Recently HTC released a new product of its own One series, One A9. This A9 no longer uses the classic all metal arc back cover in appearance, but uses the appearance of a new design. Even though the appearance of this product is very similar to your iPhone 6 at first sight, it does use a new appearance design.
Of course, we haven't got the product yet, and the foreign evaluation website has already got it and released the first-hand experience. This article is based on the collation and translation of foreign peer articles: , relevant contents will also be appropriately deleted and added.
HTC One A9, which is HTC's last effort in 2015, can now be booked on HTC's official website. There is a pre purchase discount for the US version before it goes on sale. You can buy this latest product for $399. By November 7, the price will return to the original price of $499. Now available in four colors: charcoal grey, silver, gold and garnet red.
At a glance from the back, the HTC One A9 seems to be not very different from the iPhone 6. For consumers who like the appearance of the iPhone 6, but want to have an Android phone supported by an international brand, the HTC One A9 is really suitable (laughter in parenthesis).
When you see A9, you can easily know where the design inspiration of this phone comes from, although HTC has repeatedly stressed that this is a new design of all metal shell smart phone, which is developed through its own design route. In order to support this product, HTC Chairman Ms. Wang Xuehong also claimed that A9 is good enough to replace iPhone. But, ha ha.
HTC One A9 has 2.5D arc glass, and the power key has very obvious ripples, which is convenient to confirm the position of the power key by touching. The earphones are also arranged on the same side. On the side, we can see that there are antenna partition strips on the left and right sides, which is also very similar to the design of the iPhone 6.
In addition, HTC has also followed the trend and added a fingerprint identification module to A9. The long oval design is very similar to the Home key design on Samsung mobile phones, but please note that this is not a pushable fingerprint identification, but a touch based one, just like the fingerprint identification module on one plus two, so you don't need to press it too hard. It can't continue. In addition, the three Android King Kong are also integrated in the screen, without adding capacitive navigation keys beside the fingerprint identification module. The fingerprint recognition is still attached with the logo of HTC, which perfectly achieves the good tradition of three chins.
On the front is a 1080P, 5-inch AMOLED screen, Although some people think that 1080P resolution is not very flagship in this era, it is really enough on a 5-inch screen. The surface glass uses Corning's gorilla 4 glass, which has better resistance to falling and scratches. Although the 2.5D glass with circular water droplets will remind people of the iPhone 6 more easily, HTC is so headstrong. In addition, HTC's LOGO and fingerprint identification module are added to the chin, which will make the chin longer, and the forehead is slightly longer to take care of the super long chin. The overall feeling is that the proportion is longer than that of the iPhone 6.
As the foreign counterparts got the gray version, the black front panel was a bit hard to see the earpiece and sensor, so the small editor specially found a white panel A9 for you to browse. What's more compelling for Virgo is that the location design of the sensor, earpiece and front camera is not on the same horizontal line, which is a bit hard to understand HTC design.
HTC One A9 uses Sense UI based on Android 6.0. The Sense interface may not be suitable for everyone's taste, but HTC promises to keep using the latest version of Android system, which is good news for consumers who like to experience the new Android system. The new Sense version will also remove some pre installed applications. If you need to, you can download relevant applications from the Play Store.
As for the performance of A9, you don't need to invest too much expectation. The A9 is only equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, the Cortex A53 64 bit eight core architecture based on ARM, the maximum main frequency is 1.7GHz, and the GPU is Adreno 405. There are two versions in terms of capacity and operation storage: 2GB RAM plus 16GB built-in storage space, and 3GB RAM plus 32GB built-in storage space.
Another highlight is that HTC One A9 can support up to 2TB TF card storage expansion, if you have one. In their test, Anthura scored only about 41000 points, which is about the same as last year's flagship machine. Therefore, in terms of performance, it is definitely not enough for enthusiasts who are looking for strong configurations.
As for the main camera, the HTC One A9 naturally does not have the UltraPixel 4 megapixel camera before, but instead uses 13 megapixels. The F/2.0 aperture is large and equipped with OIS anti shake. In addition, there is sapphire glass above the camera as a protective lens. In theory, the A9 camera should have a good night view performance. Below the camera is a noise reducing microphone, and next to it is a circular double color temperature fill light. Like the iPhone 6, the camera will also bulge slightly.
The shooting interface of A9 is not very different from the previous one. In the sample scale, the 1:1 square scale, which is rare in Android, is added.
A9 also has an independent full manual mode application in the app store, where you can adjust the camera's color temperature, exposure value, ISO, shutter speed and manual focusing. In the middle of the left side, we can see that A9 will support RAW format shooting, This fully functional manual mode is really a good bonus for a user who is slightly familiar with the camera imaging principle. However, it is a pity that the A9 shooting sample has not been released on this website yet, so the shooting effect will have to be reviewed after seeing the actual sample.
What's more impressive is that this time HTC used the previously proud UltraPixel 4 megapixel camera on the front camera of A9. The larger unit pixel area is really helpful for taking self portraits in dark light, and HTC finally did it right.
In terms of battery life, since the HTC One A9 is only 7.26 mm thick, and the battery is only 2150 mAh, the battery life may not be very good. The official nominal call time in 3G mode is 16 hours and standby time is up to 18 days, and specific tests are needed to know about this. At present, the HTC One A9 supports the Qualcomm Fast Charge 2.0 technology, but actually Snapdragon 617 can support the Qualcomm Fast Charge 3.0 technology. In the future, the A9 can support the Fast Charge 3.0 technology as long as it is upgraded through OTA. However, if you want to use Fast Charge 3.0, you must purchase an additional charging plug, because the charging plug equipped in the current packaging box does not support Fast Charge 3.0.
Finally, a detailed picture of A9 bottom that makes people uncomfortable is sent. On the left side are speakers, Micro USB interface, main microphone and 3.5mm headphone interface. From this picture, we can see that the openings of the four parts at the bottom are not on the horizontal line, especially the headphone jack is a bit off center. The Micro USB interface that should be in the center is not facing the fingerprint identification module in the front center. Not to mention Virgo, even as a little editor of Taurus, I can't accept this design. Once you accept this setting, you will still feel uncomfortable.
About the feeling of getting started:
Wang Xuehong, chairman of HTC, said that the HTC One A9 is a good alternative to the iPhone 6, but the similarities between the two are only its appearance. The smart phone experience you can get from A9 is far from the experience of iPhone or other flagship Android phones. It is just imitation, making it look like a high-end phone, but in fact it is not. However, because HTC is guaranteed to continuously and quickly update the Android version, this is really a good thing for consumers (if you want to experience the latest system, it is better to directly purchase the pro son series). Perhaps it is worth confirming that this is the best Android based iPhone (advanced black) we have ever experienced.
In addition, HTC One A9 also has a final trump card, which is lower pricing than previous series of products. The excellent experience and good appearance of Android 6.0, if you don't attach great importance to hardware and performance, One A9 is also worth a try（ It is only for translation and does not represent the opinion of the editor ）。
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