HTC One M8

The HTC One M8 is the successor and update to last year's HTC One, and it still brings a lot to the table to love. The One M8 is largely an improvement on its predecessor in every way, packing a 5in Super LCD3 display that's protected by Corning Gorilla Glass3 and packs a Full HD (1080p) resolution, a Qualcomm 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor under the hood, a 2,600mAh battery, a microSD slot for up to 128GB of expandable storage, 2GB of RAM on-board, and HTC's updated Ultrapixel camera on the back plus a 5-megapixel camera on the front, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless, NFC support, Bluetooth 4.0—you get the drive. Just about everything you would expect in a high end Android phone is under the hood here.

The HTC One's all-metal design deserves special mention as well—even more so than last year's version, the HTC One M8 starts off with a single block of aluminium and is machines into the chassis for its components, ditching that plastic feel that many Android phones have. The HTC One M8 also sports those two large BoomSound speakers in the front, which are some of the most powerful you'll find on just about any phone. From its sound to its build quality to its features, the One M8 is a solid, high end Android phone, one that offers a mostly stock Android experience, with HTC's Sense and BlinkFeed software in the mix, but easy to either use when you want or turn off entirely if you choose.