Whether using it to make a call or to play games on daily work commute, smartphones are displaying more and more enhanced features and functionality to serve countless purposes. Features like an HD display, optimal battery life with Quick Charge technology and improved CPU performance make the HTC One M9 a contender. Still need advice on which smartphone is best for you? Here are other reasons why the HTC One M9 should top of your list.

Internal Processor

The HTC One M9 is a top-of-the-line smartphone, and the internal hardware proves it. The heart of the phone is its Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, an octo-core processor that drives the phone with breakneck speed. The device features four high power cores running at 2 GHz and four lower power cores running at 1.5 GHz to bring a balance of speed and battery life. The M9 can use its lower power core to surf the Web and still maintain a smooth and seamless user experience. Switching to a high CPU/GPU task, however, brings the high power core into play to keep games and video running smoothly.

By having a smaller, five-inch,1080p display, the HTC One M9 has still been able to deliver high resolution, but keeps better battery life since the processor can spend less resources rendering the screen. In many respects, a full HD display is more practical than the QuadHD displays of other phones on the market, because it still offers a high enough resolution. Users shouldn’t be able to see individual pixels when multiple apps are running, creating a smoother and longer lasting experience.

In addition, the all metal body design fits well into users’ hands, with the overall design seeing some slight tweaks compared to its predecessor, the M8. The metal body also has the added benefit of acting like a heat sink to keep the processor from overheating.

Hardware

While the 1080p display of the M9 isn’t the highest resolution on the market, it makes up for it and then some with its improved battery life. And, with less pixels that the processor has to push out, users are able to save power and ensure the processor doesn’t overheat.

Another major plus for anyone wanting to play games or watch movies on the M9 is the addition of BoomSound speakers. These higher quality, front facing speakers offer better sound and are relatively louder than your average speaker. The M9 also improves over the M8 by partnering with Dolby, a leader in high quality sound systems.

And, at 2840 mAh, the battery on the M9 is slightly smaller than the 3000-3200 mAh battery on some larger phones. Thanks to QuickCharge 2.0 support, you can receive hours of battery with only a few minutes of charging.

Storage

As gamers know full well, their games and video files take up a bulk of their smartphone’s memory. And once you take into account the operating system and other needed software, the base internal storage on some phones really starts to take a hit. But at 32GB, you won’t struggle to clear extra space on the HTC One M9, as users have the ability to add a microSD card of up to 128GB.

The M9 also comes standard with 3GB of RAM, which is more than enough memory for the average user wanting to play games with no issues.