Hands-on review: HTC 10

By Gareth Beavis

There’s always a palatable sense of excitement when one of the big players in the smartphone world brings out its latest flagship, and HTC is no different.

We’ve been hearing word of the HTC 10 for a while, and it almost seems tired to question whether this is the ‘last roll of the dice’ or whether it’s an ‘ailing’ smartphone brand – HTC is still making decent phones and trying, at least, to stick to its roots.

The new naming convention is odd though – although HTC wouldn’t confirm it to me, as there wasn’t a definite answer to the question of whether the One brand is over. The idea of going to just 10 was based on ‘the perfect 10’, the ultimate in scores, the best of achievement.

Does that mean that this is the last ever phone from HTC then? (Of course not. Who else wants to bet we’ll hear something about ‘turning it up to 11’ in 2017?)

Alright – so that’s the stage set, but what’s the initial impression of the HTC 10? In a word: chunky. That’s not necessarily a criticism though, as HTC has never been one for making ultra-slim flagship phones.

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Source:: techradar.com – Phones