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HTC 10

spinedoc77

spinedoc77

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HTC is in a bit of a place where it just can't win. People wanted it to get rid of its bezels, put in capacitive buttons with finger print reader that also works as home button. It does all that, but has to therefore relocate bottom speaker as there is no longer a big chin.

The M10 is like the product of appeasing everyone's complaints and yet then ending up with something that underwhelms generally aesthetically.

The 2800mah rumored battery is a massive increase on the original 1800mah the M7 launched with, but people are still unhappy because others have put bigger in their flagships. So again they can't cut a break.

I hope it does better than most of us think it will do, just because it will be sad to see a retraction in competition in our devices.

I have a seen a healthy amount of M8Ses and A9's over the last few months though, so maybe average Joe Soap isn't as critical or complaining as much as we do here.
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Nah, they should just have speakers behind glass like the Sharp Aquos did. Granted that's only a earpiece speaker and not a full speaker, much less stereo speakers. But still, that technology is 2+ years old, how the heck can't we get full speakers behind the screen?

I wonder what the thinking at HTC is. I wonder if Wang is thinking along the lines of Elop when he sold out Nokia. If Google buys them out it will be good for her, even if it means HTC will be dismantled. I just cannot fathom any other strategy for them to release such a lackluster phone with zero differentiation from anything else out there and expect to survive. HTC really needs something incredible to save themselves. Something like a bezel less phone, foldable screen, just something that would floor everyone. Releasing the M9 with chamfered back as the M10 isn't going to do them any good.
 
Sensamic

Sensamic

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I really hate the screens HTC are using for their flagship phones. Super LCD is way way worse than IPS or AMOLED.

Wish the M10 would go for IPS. Then it would become a really appealing phone.
 
jamezr

jamezr

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Not a bad looking phone for sure....

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http://www.talkandroid.com/290485-m...News,+Rumours,+and+Updates)#&gid=1&pid=290497
 
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epicrayban

epicrayban

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My interest is starting to percolate again for this device. And I guess I'm slowly coming around to the extreme chamfered design (it's still obnoxiously too large truthfully).

The hype is starting to spark just a bit...
 
tbayrgs

tbayrgs

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epicrayban said:
My interest is starting to percolate again for this device. And I guess I'm slowly coming around to the extreme chamfered design (it's still obnoxiously too large truthfully).

The hype is starting to spark just a bit...
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But what could they possibly offer to you that'll outshine the Galaxy S7? I'd wager any amount of money that it won't match the size, ergonomics, display, or camera of the S7. With the all metal rear panel, it won't offer wireless charging. And while I enjoyed Sense enough on my M7, it was showing it's age on the M9.

I know some really like having a superior quality loudspeaker(s) (still unconfirmed if it will continue to offer boom sound) and prefer a metal body vs. glass but I can't see this being a superior device to the S7 in just about any way.
 
Surf Donkey

Surf Donkey

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tbayrgs said:
But what could they possibly offer to you that'll outshine the Galaxy S7? I'd wager any amount of money that it won't match the size, ergonomics, display, or camera of the S7. With the all metal rear panel, it won't offer wireless charging. And while I enjoyed Sense enough on my M7, it was showing it's age on the M9.

I know some really like having a superior quality loudspeaker(s) (still unconfirmed if it will continue to offer boom sound) and prefer a metal body vs. glass but I can't see this being a superior device to the S7 in just about any way.
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For sure a better speaker, it has to be. The S7 I tried was garbage. For sure will miss the front facing. Hopefully they show up again on the Nexus if HTC makes it.

Depends on what you mean matching size? GFXBench is showing a 5.1 screen. Plus SD 820, QHD, 4GB RAM. 12.5 MP camera. Going to be a pretty nice phone. And based on those benchmarks, they likely have implemented the SD 820 better than Samsung.

https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx40&os=Android&api=gl&D=HTC+10&testgroup=info
 
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nj-morris

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tbayrgs said:
But what could they possibly offer to you that'll outshine the Galaxy S7? I'd wager any amount of money that it won't match the size, ergonomics, display, or camera of the S7. With the all metal rear panel, it won't offer wireless charging. And while I enjoyed Sense enough on my M7, it was showing it's age on the M9.

I know some really like having a superior quality loudspeaker(s) (still unconfirmed if it will continue to offer boom sound) and prefer a metal body vs. glass but I can't see this being a superior device to the S7 in just about any way.
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Updates. Huge advantage of HTC over Samsung. If HTC makes the same 15-day promise that they did with the A9, updates would be killer. I think that it took six months for the S6 series to get Marshmallow? Hell, I think some models haven't even got it yet.

Apart from that, it's just a matter of opinion. Some people prefer metal over glass. Some prefer Sense over TouchWiz. This could appeal to a lot of people.
 
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epicrayban

epicrayban

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tbayrgs said:
But what could they possibly offer to you that'll outshine the Galaxy S7? I'd wager any amount of money that it won't match the size, ergonomics, display, or camera of the S7. With the all metal rear panel, it won't offer wireless charging. And while I enjoyed Sense enough on my M7, it was showing it's age on the M9.

I know some really like having a superior quality loudspeaker(s) (still unconfirmed if it will continue to offer boom sound) and prefer a metal body vs. glass but I can't see this being a superior device to the S7 in just about any way.
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No question it'll have a tough hill to climb if it's gonna beat out the S7 Edge. Still, as a tech enthusiast, I want to see HTC succeed.
 
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Sensamic

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I hope the M10 is way better than the G5, or Samsung won't have any real competition in the Android world. Only real competition is Apple, but that's with iOS.

I love Android, but I would really, really like to try something else aside from Samsung. I've had the S3, S5, S6, Note 4 and G2. G2 is the only phone not from Samsung, but had to return it because it had issues with GPS and antenna signal. Loved the phone otherwise: screen was perfect, size was perfect, battery life has been the greatest I've ever seen, nice UI, had doubletaptowake, etc.
 
Tig Bitties

Tig Bitties

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Sensamic said:
I hope the M10 is way better than the G5, or Samsung won't have any real competition in the Android world. Only real competition is Apple, but that's with iOS.

I love Android, but I would really, really like to try something else aside from Samsung. I've had the S3, S5, S6, Note 4 and G2. G2 is the only phone not from Samsung, but had to return it because it had issues with GPS and antenna signal. Loved the phone otherwise: screen was perfect, size was perfect, battery life has been the greatest I've ever seen, nice UI, had doubletaptowake, etc.
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The Nexus 6P was the best Android phone of 2015 IMO.

And the 5.5" HTC Nexus-N will be in my opinion the best Android this year.
 
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