Gadgetory

so I mentioned that HTC is looking to up their game when it comes to smartphone photography while here is their version of reimagining what is a point-and-shoot camera hey it's Josh reguar from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is the HTC Ari yes I might look a little peculiar but this is basically what HTC envisions now when it comes to point-and-shoot photography and as a handheld peripheral it should be able to get you some pictures in some very tight spaces and very easily right now I have the Bluetooth that is available for pairing and that is the way that it will connect to your smartphone in our case it was the desire I that button up top will allow you to take photos but then also holding it down will allow you to take a video now as far as the specs go we're working with the CMOS sensor here at 16 megapixels and it is actually an ultra wide-angle lens at 146 degrees and an F 2.8 aperture which is pretty good for a lot of general purpose photography as far as video goes you will be able to do 1080p 30 frames per second video but 720p 4 times slow-motion video will be available as well now when it comes to the bottom portion of this device we do have a 8 gigabyte micro SD card included already but you can always put higher capacity cards in there to get even more photos and videos and of course there is the micro USB charging port that is also used for data transfer if you wish to get your files off of the read that way an 800 20 milliamp hour battery will allow you 1200 pictures and about a hundred minutes of continuous Full HD video recording and another nice feature about the re is that it is all water and dust resistant now the form factor of the Reed might make you want to hold it a certain way when you're trying to take pictures and video but nonetheless it is a small device that is easy to use and that button is very nice and meaty and will really tell you exactly when you took a photo not to mention the fact that a beep comes out and the light is shown to show you exactly what you've just done it is ridiculously easy to take some photos with the HTC re but from time to time you might be pressing that button and you don't realize that you've actually taken some photos or some video which is perfectly fine but as far as quality goes it is really in the low light situations far that we've seen photos that were not all that pleased with but nonetheless in good lighting it does provide the same type of quality that you would expect from let's say a very high-end smartphone camera especially with that 16 megapixels and is 1080p resolution video which we are not allowed to show you yet but nonetheless we had some fun with the HDTV and we're looking forward to putting it through its real paces in our full review and so there you have it for this first look at the interesting HTC re now we know that it's going to be very easy to use a camera like this and be able to get shots off but it remains to be seen whether or not that ease of use will ultimately be the selling point when the camera quality may or may not be where we want it to be so keep it tuned here to Android Authority and stay tuned for our full review of the HTC re when we do get our hands on it and remember to drop us some likes on our videos subscribe to our channel if you haven't already and remember that Android Authority comm is your source for all things Android