Got HTC One M9? Get Software Update to Enhance Camera Performance!

The launch of the new HTC’s flagship phone was to ride on the huge success of “One M8” last year with new improvements, however, the new 20 megapixel rear camera proved rather disappointing especially in low light environments. There were noticeable flares on highly lighted surfaces as well as sharpness issues in bright environment.

As a last minutes efforts to improve on the One M9’s camera, HTC released a software update just on the eve of the M9‘s opening day in stores on April 10.

This update is expected to include “enhancements of the overall camera experience based on initial feedback for our trial and media users”.

The Over-the-Air update starting on April 10 is expected to be in phases and worldwide.

NETWORK   

GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH       2015, April

SIM    

Nano-SIM

Fingerprint sensor

DISPLAY      

Type                Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size                 5.2 inches

Resolution       1440 x 2560 pixels (~534 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch      Yes

Protection        Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (TBC), HTC Sense UI 7.0

PLATFORM  

OS                   Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)

Chipset            Mediatek MT6795T

CPU                Octa-core 2.2 GHz

GPU                PowerVR G6200

MEMORY     

Card slot         microSD, up to 128 GB

Internal            32 GB, 3 GB RAM

CAMERA      

Primary            20.7MP + 2.1MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash

Features           Automatic simultaneous video and image recording, geo-tagging, face/smile detection, HDR, panorama

Video              2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.

Secondary       4 MP (1/3'' sensor size, 2µm pixel size), 1080p@30fps, HDR

SOUND         

Alert types      Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker   Yes

3.5mm jack      Yes

                        - Dolby Surround sound

COMMS        

WLAN                        Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth        v4.1, A2DP, apt-X

GPS                 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS

NFC                Yes (market/operator dependent)

Infrared port   Yes

Radio              Stereo FM radio with RDS

USB                microUSB v2.0, USB Host

FEATURES    

Sensors            Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Messaging       SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email

Browser           HTML5

Java                 Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

                        - Google Drive (100 GB cloud storage)

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player

- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player

- Document editor

- Photo/video editor

BATTERY                

Non-removable Li-Po 2840 mAh battery

Stand-by         N/A

Talk time         N/A

Colors              Gunmetal Gray, Silver Gold, Amber Gold