The hero of this review was the HTC Desire EYE – the flagship model in the line of Desire c two 13-megapixel camera and an excellent software for recording and processing of photo and video. The advantages of new items should also include a 5.2-inch display and class dynamics. About the price of the device and my impressions of it, read the review.

Design and body

Let’s start from afar – a general perception of design and case HTC Desire EYE, and then quickly move on to the camera.

This tube – closed monoblock polycarbonate. Closed it in the literal sense of the word. The smartphone is not afraid to dive into the water to a depth of 1 meter, which undoubtedly has one of its virtues.

Even with a relatively-small dimensions smooth contours the body good “hold” the phone in his hand. Material non-slip, comfortable soft-touch. At the ends, in place of red, blue can be, and the place of the white back cover – blue. The colors are bright, so I tend to think that externally Desire EYE – it’s still a youth smartphone, as it is not cool.

Inflection by weight not. Claimed 154 grams of added confidence and reliability of the design, especially when take pictures with one hand. Assembly at the highest level, materials fit tightly. The only thing that can be a bit annoying – the dust that collects on the speaker grilles.

Of sharp and straight lines in design – only the frame of the display, and of the dynamics of oblong, emits a nice sound. But subjectively, on the One M8 sound better. However, the bass still discourage pleasant shiver palm when playing your favorite track, and paired with cool headphones – a delight! And not the least merit of this technology HTC BoomSound.

If we ignore the location of functional elements, a power button, volume and camera placed on the right side. Left – slots for nano-SIM and microSD card. Audio jack placed on the top, and microUSB port on the bottom.

Well, HTC Desire EYE looks boldly sounds quickly, clearly shows up and running quickly. On the last two points in more detail.

Screen

Screen size – 5.2 inches with a resolution of Full HD. Picture juicy and contrast. Especially nice to look at it in high definition movies and play hard on the chart or arcade shooters. Floor display has oleophobic layer that easily cleaned fingerprints. Top screen is protected by glass Gorilla Glass 3.

The hardware part of

For performance Desire EYE meets 4-core processor from Qualcomm (Snapdragon 801, 2.3 GHz), which is complemented by 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. Out of the box the user can use about 10 GB, the rest takes the operating system shell and pre-installed applications. You can expand the storage memory cards up to 128 GB. USB-OTG is also relevant and supported.

Tube works on Android 4.4.4, which is complemented by the user interface HTC Sense 6.0, detailed consideration in the review of HTC One M8, and opportunities Motion Launch. Recently a kind of simplified access to unlock and manage smartphone. The device understands and responds when you take it in hand and spend a certain way on the screen. The screenshots below in greater detail the options Motion Launch.

Well, again, HTC Desire EYE looks boldly sounds playfully shows bright, fast and takes on all of its price tag.

Camera

He does this through the 13-megapixel front and rear camera with HTC UltraPixel. On each side of two flashes. Photos are clear with good detail and color reproduction, and not only during the day, but also indoors in low light.

The front camera on its characteristics give odds to many major photomodule devices middle price segment. Judge for yourself: 13 megapixel BSI-matrix with recording Full HD video, wide-angle lens with an aperture of f / 2.2 mode and HDR.

The main camera is equipped with more advanced 13 megapixel photo module with BSI-matrix, aperture f / 2.0 lens with a 28mm auto focus, zoom, support for HDR, and the ability to record video in Full HD 1080p. Software includes modes of accelerated and delayed recording, as well as a full set of manual settings ISO, white balance, etc.

But technology equipment, and a highlight was PhotoChances Desire EYE software HTC EYE Experience. It is worth to highlight the following:

– Avtoselfi and voice self. Smiled and said “cheese” – photo ready.

– Insert the face – cut yourself out of a photo or video taken with the front camera and insert it into the frame, made basic.

– Quick Makeup – edit photos while shooting.

– Photo Kiosk – do four pictures in a row and as a result the picture of the photo booth.

– Morphing or combining images – choose from a gallery of photos, and then the person with whom it should be merged

– Group video calling – the application automatically tracks the faces of the video chat, up to four people at a time. When this function is “Screen Sharing” allows to show interlocutors display of your smartphone in real time.

– And finally – double shooting that allows you to take pictures or shoot video at the same time the main and front cameras.

In words, little understood, and screenshots do not show, so check out our video review – everything shown in the examples available.

Battery

Virtually all working moments evaluated left to talk about how tenacious HTC Desire EYE.

Inside the battery is 2400 mAh. When stated above capabilities, and continuous use of the camera for more than one day a smartphone I have never stayed. And here’s why. The smartphone is only one radio, Bluetooth I used rarely, but it was always turned on Wi-Fi, and the brightness was at maximum. Management regime was as follows – for half an hour a day phone calls, an hour of music on headphones, an hour of video in Full HD, the same number in the game Asphalt 8, half an hour by mail and the Internet, and about 20-30 minutes at the camera. Before going to sleep was no more than 10% charge.

Mode economical battery consumption and even extreme, imposes restrictions on the functionality present.

Findings

In summary, I would say that the HTC Desire EYE paired with applications HTC EYE Experience – this is a big and exciting world of human integration, camera, and social networking. With such a desire by photo shoot, process and post photos and videos has grown significantly. However, not only because it will have to pay a lot of 450-500 USD

In addition to high-quality mobile photography, whether it’s on the main front or 13 megapixel camera, the handset offers a decent screen, sound and performance, as well as bright waterproof housing. In my opinion, direct competitors HTC Desire EYE not. And it’s not so much the hardware filling as progressive software to work with cameras.

pros:

• Excellent camera and applications for processing the captured images and video;
• Bright design;
• Waterproof casing;
• Quality sound through the speaker and headphones.

cons:

• Average autonomy;
• No black palette enclosures (subjectively).

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We look at the smartphone HTC Desire EYE, which has a top-end performance, attractive design, as well as 13 megapixel front camera with flash.

In November 2014, HTC held a presentation of its flagship smartphone in a line of Desire. EYE his name is no accident – if you look at the front panel, you will notice a big sharp eye in the form of 13 megapixel front camera. Rich review photo smartphone supported by a special software called EYE Experience. The good news is that this is not only a middling one classroom killerfichey and quality unit with top performance and nice appearance.

Design

Stylish, trendy, youth. You will not find strict lines and classic colors. Color combinations that are available in the EYE – blue and cyan, and red and white. The last option looks just bombezno. A nice bonus to a lovely appearance – moisture and dust protection standard IPX7, which allows you to immerse your smartphone into the water to a depth of 1 m to 30 minutes. At the same time, all the necessary connectors are always open.

On the front panel at the top of the chamber and in addition to the double flare is a microphone for video recording as well as light sensors and proximity. Not be immediately noticed, but between two bright accents the top and bottom placed HTC stereo speakers. In EYE did not change their standard accommodation despite the large eye of the camera. The sound is excellent, volume, loud and juicy. The only drawback may be called what speakers are slightly lower frames on the front panel, so expect that they will collect dust.

The left side of the unit are connectors for nano-SIM card and a card microSD, supports up to 128 GB. On the right side at the bottom is a hardware camera button, it was a sin not to install such devices PhotoChances. At the level of the finger is the lock button. Yes, you read that right, lock button in the smartphone HTC is at your finger, it happens. It is located just above the volume rocker.

At the top end can be found only a headphone jack, and the bottom – microUSB-input for charging and Elementary microphone. The back cover is made of plastic, smooth, practical and comfortable. In the left corner is located another 13 megapixel camera with dual flash, near the microphone. Centered applied logo HTC, and at the bottom the service information.

Assembling the smartphone is not perfect, but most likely it is a problem of a separate sample in my machine from time to time you can stumble upon a small crunching, but overall smartphone shot down tightly.

Ergonomics

HTC smartphones are not the most compact on the market, it is true, but to accuse the company in a futile use of space is unlikely to succeed. Desire EYE more than the flagship One M8, even more than the 5.5 “LG G3, but it has its own reasons. I do not know how strange it sounds, but it such dimensions “to face.” He very generously proportioned and rounded sides, so it lies in the hand perfectly.

Display

Large and high-quality display. HTC maintains its reputation by releasing smartphones with some of the best screens on the market. The picture on the Desire EYE bold, crisp, colors are on top. The viewing angles are the widest in what direction do not tilt the smartphone, the image is not distorted. All well and with a margin of brightness, it is enough. Oleophobic coating pleased with its quality prints are not going very intense and easily erased.

Performance

The phone is very fast, top iron shell and the latest version of Sense doing their job well. All elements of the system, application etc. open immediately and very smoothly. Use the phone as fast a lot of fun. In the games, too, everything is fine, they go to the mid / high graphics settings and with excellent performance, and the smartphone is heated only slightly.

The capacity of the non-removable battery does not allow to set a record of autonomy, but even with a battery HTC Desire EYE gives good results. With daily use with browsing, reading, socializing and, of course, the creation of many self, smartphone enough for about a day. Hours screen in this mode may be about 3 hours. The fact is that in our sample have a small problem with autonomy, so while working in the retail version should be a little bit more.

To save battery at a critical moment in the present EYE gentlemanly set of two power saving modes. First disables background data and Haptic feedback, and also reduces power consumption processor and the screen brightness. Second, desperate disables almost all, leaving you with the five most essential apps – Phone, Messages, Mail, calendar, calculator and clock.

Camera

Camera – this is the main feature of this model. In order to emphasize the importance of PhotoChances device placed on the right side separate the start button and the camera application for creating photo. The main rear camera takes very good pictures in daylight. The overall picture in the photo is impressive for its color and saturation. Very well on this camera are obtained macrophotography. At night, the camera captures the light is good, but the final result comes out slightly palely. Everything else, in low light is easy to lubricate the picture even with a small movement.

Examples of the photo on the back of the camera

Giant keen eye front has the same characteristics as the “colleague” back. What can I say, this is one of the best frontalok in my practice. I think that for all the testing I’ve done more self than in my entire life. When you have at hand a quality machine, you want to do it more often.

The camera has a wide viewing angle, with room light shots often turns out well, at least excellent. Sometimes photos come too contrasting and noisy. At night, the camera also showed good results with little noise. If you turn on the flash, then all will be beauty. The only flaw is from this very long range flash. When you make a photo of a loved one only, all perfectly clear, but when you start to do selfi now, the person who holds the smartphone will bask in the glory of the flash, and other friends standing together in the shade.

Application

Camera app simple and easy to manage, but at the same time has more features, which, incidentally, has become even more after the recent update titled EYE Experience.

The application has a lot of shooting modes, such as HDR, night shot, close-up, etc. There is a mode full manual photo settings, where it is possible to expose not only the usual parameters such as iso and white balance, but also to adjust the focus and set the shutter speed.

To create pictures using the front camera to the EYE present the largest range of options, which I saw on the phones. Then you and the HDR, and Night Scene, there is even a fully manual mode. For those who always have to look at 100%, it is possible to retouch the face in real time. Unique mode can be called HD-lapse shooting at the front camera, such I never met in any smartphone. C upgrade EYE Experience not even need to touch the smartphone to take a picture, it is enough to say “shoot” or just smile and the camera takes the picture itself.

In the present application mode “dual camera”, which allows you to take photos and videos directly on the two 13-megapixel camera. There was a regime “Photo Kiosk”, which allows you to create fun collages with your self.

The software component of HTC smartphones one of the best on the market. In EYE installed the latest version of the shell Sense, which boasts a beautiful, designed in the same style interface, high speed and smoothness. The system itself and all third-party applications to be expected are stable. To learn more about the shell recommend to look into the Software section in the review HTC One M8.

Results

HTC Desire EYE turned out good, almost all the time, this smart phone is very good. His original design, high-quality display, smart performance and hell, 13 megapixel front camera with flash. Thus EYE cheaper flagship One M8.

The first thing that I did not like, is autonomy. Yes, I wrote that it was a test model and there may be problems with running time, but be that as it may, what’s that worth selling version of the battery capacity of 2400 mAh. With such performance records of autonomy to put difficult. The second point, which upset – it results that gives the camera at night. The smartphone, which made such a big emphasis on the review photo, accounts for almost hold my breath so as not to lubricate the picture in low light. As an option – use minishtativ, good choice of great and the prices are adequate.

In all other HTC Desire EYE awesome and it can be safely advise buying. However, if you do not hurry up and feel free financially, then I would recommend to wait until March 1 – on this day will update HTC flagship smartphone One. Maybe he’ll have more to their liking.

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700 HTC Desire is one of the terminals of the Desire range presented in today’s day in Taiwan. Smartphone, as pointed out in the morning, unpublished regard to the Desire range sold in our market that has a design that is very reminiscent of that of the HTC One. The similarities are limited, however, the aesthetic aspect, since both materials is the standard equipment have been revised downward – circumstance understandable, given that HTC Desire 700 is placed in the midrange segment.

The shell is made ​​of polycarbonate, but there are some distinctive features of HTC’s latest production, from dual front speaker BoomSound and user interface Sense. The Snapdragon SoC 200 and the display 5 “QHD resolution are certainly not at the top for a terminal that, according to information from the Taiwanese market, it is proposed 13,900 Taiwanese dollars, or approximately 350 Euros.

Waiting to know more details on the possible distribution of the HTC Desire 700 in our country, you can know him more closely with one of the first hands-on video that the protagonist.

Full Specifications:

• Display 5 “qHD 960 × 540 pixels
• Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC 200 (Quadcore [email protected] )
• 1 GB of RAM
• 8 GB of storage expandable via microSD
• Battery 2100 mAh
• 8MP rear camera and 1.9MP front
• Size: 145.5x72x10.3mm
• Weight: 149 grams
• Dual SIM Card (Slot 1 UMTS / HSPA – Slot 2 GSM / GPRS / EDGE)
• Operating System Android 4.1 with Sense 5

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