Everything you need to know about the new HTC One

Meet the Taiwanese phone-maker's new flagship Android, which aims to give Samsung some sorely needed competition

The HTC One can be used as a remote control for your TV.
(Image credit: HTC)

For HTC, 2012 wasn't a pretty year. In January, the Taiwanese phone maker posted a 90 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit as it struggled to build an identity alongside the mass appeal of Apple's iPhone 5 or the glitzy engine humming inside Samsung's Galaxy S III. The figures spoke loud and clear: Something needed to change.

On Tuesday, the company pulled the curtains off the HTC One, its new flagship Android smartphone that, according to The Verge, "sticks closely to the company's tradition of wowing fans with lofty specs," but also "innovates dramatically in a couple of key areas." Tech bloggers are excited. Twitter is abuzz. Here's everything you need to know about it:

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Chris Gayomali is the science and technology editor for TheWeek.com. Previously, he was a tech reporter at TIME. His work has also appeared in Men's Journal, Esquire, and The Atlantic, among other places. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.