So it's all the more impressive that HTC, fresh from making the best-looking phone of 2013, the HTC One,
it has managed to make the HTC One M8, a phone crammed full of power
and great features while improving the design that won it so many
accolades.
The poor naming aside, the One M8 is a phone
that takes the superb DNA of the HTC One, improves it in nearly every
area and then packs it full of all the latest technology...and still
finds space to pack in a microSD card slot.
On top of
that the chassis has been retooled to now be made of 90% metal, up from
around 70% last year, and the result is a brushed aluminium design that
seems compelling the second you lay eyes on it.
Which makes it all the more confusing when you consider HTC has brought out the One E8; same size and internals, but with a plastic chassis and no duo camera. Here's the other confusing bit: it's £200 cheaper too.
Check out the key differences with our quick comparison:
