**Testing the Front-Facing Camera of the HTC One M9**

I recently had the opportunity to test the front-facing camera of the HTC One M9 again, and I was curious to see how it would perform. The first thing I did was tap on a cactus to observe its autofocus capabilities. As expected, the autofocus took some time to focus, and I had to tap on the screen multiple times for it to lock onto the subject.

To get a better understanding of the camera's performance, I decided to record a 4K video using the front-facing camera of the HTC One M9 in outdoor lighting conditions. The sample footage showed that the autofocus was still taking some time to focus, and I had to tap on the screen multiple times for it to lock onto the subject.

I also wanted to test the selfie capabilities of the front-facing camera, so I took a few pictures with the camera in semi-indoor road conditions. While the camera did a decent job, there were instances where the picture came out a bit blurry. However, when I used the flash, the pictures turned out to be really good.

In artificial lighting conditions, such as my office, the camera struggled to produce clear images. The shutter speed was quite long, which caused a lot of shake and resulted in blurry photos. Additionally, there was a significant amount of noise in the images, especially when the light was low.

To further test the camera's performance, I recorded some video footage using the front-facing camera of the HTC One M9. Unfortunately, the autofocus issues persisted, and the footage came out shaky due to the lack of optical image stabilization (OIS).

**Selfie Performance**

I also wanted to evaluate the selfie performance of the front-facing camera, so I took a few pictures with the camera in semi-indoor road conditions. While the camera did a decent job, there were instances where the picture came out a bit blurry.

However, when I used the flash, the pictures turned out to be really good. This suggests that the ultra-pixel technology used in the front-facing camera is capable of producing high-quality images with sufficient lighting.

**Comparison to Other Devices**

When comparing the HTC One M9's camera performance to other flagship devices, it becomes clear that this device lags behind. The camera on the HTC One M8 performed better, especially in indoor lighting conditions.

In contrast, the front-facing camera on some other flagships performs much better, producing sharper images and reducing noise levels significantly. This suggests that the camera design and technology used in these devices are more advanced than what is found in the HTC One M9.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I was disappointed with the camera performance of the HTC One M9, especially in indoor lighting conditions. The lack of OIS made it difficult to produce clear images, and the autofocus issues persisted throughout my testing.

While the ultra-pixel technology used in the front-facing camera is capable of producing high-quality images in sufficient lighting, the overall camera performance falls short of what I would expect from a flagship device.

**Software Updates**

I also noticed that even after applying the software patch released by HTC, the camera performance did not improve significantly. This suggests that there may be underlying issues with the camera hardware or software that are not being addressed by the latest updates.

**Full Review to Come**

I will be publishing a full in-depth review of the HTC One M9 soon, which will include more detailed testing and analysis of its camera performance. If you're interested in learning more about this device, I recommend subscribing to my YouTube channel for the full review.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is Ranjit and in this video we'll be doing the camera review for this HTC One m9 and the rear-facing camera is a twenty point seven megapixel shooter it has a Toshiba sensor and it also has this dual flash whereas the front-facing camera is a 4 megapixel it's actually the four ultrapixel am Hensen in low lighting it does actually a pretty good job and I would say one thing that I do not like about this HTC One m9 is though now it has a pretty high megapixel count but HTC has omitted optical image stabilization and I've taken a lot of sample shot serve with this device I'll show you all of them a bit later or even took selfie shots with the front-facing camera I'll show you all of them a bit later but first let's quickly look at the camera interface and as you can see this is the default interface this is the front-facing camera and you can just swipe like this to move between the rear facing camera and the panorama mode if you click here you get two other settings actually HTC does provide us a lot of settings we can control the auto white balance ISO if you click here you go to the other settings for example you can go to white screen or what has 2 1 etc and if you click here you have auto smile capture etc all these options are there so in terms of what do you say options provided HTC has provided us a lot of options and with the rear facing camera you can record video up to 4k I'll show you a sample video that I shot at 4k later on and let me actually now show you the camera the camera is actually pretty fast as you can see we have the default tap to focus you can just hit on it and it quickly focuses and the after it focuses when you click it it takes the shots almost instantly but without hitting the top to focus as you can see let me show you the sample shots they might come out to be a little bit blurry as you can see we took this shot without using the tap to focus but if you use the tap to focus let me show you the earlier shots as you can see they come out to be actually pretty gern and I would say the camera does actually have pretty good shops then there is ample of light but it starts to show its weaknesses lightning and in indoor conditions now let me show you the sample shots that I shot with this device so that you can judge the camera performance these pictures were taken with the rail facing camera of the HTC One m9 and if you notice in outdoor conditions where there's plenty of light the pictures come out to be really good and they're pretty sharp and they have a lot of detail also in terms of color reproduction the color reproduction was actually pretty good but in terms of dynamic range I feel it's pretty weak as you can see the picture is blown out but in outdoor lighting I would say the pictures come out to be really good with the m9 recording this video with the HTC One m9 at the highest resolution possible that is 4k and yes I have applied the software patch that HTC has released so this footage is after that patch and the audio that you're hearing is also being recorded by the internal microphone of this device and it's a bright sunny day today and this is my roof garden we do have the tap to focus functionality so you can just stop in for quickly focusing and let me just move and I'm recording this handheld but the thing with the HTC One m9 is that it does not have any hardware base stabilization the optical image stabilization is missing on this device so do let me know what do you feel about this 4k video recording again I will just tap on the cactus but if I go and tap let's look at it how well it autofocus is so it is taking quite a bit of time and autofocus you've got to tap in like this for it to focus in the video as you can see I need to tap in and let me just walk back now do let me know what do you feel about the video recording at the end this is at 4k so this is the sample footage with the HTC One m9 at 4k in outdoor lighting conditions recording this sample video with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and we can set it to record at 1080p which I have done so this isn't completely outdoor lighting conditions so you be your judge and do let me know what do you feel about the video recording with the front-facing camera of this HTC One m9 these selfies were taken with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and I feel it does a good job for selfies these pictures were shot in semi in road conditions and here also I would say it does a decent job but you've got to be careful otherwise the pictures can come out to be little bit blurry here also I noticed that the sharpness is not there here the flash refined and I would say when the flash fires it the pictures come out to be really good and the flash is pretty powerful now these were shot in completely artificial light in my office and you got to be careful because in an artificial light the shutter can take a lot of time and that can cause a little bit of shake as you can see this which is a little bit shaky of my daughter but this came out okay and this is one more picture I took but it's a little bit soft to my liking also there's fair amount of noise when pictures were taken in completely artificial lighting also due to the lack of OIS pictures can come out to be a little bit shaky an artificial light if you're not careful though the front-facing camera actually does again a pretty decent job even in artificial lighting conditions recording this footage with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and this isn't completely artificial lighting in my office to give you an idea when I'm recording it at the highest setting possible that is 1080p and do let me know what do you feel about the video recording again guys this is after the software parts that HTC has released so do let me know in the comment section what do you feel regarding the front-facing camera of this HTC One m9 so what do I feel about the camera performance of this HTC One m9 as you've seen from the sample shots I would say the 20 megapixel camera actually does a pretty good job in outdoor conditions when there is ample of light but when you move to indoor lighting conditions and an artificial light I feel that it struggles a lot also the lack of optical image stabilization really hampers this device in my opinion and in many of the indoor shots they came out to be a little bit blurry so I was not that impressed with the camera performance especially in indoor and artificial light in fact I would say the HTC One m8 did a lot better job in indoor lighting conditions so I was not very happy with the camera performance now if we move to video also here also as you saw as it does not have any hardware based image stabilization even for the video footage that we shot in 4k it was not that great due to the very shaky video output that we got so in terms of video also I was not happy when we moved to the front-facing camera in terms of static shots like selfies etc it does actually a pretty good job even in indoor lighting conditions thanks to that ultra pixel but when we move to the video I was thoroughly disappointed in terms of exposure also it had a lot of problems if we should selfie videos with the front-facing camera in outdoor conditions and also the audio was actually out of sync with the video with the front-facing camera another thing that I noticed with the camera is that after using the camera outdoors for about four or five minutes the back actually gets very warm to touch and in fact I did this review after applying the software patch that HTC has released but even after that software patch the camera performance is simply unacceptable for a flagship device in fact I would say the camera performance has gone down compared to the HTC One m8 and when we start comparing it with some other flagships then I would say this camera on this HTC One m9 is simply not that good in my opinion I'll also be posting the full in depth review for this HTC One m9 very soon so if you're not subscribed to my youtube channel hit that subscribe button thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next videohi there this is Ranjit and in this video we'll be doing the camera review for this HTC One m9 and the rear-facing camera is a twenty point seven megapixel shooter it has a Toshiba sensor and it also has this dual flash whereas the front-facing camera is a 4 megapixel it's actually the four ultrapixel am Hensen in low lighting it does actually a pretty good job and I would say one thing that I do not like about this HTC One m9 is though now it has a pretty high megapixel count but HTC has omitted optical image stabilization and I've taken a lot of sample shot serve with this device I'll show you all of them a bit later or even took selfie shots with the front-facing camera I'll show you all of them a bit later but first let's quickly look at the camera interface and as you can see this is the default interface this is the front-facing camera and you can just swipe like this to move between the rear facing camera and the panorama mode if you click here you get two other settings actually HTC does provide us a lot of settings we can control the auto white balance ISO if you click here you go to the other settings for example you can go to white screen or what has 2 1 etc and if you click here you have auto smile capture etc all these options are there so in terms of what do you say options provided HTC has provided us a lot of options and with the rear facing camera you can record video up to 4k I'll show you a sample video that I shot at 4k later on and let me actually now show you the camera the camera is actually pretty fast as you can see we have the default tap to focus you can just hit on it and it quickly focuses and the after it focuses when you click it it takes the shots almost instantly but without hitting the top to focus as you can see let me show you the sample shots they might come out to be a little bit blurry as you can see we took this shot without using the tap to focus but if you use the tap to focus let me show you the earlier shots as you can see they come out to be actually pretty gern and I would say the camera does actually have pretty good shops then there is ample of light but it starts to show its weaknesses lightning and in indoor conditions now let me show you the sample shots that I shot with this device so that you can judge the camera performance these pictures were taken with the rail facing camera of the HTC One m9 and if you notice in outdoor conditions where there's plenty of light the pictures come out to be really good and they're pretty sharp and they have a lot of detail also in terms of color reproduction the color reproduction was actually pretty good but in terms of dynamic range I feel it's pretty weak as you can see the picture is blown out but in outdoor lighting I would say the pictures come out to be really good with the m9 recording this video with the HTC One m9 at the highest resolution possible that is 4k and yes I have applied the software patch that HTC has released so this footage is after that patch and the audio that you're hearing is also being recorded by the internal microphone of this device and it's a bright sunny day today and this is my roof garden we do have the tap to focus functionality so you can just stop in for quickly focusing and let me just move and I'm recording this handheld but the thing with the HTC One m9 is that it does not have any hardware base stabilization the optical image stabilization is missing on this device so do let me know what do you feel about this 4k video recording again I will just tap on the cactus but if I go and tap let's look at it how well it autofocus is so it is taking quite a bit of time and autofocus you've got to tap in like this for it to focus in the video as you can see I need to tap in and let me just walk back now do let me know what do you feel about the video recording at the end this is at 4k so this is the sample footage with the HTC One m9 at 4k in outdoor lighting conditions recording this sample video with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and we can set it to record at 1080p which I have done so this isn't completely outdoor lighting conditions so you be your judge and do let me know what do you feel about the video recording with the front-facing camera of this HTC One m9 these selfies were taken with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and I feel it does a good job for selfies these pictures were shot in semi in road conditions and here also I would say it does a decent job but you've got to be careful otherwise the pictures can come out to be little bit blurry here also I noticed that the sharpness is not there here the flash refined and I would say when the flash fires it the pictures come out to be really good and the flash is pretty powerful now these were shot in completely artificial light in my office and you got to be careful because in an artificial light the shutter can take a lot of time and that can cause a little bit of shake as you can see this which is a little bit shaky of my daughter but this came out okay and this is one more picture I took but it's a little bit soft to my liking also there's fair amount of noise when pictures were taken in completely artificial lighting also due to the lack of OIS pictures can come out to be a little bit shaky an artificial light if you're not careful though the front-facing camera actually does again a pretty decent job even in artificial lighting conditions recording this footage with the front-facing camera of the HTC One m9 and this isn't completely artificial lighting in my office to give you an idea when I'm recording it at the highest setting possible that is 1080p and do let me know what do you feel about the video recording again guys this is after the software parts that HTC has released so do let me know in the comment section what do you feel regarding the front-facing camera of this HTC One m9 so what do I feel about the camera performance of this HTC One m9 as you've seen from the sample shots I would say the 20 megapixel camera actually does a pretty good job in outdoor conditions when there is ample of light but when you move to indoor lighting conditions and an artificial light I feel that it struggles a lot also the lack of optical image stabilization really hampers this device in my opinion and in many of the indoor shots they came out to be a little bit blurry so I was not that impressed with the camera performance especially in indoor and artificial light in fact I would say the HTC One m8 did a lot better job in indoor lighting conditions so I was not very happy with the camera performance now if we move to video also here also as you saw as it does not have any hardware based image stabilization even for the video footage that we shot in 4k it was not that great due to the very shaky video output that we got so in terms of video also I was not happy when we moved to the front-facing camera in terms of static shots like selfies etc it does actually a pretty good job even in indoor lighting conditions thanks to that ultra pixel but when we move to the video I was thoroughly disappointed in terms of exposure also it had a lot of problems if we should selfie videos with the front-facing camera in outdoor conditions and also the audio was actually out of sync with the video with the front-facing camera another thing that I noticed with the camera is that after using the camera outdoors for about four or five minutes the back actually gets very warm to touch and in fact I did this review after applying the software patch that HTC has released but even after that software patch the camera performance is simply unacceptable for a flagship device in fact I would say the camera performance has gone down compared to the HTC One m8 and when we start comparing it with some other flagships then I would say this camera on this HTC One m9 is simply not that good in my opinion I'll also be posting the full in depth review for this HTC One m9 very soon so if you're not subscribed to my youtube channel hit that subscribe button thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"