HTC One (E8) review: Traveling light

3. Display, battery life, connectivity

Display

The HTC One (E8) features a 5" Full HD IPS display with a pixel density of 441ppi, the same one that's found on the HTC One (M8). It's covered by Gorilla Glass 3 and accommodates almost permanently visible on-screen navigating buttons.

The HTC One (E8) has an identical display to the One (M8)

Taking a closer look at it under our digital microscope proves this, as the two panels show an identical RGB pattern and pixel size.

HTC One E8

Running our display test again provides very similar findings, with the E8 providing marginally better contrast at 50% brightness, and the M8 being more contrasty at 100%.

Display test	50% brightness			100% brightness
Display test	Black, cd/m²	White, cd/m²	Contrast ratio	Black, cd/m²	White, cd/m²	Contrast ratio
HTC One (E8)	0.2	250	1268	0.51	615	1208
LG Nexus 5	0.31	298	948	0.54	526	967
Motorola Moto G	0.35	315	906	0.57	550	967
HTC One (M8)	0.2	245	1219	0.46	577	1256
Samsung Galaxy S5	0	274	∞	0	529	∞
Oppo Find 7a	0.33	280	842	0.68	580	852
HTC Desire 816	0.15	164	1087	0.46	478	1032
HTC One mini 2	0.19	220	1141	0.42	501	1196
LG G3	0.14	109	763	0.72	570	789
Oppo Find 7	0.22	248	1135	0.4	448	1123
Sony Xperia Z2	-	-	-	0.41	488	1195
Apple iPhone 5s	0.14	163	1145	0.49	596	1219

The HTC One (E8) has a respectable sunlight contrast ratio as well, resulting in a score that places it in the upper half of our sunlight legibility charts.

Sunlight contrast ratio

Nokia Lumia 720
2.512
HTC One (E8)
2.185
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
3.155
Samsung Galaxy K zoom
3.675
Nokia N9
3.069
Apple iPhone 4S
2.269
Samsung Galaxy Note
2.97
Samsung Omnia W
3.301
Gionee Elife S5.5
3.386
HTC One S
2.901
Oppo Find 7a
2.279
Alcatel Idol X+
3.527
Samsung Galaxy S5
3.549
HTC One (M8)
2.371
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
3.487
Alcatel One Touch Hero
2.272
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
3.419
LG G Flex
2.407
Motorola Moto G
2.477
LG Nexus 5
2.228
BlackBerry Z30
2.79
HTC One Max
2.537
Nokia 808 PureView
4.698
Huawei Ascend P1
2.655
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
3.997
Apple iPhone 5s
3.565
Nokia Lumia 900
2.562
Apple iPhone 5c
3.512
Sony Xperia Z1
2.95
HTC Desire 600 dual sim
2.262
Sony Xperia ZR
2.672
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom
3.118
BlackBerry Q10
2.856
Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini
3.127
Nokia Lumia 925
3.402
Sony Xperia ZL
2.352
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4
3.352
Motorola RAZR MAXX
3.42
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
2.832
Samsung Galaxy Note II
2.307
HTC One
2.504
Nokia Asha 311
2.25
Samsung I8730 Galaxy Express
2.861
Sony Xperia Z
2.462
Apple iPhone 5
3.997
Samsung Galaxy S II Plus
2.801
Motorola RAZR i
2.366
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
2.422
Nokia Lumia 820
2.193
Samsung Galaxy Premier
2.958
Samsung Ativ S
3.129
HTC Butterfly S
1.867
Apple iPhone 4
2.016
Nokia Lumia 630
2.056
HTC One X
2.158
Nokia N8
2.144
Sony Xperia SL
2.078
Nokia 515
2.134
HTC Desire 500
2.129
Nokia Lumia 920
2.17
Nokia Lumia 1020
2.103
Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active
2.022
Sony Xperia acro S
2.119
BlackBerry Z10
2.051
Nokia Lumia 620
2.142
Oppo Find 5
2.088
LG Optimus Vu
1.68
LG Optimus G
1.753
LG G3
1.82
Sony Xperia T
1.894
Samsung Galaxy Camera
1.938
HTC One mini 2
1.94
HTC Butterfly
1.873
HTC Windows Phone 8X
1.873
HTC Desire 816
1.783
Sony Xperia Z2
1.944
Huawei Ascend P7
1.992
HTC Desire X
1.878
LG G2 mini
1.838
LG G Pro 2
1.922
HTC Desire 700 dual sim
1.769
Nokia Lumia 1320
1.941
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
1.772
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray
1.955
Nokia Lumia 1520
1.813
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
1.913
Sony Xperia J
1.932
Sony Xperia U
1.758
Meizu MX3
1.754
Acer CloudMobile S500
1.931
Sony Xperia V
1.792
Nokia Asha 308
1.911
LG G2
1.976
Oppo R819
1.957
Huawei Ascend Mate
1.845
Huawei Ascend P6
1.865
LG Nexus 4
1.926
HTC One mini
2.003
Sony Xperia SP
1.733
HTC Desire V
1.646
LG Optimus GJ
1.666
Oppo Find 7
1.691
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
1.74
HTC One V
1.685
BlackBerry Q5
1.682
LG Optimus 3D Max
1.658
LG Optimus 4X HD
1.691
Samsung Galaxy S Duos
1.4
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
1.578
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
1.632
Jolla Jolla
1.605
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
1.622
Nokia Lumia 520
1.161
Sony Xperia M
1.473
LG Optimus 3D
1.542
Motorola Moto E
1.545
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160
1.566
LG Optimus G Pro
1.552
BlackBerry Curve 9320
1.488
Nokia Asha 302
1.537
Sony Xperia go
1.577
Samsung Galaxy Core
1.563
Sony Xperia E1
1.372
Meizu MX 4-core
1.462
Oppo N1
1.47
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
1.315
Sony Xperia C
1.283
Nokia Lumia 610
1.432
Sony Xperia M2
1.393
HTC Desire C
1.3
Sony Xperia miro
1.324
Samsung I9082 Galaxy Grand
1.321
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
1.35
Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo
1.393
Nokia Lumia 625
1.371
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
1.38
Gigabyte GSmart G1355
1.361
Sony Xperia L
1.351
Nokia X
1.291
Sony Xperia tipo
1.166
LG Optimus L7
1.269
Nokia Asha 501
1.27
Nokia Asha 503
1.281
Nokia XL
1.204
Samsung Galaxy Fame
1.245
Nokia Lumia 510
1.268
Sony Xperia E dual
1.203
LG Optimus L9
1.227
Meizu MX
1.221
Samsung Galaxy Young
1.22
Sony Xperia E
1.215
Samsung Galaxy Pocket
1.18
Nokia Asha 305
1.178
Nokia Asha 306
1.175
Sony Xperia neo L
1.169
Samsung S6802 Galaxy Ace Duos
1.148
Samsung Galaxy mini 2
1.114

Battery life

Has the same 2,600mAh non-removable Lithium Polymer battery as the HTC One (M8). While the M8 was able to post a respectable 71 hour endurance rating, the E8 is able to do even better.

While the E8 doesn't do as well when it comes to 3G talk time, it makes up for it with over 10 hours of web browsing, and over 11 hours of video playback time.

Overall, this results in a 77 hour endurance rating, which means that you can use the HTC One (E8) for over three days and do an hour each of calling, web browsing, and watching videos each day, and still have some left in the tank.

Standby power draw is included in the calculations, though the exact number isn't listed in the scorecard above. You can find more about the HTC One (E8) battery life in our blog post. Details on the testing procedure can be found here.

Connectivity

The HTC One (E8) packs a solid set of connectivity features, with a few omissions compared to the M8. You still get quad-band GSM, 3G, and LTE support.

The local wireless connectivity has Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and DLNA support (both client and server, for images, videos and music) and stereo Bluetooth 4.0 with the higher-quality aptX codec.

There is no Wi-Fi ac support however. The lack of an IR emitter is another glaring omission, too.

HTC has conveniently designed a special options screen, when you connect the One to a PC. The long list of options includes Portable Wi-Fi hotspot, settings, USB and Bluetooth tethering (the phone becomes a modem).

NFC connectivity with Android Beam is present too. We found it to work with no hiccups.

There's a microSD card slot too supporting up to 128GB of storage. In addition, the device also comes with 50GB of free Google Drive storage for two years.

Unfortunately, compared to the One (M8), the microUSB port of the One (E8) lacks TV-out functionality and there is no support for USB host or USB On-the-go.

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