HTC One Max review & Specifications
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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.
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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)
