HTC unveils its new Android flagship, the HTC One
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Unless they lose the plastic and make the case metal I'm not interested.
I know it's meant to be as strong etc but plastic bodies just feel cheap and nasty to me. Every HTC I've owned has felt like I could hammer nails in with it.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
HTC do make some nice kit. My One X is very swish, if only the battery wasn't so parsimonious. I think their future will be dominated by trying to compete with Samsung, at least in the Android arena. I do wish they'd stop fannying around with "beats audio". Who gives a toss? I've had my HTC phone for 8 months now and I still don't really know what "beats audio" is, or really care for that matter. Daft supposed selling point, imho.
One area where HTC is inexplicably crap on is their own website. First time I'd ever owned a smartphone, my current HTC, I thought "now I can surf on my phone, what site shall I try out?", so I tried HTC's own site. What kind of mobile manufacturer can't be arsed to make their own website work well on a frigging mobile??!?!
One area where HTC is inexplicably crap on is their own website. First time I'd ever owned a smartphone, my current HTC, I thought "now I can surf on my phone, what site shall I try out?", so I tried HTC's own site. What kind of mobile manufacturer can't be arsed to make their own website work well on a frigging mobile??!?!
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hiraethified
My S2 has proved to be a very tough phone indeed.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I know it's as strong, it's more about the feel of it. Plastic just hasn't got that "quality" feel to it that metal does IMHO.
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hiraethified
Then you should love the new HTC. Check out the video above.
souljacker
innit
802.11ac wireless is an interesting inclusion. I wasn't expecting to see that in a phone until at least next year.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The hardware looks ace but all that "moment" camera bullshit at the start has put me off
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hiraethified
You can turn it right off, but I think it might be really useful on occasion.The hardware looks ace but all that "moment" camera bullshit at the start has put me off
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hiraethified
It's got learning IR too so you can use it to control your home cinema, and it comes with a matching app. Neat. Very neat. Great to see HTC jumping out of the megapixel war and going for a higher quality sensor too.
I'm getting tempted here now....
Hands on review here: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49907/htc-one-pictures-preview-first-impressions
I'm getting tempted here now....
Hands on review here: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/49907/htc-one-pictures-preview-first-impressions
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
IR does sound like a tasty feature. 
Edit: Fuck the IR...I'd like a laptop with that resolution, for a phone that's awesome.
Edit: Fuck the IR...I'd like a laptop with that resolution, for a phone that's awesome.
It looks lovely 
I am still a bit miffed with HTC after buying the HTC Desire HD and then the software not being updated
Also I am TRYING to avoid getting into another (24/18/12 month) contract. This looks like a phone that will cost £400+ to buy SIM free. With a Nexus 4 costing £279 for the 16GB (pretty much all I need) the saving would pay for nearly a year of calls/texts/data.
I am still a bit miffed with HTC after buying the HTC Desire HD and then the software not being updated
Also I am TRYING to avoid getting into another (24/18/12 month) contract. This looks like a phone that will cost £400+ to buy SIM free. With a Nexus 4 costing £279 for the 16GB (pretty much all I need) the saving would pay for nearly a year of calls/texts/data.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
I had a Desire, now I have a Galaxy S. I miss the Desire's interface, it looked much better IMO.
Fez909
toilet expert
Nice. The best phone I've ever had was in red and that looked pretty chic too (still does in fact).
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
IMO, the S2 was a high point for Samsung. The stuff since then hasn't been quite as nice.
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hiraethified
Unless you're likely to be dropping it in the bath, I think it's the best looking Android phone so far - certainly better than the Xperia Z (which I reviewed here: http://www.wirefresh.com/sony-xperi...ew-huge-screen-classy-looks-and-toilet-proof/ )
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
It's nice to see waterproof phones taking a huge step forward though. Up till now they've always lagged way behind so meaning I've had to buy bulky and ugly cases if I wanted to use a decent phone.
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hiraethified
Yeah, but you can change all that with Android. I think it's one of the nicest looking phones I've seen in a while.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Quite agree, but it won't be how it's reviewed or treated by the average consumer.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Nice. The best phone I've ever had was in red and that looked pretty chic too (still does in fact).
the miss still has that in black. Fair life span on them!
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Things I'm hoping for out of an S4:
A smaller brother (the main reason I bought HTC - the One S was more my size)
Rid of hardware buttons (how noughties!)
Moving the bloody back key to the left side where it belongs!
Deprecation of the menu key (HTC did well there - by default it's a task switcher button as Google sets in their standard. It controls menu and task switcher with an option to decide which one is short or long press)
It'll be interesting to see if the Goog can pressure them into no SD slot and integrated battery. I don't miss either, but some people need the option.
A smaller brother (the main reason I bought HTC - the One S was more my size)
Rid of hardware buttons (how noughties!)
Moving the bloody back key to the left side where it belongs!
Deprecation of the menu key (HTC did well there - by default it's a task switcher button as Google sets in their standard. It controls menu and task switcher with an option to decide which one is short or long press)
It'll be interesting to see if the Goog can pressure them into no SD slot and integrated battery. I don't miss either, but some people need the option.
mauvais
on reddit or something
I strongly disagree with everything above except the size. Hardware buttons feel much better, the menu button serves a valuable purpose, the back button was always there on 2.x (see also: fuck how they have swapped OK and Cancel) and overall I'm very glad Samsung bucked the trend - can't get along with the Nexus 4 for these reasons.
