HTC One M9 review

A luxury design that forgets about the basics

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By Gareth Beavis
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HTC One M9 review

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HTC One M9 review

In bright light, the sharpness is clear

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Colors are more muted than on the One M8, but detail is sharper

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The greens look less vivid than in real life

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Darker scenes see a big jump in graining

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But in contrasting light, the camera does well

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Bokeh takes a lot longer to work on the One M9 over last year's model

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However, bokeh can give the most impressive picture

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This is taken without HDR - some detail lost

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However, even with it switched on the effect isn't amazing

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The selfie camera is good in low light, but a little fuzzy

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I just don't see the point of the double exposure effects

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Gareth Beavis
Gareth Beavis
Formerly Global Editor in Chief


Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.