HTC 10 review

Not quite 10 out of 10

HTC 10 review

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HTC 10 review

In 'standard' photo mode the white levels get over exposed - you can't see the definition between the legs

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HTC 10 review

Even with HDR mode set to auto, the sky is blown out

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HTC 10 review

With much detail in the background, the picture looks messy, without definition

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HTC 10 review

Colors look muted without any enhancement

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HTC 10 review

Adding in RAW Enhancement brings a lot of extra detail

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HTC 10 review

Adding in Google Photo Editing yields some cool results

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HTC 10 review

Colors are enhanced with RAW Enhancement

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HTC 10 review

Taken under normal conditions, a little over exposed

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HTC 10 review

Dropping the exposure with the slider on screen is hard, but effective

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HTC 10 review

Pushing Google Photo Editor effects to the max

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HTC 10 review

Mixed light levels are fine in Pro Mode

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HTC 10 review

Low light performance is blurry and hard to focus - and over brightened

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HTC 10 review

This was tricky to take, and the definition was lost

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HTC 10 review

Again, stylising can bring good snaps - but not natural

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HTC 10 review

Mixed contrast works well

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HTC 10 review

The selfie mode has some pretty strong smoothing

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Gareth Beavis
Formerly Global Editor in Chief

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grew with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.

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