As you probably know, the HTC One Max is the big brother of HTC One, unless it is the reverse. So it has a screen of 5.9 much larger than the 4.7 inch screen of the last inch. Find below our test on this giant smartphone.
Before starting the test, we offer a small comparative table of shops that offer the lowest prices on the HTC One Max:
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start with the design
HTC One Max is a great smartphone, designed to resemble and be similar to HTC and HTC One Mini One. However, some additions enrich its design. There is a fingerprint reader on the back, below the lens on the camera, location, metal back to connect the phone to a loading dock, and a button on the side to open the shell rear.
Unlike HTC One and Mini One, the back of the HTC Max One opens and gives you access to the SIM card slot, and, surprise, a microSD card slot. From a functional point of view, the HTC Max One is more versatile than the original HTC One device. But is it an improvement or addition of unnecessary gadgets?
First, know that the HTC One is a smartphone whose design is metal with a plastic finish, while the HTC One Max is a Smartphone plastic with a metal finish. It looks like his brother, but they are very different in terms of construction. Is this important? Not really. One resembles the HTC Max nonetheless a phone thanks to its aluminum finishes mostly metal. And the metal back is strong enough to avoid problems.
What is more disturbing is the way HTC has removed some nice aspects of HTC One. One can forgive the plastic edging, also present on the HTC Mini One, but the very visible fingerprint reader seems to have been added by gifted hackers, and not by one of the largest handset manufacturers. I remind you that HTC has long been number one in sales of smartphones.
However, not everything is disposable. HTC Max One looks like a high-end Smartphone, and it does not look as impressive as some phones in the category of giant phones, I think the Xperia Z Ultra Galaxy Mega and example.
This Smartphone belongs to relatively young group of very large phones that are not much smaller than tablets, which will not fit in any pocket. The good news is that unlike the gargantuan Xperia Z Ultra, HTC Max One looks like a real phone.
With the 5.9 inches screen is slightly smaller than the average (among the big phones), HTC One Max looks more like the Galaxy Note 3 and 5.7 inches at Sony Xperia Z Ultra and 92.2mm wide. It is difficult to use with one hand, and the thickness of 10.3 mm does not help. But you will look less ridiculous face to your friends and fewer people look at you with astonishment from seeing such a device stuck to your ears …
HTC has also ensured that the most used physical buttons are easily accessible. The keys are all (barely) accessible with the thumb, and the power button is right under your right thumb.
HTC One Max has the same speaker BoomSound the HTC One. These are stereo designed to provide better fun than most mobile video experience speakers. And they are doing quite well, but we’ll talk later.
Some pictures:
Summary of technical characteristics of HTC One Max
- Screen 5.9 inch Super LCD3 Full HD (1080p) with a pixel density de373ppi
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait clocked at 300
- 2GB RAM
- GPU Adreno 320
- APN Ultrapixel 4 MP with autofocus
- 2.1 MP front camera
- internal memory 16 or 32 GB expandable via microSD card
- Android 4.3 with HTC Sense 5.5 overlay
- 4G, Wi-Fi a / b / g / n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC and DLNA
- 3300 mAh battery
The quality of the screen and the fingerprint reader
digital fingerprint reader
The fingerprint reader on the back is the most visible feature of the HTC One Max. This is only the second popular smartphone to implement this player. Player also present in the iPhone 5S.
Is it just to get quickly to the level of competition, or is it useful? As we said at the release of the iPhone 5s, we have not changed our mind and we still do not appreciate this feature if you want to know our opinion on the fingerprints on a smart phone, you invite to read this article.
HTC One Max uses a capacitive sensor that uses conductive properties of your fingers. This is a fingerprint reader that has nothing to do with what you can see on CSI. Unlike the iPhone 5S, you must slide your finger on the sensor rather than simply asking the above. If you have never used the fingerprint reader iphone 5S, know that you simply place your finger on the home button to unlock the phone.
Although security fingerprint readers was discussed at length, it is primarily an addition whose goal is supposed (I say supposed to) make more practical use . But the reader HTC One is clearly not practical.
Most often, the HTC Max One has failed to identify the finger, and it forces you to enter a password pre-determined pass after three attempts. It is not also a word simple to enter password, but a long password for your computer. The problem stems partly from the fact that for the sensor correctly identifies your finger, it should go exactly in the middle of the sensor. The fact that you spend your finger blind makes it difficult in life every day.
However, HTC has done its best to make the sensor Max One more useful than the iPhone 5s. It can be used from the home screen to start any application of your choice rather than just unlock the phone. And you can train the phone to recognize three different fingers.
It is a good idea, but it creates two problems. First, you can not use it outside of the lock screen, even if it would make sense to quickly launch applications (the sensor is too high to be activated by mistake). Then only your index can be used almost comfortably with the sensor given the size of the Smartphone. Have to change hands to launch another application makes little practical function.
For us, the fingerprint reader is a failure.
screen quality HTC One Max
The HTC Max One has a screen of 5.9 inches with a resolution Full HD 1080p. This is the same resolution as the 4.7-inch HTC One screen on a much larger screen. But I can assure you that the fine remains excellent. The smartphone market is obsessed by the number of pixels per inch has a screen, and on this point, the HTC One outweighs the Max with 468ppi and 373ppi for One for Max. But like most obsessions, it grows to harp on details. And there is ultimately no difference between the fineness of two screens. Of course, if you start to nitpick with a magnifying glass, you will probably find a few things, but to the naked eye, I noticed nothing.
HTC One Max uses an LCD screen quality. The contrast is good, black levels are correct and bright colors without the often aggressive red AMOLED screens like the Galaxy S4. The colors seem a little colder than the best smartphone screens by cons. A Smartphone as upscale has a good screen is not surprising. Phones and tablets are at the forefront in the development of current screens, and I have the impression that the public expects more innovation on a smartphone screen on the TV.
It is interesting to ask the question though: The screen size of the HTC One Max she really adds something to the phone
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I prefer not to mislead you, because I have very large hands, so for me this is the perfect screen, I’m not just talking when browsing the web or when I send SMS or etc. … Here I find that the screen is a blessing it is for video games and watching movies. Play Fifa 14 is much nicer on a HTC Max One on an iPhone 5S example. This is closer to the gaming experience of a small tablet as a Nexus 7 or a game console PS Vita type without having all the disadvantages of a tablet.
As we expected with the widest phone, the screen brightness does not compete with the HTC One. However, given that Max One screen HTC has an effective anti reflection layer, we have never had visibility problems.
Software and performance on the HTC One Max
HTC One Max uses the same interface as the HTC One, HTC Sense. However, some updates have taken place since the release of the latter.
HTC One Max uses HTC Sense 5.5 and Android 4.3, the latest version before the operating system from Google (October 2013). This is a much simpler and attractive than the overlay Samsung Touchwiz interface. The interface does not attempt to provide all possible features, and leave aside the colorful look to offer something more intuitive instead.
BlinkFeed has a central place in HTC Sense. This is a widget that provides you with the latest updates from your favorite sources, each framed in a block. You have not understood? I’ll try to give you a concrete example, for example, BlinkFeed allow you to choose what is included in the flow of a TV program via the links extracted from Google Plus.
Increased flow control can be integrated BlinkFeed is one of the major changes introduced in HTC Sense 5.5 . However, Sense here is similar to that found on the HTC One. It’s fast, fun and much easier to use than what is found on the Galaxy Note 3 for example since there are fewer features.
Unfortunately HTC Sense is not really optimized for the large screen of the HTC One Max. Unlike the Galaxy Note 3, you can not use both applications on the screen or display video at the top of your home screen. HTC Sense chosen to make something totally different.
We have heard many arguments for and against features like multitasking, but we must admit that these are functions that we rarely use. HTC has chosen to remove functions that add nothing to the user experience. A processor at the forefront of technology apparently belongs.
While other new smartphones like the Sony Xperia Z1 and Galaxy Note 3 opted for Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800, the HTC Max One uses one that is slightly older, namely the Snapdragon 600 processor that also found in the HTC One. The most notable difference between these two generations of processors is than the new 800 series can be clocked at a much higher than the HTC One Max speed. The processor thereof is clocked at 1.7 GHz while the example Smartphones Z1 has a processor running at 2.2 GHz.
Compare everyday performance is pretty useless at this level, but becnhmarks show that the Snapdragon 800 is more efficient. With Geekbench 3, the One Max gets a score of 1994 points, while the Xperia Z1 gets 2797 points a significant improvement of 29%.
Applications and video games
As we saw with the HTC Sense 5.5 interface, the HTC Max One opts for minimalism regarding the applications. Most of the additional applications in folders, while the application menu is reserved for essential software like Google Maps and some HTC applications, which is not displeasing to us.
Among the applications of HTC, HTC Scribe found which is the rival of the Samsung S Note. This is a note taking application that allows you to write with your finger or a pen, and add pictures, audio notes and drawings (for children or not). How the notes manually entered are organized is smart, but this application loses its usefulness without a stylus like the Galaxy Note 3. A useful application rather indispensable so.
HTC TV is an application that allows you to schedule your workouts television showing you the available programs and control your TV using the HTC One Max. The phone can do that thanks to the infrared transmitter.
Car Mode is a very simple interface that you can use while driving, but hey do not forget that it is best not to use your smartphone while driving. It has six buttons (you can add others) which we hope will distract you too much while driving on the highway. This is an application well thought, but it does not include any GPS function and therefore always requires Google Maps.
child Mode is an application that provides a virtual pen with which children can play.
quality camera of HTC Max One
You said UltraPixel?
HTC One Max is the third smartphone to use a UltraPixel camera. But what HTC UltraPixel?
UltraPixel The term is just a marketing term used by HTC, but what he refers is really interesting. Instead of inflating the number of megapixels to appear more impressive, the HTC Max One decreases the number of megapixels to provide a better sensor.
Details are sacrificed, but you get superior performance in low light and improved dynamic range. Fan of technical specifications, know that the HTC Max One uses an image 1/3 4 megapixel sensor for a result of two microns per unit, many more pixels than the Galaxy S4 and 1.1 microns. The lens has an f/2.0 aperture, the fastest you can find.
Let’s see what results gives UltraPixel technology.
Retail and exhibition
If we focus only on the pixels, it is clear that the HTC One Max is unable to capture as much detail as its competitors. This is from a normal sensor 4 megapixels. But the HTC One Max is rather reliable. The dynamic range is well above average when using the conventional method of capture, which gives a detailed and lively pictures look (far anyway) even when the weather is a bit … bad.
photos contain a lot of noise on the sides against. So do not expect to make a poster from pictures taken with HTC One Max, but that’s enough to take pictures for an album or others.
depth of field
Shallow depth of field is the best way to produce photos with a creative look without spending too much time to shoot. A good camera can blur the background to make the subject of the photo. It works so well that some manufacturers have started using fake depth of field to overcome the limits of their camera.
HTC One Max allows a depth lower than the average field. He can not quite at the Lumia 1020 (photos are less clear), but higher than the Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5S on this point. Grain pictures also strengthens the artistic aspect of the photos.
HDR Mode
HDR or High Dynamic Range (or French High Dynamic Range Imaging) is a mode that combines multiple photos with different exposure levels. Automatic HDR modes such as the HTC One Max take these shots in rapid succession so that you do not need a tripod so that your hand does not move too much. It’s super easy to use.
HDR mode HTC is extremely effective, and avoids the comic strip look of HDR modes of some manufacturers. For example, the HDR mode HTC is better than Samsung.
Low Light and Flash
One goal of the camera UltraPixel HTC Max One is to improve the performance in low light. One Max performance in low light is not only higher than the average, it is higher than the HTC One from our comparison test.
The photographs of Max One does not have much less noise, but the white balance is much better. The colors are at the top with the HTC One Max, better than the HTC One original and far ahead of the iPhone 5S example. We assume that this is certainly an improvement HTC Sense 5.5 or another update that HTC had not yet implemented. But anyway this is a very good news.
As we expected, the performance is good in low light. In fact, it is much better than the HTC One (it is possible that update improves this point on the original HTC One).
And the performance of the camera
Application HTC One camera is a pleasure to use. It is simple and has a distraction-free interface. There is no unnecessary detail, unlike the camera app Samsung Galaxy for example.
The application also provides the most frequently used functions at your fingertips. The “normal” mode, “night” and HDR are at the top of the system menu (these are the ones we use the most). Like the HTC One, how Zoe is put forward, and it shows that HTC is very proud of it. However, as is already the case with the Samsung Advanced modes, most people do not use it.
Zoe recording video with each photo, so you can create animated montages. However, it destroys the immediacy of video recording and offers less satisfactory pictures in “normal” mode.
We’ll be honest, we do not understand Zoe. Some animations produced by the marketing team HTC are very cute, but we did not find this satisfactory fashion in actual use. This mode will only be used to post on social networks, since HTC Sense 5.5 makes it easy to share video montages created with Zoe mode.
However, using more traditional methods, taking photos with the HTC One Max is a real pleasure. The focus is fast except in low light, there is no shutter lag and waiting between shots is short. We love the camera of the Nokia Lumia 1020 for its superb image quality, but we must recognize that the camera of the HTC One Max is much faster.
Some pictures taken by our colleagues GSMArena with the HTC MAX One:
Creative Style
Like 5S iphone, HTC One Max gives you easy access to creative filters. You get the usual color filters as well as more dynamic filters that create mosaic effects.
Video Recording
HTC One can record videos of decent quality, but it is not a function that HTC boasts. We started to see phones capable of shooting 4k, but the HTC One Max film in 1080p. Because few people have a 4k TV (or will not have one in the next two years), this is not something we regret.
Video recorded in Full HD:
The phone has a video mode against by HDR, which works on the same principle as the HDR mode for pictures and proves that this is a high-end phone. But we found the videos shot in this mode a little flickering when moving from a bright area to a dark area.
Video recorded in HD at 60 fps:
Video recorded in Slow Motion:
You also get an accelerated mode (60fps) and 720p slow motion mode, however, everything is shot in 768 x 432 pixels, a disappointing resolution. While the Note 3 films in 720p (1280 × 720p).
Video recorded in HD with the HDR mode active:
Front camera
In addition to its main camera which is well equipped, HTC One Max has a front camera of good quality. This is a 2-megapixel sensor f / 2 that can shoot in 1080p. It uses a noise reduction system that provides large images heavily processed. There is an HDR mode for the front camera, and you can apply the same creative filters live with the back camera.
Battery HTC One Max
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HTC One Max offers a number of practical options to save battery life, all rows in a separate menu created for this purpose. You can choose the hours of “sleep” during which data connections are fully disabled.
A power-saving mode also slows down the processor, control brightness, disable the haptic feedback and limit data connections when the screen is off. With or without these options enabled, it is an autonomous Smartphone.
sound quality HTC One Max
Speakers HTC BoomSound are part of the distinctive points of the series HTC One. These are stereo speakers that are on the front of the smartphone rather than back, as is the case on most phones.
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