For its second act, the HTC One brings some impressive props. The lengthy list of hardware includes:

Quad-core, 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor

2 GB RAM

5" 1080p display with dual front-facing speakers

4 MP (2 "ultrapixel") f/2.0 rear Duo Camera with dual flash; 5.0 megapixel front-facing camera

16 or 32 GB on-board storage; up to 128 GB additional storage via microSD

LTE, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and IR blaster

The immediate question is whether the M8 will prove more cooperative than its nigh-unrepairable predecessor, whose hardware secrets had to be pried from its mangled aluminum corpse.