The HTC 10 is a must look at flagship smartphone for 2016. The company seems to have looked at some of their mistakes and taken to heart some of the criticism and produced an extraordinary smartphone.

Design; build quality; display; fingerprint scanner; camera; HTC Sense is much less pronounced

Speakers are good but not what HTC had on the M7/M8

Yes! HTC has finally done it. You finally learned from your mistakes, listened to the feedback and made sound decisions. HTC 10 really is near perfection. Near perfection, because there is no perfect phone.

The HTC 10 has a lot of excellent features, including a camera with a variety of appealing specifications. It performs at its best in well-lit conditions, but this is not particularly unusual for smartphones.

HTC has put all the right bits in here, but I felt the same way with the One M9. However, the brand seems to have addressed the foibles and it's easy to get genuinely excited by the HTC 10.

Amazing audio; Great design; Battery improved

Camera not impressive; Boomsound not great; Slight bugs still in system

If there's one thing the HTC 10 can do, it's deliver great sound. Its dual speakers, coupled with some fancy software technology, means your music and movies are going to sound fantastic. It also looks pretty damn good too -- a hard feat to pull off in a world filled with black slabs.

The HTC 10 has an elegantly chiseled design; brilliant audio quality and a highly customizable user interface

The handset's non-removeable battery doesn't last as long as its competitors and its camera doesn't always render exposure correctly

The HTC 10 certainly puts in a star turn with its hi-fi audio, but it doesn't do enough to raise its head above the parapet.

Nippy performance; rock-solid design; high-end audio; adoptable storage; durable battery; clean Android experience

So-so camera; freestyle layout; price might put some off

This year's flagships have been quite impressive and almost every company has impressed us in some way or the other. Now it's HTC's turn. The Taiwanese company has been one of the oldest Android smartphone makers and has produced some aesthetically attractive devices over the years.

They sold me a phone with a defective battery. DO NOT BUY THIS. I REPEAT. DO NOT BUY THIS. Was what I said out of anger on November 16th of 2016. I since then have acquired another identical HTC 10 that was sent to me as a replacement. For that I am grateful.

HTC had been hyping and teasing the launch for the weeks leading up with the slogan 'power of 10' and it's not just because the phone is called the HTC 10. It also represents a decade of building smartphones and the perfect score – the bar is set high then.

The HTC 11 has been hinted at in an official Facebook post

Sturdy metal build; Lengthy battery life; High quality camera and screen; Fast

Somewhat unwieldy shape and size; Some Sense features of questionable value