Hi there.
Planning to buy LG OB, but got some questions. Hope you can answer them.
1. How good is GPS? Can I use it instead of odometer on my bicycle?
2. What about update? When do you think that 2.3 will come out for branded phone (T-mobile)? Much later than on non branded? Late September?
3. Is anybody using some docking station? Has using od dock any advantages?
4. Whattabout high power accu? 1500 isn`t much, i`d appreciate something more.
5. Is it possible to turn off camera sound? (at least in silent mode?)
Thank you guys very much for any answer. I`m considering LG OB vs HTC Desire S. Dunno which one to take, but OB looks great.
selfade said:
Hi there.
Planning to buy LG OB, but got some questions. Hope you can answer them.
1. How good is GPS? Can I use it instead of odometer on my bicycle?
2. What about update? When do you think that 2.3 will come out for branded phone (T-mobile)? Much later than on non branded? Late September?
3. Is anybody using some docking station? Has using od dock any advantages?
4. Whattabout high power accu? 1500 isn`t much, i`d appreciate something more.
5. Is it possible to turn off camera sound? (at least in silent mode?)
Thank you guys very much for any answer. I`m considering LG OB vs HTC Desire S. Dunno which one to take, but OB looks great.
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1. GPS works great for me. Fast and accurate
2. LG has confirmed the update will be in September. You should ask about branded update to T-mobile, if they even say anything to you about that.
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4. Battery isn't bad, but it's a smartphone. I get a day without much care (let's say 24 hours, from morning to morning, so you have a day without worry)
5. It is not possible to turn camera sound in stock official ROM, neither in Silent mode. With custom ROM you can install the modified camera apk without sound.
Thanks for reply,
1. that`s good
2. hm i doubt that they gonna say something, but maybe i`ll try
4. i understand how smartphones consumes battery power, but still would prefer to have 3 days with light usage
5. Sh*t, that`s no good. I was hoping not to root my phone. I read somewhere, that app called Camera360 fixes this problem. It`s free, so perhaps you could try it?
You know what's funny? My stock rom had an option to mute the camera shutter sound, but the Nova ROM does not
and which rom is that?
you have branded phone?
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and which rom is that?
you have branded phone?
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I don't remember which phone it was, it was not branded. I bought it from Orange in Switzerland, unlocked
1500mAh is not small. It's pretty much what all other smartphones use except the newest dual cores like Galaxy S II and even comparable phones use smaller batteries.
A few examples.
Samsung Galaxy S 1500mAh
HTC Incredible S 1450mAh
HTC Sensation 4G 1520mAh (Dual Core 1.2ghz)
Iphone 4 1420mAh
Nokia N8 1200mAh
I can turn The camera noise off
My firmware is 11b..
i`d be glad if someone who can`t disable camera sound in their LG OB coul try app camera360 and disable camera sounds then. it is very important to me, since i don`t plan to root my phone.
thank you.
selfade said:
i`d be glad if someone who can`t disable camera sound in their LG OB coul try app camera360 and disable camera sounds then. it is very important to me, since i don`t plan to root my phone.
thank you.
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You seem really worried about that so I'm going to get my phone and try Camera360. I have NOVA ROM (based in 10A) but I will look if can disable camera sound too.
selfade said:
i`d be glad if someone who can`t disable camera sound in their LG OB coul try app camera360 and disable camera sounds then. it is very important to me, since i don`t plan to root my phone.
thank you.
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With Camera360 you have to ways of muting the camera shutter sound. In silent mode it won't sound even if it's enabled in Camera360 settings. And if you are in normal mode, you can disable the sound in Camera360 fast with a button it has in the screen.
Oh, and by the way, you seem like a spy who can't have a sound camera hahaha
thank you antonio.
i wuz really woried. i`m not spy or any kind of pervert, but take a look at this:
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and say that you can make that kind of "urban photo art" with shutter sound on but it`s not just trainmates, it`s all kinds of very interesting situations when moral codex says that i can`t take a photos, but i`d really like to.
so it`s decided. LG Optimus Black it`s going to be my first smartphone
About GPS, try Sygic. It's awsome.
And new features of Google Navigation are very good too.
Related
n CE4ARAB
http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=123165
xxmen has showen his operation that he made 2 his Diamond
2 improve its sound
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U can C the shots n LNK above
hoping 2 know what he has done
he said that the sound has improved 200%
LNK 4 all shots >> http://www.zshare.net/download/1536825297b14e0e/
ENJOy
he said that the sound has improved 200%
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So, if it was 1/100 before, now it's 3/100. Interesting.
Also, I used babelfish to translate the link you gave, and the title of that page reads "how to turn an HTC diamond into an improvised bomb"... are you sure you're at the right forum ?
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So, if it was 1/100 before, now it's 3/100. Interesting.
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he expected 2 improve by 50% , but the result he acheved is better ,
and the Qualaty of sound had improved more than he expected .
I don't think most people here are ready to drill and tinker with their $700 phone anytime soon...though that's a pretty good mod.
you can also say bye to the warranty...
lude219 said:
I don't think most people here are ready to drill and tinker with their $700 phone anytime soon...though that's a pretty good mod.
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I wonder ,,, Why HTC did not thought of that ?
Next time use the search. Already done this and posted before: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408776&highlight=sound
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you can also say bye to the warranty...
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But if you have installed any of the cooked ROMS using hard SPL, you have already said goodbye to your warranty anyway. So what is the difference ?
Olipro has described a method to revert to original ROM and SPL...just for those "warranty" issues. I'm sure I've read it into one of the Diamond ROM section topics, so there's no problem with that. But for this operation (described here to improve the sound), you have no return...though, I do believe it'll improving the sound a lot...but also it'll help to get a lot of dust inside your phone
Warranty? I would have thought you would just replace the cover with a new one should the need arise.... Anyway a somewhat interesting post, although the issue of dust and whatever else getting inside the phone has kind of turned me off unfortunately. Thanks for sharing.
i wont!
I wont do that to my phone!!
try and share your results ^^
check the whole thing on youtube (too bad its not a video, just a slide show with ENGLISH instructions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lJoelghkH8
I applied this mod to my diamond and i can tell you that it WORKS ! The sound is much much LOUDER...Really !
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I applied this mod to my diamond and i can tell you that it WORKS ! The sound is much much LOUDER...Really !
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of course it works, and of course its louder
all ur doing is removing some of the shielding and case... is it really that hard to work out?
Warranty is now voided, and u will now have loads of **** in ur phone. congratulations.
I never listen to music/radio without my headphones... I have no doubt that it can improve the overall sound but... it's kinda barbaric + it leaves enough space for more dust and stuff... hope it works for you guys!
This looks nice, i bet the part with the 3 holes in the case it's not that necessary. Can someone who did this leave some feedback ?
While I'm sure this works I'm still not convinced that this is the only solution for the ****ty loudspeaker.
I know there is the audio something tweak which helps a bit, but for instances, some alerts such as my alarm (alarm 5) and my "you got message" alerts are shockingly loud, like scary loud.
But then you get the in call loudspeaker and the video playback which are whisper quiet. Frustrates the hell out of me
I'll do this once my Diamond is out of warranty.
If you are worried ab out dust getting in, just glue some kind of filter to the inside of the holes, such as womens stocking or fine mesh...it's not difficult
I'll do it to, after 1 year and 11 months )
Just bought it today. At the moment I very happy.
Guys just want to ask some one who has it.
When I shaking my watch the screen going to ON. It's supposed to be like that ?
Update:
Yes. Sony confirm is made to be easy check the time
avetny said:
Just bought it today. At the moment I very happy.
Guys just want to ask some one who has it.
When I shaking my watch the screen going to ON. It's supposed to be like that ?
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no.... that's a faulty product. should have waited for the pebble watch.
sharp2G said:
no.... that's a faulty product. should have waited for the pebble watch.
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did you have it ? or you just saying no
Congrats for buying a cheap and weak watch!
See this and get your own conclusions:
http://jims-empire.com/2012/04/sony-smartwatch-torn-down-and-dissected-wishes-it-were-a-pebble/
Next time remember to view a review of it instead of spending loads of money in something that it isn't worth it!
Btw, i'm not being sarcastic
zylor said:
Congrats for buying a cheap and weak watch!
See this and get your own conclusions:
http://jims-empire.com/2012/04/sony-smartwatch-torn-down-and-dissected-wishes-it-were-a-pebble/
Next time remember to view a review of it instead of spending loads of money in something that it isn't worth it!
Btw, i'm not being sarcastic
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hahaha
I gonna buy that watch also (pebble)...money is problem just for you. Not for me.
Sony is not CHIP brand. I do not want to wear a watch which is named "pebble" with black and white display !? WTF is that ? We got Multi-touch color OLED display
-Sony WATCH cost 150 bucks...what do you accept to see inside kid? GOLD ?
I checked all stores...(main web site also) the items out of stock.
No bad feedback's about latest (MN2) generation...why so negative man?
You have it ? NO.
Where you got your experiences from ? From John? hahahah Who cares what inside.... is Sony not pebble...
Were you saw bad feedback's ? (the watch working so smooth and fast)
I bought Smartwatch 3 days ago, i confirm that it works well, without any problem. Don't have any bluetooth disconnection, notifications work "in time", battery is as it should be, fully charged it on day 1, no need to plug in again at the moment.
Need more time to test it and keep my opinion to say if it's really stable and a good product.
Regarding my phone's battery, when i check battery stats, Smartwatch use 4% so i think it's reasonable.
Sony Smartwatch
Just to let others know I have now had this watch a little under a week.....My impression so far is good.....it does exactly what it says it will .......with NO disconnections(unlike its predessecor the live view which always lost the connection and barely worked). All programs work well and the device speed is surpisingly good too(switching between screens and widgets etc). My only complaint is brightness there is no way to set it and in daylight it is hard to read the screen.
I got my sony smartwatch 6 days ago and the last charge was 4 days ago. So no problem with the battery. Yes the screen does come on when i shake it which is pretty convenient i think.
Sony's watch is more of a remote viewer and notifier. It doesnt use its own android system it uses the phones i think so it may not be fair to compare it to other smart watches that have android running on them. It is a lot cheap than others at the moment.
I'm using it with a Xperia S and the bluetooth only uses 3%. If i have all the notification it can do turned on then it only lasts 14 hours. With just text and email its managing 30 hours quite nicely
Hope this helps anyone.
just a quick question sir, how do you set the screen brightness? i've looked everywhere but yet to locate the settings?
zylor said:
Congrats for buying a cheap and weak watch!
See this and get your own conclusions:
http://jims-empire.com/2012/04/sony-smartwatch-torn-down-and-dissected-wishes-it-were-a-pebble/
Next time remember to view a review of it instead of spending loads of money in something that it isn't worth it!
Btw, i'm not being sarcastic
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Pebble is ridden with deceptive marketing.
For example, "e-paper" display? Please do not confuse with e-ink display.
The "e-paper" display is just regular black and white pixel LCD (not different from those already in use in today's digital watches).
And now let's look at what is inside a pebble shall we?
Micron N25Q032A11ESE40F 32 Mb serial flash
STMicroelectronics STM32F205RE high-performance ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, with a maximum speed of 120 MHz
STMicroelectronics LIS3DH 3-axis accelerometer
144 x 168 pixel black and white LCD
Spring buttons for navigation
Full plastic construction
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Compare this with the Smartwatch
- CPU: STM32F205RG (120MHz)
- RAM: 128KB
- Flash: 1MB (For firmware only, apps are stored on the phone, not on the watch like pebble)
- OS: uC/OS-II
- BlueTooth: Yes (3.0)
- Fm Radio: Yes (disabled)
- LCD: 1.3" OLED
- Res: 128 x 128
- Touchscreen: Yes (Capacitive)
- Brushed Aluminium housing
- Battery - 110mAh
Just looking at the cost of components alone (let's ignore the fact that Smartwatch already has hundred of apps while the pebble can only display one notification at a time and has a silly snake game as an app...), Smartwatch is a better choice by far.
The curious part of it is they use the exact same processor.
avetny said:
Just bought it today. At the moment I very happy.
Guys just want to ask some one who has it.
When I shaking my watch the screen going to ON. It's supposed to be like that ?
Update:
Yes. Sony confirm is made to be easy check the time
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Yes it does i have one you can also double tap sreen to wake it dependent on watch face uesing hope this helps
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Hello, a friend of mine has bought me an apparently real HTC One from russia. As he said, it was about 100€ cheaper because of taxes and stuff like that.
When I got that device, it was all okay. It looked very legit, until I have played some games without and tried out some benchmarks.
The phone I had before was HTC One S, which seemed much faster to me. I have ran some benchmarks and noticed it is getting much less scores than a HTC One is supposed to be.
Here you can see the result of Antutu Benchmark on the device:
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Also, take a look at this weird "Brand: htc_hk_asia". It doesn't look very legit:
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Here is a screenshot of CPU-Z System Info, which finally showed me that something is not right... :/
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When I asked my friend, he told me that it's just a software problem... which I can not believe.
I was already convinced that it is a fake, but I wanted to make sure.. is it one? What can I do?
I appreciate any help, thank you in advance.
It does look very strange. Here is a screenshot of mine. You don't seem to have much internal storage!
If you phone was new and stock you should not have root access (I rooted mine on day 1 ). Also I'm pretty sure "alps" did not build the official HTC One. Then the board, hardware and display models aren't even similar.
I would definitely call this a fake, even the status bar at the top looks different. Do you know what ROM this phone is using? This might be stated in Settings>About>Software information.
According to the AnTuTu Device Info, the rear camera is 13MP. The real phone has a 4 Ultrapixel camera. I'm pretty sure that isn't a software problem!
I'm not sure what you could do, apart from take it back to your friend.
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It does look very strange. Here is a screenshot of mine. You don't seem to have much internal storage!
If you phone was new and stock you should not have root access (I rooted mine on day 1 ). Also I'm pretty sure "alps" did not build the official HTC One. Then the board, hardware and display models aren't even similar.
I would definitely call this a fake, even the status bar at the top looks different. Do you know what ROM this phone is using? This might be stated in Settings>About>Software information.
I'm not sure what you could do, apart from take it back to your friend.
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Thanks for the answer!
It was new and completely unopened... well, at least it looked like that. The first weird thing I noticed, was that the battery was charged to something like 57%. I am not sure if this is normal or not.
Here is a screenshot of my "About" menu. Sorry for the text being in german, I hope it is still recognizable.
Also, I have compared my phone with pictures of a real HTC One - it seems very legit... is it possible that someone just exchanged parts of the hardware?
Here is what you have
http://m.androidauthority.com/htc-one-clone-near-perfect-244318/
marksiv said:
Thanks for the answer!
It was new and completely unopened... well, at least it looked like that. The first weird thing I noticed, was that the battery was charged to something like 57%. I am not sure if this is normal or not.
Here is a screenshot of my "About" menu. Sorry for the text being in german, I hope it is still recognizable.
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Difficult to tell from that screenshot, but the battery when new is normal. Mine was charged at about 45% when new. Does the phone feel of high quality? It should be nicely built with an aluminium body, with the 2 front boom sound speakers sounding nice and clear.
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crixley said:
Here is what you have
http://m.androidauthority.com/htc-one-clone-near-perfect-244318/
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That is a worrying good copy! It says the fake has a 720p screen but the screenshots show 1080p. Still, that seems to be the only similarity to the real HTC
JasSingh93 said:
Difficult to tell from that screenshot, but the battery when new is normal. Mine was charged at about 45% when new. Does the phone feel of high quality? It should be nicely built with an aluminium body, with the 2 front boom sound speakers sounding nice and clear.
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Lol at his picture....
He has 1gb internal storage.
It is a fake for sure. Plus hardware is the same as the link I posted, ir isn't using a Qualcomm chip
The screenshot thing could be wrong, it doesn't test the screen res but looks at the hardware info which would be easily to fake
Hmm, okay. Seems like it really is a fake, unfortunately.
I can't really tell if it feels high quality, it is not really heavy and not too light..
Thank you everyone for your help!
marksiv said:
Hmm, okay. Seems like it really is a fake, unfortunately.
I can't really tell if it feels high quality, it is not really heavy and not too light..
Thank you everyone for your help!
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Hopefully you can get the phone sent back. It's a shame to see such a beautiful phone copied from a cheaper supplier.
Hello!
Guess what THIS is??? (and the WHEN is highlighted in red!
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I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated
I would just spent time getting to know it before you start pulling it about, honestly this is the best out of the box mobile ive ever had, mine is still stock after nearly a year . The screen is awsome, terrific sound from the speakers, even blink feed is, in my opinion, a great fearure. The camera is ok probably the weakest feature on the phone but play arounds with it, but the Zoe feature is really awsome especially in combo with the video highlights. Get some NFC tags and play about with the NFC to.
Enjoy you One
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Amer28 said:
Hello!
Guess what THIS is??? (and the WHEN is highlighted in red!
I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated
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Congrats, good choice! (Even you could have waited 8 more weeks for the new HTC One 2014).
Advices:
- unpack it and put it to charge (should be always started first time with full battery)
- start, follow instructions (you'll get there possibilities to import your old phones contacts, calendar, sms,...)
- Phone will come with Android 4.22 and sense 5.0, you'll get Upgrade notification (based on your location 4.3 or even already 4.42 each with Sense 5.5), do the upgrade! (Better performance, battery time, no more blinkfeed as homescreen)
- Make some pictures. Pictures have a violet/pink touch? Then you were lucky to pick up a unit with defective camera. Wrap up the device back and ask for another working one (probability is very low; but when the ONE was released almost every third or fourth customer had this problem)
- If your device is fine, just use it, explore the possibilities...
I get notifications on this thread, if you have questions just post them here and I'll try to answer them. Don't root too fast (HTC is in this point al little *****) and look if you can use the ONE without root and custom rom (I can, have my device since half a year and still completely stock; even launcher... Wasn't the point with any of my Samsung devices...)
Don't worry if your phone won't pass a whole day on one battery charge, it must first calibrate. The fourth charge or so you'll experience a much better battery performance
Sincerly
Snew
Amer28 said:
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Guess what THIS is??? (and the WHEN is highlighted in red!
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I'm very very happy to say that my very own HTC One is arriving today!!! I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I'm climbing the walls literally, much better size than the 5 invh dvtrrn. It's a 'prettier' design by far.
Any suggestions on what I should do firsrt? Perhapss some updates or upgrades?
All and any help is deeply appreciated
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Before you do anything to the device, please read and make sure you understand what you are doing:angel:. If you gonna mod your phone then make a full nandroid backup before and make a copy to your computer:angel:. Also you should consider S-OFF you device if you are going to flash stuff, pretty much easier to back to stock with S-OFF if you screw something.:good:
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- unpack it and put it to charge (should be always started first time with full battery)
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BTW not true for newer devices like htc one. You can enjoy your device right out of the box, no need to wait until its fully charged.
solidsnew said:
- Make some pictures. Pictures have a violet/pink touch? Then you were lucky to pick up a unit with defective camera. Wrap up the device back and ask for another working one (probability is very low; but when the ONE was released almost every third or fourth customer had this problem)
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This issue is caused by heating of the device so he will probably not be able to detect it ''out of the box'' imo.
strait out the box unlock it,, twrp it,,nandroid bk..up s.off ..supercid,,,,and then flash the hell out off it enjoy
Hi there.
I have a Galaxy S3 LTE phone but i am looking to replace it. I can't help but hear of and admire the great reviews of the HTC One with a top-notch build quality, excellent camera, speed and smoothness of the OS and the excellent speakers.
But has it improved since the 4.4.2 update? What did it bring?
And.....
1. Camera - excellent low-light photos but a "hit & miss" in daylight with some noticeable noise and not as sharp/detailed with weak colours & contrast. And, how's the camera startup and shutter lag? Are they as quick and speedy as an iPhone or Nexus 5 or an S3?
2. Sound - Speakers can be excellent but are they as good sounding when headphones are connected? I feel Beats Audio is just a gimmicky software "enhancement". Tried it several times in shops and they all sound bland to me compare to Sony Walkman app or Samsung's Soundalive music player enhancements.
3. Battery life - Sure GSMarena can say so & so hours but does it have a battery-saving option (like that of Sony or Samsung) that it enhances and squeezes a bit more juice out of the battery by turning off some settings, etc.? Does the battery drain faster when its on idle (like some phone we know) or heats up when playing games for long?
4. Capacity - As i understand the One doesn't have a microSD card slot. In reality it DOES help a lot in keeping/saving/transferring files. Convince me i'm wrong.
5. Worth getting one? Wait for the new 2014 version? Or is there something much better?
Please advice. Thanks.
1. Camera is not the best, but it does the job. I find the quality to be just fine with the most recent firmware, most of the problems it had before has been ironed out. Only problem however is the camera overheats and causes a purple tint problem, which still seems to plague even recently manufactured ones.
2. Sound is brilliant, and the speakers are great. Personally I don't like Beats so I have it disabled, but music still sounds good. I use headphones most of the time and for a mobile device it's great.
3. There's a power saving mode, it doesn't appear in the app drawer but it's part of settings:
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4. Internal memory is faster than external memory, so I suppose the main advantage is speed. KK changed the way how apps can access a microSD card anyway so I suppose this makes it a lot easier as well.
5. Wait for the new version. Current rumours strongly point the new HO will be released for sale a few minutes after it's announced. Only a week left!
gino_76ph said:
5. Worth getting one? Wait for the new 2014 version? Or is there something much better?
Please advice. Thanks.
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At this point its nuts to get one at full price. Should be some good deals on used ones, but if you are buying new, wait a few days for the 2014.
TimeTomorrow said:
At this point its nuts to get one at full price. Should be some good deals on used ones, but if you are buying new, wait a few days for the 2014.
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I plan to buy a used SIM-free & unlocked phone.
Does the camera come with an optical image stabilization? Any burst mode? Does it have zero shutter lag like the iPhone 5? Does it have the ability to capture a photo whilst recording a video? And does it do full stereo recording?
What alternative music player app can you guys recommend? (I mostly have 320k mp3 & Flac files); in my own personal experience the iPhone have almost perfected the sound of high-fidelity like music. Second only is Sony. Then Samsung.
So, is it still a lot better if the memory is internal and not that of microSD card slot?
gino_76ph said:
Does the camera come with an optical image stabilization? Any burst mode? Does it have zero shutter lag like the iPhone 5? Does it have the ability to capture a photo whilst recording a video? And does it do full stereo recording?
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Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
Something to keep in mind. The HTC one with the Nokia HDR mics were ridiculously good in recording audio but the One's without it (after the injunction) are pretty average.
What alternative music player app can you guys recommend? (I mostly have 320k mp3 & Flac files); in my own personal experience the iPhone have almost perfected the sound of high-fidelity like music. Second only is Sony. Then Samsung.
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Use poweramp which has a very good EQ where you can set it up to however you like your music to sound like. Also the HTC one has a 2.55V headphone amp which supposedly has improved sound.
Das.Ist.Gud said:
Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
Something to keep in mind. The HTC one with the Nokia HDR mics were ridiculously good in recording audio but the One's without it (after the injunction) are pretty average.
Use poweramp which has a very good EQ where you can set it up to however you like your music to sound like. Also the HTC one has a 2.55V headphone amp which supposedly has improved sound.
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I have used Poweramp (paid) app before and i feel it was a hit & miss situation. What i mean is its up to the DAC (audio chip) of the device. So, what you are saying that the headphone port of the HTC One is "amplified" to help improve the sound? When i tried one on a Carphone Warehouse with the stock music player the sound was nowhere near as good as the Galaxy phones or Xperia phones.
And what of the high noise levels and that purple/orange tinge of the camera? Is this true or has it been corrected in the latest firmware?