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Anyone going to switch from the vivid to the One? idk how i feel about htc after this phone, i mean its a great phone and all but htc bent us over and showed us the 50 states. thank god for the devs. But the phone looks awesome and its sleek as hell too.
I will be ordering one as soon as its available. 1080p display, 2gb ram, infrared behind the power button (I've missed that sooo much in my smart phones since my Treo).. I'm excited lol
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Wait about 2 months and HTC will probably come out with another revolutionary phone
What happened to the Droid DNA? The DNA has only been out for 3 months and HTC is already forgetting it.
I believe the answer is somewhere in the neighborhood of "When donkeys and pigs gain aerodynamic and sustained aerial motion" or the successful cloning of a flying Pigasus, whichever happens first... I'm tired of the 1 software upgrade and we're through with you mentality, the fact that you had to do a physical hardware short circuit to S-off and the point that the HTC One contains no easily changed battery, no place to put a microSD card...no, no..(clickty clacky keyboard noises) Computer says NO-o-o-o-o!
The DNA was released for Verizon only. All other major us carriers are getting the one, except verizon. HTC has already announced that 'the one' will be the only one series device in 2013. I understand everyone's setbacks. But I'm not passing up on a hardware beauty like this one. Not to mention it looks like every major dev team is planning on getting at least one. Check out the thread in the one general section to see who all is on board. Also everyone's favorite dev will have one too lol @jon
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I agree the specs and looks of the phone makes me drool.they are not releasing the one for Verizon cause of the dna
So I guess they haven't completely forgotten about their customers haha. But I do want the phone real bad. Also I'm curious to see since its the only flag ship they are releasing how often they keep it updated .
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Despite the incredibly large amount of times HTC pisses me off, I still plan on getting the HTC One as soon as I can afford it. I like the Vivid but The One looks like a phone I am actually willing to buy at the non-contract price
homeslice976 said:
I will be ordering one as soon as its available. 1080p display, 2gb ram, infrared behind the power button (I've missed that sooo much in my smart phones since my Treo).. I'm excited lol
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Wait.. this doesn't mean you will stop developing for the vivid, right?
The one actually is appealing though. And HTC is actually doing a good job marketing, unlike the vivid lol
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Nope...I'm going back to Samsung...gonna get me the sgs4 as soon as its released...I mean...its gonna blow everything out of the water and every dev team will have one guaranteed...not to mention how easy it is to root and flash rims on Samsung devices...no locked bootloader to deal with...no s off to deal with
I gave HTC a shot and I'm done with them :/ I hate having to unlock the bootloader...and s off - that's just stupid...they honestly make it so hard to customize your phone...heck it be easier to jailbreak an iPhone than get an HTC phone setup for Rom flashing, then you got the crappy source...and extra security measures...(in-call Mic issues for att users) - who's to say they won't do the same on the one....if the s off process is anything like the vivids...well good luck with that as I'm pretty sure the one doesn't have a removable battery /end rant
I guess you could call me a Samsung fan boy
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I won't pay retail for it but when my upgrade comes I'll get it.
My gf has one, and she loves it. I couldn't get it, though, because it doesn't have SD card expansion. I love my SD card way too much, so I got the Vivid instead. Couldn't be happier.
My one X is s-off a new method recently came out to do it, and it's nothing like the Vivid was cause I owned that to, never bothered to try s-off due to the stupid method.
HTC is doing a stupid move by removing microSD slots from their newer phones. We aren't babies, I'm tired of HTC treating us only a few years older then Apple does their users.
With all that being said, I'm not wasting hundreds and hundreds on a device that can't even include the basics like access to the battery and a MicroSD slot. This is day one **** HTC. I WON'T be getting a one, actually selling my HTC one X right now to switch brands. Sad sad thing.
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And here I am stuck on a contract for another year and 10 months...
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I believe the answer is somewhere in the neighborhood of "When donkeys and pigs gain aerodynamic and sustained aerial motion" or the successful cloning of a flying Pigasus, whichever happens first... I'm tired of the 1 software upgrade and we're through with you mentality, the fact that you had to do a physical hardware short circuit to S-off and the point that the HTC One contains no easily changed battery, no place to put a microSD card...no, no..(clickty clacky keyboard noises) Computer says NO-o-o-o-o!
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Is that a Little Britain reference?
And no, I won't be getting the One. Nothing could ever convince me to buy another HTC product. I'll probably end up with a Galaxy S4.
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just saw this:
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=7444208
are sim and bootloader unlocked the only differences? still no removable battery or sd :S
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Yea im pretty sure that the only difference, but the only issue i see is the non remove able batter, which for me isnt even an issue, i have insurance on all my phones ( just cause i know something goes wrong and i always get them switched out ..always on my 3rd vivid right now) So if the battery starts ****ing up new phone for me XD yeaaaa hahah
I'll get it the day it comes out:laugh:
90% Yes. Still debating getting the SGS4 or the possible Motorola NXT.
Tapatalk sucks recently...looks like HTC is trying to stop source builds...check out h8s post in the cm10 thread
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Well, I currently have a HTC One X+ from Telus. I like the phone and saw that new HTC One. I'm wondering if I should switch. For me, I have an insurance at Futureshop on the phone, so only need to get a bug or render it useless (yeah I know, it's not straight) and I can exchange the phone. The question is, is it worth it?
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Well, I currently have a HTC One X+ from Telus. I like the phone and saw that new HTC One. I'm wondering if I should switch. For me, I have an insurance at Futureshop on the phone, so only need to get a bug or render it useless (yeah I know, it's not straight) and I can exchange the phone. The question is, is it worth it?
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For sure mate. Use that 14$/month payment for good use. Doing the same thing with my Best buy warranty day one.
Switch and you won't look back!
Yeah I've been switching phone nearly each year for the past 10 years with that warranty.
It's not yet available but I might switch. Just have to found a way for the phone to stop behaving properly.
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Hi all,
in 2 weeks I can choose a new phone and I am doubting between the S4 and HTC One. I have played with both phones and currently my preference is the HTC One and that would be my first HTC.
However I often read the update policy/support is not that good, would this a reason for you not to buy the One? Personally I don't want to root phones so I am dependent on these updates. Can HTC afford not to give proper support looking at their current position as company?
Interested in your opinion, thanks.
Support from HTC is Brilliant! Ive never had a problem with them.
Yes Updates are quite slow from HTC by why would that stop you buying a Handset! Plus, the 'One' is HTC's big break, so we might see a different side when it comes to updates.
The rest is all down to you.
There's no problem with the company position, they still made a profit even in a quarter where people were waiting for the next big thing.
HTC updates are a little slower but unlike Samsung, they are good quality, not full of new bugs and problems.
All the Dev's have chosen the HTC One after being let down with Samsung in the past so longevity is unlikely to be a problem.
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I've used HTC's telephone support. It is with a normal number and they are very helpful. The phone already has had an update released and one more is expected next month. Sounds good to me.
If you're concerned about timely updates to software, then please try to obtain an unbranded version as these will be updated before carrier branded phones
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According to BGR, the First is about to be discontinued: http://bgr.com/2013/05/13/htc-first-discontinued-att-facebook-phone/
I love the First, it's a great size that can be used one-handed, it has stock Android, and the battery life is amazing. But I've held off buying one because I want to make sure it gets CyanogenMod support first. If it does get official CM support, I'll go out of my way to get one, if I still can.
Does anybody know how long it will take HTC to release the source for the First, so CM support might start?
The only competitor to the First on AT&T is probably the One Mini, but rumors are that the Mini will have a significantly smaller battery than the First (1700 instead of 2000mah).
Can't say I didn't see it coming. With the lack of support in this section I doubt it would get official CM support.
I might pick up one of these in the bargain bin if I find a good deal somewhere. I'm looking to open a second line for my daughter,without a contract and this one will fit the bill.
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yeah might pick one up too. 150$ on eBay isn't bad of a deal.
That's disappointing. Now I question whether it would be a good idea to give my mom this phone.
On the other hand, there is a update with this statement from AT&T in the article:
As mentioned previously, we do pricing promotions all the time and have made no decisions on future plans.
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Though, I don't have huge hopes.
$150 where? Cheapest I could find was 300 new. Well I have mine and cm is mostly booting. Hope to have it sorted out in the next day or so
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This is one of the best phones I have seen for years. I dont understand why so few people bought it, it even has stock android... It should be easier to develop a working cm for this one than for all these galaxies out there. I would even get over the small storage for all the advantages.
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$150 where? Cheapest I could find was 300 new. Well I have mine and cm is mostly booting. Hope to have it sorted out in the next day or so
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I've been trying to figure out how to compile CM as well, do you have any repositories I could look at yet, or is it all still just on your local checkout? I'm not having as much luck, but I've never built CM for anything beyond my Galaxy Nexus before, so I'm not familiar with porting it to new devices.
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I've been trying to figure out how to compile CM as well, do you have any repositories I could look at yet, or is it all still just on your local checkout? I'm not having as much luck, but I've never built CM for anything beyond my Galaxy Nexus before, so I'm not familiar with porting it to new devices.
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Yeah it's on my github. Same username as here. I would suggest against flashing it though. I barely trust it right now
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According to BGR, the First is about to be discontinued: http://bgr.com/2013/05/13/htc-first-discontinued-att-facebook-phone/
I love the First, it's a great size that can be used one-handed, it has stock Android, and the battery life is amazing. But I've held off buying one because I want to make sure it gets CyanogenMod support first. If it does get official CM support, I'll go out of my way to get one, if I still can.
Does anybody know how long it will take HTC to release the source for the First, so CM support might start?
The only competitor to the First on AT&T is probably the One Mini, but rumors are that the Mini will have a significantly smaller battery than the First (1700 instead of 2000mah).
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This is sad to hear. I just got one for my grandmother too. While 4.1 is nice, the polish of 4.2 vastly improves the experience with things like a timer, stop watch, and swype keyboard. Sadly, I don'y see 4.2 coming official to this device.
The phone has descent specs, at least it could be a good option for some CM10.1 love
I might pick this up soon since it's so cheap now. Will this get 4.2 at least? Hope so. Seems like a good purchase. What color did you guys get it in?
very sad to hear indeed. its a terrific phone. the size is great, love the way the back feels, and the battery life is terrific imo. it feels very sturdy too. as soon as my store got a bunch of dummy units in i knew i was going to like it. im carrying around the company's seed unit and im very impressed (black model... gosh i love the look of that red and baby blue though). would love cm10.1 on this machine.
Here's another vote of confidence for this outcast phone. Really love the design. Who cares what software it's running, we'll flash our own anyway. I've been waiting so long for an upgrade from my HTC Aria, which I got specifically because it was small.
HTC has got to do something with all its unused stock, if they're smart they'll simply remove FB Home and push it back out, if they're dumb we should see these babies go for nothing like the HP TouchPad. Either way this phone has a lot of potential to sell like hotcakes.
Broke my HTC One X screen and got an HTC First for $50 brand new. Agree with all the other positive comments about this phone so far. Rooted. unlocked bootloader, freeze Facebook Home and loving every bit of it so far. My only gripe is the weak camera, but to find solid specs on a smaller form factor is so hard these days.
May I ask where you got it from?
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Won it at an auction at work.
So when do you all think First cases will start hitting the discount bin.
Well I haven't forgotten about it.
https://twitter.com/Jmz_Software/status/339153391869652992
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Well I haven't forgotten about it.
https://twitter.com/Jmz_Software/status/339153391869652992
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Whoa! How's it running? Is that Sense 5?
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Whoa! How's it running? Is that Sense 5?
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Nah it's just jb sense 4+. It has some sizing issues I need to finish up. I also need to fix audio but that should be easy enough
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So, I am thinking about going to trade in my M8 for a S5 due to how horrible the radio is compared to my S4 on 3G, 4G and WiFi. I bought it at a Best Buy does anyone know would I have to exchange it there or can I do it at a Sprint store?
Also I am rooted with S-OFF I have a TWRP back up that is completely stock that I can flash. Will flashing that plus the modded hboot be enough for me to trade in without them voiding my warranty and not letting me trade?
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So, I am thinking about going to trade in my M8 for a S5 due to how horrible the radio is compared to my S4 on 3G, 4G and WiFi. I bought it at a Best Buy does anyone know would I have to exchange it there or can I do it at a Sprint store?
Also I am rooted with S-OFF I have a TWRP back up that is completely stock that I can flash. Will flashing that plus the modded hboot be enough for me to trade in without them voiding my warranty and not letting me trade?
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You have to go through Best Buy being as it came from them, just as long as you're within 14 days of original purchase. As far as being rooted and everything else, they don't care! I've sold them back a few phones running custom ROMs. Pretty funny, last year I sold them an S3 running dazednconfused (awesome themer by the way) "Wicked Sensations" ROM. It said wicked sensations all over it, even the bootanimation, I figured they would have said something, but no! As long as it powers up they're good with it.Good luck
Have you seen the s5 yet? I'm here getting my m8 exchanged for hopefully one with a better working radio and they have the s5 here. I'm honestly not impressed with it at all. The m8 just feels so much more premium and touchwiz looks damn horrible . But to each his own
I debated trading mine in for the gs5, but I decided that I like the m8 better all around.
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You have to go through Best Buy being as it came from them, just as long as you're within 14 days of original purchase. As far as being rooted and everything else, they don't care! I've sold them back a few phones running custom ROMs. Pretty funny, last year I sold them an S3 running dazednconfused (awesome themer by the way) "Wicked Sensations" ROM. It said wicked sensations all over it, even the bootanimation, I figured they would have said something, but no! As long as it powers up they're good with it.Good luck
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I went to best buy and tried to trade mine in for another M8 and they didn't have any so then I was like screw it I'll try the GS5. They didn't have any of those either and no other stores in my area do either. Right now I am screwed because I have until Friday to exchange or return. I could return and buy a new one when it comes in stock but then I will have to pay CA tax on it which is tax on the full MSRP of $799 I bought the one I got in SC for $216 after tax vs $264 in CA
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mikeregister said:
So, I am thinking about going to trade in my M8 for a S5 due to how horrible the radio is compared to my S4 on 3G, 4G and WiFi. I bought it at a Best Buy does anyone know would I have to exchange it there or can I do it at a Sprint store?
Also I am rooted with S-OFF I have a TWRP back up that is completely stock that I can flash. Will flashing that plus the modded hboot be enough for me to trade in without them voiding my warranty and not letting me trade?
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Have you visited the gs5 forums? Believe me when I say the grass is definitely not greener on that side.
Yea, I've been there too. Each phone suffers from the same problems. Chalk it up to Sprint not having their network ready for tri-band phones, and Google disabling extsdcard write support.
Samsung has always had better radios than HTC, however my M8 has the best radio thus far over any of my other HTC phones. It still isn't as good as Samsung but it's decent. The only reason I would consider a GS5 would be for the camera. HTC needs to stop with the camera gimmiks and put one good sensor in the camera and be done with it. I think the GS5 is a nice phone, however anytime I have used a galaxy line phone I don't like it at all. It just feels cheap and I hate Touch Wiz. I actually really like HTC Sense. I have been using Sense since the windows mobile days. Samsung phones are by no means perfect, but I do think you will be happier with the radio & camera but that is about it. I don't think it's worth the trade off in my opinion. I have seen plenty of phones with hardware issues both HTC & Samsung are not perfect.
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Samsung has always had better radios than HTC, however my M8 has the best radio thus far over any of my other HTC phones. It still isn't as good as Samsung but it's decent. The only reason I would consider a GS5 would be for the camera. HTC needs to stop with the camera gimmiks and put one good sensor in the camera and be done with it. I think the GS5 is a nice phone, however anytime I have used a galaxy line phone I don't like it at all. It just feels cheap and I hate Touch Wiz. I actually really like HTC Sense. I have been using Sense since the windows mobile days. Samsung phones are by no means perfect, but I do think you will be happier with the radio & camera but that is about it. I don't think it's worth the trade off in my opinion. I have seen plenty of phones with hardware issues both HTC & Samsung are not perfect.
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For a couple of years now the radios have been identical.. They're both using the built in qualcomm. Ever since the lte phones first started coming out. The exception would have been back when sprints 4g phones were wimax. And at that time, htc's were actually much much better then samsungs. Samsung was known for having bad radios.
Well I was finally able to find a store with an M8 to exchange mine for today (last M8 at a Best Buy within 50 miles). I haven't been able to do too much tests but my WiFi is 100% better so I am happy now. I guess I did have a defective phone.
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For a couple of years now the radios have been identical.. They're both using the built in qualcomm. Ever since the lte phones first started coming out. The exception would have been back when sprints 4g phones were wimax. And at that time, htc's were actually much much better then samsungs. Samsung was known for having bad radios.
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I should say radio performance has always been better on Samsung. My m7 compared to a GS4 or Note 3 the Samsung usually would have a lower dBm where my m7 would cut out the Samsung would hold an LTE signal better. The m8 has been much better than my m7 but I have never preferred radio performance on an HTC device versus a Samsung. Not to say I don't prefer HTC over Samsung. I have never liked the Galaxy phones, not to say they are not a nice phone.
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I should say radio performance has always been better on Samsung. My m7 compared to a GS4 or Note 3 the Samsung usually would have a lower dBm where my m7 would cut out the Samsung would hold an LTE signal better. The m8 has been much better than my m7 but I have never preferred radio performance on an HTC device versus a Samsung. Not to say I don't prefer HTC over Samsung. I have never liked the Galaxy phones, not to say they are not a nice phone.
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Keep in mind that the S5 has the same TriBand Qualcomm Chip and Radio as the M8 and probably very similar firmware as well.
I suspect a "Working" M8 will run very similar to an S5.
Granted some M8's are not working correctly.
It's also extremely painful to get an M8 swapped out if you are over 14 days.
I had an S5 in my hands and brought home but stupid BestBuy sales clerk sold me a Verizon. In that time span I decided I prefer stay with the Devil I Know and got another M8.
If you are under 14days and you are having Network issues on an M8. SWAP IT OUT IMMEDIATELY.
New M8 is night and day working better. But I am very worried long term how it will hold up.