Android Central: HTC One A9: A second opinion

jeudi 26 novembre 2015

HTC One A9: A second opinion

The HTC One A9 made quite an impression at launch ... but then things happened.

HTC has been missing the mark on its last few phones, and it's not been a good year for the company as a result. With the One A9, we thought it was finding its way back. An iPhone doppelganger, the A9 is a compact 5 inches while the majority of the Android field is pushing 5.5. The camera was better than HTC had ever given us. It was the first non-Nexus phone to ship with Android Marshmallow, and the first phone to take advantage of Adoptable Storage. It was even promised updates within 15 days of Google releasing a patch. In Alex Dobie's review, the biggest sticking point was the price.

But then the price went up a sharp hundred dollars. And the update promise was scaled back for all but the U.S. unlocked model.

Is the HTC One A9 still a phone you want in your pocket? In my humble opinion, yes. Is the HTC One A9 still a phone you should buy right now? That's a bit tougher to answer...

About this review

I have been using an unlocked US HTC One A9 as my daily driver for about a month on the AT&T network in Texas, mostly around Waco and Austin, on Android 6.0, build number 1.12.617.6 CL 639737. I have been connected to a Huawei Watch at all times and my Kinivo BTH240 bluetooth headphones several hours a day.