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what's going on everyone it's your average consumer and today I've got another top five video for you guys and this time we're going over the top five features of the brand new HTC One m8 now the HTC One m8 is one of the hottest smartphones out right now so we've got to go over the features that make it so great now if you guys didn't know I'm having a giveaway of this phone or the galaxy s5 on my channel and I'll leave a link down below to the video where you can enter that giveaway but hey let's not waste any time let's get right into it and starting at number 5 we have bling feed now bling feeders are basically a hub of all your social networks and pretty much any website that you subscribe to which is a quick swipe to the left you have access to all your social media posts as well as articles that you maybe find interesting now what's nice about bling feed it has a pretty straightforward design it has all these little tiles that you can just kind of go through and find different posts so if your friend tweets or posts a picture or maybe your website releases an article you can find those all in order with the newest coming to the top at first it can seem a little hectic because you have a bunch of different tiles from a bunch of different sources but once you start tailoring the app to know exactly what you want to show up you kind of get the gist of it it takes a little has a slight learning curve just so you can get used to get your eyes used to what is on the page but once you get past that it's really really simple and it's actually really nice to digest information it's really great because you don't have to go searching for like the Facebook app or your Twitter app or anything like that unless you want some really specific features but if you just want to digest some information it's a really great app and it's actually pretty easy to customize so for number five we have bloom feed and four number four on the list we have motion lines now the HTC one is a pretty big phone it's a pretty tall phone so getting access to the home button may not be the easiest thing for quite a few people out there so easy has implemented a bunch of different ways to turn on the phone and get access to different parts of the phone depending on how you turn it on and it basically works for when you first pick up the phone so if you leave the phone on the table for quite some time and you try to access these features you won't be able to do it and a couple of those features being if you just pick up the phone and you double tap it you wake up the phone so you'll get to your lock screen or if you lock screens go straight to your home screen if you pick up the phone and you swipe to your left it'll take you to the home screen if you pick it up and swipe to the right it'll take you to blinkfeed if you pick it up and swipe it down it'll take you to voice dialing where it'll ask you to save the name of the person you'd like to reach out to and then you just say it and then it dials them right away now if you pick it up and swipe upward it'll take you to the last thing you looked at when you actually had your phone on so it'll be like a quick access to right where you were and that's great because it won't take you to like the home screen or playing theater or anything like that if that's not where you want to be also if you pick it up in landscape mode and you press the volume button you'll get access to the camera app and then you'll be able to take pictures right away the HTC One has a crazy fast camera so you can get to snapping really quickly now this I feel like you need to get used to using in order for it to be really convenient but once you start getting used to those gestures they're gonna be a time-saver because you don't have to like look for the power button at the top which can be a bit of a hassle because of how tall of the phone it is but I do think this is really convenient once you get the hang of it and so that's why we have motion launched at number four and for number three on this list we have expandable storage now expandable storage is a feature that's been missing on a lot of smartphones lately and usually you won't find it on phones that are as premium as the HTC One m8 or the Apple iPhone 5 usually those phones with that unibody design you really just don't see that expandable storage options and other phones like the Nexus devices never really carry that so I think that's a deal-breaker for quite a few people out there and I think HTC has actually taken that in and implemented it into the HTC One m8 so the HTC One m8 can support up to 128 gigabytes of storage so you can take your pick at how big of a memory card you want and stick it right in there and be good to go for quite some time so I don't think storage is going to be a problem for anyone considering the HTC One m8 so that's why we have it at number three and for number two on the list we have the HTC duo camera now the dual camera is something we don't see typically on smartphones nowadays and HTC is trying to be innovative with this and allow you to take pictures with more information when you take the picture and what I mean by that is these other sensor takes in more depth of field information so you can access different effects that the camera has so one of those being being able to provide more bokeh in your and adjusting the focus whenever you want to so you can focus on the subject and kind of blur out the background to make it look like a DSLR quality shot now those pictures don't always come out the great as they sometimes come out pretty badly but once you get some more practice in with the shots you can actually get some really really cool effects so it's really cool about this is that you can actually take a picture and if your subject wasn't in focus during the shot you can actually go back and actually retouch it so that the subject is in focus and everything else is blurred out now this doesn't work 100% of the time but it is a really cool option to have and it doesn't take any extra work at all all you have to do is hit the shutter button things like the Google camera app requires movement which can be a hassle so HCC's dual camera system is pretty convenient considering all you need to do is hit the shutter button and you get other cool effects like a 3d effect or you know the seasonal effects are all kinds of different stuff that is pretty gimmicky but it's really nice to see it on the HTC one and it's nice to show your friends like you know hey look what my phone can do kind of just a WoW thing but other than that I do think it's great that you can fix a shot after you've taken it if you didn't quite nail it or add these cool different effects now I do think it requires a bit of skill getting used to the camera and knowing exactly how to position it to get the right kind of effects and shots but I think it really can lead to some great great photos after you've gotten used to it and that's why we have the dual camera at number two on the list and from number one on the list which will not come as a surprise to a lot of my subscribers out there is the HTC boomsound now I'm a huge audio guy so I can really really appreciate what HTC has done with the boomsound speakers now the boom sound speakers are speakers 2 speakers mind you you can find them at the top and the bottom of the screen and when you hold it in landscape mode it's at the left and right so you've got dual stereo speakers here and it's just great that this is implemented no other phone is doing this which I still don't understand this is the perfect way to be listening to audio from a phone coming towards you rather than behind the phone where you might accidentally put your finger over it or you know from the side of the phone where you can actually block it depending on how you so coming toward directly towards you is the way it should be Apple Samsung everybody please take note this is how you do it on the phone now it doesn't lead to a taller phone but the experience is worth it definitely worked it with did bloom sound speakers it makes the HTC One a perfect media consumption device so if you're watching videos you've got a great great display on the HTC One m8 and you've got the dual stereo speakers which just makes for a great experience when watching like videos movies anything really even listening to music is pretty decent with that I've actually used it quite a bit just to listen to music and I've been very impressed now one thing I'm noticing that a lot of people are talking about boom sound but they're not I'm talking about the software side now when you plug in ear buds or headphones you're actually able to get a boom sound feature that you can turn on or off and with the boom sound feature you can actually increase the sound quality that you're getting from the phone this is pretty much like the Beats Audio that they used to carry before now HTC has cut their ties with Beats so there's no Beats Audio anywhere I'm sure a ton of people are gonna be happy about that but there's no beats branding on their HTC One m8 and what's really nice is that they still kept that equaliser boost that makes sound quality sound so much better on the phone so when you plug in your headphones even if you have a pair of muddy headphones headphones that don't provide the greatest clarity I found that boom sound actually increases the vocal so it sounds pretty clear so this is actually really really nice feature I tried it out with some of the money as headphones that I could find and I found that they actually sound very very good and usually earbuds that come with a phone they don't usually have the best sound quality but I found that the HTC one boom sound made it sound very very pleasant to listen to and I think this is a great companion for bass heavy headphones so if you really want a lot of bass on your music and you want to still hear the vocals there's a perfect combination I think it works really really well but if you don't like it you can always turn off the boom sound when using those earbuds or headphones and get the regular sound quality that she's come to expect but pretty much guys those are the top 5 features I think you can find on the HTC One m8 and let me know if there's another feature that you guys like more or should be on the list and we'll discuss it down below in the comments and also if you enjoyed this content be the cool guy that's the thumbs up button and subscribe to the channel for more content and like I said guys there's a giveaway going on if this phone right now so definitely check the link down below if you want to enter that contest that's about it guys hopefully you enjoyed this video and till the next time it's your average consumer peace