HTC One (M7) review

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HTC One review
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Yeah, but is it THE One?

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We've done a little bit more of an in-depth test with the HTC One, and subjected it to our Benchmarking system.

For this we've used three platforms: Antutu, SunSpider and PeaceKeeper to a decent level of comparison. However, it's clear this is a powerful phone indeed, staying at the sharp end of all our testing, and even besting the normally-impregnable Galaxy S4 (although only the quad core version).

If numbers mean a lot to you, feast your eyes below. If they don't, then just take our word for it: the HTC One is a blindingly quick phone.

Antutu

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Sunspider

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PeaceKeeper

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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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