
Inside this device you’ve got one of the first appearances of the dual-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, aka Qualcomm 8930AA or MSM8930.

That’s right up there with the most dense displays today, with the HTC One and Samsung GALAXY S 4 only beating it by about 100 PPI. Here with the HTC first you’ve got the same size display but with a much sharper set of pixels – while the HTC One S had 540 x 960 pixel density over 4.3-inches (256 PPI), the HTC first works with a 4.3-inch display that’s 720 x 1280 pixels dense (342 PPI). That’s roughly the same as the HTC One S released in HTC’s last batch of hero devices. This smartphone is 4.96 inches tall, 2.56 inches wide, and 0.35 inches thick.

So here we go – straight out the box you’ll have a handset that’s rather conservatively sized, ready to fit in the palm of your hand. While at first it feels more appropriate to review this device as a Facebook Home experience first and a smartphone standing on its own second, the fact remains: you still have to buy and pay for this machine the same as you would any other Android.
