HTC's Latest Devices Are Now Available

The wait is finally over as HTC has made its latest devices available on the Play Store, and for iOS users, there's exciting news too! HTC has announced that its Zoe experience is now available on both Android and iOS platforms. This means that users with Apple iPhones can also enjoy creating highlights and sharing them with others through the HTC cloud.

Darcy Gets Hands-On Experience

I was fortunate to get a hands-on experience with the two devices, which I'll be reviewing in this article. The HTC Desire has been around for a few days now, and I've had the chance to play around with it. As its name suggests, the Desire is a flagship device that packs a punch. It's powered by the latest Snapdragon 801 processor, making it one of the fastest devices on the market.

Water Resistance and Excellent Camera

One of the standout features of the HTC Desire is its water resistance. This means that you can use your phone without worrying about it getting damaged in wet conditions. Additionally, the device boasts a 13-megapixel camera on both the rear and front sides. Yes, you read that right - the front-facing camera is just as capable as the rear one, making it perfect for selfies and vlogging.

The camera's quality is exceptional, with great photos and videos being captured. The LED flash and video capabilities make it ideal for capturing moments in low-light conditions. With 13 megapixels on both sides of the device, you can expect high-quality shots that will make your friends jealous.

The Desire Eye: A GoPro-Like Camera

But what about the HTC Desire Eye? This is a camera that's essentially a miniature version of a GoPro, designed to capture moments easily and conveniently. The device has a super-wide-angle lens with a 146° field of view, making it perfect for capturing landscapes or group shots. It also features a 2.8 aperture, which allows for great general-purpose photography.

However, the camera's performance in low-light conditions is a bit of a letdown. You'll need to adjust your settings and use good lighting conditions to get the best results. On the other hand, the device excels when it comes to capturing standard video, with 1080p resolution being available. Additionally, the device has 720p four times slow-motion video capture, making it perfect for sports enthusiasts.

The Form Factor: A Unique Design

One of the quirks of the HTC Desire Eye is its form factor. The device feels a bit odd in your hand, but that's intentional - it's designed to be easy to grip and use like a miniature camera. The top button allows you to quickly capture shots or record video, making it perfect for on-the-go photography.

The device also features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, allowing you to connect it with any device and access the camera app. However, the microSD card slot is located at the bottom of the device, which may be a bit inconvenient for some users.

Conclusion

That's all we have for now - a look at HTC's latest devices available in New York City. The Desire has proven to be an excellent choice for those looking for a flagship device with great camera capabilities and water resistance. As for the Desire Eye, it's a unique camera that may appeal to outdoor enthusiasts or photographers who want to capture moments easily.

We'll continue to bring you more coverage of these devices as they roll out and become available. Stay tuned to Android Authority for all your Android needs!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endual 13 megapixel cameras on a phone and then a small peripheral that looks a lot like hgc's version of a GoPro well that is what happened here at the HTC launch event so it's Josh varar from Andro Authority what's going on everybody and here I am to bring you the HTC launch event rundown so when it comes to the launch event we had a pretty standard Affair when it comes to htcs events we're here in Madison Square Garden in a kind of non-descript location that is on the side of the actual stadium so we're not really in in it but still we have a nice venue right over here on the side and we have HC logos and videos all behind me the lighting is like really kind of dim in a lot of different places which is why I had to bum up the ISO on my camera for this particular video but nonetheless we had the event uh with a lot of music and lights in the background but uh it was about the devices and there were two of them in particular but before I get into those we do have to talk about some software news in the sense that well the htci experience is now what the camera app is going to be called when it comes to HTC devices and now the eye experience brings a lot of the same interface with a few new uh additions in terms of the features that include a crop me in feature where you can actually cut yourself out and be able to uh impose yourself into other photos but you also have a great video conferencing feature where it will detect where your face is and create a grid based upon whoever is inside of your actual video um but the HCI experience is actually going to be available not only on the devices that were announced today but also on previous devices so all of you with HTC1 MH will be able to get the one uh the I experience rather uh on your phones pretty soon HTC Zoe on the other hand has uh finally been ported over to see I told you the lighting was kind of dumb because the uh the they they uh uh they just turned off some of the lights so hopefully you'll be able to see me pretty well uh but the HTC Zoe application has been made available for Android devices is now on the Play store but a nice announcement was that they actually made it available for IOS as well so any of you out there who are sporting uh Apple iPhones will be able to use the Zoe experience to create highlights to send them out to the HTC cloud in order for other people to mess with them if it so happens to be the case uh but that was really the software portion of the review or rather of the launch but now we can talk about the actual devices uh Darcy has been here for a few days already as HC brought him out in order for him to take a look at these two devices so I only got a short time with them but I hope you're enjoying the videos that I put up for them already we'll talk about the HGC desire I first now it does sound like a desire product but in all reality it has a lot of tendencies that flagships have not only does have a Snapdragon 801 it's water resistant and it has a 13 megapixel camera on the rear it has a 13 megapixel camera on the front and that's a big deal uh the the fact of the matter is you'll be able to get great quality shots on the front as well as on the back and essentially what will happen is there's Nicole back there um what you'll see is that the camera quality that you have on the rear will be the same that you get on the front and that will really up your selfie game incredibly 13 megapixels with really good photos um and as well as the LED flash and all the capabilities in video will allow this phone to bring you all the quality that you need in either in either case uh no matter how you slice it that's kind of a big deal and personally I'm really excited about it because well I know a lot of people who would love to do selfies and whatnot and honestly with the desire eye I can see them really becoming even better at it if you're not a selfie person already and you end up getting the desire eye I think I can see you becoming a selfie person because you're going to be taking advantage of that front facing camera as as much as you can I know I would from vlogging but then after that we had a somewhat peculiar product uh and really um I was able to take a look at it for a while and uh we've been able to talk about for a little bit but the HTC re now essentially this is HTC's imagining of the GoPro sort of genre of cameras in that you'll be able to have it in your hand real easily and be able to put it out uh and Capture Moments as easily as possible and it might sound a little bit odd at first but a lot of the features that they put in actually have been well thought out for example a super wide angle lens at 146° um it does have a 2.8 aperture which means it will be good for general purpose photography but as our testing has shown it doesn't really have great performance in low light so you're going to excuse me so you're going to have to uh you're going to have to uh sort of keep that in mind there is 1080p video capture on it as well so you'll be able to capture a lot of great moments but there's also 720p four times slow motion video capture which will be great for all of you who probably do things like sporting events and whatnot um but aside from that uh the the actual form factor itself is a little bit odd but it makes it easy to use you have it in the palm of your hand gripping it like a gun in some ways and the button on the top will allow you to get shots off easily and be able to record video right away it will connect to pretty much any device uh it does it via uh Wi-Fi and Bluetooth once the connection is done you'll be able to use the camera app inside of your phone uh in order to look at the viewfinder but the micro SD card slot down there will be able to store all of the photos and whatnot there so that was just sort of what we were looking at here I did like the idea that you'll be able to capture pretty much anything and uh it it's uh it's it's a good little uh product that HCC is trying to sort of introduce into the market but nonetheless that was our look at the HTC launch event here in New York City and we'll be able to uh bring you even more coverage of these particular devices as they roll out and we will get our hands on them as they should be available within the next few months or at least by the holiday season so keeping tuned to Android authority and keep it all here drop us some likes on our video subscribe if you haven't already and remember that Android authority.com is your source for all things Androiddual 13 megapixel cameras on a phone and then a small peripheral that looks a lot like hgc's version of a GoPro well that is what happened here at the HTC launch event so it's Josh varar from Andro Authority what's going on everybody and here I am to bring you the HTC launch event rundown so when it comes to the launch event we had a pretty standard Affair when it comes to htcs events we're here in Madison Square Garden in a kind of non-descript location that is on the side of the actual stadium so we're not really in in it but still we have a nice venue right over here on the side and we have HC logos and videos all behind me the lighting is like really kind of dim in a lot of different places which is why I had to bum up the ISO on my camera for this particular video but nonetheless we had the event uh with a lot of music and lights in the background but uh it was about the devices and there were two of them in particular but before I get into those we do have to talk about some software news in the sense that well the htci experience is now what the camera app is going to be called when it comes to HTC devices and now the eye experience brings a lot of the same interface with a few new uh additions in terms of the features that include a crop me in feature where you can actually cut yourself out and be able to uh impose yourself into other photos but you also have a great video conferencing feature where it will detect where your face is and create a grid based upon whoever is inside of your actual video um but the HCI experience is actually going to be available not only on the devices that were announced today but also on previous devices so all of you with HTC1 MH will be able to get the one uh the I experience rather uh on your phones pretty soon HTC Zoe on the other hand has uh finally been ported over to see I told you the lighting was kind of dumb because the uh the they they uh uh they just turned off some of the lights so hopefully you'll be able to see me pretty well uh but the HTC Zoe application has been made available for Android devices is now on the Play store but a nice announcement was that they actually made it available for IOS as well so any of you out there who are sporting uh Apple iPhones will be able to use the Zoe experience to create highlights to send them out to the HTC cloud in order for other people to mess with them if it so happens to be the case uh but that was really the software portion of the review or rather of the launch but now we can talk about the actual devices uh Darcy has been here for a few days already as HC brought him out in order for him to take a look at these two devices so I only got a short time with them but I hope you're enjoying the videos that I put up for them already we'll talk about the HGC desire I first now it does sound like a desire product but in all reality it has a lot of tendencies that flagships have not only does have a Snapdragon 801 it's water resistant and it has a 13 megapixel camera on the rear it has a 13 megapixel camera on the front and that's a big deal uh the the fact of the matter is you'll be able to get great quality shots on the front as well as on the back and essentially what will happen is there's Nicole back there um what you'll see is that the camera quality that you have on the rear will be the same that you get on the front and that will really up your selfie game incredibly 13 megapixels with really good photos um and as well as the LED flash and all the capabilities in video will allow this phone to bring you all the quality that you need in either in either case uh no matter how you slice it that's kind of a big deal and personally I'm really excited about it because well I know a lot of people who would love to do selfies and whatnot and honestly with the desire eye I can see them really becoming even better at it if you're not a selfie person already and you end up getting the desire eye I think I can see you becoming a selfie person because you're going to be taking advantage of that front facing camera as as much as you can I know I would from vlogging but then after that we had a somewhat peculiar product uh and really um I was able to take a look at it for a while and uh we've been able to talk about for a little bit but the HTC re now essentially this is HTC's imagining of the GoPro sort of genre of cameras in that you'll be able to have it in your hand real easily and be able to put it out uh and Capture Moments as easily as possible and it might sound a little bit odd at first but a lot of the features that they put in actually have been well thought out for example a super wide angle lens at 146° um it does have a 2.8 aperture which means it will be good for general purpose photography but as our testing has shown it doesn't really have great performance in low light so you're going to excuse me so you're going to have to uh you're going to have to uh sort of keep that in mind there is 1080p video capture on it as well so you'll be able to capture a lot of great moments but there's also 720p four times slow motion video capture which will be great for all of you who probably do things like sporting events and whatnot um but aside from that uh the the actual form factor itself is a little bit odd but it makes it easy to use you have it in the palm of your hand gripping it like a gun in some ways and the button on the top will allow you to get shots off easily and be able to record video right away it will connect to pretty much any device uh it does it via uh Wi-Fi and Bluetooth once the connection is done you'll be able to use the camera app inside of your phone uh in order to look at the viewfinder but the micro SD card slot down there will be able to store all of the photos and whatnot there so that was just sort of what we were looking at here I did like the idea that you'll be able to capture pretty much anything and uh it it's uh it's it's a good little uh product that HCC is trying to sort of introduce into the market but nonetheless that was our look at the HTC launch event here in New York City and we'll be able to uh bring you even more coverage of these particular devices as they roll out and we will get our hands on them as they should be available within the next few months or at least by the holiday season so keeping tuned to Android authority and keep it all here drop us some likes on our video subscribe if you haven't already and remember that Android authority.com is your source for all things Android\n"