The left side of the phone houses only the SIM card slot, while on the right side are the volume and power buttons, and microSD slot. On the other hand, this design choice also makes the One M9 more sharp-angled than the relatively rounded One M8, which will appeal to the many people who thought the One M7 was the pinnacle of HTC's smartphone design. I think this doesn't look as graceful as the sides on the One M8, which do a better job of evoking the sense that the phone is really made of a single piece of metal. Instead, the front part of the phone slots into the back, leaving a slight 'step' around the edges.

On the silver and gold One M9 that we received, the sides are gold while the front and back are silver, with the back and sides having a brushed-metal finish. The sides also do away with the tapered edges of the HTC One M8. The brushed metal finish on the sides and the finely textured power button are deft design flourishes.

Above the screen is a 4MP UltraPixel camera, demoted from its prime position on the back of the HTC One M8. On the front, there is a matte aluminum finish above and below the display - the same texture as the entire chassis of the silver One M8. The brushed metal back of the One M9 is certainly more grippy than the matte-backed One M8, which was a bit on the slippery side. The HTC One M9 is enclosed in a two-tone aluminum chassis, with the same curved back and rounded corners as its predecessor (it even fits into the M8's Dot View case!). HTC clearly thought that it didn't, telling AndroidPIT back at MWC 2015 that it's 'not gonna' try to fix something that's not broken.' This is a reasonable approach - although it's equally reasonable that we found it hard to be impressed by a design that seemed so familiar.įrom the front, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a One M8, with a nice new UI. The HTC One M8 was a beautiful phone, raising the question of whether the HTC One M9 really needed to make many (or any) external changes to still be considered the most stylish, premium-looking device on the market.

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