HTC 10 Evo

Metal unibody with rugged, waterproof design ; 5.5" Super LCD3 with 1,440 x 2,560px resolution (534ppi) ; Sigh... Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 - quad-core Cortex-A57 @ 2.0GHz, quad-core A53 @ 1.5GHz w/ Adreno 530; 3GB of RAM ; Android 7.0 Nougat with HTC...

Snapdragon 810 is inefficient, quickly gets hot and throttled ; 32GB is the only storage option, really? Plus, you lose at least 8GB of that to the system ; Small battery capacity, considering the QHD screen and the chipset ; USB-C headphones are rare,...

Top-notch design and display ; Minimal Android tweaks ; Great value

No headphone jack ; Camera quality is only average ; Last year’s CPU can’t cut it against big-name rivals

Ticks all the boxes for a great mid-ranger, and undercuts OnePlus at the same time. It’s not the best, but it is a bargain

Strong audio performance ; Great design

Lower spec chipset ; Screen less impressive than the 10

HTC knows how to make good phones, and the 10 Evo is no exception. However, the odd price point, lower specs and lack of headphone jack might make this a tough sell.

Great screen ; Premium build ; Solid cameras

Chunky design ; Dated processor ; Expensive

The HTC 10 Evo is a great phone, but it’s also a strange phone. On the surface it looks and feels like a tight flagship-class device reaching towards a full five stars, packing a killer screen, solid cameras, water resistance, USB-C and even shedding a...

IP57 weather resistant ; Bundled headphones are pretty good

Technically inferior to the original HTC 10 ; Uncomfortable to hold ; No 3.5mm headphone socket

That’s not to say that what you’re left with is a terrible phone. It’s just not worth £500 – not when you can get the superior OnePlus 3T for £399, or the original HTC 10 for just £10 more.

Although HTC hasn't confirmed the price yet, it says the 10 Evo will be the best in its class - of £450 to £500 phones. However, that conveniently ignores cheaper phones such as the OnePlus 3 which has a faster processor, more RAM and more storage, and...

The Evo is the title is supposed to stand for “Evolution” apparently, but while this is demonstrably different from the HTC 10, it’s almost always through long strides backwards. It’s slower and less comfortable to hold, with a weaker screen and...

HTC says it doesn’t want its latest smartphone to directly compete with its older flagship, but considering the HTC 10 Evo is set to cost about the same as the HTC 10, with an ever-so-slightly improved list of specifications, it’s all but assured that...