Review: HTC One - productivity, sport, comfort

This review will not be devoted to the analysis of prospects for HTC in the global market, we are not interested in the how many grams lighter than the previous model of the phone and how many cores it, if he has a memory card or not. All this information can be found on hundreds of websites zhelezyachnyh who sniff the device to answer these questions. Me, when I asked this unit to the test, it was interested in only a few tasks that face similar devices - productivity applications, navigation, sports and fitness applications, and of course banal convenience device.

First impression

HTC One I've been waiting a long time, since his announcement was made many months ago, and the earliest commentators have argued that it is qualitatively collected. The Verge claimed that the One harvested so qualitatively, as did Apple would. This proved to be true. After many years of continuous use of the apple equipment simply is not nice to take a hand in something that squeaks or simply issues a Chinese roots. Even if I say that "it's not plastic, there nanofibers' hands do not cheat. You take in your hand and you know - garbage or thing. This machine - a thing. Well assembled monolithic brick, does not creak, it does not fall due to poor mass balance.

One problem with him - he uncertainly sits in the hand, does not stick something to it, but because several times I almost dropped it in the first couple of days. He just slipped. Then it stopped, switched head and kept his grip.

I am glad that there little buttons, what they like to indulge in other producers. Not that convenient on / off button is not there, where the iPhone. But this once accustomed.

As for the soft-filling, it is from the time of my last Android by HTC - it was the One X, has become more weightless and that you are not pure Android just do not notice. This is good news, as I piously believed that the interfaces are able to do in America. Asians have their own interfaces as user repel. As for Android in general, then there is after the iOS real pleasure to Google Chrome by default, the ability to send something from your mail or browser in Pocket and Evernote avoiding sending messages to the remote robot. Very cool, and if this does not appear in iOS7, it completely lost me as a user.

The rest - a lot of good today on the Android software, but new items all the same on iOS better. Google Play - all the same disgusting mess. If you know that the rock - will be cool - if not, better ask someone who knows.

productivity applications

With regard to the application for reading mail, here is an ideal Gmail. It can be seen that the Android-version at advertising giant in priority and no alternatives do not want to. The same applies to the calendar Google Calendar - everything works perfectly and excellent integration with the mail. The phone was not sensible management tasks as in iOS, and I had to look for such. On the Full HD HTC One screen looks incredibly new Wunderlist! Just at that moment I remembered that in my hand a piece of iron with a screen of 1920 × 1080 and an incredible hue. I put next iPhone 4s - not a competitor :)

An alternative may be Wunderlist Any. DO - also nice and comfortable.

As for Evernote and Reader Pocket - see below, but be aware that today's HTC One to use them just painful to the eye.

As for the messenger, then there is WhatsApp (The same as in iOS), Skype (the same), Facebook Messenger (here it is better because of the fact that the contacts are hanging in all applications and on the desktop balls - proved very handy!) google Hangouts (Here it is better than iOS, work with it - fun!)

Navigation and life in the city

Maps Google Maps - the absolute leader on Android, especially if you are a pedestrian, like me. Use them everywhere. Where they do not work or are not good enough, use Yandex. Cards - then you and caching packets of cities and clarity (which is not present in iOS, thence users look still on the pixels on their retinitis). In general, navigating a full order, if you installed two applications.

Sports and Fitness

The phone is one drawback - its size. He does not fit any taytsy, no pockets on the triathlon shorts or in the wrist mount. Still has a lot of holes everywhere, and I was afraid, so he drowned in sweat on the long trail (it happens with phones, ask the runners;) As for the battery, it is then very tenacious, no worse than in the iPhone 4s. Maybe the fact that I am not in sotsialochki pin and do not play with the phone. Enough for 2 days consistently.

As for the software, then here it is better than iOS. And a dull zagonchik from Nike +, so you just choose the right service for tracking your workouts.

RunKeeper - here it is exactly the same as in iOS, there is a little bit ahead. But because of the size of the screen to use it all very comfortable and pleasant.

Endomondo (using it? Take part in our event) - on functional iOS head counterpart. Here you can do almost anything on the site. It seems that it is possible on the site is not even enter.

Strava - very beautiful and can display interactive graphics, medals and KOMy. On the bike must be Android. Definitely.

disadvantages

For me it was amazing how long the phone is charging. To fully charge from the Macbook Pro should have 5-6 hours, ie all night.

Also, the software part, I strained it look like my two favorite programs - Pocket and Evernote. To be more precise, Russian fonts. They are terrible and it is not clear how to fix it. Solutions in google found. Other programs look just fine. Very unpleasant story.

conclusions

HTC One - ideal collected phone with excellent speed of operation, the ideal screen and weighing. For the first time there is no discomfort from "lopatnosti" and caught himself on the fact that I do not hand the interception to work with him. Especially pleasing interface mimnimalistichnost