Really? I actually think it's one of the most innovative smartphones from the last 2 years.
Unless you think apple owns the rectangle with round corners, I see zero inspiration on the iphones.
They just applied the typical HTC speaker grills to the top and bottom of the device and the back is round. It has nothing to do with the iphones.
The larger and less pixels is something that finally someone has had the courage to do, and the results speak for themselves. This is the complete opposite of what's in Pureview V1 so I don't understand why you say it "has its ideas from Nokia".
It's a MEMS IOS. The difference from the 920 is that this one has a faster move rate but operates for less time. Only reviews will tell which one plays better, but I'd say that thanks to the larger pixels, the One might be superior in low-light scenarios with moving objects while the 920 should be better for still scenarios .
Nokia's "rich recording" isn't even stereo in the 920, so how is it similar?
Zoe is new, as I haven't seen anything pre-installed that's similar to it. It's clearly different from Nokia's movie editors.
-the only original thing on the design is the 2 front facing stereo speaker s..which I have to say ive been crossing my fingers for ages to see...glad htc has put it together..gaming/movies would really benefit from this.[/QUOTE
I actually have a
smartphone with stereo speakers.. the only difference is that they're facing the sides (or top and bottom when it's in portrait mode).
There's a lot of innovation in HTC One, to be honest.
SoC aside (because HTC doesn't make their own Socs), at least there's a lot more innovation in HTC One that there was in iphone 5, Galaxy S3, Xperia T and many others.
My only 2 problems with the device are the lack of microSD and HTC's stuborness in not putting a hardware button for menu, forcing the screen estate to be reduced in order to put a virtual button for menu.
I just want to get a look at dat screen!
Well as I pointed out. (And could be argued for an eternity) the design philosophy and ideas seem to have been inspired by the other more recent successful smartphones.
Dont tell me the overall shape doesnt remind you of an iphone 5..another reviewer also picked up on this straight away..even if they did suggest in hand feel was very different.
Software..you didnt mention the wp inspired start screen...I thought not.
Htc zoe captures pictures in a movie fomat and can be edited in special cases..very similsr to the 2 apps nokia demoed on the 920 release..I forget what they are called...anyway the idea is once again based somewhere else..they have just ran with it.
The image stabilisation looks neat..but the whole idea behind ios and capturing more light was nokias on a smartphone.
Making a smaller mega pixel shot a much higher quality through a dedicated technology such as over sampling or using higher sized pixels as in htcs case was also nokias idea...-remember htc brought out a 16mp camera last year at the same time nokia shocked the world with pureview... mmm ¤
Stereo rich recording was also integrated into that 808 pureview you will remember. .why that wasnt introduced into 920 is anyones guess...but we see a patern forming here...
All in all I agree it looks like a very very good phone....its like they looked at all the most successfull ideas over a 12 month period and pulled out all the stops to integrate them into one phone..both software and hardware...the result does look astonishing I have to admit...but its definitely htc doing a steve Jobs and perfecting existing ideas than inventing the wheel...then again apple products have never been ground breaking from a feature perspective...its how they put it all together and smooth over the rough edges that made them successfull.
Steve didnt get much wrong now did he?
