Only on second glance can you see differences between the One A9 and the iPhone. The sleep/wake button is corrugated with very deep grooves, so the button can be identified easily without looking at it.

The flat back surface of the HTC One A9 is polished, rather than the usual brushed back of HTC’s M series. The camera’s dual-tone LED flash is positioned at the center of the One A9, rather than to the side, so that's one difference. The soft curves of the housing, the back inset with two antennas and a slightly protruding camera lens, all hark back to the iPhone 6. Without the HTC logo, you might think that this is an iPhone 6s. Even CEO Cher Wang reportedly said that the One A9 was a good alternative to an iPhone 6s at a company event. Nevertheless, the similarity to the Apple iPhone 6 is striking. HTC has repeatedly stressed that it was one of the first manufacturers to build a smartphone with a metal unibody and that the One A9 was a further development of its own design language. The similarity to the Apple iPhone 6 is striking - even shocking The Gorilla Glass 4 display is scratch-resistant and the aluminum unibody looks good and feels good. In stress tests, the aluminum casing heats up to more than 122 degrees, so you might not want to hold onto it at these temperatures. HTC has very obviously copied the design and features of the iPhone 6. The US version has 32 GB of internal storage and 3 GB of RAM, while in the UK there's two variants: one with the same configuration as the US model and one with just 16 GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM. HTC can say what it likes, but the HTC One A9 looks an awful lot like the iPhone 6. At nearly US$500 you're moving away from the Nexus 5X, Moto X Pure Edition and OnePlus 2, and into Xperia Z5 and Galaxy S6 territory. This only lasts for a week – after that it’ll jump to US$499, which will put it in a different price bracket. The HTC One A9 price is currently available for pre-order, with a promotional price of US$399. HTC boss Cher Wang had said it would be the company’s 'hero smartphone' when it hit the market, but it's clearly a more mid-range device. The HTC One A9 will be available in carbon gray and opal silver, topaz gold and deep garnet, although it looks as though the gold version will be coming a little later. We’ve now resolved the confusion surrounding the HTC One A9’s name it was rumored to be the HTC Aero, which turned out to be the One A9’s codename.

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