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The HTC I M9 brings no surprises to the table in terms of its display. From a spec canvass perspective, the console used in the M9 is identical to the one used in the M8: a 5.0-inch TFT IPS LCD "Super LCD iii" display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080. Despite the inclusion of Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 810 SoC, HTC has resisted the urge to upgrade the brandish resolution to 1440p, which has a minimal effect on overall flick quality.

Every bit it stands, the HTC One M9 display clocks in at 441 pixels per inch, a very respectable pixel density for a flagship device. As I've said countless times before, 1080p panels of this size look extremely crisp, displaying bang-up detail in imagery and native-res videos, and delivering sharp text that's easily readable even with sparse fonts.

The Super LCD 3 display HTC has used in the I M9 seems largely unchanged from the M8 in terms of quality. I wouldn't say this is the best looking display I've seen in a electric current-gen flagship – the latest panels used in Apple, Samsung and Sony smartphones are superb – merely it's still right up there. Color saturation seems nifty, and although dissimilarity isn't as loftier as the best LCDs or AMOLEDs out at that place, photos and apps can still look pretty darn good.

Accuracy from this panel seems a footling iffy, with color banding affecting blues and reds in some areas of the spectrum. I'd like to see HTC focus a little more than on display accuracy, or provide users with a way to adjust the color profile of the display. On the positive side, white balance is slap-up, with no noticeable tone to either end of the temperature spectrum, while blackness levels are reasonably good.

Despite some bug on the accuracy side, the Ane M9 display is one of the easiest panels to view outdoors. Thanks to loftier tiptop brightness and a good combination of polarization filters, I really had no problems viewing the brandish in whatever conditions. Even at night, the brightness can ramp correct downwards to very low levels, which prevents your retinas from getting burned out. One downside to the increased sunlight viewability is a pocket-size corporeality of dissimilarity shift at astute viewing angles, although as this is an IPS display, viewing angles in general are still good.

Like with the Ane M8, you can plow on the display and unlock the device by just swiping upwardly on the touchscreen, provided you don't have any lockscreen security enabled. Withal HTC has disabled the other two unlock methods (swipe right/left to unlock to apps/BlinkFeed) by default, which yous tin re-enable in the display settings. I never found the 2 secondary swipe-to-unlock features to be all that useful, although the unlock-to-camera characteristic can be handy if you're a frequent camera user.

The touchscreen itself is extremely responsive, which is great for gaming and keyboard usage. HTC has also implemented a glove fashion, which like similar modes on competing smartphones, increases the sensitivity of the touchscreen so you tin can apply it through cloth. Nevertheless I'd recommend only turning information technology on when necessary, as it increases the power usage of the display, in plough reducing battery life.

Like with the M8, the M9 uses on-screen navigation buttons instead of defended capacitive buttons, reducing the screen real estate in well-nigh applications to around 4.vii inches. For the first time, HTC is assuasive y'all to modify the order and number of navigation buttons, like to what LG has provided since the LG G2. You'll need to keep the standard buttons – Back, Home and Recent Apps – though y'all can re-order these and add in a fourth button if you then cull. Other buttons tin pull downwards the notification pane or quick settings pane, hide the navigation bar entirely, plow off the display, or enable/disable machine rotation.