HTC Butterfly review: One of the first 1080p phones, with a vivid 5-inch Super LCD3.
One of the first full-HD phones.
HTC Butterfly (J Butterfly in Japan) was among the very first phones with a 1080p display — a 5-inch, 441 ppi Super LCD3 that wowed reviewers in late 2012. The small battery was the cost of pushing all those pixels, but the screen was a glimpse of the future.
01Display
72/10072/100 puts it above the 70-point average for flagship phones of 2012.
02Camera
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2012 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2012.
04Battery
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2012 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2012 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
54/10054/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2012.
- One of the first 1080p phones — 441 ppi.
- Vivid Super LCD3 panel.
- Quad-core S4 Pro.
- microSD + jack.
- Small 2,020 mAh battery struggled with 1080p.
- Mono speaker.
- Plastic build.
- Battery non-removable.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .