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The HTC One (M8) (also known as the second One or ''The all-new HTC One'') is an Android or Windows smartphone manufactured and marketed by HTC. Following a number of leaks which occurred during the months prior, the second-generation One was officially unveiled in a press conference on March 25, 2014, and released the same day by Verizon Wireless at retail, and by other Canadian and United States carriers for online orders prior to its wider retail availability in mid-April. The new model retains a similar design to the first generation HTC One, but features a larger, rounded chassis incorporating a 5-inch 1080p display, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, a depth of field sensor which can be used to individually refocus and apply various effects to the foreground and background elements of photos taken with the device's camera, a higher resolution front camera, improvements to the device's front-facing stereo speakers, expandable storage, new gesture functionality, and a refreshed version of HTC's Sense software. In August 2014, HTC unveiled a software variant of the M8 running Windows Phone 8.1 instead of Android, aiming to adapt the operating system's experience to the device "() any compromises."〔 The second generation One received mostly positive reviews, with particular praise devoted to the design improvements within its hardware and software, and its upgraded internals in comparison to the previous One. However, some reviewers criticized certain aspects of the new One, such as its large bezels, the lack of significant improvements to the main camera's image quality, and the inconsistent quality of the effects enabled by the depth sensor. == Development == Although it was once a leading manufacturer of smartphones in terms of market share, HTC has recently struggled in the wake of other vendors such as Samsung and Apple, due particularly to their wider marketing reach. As was common during the early years of Android, HTC manufactured a large number of exclusive devices customized for several major U.S. carriers, who took on the role of marketing them.〔 In 2013, HTC chose to release a single flagship device, the HTC One, across multiple carriers, and handled much of its marketing and promotion. While it was critically acclaimed, the launch of the One (despite being deemed the best in the company's history by the president of its North American division) was hindered by supply chain issues, and was ultimately deemed to be commercially unsuccessful. HTC continued to lose market share, and in October 2013, had its first ever quarterly loss—which it attributed to poor marketing. As a result, HTC planned to "leverage the momentum" and critical success of the One to produce an updated version for 2014, expanding upon concepts introduced by the previous model. The company also planned to release a "much broader spectrum of products" in 2014, by placing an increased focus on the mid-range smartphone market with devices such as the Desire 816.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/25/5542576/htc-one-m8-design-comeback-scott-croyle-drew-bamford )〕 Details about a possible HTC One successor, codenamed "M8", first leaked in November 2013. Photos posted by a user of the Chinese forum Baidu Tieba revealed a unibody chassis part that also covered the edges of the device (removing the need for injection molding), and a second hole above the camera on the rear of the device—speculated to be either a fingerprint reader or a second camera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/07/htc-one-m8-fingerprint-reader/ )〕 In December 2013, the HTC One Mini was banned from sale in the United Kingdom as the result of a patent infringement lawsuit by Nokia. While the then-current HTC One was also affected by the ruling, its sales ban was stayed by the court pending an appeal, since the judge indicated that banning HTC One sales would have a negative effect on the company as it prepared a new model, which was assumed to have not infringed the patents, for release in either February or March 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-03/nokia-gets-ruling-blocking-sales-of-htc-s-one-mini-phone-in-u-k-.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2068680/nokia-wins-uk-sales-ban-on-the-htc-one-mini.html )〕 In January 2014, Bloomberg News reported that the M8 would carry a similar design to the previous model, but with a larger screen of at least 5 inches in size, and that the phone would feature two camera sensors to provide better focus, depth of field and image quality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-17/htc-said-to-plan-new-one-phone-with-larger-screen-better-camera.html )〕 In February 2014, a number of leaks occurred. The first, by a Russian website on Twitter, revealed the rear of the M8 and confirming early reports about its design and dual-camera layout, with a dual-tone flash.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bgr.com/2014/02/05/htc-m8-photo-leak-specs-htc-one/ )〕 Another leak by evleaks revealed an updated version of HTC Sense, retaining the BlinkFeed home screen, and depicting on-screen software buttons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/htc-one-2-homescreen-is-the-subject-of-latest-leak-1222545 )〕 In March 2014, a major leak occurred with the release of a 12-minute-long hands-on video by a YouTube user, detailing the device's HTC Sense 6.0 software and its inclusion of a microSD card slot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/127621-htc-one-m8-gets-full-leak-treatment-here-s-every-detail )〕 In February 2014, HTC began to release a series of teaser videos promoting a launch event for the new HTC One on March 25, 2014. Each video featured a highly technical explanation of a feature from the original One by an engineer, a simplified explanation by another person, followed by the engineer disclosing censored information about the new model〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/htc-teases-the-all-new-one-smartphone-in-a-hilarious-new-video-488992 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/all-new-htc-ones-new-teaser-video-focuses-on-camera-technology-493753 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HTC One (M8)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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