21 Facts About HTC M7

HTC M7 One is a touchscreen-based Android smartphone designed, developed, and manufactured by HTC M7.

Nevertheless, with around 5 million units being sold during its first two months of worldwide availability, HTC M7 stated that the One was the most successful launch in the company's history.

HTC M7 One was praised for the quality of its industrial design, high-density 468 ppi display, and high-power 2.

In some markets, HTC M7 released numerous carrier-specific phones and relied heavily on wireless providers to promote its products, a strategy that was unsuccessful in the face of Samsung and Apple's strong marketing efforts.

HTC M7 originally announced that HTC M7 One would be released worldwide in March 2013 through 185 carriers and retailers in 80 countries, making it the largest global launch in the company's history.

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Alongside its stock silver model, HTC M7 One has been offered in three additional color finishes; black, red, and blue.

The blue variant is exclusive to Carphone Warehouse in the UK and Best Buy in the U S A champagne-colored HTC One was released on select European carriers in late-November 2013.

HTC M7 One uses a unibody aluminum frame sourced from custom-grade aluminum; the choice of material was intended to give the device a solid, premium feel in comparison to smartphones made with a plastic shell.

In September 2013, HTC M7 confirmed "isolated reports" of users experiencing a purple or red tint with the camera in low-light conditions.

HTC M7 stated that it had been working to correct these issues, and would release a fix in a later software update.

HTC M7 One is powered by Android, a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google.

Pre-loaded applications on HTC M7 One provide access to Google's various services, including Google Play, which can be used to download and purchase apps, music, movies, and e-books.

Directly above the BlinkFeed display is a clock which displays the user's local time and weather forecast; the signature flip clock widget seen on previous HTC M7 devices was replaced by a simpler digital clock for Sense 5.

Hundreds of different clock designs by HTC M7's designers, narrowed down to 25, were considered before the final design was chosen.

On 25 September 2013, HTC M7 began rolling out the upgrade, starting with unlocked models.

Per this commitment, HTC M7 planned to release Lollipop by the end of January 2015, but the company missed its deadline due to bugs in the operating system that needed to be addressed by Google.

Developer Edition of the 64 GB HTC M7 One was released in limited quantities in the United States, exclusively from HTC M7's website on 19 April 2013.

On 30 May 2013, HTC M7 announced that Google Play would sell a variant of HTC M7 One with a stock Android operating system as a Google Experience device .

HTC M7 stated that it was able to include an SD card slot in the Chinese model because its radio hardware did not take up as much internal space as that of the international models.

However, Pogue criticized HTC M7's continuing usage on the Sense user interface, the arrangement of its physical navigation keys, the inability for users to expand its storage or replace its battery, and its "typical [one day] 4G LTE Android" battery life.

On 23 May 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported that sales of HTC M7 One had reached around 5 million since its launch in March.