HTC 10 underrated classic smartphone still worth in 2018

HTC 10 is the last souvenir of HTC series started with HTC One (M7) with unibody aluminum design, clean front, sloping curves and powerful hardware, continuing that trend HTC 10 is built similarly considering all major qualities and standards.

HTC 10 Pros

Iconic design
Fantastic version of Android
Great audio quality
Best selfie camera
Really fast charging

HTC 10 Cons

Camera not impressive
Boomsound not great
Slight bugs still in a system

HTC 10 launched in 2016 with influential specs equipped with Snapdragon 820 quad-core chipset backed by 4Gb of ram and Adreno 530 GPU, but with all these hi-fi specs it remained under cover due to HTC poor marketing.

With an attractive looking smartphone the metal body feels nicer in hands and the huge chamfer along the back is a very unique touch that I wish HTC wasn’t so quick to get rid of.

The front of the phone is completely clean and free from any logos or branding, which is how it should always be with any smartphone.

The display is 5.2 having a resolution of 1440*2560 pixels and massive 565 ppi. The display ratio is not like the 2018’s 18:9 but the older 16:9 and 71.1% screen-to-body ratio.

The HTC 10’s camera isn’t bad, but the use of UltraPixel tech, which instructs the camera to capture bigger pixels and more light, works a little too well.

Photos taken in even temperately bright lighting conditions are regularly washed out and have unwanted flare effects. In daylight, the pictures are good and crisp.

Like olden days HTC’s phones were equipped with boom sound was missing in HTC 10 but with headphones on music sounds well as HTC 10 uses a dedicated DAC as well as headphone amp and it claims the 10’s amp is twice as powerful as competing phones.

Battery life has slightly declined, but not as much as expected. The HTC 10 still easily continues a full day off on one single charge over moderate usage, but if you play games watch videos on it then it might not last for longer periods.

In the gaming section, HTC 10 is able to run pretty much all games as its equipped with the powerful chipset and sufficient ram so no need to talk much about it.