HTC One (codenamed and retroactively called M7) is a touchscreen-based Android smartphone designed, developed, and manufactured by HTC. It has been hailed by many as a revolutionary Android handset with its premium design and build quality and its emphasis on high end audio.

To make the device stand out among its competition, HTC One was developed with a major emphasis on unique hardware and software features; which included a unibody aluminum frame, a 1080p full-HD display, dual front-facing stereo speakers, a camera with a custom image sensor and the ability to automatically generate montages of media, an updated version of HTC’s Sense user experience, BlinkFeed—an aggregator of news and social network content, and an electronic program guide app with the ability to serve as a universal remote via an IR blaster located in the device’s power button.

Beginning in March 2013, HTC One was made available to mobile operators and major retailers in at least 181 countries. Manufacturing delays led to a staggered release beginning in late March, with its release date in certain markets (such as Asia and North America) pushed to late-April. Nevertheless, with around 5 million units being sold during its first two months of worldwide availability, HTC stated that the One was the most successful launch in the company’s history.

In an era when people wanted smartphones and Android handsets were pretty crap, HTC made one of the best devices out there, rivaling with the iPhone. Back in the day I had the iPhone 4s I, but the HTC One was the next best thing, and I was actually considering to get it back in the day.

Luckily, I found one nowadays pretty cheap, but it sports the same problem that most of them have (the camera gets very pink shadows). Nevertheless, it’s still a beauty, especially from the aluminium design with the beautiful etched grids for the speakers. The beats audio sound system advertised on it is bangers, it’s a very good phone to listen to music in the bathroom, despite it not being waterproof.

If you want to see a table with the technical data, go and check the GSM Arena page.