In Canada, the HTC One through all the major carriers received the 4.3 update yesterday. In this particular case, blame the US carriers.
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In Canada, the HTC One through all the major carriers received the 4.3 update yesterday. In this particular case, blame the US carriers.
Yep.
European & Asian handsets have had three big OS updates since launch, and haven't had the long delays either.
I'd be pretty confident the HTC 1 will receive 4.4 and likely spring next year KLP.
I imagine KLP will be the last update.
Has anyone found a tethering app that will work on the One using AT&T? Every single one of them I have tried gives me the message to call 611. I know when I had the note 2 there were a couple of apps that would work without having the tethering plan.
Its barely been 2 months since 4.3 was announced. In the world of Android updates, that's lightning quick. Heck, they've even beaten Samsung for once. If anything, you should be optimistic that future timely updates are more likely.
I don't think there is a way unless you're rooted or have the GPe/an AOSP ROM. The apps from the play store used to work for me in the past also, but I got the same message you're seeing when I tried on my Moto X. AT&T is getting wiser.
Yea it seems that way. Well I guess I will just pop my SIM into my nexus 4 if I need to tether. It's not LTE, but it will do the trick.
See, that's what sucks. As a consumer, I shouldn't have to be optimistic about my phone being updated. With HTC it's always a gamble.
I agree that HTC doesn't have a great history of timely updates but your post made no sense. You didn't expect to see another update because this one took so long, yet it was one of the fastest updates to a non-GPE or Nexus device that I can ever recall seeing. Based on that logic, I guess you'd never expect to see another update to any non-Nexus device.
I agree that HTC doesn't have a great history of timely updates but your post made no sense. You didn't expect to see another update because this one took so long, yet it was one of the fastest updates to a non-GPE or Nexus device that I can ever recall seeing. Based on that logic, I guess you'd never expect to see another update to any non-Nexus device.
Going off of their history. The HTC One X took about 6 months to get an update and is still sitting out there on 4.1 (probably forever). They were going to leave the HTC One S on 4.0 until public outrage forced them to update it to 4.1.
Don't know why they are so quick to update their GPE phones and not their standard phones.
Yes but you ate forgetting this is HTC only phone this time. They said from the beginning they were only going to have the One, so they could focus on it. I think you have to throw all the past years out because of that.
International One X & global One X+ is updating to 4.2.2 and Sense 5, and the One S to 4.2.2 now too.
Though AT&T US One X will remain on 4.1.2 due to different hardware.
So I am having a kind of crazy problem. So on my nexus 4 with the newest version of tapatalk it will allow for quoted text notifications. On the first HTC One I had it did the same. Now the 3rd one will only post notifications for subscrided threads. What would be causing this?
From T-Mobile... T-Mobile customers may never get this update
HTC USA
Good news, we're rolling out HTC One Android 4.3 updates to Sprint customers starting today! Expect AT&T & T-Mobile updates by mid-October and Verizon Wireless by the end of October.
HTC USA
Good news, we're rolling out HTC One Android 4.3 updates to Sprint customers starting today! Expect AT&T & T-Mobile updates by mid-October and Verizon Wireless by the end of October.
Presumably late Winter or early Spring 2014?
It was released March 2013 this year, but after a delay. So maybe February/March 2014.
Dude, a new phone is always coming out! A new iPhone will be coming out next year too!!!
If you need a phone, and like the One get it. I can't see this phone being out of date until maybe 2015. Anything you want to throw at it. It can handle. Just pull the trigger. What will the 2014 One bring that will be that much better? The screen is 1080p, the processor can handle anything, and it is made out of aluminum. The new one will have maybe a new camera, and the newest processor, but again I don't see a need for more processing power right now. This is all assuming HTC makes it to make another phone. I sure hope they do, but with all the financial problems they have had. Who knows.
It's been a week since my son and I bought HTC ONE phones ($50 for Verizon at BB!!!), and we're lovin' them. I did have a scare a few nights ago with the battery. When I went to bed, I aas streaming Pandora via BT to a speaker, with wifi on. I lost 35% of my battery in less than seven hours. My ipad Mini could do that without loosing more than 10%. I did a quick google search, and then turned all the app notifications off (there are a zillion system notification app things!), and left the bluetooth duties to the iPad. I only loose 3% overnight now. Charging is quick enough, but these came with 4.2.2.
Hmm maybe your right but bare in mind i will be getting this phone on a 24 month contract so i will have the phone for two years....
but dont you know the feeling when you get a phone, and then like 4 months later a new one comes out and your behind...i know phones come out all the time but the htc one has been out for a while and i will be having the phone for two years as i cant afford to keep buying phones lol.
i know it sounds petty but do you get what i mean?
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what sort of things do you need to turn off when you get the phone to save battery? i will be coming from an iphone so im not that familiar with android...
also what apps are good for saving battery or what ever?
Yea that is what I was saying. This phone will be great for 2 years.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPjnELS8K8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I can't believe how popular the One is still.
My only real negatives with the HTC One is call clarity and rear camera.
My Nexus One which was first released in Jan 2010 has better call quality and camera than the HTC One! I live on the 30th floor of a high rise condo. I generally cant get good reception in my room and the HTC One is no exception. I use the 4G toggle app on GSM-only setting. It kept the bars at steadier and full, but the reception from the other end still feels shoddy. The other caller can hear me but I cant always hear them. Also the speakerphone is pretty mediocre too.
And the camera is fairly disappointing. I was shocked to see a 3-yr older model beat it in nightshots. I took pics of an arena while waiting for a train at night. HTC One's pic felt like the contrast and brightness went too high. Exaggerated. I'm just not into these back illuminated sensors just like S-AMOLED that produce unrealistic colors. My iPhone 4 was the same way. Came out with a yellowish tint and the HDR mode made us look like we had a tan with indoor shots at night. While my OLD Nexus handled white balance better.
With all that said - HTC One does everything else better. Faster, smoother, classier design, bigger and better screen, better for audio externally and internally, better at playing games, videos, picture viewing, web browsing, excellent video recording, respectable front-facing camera, and better batt life compared to my Nexus One. BlinkFeed is much slicker than Flipboard widgets with that Windows Phone-inspired tile effect. Only thing I miss from my iPhone 4 was batt life esp on standby. I got 9-10 hr screen time batt life and weeks on standby. I can get abt 6-7 hr screen time if I'm just texting and not browsing or playing games on the One while with the old Nexus I get abt 5 hrs tops ON airplane mode doing abt anything. And iPhone 4 vs HTC One's cameras are about push since both give me yellowish shots. I'd favor One since it can be a tad sharper, faster, and video recording and front facing cam is superior.
Even with those two flaws like reception and disappointing Ultrapixel camera for still shots, HTC One is still the best phone I ever had. People need to realize no phone is ever perfect in all areas. I suggest to anyone to have two phones. One smaller and one bigger to see the benefits from both sizes. Complimentary to each other. And I suggest getting the HTC One now if you like Beats Audio. Now that Beats bought back the rest of its shares from HTC, the successor to the HTC One may no longer have it.
My Nexus One which was first released in Jan 2010 has better call quality and camera than the HTC One! I live on the 30th floor of a high rise condo. I generally cant get good reception in my room and the HTC One is no exception. I use the 4G toggle app on GSM-only setting. It kept the bars at steadier and full, but the reception from the other end still feels shoddy. The other caller can hear me but I cant always hear them. Also the speakerphone is pretty mediocre too.
And the camera is fairly disappointing. I was shocked to see a 3-yr older model beat it in nightshots. I took pics of an arena while waiting for a train at night. HTC One's pic felt like the contrast and brightness went too high. Exaggerated. I'm just not into these back illuminated sensors just like S-AMOLED that produce unrealistic colors. My iPhone 4 was the same way. Came out with a yellowish tint and the HDR mode made us look like we had a tan with indoor shots at night. While my OLD Nexus handled white balance better.
With all that said - HTC One does everything else better. Faster, smoother, classier design, bigger and better screen, better for audio externally and internally, better at playing games, videos, picture viewing, web browsing, excellent video recording, respectable front-facing camera, and better batt life compared to my Nexus One. BlinkFeed is much slicker than Flipboard widgets with that Windows Phone-inspired tile effect. Only thing I miss from my iPhone 4 was batt life esp on standby. I got 9-10 hr screen time batt life and weeks on standby. I can get abt 6-7 hr screen time if I'm just texting and not browsing or playing games on the One while with the old Nexus I get abt 5 hrs tops ON airplane mode doing abt anything. And iPhone 4 vs HTC One's cameras are about push since both give me yellowish shots. I'd favor One since it can be a tad sharper, faster, and video recording and front facing cam is superior.
Even with those two flaws like reception and disappointing Ultrapixel camera for still shots, HTC One is still the best phone I ever had. People need to realize no phone is ever perfect in all areas. I suggest to anyone to have two phones. One smaller and one bigger to see the benefits from both sizes. Complimentary to each other. And I suggest getting the HTC One now if you like Beats Audio. Now that Beats bought back the rest of its shares from HTC, the successor to the HTC One may no longer have it.
Savor, did you install Swipe Home on your One, yet? Give it a shot. Really makes the overall One experience even better. Free to try for 7 days, then 99 cents afterwards: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matthewma.swipehomebuttonfree
Agree with you about the back camera -- to put it bluntly, it's crap.
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Seriously not looking good for HTC: http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTCs-market-value-is-at-an-8-year-low-the-end-may-be-near_id47923
HTC's market value is at an 8-year low; the end may be near