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stay tuned to the end to get a sneak peek at how I make my videos this is the HTC One m9 and this is going to be my only phone for the next week put side by side with the ma the m9 is definitely a smaller upgrade so on the surface it looks very similar you'll be able to tell that the front-facing camera looks a little bit bigger and that the speaker has been slightly redesigned on the whole of it it's a very similar looking phone around back HTC has opted to drop therefore ultra pixel camera in favor of a new 20 megapixel sensor now in addition this also means that you're going to be losing the dual camera we should be totally honest isn't no real loss to me it always seemed a little bit of a gimmick more than actual feature alright so today was day two with the one m9 and so far so good one thing that has been bothered me a little bit is the placement of the power button so it's down on the right side below the volume rocker it's a little bit of an awkward spot so I keep wanting to pick up the phone and I accidentally keep hitting the power button so it is a slight improvement over having the power button on the top of the phone like on the m7 and the m8 but still we've been nicer if it would've been a little bit higher up alright so now let's get the camera try so it's going to be storming here in a few minutes so I don't have a lot of time let's try to take a few pictures and video and see what we can get oh look that's overexposed No so it's saying it's focusing but it's actually not you hear this it just makes that noise as soon as I touch the screen but it actually is not even like necessarily done focusing you can get some decent pictures with the m9 it's not the best camera out there I feel like it kind of has a lot of the same issues as the m8 even though this has way more megapixels it's okay but I think the big deal is is the fact that the processing just is not that great now there are going to be some updates coming for the camera soon and hopefully I'll fix it right now a little disappointing with an 8 core processor and 3 gigabytes of RAM the one a9 is no slouch when it comes to performance however there is one drawback to all this power and that is the heat doing everyday things like checking Twitter and watching video is enough to make the one m9 noticeably one to the touch now it never really exceeded around 100 degrees as far as the back temperature goes but it's still a little bit on the warm side for a phone one thing I've really been appreciating are the boom sound speakers having two front-facing stereo speakers that actually sound good is such a nice thing I will forget about it when I switch over to another phone and then pick up an HTC One and go oh right this is what a phone is supposed to sound like I've been pretty easy on the one m9 battery this week and it hasn't let me down now usually the big test is if a phone can survive a full day when I'm traveling since that's not an option I decided to run the one a9 as well as the One m8 and the new Galaxy s6 edge who the pc mart battery tests the results were a little disappointing so the m9 was able to last five hours and eight minutes compared to six hours and 58 minutes for the m8 and seven hours and twenty minutes for the Galaxy s6 edge the m9 is still going to be enough for most people to get through a day however if you're a little bit of a heavier user is a little bit worrying that it's not only behind the galaxy s6 but it's even behind you one inmate from last year looking at the screen on the one m9 I think HTC absolutely made the right decision in keeping it 1080p however the color looks a little bit odd it's a good screen that most people have no problems with however I did notice that tend to be a little bit on the blue side especially compared to the m8 I'm typically more of a fan of stock Android however I've got to say that HTC has made some nice customizations here I appreciate things like HTC's camera app which is a big step forward compared to Google's stock camera app however there are also some weird things that sense brings along including some very bizarre quick settings which have the text cut off a little bit weirdly laid out it's just a mess the HTC One m9 is a good phone however it's not much of an upgrade over the m8 put it side-by-side with the galaxy s6 and it just can't keep up so what do you guys think let me know in the comments below I've got to give a big shout out to video blocks for making this video possible I use all kinds of gear when it comes to making my videos from cameras to computers but one of the most useful tools I have is video blocks video blocks is a subscription service that gives you unlimited access to stock footage backgrounds and After Effects templates if you've ever looked at buying stock footage for a video you'll know that I can get crazy expensive I need a few clips for a project a few months back and then it cost me like $300 with video blogs you can get that same 100% 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