HTC One M8: The Android GOAT, 10 Years On!
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- It's March 2014, and you're PUMPED. Why? Because you've just picked up maybe your first or second smartphone ever, and THIS phone is something special. You've followed leaks of this new hotness for months, and now it's finally time to unbox your very own HTC One M8.
I was right there with many of you ten years ago, setting up my shiny new M8 in March of that year. It's hard to overstate how big a deal HTC, and its flagship phone, was at that time. And so ten years on from its debut, it's time to tell the story of the last great HTC smartphone.
0:00 Intro
0:30 HTC One backstory
3:09 Iconic hardware
6:36 Sense-able software in 3 flavors
8:43 Zoes and Ultrapixels
10:35 Android 14 on HTC One M8
12:04 HTC One epilogue
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I miss HTC😢
Sameeeee
They still make phones.
Buy a pixel...
@@AdityaSingh-gb2lk Xiaomi is better.
@@AdityaSingh-gb2lk nah, I have a few Samsung and OnePlus. I hate pixel has horrible CPU
IMO, M7 was the GOAT, but the M8 was also a great phone. Sad what happened to HTC
I still think the M7 is the best designed phone of all time.
Team M7 here.
M7, for sure. I'd buy that now, if scaled up to (at least) 6" and with modern hardware. What a phone. ❤
M7 had so many build quality issues around the top white antenna area. M8 was essentially the design perfected, so I think it’s still the better one
Thats what happens when you copy crapple
My friend in college had access to the engineering department's laser engraver, so we tattooed my M8 with a few extra designs. I'll never throw it out.
pls share some pics of it
That is cool .... Want to see it too
one of the best looking phones ever
It's sure is
Not even one of the best looking but one of the best feeling too! In germany we call it Handschmeichler :D
Banging audio
HTC M8 and Nexus 4 were optimization king. Every app remained on memory even after 2 OS updates.
I miss the first Nexus
So good. Back ion the day when Android was unique.
@@shanemitchellspencer Android has always been unique, it definitely doesn't look like Windows Phone and it's very different from IOS. Android is definitely the most unique linux dist.
Indeed, a good generation for Android. Enjoyable times!
@@ObscEst I miss my LG Optimus G.
I miss HTC thought they had a great thing going and sense was brilliant. I used to love when I unlocked my desire if you had the weather app you would get sunshine show or raindows and a windscreen wiper which wiped away the rain. That feature never got old and would love to have it again.
Took me back a decade 😅
We need an HTC comeback
Man I Miss This Gaming Back Then
HTC & Sony ERA
Sony is still making pretty great phones the problem being that none of the US carriers wanna pick it up for monthly contracts only full price...
@@6thHokageJuan their software support is still shit though
Im missing metal phones 😢 now is glass everywhere.
It’s a requirement for wireless charging
Can’t have it with metal back
Most Phones are large now, it'll be heavier and conduct heat and degrades battery life
@@Juanguar then make a cut out for the wireless charging and blend in the metal and plastic together
Plastic better
@@Juanguar Yeah, but they put the shitty glass or shiny cheap looking plastic on phones that don't even have wireless charging...
I loved the M7 and M8 so much, I refused to throw them away.
Me too i sold my m7 to buy the m8 and it just died on me a few weeks ago after so many years.
I still use mine daily I'm actually writing this comment from one. It has all the Hallmarks that I think a good phone should have from front facing speakers a good screen decent size not too big and solid construction. Those are the things that actually matter in a phone in my opinion. The only thing that I'm missing is perhaps waterproofing.
Same here! The battery in my M7 got swollen up and made the phone bulge, so I took it out and reassembled the phone's frame. I still have it as a shelve ornament. Such a masterpiece of a design.👌
this phone was awesome! It looked so premium, with many people having plastic rectangles as phones, M8 really was a step ahead
Still have a red HTC One M8 in my drawer. Physically, the look still can compete with the best of today’s flagship. Add the color red which no other brand is willing to do now. ❤❤❤❤
I owned the M7, but to this day that is still one of my favorite phones of all time. The build quality was incredible, the stereo forward facing speakers sounded amazing for the time and its Android skin was refined compared to every other phone at the time.
I Had the M7 And M8 Greatest phone i ever had in my life them rooting/switching ROMS days was the best
Loved the M7-M8. The one that really wowed me was the LG G3. Revolutionary at that time, especially the screen quality.
I remember the g3 as a badass piece of hardware. The ui was nice too. It's amazing how tech has evolved
I remember the g3 as a badass piece of hardware. The ui was nice too. It's amazing how tech has evolved
I owned all them at that time. good times
I was a phone repair technician back then and I hated the HTC, they were impossible to tear appart. I always prefered samsung and even the iPhones were not so terrible to disassemble yet.
G3 with the leather casing was amazing but UI was quiet shit tbh
This is one of those pieces of technology that will be remembered for a long, long time to come. Similar to the Apple IIs and Commodore 64s of yesteryear. I distinctly remember this being my dream phone and my dad finally agreeing to get one for me for Christmas, only to realise that here in Australia the original had been replaced by a much weaker version called the M8S. What started as me getting my dream phone at the time ended up being one of the most frustrating experiences as a young tech enthusiast. It was slow, buggy and the camera unit was straight up abysmal in comparison to the original M8. The design of it still made me the coolest kid in class so I didn't complain too much 🤣
I still have it and still feels like a tank.
I wish they make it back with updated specs and trends
I have so much nostalgia for this phone! The Boomsound, the premium build, the heft... It was such a game changer. That being said, with the curves on the back going over the edge, this thing was so slippery
HTC One M8 is my Roman Empire. I think about this device almost every day. It's the perfect phone, the size, the design, the software, it has it all.
Need more of this retro series
I miss this phone and the dot view case!
I killed the hinge on those dot view cases so quickly. So cool though!
@@phillxor I forgot about that!
Yes! That case was great! If they made another id buy it today
Phones used to be so minimalistic back then
Not software wise tho lol
@@timothyxxxpaulwell, tbh, android at that time barely has any features or apps 😅.
I used to have the Nexus 7 and while it's what made me prefer pure android over any others to this day I kinda understand why back then people would preferred those heavily customized UI over the pure android.
Today's phone are even more minimalist
No charger
No sd card slot
No replacable battery
Thanks apple!
@@timothyxxxpaul but that made each OEM stand out from each other.
@@Archontasil You forgot about the headphone jack
The M8 you picked up has blown speakers
HTC fan here.
I have my Sensation XE and M8.
The good old days.
The only phone I've owned that I've actually LOVED. To the point of feeling empty even after a "direct upgrade".
This phone gave me a solid 4 years. Superb little piece of modern engineering.
I absolutely LOVED this phone! easily my favorite phone I ever used at the time. I miss HTC and would love for a comeback with a modern revision of this phone!
Back then, I also got the HTC M8. It's the best Android phone I've ever had, alongside my still current Mate20 Pro. Dual speakers, metal body, and an innovative low megapixel camera that surprisingly captured great images with just 4MP. The UI was super sleek and ahead of its time, easily five years ahead back then.
I can't believe Samsung won. HTC had so much better design, features, and OS
Samsung putting 2013 screens in their 2023 phones 😭
@@Anthony-dk7dehow is that ??
My boy Samsung is putting screens in almost every phone at this point @@Anthony-dk7de
@@amazingamazigh1538 Look at the bezels in budget and fe series smartphones , it will feel like yo have travelled back to 2014-15.
htc was more expensive, smaller batteries, worse screens, worse specs. I talk about their whole line, not only flagship. Most cash they get from budget phones.
HTC M8 was my first Android phone, great-sounding from dual front stereo speakers, refocusing photo after shooting and aluminum body ect. Really good user experience, and I still missed it.
Such a great phone. The quality of the speakers was superb!
0:12 A wild Peter Chou appears
3:05 Apple uses M9 in their promo pictures, not M8
M9 still has the same design language.
@@dimancor2925 Language is generally same yes, but button placement is different for example
@@tahasaglam6138congrats you found maybe the only difference in design.
I miss HTC so much, they were my favourite brand. My first Android phone was the HTC Hero. I also had the Desire, Sensation and Sensation XE as well.
Still have my M7 and M8 and they still look brand new. Loved that design.
This phone is an absolute legend! Super cool video!
HTC was the only smartphone company that was able to impress me with every flagship that they've made excluding the M9.HTC U12 was an excellent device!I miss LG and Nokia but I miss HTC more.
Nokia is still making phones
@@Extra6621Yes they still call it “Nokia”.
@@RootSystemHashMay be we will get flagship Nokia from HMD now, as they already confirmed 17 new models will be launched under Nokia as they are going for budget-midrange phones with their HMD tag.
@@harishbista7525 Hopefully. But I greatly doubt those would be real flagships other than the Nokia tag and top specs. What I mean is that it could lack the software refinement and features we get from brands like Samsung and Sony. When they went under they sold most of their intellectual properties to Microsoft except the most significant network related IPs. So, they aren’t in a good position to make real
flagships with any real value. They’d basically be a One Plus with a Nokia tag and a more premium price.
Sony Xperia, Htc, Nokia,LG, Motorola,
When we had so many good options to pick
I have htc 10 in 5-6 years ago. Most durable phone i ever owned. I drop it like 20 times, all fours corner is very bad. But the screen never broken and working perfectly without any trouble. What a phone
HTC looks to have dropped a new phone teaser 👀 We're back
My favorite and one of the first experiences with Android. My actual first was the HTC One M7 😂 I still have the M8 in my phone collection and it still powers on.. GREAT PHONE!
Umm the HTC HD2 would like to have a word with you...that phone literally had everything except for iOS ported to it. All the Android roms, Windows XP, Windows 7, Linux, and support in XDA was insane for YEARS
This was such a nostalgic throwback. Thanks for this great video!!
This is such a classic phone designwise. it still looks fresh and crisp and beautiful today
i have purchased one M8 with $10(700INR) at last year, this device is still functionable, how great HTC's hardware
hey, im from india too and a past user of htc one e8 the polycarbonate version of one m8. i’m very keen to hear where and how you purchased a working m8 in 2024, would love to do the same to bring back the memories of this beautiful phone.
thank you, do hit me up if you read this.
hey, could you share where and how you purchased the device? i’m really interested too. 🇮🇳
@@vlonebored bro I owned one e8 too, I purchased m8 because of e8 only.
Actually I purchased in Chennai burma bazar
@@dhinakaran_d_na ohh thats awesome, thanks for letting me know. will try to get my hands on it 🙌
@@vlonebored I really want to interact with you regarding htc one e8, any possibility to connect
Legendary tech piece
I wish HTC could keep up with the competition, I used 3 HTC phones. Loved their phones.
I think the LG G3, introducing a "slim-bezel" design, a 13MP camera with OIS, and the first phone with a 1440p display... this was the best phone of 2014. It was incredible to see how good the photos were that you were taking on the display, and the iPhone would take yeeeeears to catch up to that.
M7 and M8 where the best phones I ever had!
nexus 5 is legit contender too
That's my favorite phone of all time🙂👍
I still remember failing to buy this phone in Toronto bcos HTC did not launch it in Canada. A friend got it from US and it looked simply amazing. In the end, I bought Iphone 6 and got hooked on Apple since then.
i loved my M8 and all my previous HTC phones
I prefer the M7. Was my favorite phone
Like if you’re still using M8 in 2024.
Absolutely no one talks about how good the Xperia series were back in those days. I was using an Xperia z2, and it was one of the best phones of all time in my opinion.
I remember this phone feeling enormously big back then
This is how you know you made a great device. 10 years down the line people still want "that" phone.
I think the original Moto G and Moto X series had the same magic too.
The M7 was a better phone. Better size and no useless micro-pixel or whatever was that tiny camera above the main camera whose results were garbage.
However, the absolute King of 2014 was the Xperia Z3 Compact, the pinnacle of Xperia phones to this day and back when Sony took the 3rd place in Europe as the biggest OEM, finally overtaking Nokia after they left the market forever.
The desirability of the Z3 Compact lasted for years and they still hold a fair value for such an old phone.
What a throw back I remember wanting this device so badly and ended up getting a one plus one !
I had an M8 and loved it so freaking much. I miss HTC
First or second smartphone in 2014? Do you not know your target audience at all?
My first smart phone was a HP iPAQ HW910 well before android or ios was a thing.
Lol
The device that has most impressed me is the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 from 2012. This tablet is a beast! No seriously, on android 12 it's butter smooth with animations and it doesn't feel slow at all, 12 YEARS LATER!!!. There is even android 13 but I haven't tried that custom rom yet. The tablet itself is awesome, has an IR blaster, SD card slot, SIM card slot, front facing stereo speakers and more. If anyone ever sees it being sold, I recommend getting it, you will not be disappointed and will be just as surprised as I was
An HTC was my first smartphone my father bought for me when I turned 15 and it lasts until now (of course I can't update nadroid). ITS GREAT
I loved my M8, still have it. Thanks for reminding me how good it was.
Just found my Windows M8 a couple of days ago, still looks great and feels great in my hand, unfortunately it just boot loops for now I only had it working for half a year before it started bugging out I couldn't ever get texts on time had to text my mom to literally spam my phone with messages so I could get the ones I was trying to get all along. Still has a soft spot in my heart.
In 2013-2014, HTC used to be my dream phone, miss the HTC era
my first android was a puny wildfire s. boy i love that thing. good old days when phones doesn't look almost the same
What an amazing phone this was. Of all the android phones I've had, this is one of my favorites. Miss HTC
The first phone I bought secondhand and rooted was the HTC Evo 3D when I was 18 years old (31 now). I initially bricked it because I wiped the internal memory (where I downloaded a custom OS) through TWRP as well as the current installed OS. Got stuck in a boot loop, ended up finding a way to load the custom OS from an external HD and flashed that. Back then you could change you DNS settings so your Wifi tether/hotspot came off your unlimited data plan with the same speed as the normal plan, rather than the capped and limited paid hotspot through T-Mobile. I lived on XDA forums, installing Cyanogen to every Samsung device I got after that.
I miss these days so much. I was using a galaxy note 3 at the time but this phone was so tempting.
I was thinking, did you make sure that the beats Audio was enabled in settings?
I had this one and loved the entirety of it. Such a great build & design
I might be mistaken, but when you tested the speakers, didn't you have a protector installed over them? That might lead to pressure buildup and distortion. It sounded like that happened, try without the foil on top, even if it looks like the holes align okay.
My friend got one on release and kept it for like 4 years, total powerhouses and beautiful too
I remember mine getting so hot sometimes but I loved HTC. You couldn’t tell me nothing about HTC, I was a ride or die.
i had an M8 when it came out and immediately flashed the Google Play Edition software on it. I loved this phone so much. I still have it and use it as a universal remote control for my CRT TV.
Nice video, it brings back the memories. I do wish if you could have bought a new M8 piece for comparison but I do understand that it would have become considerably expensive now.
Used to have the htc 1 m7. Loved that phone. Only Android I’ve ever owned, iPhones ever since. But I absolutely adored my htc one
I still think about the M8 here and there. Absolutely loved that phone. The Sunshine Root S-Off was the best day
Oh man! You bringing me back with this one.
I loved my M8. Had it from late 2014 to early 2020. It was barely hanging on at that point but I loved it. Still hanging out in a shelf now haha
Then i got an HTC 12 Ultra which i also enjoyed for 2 years
I remember this phone. Always loved that HTC Sense UI
2009-2014 were some of the most exciting and competitive time for smartphones. There were so many players trying to outdo each other, and the rate of innovation was much larger at that time as well. Now we are just left with Apple and Samsung in the American market with Apple enjoying the lion's share.
My friend had the M7 I had the HTC eye and thought we were living in the future. I actually really loved these phones it was the only time I ever switched away from the main Samsung or apple for a phone and I would gladly do it again if they brought about that creativity that they had then.
The M8 and M7 if they remade it with a bigger screen and kept the speakers would be probably the best thing to come out of android since 2017.
I had an M8 Harman/Kardon edition. I loved that phone! It is easily one of my top five favorites that I've used.
I loved this phone and kept it years after on my coffee table as a TV and home theather remote.
Xiaomi was the last one who had the IR blaster but now Oppo and Vivo brought it back on the top models.
I somehow completely forgot about owning this phone. I now remember loving it as a freshman in high school. Really glad to see this honestly unlocked some memories for me.
Holy hell, I had that phone. It was amazing. What a throwback I forgot about this. My freshman year of college.
what's a good square edge shaped phone that i can use for basic calls and as an mp3 player ?
I had Sony Samsung (now S24+), HTC , OnePlus
HTC 10 still one of my favorite
I miss HTC days, I use to have the Htc desire. Please come back HTC and reign again
I was a huge HTC fan back on the day. My first smartphone was an HTC Evo.
I vividly remember doing some research for my next phone at that time, and half of the tech world was wetting their pants for this beauty. Out of my price range though, but the Moto G 2014 I ultimately got does share some DNA, probably also inspired by the M7.
HTC One M7 is my favourite phone ever, and I doubt a phone will replace that now. It was so groundbreaking in so many ways, phones can't really compete with that now.
I had an HTC Sensation 4G, but moved to Samsung Galaxy S5 and onward since then. The Galaxy S5 had IP67, an AMOLED screen, as well as 16MP cameras and 4K video recording which swayed me from ever getting the HTC One M8.
this was my first smartphone.. I have the developer edition i used it for 6+ years (4 years as main, 2+ yrs as backup)
Man i loved HTC, Desire was my first TC phone then i got the M8. It was probably the phone i loved the most and the sound was ahead of its time. I loved it and hope a phone with a similar build comes out!
I miss HTC so much. I had the M7 and the M9
It's probably my favorite and the best phone I've ever had. Those front-facing speakers were game-changing, and that fast charging was mind-blowing at the time.
I was an HTC head b4 I moved on to Xiaomi when they began to self-destruct. It was HTC that held the gates against Apple for Android phones back then. I had two HTCs (Desire 816 and the U11 eyes,) both of them performed really well. I still have the Eyes though it's no longer working coz I messed it up with repairs, it''s still as good-looking as the day I bought it, and whenever I tinker with it these days, I can help but think Apple stole so many design elements from that phone.
The speakers were top tier. When out with friends it was always my HTC one that was pushed to play music due to how good the speakers were
One of the best phones I ever had, was the last android I had for about 8-9 years, now deep in the samsung ecosystem years later and loving it 👏
I've still got my old HTC One M9, it's used as a music player, camera and replacement remote for a portable stereo ( I miss the IR Blaster on newer phones)
I had just bought a Galaxy S5 when this one dropped and I came across it at a Target and decided to trade in for one just based off of the feel in the hand. It's still my favorite phone of all time. Still have it now running LineageOS.