Somehow only half highend

Pro:

- Fast
- Handy
- Large display

Contra

- Battery is good but does not match the advertising
- Large gap dimensions
- Very sensitive glass
- Slippery
- Only 16 GB of internal memory

Am satisfied on the whole, but would have somehow a little more, especially more quality, hoping for half the thousands. About Performance overall you can not complain, the phone was still after purchasing the forefront in Antutu benchmark - but then why run games on the HTC One M8 liquid?
For Internet applications, and also no complaints, camera is better than I had feared by the reviews, with a reasonably steady hand also see images in the dark (for a smartphone) very good.
The battery is reasonable. By today's standards, I do not see any feat at Sony, the advertising promises more than the unit actually holds.
But the really sad thing is the questionable processing. 500 euros for a phone in which to carry without a single fall or without it next to keys etc. in the bag, appear after less than a week three scratches on the back - one of which is 1.5cm long - appear, you can not really ,
Also, I find that a mobile phone should indeed look pretty, but so smooth and so slippery? When moved to a minimum slope, even on a leather wallet, it slips easily down. A kind of case should therefore be ordered in any case, if you like and do not like scratch.
Another weak point: 16 GB memory are gone very quickly. Sure, you can outsource complete media to an SD card, but apps and games are nowadays memory hungry than around 2012, and since I had already in my HTC One S 16GB in it. Untimeliness.
What to look forward to, is the really nice design, the relatively large and clear display and the rational one-hand operation. Greater it should not be.

Finally, a plus for the usual reliable Amazon Customer Service. The first device with a small quirk in the margin was exchanged without difficulty and within a day.