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Watch the test video of the HTC RE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4TNyeVARI HTC RE – Battery Life The 820mAh battery charges lasts for 1200 full-res photos or an hour and 40 minutes of Full HD video, according to HTC. That’s pretty close to what we achieved, with 700 odd photos and several short videos being taken before we had to tie the RE down to a plug socket. Unfortunately the ease with which you can take video also led us to holster the RE while it was still shooting. Pulling it out of your pocket to take a beautiful landscape shot only to realise you’ve killed the battery is a real disappointment.
The good thing is that it charges in less than two hours and you can use a portable power pack to top it up on the go. Using the RE also means that you won’t be draining your phone’s battery. Should you buy the HTC RE? This isn’t a product for everyone, and neither is it cheap enough to buy on a whim or as a stocking filler. However, the RE is perfect for those happy snappers who want to take pictures or video without detaching themselves from what’s going on there and then.
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There are similarly priced, or cheaper, action cams that can withstand more abuse (and water) than the RE, but that’s missing the point. This isn’t an action cam; it’s more akin to a compact camera before the age of the smartphone. The Sony Lens camera is the RE’s closest rival. While we prefer the shots the Sony takes, and its optical zoom, it doesn’t have the immediacy and ease of use of HTC’s camera. If you have a top-end phone with a good camera on it then the RE makes little sense.
It’s not that much more difficult to take out your phone and take a picture, and the result will be better. It’s a bit like the current swathe of smartwatches. Yes you can read a text message without taking your phone out of your pocket, but does that functionality warrant the cost?
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In our eyes it doesn’t. That said, the wide-angle lens allows you to take better selfies and get more into a picture than any phone camera we’ve used. Where the RE makes a lot of sense is if you have a budget smartphone. Many of these, like the Moto G2 or Sony Xperia M2, provide great phone experiences, but sacrifice camera performance. Pair one of these with the RE and you almost get the best of both worlds at half the cost of a flagship.
It’s also a useful camera to take to a music festival or event where you might not want to take an expensive and fragile smartphone. READ ALSO: BEST CHEAP PHONES Verdict Despite the fact that our phones take better pictures, we keep finding ourselves using the RE to take quick snaps instead. If HTC can improve the image and video quality in a sequel then it could be a real winner. Limitations and software niggles aside, the RE is a great camera companion to a budget smartphone.
ON APRIL 15, 2014EDIT "HTC DOT VIEW CASE REVIEW" HTC Dot View case Review What is the HTC Dot View case? The HTC Dot View is a folio-style case that only works with the HTC One M8 and can display notifications for features like incoming calls and weather updates through the cover without having to turn on the smartphone’s display. Priced at £34.99, it’s not exactly a cheap acquisition and retro nostalgia-inducing frills aside, we are not convinced that it’s the best HTC One M8 case to shell out on. ROUND-UP: Best HTC One M8 Cases HTC Dot View case: Design Hoping for something as slick as the M8’s metal chassis, it’s surprising that for an official case HTC has decided to go all plastic. It’s by no means tacky and it does have a kind of minimalist chic, but for £35 we hoped it would do a better job of accentuating the phone’s sleek styling.
At 12.6mm thick, it’s reasonably slim and doesn’t add significant bulk to the phone’s 9.35mm thick form factor.
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