THe HTC One M9 is the Taiwanese manufacturer's latest and probably greatest creation, yet it looks like it has overlooked one important feature.

According to a report by Phone Arena, GFXBench tested the HTC One M9 and some other high-end devices released in the past few months, and it yielded some interesting, and possibly alarming results.

Based on the data by the benchmarking app, the new HTC flagship has hit surface temperature of over 132 degrees fahrenheit, which is equivalent to 55.4 centigrade. 

The other smartphones in the bunch consist of the Apple iPhone 6 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the LG G3, and even HTC's previous flagship, the One M8.

In the report, the culprit for the strange temperature levels could be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 running at the heart of the One M9.

If this is the indeed the case, then Samsung may be right in dodging the Qualcomm chipset, and instead favoring its own Exynos chips. A Bloomberg report earlier this year claimed that the Korean manufacturer has chosen to replace Snapdragon 810 with its own chipsets because it fears overheating problems.

A recent report from UberGizmo claims that Sony is trying to find a fix for the overheating issues of the Snapdragon 810 SoC in its upcoming Xperia Z4. While this cannot be confirmed just yet, it could be the answer why the Japan-based manufacturer decided to let the Mobile World Congress pass without announcing its latest flagship.

So is Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon 810 chip prone to overheating issues?

In the Phone Arena report, LG stated that it is the coolest chip it has ever come across, based on its performance in the company's latest LG G Flex 2. 

However, a report from Android Authority questioned the overheating issue, stating that all of the smartphones tested did not 'overheat' while playing graphics-extensive games such as Asphalt 8 and Assassin's Creed: Pirates.

In the report, the One M9 only emitted more heat than the others when the benchmark test was currently on-going. The report pointed out that the fact that the device has not been released in the market could mean that the One M9 under testing was a prototype that did not have the latest software or tweaks that the company will make to prepare it for its actual release date. 

Whatever the case may be for the One M9, consumers should be wary of their devices once they purchase them from HTC a month from now. By then, everyone can go back to this alleged overheating issue to confirm or disprove it.