The HTC One M9 was met with a muted response. HTC’’s efforts in refining design felt like a distraction and the new flagship felt like it was slightly adrift, facing completion from all sides.
It was only a few weeks later that HTC announced the HTC One M9+, a higher-spec device that was pitched at China. It turned the heads of those in the rest of the world who wouldn’’t get it, but wanted it. Surely, the One M9+ was the flagship that we all should have got?
HTC One M9+ design, oh so refined
There’’s no doubting that the HTC One M9+, like the M9, exhibits some of the highest quality of smartphone build around. That full metal casing, neatly broken to ensure you get a good signal, with precision finishing, is excellent. Sure, it isn’’t up to the standards of Vertu’’s handmade devices, but it’’s still dripping with quality. .
One of the headline features that HTC showcased with the M9 was the dual-tone finish. As much as we appreciated the manufacturing precision, we never really liked the results. So it’’s with some enthusiasm that we caress the gunmetal grey version of the M9+. You might think that this just about colour, but the feel is different.