WEBVTT 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:13.599 the Jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:18.840 even holds tablets up to 8 in Click now to learn more finally the update to the 00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:22.960 phone that's been my daily driver whenever I'm not working on reviewing 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:30.000 something else for the last year it is time to replace my HTC1 with this other 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:33.960 more different HTC1 and if that seems 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.000 confusing you're not the only one HTC's 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:40.200 own website actually even resorts to using the code name M8 to clarify what 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:44.239 product it is you're looking at now as far as specs go there's not much for me 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:48.640 to say in a video it's got a Snapdragon 801 chip clocked at 2.3 gz in most 00:00:46.680 --> 00:00:51.600 markets it's got 2 gigs of RAM and realistically if you want to know more 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:56.280 there's an amazing site called gsmarena.com where you can enjoy a wall 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:59.920 of text just like this one for any phone you can imagine so without further Ado 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:04.360 let's get on with the stuff that watching a a video legitimately helps 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:08.640 with kicking off our physical tour I've got the gunmetal version which features 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:12.240 what feels like a perfectly smooth back but it actually has a brushed looking 00:01:10.360 --> 00:01:17.439 finish to it but the phone is also available in silver and pirate the 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:21.720 gorgeous backing wraps up to the screen which it nearly perfectly joins with a 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:26.560 tasteful bevel Edge and the overall fit and finish of the phone is immaculate 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:30.560 with almost no discernible imperfections even Where Metal meets glass at the top 00:01:28.520 --> 00:01:35.000 and the bottom of the screen a somewhat common issue on the last generation 00:01:32.119 --> 00:01:41.119 product the increase in metal content for the chassis from 70% to 90% features 00:01:38.759 --> 00:01:46.840 prominently in HTC's marketing and while some reviewers preferred the flat 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:49.040 composite edges of the M7 for grip I 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:53.200 actually like the seamless rounded edges it reminds me of Samsung's whole made 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:58.079 for humans thing that they did with the S3 except that HTC does it with a level 00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:02.000 of build quality that Samsung for whatever reason just refuses to 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:06.520 acknowledge is important bottom line this phone feels great and even more 00:02:04.360 --> 00:02:11.200 solid in my hands than the M7 a phone that survived quite a few significant 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:16.040 drops without uh damage for me the one gripe that I had initially was the extra 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:20.720 weight but given the larger 5-in screen size and even more premium feel it has I 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:25.680 can forgive this and in fact I'm beginning to appreciate the sheer this 00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:30.080 is a serious piece of Hardware mass of the M8 it reminds me of the feeling I 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:34.760 get when holding an iPhone 4 which it remarkably only weighs about 8% more 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:38.760 than in spite of the larger screen it really does set this phone apart the 00:02:36.760 --> 00:02:43.519 5-in display is covered in Gorilla Glass 3 and features some of the most subtle 00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:48.080 sexy haptic feedback I've ever felt and while objective testing on the interwebs 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:52.879 would indicate that in fact the black levels are not as deep as the M7 and the 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:56.760 color accuracy is perhaps not as good as the Moto X or even the One Max I 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:01.879 subjectively found both of those aforementioned phones very warm looking 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:06.360 to the eye and the M8 much more pleasing so your mileage may vary one thing that 00:03:04.519 --> 00:03:11.400 really blew me away though was the lack of color shift or image quality 00:03:08.519 --> 00:03:15.519 degradation when viewing off AIS Kudos HTC and I also really like the small 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:20.840 tweak to their auto brightness since I last used it 40% is enough for me even 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:25.200 outside and now I can set a maximum for auto brightness so I use it all the time 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:30.200 and it works great above the screen is a 5 megapixel camera that records 1080p 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:34.480 video and here's an audio sample from it more than enough for video chatting 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.239 under the screen the dedicated multitasking button built into s six 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:45.319 instead of requiring a double tap of home is very welcome but using that 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:49.959 extra3 in of screen real estate that we gained from the M7 on onscreen buttons 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:54.560 in general is a bit of a mixed bag for me Google is putting pressure on handset 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:59.879 makers to move towards them but between the HTC logo chin bar that HTC says they 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:04.840 needed for internal components and the onscreen buttons in landscape mode the 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:08.959 keyboard is shifted so much to the left that I find myself mistyping a lot more 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:12.040 than usual that combined with the way that the onscreen buttons disappear 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:18.600 sometimes and you need two button presses to do stuff but I mean I like that they're 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:20.440 contextual and stuff so I don't know on 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:24.560 the top of the phone we find an IR emitter a feature that I actually didn't 00:04:22.440 --> 00:04:29.759 use once with the M7 but one that's nice to have if you watch TV I guess and the 00:04:27.479 --> 00:04:34.720 power button or lock button which is actually as shallow as this might sound 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:39.479 my second biggest gripe with this phone you don't need to use it to turn the 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:44.000 phone on thanks to HTC's gesture based motion launch controls that let you 00:04:41.039 --> 00:04:47.240 double tap to wake and swipe for home screen voice styling blink feed or 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.639 whatever was the last thing you were doing but I still use it to turn the 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:57.360 screen off and I just can't find a comfortable way to do that without 00:04:54.840 --> 00:05:00.840 mashing the volume buttons on the side on the left side we've got an 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.560 unnecessarily large large nano SIM slot and then on the other that somewhat too 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:09.840 easy to press volume rocker that I mentioned before and great Scott what's 00:05:06.919 --> 00:05:13.600 this HTC yields to Google's onscreen buttons and powered by Android startup 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:17.800 screen branding but not to the elimination of the micro SD slot great 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:21.520 inclusion here if I had a dollar for every time someone bought a Galaxy S4 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:26.120 instead of a 1 M7 because of the no micro SD slot I would have more money 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:31.000 than HTC does right now the headphone jack is now on the bottom next to micro 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:36.360 USB a position I used to prefer since it tugs less while holding the device but I 00:05:34.479 --> 00:05:41.479 use my phone with my right hand and store it in my left pocket so I actually 00:05:38.880 --> 00:05:44.960 find this a little bit more ergonomic than this when I'm putting it away so 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:48.680 now I prefer the top headphone jack but it's a very very minor complaint since 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:53.880 we're on the subject of the headphone jack I complained about the amp on the 00:05:51.440 --> 00:05:59.639 M7 early on but later discovered that the problems were caused by the subpar 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:02.880 HTC music player app included with the m 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:04.880 7 Since switching to Apollo on the M7 I 00:06:02.880 --> 00:06:09.800 no longer have any complaints about it and the M8 is also just dandy in terms 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:14.599 of headphone audio output quality speaking of Dandy the speakers sure 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:20.039 they're not Standalone Bluetooth speakers but they're loud enough and 00:06:17.039 --> 00:06:21.960 sound good enough for me to legitimately 00:06:20.039 --> 00:06:26.319 enjoy YouTube videos in a noisy environment like a moving car and listen 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:31.520 to music at my desk while I work a freaking plus as a Content consumer I 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:36.800 will trade the extra phone height that is consumed by resonance Chambers for 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:40.400 this sound experience every day and HTC is just making the other guys look 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:45.080 stupid at this point I mean these days whenever I get my hands on a device with 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:49.759 bottom or rearm mounted speakers I can't even bring myself to make the joke about 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:54.479 the cupping your hand trick anymore it's just not funny anymore it's a miracle 00:06:52.039 --> 00:06:59.440 the other guys have led HTC stay more than a year ahead of them now with an 00:06:57.080 --> 00:07:03.360 Innovative feature like pointing a sound Source at the listener's ears but since 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:07.280 I'm an HTC user I guess it doesn't really matter to me what the others do 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:11.280 and all I can really say is enjoy the cup trick everyone 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:14.960 else turns out it's still funny when it's someone else moving around to the 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:20.400 back of the phone we find the UltraPixel 4 megapixel camera is back with some 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:24.599 capabilities added and others taken away it lacks Optical image stabilization 00:07:22.479 --> 00:07:29.120 this time but is now accompanied by a two-tone flash for better flesh tones 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:33.560 and it has more processing horsepower behind find it a major contributing 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:37.560 factor to the wicked fast shutter speed of this bad boy seriously whip your 00:07:35.520 --> 00:07:42.479 phone out horizontally press the volume button the camera app is ready to 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:45.400 capture the moment you can rapid fire it when your kid has your finger up his 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:51.520 nose or whatever it is that you're trying to get on camera you can use 00:07:48.039 --> 00:07:53.360 Zoe's HTC's video/ photo at the same 00:07:51.520 --> 00:07:57.360 time thing that works really well with highlight reels a little software 00:07:55.240 --> 00:08:01.360 feature that cuts together photos and videos with music and effects and now 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:05.800 allows more granular clip selection and your own music to be added but I found 00:08:03.599 --> 00:08:10.520 machine gunning the shutter or capturing Stills during regular video recording 00:08:07.919 --> 00:08:15.280 was just as effective but all of that is still pretty normal stuff what about 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:17.599 HTC's other camera on the back that one 00:08:15.280 --> 00:08:22.520 is used to gather depth information and in theory it allows images to be 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:28.159 refocused in post or effects to be added to the background and also this funky 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:29.919 Parallax effect um but in practice I use 00:08:28.159 --> 00:08:33.039 this about as often is the feature that lets me cover a photo with cherry 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:38.560 blossoms or put Scumbag Steve hats on everyone all in all as someone who never 00:08:35.800 --> 00:08:43.000 prints my phone pictures I was already satisfied with the m7's camera for my 00:08:40.839 --> 00:08:47.560 Instagram needs and recording videos of my cats and I'm satisfied with this one 00:08:45.160 --> 00:08:51.200 too it's good enough for me and even though the M8 does not support 4K 00:08:49.760 --> 00:08:55.440 recording like some other phones are starting to I actually got quite a few 00:08:53.640 --> 00:09:00.079 compliments on a video I uploaded of my cat that looked pretty darn fantastic so 00:08:58.079 --> 00:09:04.720 there you go moving on to software I'm not going to say too much about Sense 6 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:08.800 because I already liked sense 5.5 and Sense 6 is pretty much more of the same 00:09:06.920 --> 00:09:13.920 the keyboard prediction sucks the big one and I find the information density 00:09:10.839 --> 00:09:16.519 and blink feed just a little bit too low 00:09:13.920 --> 00:09:20.720 to be useful for me but swift key for the win and blink feed can be completely 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:24.440 ignored quite easily so those are really minor complaints and there's so many 00:09:22.880 --> 00:09:29.240 other good things I mean even though I'm not detail oriented enough to notice 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:32.880 exact changes like the notification bar changing color depending on the screen 00:09:30.760 --> 00:09:37.000 you're looking at I do generally appreciate the improvements HTC 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:42.560 continues to make to their overall aesthetic and The Classy new stock sound 00:09:40.040 --> 00:09:47.200 scheme and I love their organization friendly app tray their multitasking the 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:53.480 easy way that quick settings can be reconfigured and so much more sense is 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:57.880 the Android skin that I started on and I actually like it better than stock 00:09:55.000 --> 00:10:02.600 Android Sumi it's super easy to use and low overhead enough that it feels just 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.720 as Snappy as stock Android I mean obviously the wicked Hardware on this 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:12.600 phone isn't hurting that either this phone is a blast to use so conclusion 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:14.560 time there was a time when being the 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:19.959 most beautifully crafted Android phone on the market was about like winning the 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:22.360 chimp Olympics but with the M7 HTC took 00:10:19.959 --> 00:10:27.279 Android phone design and build quality to the next level and the M8 picks up 00:10:24.920 --> 00:10:32.320 where it left off there are some issues that persist the battery is still not 00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:36.880 replaceable and iFix it gave the phone a whopping two out of 10 for repairability 00:10:34.920 --> 00:10:41.160 in their tear down video but the good news about the battery at least is that 00:10:39.160 --> 00:10:46.320 even though they only increased capacity to an unexceptional 2600 milliamp hours 00:10:43.920 --> 00:10:50.320 the real world battery life is a lot better at the end of a weekday that 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:55.760 means conference calls with the speaker phone and constant emails and texting I 00:10:52.839 --> 00:10:59.519 regularly have 40% left at night and on weekends I Can Go the whole 2 days 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:04.320 before recharging and I'm not not I'm not cheating I've got Bluetooth on 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:09.160 impared to my Pebble Wi-Fi mobile data accurate GPS location and the onboard 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:13.839 popcorn maker are all enabled at all times and I am still getting these 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:16.880 results the last phones that I tested that were like this for me were the 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:21.279 Xperia Z with a bunch of power management stuff on and the One Max 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:24.920 which just had a massive battery speaking of massive battery another 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:29.680 Improvement is the noticeably faster battery charging on the M8 with my old 00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:33.480 iPhone I could pop it on the charger for 30 minutes while I you know get ready to 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:37.680 leave the house and have that actually last me long enough to get back home and 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:42.959 charge it for real not the case with the M7 but the M8 is much closer to that 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:47.800 experience and it's a it's a really tangible Improvement no phone is perfect 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:53.200 though and I'm going to wrap up this video with a couple of complaints number 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:57.680 one is that a non-tech discovered HTC is still enabling higher power States when 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:02.440 the phone detects a benchmark is being run and number two is actually my 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:06.839 biggest complaint about the phone and that is that for some reason we're in 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:10.480 the 21st century yeah I mean this guy figured out this crap a long time ago 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:16.920 and this phone still doesn't have wireless charging words cannot express 00:12:13.880 --> 00:12:18.920 how much I wish that it did but oh sorry 00:12:16.920 --> 00:12:24.079 hold on I've got to take this call see that gesture-based phone call answering 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:27.320 oh it's Luke hey he arrived safely at PAX East where he and Brandon will be 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:31.360 bringing you guys the very best of the show with a particular EMP empis on the 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:36.600 Indie Mega Booth stay tuned over the next couple of days for all that awesome 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:38.240 content and wait sorry what's that Luke 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:41.959 you also want me to give a huge shout out to our sponsors Intel and Corsair 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:47.600 without whom you wouldn't have been able to go and remind everyone to tune in to 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:52.920 our PX content ha what a guy he also forgot a couple things though Intel and 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:54.959 ASUS are also giving away a taiichi dual 00:12:52.920 --> 00:13:00.639 screen ultra book just tweet what inspires you about PAX East with # Intel 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:03.480 Inspire before the 18th of April 2014 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:08.079 for a chance to win full Contest rules are linked in the video description 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:11.720 speaking of giveaways huge reward for those of you who were hardcore enough to 00:13:09.880 --> 00:13:18.920 stick around through this very long video I have something exciting to share 00:13:14.839 --> 00:13:21.480 HTC gave me two giraffing m8s to give 00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:27.040 away hey why did you bleep that I didn't even say a bad word I said giraffing 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:29.800 anyway all you have to do is post your 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:35.560 favorite thing about the m in the Forum thread in the video description and no 00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:37.399 matter who you are or where you live you 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:41.240 are entered you don't even have to sign up for the Forum you can use your steam 00:13:39.040 --> 00:13:47.120 Facebook or Twitter account to quickly log in and post your favorite thing and 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:51.839 you're in the draw but there is a catch 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:55.839 I only get two phones if 10,000 or more 00:13:51.839 --> 00:13:57.920 of you click the bitly link to HTC's m8 00:13:55.839 --> 00:14:02.399 page on their site also linked in the video description 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:08.240 oh I've been talking for a long time otherwise I just get one so let's all 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:12.040 work together to unlock the extra phone full giveaway details in the video 00:14:09.880 --> 00:14:15.000 description as well anyway guys thank you for watching my team and I worked 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:19.040 really hard on this video and we hope you enjoyed it if you did please like 00:14:17.160 --> 00:14:22.440 and share it and if you didn't 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