy, and passion - showing just why HTC make such great devices for the user, whether they be casual users or massive tech geeks.

Key points that I took away about the phone are the massively improved camera which even allows setting apertures and shutter speeds; new features enabled by the second rear camera such as refocussing after the photo is taken; improved boomsound performance; and lots of little doo-daddy bits to make the user experience even better than Sense 5.5 was.

After the main presentation, suddenly the drapes at the side of the main hall were pulled away, revealing an area as big again as the hall, but filled with benches containing  dozens and dozens of demonstration phones. Some were simply set up so you could play with the phone itself, whereas some benches were set up specifically to showcase specific features - one for the camera had models standing and posing for people to use the cameras on; the ones for HTC TV demos had actual televisions lined up in front of them etc. All the time, staff were approaching us with Canapes and drinks. There were more than enough demo phones to go around, the event seemed to have been very slickly organised. Towards the end we saw staff wandering around with signs to assist journos wanting buses to airports and so on.

After the event, we all gathered and walked to a Byrons Burger bar about 15 minutes walk away, where HTC treated us to burgers and beers for a good few hours. We spent all of this time laughing, joking and discussing the new stuff wed seen; this to all of us is an extremely exciting device. It looks fantastic in the hand, its slick, fast and easy to use, and the features under the facade are absolutely brilliant. If you have even half a chance of buying one, do it - you will not be disappointed.

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