HTC One Max review & Specifications

Big-screened phones are nothing new at this point. Samsung, which currently dominates pretty much every price band of the Android market, wasn't the first to market but it did prove that the category could be extremely lucrative. The Galaxy Note was a runaway success, leaving other manufacturers racing to play catch-up.

So now, HTC has gone back to doing what everyone else is doing, which is where the One Max comes in. It's a huge phone, because everyone else is making huge phones. It's made of plastic, because, well, that's what everyone else is doing. And it has a fingerprint scanner because, err, that's what at least one competitor is doing and it might have seemed like a good idea to just toss one in just in case.

The HTC One Max trades on the One's name and reputation, but unfortunately doesn't do it any justice. HTC isn't in a position to create or market a beautifully crafted flagship device right now, and the company has cut a lot of corners in manufacturing the One Max. Although it has a strong family resemblance to the One, this phone is constructed out of plastic like the One Mini. The front face is nearly identical to that of the One, but you'll immediately notice an unsightly white plastic band around it. Even on the back, it's clear that the metal pieces are only for decoration. The odd combination of plastic, metal and glass gives this phone a very awkward look. It's hard to think of this as a premium device when we know its smaller, older sibling is so much better constructed.

The large aluminium backplate pops off when you press down on a tiny tab that's located, oddly enough, on the phone's upper left edge where control buttons usually reside. You'll notice that the backplate doesn't really sit well in its plastic frame, and the sharp corner nearest to the clasp stays raised enough to be annoying when you hold the phone in your hands. You only ever need to take the panel off to access the SIM and microSD card slots, which seems like a shocking waste. Since the battery isn't accessible anyway, the entire body could have been a lot thinner and better construction could have been applied if the slots had simply been accessible from the phone's exterior.

The One Max is pretty bulky, at 217g and over 10mm thick, but its curved back and slim proportions help mask that fact well. You'll find a prominent camera cutout and sensors along the top of the front panel, and there's a battery status and notification LED hidden in the speaker grille as well. The power button and volume rocker sit on the right side, with a microUSB data and charging port on the bottom. There's no camera button, which is perhaps understandable for such an unwieldy device. The left side has only the aforementioned clasp, while the top hosts a standard 3.5mm headset jack as well as an infrared emitter used by some of the bundled apps. Most interesting is the back panel, where the camera and flash share the spotlight with a large square fingerprint reader. Lower down, a set of three electrical contact points seem designed for docking with accessories, though even HTC's own site doesn't offer much information about which accessories use them. We're actually glad to see that HTC has stopped printing giant red Beats Audio logos on the back of its phones -- this is perhaps the sole area in which the One Max looks better than the One.

Samsung's defining feature for its Note line is the S-pen, an active stylus that works in concert with the customized Android UI and a few third-party apps to let users take advantage of the available screen space. HTC has no equivalent feature in either hardware or software, so you'll be using it with your thumbs just like any other touchscreen phone.

HTC One Max

Specifications of HTC One Max

Dimension

Height            164.5 mm

Width            82.5 mm

Thickness          10.29 mm

Weight            217 gm

Display

Screen SizE          5.9 Inch Full HD 1080p

Type                  TouchScreen

SIM Card Type  micro SIM

Platform

Operating System      Android with HTC Sense

HTC BlinkFeed      Available

Processor              Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor

Processor Speed      1.7GHz quad-core CPUs

Memory

RAM                          2 GB

Total Storage                 16 GB

Expandable Memory microSD,up to 64GB additional storage(card not included)

Sensor                         Gyro sensor,Accelerometer,Proximity sensor,Ambient light sensor,Fingerprint 

Camera

Primary Camera     HTC UltraPixel Camera

Sensor                     BSI sensor,Sensor size 1/3 inch,Pixel size 2.0 micrometre

Chip                             Dedicated HTC ImageChip 2

Aperture                     f/2.0 aperture and 28 mm lens

Smart Flash             Five levels of flash automatically set by distance to subject

Video Recording     1080p Full HD video recording with HDR video

Front Camera             2.1 MP, 88 degree wide-angle lens with HDR capability

Shot                             HTC Zoe with Sequence Shot, Always Smile and Object Removal

Gallery                     Gallery with Video Highlights and HTC Share

Continuous Shooting  Yes,and VideoPic

Slow Motion                 Slow motion video recording with variable speed playback

Multimedia

Audio Format Supported(PlayBack) aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma(Windows Media Audio 9)

Audio Format Supported(Recording) .amr

Video supported formats(PlayBack) .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3)

Video Format Supported(Recording) .mp4

Battery

Capacity             3300 mAh

Type             Embedded rechargeable Li-polymer battery

Talk Time     upto 25 hrs(WCDMA),upto 28 hrs(CDMA)

StandBy Time    upto 585 hrs(WCDMA),Upto 393 hrs(CDMA)

AC Adapter

Voltage range/frequency 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz

DC output                         5 V and 1.5 A

Sound Features

HTC BoomSound                                                         Yes

Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers Yes

Sense Voice                                                                 Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi                 Yes,IEEE 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n

Bluetooth         Yes,4.0 with aptX enabled

DLNA                 Yes,for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to a compatible TV or computer

3.5 mm Audio jack Yes,Stereo

HTC Connect         Yes

Support consumer infrared remote control Yes

micro-USB              2.05-pin port with mobile high-definition video link MHL for USB or HDMI connection(Special cable required for HDMI connection.)

GPS                          Internal GPS antenna+GLONASS

Digital Compass  Yes

NFC                  Yes

Network

2G/2.5G-GSM/GPRS/EDGE    850/900/1800/1900 MHz

3G-UMTS/ HSPA(EMEA)     900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps

3G-UMTS/ HSPA(Asia)     850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 42 Mbps

3G-UMTS/ HSPA(Sprint)     1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps

3G-UMTS/ HSPA(Verizon)     850/900/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 14.4 Mbps

3G-CDMA                             800/1900 MHz for Sprint and Verizon

4G-LTE(EMEA)                     800/900/1800/2600 MHz

4G-LTE(Asia)                             900/1800/2100/2600 Mhz

4G-LTE(Sprint)FDD                  800/1900 MHz, TDD 2600 MHz

4G-LTE(Verizon)                     700/AWS MHz

Others

SAR Value(Head) 0.813 W/Kg@1g

SAR Value(Body) 0.211 W/Kg@1g

Price(INR)   : 46,989(flipkart.com)