I’ve been a big fan of HTC smartphones since the company’s early days, starting from the Touch Diamond running on Windows Mobile 6.1 to the Wildfire, Desire HD and the One M8, which I still use as my primary smartphone.
Needless to say, I was quite excited to try out the HTC 10. Somewhere in between all these smartphones, HTC lost its way.
The One M8 took way to long to come to the market and cost CEO Peter Chou his job, while the One M9 ran on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chipset and had to bear the brunt of heating issues. The HTC 10 is the company’s ray of hope to revive its fortunes. Priced at Rs 52, 990, can the HTC 10 survive fierce competition from the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge? I find out.
HTC is known for making smartphones with impressive designs. We’ve seen some brilliant designs from the company – be it the HTC Hero with a raised chin at the bottom, the Desire HD with anodized aluminum body or the One series with metal unibody design to name a few. The HTC 10 is a part of the One series despite the company dropping the ‘One’ from the name. It boasts a metal unibody design, and its premium look and feel speaks for itself. It’s not a completely new design, but HTC has borrowed some elements from the One A9.