Htc desire eye - one selfie phone to rule them all

Taking selfies is one of the biggest trend these days. Instagram, snapchat, frontback have been taken a huge advantage of this trend. Because of this, there is increasing need for the better front facing cameras in smartphones. Many manufactures have improved their front cameras to improve quality of selfies.

But none could come closer to this. HTC desire eye wants to be the king of selfie phones and it delivers too. The phone is designed for selfie crazy crowd who like to snap pictures every hour and post them to Instagram.

The phone has same metallic design as the HTC m8 but in addition it is waterproof. The phone has IPX7 verification do you can take pictures in the rain, beaches or pools. The phone can survive upto 1m under water for 30 minutes. And has achieved so without the rubber flaps seen on other waterproof phones.

The phone itself is a powerhouse and has top of the line specs. It features

• 5 inch 1080p IPS LCD³ display
• Front facing speakers with htc boom sound
• 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 processor
• Adreno 330 GPU
• 2 GB RAM

But the most noticing feature is the camera.

The primary camera is a 13 MP dual LED (white+amber) auto focus camera with a secondary back camera which acts as a depth sensor.

The front facing camera is a whopping 13 MP auto focus camera with dual LED flash which ensures great selfies even in low light.

HTC has also worked on software a lot by giving many selfie options and filter. Also known as HTC eye experience. Which gives many features like

• Auto voice and action selfie- takes selfie when you smile or can be also activated by voice
• Enhanced video calls-multiple view settings with group calls with face Tracking features
• split capture-Synchronous setting takes photo or video by using main and front camera at the same time
• Crop me in- Merge your own selfie with the background of a photo you’ve taken. Front and main cameras take simultaneous pics that you combine. 
• Face fusion- Merge two faces on your phone for hilarious results
• Live makeup- Beautify your skin tone without losing your natural look.The Live Makeup effect is applied to your viewfinder as you set up your selfie
• Photobooth- Stylise your selfies with the retro look of photo booth pics.

The phone has 16 GB internal storage which is expandable to 128 GB. It has non-removable battery 2400 mAH and is available in white and red and a two-tone blue. The pricing is yet to be confirmed but according to rumors it will be priced higher than desire 820