Will the One M8 for Windows be enough, on its own, to arrest Windows Phone's current popularity slide ? Certainly not. A lack of beautiful hardware and gorgeous software has never been the platform's problem.

 Outstanding industrial design;  Unique media features not available on other Windows Phones;  Unrivaled acoustic experience on speakers;  Best hardware specs available on Windows Phone;  Excellent low-light camera performance

 Windows Phone better than ever; but still suffers from usability gaps;  Slightly buggier app experience;  Camera resolution lower than any other flagship;  Ecosystem still limited relative to competition

The Android scene is a crowded one with new devices in various shapes and sizes flooding the market everyday. It's not easy for one model to stand out but HTC's One M8 comes close.

Solid, premium build; loud and clear BoomSound speakers; amazing front camera

A little ?-overweight; main camera is only 4-megapixels; heats up easily

I had an HTC before switching to a Samsung and regretted it from the moment I started using it. The HTC works so much better than any other phone I have used, and looks and feels magnificent too. And I don't feel the need to be driven to camping out on the street overnight just to get a phone.

We were big fans of last year's HTC One, and the firm has followed that with another great smartphone in the HTC One M8. It has a larger screen, smooth performance and a largely vanilla Android user interface, a feature we appreciate in Android smartphones.

Nice design; great screen; slick performance; largely vanilla Android user interface; decent battery life; 128GB microSD support

No fingerprint sensor/IP67 certification; Blinkfeed can be annoying; average camera; Nothing

The HTC One M8's robust but elegant design encases a host of top-end components and key productivity features that make it one of the best Android smartphones currently available.

Solid design; powerful performance; decent battery; great screen; useful software additions; Duo Camera

Camera's low megapixel count hampers UltraPixel technology; only available with 16GB of storage

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...