The basics The HTC One (M8) arrived with a bang this week, going on sale within an hour of being announced. After years of critical acclaim but soft sales, the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is looking to get in the door before Samsung's Galaxy S5 hits on 11 April, and on paper this is the phone...

So here's what you need to know: the HTC One (M8) is the most beautiful Android phone ever made; No question; In fact, we'd go so far as to say that only Apple's iPhone 5 and 5s are better looking - and they're much smaller.

Let's talk problems with the HTC One (M8) - but let's also make clear that we're nitpicking; The main one we have is with the navigation buttons - last year's HTC One sported two below the screen, worked into the bezel, but this year's model works in the more standard Home, Back and Multi-tasking...

This phone is one of my favourite phones, I have had it for around 6 months now and i have had absolutely no problems with it. The camera is incredible and has a setting called micro where you can take incredible close up images of anything!.

Battery Life; Camera; Graphics; High Speed

Doesnt link to apple very well

"Great phone but I had to return it because 16gb is too little storage. What a shame because apart from the tiny storage that matches phones from 5 years ago this was a great phone.

The HTC One (M8) is not a radical departure from last year's HTC One. It's a solid update, but isn't new or exciting, and definitely isn't worth upgrading to if you currently use any of last year's premium phones.

Good; Metal body and good construction quality; Camera works brilliantly in many conditions; Good pricing

Bad; Clunky software and interface; Camera tricks are mostly comical; A bit big and unwieldy

The HTC One M8 for Windows takes the head-turning design, beautiful display and impressive audio quality of the original One M8 and swaps out Android 4.4 for Windows Phone 8.1. Powered by a Snapdragon 801 processor and delivering more than 10 hours of battery life, this is the $99 flagship device...

When HTC announced the One (M8), I was happy not because of its specs, but the fact that the Taiwanese company didn't call it the HTC One Two. Sad joke aside, this is probably the only Android phone that iPhone and Windows Phone users wouldn't mind picking-up.

Stylish unibody design; Crisp display; Excellent multimedia perofrmance; Interesting camera features; Can work as a TV remote; Excellent speaker setup; Good battery life

4 "ultrapixel" camera loses out on details; Not ideal for single-handed usage; Colours (on screen) look dull

Windows Phone is defined by its failures. So entrenched is the mobile duopoly of Google and Apple that the only way to talk about Microsoft's fledgling platform is by noting what it lacks in comparison to Android and iOS.

Excellent build; Vibrant; sharp display; Best speakers on the market

Windows Phone is still lacking; Mediocre main camera; Minor setbacks with performance and battery life

The new HTC One is a very, very nice phone. It has even better hardware than last year's model , and a few new smart and well-chosen software tricks. Some of the new software are mere gimmicks, but in the time I spent testing it, I came away more pleased then puzzled.

Highly refined hardware with a beautiful all-metal finish; Excellent battery life; Sense has been streamlined even further, with a cleaner Blink interface and new launch gestures; Good speakers for a phone

Camera still disappoints; Some of the features are gimmicks and not useful beyond impressing the other guests at the pool party; Skip the plastic Dot case accessory - it's cool, but way too expensive

Premium fit and finish to a point that can rival Apple. Battery life is not great though...

It's all the more impressive that HTC, after making the best-looking phone of 2013(the HTC One), managed to make the HTC One M8, a phone crammed full of power and great features while improving the design that won it so many accolades.