HTC officially posts preliminary list of Android 6.0-ready smartphones

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Just like last year, when it over-promised on the heels of Lollipop’s formal debut and ended up under-delivering on the Android 5.0 upgrade front, HTC follows up Google’s 6.0 Marshmallow announcement with a hefty inventory of Ones, Desires and Butterflies soon to get the extreme software makeover.As you’d expect, the company’s latest two flagship devices shall kick the festivities into gear by the end of 2015. Of course, you shouldn’t hold your breath for global One M9 and M8 promotions from OS build 5.1 to 6.0 this ...

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List of HTC phones to be updated to Android Marshmallow leaked

Posted on by Jules Wang

Marshmallow is bouncing toward our Android phones left, right and center. It all begins with the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P that we are expecting to be introduced during the Google event in San Francisco tomorrow. HTC is also coming out with an early debutante to the fluff. But the

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List of HTC phones to be updated to Android Marshmallow leaked

Posted on by Jules Wang

Marshmallow is bouncing toward our Android phones left, right and center. It all begins with the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P that we are expecting to be introduced during the Google event in San Francisco tomorrow. HTC is also coming out with an early debutante to the fluff. But the

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Leaked Lollipop plans let us know when to expect updates for HTC models

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Now that we’ve got the One M8 update out of the way – at least for unlocked models, that is – it’s time to look over the rest of HTC’s smartphone portfolio and check out when the juicy goodness of Android 5.0 will grace the models in question. A source out of Vietnam has posted what looks to be a legitimate look at the various HTC Lollipop update plans for a variety of the company’s models, including the ...

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What does the word ‘flagship’ really mean?

Posted on by Taylor Martin

In the last two years or so, one word in particular has become increasingly popular in this industry: flagship.Samsung’s new flagship this or that. What’s the best flagship of 2013? Is this new phone Company X’s flagship?It gets tossed around endlessly, and practically every new high-end smartphone is considered a “flagship”. But what is a flagship, exactly? What does the term actually mean? Are we using it improperly and, thusly, altering its meaning in the mobile realm?According to Wikipedia,

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HTC goes after US shoppers with latest Desire models

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

HTC’s One-series of Androids (and soon to be Windows Phone, too, by the looks of it) may capture the lion’s share of our attention, but we’ve also been keeping abreast with what’s happening with its more affordable Desire lineup. Back in May we reviewed the Desire 816, and just last month we gave the same ...

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HTC Desire 816 vs HTC One mini 2 (video)

Posted on by Joe Levi

HTC makes some great high-end devices, and we gave the One M8 one of the highest scores that we’ve ever given a device. But that’s a “flagship” phone, what about the mid-tier? Luckily HTC has you covered there as well, in more ways that one!When diving to the middle, HTC had a couple ways it could go to keep the price of the device down. One option was to make the device smaller, the other was to drop the specifications – or both. We’ve already told you

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HTC Desire 816 review: a mid-tier phone with flagship DNA

Posted on by Joe Levi

Devices in HTC’s Desire line have never been intended as flagships, but phones sporting the vaunted “D label” have usually been quite well received. Rather than going all-in and stacking the spec list with high-end line items, Desires sit much closer to the middle. Such is the case with the Desire 816 – but it’s also packing more than a few pleasant surprises under the hood.Did HTC make too many concessions with its mid-tier phone, or did it manage to find the perfect balance between specs and user experience?Let’s find out in our Desire 816 review!•

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Here’s why 4 UltraPixels are better than 13 megapixels

Posted on by Taylor Martin

I’ll be the first to admit I was a little hard on the One M8′s camera abilities and HTC for its decision to stick with only 4.1-megapixels in its flagship smartphone’s camera. I’m not here to beat a long-dead horse. I’ve explained multiple times that 4.1-megapixels is simply a gross camera resolution in a day and age where QHD displays are common on laptops and tablets and 4K televisions are a increasingly common thing. Even today, while

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HTC Desire 816 versus Motorola Moto X (video)

Posted on by Joe Levi

We’ve already shown off a few of the features of the mid-tier HTC Desire 816 and compared it to its top-tier sibling, HTC’s One M8. This time around we’re looking at another popular phone from another manufacturer: here’s the Desire 816 vs Moto X. Both devices run Android Kitkat ...

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HTC Desire 816 versus HTC One M8 (video)

Posted on by Joe Levi

Comparing a mid-level smartphone to a high-end smartphone isn’t exactly what you’d call “playing fair” — then again, it’s not supposed to be. Here’s how the HTC Desire 816 stacks up against the HTC One M8. Both devices run Android Kitkat 4.4.2 with Sense UI 6, although certain features found on the One M8 are missing in the Desire 816. Tap-to-wake is missing on the 816, as are ...

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HTC Desire 816 Unboxing (video)

Posted on by Joe Levi

The utility of a jumbo-screen without the jumbo-sized price tag, all inside a case that many may confuse with that of an HTC One. The HTC Desire 816 is the mid-range smartphone that looks great, without breaking the bank. We recently got our hands on this gem, and are eager to unbox it for you! We’ll be taking the Desire 816 for a drive over the next few days, after which we’ll show you how it compares to the other phones you might be considering. Want to help? Drop your comments below! ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 085: MWC 2014 wrap-up from Team Barcelona

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Anton D. Nagy chasing a taxi on foot. Jaime Rivera almost burning down a building with a power strip. A Honduran drinking palinca and a Romanian doing a Mexican accent. The tales from our leather-clad Barcelona duo are intense – but their intensity is matched by the hot mobile news that burst forth from this week’s Mobile World Congress, the most epic in recent memory. To wit, that news includes an MWC 2014 Samsung Unpacked event that gave the world the latest Galaxy; a Sony unveiling of similar proportions that built on the Xperia legacy; a press conference that saw the ...

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The best of MWC 2014, from afar

Posted on by Taylor Martin

Sadly, Mobile World Congress is now over. This year’s mobile show in Barcelona, Spain was one of the busiest, device-driven shows in recent years. We saw a boatload of handsets, a few tablets, some wearables, and a lot of future products that won’t be available for a while. Needless to say, there was plenty for just about everyone to be excited about at least something: a new Galaxy S smartphone, three new wrist-mounted Gear devices, a new Sony flagship, new additions to the HTC Desire lineup, new Huawei ...

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HTC’s new Desires finally live up to the name

Posted on by Joe Levi

HTC makes great devices, you’ll get no argument on that from me. Where opinions begin to vary is whether or not the HTC Desire series really lives up to their name: are they really all that desirable? If you’d have asked me that just a week ago, I wouldn’t have hesitated: no, they’re not desirable. That said, I do respect the role that the HTC Desire family has played over the years. They’ve all been fairly decent devices for the average smartphone user. What’s more, ...

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