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November 2014
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High-res selfies in good lighting
Lovely unibody-feeling plastic design
Great performance
Solid injection-molded design. High-performance guts. 13-megapixel selfies are awesome (outdoors). Water resistance up to 1 meter for 30 minutes. Auto Selfie
“Cheese” voice command
And post-editing effects are really fun to use
Specs are on-par with HTC's flagship
Front camera captures fine details and fits plenty of faces
HTC's software is unobtrusive with some useful features
Waterproof
Sharp screen
All day battery life
The HTC Desire Eye is the first smartphone to feature a front-facing flash to illuminate your selfies. Its screen is bright and bold
It has plenty of power and its colourful body is waterproof
High-quality
Full HD LCD. Unbeatable front-facing camera. Flagship-level specs.
Sharp selfie camer
Good image quality from both front and rear camera
Comprehensive photo-editing ap
Zippy performanc
Powerful speakers
Frontfacing flash for selfies
Excellent build and screen quality
Potent hardware
Outstanding selfie camera
The display has a very good outdoor visibility
The BoomSound speakers are a zinger
One of the strongest frontfacing cameras on a phone to date
Flagshiplevel performance
Sharp and vibrant display
Distinctive design
Dust and water resistant
Nice display Powerpacked internals
Design is attractively simple
Almost a throwback in its symmetrical shape
5.2-inch doesn't detract from handling experience
Snapdragon 801 processor is still great
BoomSound speakers
IP certification
HTC Sense is easy to use
Functional
Split Captu
13MP dual LED cameras are a step up
BoomSound speakers
Powerful processor
Solid endurance
IP certificate
Decent cameras
Powerful SoC
Great screen
Good speakers
Decent voice quality
Very good battery life
Power To Give app
The editors didn't like
Awful low-light selfies
Front-facing flash doesn't help much with photos
Mushy side buttons
Low-light performance with front camera is worse most rival smartphones. Front autofocus can be slow and dual-LED flash is average
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Front camera doesn't get colors right
Rear camera struggles in low light
Design feels boxy
Cameras inconsistent
Bulky build
Although the front camera has 13 megapixels
Images still suffer from noise and blur
Particularly in low light. Focus is far from perfect too
Even with the flash assistance
Ostentatious looks not for everyone. Very tall design
Below-average battery lif
Sluggish autofocus
Front facing camera could be better
Average battery life
Disappointing hardware buttons
The build materials could be better
Call quality could be better
A little too large for comfort
Comes with outdated version of Android
Front cam's photos can be inconsistent
Picture quality of cameras isn't the best
Average battery
Doesn't come cheap
Many of the other camera features are gimmicky at best
Published: 2014-11-18, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: If you're anything like me, the mere mention of "selfie phone" will be enough to make you run for the hills. But HTC's new Desire Eye is the rare novelty phone that backs up its niche focus with a damn good overall experience. Read on, for Gizmag's quick ...
Published: 2014-11-17, Author: Robert , review by: talkandroid.com
The Desire Eye offers a really nice design and something you won't find on other smartphones, a 13 MP front-facing camera with dual LED flash. The rest of the device offers nothing more than most other smartphones. If selfies are your thing, you probably...
Abstract: Selfies are the new crazy with everyone and their mothers taking millions of images daily with their front facing cameras. Usually coming out with images of low quality because. well lets face it most smartphones have terrible front facing cameras. HTC ha...
High-quality, full HD LCD. Unbeatable front-facing camera. Flagship-level specs.
Ostentatious looks not for everyone. Very tall design
With its 13-megapixel front-facing camera, the HTC Desire Eye is the ultimate selfie machine. But it's also an excellent Android smartphone in its own right....
Published: 2014-11-06, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
The HTC Desire EYE is a unique proposition. The HTC design team have created a device that kind of, sort of, ALMOST beats out the company's most heroic device of the year. The specifications on the EYE trump the HTC One M8 in several places. The look is d...
I really, really like the HTC Desire Eye, and I'm not even a fan of selfies, unless I'm a bit tipsy. Take or leave that 13-megapixel front facer, because the rest of the phone is a joy. Between the solid performance, uber-long battery life, spacious HD sc...
Published: 2014-11-04, Author: Andrew , review by: cnet.com
The HTC Desire Eye is the first smartphone to feature a front-facing flash to illuminate your selfies. Its screen is bright and bold, it has plenty of power and its colourful body is waterproof
Although the front camera has 13 megapixels, images still suffer from noise and blur, particularly in low light. Focus is far from perfect too, even with the flash assistance
Although its flash-equipped front camera is eye-catching, its image results aren't as impressive as I'd hoped. Still, the flash will illuminate your face where other phones can't, and the Desire Eye comes with fun software, is well-specced and waterproof...
Published: 2014-10-08, Author: Ron , review by: arstechnica.com
Abstract: Ron AmadeoThe HTC Desire Eye. That's a big camera lens.Ron AmadeoThe HTC Desire Eye. That's a big camera lens.Ron AmadeoThe bezels aren't as out of control as they are on the M8, but it's still a tall phone.Here you can see the giant camera, front flash, ...
Published: 2014-11-05, Author: Andrew , review by: cnet.com.au
The HTC Desire Eye is the first smartphone to feature a front-facing flash to illuminate your selfies. Its screen is bright and bold, it has plenty of power and its colourful body is waterproof
Although the front camera has 13 megapixels, images still suffer from noise and blur, particularly in low light. Focus is far from perfect too, even with the flash assistance
Although its flash-equipped front camera is eye-catching, its image results aren't as impressive as I'd hoped. Still, the flash will illuminate your face where other phones can't, and the Desire Eye comes with fun software, is well-specced and waterproof...
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Published: 2014-10-10, Author: Luke , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: With a lens that looks like a giant robot staring at you, the HTC Desire Eye looks stylishly intimidating, but what's it like to use? We went hands on to find out.HTC announced the Desire Eye at its Double Exposure event in New York yesterday.It's packing...
