HTC One M8: Revisiting the 2014 GOAT 🐐

[@LieToMeBoy]

Back then I loved HTC phones.

[@pillowface1485]

It's still a gem of a design. I hate glass backs. They crack easily. Metal cases also have better heat dissipation.

[@jee098]

Exactly. And also it attracts less smudges compared to glass.

[@pussydestroyer1191]

One thing in winter though if you live in a cold country like me, metal back phone battery dies out fast in winter

[@TheFlyingClutchman]

Yeah but metal blocks signal and wireless charging. Can't have it all i guess

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

@@TheFlyingClutchman wireless charging is overrated

[@giovanigeorgis3848]

Yeah but repairing a broken glass back is much much easier than getting dents out of a metal back!

[@JustMills]

One of my favorites

[@javiercasas3107]

I miss HTC.. I loved the front firing speakers. I even got the HTC phone that came with the beats headphones.

[@Sadhubaba1]

HTC was a dream phone. Good old days

[@KajtkaFilmy]

You just made me wanna switch to a HTC M8 even more! 😂

[@Montecat33]

This was the best phone I ever had. I miss it so much! Went to Apple for years after it but now I'm back on android and it's a huge breath of fresh air and nostalgia.

[@hansatinnit7956]

M7, m8, m9 and htc 10 were the golden age of phones for htc

[@MirelRC]

I wished HTC would comeback with a new flagship HTC One M

[@SayakMajumder]

Proud ex-owner of one! Faced a tough buying dilemma back then between the M8, Moto X 2nd gen and Xperia Z2. Ultimately went with this one. Might be the best-looking smartphone I've ever owned.

[@chakshuk]

Dude the aluminium body is still holding up. Like nothing can beat that brushed metal look and the speakers.

[@palashkale]

I still can’t get over the fact that there were three different software versions of the same model from a big name manufacturer like HTC.

[@Baked-as-Bread]

HTC phones were the best. i miss them dearly.

[@jimiboii209]

Loved this thing. Still have it in the box. Kept an otter box case on it. I’d call it perfect.

[@cristisun184]

I loved HTC!For me they were first every year since the HTC Leo,hero, legend, the desire hd, one X, one m7, m8, HTC 10, 11,12.I miss them but I also miss LG.

[@TurkumCaliskanim]

Both HTC and Blackberry were way ahead of their time, design and softwarewise.

[@umass2msu1]

I was an HTC fan, had the sensation, the one8, U11, and U12+

[@Elric24]

I actually shut my trunk on this phone completely and it was fine after. It was completely bent in half, but the screen somehow was fine and the phone bent back and worked. A marvel of engineering in my opinion.

[@mariomolnar3184]

Had the M8 for almost 6 years. Then the U12+ for over 2 years. Loved them both

[@rafiulalam5378]

This phone is underrated it was actually better than samsung, battery life.exceptional

[@dla116z3]

Seems as though your comment is UNDERRATED!

[@stereomike983]

I have some basic HTC phones and still have better design than actual phones.

[@Donyourmom]

This phone had horrendous battery life, wym?

[@soraya2218]

couldn't agree more, it was also so damn robust.. I never used a case and am very clumsy dropping my phone on the regular. Had it for many years and never gave up on me.

[@mnj1902]

If I’m not mistaken, gaming wise it’s pretty good at that time

[@thabreez456]

God I remember how chunky this phone felt back in the day and now it’s competing with compact phones in terms of size

[@Reconseal4050]

The quick photo shutter was just amazing!

[@ijazkhan3335]

M8 and 9 had the coolest selfie camera ever. Loved all my selfies on them.

[@BenjaminRichardsMasterhand]

I remember when htc was the talk of the town. Really brought some considerable competition to the samsung galaxy and iphones of the day

[@anthonybonawitz444]

My first HTC phone was the Evo 4G.. after that I fell in love with HTC and I eventually got the One M8.

[@jamalcan1]

I had that phone and it was the best!! Allbmy Htc phones never let me down!!

[@StefiStarlite]

Definitely one of my favorite pieces of hardware.

[@sunechristofferabel367]

I honestly loved HTC One M7 even more.

[@myrmeko]

I miss HTC flagships... I used the One M9 until the battery couldn't hold a charge anymore. I used that phone so much, that the sharp edge got chamfered because of how much i used it. The rear even has some dull areas where the palm would be. To me, that was the best phone ever made. Camera easily outclassing even the next two generations of phones (modded drivers from XDA). It was so funny when i used to zoom with the 20MP camera and it produced better results than the dedicated 2x zoom camera from a friend's Note 8. Not only that, the performance was incredible. Beat that friend's Note 8 in every possible app, game or emulator. Insanely fast. But after it wasn't usable anymore, i had to buy a new phone. Sadly, there wasn't any HTC phone as intriguing as the M9. Basicaly, i had to pick between the HTC U12+ and the SG Note 9. Even though the U12+ was the cooler phone, the Note 9 was better in pretty much every possible way, and i've wanted a Note since the first one, so i got the Note 9. First impresion was that the UI is garbage, it was so locked down and had such arbitrary restrictions like manual mode only on the main camera (while every HTC ever had manual mode on all cameras, including the front ones), My Files was really shoved down your throat even though there was no point, you couldn't do some stuff i forgot but could do on HTC's UI and many other things. Using the Note 9 was a constant struggle between how good the hardware was and how bad the software was, which was never a problem on HTC, where the software just improved upon the already good hardware, so enhancing the overall experience. When the Note 9 finally became somewhat unusable too (battery issues again) i got the S23 Ultra, because the S24 Ultra is straight garbage.

[@EllEmm149]

Yep 👍🏻, had the #Verizonred variant and it was my ❤. Miss that device 💯

[@RubberCudder]

One of the best of all time

[@brydcsd]

the best design, that's future proof and reliable.

[@iRobert]

The sound was amazing!

[@lazuardi3171]

HTC PLEASE COMEBACK STRONGER 😢😢😢😢 WE MISSED U

[@astronautonroad1]

I've had the HTC incredible S (One of the first phones to feature front facing cam) and later on the One X. Still have them. Loved their design.

[@MrMartellSincere]

I gave my props for HTC making unique smartphones

[@kylefunderburk4194]

One of my favorite phones. Comparing phones just to their competition, the One M8 is arguably the greatest phone ever. At the time, it had the best Android experience besides stock Android. In the hand, the phone felt worth the money. Samsung definitely felt the pressure HTC had them on at the time and made huge improvements in the late 2010s.

[@jerbsherb4391]

Dual Speakers and sleek design was such a breath of fresh air. Miss the phones of back then.

[@apologod]

I own one, and a htc one m7 also. Both are beautiful!

[@D-CELLZ]

Still the HTC one m9 is one of the greatest phones I've ever had I remember installing viper one ROM on there such a great little device

[@StephanAnoj]

One of my most loved phones. The last Android I used.

[@suann9407]

MISS THIS OLD DAY

[@AkhilKunche]

Honestly the best phone I've used so far. In the time I've owned it, I didn't even use a case and the phone held up really well resisting dents, etc. Can't say the same for phones today!

[@joshuam.p7]

Being small is what's good about it. Nowadays people have gone insane to accept big ass phones and set it as the new norm.

[@poogiboy23]

I used to have this phone and it was beautiful.

[@DarisT-qc1fw]

I had the pleasure of having this device as my daily driver for a good 3 years. Good times.

[@dcd90]

Dude I remember the day I got this phone. I was buying it from my local Best Buy but they sold me the phone without having it in stock so I had to drive almost 2 hours away to another Best Buy to pick it up. I would have driven 24 hours to get this phone. The speakers were loud. The screen was amazing. The build quality was top notch with a headphone jack. It has to be my number one all time favorite phone?

[@ahmedshaltot4228]

I've had one Bronze/ golden Color was an absolute aesthetic

[@NolanWayne-h9n]

I had the not google pay edition one. It was an absolutely epic gaming phone back in 2015-2017. Played all the emulators except dolphin which was basically impossible to run on a phone back then. Wow how far we’ve come

[@Sankara2000]

I had one. It still is the greatest phone ever made, IMHO

[@gellermansanchez719]

I had one for almost 3 years, I loved the sense interface

[@D_disguise]

I fn loved this phone, was just talking about it the other day and i see this. Awesome phone

[@petersalazar933]

The htc 7 is STILL the coolest phone ive ever had ❤

[@gregtheglobal]

I had one. Such a great little phone

[@toressm]

I miss this phone. Please bring it back.

[@abdullahhasnain1380]

Not back then it looks sooo much better from the back compared to glass bs companies make now...also the home screen was ❤❤❤

[@infinitegadget8137]

Still got one, such a legend

[@rodolfourive7944]

Best phone I've ever had. At the time it felt like a premium phone.

[@punlokomovicdevinho7611]

My most favorite phones ever: HTC One M8, Xperia XZ premium and Xperia 1 ii.

[@Sireoja]

I use one as my daily. With lineage os 21 and a fresh battery it's surprisingly good.

[@DitoAldiSoekarnoPutra]

When i was in college, i planned to buy an HTC when i graduate and have full time job. Now, i have the money, but HTC is no more 😢😢

[@ugonnaosele9482]

I love this phone even till now ... G.O.A.T

[@allan_f2203]

My friend brought it once to school back then. I just thought it was a normal phone as I had barely heard about htc

[@ronguido916]

I still have one around someplace. Loved it!

[@angelovalavanis2314]

Had it for 4 years and loved it. #MakeHTCgreatAgain

[@csch92]

a friend of mine had an HTC phone it was build like a tank back then. also DAMN i miss headphone jacks!

[@jarrodhull1880]

Hands down, the best phone I've ever owned!

[@victormarian7889]

I still have my HTC One Max, a jewel of a mobile phone, first with fingerprint unlocking !

[@G_VP.95]

2014 was the true Era of smartphone war started Oneplus 1 flagship killer HTC One M8 Duel camera + Duel front facing speakers Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner + Heart rate monitor And many new things that made tough choice to make

[@Wrewdie]

I still have my old One M8 Harmon Kardon edition.

[@PIurn]

If they gave this design a fresh screen design that resembles modern phones but kept that iconic rear, I’d buy it instantly.

[@SweetSweetCandyBoyz]

Loved the Windows Phone equivalent.

[@IAmLeutrimTopalli]

I used to work at tmobile when this came out and I sold a shit ton of these, the most confusing part was telling people about the 4 ultra pixel lens since everyone was used to mega pixels

[@gregw4303]

It’s a shame HTC didn’t last They could have been market leaders

[@aristo_infiniti]

Antes me gustaba esos tipos de modelos de HTC, lástima que decayó demasiado 😔

[@kentstark3104]

my Favorite design of all time... wish they made a refresh of this phone...

[@rmackrm]

Great phone. Had one back in the day - indeed had several HTC models.

[@soyaleye]

That’s peak smartphone design. GOAT of all smartphones.

[@brandonwilliams7930]

I wish HTC would jump back in the market and do a 5g retro of the m8. Nothing touched it for at least 2-3 years

[@xxydot]

Honestly loved this phone

[@UltratechReality]

It was one of my favorites back then

[@aldrinflores7292]

I wanted this so bad back then

[@MrBahjatt]

I still use my HTC One M8 Eye today. The HTC One M8 Eye is doesn't have the line as the regular one does, but the only real practical difference is that the Eye uses a 13 Megapixel camera in place of the 4 ultrapixel camera on the 'regular' M8. I wouldn't mind using an M8-based Unibody HTC phone, it'd much rather it be made of steel and have modern chips and so on and perhaps a higher resolution screen as the M9+ had (only I prefer the M8's unibody) and perhaps to stick on a decent camera 50 MP camera (let's face it, ultra-wide and telephoto are rarely used and rarely useful and maco cameras are close to useless).

[@labala05]

It was one of my favorite phone 😢

[@bkwalkabout]

Owned both HTC M7 & M8 (after upgrading from an iPhone 4) - my first Android phones

[@romiustexis]

Owned one. Best phone ever!

[@martind121]

one off my favorite phone haved possed

[@Pirxel]

It was the GOAT

[@joelconolly5574]

I thought the Z Ultra was pinnacle back then. It was definitely one of the better smartphone designs back then.

[@VintageRKO]

I will definitely buy one if the re release this phone with modern internals and aluminum construction. I don't care if it lacks wireless charging

[@TachirosLament]

the smoothness of that loop

[@levil4012]

Those front facing speakers were🔥🔥🔥

[@scorpionbull]

HTC Desire Eye was my 1st phone ❤

[@arbendullovi]

Shoot last week one for 40 Euro. The best Smartphone and Pioneer for all what came after.

[@taknevydder]

Ahhh my first Android phone was HTC desire V. It was way ahead of its time back in 2013

[@McGomezAddams]

Amazing phone

[@jeromemolina7793]

This is my favorite phone. . .till now ilike this phone

[@v808]

I would keep my iPhone 15 Pro aside if I could have an M8 with modern flagship specs & software in the same exact build. Easily on the chart of top 3 best smartphones of all time alongside the iPhone 4 & 5s.

[@deejagers716]

i still have it , so much memories , very good phone.. but i use new one afcorse

[@balaji_906]

HTC❤