HTC Butterfly review: The droid monarch
Going by sales in the past year alone, it's easy to forget that HTC
still makes some of the best hardware in the smartphone game. Despite
the fact that it was the first to release a smartphone with a dual-core
Krait chipset, the first to launch a quad-core, and the first to put a
fullHD display on a phone, the company's market share has dwindled over
the last few quarters.
Indeed, while there wasn't much wrong with the HTC One S and One X,
they both failed to realize their potential for various reasons. For
one, the Taiwanese company got their marketing messed up of both the
early summer releases and the Q4 holiday offerings. That's something
they acknowledged and promised to work on in earnest in 2013.
Key features
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support; 3G with HSPA; LTE (market dependent)
5" 16M-color 1080p Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen display with 441ppi pixel density; Curved Gorilla Glass 2
Android OS v4.1.1 Jelly Bean with Sense 4+ UI
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU, 2 GB RAM, Adreno 320 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset
8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geo-tagging
1080p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus and stereo sound
2.1 MP front-facing camera, 1080p video recording
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
16GB of built-in storage; microSD card slot
MHL-enabled microUSB port
Bluetooth v4.0
NFC
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Polycarbonate unibody
Great audio quality and Beats audio enhancements
Main disadvantage
Non user-replaceable battery
Awkwardly placed and uncomfortable power key
No shortcuts or connectivity toggles in notification area
Uninspiring camera performance
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