HTC has been very frustrated in recent years, and it is difficult to understand why they fell into this dilemma. It is likely that it is because of its failure in the Chinese market. Because in the past few years, a large number of low-cost mobile phone manufacturers have emerged in China, and HTC's own product positioning is also problematic. Once upon a time, HTC was a bright new star in the mobile phone industry, but now it is difficult to move forward.

(Bolt, who is the passionate spokesman of Bolt)

Earlier this year, they launched the new HTC 10, and at the end of 2016, they launched the HTC Bolt (alluding to the runner: Bolt). From the name, it seems to symbolize speed. In terms of hardware parameters, it is a bit like the twin brother of HTC 10, and then added some new functions. At present, HTC Bolt is only available in Sprint operators in the United States, and it costs about 4100 yuan in total.

Appearance design

When I first saw the front of Bolt, I thought it was very similar to last year's HTC One A9, mainly because their Home keys were somewhat similar. However, Bolt is also very similar to HTC 10 in appearance. It is still an aluminum alloy body with large chamfering and trimming. Although the overall appearance is still very familiar, there are still some differences.

First of all, HTC has added IP57 certification to Bolt, which can operate for 30 minutes under the water depth of one meter. Secondly, the 3.5mm headphone interface no longer exists on this mobile phone, as if following the trend. According to the official statement, this is to achieve the purpose of waterproof, and can output Hi Res audio through its Type C interface.

screen

The screen of HTC Bolt maintains the QHD resolution, and the appearance is very good. It is also a Super LCD 3 panel, 5.5 inch screen, and equipped with the fifth generation gorilla glass with arc transition. We don't have any complaints about the Bolt display screen. The overall performance is excellent. The viewing angle and brightness are very satisfactory.

Hardware

When people talk about performance, they often want to know the processor in the mobile phone first, but Bolt may disappoint you because it is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.0GHz 810 eight core processor last year, 3GB memory, we are very confused about the adoption of this SoC. After all, people do not like to see old processors on new machines, but there is no need to worry too much. From the perspective of daily use, it is still very smooth.

32GB of storage space is built in, and most of the price points are of this capacity. In addition, users can also expand through microSD cards. The Home key can also be used for fingerprint identification, which is very fast. There are two capacitive keys on both sides of the Home key: the multi task key and the return key.

Another thing worth mentioning is its audio experience. HTC calls it BoomSound Adaptive Audio, just like the one on HTC 10, which can bring you one of the best audio quality experiences among all mobile phones. The Type C headset on Bolt can intelligently optimize its listening sense according to the ambient noise around you.

camera

As it is a quick start experience, we did not take too many samples for analysis, but from the perspective of hardware configuration, Bolt's performance is not too bad, but we are also very interested in its ability to match HTC 10. The main camera is 16 million pixels, equipped with optical anti shake, f/2.0 aperture, dual LED flash, supporting 4K video recording, and the front camera is 8 million pixels.

system

Bolt runs the HTC Sense UI, which is based on the Android 7.0 nougat system. The basic UI design is consistent with the previous Sense, but some new features of Android 7.0 can be seen, such as rapid application switching, aggregated notification messages, and so on. In addition, there are HTC's own features, such as BlinkFeed, customizable themes, widgets, and so on.

Some ideas

4000 yuan for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810. Most users may feel that it is not worth it, but it doesn't matter. Bolt is only available to Sprint operators in the United States, and its sales will certainly not be its main goal. In my opinion, HTC Bolt is a water test. It has added IP57 waterproof and dustproof, removed the 3.5mm headphone interface, and adopted a 5.5-inch large screen. All these seem to pave the way for the new flagship next year, so people don't need to be too strict with Bolt. After all, it doesn't run out of steam.

Let's enjoy Bolt's appearance

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