--- description: HTC's newest flagship smartphone, the One A9, is getting a lot of flack for looking like an Apple iPhone 6. title: See HTC's New One A9 Compared to Apple's iPhone 6s image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt703d309ed3ae241f/698868f9bc6cfcb3aa3d9fb5/htc-one-a9-opal-silver.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See HTC's New One A9 Compared to Apple's iPhone 6s by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2015 6:55 PM CUT  Left: TK HTC Phone model; Right: TK HTC iPhone model Left: TK HTC Phone model; Right: TK HTC iPhone model by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2015 6:55 PM CUT HTC’s newest flagship smartphone, the One A9, is getting a lot of flack — some say it looks too much like an Apple iPhone 6s. Check out the comparison above and decide for yourself. The One A9 packs a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera and an all-metal construction, running Android 6.0 Marshmallow on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octacore processor. It goes on sale in November; pre-orders begin Tuesday at a promotional price of $399.99 for an unlocked version.  Left: HTC A9 Right: iPhone 6s HTC; Apple  Left: HTC A9 Right: iPhone 6s HTC; Apple  Left: HTC A9 Right: iPhone 6s HTC; Apple  Left: HTC A9 Right: iPhone 6s HTC; Apple ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/"},"headline":"See HTC's New One A9 Compared to Apple's iPhone 6s","datePublished":"2015-10-20T18:55:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:44:22.259Z","description":"Some say it's too close for comfort","url":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Smartphones","iPhone","photography","HTC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt703d309ed3ae241f/698868f9bc6cfcb3aa3d9fb5/htc-one-a9-opal-silver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt703d309ed3ae241f/698868f9bc6cfcb3aa3d9fb5/htc-one-a9-opal-silver.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HTC-One-A9-opal-silver","caption":"Left: TK HTC Phone model; Right: TK HTC iPhone model","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/","name":"See HTC's New One A9 Compared to Apple's iPhone 6s"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: How Does HTC's New One A9 Compare to The iPhone?","description":"Tech Time: How Does HTC's New One A9 Compare to The iPhone? Some people are saying the phone is an iPhone clone. TIME's Tech Editor Alex Fitzpatrick compares the two.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7YxCWghS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-20T16:43:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7YxCWghS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4079525/htc-m9-iphone-6s/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```