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The new HTC ONE (M7)

AutoUnion39 said:
Thanks. Yeah, you barely use your phone :D



back on topic, am I missing something or is there no battery percentage thing in the top bar? I ended up getting some widget off the play store.
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Why don't you get something like GSAM which is free (don't need to get the paid version) and then you will have a better handle on battery usage etc. You will also get your battery percentage "thing" in the top bar.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...bs.bbm&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
 
...... and it only gets better.

sniped from The Verge

HTC also provided another interesting tidbit: it's currently "examining the best way to support early adopters of the One" that may prefer the stock Android experience over Sense, perhaps by way of an AOSP ROM. The company isn't providing specifics on that front just yet

Finally HTC is acknowledging the dev community and making it official. This would be great, no more bootloader locked crap, no more s-on, no more funky drivers that don't play nice with aosp, and the list goes on. Either that or this is HTC's last pitch or ditch effort to climb out of that 1st qtr drubbing they took. The HTC one is truly their flagship and they know it's all in or nothing.
 
Dontazemebro said:
...... and it only gets better.

sniped from The Verge

HTC also provided another interesting tidbit: it's currently "examining the best way to support early adopters of the One" that may prefer the stock Android experience over Sense, perhaps by way of an AOSP ROM. The company isn't providing specifics on that front just yet

Finally HTC is acknowledging the dev community and making it official. This would be great, no more bootloader locked crap, no more s-on, no more funky drivers that don't play nice with aosp, and the list goes on. Either that or this is HTC's last pitch or ditch effort to climb out of that 1st qtr drubbing they took. The HTC one is truly their flagship and they know it's all in or nothing.
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I tweeted to ask HTC Elevate and got a reply that its something a lot of people are asking for ...
 
Spent some time at AT&T yesterday. Did my best to compare the speakers on the One versus my iPhone 5. I was testing YouTube vids where people speak because I'm more interested in podcast performance versus music or games.

From what I could tell, the One's speakers don't get much louder at max compared to the iPhone 5 at max. Instead it simply provides a much richer and pleasing sound. In part or entirely because of the 2 speakers. If someone who has used these 2 phones extensively can say otherwise I'd like to hear.

I have mixed feelings about this. On one side I certainly think the One would provide a superior podcast experience when listening through the dedicated speakers. But when it comes to the volume levels and not clarity/richness of the voices, it's essentially a wash.

Another observation. I strongly prefer IPS over Samsung's OLED screens, however I really prefer the screen size, buttons, and weight of the S4 over the One. I wish I could get the S4 with the One's screen and speakers.
 
blairh said:
Spent some time at AT&T yesterday. Did my best to compare the speakers on the One versus my iPhone 5. I was testing YouTube vids where people speak because I'm more interested in podcast performance versus music or games.

From what I could tell, the One's speakers don't get much louder at max compared to the iPhone 5 at max. Instead it simply provides a much richer and pleasing sound. In part or entirely because of the 2 speakers. If someone who has used these 2 phones extensively can say otherwise I'd like to hear.

I have mixed feelings about this. On one side I certainly think the One would provide a superior podcast experience when listening through the dedicated speakers. But when it comes to the volume levels and not clarity/richness of the voices, it's essentially a wash.

Another observation. I strongly prefer IPS over Samsung's OLED screens, however I really prefer the screen size, buttons, and weight of the S4 over the One. I wish I could get the S4 with the One's screen and speakers.
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Yes I've posted this before it's re: boom sound. It's not really 'loudness' as more clarity and depth of sound. Like a feeling of bass and middle that isn't normally there on smartphone speakers (usually a lot of mid-highs and treble).
 
Took some pics (-1 sharpness). I am by no means a pro shooter, hence not particularly interesting subjects.

It probably doesn't help that i recently just played with an 808 PureView...but i can't say i'm wowed overall. The fact that its a 4MP shooter really shows and you can tell its more for Instagram shots than anything else.
 

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Kariya said:
Took some pics (-1 sharpness). I am by no means a pro shooter, hence not particularly interesting subjects.

It probably doesn't help that i recently just played with an 808 PureView...but i can't say i'm wowed overall. The fact that its a 4MP shooter really shows and you can tell its more for Instagram shots than anything else.
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Actually I think your pics look grand - especially the street scene, but I do agree that's the whole point - they are more for sharing on social networks and for that purpose they do the job.

If you want to print them or blow them up, then we need more megapixels. Hopefully next time HTC will give us both ultrapixels + megapixels combined.
 
I agree. For a 4mp camera, those are very nice. I was actually surprised at all the detail you could see.

I'd love to see a comparison between the 4mp camera on the One and an old 4mp point-and-shoot to see how much difference (if any) the One's camera makes. I had an old 5mp Canon P&S and I don't remember it taking pictures much better than the ones the One takes, honestly.
 
MacRumorUser said:
Actually I think your pics look grand - especially the street scene, but I do agree that's the whole point - they are more for sharing on social networks and for that purpose they do the job.

If you want to print them or blow them up, then we need more megapixels. Hopefully next time HTC will give us both ultrapixels + megapixels combined.
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Yeah they are indeed very decent. I was admittedly making a very unreasonable comparison to a 41MP sensor which is ridiculous.

The sweet spot will probably be an 8UP camera with further improved image processing tweaks.

But still this handles the job quite well.
 
Has anyone upgraded to the One from an iPhone 4? My 4 took great shots back in the day despite it having 'only' a 5MP camera, so I'm curious to see how the One would compare, seeing as it's only one megapixel less.
 
What puts me off is that you basically have to destroy the phone in order to replace the battery. If you have seen the insides of this phone from iFixit you know what I mean. I usually stay away from companies that design their phones this way.
 
Mackan said:
What puts me off is that you basically have to destroy the phone in order to replace the battery. If you have seen the insides of this phone from iFixit you know what I mean. I usually stay away from companies that design their phones this way.
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But they want 'you' to stay away from it.... the intention is that should it need a new battery, you can send it in to HTC and they will basically replace the phone/battery for you.

It is much like Apple does with iPad & iPhone & even laptop battery replacements services.

Its just not Intended for user to replace, it doesn't mean it can't be replaced, or that you have to break anything in order to get it replaced.
 
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PerfectDB said:
Has anyone upgraded to the One from an iPhone 4? My 4 took great shots back in the day despite it having 'only' a 5MP camera, so I'm curious to see how the One would compare, seeing as it's only one megapixel less.
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I left an iPhone 5 w/ an 8MP camera and have been very happy with the results!
 
daneoni said:
Is your One carrier locked to Vodafone? and do they delay updates?
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Nope it's not carrier locked to vodafone, and I got the update about 4 days after confirmation that the camera update / capacitive fix update was first rolling out - so can't say it was delayed at all no.
 
MacRumorUser said:
Nope it's not carrier locked to vodafone, and I got the update about 4 days after confirmation that the camera update / capacitive fix update was first rolling out - so can't say it was delayed at all no.
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I see, any Vodafone splash screen on boot up?
 
daneoni said:
I see, any Vodafone splash screen on boot up?
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Yeah, there's a splash screen on my replacement. There wasn't on the first one I bought. But yet it still remains simfree thank goodness. Actually the CID is for Vodafone UK not Vodafone IE so that's probably why they chose to make them SIM free so they didn't have to repackage software for Ireland.
 
MacRumorUser said:
Yeah, there's a splash screen on my replacement. There wasn't on the first one I bought. But yet it still remains simfree thank goodness. Actually the CID is for Vodafone UK not Vodafone IE so that's probably why they chose to make them SIM free so they didn't have to repackage software for Ireland.
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I see. Cheers.
 
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