HTC One - returned it today

[Kashsystems]

Also, if you're on AT&T, try AT&T Messages which integrates visual voicemail, SMS, transcription, and call logging into one app. It also has a PC and Tablet interface so you can text from your PC, too.

Omg thank you, this would make getting an Android phone much easier for me.

 

[Vegastouch]

I just returned my by 64gb HTC One today. This is the first phone I have ever returned. I received it yesterday and spent over 24 hours setting it up and playing with all the features. I know many might say I should have given it more time. However, I don't think any more time would have made a difference. Now I’m back to my iphone 4. I’ve had an iphone since they first came out, but wanted to try something different. I had never really spent much time on an android phone. I read all the rave reviews and was really hyped up about the phone. I really wanted to like this phone. It’s an amazing phone with good build quality, but I wouldn’t say it’s as good as an iphone. The parts are high quality but I don't think it's built as well as the iphone. It certainly has more options and is more customizable. If I were a software engineer I might consider getting this phone. It was just too finicky for me…much less user friendly. There were several things that turned me off. Many of them related to email which is something I used a lot. These certainly might not be important for everyone:

-Email does not allow you to search on the respective servers. This is something I do quite frequently. You can only search the downloaded emails for a given period of time, ie 30 days. I was told this is the same for all android phones.

-Exchange emails that I read kept showing up as unread.

-Text of email doesn’t fit screen and requires you to pan over the screen to look at entire email. Also, it will only download the text and not the images of the email unless you select that for each email. There is no way to select this as a default for all emails.

-Harder to navigate both within and between individual applications.

-Power button functions as home button on top of the phone. They should have put a home button on the front like the iphone. It's so much easier to access.

-Poor customer support. Called in and the guy calling had no clue how to help me. Worse than Apple. He was feeding me total BS and didn’t know much about the phone.

-I used htc sync to transfer my information over to the iPhone, but it didn’t save many important email addresses I use on a daily basis.

-Couldn’t find email downloads after downloading and no way to open them without downloading. I had to search the Android forums to find a program that allows you to organize your files. This took forever and I still didn’t like how the app worked. Again, not user friendly.

-Phone felt like it would easily slip out of my hand.

-No imessage

-No FaceTime

-Voicemail. I tried an app (youmail) that didn't work as well as the iphone voicemail.

These were all the main cons I can think of at this time.

Pros:
-Beautiful large screen
-Customizable
-Fast processor

I'm glad I gave it a trial. I’ll wait for the next iphone.

That says it all right there. Ther is no way you will get used to Android in one day. It isnt the same as the iphone you have used since 2007.

I really dont not care which phone you use but i hate seeing that people used them a day or two and then say it didnt work. There are fixes for all those things you griped about but just you didnt give it any time to figure it out.
These phones OS's arent the same and assuming they would and saying this dont do this or that like iPhone does is foolish.

It's a nice feature offered on the iphone. What more can I say. If android phone makers want to compete with the iphone they need to make it more user friendly and provide better customer support by listening to their customers and testing the phones with long time iphone users.

LOL...OR iPhone users should use their whole trial time on them to get used to them and find out how to use it. Android is user friendly but nobody should have to hold your hand for you to learn how it works.

 

[erio8]

That says it all right there. Ther is no way you will get used to Android in one day. It isnt the same as the iphone you have used since 2007.

I really dont not care which phone you use but i hate seeing that people used them a day or two and then say it didnt work. There are fixes for all those things you griped about but just you didnt give it any time to figure it out.
These phones OS's arent the same and assuming they would and saying this dont do this or that like iPhone does is foolish.



LOL...OR iPhone users should use their whole trial time on them to get used to them and find out how to use it. Android is user friendly but nobody should have to hold your hand for you to learn how it works.

Not this insanity again. Please read my posts. I also asked for solutions to the issues I was having with the phone, but did not get any solid answers. I already explained multiple times that it was more than adapting to a new OS. I know it's hard for you android fans to accept. I don't like android, at least not this version...period. Don't take it personally. It's just a phone.

 

[Vegastouch]

Not this insanity again. Please read my posts. I also asked for solutions to the issues I was having with the phone, but did not get any solid answers. I already explained multiple times that it was more than adapting to a new OS. I know it's hard for you android fans to accept. I don't like android, at least not this version...period. Don't take it personally. It's just a phone.

I read some but you tried to call the manufacturer. Should of just came here. I always learn more stuff here or XDA than anywhere else but get quicker answers here.
Still, bottom line is you didnt give it any time to know simple stuff like how to get text to fit or how to get pics to show in your emails.
You had 15 days and gave up in one which is fine with me but i just dont know why some people make a switch if they arent going to give it the full trial.

 

[CD3660]

This thread is just going around in circles now.

Perhaps it's time to close it?

 

[adder7712]

I read some but you tried to call the manufacturer. Should of just came here. I always learn more stuff here or XDA than anywhere else but get quicker answers here.
Still, bottom line is you didnt give it any time to know simple stuff like how to get text to fit or how to get pics to show in your emails.
You had 15 days and gave up in one which is fine with me but i just dont know why some people make a switch if they arent going to give it the full trial.

Actually, I find it odd to call tech support instead of posting on a forum with more knowledgeable people.

 

[sk1wbw]

6 pages so far of nothing but criticizing someone over their cell phone.

 

[CD3660]

6 pages so far of nothing but criticizing someone over their cell phone.

Exactly! Let's give the OP a break.

 

[erio8]

Actually, I find it odd to call tech support instead of posting on a forum with more knowledgeable people.

Pretty odd that their tech support was so terrible and that I have to rely on an internet forum for answers to their products. I'm not on tech forums that much either. Neither are a lot of people. Never had to do that with apple. Then again, I only had to call them a couple times over the years. Their products are more intuitive. Plus, there is always the apple store with the Genius bar.

I also asked for solutions here is one of my posts, but still no good answers.

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This thread is just going around in circles now.

Perhaps it's time to close it?

Yes. Lots of criticism for an apple forum. It's good I didn't post this on an android forum

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
I think this thread has reached the end of its usefulness