The new HTC ONE (M7)

[onthecouchagain]

Turns out there are camera improvements to the update:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-Android-4.3-update-rolling-out-brings-better-low-light-photos-and-home-key-mapping_id47791


I personally think the camera still stinks.

 

[bmac4]

Ok so I got my One a little over a week ago. I got it at best buy, and have been loving it so far. The only problem I had was a dead pixel. I took it back on Wednesday, and got another one. I know this is going to sound crazy, but the phone feels lighter than the first one, and the metal feels different. I don't really know how to explain it. It is like the difference between the MacBook pro, and the iPhone 5. It is just really weird.

With all that said. The new one has a very recessed home button compared to the first one I had. Also the volume buttons are the same way. The home button does not have much feel at all. My question is should I take this one back to, and get another HTC One. Or should I take it back and get an S4. I just don't know if I am going to keep getting bad phone, or this was just two bad ones. I really love the phone, and would love to get one that is solid. Has anyone else had issues like these? Am I being too picky? I normally can over look small things, by the home button is just really pushed in.

 

[joshwithachance]

Ok so I got my One a little over a week ago. I got it at best buy, and have been loving it so far. The only problem I had was a dead pixel. I took it back on Wednesday, and got another one. I know this is going to sound crazy, but the phone feels lighter than the first one, and the metal feels different. I don't really know how to explain it. It is like the difference between the MacBook pro, and the iPhone 5. It is just really weird.

With all that said. The new one has a very recessed home button compared to the first one I had. Also the volume buttons are the same way. The home button does not have much feel at all. My question is should I take this one back to, and get another HTC One. Or should I take it back and get an S4. I just don't know if I am going to keep getting bad phone, or this was just two bad ones. I really love the phone, and would love to get one that is solid. Has anyone else had issues like these? Am I being too picky? I normally can over look small things, by the home button is just really pushed in.

The feel of the metal can be a bit different in each One I've noticed, also depending on your color because of the anodization process. My power button isn't recessed at all, and has fantastic feedback/a satisfying click. I would just exchange it one last time, and if you find more defects that truly bother you just switch to a different device.

 

[bmac4]

The feel of the metal can be a bit different in each One I've noticed, also depending on your color because of the anodization process. My power button isn't recessed at all, and has fantastic feedback/a satisfying click. I would just exchange it one last time, and if you find more defects that truly bother you just switch to a different device.

Thanks man. Yea I got 2 silver ones both times. I like the feel of the first one better, and my first one had a much better home button. I will try one last time and see what I get.

 

[Peterg2]

Thanks man. Yea I got 2 silver ones both times. I like the feel of the first one better, and my first one had a much better home button. I will try one last time and see what I get.

Can you not go in and find a pliable salesperson, show the problem with the phone and then ask *to see* another one (and, if you are lucky, two of them)?

Regarding dead/stuck pixels, you can test this easily without downloading an app as there are various websites for this. Other things to test for are, off course, the infamous "gap".

 

[verpeiler]

Didn't think this phone could be any snappier, but everything feels faster on 4.3.

Androidandme says the same thing: http://androidandme.com/2013/09/new...oid-4-3-update-for-htc-one-developer-edition/

Here's the new notification settings:

And here's the sweet sweet setting to turn off the dreaded on-screen menu bar. Swipe up for Google Now works amazingly well -- I didn't know Capacitive buttons could recognize gestures like that:

Can't see anything new in this screenshots besides the menu-bar hold... or did you run 4.1 before?

 

[bmac4]

Can you not go in and find a pliable salesperson, show the problem with the phone and then ask *to see* another one (and, if you are lucky, two of them)?

Regarding dead/stuck pixels, you can test this easily without downloading an app as there are various websites for this. Other things to test for are, off course, the infamous "gap".

Yea I am I going to give it another try tonight. If the one they pull out tonight is not any good I guess I am going with the S4.

 

[gotluck]

Nice glad to hear about the 4.3 update. I was damn close to buying that Dev edition.

 

[bmac4]

So went back to best buy and got a new One. The buttons are so much better. The aluminum is still different than the first one I had, but on well. Can't win them all.

 

[frow3n]

So I've had my HTC One for about 4 months now... Battery life is pretty terrible. Goes with 0 screen time on from 100% to 60% in 10 hours...

Should I return it ?

 

[LorPGDL]

So I've had my HTC One for about 4 months now... Battery life is pretty terrible. Goes with 0 screen time on from 100% to 60% in 10 hours...

Should I return it ?

No, you should try to find out what is causing the battery drain- i had that last week and it was the facebook app that kept wake locking my device. check out gsam and look whats draining your battery!

 

[frow3n]

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzjrCH_3xiJKOHhlbk16SnZoT28/edit?usp=sharing

Here's my report of what's draining the battery... pretty much as expected!

 

[Peterg2]

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzjrCH_3xiJKOHhlbk16SnZoT28/edit?usp=sharing

Here's my report of what's draining the battery... pretty much as expected!

You are not going in deep enough at all. Have a look at wakelocks, not just kernel wakelocks but time held awake and number of times. That will give you clues as to the problem. I am getting on a high usage day over 4.5 hours of screen awake time, sometimes over 5 hours. However, that has not always been the case.

Errant apps can can cause problems and you have to find out instead of merely swapping phones (despite a minority of the phones having poor batteries), as, with reinstallation of the problematic app(s), you end up where you started.

 

[cuzo]

How is the battery life compared to the iPhone 5?

I got someone right now wanting to make the swap.

 

[onthecouchagain]

How is the battery life compared to the iPhone 5?

I got someone right now wanting to make the swap.

I find the battery life phenomenal on the One. It's gotten to the point where I don't even worry about it anymore. I don't check it throughout the day to make sure I'm "safe" for the rest of the day. Even when I have plans that might run late into the night, I don't bother to concern myself with recharging in the middle of the day.

I'd say I'm a moderate/slightly heavy user.

 

[siurpeeman]

How is the battery life compared to the iPhone 5?

I got someone right now wanting to make the swap.

for my usage, it's no good. i stream a lot of music/podcasts from my phone to my car, and the one is a battery drainer in this regard. it also sucks with standby drain. the phone could be in airplane mode and will still drain a couple percent per hour while the iphone's battery barely budges.

 

[cuzo]

I find the battery life phenomenal on the One. It's gotten to the point where I don't even worry about it anymore. I don't check it throughout the day to make sure I'm "safe" for the rest of the day. Even when I have plans that might run late into the night, I don't bother to concern myself with recharging in the middle of the day.

I'd say I'm a moderate/slightly heavy user.

I read a thread over at ac that worried me due to running navigation for a long time and charging the phone, some say the phone overheats and stops working.

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And the iPhone screen is extremely bright compared to other phones.

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for my usage, it's no good. i stream a lot of music/podcasts from my phone to my car, and the one is a battery drainer in this regard. it also sucks with standby drain. the phone could be in airplane mode and will still drain a couple percent per hour while the iphone's battery barely budges.

iPhone 5 battery life isn't great but it charges very fast.

 

[LadyX]

I always enable Airplane Mode when charging my One, it charges much faster. But I guess everyone is aware of this already.

Now about the 4.3 update, my One is unlocked, I've read many posts on different forums as well as articles that unlocked HTC One users have started receiving the 4.3 update. I've been checking for the past couple of days, but so far nothing. When can I expect it? I know that they roll out these updates in waves but it has been 5 days, I should've gotten it by now, right?

 

[LorPGDL]

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzjrCH_3xiJKOHhlbk16SnZoT28/edit?usp=sharing

Here's my report of what's draining the battery... pretty much as expected!

how was on screen time do you usually have? anything above 4 hours is good i would say.

regarding wakelocks, i dont think those are a problem, i have facebook as the main source of wakelocks, but it only drained about 3 per cent of the battery, so it shouldnt be a issue.

 

[frow3n]

Screen on time is around about 35 mins a day... any more and the phone just dies... I think it's a battery problem.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Screen on time is around about 35 mins a day... any more and the phone just dies... I think it's a battery problem.

Something is certainly amiss.

My morning commute alone gives me 30 mins screen on time, and it only drains to about 90%. This is running music, texting, checking emails, browsing the web, Flipboarding, and some game playing (nothing graphically intensive).

 

[MRU]

Screen on time is around about 35 mins a day... any more and the phone just dies... I think it's a battery problem.

Certainly seems to be a battery problem there. You get a two year warranty with HTC for the ONE, so go get it repaired/replaced ASAP


As coach posted above, I used to get great battery life with at least 5 hours of screen on time on a very heavy usage day.

 

[2298754]

Screen on time is around about 35 mins a day... any more and the phone just dies... I think it's a battery problem.

Get yours replaced. 35 minutes is ridiculous.

 

[cuzo]

Hey, how does htc handle the warranty with the one? Do you mail it in? and what if you don't have a extra phone lying around?

I almost traded last night but I backed out.

 

[frow3n]

I'll get it replaced by tmobile tomorrow... I've used it for 20 minutes today and we're already down to 60%...
Made even worse by the fact that I'm on wifi!