[chumley]

Even though I am a big fan of HTC I was a doubter based on the specs and a few reviews. I really don't see how you can hold or use this phone for any length of time and prefer just about any other Android phone. It's arguably better made than my wife's 5s. There is no lag at all and battery life is insane.

Camera gets alot of grief from the press but I really think it's quite good in virtually any instance I've tried. MUCH better than the 8mp camera in my Droid DNA. My wife's iphone is pretty consistent but considering it is one of the top couple of camera phones, the results are not that obviously better in most instances. All camera phones are compromises.

This pict is completely unadjusted except for being shrunk/compressed because the uploader on the site requires it. Obviously using the rabbit as a focus point but totally stock settings taken at night where the only light was from hanging LED lighting in the kitchen. There are plenty of things wrong with it from a purely photographic critique standpoint, but it was nothing more than a walk up to the rabbit and tap the screen. My Canon DLSR left in full auto would probably have looked worse. It would have either fired the flash blinding everything close, or if the flash was off it would have cranked up the ISO to the point of looking grainy and amber.

This is easily the best all round phone I've ever owned and I've owned quite a few.