BARCELONA, Spain, March 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World
Congress -- HTC today unveiled its most personal, beautiful
and powerful smartphone yet, the HTC One M9. The newest flagship in
the globally acclaimed HTC One family, the HTC One M9 is a classic
yet timeless celebration of beauty and elegance that combines high
style and performance, enabling you to get the most from your
mobile phone.
"HTC has built its reputation on challenging expectations in the
mobile industry," said Cher Wang,
Chairwoman, HTC. "The HTC One M9 accomplishes this once again with
stunning elegance and design, combined with smart features that
help bring your world to life, connecting you in a deeper way to
the things you consider most important. So much more than just a
phone, the HTC One M9 is an extension of who you are."
A complete celebration of design
Building on a
three-year pursuit of excellence, the HTC One M9 melds the best of
the award-winning HTC One M7 and HTC One M8 into a stunning, iconic
design. Distinct metal edges combine perfectly with graceful curves
for a jewellery-grade look. Small and easy to hold, the crafted,
all-metal unibody design is highlighted by an exquisite dual-tone
silver and rose gold¹ finish that is as distinctive, as it is
durable. Mirror-polished gold sides cascade effortlessly into a
hairline brushed silver back panel, encasing a bright and vivid
display.
HTC Sense 7: An extension of you
Your phone should
make a statement about who you are, and the new HTC Sense™ 7
experience puts you in control of everything. Highly customizable
and intuitively you, Themes puts you at the center of the
smartphone experience, intelligently analyzing your favorite photos
to modify the look and feel of your apps, color scheme and
backgrounds.
As your always-on travel companion, your smartphone is perfectly
placed to enrich your mobile life. Sense 7 reinvents the home
screen to deliver the most useful apps to the homepage based on
your location. Whether at home, work, or play, you're never more
than a click away from the features you need with this contextual,
customizable widget. A more intelligent HTC BlinkFeed™ also makes
it easier to uncover the hidden gems that surround you by using
location data to recommend points of interest, news and
information.
Incredible imaging: Helping you create your best
memories
With the best camera being the one you carry in
your pocket, your smartphone should make it a breeze to take
brilliant, creative and fun images. The HTC One M9's cameras are
designed to capture every moment in amazing quality, allowing you
to relive those moments again and again. The main camera features
an incredible 20 megapixels that accentuate every crisp, intricate
detail, and a sapphire cover lens that protects from scratches. For
vivid video that looks like the latest blockbuster, the camera also
shoots movies in 4K resolution.
The best moments take you by surprise, and spontaneity often
doesn't come fully lit. The ultimate companion of the impulsive
snapper, the HTC One M9 addresses low-light shots with a powerful
UltraPixel™ front-facing camera. Dynamic auto exposure and
UltraPixels that capture 300% more light than standard cameras
deliver sharper, more natural and balanced self-portraits in any
lighting conditions.
HTC Sense 7 with HTC's EYE™ Experience software makes taking
creative pictures easy. A host of new editing effects including
Shapes, Prismatic, Elements and Bokeh allow you to add a little bit
of individual artistry into every shot, with the Zoe™ app
automatically editing them, putting them to your choice of music²
and letting friends remix the collection with their own shots to
create a shared celebration from every moment.
With so many incredible images, quickly showing your friends
those brilliant shots could become an issue. Wherever they're
stored, the new One Gallery makes it
easy to search through your entire photo library, viewing images
saved on the phone, on social media and on select cloud platforms.
The gallery puts your whole image library at your fingertips,
searching by date, location, event, album or even the images
themselves with Image Match.
Exhilarating audio: Hear the difference
A truly great
viewing experience deserves sound that puts you on the front row.
The HTC One M9 guarantees a larger-than-life soundtrack
courtesy of HTC BoomSound™. The HTC One family's iconic dual
front-facing speakers, now combined with 5.1 channel Dolby®
Surround sound3 simulation, get you even closer to the
action, delivering extraordinary, cinema-style surround sound.
Uniting HTC BoomSound and Dolby Audio™ creates immersion vibrant
audio experience, so you can enjoy movies with rich, clear and
powerful sound even without connecting headphones or external
speakers. Whether listening via the stereo speakers or headphones,
even the most discerning music fans will be blown away by the
phone's support for perfect, 24-bit high-definition sound that
surpasses even CD quality. HTC's unique combination of HTC
BoomSound, Dolby Audio™, a finely tuned sound profile, and
Qualcomm® Immersive Audio gives all of your music and
movies an unmistakable HTC One M9 flavor.
Connecting your world
Smartphones are fast becoming
the central hub for home entertainment, and HTC Connect™ makes it
easy to enjoy your multimedia experience beyond your phone. A
three-finger swipe on the screen connects the phone to compatible
TVs or external speakers from leading manufacturers including
Harman Kardon. HTC Connect's
integration with Qualcomm® AllPlay™ smart media platform
and Blackfire Research™ wireless media technology, allows you and
your friends to stream high-quality content from your smartphones
to multiple home entertainment devices around the house. The
playlist feature also allows multiple smartphones to share a
speaker with Qualcomm AllPlay. For the ultimate connected
smartphone-powered TV experience, the HTC One M9 comes exclusively
preloaded with the Peel® Smart Remote app. Instantly
connecting you to the shows you love, the app even learns from your
viewing habits, transforming your phone into a personal TV guide
and remote control.
Accessories and availability
For a standout look, the
HTC One M9 will be available with a range of unique and
customizable accessories including the second-generation HTC Dot
View case, which adds more retro personalization thanks to a host
of new features and color options. A transparent back keeps your
smartphone pristine without hiding it from the world with the case
injecting fun into even the most tedious commute by transforming
into a mini games arcade. The new HTC Dot View case won't even get
in the way of apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and Badoo with
through-the-case notifications alerting you to the latest photos,
messages and check-ins.
Life has no limits, and when your adventurous side takes you
into the unknown, an IP68 water-resistant Active Case and Active
Headset means that your phone can boldly follow wherever the action
takes you, keeping up with the pace of the most epic
adventures.
The new HTC One will be available in the U.S. on AT&T,
Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon early Spring. It will also be
available through HTC.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile
specialty stores, Costco Wholesale and Target. An unlocked version
will be available on www.htc.com. More information on availability
will be shared in the coming weeks. Follow @HTCUSA and visit
www.htc.com/one for more information.
Notes to Editors
¹ All references are to color, not actual metals
² Do not use copyrighted materials without permission
3 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby and Dolby Surround are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
More information on the HTC One M9, including a full list of
accessories, can be found at www.htc.com.
About HTC
HTC Corporation aims to bring brilliance to
life. As a global innovator in smart mobile devices and technology,
HTC has produced award-winning products and industry firsts since
its inception in 1997, including the critically acclaimed HTC One
and HTC Desire lines of smartphones. The pursuit of brilliance is
at the heart of everything we do, inspiring best-in-class design
and game-changing mobile experiences for consumers around the
world. HTC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2498).
www.htc.com
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