WEBVTT 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:14.000 by and unlocked Intel 4th gen core i7 or core i5 processor and get a free copy of 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.760 Rome 2 Total War click now to learn more 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:20.840 welcome to my video about the HTC1 Max this phone review will be a little bit 00:00:18.119 --> 00:00:26.400 shorter than most of mine because it's pretty much a phone that I've reviewed 00:00:23.119 --> 00:00:28.080 before unlike the One Mini with its mini 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:34.280 size and Mini specs compared to the regular one the one Max is and I suppose 00:00:30.759 --> 00:00:36.399 this was self-explanatory um a Max siiz 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:41.079 version of the one there's no massive change in the specs though it's got a 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:48.039 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 600 processor with an adreno 320 GPU 2 gigs of RAM a 5.9 in 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:54.920 1080P screen that's about 373 pixels per inch with Gorilla Glass 3 Wi-Fi AC and 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:59.440 Android 4.3 with a 4.4 KitKat update confirmed with those numbers in mind 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:04.720 doing this review was a little weird it's the first time a one device has 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:09.439 ever felt anything but blindingly fast to me it's still very fast but going 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.759 from the Nexus 5 to the one made me appreciate the subtle allround 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:18.759 difference that a faster phone running a newer more lightweight OS can make it 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:23.600 didn't bother me for the last few weeks but I definitely did notice it so we'll 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:29.200 start with the physical on Hands-On HTC actually sent me a case as well as a 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:31.560 stylus for the phone the the case well I 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:36.560 installed it used it for like two minutes and then I promptly put it down 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:40.079 behind a barn with a shotgun no but seriously I seem to have lost it so I 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:44.320 actually can't show it to you but I would suggest trying to find something 00:01:41.479 --> 00:01:49.119 else anyway the stylus is a stylus I guess it's aluminum and it feels nice 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:53.880 but my issue is that unlike the Note 3 there's nowhere to store it inside the 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:58.039 phone body so unless you have amazing discipline I think you're going to be 00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:02.159 losing and buying it over and over again and at $10 that's a little bit tough to 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.920 swallow so I decided after trying the stylus to just go be back with no stylus 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:10.360 for the duration of my review cuz I feel like that's how most people are going to 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:15.280 be using it earlier this year when I first started using it I found even the 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:20.400 regular one to be a bit too big for me I was coming from an iPhone 4 and a bit 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:25.959 slippery with its however beautiful it may be smooth anodized aluminum backing 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:29.959 now fast forward however many months it's been and that's all changed I'm 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:35.480 used to the one but moving up to the one Max is that same learning curve all over 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:40.519 again you've got to be extremely careful especially at first to avoid dropping it 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:45.920 fortunately I didn't I mean for someone like me with small hands you have got to 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:48.319 use both of them to handle this baby day 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:51.920 today if you know what I mean but uh well you know what they say practice 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.599 makes perfect and over the last few weeks I've gotten a lot better at 00:02:54.040 --> 00:03:01.599 handling a big the front of the phone is dominated 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:03.799 by the huge 5.9 in screen and the boom 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:09.159 sound speakers man I missed those speakers when I was using the xeria Z1 00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:10.920 and the Nexus 5 it is so nice to 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:15.200 actually be able to hear things again and have them playing at me as opposed 00:03:13.239 --> 00:03:20.040 to coming out of the bottom of the phone into my palm I mean using the one for so 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:25.000 long I had actually started taking them for granted but now that I've been on 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:28.439 the other side I have a new appreciation for them the last thing on the front of 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:33.080 the phone is the dedicated buttons rather than onscreen buttons now I feel 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:37.120 like these are a bit of a mixed bag I at first felt very strongly that onscreen 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:41.599 buttons were a negative because they took up some of your screen real estate 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:45.159 but particularly on a phone like this having onscreen buttons is a non-issue 00:03:43.239 --> 00:03:49.360 to me because the screen is so big actually many modern phones are like 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:53.280 that whereas having hard buttons goes and makes the phone itself a little bit 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:56.959 bigger which is uh something that doesn't really feel necessary in this 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:00.760 case so it comes down to the individual whether you prefer on screen or not on 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:05.760 screen I'm kind of in the middle on the right we find my single biggest gripe 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:10.400 with this phone the volume and lock buttons are so close together and so 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:15.799 similar feeling that even after a couple of weeks it's pretty much a 50/50 shot 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:20.680 for me to hit what I'm aiming for uh a top lock button like on the one um I 00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:26.520 understand why they didn't do that it would have been very difficult to to hit 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:30.160 onehanded but um so that's maybe not the solution but I think a different feel to 00:04:28.479 --> 00:04:34.000 these buttons on the side could have helped a lot here it's still not a deal 00:04:32.039 --> 00:04:38.720 breaker and overall I actually really like the phone it's just that a couple 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:42.080 weeks in it does continue to bother me and I wish they'd found another way to 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:46.680 implement that moving on to the bottom of the phone we find a single micro USB 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:52.360 charging port I feel like wireless charging is a very conspicuous absentee 00:04:50.280 --> 00:04:56.199 here especially with newer phones like the Nexus 5 having that as a headline 00:04:54.960 --> 00:05:01.080 feature in fact that's one of the biggest things I miss about the Nexus 5 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:05.560 wireless charging is is a truly Next Generation type experience shift 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:10.800 compared to plugging in your phone all the time so there you go guys it's not 00:05:07.880 --> 00:05:15.400 here but hopefully the upcoming one two or whatever they're going to call it 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:17.680 will on the top we find an IR emitter 00:05:15.400 --> 00:05:22.639 yay universal remote and a headphone jack then on the back we find the Ultra 00:05:20.039 --> 00:05:26.880 pixel camera which just like the one has strong image stabilization and is easy 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:33.000 to get good Stills with even in low light but has a little bit of difficulty 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:35.199 with autofocus NVIDIA mode um so I it 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:37.840 tends to kind of look for focus a lot but maybe we'll see a software update 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:42.120 for that I mean you see how much the Nexus 5 camera improved just with a 00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:46.000 software update so maybe there's still hope for it on the back we also find a 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:51.479 fingerprint scanner that I had on for about an hour before I gave up I think a 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:56.600 big part of the issue for me was that um to get a solid scan you can only really 00:05:53.960 --> 00:06:00.680 do it if you can reach it properly and consistently pull your finger across it 00:05:58.280 --> 00:06:05.280 in a repeatable manner and that required me to hold the phone with two hands now 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:09.759 I don't mind operating the phone two-handed but being able to unlock it 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:13.639 one-handed to quickly look at things is a must for me let's move back to the 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:18.160 front of the phone and take some time to really talk about the screen the viewing 00:06:15.919 --> 00:06:21.400 angles are solid I can't see the touchscreen interface even on uniform 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:26.960 backgrounds which is a personal pet peeve of mine and while it lacks some of 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:28.880 the sharpness of the 4.7 in 1080P screen 00:06:26.960 --> 00:06:33.759 on the one unless you're reading very small text from very close up all day I 00:06:31.479 --> 00:06:38.639 doubt you would ever even notice that I think the only complaint that I really 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:40.720 have about it is the slight warm or 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:45.560 yellow cast of the colors compared to the one especially which has a more cool 00:06:42.880 --> 00:06:49.639 or blue look although even that stopped bothering me after about the first day 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:56.240 it is still obvious in a side-by-side comparison though now onto the size 00:06:52.919 --> 00:06:58.080 there are definite challenges associated 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:03.520 with handling a 6-in but I think we can all agree that 00:07:01.479 --> 00:07:08.319 having such a big clear screen is great for certain things um content 00:07:05.960 --> 00:07:12.800 consumption is an example lately I've been mostly using my NVIDIA shield for 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:17.879 watching videos in bed or around the house but the One Max due to its massive 00:07:15.960 --> 00:07:22.560 screen and great speakers has actually taken over that Duty I also find myself 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:26.560 zooming in less on photos that I'm viewing on the phone um when I hand it 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:30.800 to people to take a picture or a video for me they often comment that they can 00:07:28.479 --> 00:07:36.879 see really clearly it's easy to use and and these things are great I 00:07:32.840 --> 00:07:39.280 mean but initially I didn't necessarily 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:43.720 feel like my appreciation for those things outweighed the inconvenience of 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:48.840 the largess because of my of my small hands and in fact initially my review 00:07:45.960 --> 00:07:54.039 notes about the phone's ludicrous size included only um stories like my wife's 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:59.560 cousin laughing at me when I was talking on it just because it's so big and I had 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:04.120 some negative stuff about little places where sense 5.5 didn't make use of the 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:09.599 additional screen size for General productivity like for example in the app 00:08:06.840 --> 00:08:15.000 tray um and things were going to come out a bit negative um although in HTC's 00:08:12.919 --> 00:08:20.319 defense while the app tray displays exactly as many icons in the grid as the 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:22.199 one and even the one mini um most stuff 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:27.159 is is adapted reasonably well like the launcher supports a full additional row 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:30.599 and column of icons and stuff like that so so that was a very minor complaint 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:35.360 but anyway that the direction I was headed then about 3 days into my 00:08:33.800 --> 00:08:39.760 evaluation of the phone something happened I was standing in an office 00:08:37.640 --> 00:08:46.399 texting someone and a middle-aged lady behind a desk nearby said to me wow what 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.080 phone is that I showed it to her and she 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:52.600 proceeded to play around with it and tell me a story about how her kids made 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:56.480 her get an iPhone and she hates it because she can't see anything on it or 00:08:54.839 --> 00:09:02.519 type anything on it cuz it's just too small for her to press the buttons and I 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:04.560 realized she's right typing even though 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:09.200 it does require two hands for me to grip the phone and use it at the same time is 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:13.760 an absolute Dream On The One Max without thinking about it I had forgotten to 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:19.880 install swift key because even with my small hands and HTC's unexceptional 00:09:17.040 --> 00:09:24.360 stock keyboard I was faster with less Reliance on auto correct and I'm a 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:28.800 reasonably good touchscreen typist so I think that's my new summary about the 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:33.560 size while I can use this phone and there are things I do like about it that 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:39.160 tradeoff of screen size to phone size wasn't necessarily designed for people 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:43.880 like me who want information density and compactness it was made for people who 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:49.000 might legitimately need a big screen for ease of use where large display elements 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:52.680 will be perfect and I can I can think of a lot of people like that software wise 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:56.519 I've used sents for months so there weren't really any surprises here but 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:01.040 I'll summarize some of the things I do and don't like about it swiping down 00:09:58.680 --> 00:10:05.560 from the top with one or two fingers for your notifications or for your quick 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:10.000 toggles is good I like HTC's quick toggles implementation it doesn't have 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:14.320 3,000 things in it like Samsungs but it doesn't just lock you into half a dozen 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:20.399 basic things you will not use anything else like stock Android um however I do 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:21.880 still use power toggles just because I 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:26.040 particularly with a large phone like this have trouble getting two fingers up 00:10:24.079 --> 00:10:29.640 there one-handed when if I just want to turn on my flashlight and I'm kind of 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.959 scrambling it's nice to be able to just scroll down with one and activate the 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:38.920 flashlight with one hand just like that um HTC's phone migration wizard is 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:42.680 wireless and easy to use something I wouldn't have even mentioned and would 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:47.959 take for granted if I hadn't tried Sony's terrible ones so recently um I 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:51.560 also love senses multitasking compared to other implementations like the stock 00:10:49.800 --> 00:10:56.120 Google one that only shows a few recently opened applications and require 00:10:53.480 --> 00:11:00.720 scrolling um blink feed is something that people either use or don't use I 00:10:58.760 --> 00:11:05.240 don't use it but I can recognize it as an efficient way to look at all your 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:09.440 social media feeds and stuff like that it's just not for me um zo are another 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:15.000 thing that I don't really use because to me they're kind of like Vines um without 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:18.920 even a button to pause recording they're just little Tim limited video clips for 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:23.920 those of you who don't know what a zo is and the One Max can record regular 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:28.720 videos so I'd like to just have the option to keep it short just a few 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:33.000 seconds or keep it rolling um highlight reel another software feature one that I 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:36.200 actually do use from time to time lets you put together Quick videos and it 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:41.240 does automatic cuts and filters and stuff like that set to music and that 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:45.440 works with zo or regular videos so zo feel a little bit unnecessary and and 00:11:43.760 --> 00:11:49.560 like you're limiting yourself a little bit now uh one other thing and I've 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.600 already been been informed that this isn't a big deal and lots of phones do 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:57.200 it but whatever this was my first time noticing it is that even if your phone 00:11:54.760 --> 00:12:00.320 battery is dead the one and the one Max for that matter will turn on for a long 00:11:59.079 --> 00:12:04.120 enough enough to trigger your alarm in the morning this is great if you're like 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:07.399 me and occasionally forget to plug in your phone before going to sleep when 00:12:05.880 --> 00:12:11.040 it's really really low this feature actually saved my butt one day during 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:17.040 this review and I would have otherwise slept in so that's something that I did want to mention overall I like the 00:12:14.839 --> 00:12:22.880 software maybe it's partly because my first Android experience is with sense 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:25.680 5.5 so it's very familiar to me but 00:12:22.880 --> 00:12:31.279 there was one thing that I really missed from the Moto X and the Nexus 5 okay 00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:37.279 good Google you've won me over on the whole voice thing Google Now integration 00:12:33.760 --> 00:12:39.680 with 4.3 in the one is just not as good 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:44.880 or as intuitive as those other phones and even though at the time I didn't 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:49.560 feel like I was using it much even just trying to use maps for navigation on the 00:12:46.959 --> 00:12:54.680 one I really really missed it so the summary is I guess I'll write 00:12:53.160 --> 00:12:59.680 my obligatory the voice quality on the One Max is excellent um I guess like the 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:02.760 speakers it's a side effect of having space inside the device and the fact 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:06.160 that the microphone can actually be quite close to your mouth um so I felt 00:13:04.839 --> 00:13:10.680 like I should mention that but other than that the conclusion of this video 00:13:08.040 --> 00:13:14.320 is quite simple if you liked the one but you felt like it needed to have a bigger 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:18.800 battery and screen then this is pretty much your dream phone um okay no it has 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:22.760 some other differences um upgradeable storage is one of them I like the 00:13:20.760 --> 00:13:27.079 implementation of the removable back there is a very slight Gap but it 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:30.000 doesn't detract from the overall fit and finish to me that's a trade-off I'm 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:34.079 willing to make moving on to the submarine conclusion oh wait sorry hold 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:39.920 on voice quality on the One Max I guess it is it is a phone is excellent I guess 00:13:36.920 --> 00:13:41.360 like the speakers um being better 00:13:39.920 --> 00:13:45.600 because you know it's just like bigger and easier to build good sound devices 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.920 in a bigger space I guess it's a side effect of the phone just being larger 00:13:47.079 --> 00:13:53.759 but it was definitely a strong point for the phone um okay there sorry now now 00:13:51.680 --> 00:13:57.839 conclusion time so other than that the conclusion for this video is quite 00:13:55.399 --> 00:14:01.079 simple if you liked the one but you felt like it needed to have a big battery and 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:05.120 screen then this is pretty much your dream phone okay no it has some other 00:14:03.959 --> 00:14:09.240 differences as well I mean the upgradeable storage is one big one and I 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:13.600 actually like the implementation of the removable back there is a slight Gap 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:18.000 here but I don't feel like it detracts from the overall fit and finish that 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:22.160 much um they've added a very very small lip like on the One Mini to I guess help 00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:25.680 prevent screen scratching if you put it face down but it really is very small 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:29.519 and I still wouldn't put it face down on things either way it's a welcome 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:34.399 addition um both the haptic feed back and the vibrate ringtone feel less high 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:37.800 pitched and obnoxious to me so yeah there are some definite improvements and 00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:41.880 with that in mind I would say the One Max is a better phone than the one but 00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:47.720 to me it doesn't come down to those little changes it comes down to whether 00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:51.079 you feel like you can handle all 5.9 in 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:51.079 of its strong 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:58.079 sculpted anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:03.000 it leave a comment letting me know if you think faets like the One Max are 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:07.279 great or if you think that they're stupid and you know let the debate rage 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:10.920 on in the YouTube comments and as always guys don't forget to subscribe to lus 00:15:09.079 --> 00:15:37.350 Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos