HTC M7 leaks again, alongside claimed Sense 5.0 screenshots

4. MeoCao (unregistered)

We geeks naturally want new design all the time. But building on success is the proven strategy. Butterfly is successful and very cost effective design so it's understandable HTC uses the design for M7.

SS has been doing the same thing. Actually all SS phones now look like GS3 and sell by truck loads.

6. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)

Yeah most of us want a new design and I suppose htc is now trying not to put all its attention on build quality(design is one example). In my opinion, the design of the butterfly(with those red colors), one x and even sensation are more attractive than this leaked m7 pictures. But since they're moving on with a new strategy(innovation ), let's just see how it goes

20. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

Agreed. But the design of this phone is more like an android version of the WP 8X than butterfly/DNA. Anyone who disagrees with me, you're welcome to thumb me down.

21. MeoCao (unregistered)

I disagree, this design has curved glass screen which is raised from the borders, 8X has flat screen.

The similar features are minor like the speaker...

27. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

both droid DNA and 8x have curved glass screen, just so you know :)

28. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

both 8x and DNA have curved glass display.

30. terabyteRouser (Posts: 457; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)

but this phone looks better than any samsung phone and people buy those like hotcakes

8. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)

it looks like a 8X

5. flower99 (banned) (Posts: 54; Member since: 18 Nov 2012)

agree, i always love sense. But ever since i saw xperia z, i fell like every poly device overshadowed... I hope its not final design...

17. Feanor (Posts: 849; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)

I agree. HTC never managed a high quality design. They were always good with high quality of materials and good construction but not with design itself. All my product designer acquaintances always regard HTC design well below Apple, Nokia and Sony. I am afraid that for me even Samsung is doing better than HTC in terms of design, apart from materials used.

11. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)

same idea here , sense was different because it was very bold and clean , this looks like they applied dry paint over vanilla icons and steamed ironed them flat

33. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)

It looks a lot like the WP 8X, maybe with slightly more rounded edges... I mean, the 8X is a good looking device, but I was hoping there would be something that set it apart from the rest of HTC's previous lineup.

Also, the status bar reminds me of Gingerbread for some reason, just like it did on the One X. Other than that, I'm liking Sense 5.0.

34. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)

yeah, i do kind of wish the 8X's design language would stay exclusive to their Windows Phone lineup and their Android line-up gets a different treatment but this isn't a bad thing either. like you said the 8X is a good looking device. o:

yeah, HTC's status bar isn't that great looking, there's definitely still some HTC stuff that i still don't like here but from the look of that launcher with the icons and the widgets it looks like this is a good start.

35. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)

It is a good design, but being too repetitive is a bad thing; unless you have a lot of reputation and hype like Apple has, and even they are starting to slip. The 8X was kind of like a smaller, more angled One X with minor face changes, and this M7 is kind of in between there. And something in general I haven't been too fond of in HTC devices is their power button, it's hard to distinguish from the rest of the device with just your finger, and lacks a good tactile feel.

Sense is getting better, just not quite there yet. So far, this is definitely a step up from Sense 4.

I love HTC, but some of their hardware and software elements are getting weary.