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Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the HTC1.
Now, we've already seen a 1X and a 1S
and a 1X Plus, but this is just
one. That's all there is to it. So they
have gone instead of sort of a a hedged
bets multi-tiered phone strategy and they're saying okay nope this is it this
is going to incorporate all of the best technology that we can build the shell
itself so the aluminum frame the aluminum body that it uses has 200
minutes minimum on a machine for each
individual phone that's produced. So to put this in the appropriate context,
those machines cost tens of thousands of
dollars potentially for high-end CNC machines and they are occupying 200
minutes each. They had to put a bunch of advanced techni techniques into it just
to manufacture this thing. So I'm going to go ahead and put it down here and
we're going to start actually I'm not going to put it down here. We're going to start with a size comparison. So,
compared to the HTC8X, it is actually a very similar size in
spite of the fact that the screen is a little bit larger at 4.7 in. So, if I go
ahead and turn it on. So, I'm just going to try and get an HTC logo on the
screens here. There we go. You'll see it goes a little bit closer to the edge.
There's the sound when it boots up than the 8X. So, that's a Windows phone. This
is an Android phone and it runs HTC's Sense 5.0.
All right. So, by comparison, here's a Galaxy Note 2. We should probably also
do thickness comparisons here as well. I'm not going to put it quite up against
the other phone because this is Diesels and I'm sure he'd freak out if he saw me
doing that. So, it's much smaller than a Note 2. However, the resolution is
actually higher. This is a 1080p Super
LCD 3 phone. Now, I've seen Super LCD 2
and Super LCD 3. This is a Galaxy S3, by the way, guys. The S4 is a little bit
bigger, also has a 1080p screen, and Super LCD 3 is absolutely better than
Super LCD 2, especially with respect to color shift. So, they both have pretty
vibrant colors, good text, all that stuff. Here's an iPhone 4, by the way,
guys. There's a size comparison there. But Super LCD 3 doesn't really shift the
colors as you move around and look at it from different angles up and down. So,
here's is a 1S. So that's a previous
generation phone, not quite a flagship like the Droid DNA. So this is only one
of the first uh one of the first two or three phones on the market that has a
1080p display. It also has the allnew
Snapdragon S600 platform. So that includes a 1.7 GHz
quad core processor, wireless AC, an
Adreno 320 GPU, as well as 2 gigs of
memory. So, we're into the setup wizard. So, I'm going to go ahead and get that
started, and we'll be back in a moment. So, now let's take a really close look
at the phone itself. There are a few things about it that are particularly
innovative. So, number one is I'm going to take it, I'm going to hold it in portrait, then I'm going to go bam,
landscape, because these two speakers right here are stereo speakers with what
HTC is calling boom sound. So boom sound
is pretty much their way of saying it actually has sound that will actually be
usable in the context of sitting and looking at your phone like this and
watching a movie for example. This makes perfect sense because if you look at
something like an iPhone 4 which has one port for audio that comes out of the
bottom or even something like a an 8X
that has one speaker on the back of the phone. How many times have you done this
where you're cupping your hand behind the phone in order to direct any noise
at your face? So, Boom Sound looks incredibly cool. They've also added a
1080p front-facing camera in addition,
so that's a 2.1 megapixel still 1080p 30fps video camera in addition to the 4
megapixel 1080p 30fps rear camera. So,
hold on a minute. Why did I just say 4 megapixel? They're calling this
ultraixel. So rather than having lots of
tiny tiny micro dense dense pixels, what
HTC has gone totally in the opposite direction of the regular industry trend
and gone, okay, no, we're going to put bigger pixels in the phone because those
will actually be able to capture more light because they're larger and should
give you better lowlight performance. And from what I've seen sort of looking
around so far, it's actually working. So
in spite of fewer pixels, you're able to get better dynamic range and oh yeah, so
it's got a 1/3 inch sensor as well as an f/2.0 lens that gives you more light
transmission and a larger sensor to capture the light on as well. So this is
a very different way of going about it. In fact, if you look at HT the HTC1
product page on HTC's website, you'll see that they don't even list how many
megapixels it is because they feel it shouldn't be about that. It should be
about what actual quality are you getting out of the images you're taking.
Now, one of the other things that's changed about the front here is that instead of having three buttons, there
are two buttons. So, there's a back button and a home button instead of a
recent app button. You can double click the home button to access your recent
apps and then you can hold it down to get to Google Now. So, that's the way
that that functionality is enabled. But, uh, so it's a little bit different.
They've also added their HTC Sense 5.0 UI. So there there are some intricacies
to it. It works well with the apps that they include. So another thing they've
changed about the camera is you can use a mode called zo ze in order to take
about four or five stills as well as a several second 1080p video. So part of
their their whole thing here is they want it to be more like sort of like a
Harry Potter type picture. So you're capturing a moment as opposed to just a
still. So, they've included a management application, a gallery for it, but it's
a very cool concept. I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds neat. So, instead of
just taking a picture, you get a little bit of the leadup, you get the smile,
and then you get a little bit of whatever it happens to be. Very, very
neat stuff. So, let's keep moving around the phone. On this side, we find not a
whole lot. Just a spot for a micro SIM. Other than that, you can see just the
beautiful finishing on the phone with the aluminum backing as well as the
beveled aluminum front that meets seamlessly with the Gorilla Glass 2
front. So, it should be extremely durable and it looks fairly
dropresistant as well because the glass doesn't go right to the edge. There is a
little bit of a buffer zone, although that's not to say that if you dropped it directly on the glass, it wouldn't
break. On the top, we find a headphone microphone combo jack as well as check
this out. So, the power button is not only a power button, but also an IR
emitter and receiver. So, you can use it as a universal remote with any infrared
devices. Very, very cool little innovation. And it doesn't detract from
the overall look of the device either. On this side, we find a volume rocker.
And what I like about it is it's a little bit it's it's flush or slightly
recessed. So, when you pick up the phone, because it's a little bit wider
here at the at the back of it, you can pick it up easily without accidentally
triggering the volume buttons, which is a problem that I had with the 8X during
my 30-day Windows phone trial. On the bottom, we find a USB/MHL
port. So, that allows it to also output HDMI signals to compatible MHL devices.
Finally, there's a little uh Oh, sorry. There's a Nope, that's it. There's on
the back a little noise cancelling microphone and an overall very symmetrical looking design. This is a
solid piece of aluminum back here and you've got a couple of cool things. So,
there's a flash right next to that camera I talked a lot about before as
well as a little Beats Audio logo and an HTC logo. Now, the Beats audio logo,
maybe this is part of just the the general I don't know if it's Beats audio
or just part of HTC's internal direction, but the audio is
significantly better on the device than what you'll find on a typical
smartphone. Whether that's the headphones, which have a reasonable headphone amp on them, which is great,
but also those front-facing speakers that I talked about before.
Accessory-wise, they also include a bit of a more premium looking headphones
headset than you're generally used to seeing. So, it's got a non-tangle cable.
It's got a red and black color scheme. Where have we seen that before, guys?
And of course, it includes three different sizes of ear tips. They are
IM, so they're meant to go right into the ear canals. They also include, at
least with our demo model, not to say the retail one won't have more stuff, a
SIM card tool, as well as a micro USB cable, charger, a cable, and a charger.
All right, so this will be the shot where I finish up with all the little other little things that I forgot. So,
for one thing, it's got a 468 pixel per
inch density. This is pretty much the mo I believe this is the most dense display
on the market for a smartphone because it is a slightly smaller screen than
there was on the Droid DNA. It's only 4.7 in, making it a little bit easier
for someone like me to use. In spite of my small hand syndrome, I'd say already
that just because of the shape of it, it's easier to hold on to than the 8X
was. So, since this is the device I'll be using for my 30-day Android I
switched trial, I'm really glad that that's uh something that I discovered
about it. On the back, this isn't something you can see, but it does have
NFC, so you can easily exchange data, apps, or whatever else you want.
However, there is no wireless charging built into this phone for those of you
who were hoping to see that option. You pretty much cannot open it up. It has a
2300 millia battery, though, so hopefully that's enough for you. Um, and
same thing with respect to not being able to open it up. You can't add a
micro SD card for more expansion. So, you're going to be stuck with either the
32 gigs or 64 gigs that were included
with your phone. It comes with Android 4.1.2, but it is upgradeable to 4.2. And
they include the HTC Sync Manager to facilitate moving whether it's from iOS
or from another Android device to this new platform. And I think that pretty
much wraps it up for this unboxing and first look. Thank you for checking it out. Online is tech tips.