HTC One M8: The Android GOAT, 10 Years On!

I don't really get why the M8 is remembered so fondly but the M7 isn't.

Is it just that way more people bought the M8? The M7 was truly innovative and the M8 was only a small iteration on top.

Plus the M7 had a nicer aluminum unibody. The M8 had plastic on the front. Still handsome, but not the same level of gorgeous macbook-style design the M7 had. Fuck, I'd rock an M7 today if they trimmed the glass bezel down, removed the hardware nav buttons, and tossed in some new hardware.
- Couldn't agree more. I forgot to mention that the M7 also just looked better.
The M7 had that camera problem didn't it?
- Yup, think it was pretty common too. Mine had it, all the photos would come out purple.
- Loved the phone. Hated the camera.
- I think so. My partner, a couple friends and I all had them and none of us had the issue though.
I remember my m8 had so many problems in the first week I had to exchange. I hardly remember what that phone was like..

I really miss front-facing speakers. It's one of many features that phone manufacturers have removed from phones over the past decade.

Sony has them
I think the extra space at the top and bottom actually looks nicer, too (as long as it's close to symmetrical).

I used my M8 until it died.

Still have one in my drawer.

The HTC M8 goes in my top 5 of most beloved Android devices:

Note 9
Moto X 2013
HTC M8
Moto G
Galaxy Nexus

Notable mention: OnePlus One

I loved my LG G4 and still love my Galaxy S9+
Galaxy Nexus? Really? Mine lasted maybe 6 hours on battery if I did anything other than keep it in my pocket. Those early 4G days were rough.
- It was fun to tinker with
That OG Moto X with rubberized back was delicious. First phone in a long time that felt worse with a case, and fit so deftly in the hand. Camera was pretty amazing too for the time.
- and fit so deftly in the hand
  
  4,7" screen and the dimple on the back to put your index on. Moreover, the software was truly helpful.

My m8 is somewhere in my office still. Behind my pixel 5 it has probably been my favorite Android phone.

I miss this phone along with the M7.

I miss changing sports channels to science docs. And enabling Closed Captions at restaurants -.-

And adding child protection for Fox News for boxes without pin protection lol.

I thought getting the Samsung S4 was the better choice at the time. Bigger screen, slimmer, etc. But the M8's screen was crisper, had stereo speakers, and looked solid. Should have gotten that instead.

@Blaze A colleague of mine had the M8. Man, what a great device! It had awesome cameras for that time and could even record videos in slow motion. Nowadays, I take this feature for granted for the last 3 phones I had, but at that time this just seemed revolutionary!

S10+ with mst pay is the greatest of all time. Like 50-70% of places still don't have tap to pay. Mst still works at 80-90% of no tap venues.

Note 9 will be my forever favorite
- Note 9 was a beast, but Id argue Note 4 was the GOAT.
  
  Replaceable battery with removable back cover so you could even get an extended battery or fancy case that integrated itself into the phone, headphone jack, SD slot, physical home button, notification LED, no camera cut outs, etc.
Like 50-70% of places still don't have tap to pay.

Out of curiosity, what country is this?
- I'd put money on it being the US.
  
  I'm from the UK where chip and pin is required and contactless is nearly ubiquitous so when I was in the US recently I was baffled that a lot of places had me signing for things.

My friend had this one

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