the release of Samsung Galaxy Note there two years ago, it was questionable interest XXL smartphones with screens nearly 6 “. Since then, the situation has changed somewhat since all manufacturers (except Apple) rushed into the market. So yes, the screens 5 “became widespread on smartphones and 6″ is just a little over an inch, but it is perhaps here that makes all the difference.
I already said, but the arrival of these smartphones XXL reflects a change in our practice and we do not necessarily see again. There is still some time, you could ask the question whether there was a place on the market for these devices between a smartphone and a tablet. Manufacturers all seem to believe there and seen the success of some models, the general public too.
After Samsung, LG or Sony, it is the turn of HTC to present its smartphone XXL or phablette. While Samsung Galaxy Note 3 provides a totally different S4 Galaxy, HTC has chosen to perform a dilatation of its HTC One . HTC One Max and offers a screen that goes from 4.7 “to 5.9″ and because it is larger, the Taiwanese manufacturer took the opportunity to add a biometric reader and a MicroSD memory port.
Features
I think you already know the technical characteristics of the beast, but to return:
– Screen Super LCD3 5.9 “with a resolution of 1080 × 1920 or 367dpi
– Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core clocked at 1.7 Ghz
– Adreno 320
– 16GB
of internal memory – 2GB RAM
– Port MicroSD
– APN UltraPixel with a backlit sensor
4 Megapixels – Wide Angle Lens 28mm F / 2
– video Camera 2.1 Megapixel
–
Bluetooth 4.0 – WiFi a / b / g / n / ac
– NFC
– GPS + Compass, Accelerometer
– Port Micro SIM
–
Biometric reader – Battery 3300 mAh
– Android 4.3 Jelly Bean + Sense 5.5
– Size 164.5 × 82.5 × 10 3mm and weighs 217g.
the side of the packaging, nothing special since found the same white box the HTC One more great necessarily. Inside are the smartphone and a MicroUSB cable, USB charger, headphones Earbud with a flat cable and instructions for first use. Note also a semi-transparent shell in addition you will protect your smartphone. Personally, I have not used it because I thought it made the HTC Max One more slippery.
For the price, you can count officially € 699 without plan.
Design
official photos, we imagined the HTC One Max as HTC One x1, 5. Once in hand, one has the impression of seeing a HTC One Mini x2. Indeed, while the HTC One clearly sold us dream with its all-aluminum unibody, the HTC Max One just trying to give the impression of having an all aluminum hull because in looking more closely, we found with a plastic shell with aluminum plates. This is not catastrophic either, but this was like having something less while the HTC Max One should be an extension of the HTC One. Attention HTC One Max is not ugly either, but we were entitled to expect a faultless from the Taiwanese manufacturer, HTC One particularly excellent.
HTC had to make choices and this may be the price to pay for the possibility of having a MicroSD port. In fact, on the HTC One and HTC Mini One, everything was integrated. HTC One Max offers a back that can be removed to access the Micro SIM and MicroSD ports. We will not forget to pay attention and well reclipser the back cover, as otherwise game spaces that really affect the overall design. This is also perhaps it shocks me and we did not see on the Mini One and HTC unibody.
the presence of plastic on the edges of the device, we were expecting probably a better grip and I often found myself to catch the smartphone because it often slipped out of my hands. The size and weight of 217g did not help either. While the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 played the card of compactness and Sony Xperia Z extreme finesse, HTC did not try to make efforts on that side and then it does not show. It is also a bias with two speakers BoomSound, but they made so much better on the HTC One.
Apart from these purely aesthetic impressions, once in hand, you’ll know you’re in the presence of a smartphone XXL and not a tablet. So yes, the screen is great for a smartphone. It is only 1.1 “less than a tablet 7″, but unlike the tablets, the HTC Max One stands well in hand, like a smartphone. But do not expect either to do everything with one hand like a smartphone. Is already limited on smartphones 5 “. It will then use both hands for sure. I tried to do things with one hand, but it is almost impossible task if we want to keep a bit of comfort. Just trying to bring down the notification bar of Android to give you an idea.
I already said for other smartphones XXL, HTC One Max is clearly not cut out for a jean pocket, it is destined for a jacket or bag, while couples with a hands- free. If you join me as smartphones XXL, these are probably the best compromise in terms of mobility and as long as you do not have too many eye problems, consultation is like a tablet 7 “/ 8 “and above all, it is much lighter than the latter.
and is found in the facade Super LCD3 screen 5.9 “. At the top of the screen and find a speaker with on his left, proximity sensors and light to his right, the video camera of 2.1 megapixels and LED notification integrated into the grid speaker. Bottom of the screen is the HTC logo with sides two hover buttons (Home and Back) we already knew about the HTC One. Double pressing the home button will start and multitasking while a long press will launch Google Now. Below is the second speaker BoomSound.
the back, so we found the back with aluminum top AFN UltraPixel 4 Megapixel its flash just left. Just below is the biometric reader (discussed later). In the middle is the HTC and lower right a connector for an accessory dock logo. Once the back removed, you will have access to Micro SIM and MicroSD ports. The 3300mAh battery is unfortunately not interchangeable. Why? No idea but it’s a shame. On the right edge are the power button and / or standby and volume buttons. On the left edge, you will find the small latch that opens the back cover. On the top edge is the jack of 3.5 mm and an IrDA (infrared) port. Finally, on the bottom edge, you will find the microUSB MHL compatible port and a microphone.
Screen and Sound
had seen with the HTC One, Super LCD3 the Taiwanese manufacturer is one of the best screens on the market if not the best. Needless to say you found on the HTC One Max the same quality, but bigger. The viewing angles are very good, faithful and contrasting colors and very bright, which makes it perfectly usable in direct sunlight. With Full HD resolution, you can imagine that everything is fine and it will go under the microscope to make pixel-peeping.
this screen 5.9 “at the end then? Is not it too big? Actually, yes, and no. If it is used to call, I will be dishonest to say that no, it is not too big. Yes, it’s big and it’s huge even, but it’s still a reasonable share. I used it as is without handsfree in the street and very few people are paying attention to me. So yes, maybe the Galaxy Note effect has been there, but the fact remains that it does not shock as it seems. Now, if the voice is put aside, we are left with a smartphone or rather a super fun to use because of the size of the tablet screen. I’ve said earlier, this is such a nice screen size, and for any multimedia content. The same applies to video games, it was not too big and not too small, I agree 100%.
Regarding the sound, HTC boasts all-will BoomSound its technology and it is with pleasure that I can only agree with HTC insofar as it is currently the best in terms speaker base. Yes, it does not compete with external speakers or headphones, but it is much nicer than all the other smartphones (except perhaps the HTC One). Besides all that, I finally realized (better late than never) that HTC did not communicate about the Beats technology, which means the disappearance of equalizers or other default.
Imprint, Usage, Performance and Autonomy
news HTC One Max compared to HTC One size XXL apart is the integration of a biometric reader. As Touch ID on iPhone 5s from Apple, you can use your fingerprint to unlock your smartphone. It is located in the back just below the main camera. The idea is quite nice in the abstract, but Apple had the good idea to announce it before and so to release it before and it is clear that the solution of the American manufacturer is significantly more successful. The level of technology around the player, the HTC does not scan an image of your fingerprint, but rather “reliefs” your footprint.
biometric reader HTC Max One operates in a conventional manner with a gesture of your finger from top to bottom as it has always been the case on this kind of drive on computer products. You can register up to three fingerprints to unlock the smartphone or launch an application. If it works quite well in absolute terms, I wanted to be able to store more fingers and it was his placement that bothered me. In fact, just take the example of the smartphone on the desk and you will find it impossible to use the fingerprint reader to unlock the smartphone. If you want to use a password, you will have an additional phase to an Android smartphone. But this is not the worst, when you have your smartphone in hand, you do not feel very well the biometric reader … But really! I found myself repeatedly looking at the back of the smartphone to properly put my finger. I tried using the APN as a benchmark, but it was with the risk of dirtying it. In any case, it did not work so bad, but it is clearly less intuitive than the Touch Apple ID.
From the hardware side, we are left with the conventional CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon clocked at 1.7 Ghz 600. Obviously, this is not the high end in terms of performance, the Snapdragon 800 is entered in dance since, but its performance remains at the top. The only area where you may be able to feel cramped, it is at games and more. On all the latest blockbusters as Real Racing 3, I did not notice any difference in the absolute with devices running Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or under Apple A7. In fact, the only difference comes down to faster loading time. Next, we find not only the MicroSD port that allows up to 78Go memory, but 2GB of RAM, for all practical applications in multitasking. Note also the partnership with Google that allows you to 50GB of additional space on Drive.
software side, the HTC Max One comes with Android 4.3 with Sense 5.5 overlay which is just another evolution of Sense 5.0 we had discovered with the HTC One. Because the screen is 5.9 “, the HTC Max One application now displays a 5 × 5 grid (against 4 × 4 on Sense 5.0). The only regret is the fact that HTC has not seen a little more to optimize its overlay for a screen of this size as Samsung did with its Galaxy. Indeed, I would have liked to see a windowing mode example, or a keyboard that can be used with one hand as proposed by the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. We finally left with Sense 5.5 more traditional functions such as applying télécommente SenseTV, Children and Car modes polarized Office, a more intuitive image gallery, sharing HTC Share or a new video editor to make your own arrangements. You can obviously find BlinkFeed that I do not use at all … It’s nice to have a party like Flipboard, but I would have liked more customization. So, I
used hardly.
eventually self which surprised me since my fairly heavy use, I was not far from easily take two days, which means that large public user should be able easily to take three days. It is still a record when performance is known at autonomy with the batteries we have.
Photo and Video
Because HTC
must capitalize on its technologies include the UltraPixel technology HTC. Basically, for those who have not followed all, this is a photo sensor with larger pixels and is therefore better able to capture the light. This results in improved efficiency in low light conditions. In fact, and he was seen with the HTC One, it really works and UltraPixel sensor is really more effective in conditions of low light.
But where the rub, HTC has chosen to remove the optical image stabilizer, which makes it a little less stable when shooting and this is even more obvious with the size of the HTC One Max. Bottom line, it’s a little less efficient in low light conditions. Attention capture light still works well, but is often a bit more vague than what we had with the HTC One, especially at the movies (very traditional in passing and not as good as those taken with the HTC One ). But that’s not all because there is still the problem about the number of megapixels. While the competition offers all 8 megapixels or 13 megapixels, the HTC One Max offers the same sensor as the HTC One, a resolution of 4 megapixels. So yes, it is sufficient to Snapshot pictures and web sharing, but quite honestly, we spent more and more time to zoom into the picture and there is not really possible.
Ideally, everything goes well, but UltraPixel sensor gain with greater resolution. The photo application, in turn, is responsive and intuitive. Like competitors, if you leave your finger on the virtual trigger, it will take a burst of 10 photos and let you choose the best. In terms of video camera, it offers a 2.1 megapixel sensor, allowing you to make Google Hangouts or Skype in HD. Were tested and when the connection is correct, rendering video is too. But hey, no surprise.
Here are some photos taken with the HTC One Max:
Conclusion
HTC One Max is not a bad smartphone XXL in absolute terms, but I wish that HTC is doing more instead of relying on the success of the HTC One. The Taiwanese manufacturer has just merely broaden HTC One replacing certain characteristics. Now that its direct competitors are out there clearly better both in terms of user experience at the level of weight or size and especially at the same price.
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