Review: HTC One Max Big Man of the Family

As the saying goes, better late than never, and finally, after taking a few months on the market, and after seeing him in action in the past MWC 2014, the time to discover all the internals of the HTC One Max has come, that device only impresses with its name.

No more waiting and I leave you with our analysis.

First Impressions

Just see the HTC One Max, automatically come to mind two words: great and quality. Large view, it is one of the phablets biggest we can find, surpassed by the Sony Xperia Z Ultra and a few others. But it is not only great for your generous 5.9 inches, but the overall size of the device, and is that with these two front speakers are set unfit for all budgets.

Moreover, we emphasize quality, is that as big brother HTC One, shares the same design and the same metallic material for chassis, which certainly denotes a careful job in this aspect. Furthermore, with the above speakers and large panel, impresses us if we are accustomed to more “normal” things.

Design

Obviously, the design of the HTC Max One inevitably reminiscent of the penultimate ship company logo, and can say that it is the same phone, but bigger. So, back to enjoying those finishes premium that gives the aluminum, but also we can remove the back cover, needed to introduce the micro-SIM card and microSD.

If we look carefully at the front highlight these two stereo speakers protruding from both ends of the screen, and see the area above the sensor by the front camera. In the lower, right between the speaker and the screen is black band containing the capacitive buttons back and home, plus the HTC logo in the center.

On one side, volume buttons and release, on the top edge, the jack of 3.5 mm and infrared emitter and if we turn it completely, see the camera lens, and just below, the fingerprint reader fingerprints. Connection also has bases loaded.

Screen

Naturally, the first thing that stands out on the screen of HTC Max One is its imposing size, reaching no more and no less than 5.9 inches. However, not only so we can say that the panel is the best we can find in the market, is that the Super LCD3 technology does its job perfectly, offering a quality only up to the top.

Full HD resolution does the rest, so this is a great panel that enjoys 100% when viewing multimedia video, play, browse, or do anything else. It enjoys wide viewing angles and behaves very well when exposed to direct light.

Battery

This time HTC has spared when loaded with a fair amount of mAh battery. There is a total 3300 mAh, which results in a great deal of autonomy, when we talk about phablets, it becomes even more important section if possible.

So, we have no problem to hold the whole day with normal use, and surely we still on for more intense use or to keep it out of the charger a few more hours.

Camera

Detail from the camera and the fingerprint of the HTC Max One

How could it be otherwise, the phablet also inherits technology Ultra Pixel house, one that has received so many negative reviews as positive. Thus the whole camera, 4 megapixels, delivers pretty good results in low light conditions undoubtedly aspect that stands out, and neither does anything bad to daylight.

Yes, that little resolution brings the problem of exaggerated “pixelation”, is that provided we do zoom before taking the photo, and then to see it on screen, we realize why those comments against. Furthermore, it has been cut into something so positive as the optical stabilizer, one of the most interesting elements of the HTC Camera One, and that this time is not present.

Meanwhile, the front camera has 2.1 mega pixels and can record at 1080p, enough to make video calls with very good quality.

Performance

As almost everyone knows by now, the combination Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 supported on 2 GB of RAM provides very good performance. With quad-core Krait GPU Adreno 300 and 320, the HTC Max One will have a optimum performance in any situation. Either when surf internet, use apps or using heavy media, the team operates without any problems, with fast loading times.

But not everything was going to be good, so we highlight some little point lag in certain games, something not important and only annoying for the most demanding. Probably more lack of optimization by developers a problem with the smartphone, but it’s there.

Operating System

Definitely one of the key points for a device to perform just as well as it does this HTC One Max, is the optimization of the software from it. And here we must applaud and HTC Sense customization layer that is improving each year, and has reached a point of maturity very high. So, running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, fluidity we see in the interface is exquisite. It is certainly one of the best experiences after native Android.

Of course, we have access to all the possibilities offered by HTC Sense 5.5 as the screen Blink Feed HTC, HTC Sense TV, or HTC Zoe great tool that allows you to create beautiful videos in seconds.

Review: HTC One Max Big Man of the Family