HTC One Unveiled: Specs, Sense 5, BlinkFeed and Zoe

Specifications

• Aluminum unibody with a 4.7-inch 1080p (468 ppi) display and Gorilla Glass 2
• 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 with an Adreno 320 GPU
• 2 GB of RAM, LTE and NFC
• 32 or 64 GB of built-in storage, with no microSD slot
• 2300 mAh embedded battery
• 143 g

Camera and sound

HTC argued that more megapixels do not necessarily mean better photos. The One uses a 4-ultrapixel sensor, which HTC said gathers 300 percent more light than traditional phone sensors, and which compares roughly with 13 megapixels. BoomSound is Beats Audio-certified and uses dual front stereo speakers with larger chambers, so it is loud and clear without turning the phone face down.

Sense 5

BlinkFeed is the home screen experience, a tile layout combining news and social updates with Android widgets, fed by over 100 partners including AP, MTV and ESPN. It resembles Flipboard on your home screen. Zoe captures up to 20 photos and a 3-second video with one press, and the gallery then shows short moving clips instead of still images.

Accessories

HTC worked with case makers such as Belkin and Otterbox. Two official cases were shown: a leather-finish folding cover that doubles as a horizontal stand, and a three-piece case with swappable colours. Other accessories included a pocket-sized charging cube, a 6000 mAh battery bar, a car stereo clip, custom earphones and an HDMI kit.

Availability

HTC said the phone would arrive in March on the four Canadian carriers listed. Specific dates were still to come.