HTC Desire Eye review: A selfie-focused phone with a 13 MP front camera and dual front flash.
The selfie phone before selfies were huge.
HTC Desire Eye doubled down on the front camera — a full 13 MP selfie shooter with its own dual-LED flash — anticipating the selfie boom. With Snapdragon 801 power and BoomSound it was more than a gimmick, even if the concept was ahead of the mainstream curve.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.
02Camera
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2014 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2014 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2014 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
64/10064/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.
06Value
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.
- 13 MP front camera with its own dual-LED flash.
- Snapdragon 801 flagship power.
- BoomSound stereo + IPX7 splash.
- microSD + jack.
- Small 2,400 mAh battery.
- Plastic build (vs the metal One).
- A gimmicky single-purpose pitch.
- Mono-era camera tuning.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 33-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .