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and your authority what is going on my name is Cathy a tech ninja and today we're gonna take a first look at the HTC ei8 now the first thing you notice when you get your hands on the HTC e8 is the material it doesn't feel like normal plastic or that soft touch plastic as seen on the Nexus 7 but it uses a polycarbonate material and it gives it a soft and smooth surface now I'm not going to do a full comparison between the m8 and I ain't here since I'll be doing a full video on that later on but comparing it to the m8 it feels just as solid the soft touch material allows you to seamlessly slide your finger from the back of the device to the screen without any type of change in service it honestly feels like one big smooth material the device is two-tone where the accent color is on the back the model that I have has the gold accents and you'll see the go around the lens flash power button and actually on the HTC logo now one thing that is different is that the power button is located in the middle on the top of the device and quietly missing is the IR blaster I'll be inclined to think that this was an attempt to keep the device at a lower price the headphone jack and also the charging port is located on the bottom of the device the volume rocker and dual SIM is located on the right hand side and on the left side you'll find the SD card slot the front of the device looks like other HTC's from the past few years dual speakers on the front and a front-facing camera on the top and now speaking of the cameras HTC went away from the ultra pixel dual cameras and went with a more traditional 13 megapixel shooter on the back and does it improve picture quality I'm not too sure that it does but this is a nice start now the rest of the specs are the same as the m8 16 gigabytes internal memory 2 gigabytes of RAM and Snapdragon 801 and the Adreno 330 GPU the 5-inch screen has 1080p resolution with a 441 PPI pixel density now just like other HTC devices the colors are very saturated now beyond the color the Texas extremely crisp as well and also the viewing angles allows you to see all the fine details software-wise is sporting 4.4.2 and since six using blinkfeed and if you're not familiar with blinkfeed this is a Flipboard style news and social aggregator you can access from the launcher by sliding to the left and it brings in your latest news based on your interests and also Facebook and Google+ posts now as far as performance it feels just like any other flagship device it's not much shutter between applications and games run really smooth I was able to play dead trigger 2 with the highest graphics setting all the way up with the controller with minimal lag thanks to the ndrina on 330 GPU and this phone should go toe-to-toe with any other Android smartphone on the market right now a lot of HTC fans have been praying and hoping for an m8 that is more affordable for everyone this one could be the one for you stay tuned Android Authority for the full review is coming up later this week my name is Kevin the tech ninja if you'd like what we do here at Android Authority drop a like and subscribe to our channel because this is and your authority your source for all things Android take care