Forget to activate HDR and you’ll notice a fight between the light and dark elements of your picture, with the darker areas losing detail. Unlike the iPhone 6’s automatic HDR mode, on the M9 you have to select it from a menu.

Autofocus doesn’t always pick out the subject correctly, leading to the background becoming overexposed as a result. However, give the M9 tricky conditions to deal with and it starts to struggle – particularly in bright light. We’ve no doubt that you’ll be pleased with the results, but there are still cameras with lesser pixel counts that can deliver more detailed pictures.

It captures much more detail than the M8 did and can produce fine, sharp shots in good light, with colours well judged and noise kept at bay. It’s better than before, but the camera remains the HTC One M9’s weak point. Its Ultrapixel camera, which claimed to offer better snaps in lower light due to bigger pixels, wasn’t as well realised as hoped, with the downside being that pictures in good light suffered from a lack of detail.įor the M9, HTC has moved the low-light-killing Ultrapixel lens to the front of the phone and replaced the main camera with a 20.7MP f/2.2 snapper and dual LED flash for more detailed, sharper snaps. The camera on the HTC One family has always been its Achilles’ heel against the best of its competitors.

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