In just over three weeks from now, HTC will be unveiling the all new One in London. While images and screenshots of the handsets have already leaked, quite a bit about the handset is still unknown including how Sense 6.0 will look and how the dual-cameras at the back will benefit the user.
HTC is terrible at keeping their devices a secret. Sure enough, we aren’t but four days removed from that statement and a 12-minute video review or overview of the AT&T model from some kid in Schaumburg, IL has appeared on YouTube (if you can call this a review). That’s right, we have an entire 12-minute session with HTC’s new flagship a full three and a half weeks ahead of their planned unveiling event in NYC.
So what can we see? Well, outside of this kid failing to hide his identity over and over again, we’re still digging through it all since it is such an exhaustingly long video. But so far we have been shown an SD card slot, listened to Soulja Boy (wtf?), seen a body that matches up exactly to the render leaks, slight tweaks to Sense in whatever new version this is (leaker says “6.6″ but it’s probably Sense 6.0), all sorts of views of the new camera UI (which is super buggy because it’s a dev unit), and a pure look at those on-screen buttons.
Update: We tossed in a massive gallery below the video, but you’ll see that there are most definitely dual rear cameras, the power has moved to the top right side, headphone jack to the bottom, and Sense mostly looks the same. The camera has been really simplified to a shutter button and an options button that will let you choose between six modes: Camera, Video, Selfie, Zoe, 360 Panorama, and Dual Capture. The overall color scheme, or at least the accents around the UI, seem tweaked slightly to green, and BlinkFeed looks more flattened or modern.
Update 2: Annnnnd video pulled. The leaker is now back-tracking on Twitter, saying that it’s not a real phone after the world (and HTC reps) told him how much trouble he would be in. Something seems off. I guess we’ll know before long.
Update 3: The video is live again. Who knows for how long.
Update 4: Private again. I give up. Head to the comments if you want to watch.
I’d say HTC will have some extra tricks up their sleeves, but this gives us a bit of a primer before we get to March 25.
We’ll update this post as we have more, but for now, watch along with us. Also, feel free to suggest job openings to this kid’s parents, who he likely just cost a job.
Gallery
While the original video has already been pulled, quite a lot of people have already uploaded mirror links on YouTube. Below is the full 12-minute review of the handset that will make you laugh your ass out as well:
The video reveals quite a bit of information about the new One including the presence of a microSD card slot. While HTC has still retained the power button at the top, they have raised it so that it can be easily felt. The sides of the handsets also look razor thin in the video.
The M8 is also slightly taller than the current-gen One to help include a slightly larger 5-inch screen.
On the software side, we finally get our first look at Sense 6.0 which looks very similar to Sense 5.5 with only some minor tweaks and UI changes. The biggest change is to the Camera app that has been simplified and now only contains six modes — Normal, Zoe, Selfie, Pano360, Dual Shot and Video.
What do you think about the new HTC One? Personally, I think it is going to be better than the Galaxy S5, even though the sales number might suggest otherwise. Drop in a comment and do let us know!
