HTC One (E8) review: A polycarbonate One M8 with a conventional 13 MP camera at a lower price.
The affordable plastic One M8.
HTC One E8 offered the flagship M8's internals — Snapdragon 801, BoomSound — in a cheaper polycarbonate body with a conventional 13 MP camera instead of the UltraPixel Duo. For buyers who wanted M8 performance at a lower price, it was a smart value alternative.
01Display
70/10070/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
02Camera
60/10060/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
03Performance
66/100At 66/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
62/100At 62/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 9 points above the cohort average.
- Same Snapdragon 801 and BoomSound as the M8.
- Conventional 13 MP camera (more megapixels).
- Cheaper plastic version of the flagship.
- microSD + jack.
- Lost the M8's premium aluminium build.
- No Duo depth camera.
- 2,600 mAh battery.
- Limited Western availability.
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 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .