HTC is attempting a course-correction and the HTC One A9 is the phone to set it on its new path. Or rather its old path - HTC was synonymous with "premium Android" back in the day, but lost its way the last couple of generations.
The A9 may be a throwback to the days of the HTC Legend - a premium mid-ranger with a metal-clad body and an AMOLED screen, a handset designed with equal measures of form and function.
Like other premium design phones from HTC, the One A9 focuses on the trinity of Design, Camera and Audio. Below is the elevator pitch to get you started.
» Body: Aluminum unibody, 7.3mm thick
» Screen: 5" AMOLED with 1080p resolution (441ppi); Gorilla Glass 4
» Camera: 13MP with OIS and RAW mode and Hyperlapse; 1080p video; sapphire lens cover
» Selfie camera: 4MP UltraPixel; 1080p video
» Audio: 24-bit, 192kHz supported by Hi-Fi DAC; dedicated headphone amp with Dolby Audio
» Security: Fingerprint sensor
» Power: Snapdragon 617 (octa-core Cortex-A53, Adreno 405); 2GB/3GB of RAM
» Storage: 16GB/32GB built-in; microSD card slot
» OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Sense
» Battery: 2,150mAh; up to Quick Charge 3.0 support
» Misc: Android Pay, Google Now on Tap; optional Dot View II flip cover!
You may have fond memories of the Legend or of HTC's last attempt at an AMOLED screen paired to a metal unibody, the HTC One S. We doubt any One S users are still holding out for an upgrade, but now they have a chance to relive the premium mid-range experience that phone offered.
HTC's camera game has improved over the years. The One A9 has optical image stabilization and a relatively wide aperture, f/2.0 plus software tricks to provide pro-looking content with ease. No 4K video is a bummer though.
As with OIS, the company adopted fingerprint readers a few years ago with the One Max only to drop them later. The technology has been enjoying a comeback recently and the A9 is the second HTC smartphone to feature a reader under the screen after the HTC One M9+.
The audio experience is also subject to the great feature shuffle. We weren't very sad to see Beats go, especially now that HTC offers dedicated amps for high-quality headphones and hardware support for the best lossless audio. We do object over losing the front-facing stereo speakers though.
HTC is keen to point out that the A9 design is an evolution of previous One phones and if you look at the back of the HTC One the family resemblance is indeed clear. The front is a bigger break from the norm though. Even with pure-blooded lineage, the HTC One A9's exterior will be compared to the iPhone, that's for sure.
.....HTC One A9 smartphone is the first non-Nexus device. It is backed by a 2150mAh battery. The new HTC One A9 comes with a fingerprint sensor, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, gyro, and magnetic sensor. Its connectivity options include 4G LTE, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Micro-USB.
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• DESIGN
One of HTC One A9's key selling points is its aluminum unibody. It has been dual brushed and bead-blasted to achieve its smooth matte finish. And it really is smooth to the touch, smoother than the iPhone 6s even. Four paintjobs will be available: Opal Silver, Carbon Grey, Deep Garnet and Topaz Gold (ours is the Carbon one).
The back is flat rather than curved as with previous One designs, which makes the phone thinner - 7.3mm, which makes it HTC's thinnest. The sides are not squared off, instead both the back and the front curve towards them, but there's a lip that separates them. This contrasts with iPhone's semi-circular sides.
Below the glass is a 5" AMOLED display with 1080p resolution. HTC's last fling with AMOLED was back in the One S days, another metal unibody phone. It has been three years since but we're glad to see the company bring back the combo even though HTC LCDs have always been class-leading.
• FINGERPRINT READER
You're probably wondering why we haven't mentioned "front-facing Boomsound stereo speakers" yet, HTC's calling card. The reason is simple - there aren't any. Even though the A9 is tall for its 5" screen, there isn't a single loudspeaker on the front, just the earpiece.
The HTC One A9 measures 145.8 * 70.8 * 7.3mm. Tall as we said, but the width and thickness (which matter most for handling) are fairly standard for a 5" phone. The weight of 143g is what you would expect from a metal phone of this size too.
HTC's recent phones have been relatively bulky, the A9 feels much more refined in the hand. It still carries that premium aura, but it also feels compact. The finish on the metal offers some amount of grip (aluminum is usually slippery).
• HTC ONE A9 IN THE HAND
You may want to put a case to protect the pristine finish, HTC designed the second generation Dot View with just that in mind. It has a transparent back so you can still see the metal (unfortunately, not feel it), while the front creates a dot-matrix display for notifications and accepts gestures.
The fingerprint reader is positioned well below the screen. While it may look like a button, it doesn't depress. It is sensitive to touch though, it can be set to wake the phone on touch and unlock it on a longer touch. This ties in nicely with its security functions as it scans your fingerprint and verifies it lightning fast, it just feels like unlocking the phone.
All that speed and it's yet not the fastest way to take a photo. Instead, to get to the camera super-fast you hold the phone up horizontally and press the volume rocker (up or down, doesn't matter). The camera simply flicks on - it launches in 0.6 seconds and it takes just 0.1 seconds more to capture the first shot. This works best if you set the Volume rocker to double as a shutter key.
The final way to wake up the phone is the Power button on the right. It has a ridged texture, making it very distinct from the Volume rocker above it. We really dig this accent key even if it kind of reminds us of the One Plus 2.
• HTC One A9 Smartphone
• TEXTURED POWER BUTTON AND THE VOLUME ROCKER
The HTC One A9 has expandable storage, the left side of the phone features two cards slots - one nanoSIM and one microSD. You get 16GB or 32GB as base, but this is a great bit of future-proofing, especially if you're going to put that Hi-Fi DAC to good use with lots of lossless audio.
The One A9 comes with a microSD card slot. The bottom of the phone is where the solo loudspeaker is hiding out. Also here is a microUSB port with Quick Charge 3.0 support and a 3.5mm audio jack that is backed by a dedicated headphone amplifier. The single loudspeaker, microUSB Port and audio jack. On the top of the A9 there is a plastic "window" though unlike others this one doesn't cover an IR blaster, it's just for radio waves to pass unhindered. A plastic window above, but no IR blaster this time. HTC has designed a beautiful phone indeed, though we feel it could have been even better. We miss the front-facing stereo speakers and HTC has made them work, even when it included a fingerprint reader on the front (e.g. One M9+).
Another option would be to put it on the back like the One Max. Or at least give us capacitive keys around the fingerprint reader (which doubles as a Home key anyway), so that we don't lose any screen real estate to on-screen buttons. A 5-incher is hardly big enough these days.
Also, the 2,150mAh battery is on the low side, there are plenty of examples of thinner, smaller phones with bigger batteries. Despite the low(ish) capacity, HTC is promising 16 hours of talk time, 9 hours of web browsing and 12 hours of HD video. We'll see about that, come review time.
• CAMERA
The main camera is a brand new unit, specially designed for the HTC One A9. It has a 13MP BSI sensor (4:3) behind an f/2.0 lens and armed with optical image stabilization.
A dual-tone, dual-LED flash will help out for night shots, while a sapphire cover keeps the lens from getting detrimental scratches. Good thing too since the camera protrudes slightly from the back (about as much as on the iPhone 6s).
The selfie camera uses HTC's UltraPixel sensor (4MP, 16:9), which also employs an f/2.0 lens.
HTC streamlined the camera UI, but it remains familiar to One users. Auto mode is for quick and simple shooting, while Pro mode lets you tweak shutter speed, ISO and other settings to get the perfect shot. For ultimate tweaking you can switch to RAW files that you can edit later.
The One A9 comes with an automatic RAW Enhancement option that takes several seconds to process the file and bring out the best quality. It doesn't allow manual tuning of the parameters though, you can use third-party software if you want total control over the processing.
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• NETWORK
- Technology: GSM/HSPA/LTE
• LAUNCH
- Announced: September, 2015
- Status: November, 2015
• BODY
- Dimensions: 145.8 * 70.8 * 7.3 mm (5.74 * 2.79 * 0.29 in)
- Weight: 143g (5.04 oz)
- SIM: Nano-SIM
- Fingerprint sensor
• DISPLAY
- Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 5.0 inches (~66.8% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 1080 * 1920 pixels (~441 ppi pixel density)
- Multitouch: Yes
• PROTECTION
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- HTC Sense
• PLATFORM
- OS: Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8952, Snapdragon 617
- CPU: Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Adreno 405
• MEMORY
- Card slot: microSD, up to 200 GB
- Internal: 16GB, 2GB RAM
(32GB, 3GB RAM)
• CAMERA
- Primary: 13MP, 4128 * 3096 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
• FEATURES
- Geo-tagging
- Touch focus
- Face detection
- Panorama
- HDR
- Video: 1080p@30fps
- Secondary: 4MP, 1080p
• SOUND
- Alert Types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
- Dolby Audio
- Hi-Res Audio
• COMMUNICATION
• WLAN
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
- Bluetooth: v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Radio: FM radio
- USB: microUSB v2.0
• OTHER FEATURES
- Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
- Browser: HTML5
- Java: No
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0, 3.0)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor
• BATTERY
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2150 mAh battery
- Stand-by: Up to 432hrs (3G)
- Talk Time: Up to 16hrs (3G)
- Music Play: Up to 60hrs
• MISCELLANEOUS
- Colors: Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold, Deep Garnet
- SAR: EU0.41 W/kg (head)
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