HTC took a different approach with the One (M7) last year, a body made of aluminum on the outside, with a subtler take on the overall interface — fastened together by the UltraPixel camera and BlinkFeed. The same cues are apparent in the new HTC One (M8), with improvements to the design, hardware and software that make this not just an elegant handset, but one that might compete for the crown as among the best ever made.