A lot of people are going to accidentally drop the M8 because it doesn’t have good hold. And though we like the larger 5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel screen on the One M8 (the One had a smaller 4.7-inch screen), the bezels around the screen are thick compared to the LG G2 and other high-end phones. HTC could have fit a larger 5.2-inch screen on the M8 or shrunk the size of it. There is also a black strip of unused space under the screen that houses only an HTC logo. It adds about a centimeter to the height of the phone.
Like the iPhone, the One HTC One M8 LCD screen digitizer replacement is built with incredible attention to detail that you literally have to touch to appreciate. The new One is undoubtedly a beautiful phone, but it’s also the most comfortable phone we’ve held (in some ways), thanks to its aluminum case that’s so brushed and buffed that it’s actually soft to the touch. It’s so smooth that the few seams it does have are undetectable by human fingers. You’d have to be an alien with extra sensitive feelers to find a crack in HTC’s shell, and we can’t verify that such an alien exists at all.
We don’t intend to gush, but the One M8 has better “hand-feel” than the Moto X and anything Samsung or Apple have to offer. Thanks to its roughly 90 percent aluminum shell, it feels sturdier than most devices, too. The HTC One is gorgeous and well-built, but there are some downsides to its design. The metal casing does make the phone a little heavy at 5.64oz, and if you don’t buy a case (and you won’t want to because it’s a pretty phone), it’s also a very slippery phone.
