marshac
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Pre-Order is up for Verizon now.
Yeah... I just can't pull the trigger- pretty high full-retail price (only 16GB!
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Pre-Order is up for Verizon now.
Unfortunately it's also Verizon. If Google can't even get that Galaxy Nexus updated in a timely fashion, what chance do any other OEM's have on there?HTC's biggest mistake is making the DNA for Verizon and not pressing to launch the One on Verizon. Not having their flagship phone on the US's largest carrier is pretty retarded, I don't care how much Verizon paid them for the exclusive, I doubt it's enough to make up for the long term loss of not having their ubiquitous flagship phone on every carrier so they can have better hardware and software support for it and build up a reputation like Samsung and Apple did. I bet the DNA gets one major update 8 months after it's available and stops supporting it entirely like they have the Rezound.
Unanimous victories for the HTC one over the S4 by all editors at pocketnow.
http://pocketnow.com/2013/04/25/samsung-galaxy-s-4-or-htc-one
I think everyone was sick of the cheap plastic and gimmicky features, expecting more from a samsung fragship.
Unfortunately it's also Verizon. If Google can't even get that Galaxy Nexus updated in a timely fashion, what chance do any other OEM's have on there?
I think you are right but I also think that's pretty messed up. Gimmicks? I think the gimmicks are what make smart phones so popular. Adding hardware is the only way to move smart phones forward, adding "high end" materials is the real gimmick since all the gold infused bullshit in the world wont make your phone do more.
I would love to have a metal phone, but to give up temp / humidity sensors, removable batteries, sd cards, flexibility. Sorry I think its ridiculous for people to be giving land slide reviews in one directly which all basically come down to a single thing, we don't like plastic phones.
HTC One may be one of those phone that a skin like bodyguardz would make sense.I'm so sick of all the horseshit about plastic and poor build quality. My phone is going into a case regardless, as is true for anyone who's a) sane, and b) not loaded and prepared to drop $700 for an off-contract replacement after an 18 inch fall. Basically, the only aspects of physical build that matters to me are: size, weight, screen quality, and maybe buttons. If someone can provide evidence Samsung's design actually makes the phone more susceptible to damage, even with a decent case on, I'm all ears..
I think you are right but I also think that's pretty messed up. Gimmicks? I think the gimmicks are what make smart phones so popular. Adding hardware is the only way to move smart phones forward, adding "high end" materials is the real gimmick since all the gold infused bullshit in the world wont make your phone do more.
I would love to have a metal phone, but to give up temp / humidity sensors, removable batteries, sd cards, flexibility. Sorry I think its ridiculous for people to be giving land slide reviews in one directly which all basically come down to a single thing, we don't like plastic phones.
that's what all the professional reviews are calling it, and recommending that people turn it off.
all the s view, eye tracking stuff that the phone comes with, it's lagging the phone, doesn't work consistently or just plain pointless and hence gimmicky.
why wave your hand over the phone to scroll? that action requires so much more effort than just using your fingers. and if it doesn't detect properly the first time, then you've got to wave over it twice.
dirty hands? maybe, but that's only happened a few times in my lifetime of owning phones. any action requiring precision is going to require me to touch it anyway.
I think you are right but I also think that's pretty messed up. Gimmicks? I think the gimmicks are what make smart phones so popular. Adding hardware is the only way to move smart phones forward, adding "high end" materials is the real gimmick since all the gold infused bullshit in the world wont make your phone do more.
I would love to have a metal phone, but to give up temp / humidity sensors, removable batteries, sd cards, flexibility. Sorry I think its ridiculous for people to be giving land slide reviews in one directly which all basically come down to a single thing, we don't like plastic phones.
^ I just don't have faith in Motorola. I don't like their phones. I don't like their software. Maybe they will change, but I just don't know.
What is the point of google influenced designs its stupid Motorola should just run stock android, hows that for a google influenced design?
Fortunately, the 16GB model can be transformed into a 80GB model![]()
If you're a power user, the TW arguements are pointless anyways as you should just be putting a good AOSP ROM on the S4 and it'll be pretty awesome. I would be doing the same thing if I got the One, but good luck getting S-Off or having near the dev support on the One as the S4 will have.
If you're a power user, the TW arguements are pointless anyways as you should just be putting a good AOSP ROM on the S4 and it'll be pretty awesome. I would be doing the same thing if I got the One, but good luck getting S-Off or having near the dev support on the One as the S4 will have.
Hell, I am a power user, and I have never rooted or ROMed my SGS2, which is a far cry from my Incredible where I was actually a ROM author (made my ideal ROM). I went back and forth between that and CM7. With the SGS2, all I've done is used odin to flash to a different country's stock ROM.
With the upcoming Android 5.0 KLP release due soon after Google I/O in May, for the Nexus line, good luck getting a 5.0 ROM anytime soon for the S4. With a fully new point release, new ROM's based off a big release like that take extra long to release on non Nexus devices.
CM11 for non Nexus phones will take months to come out, and be rough alphas to start, sure glad I have the Nexus 4 now.
If TW is really as laggy and obtrusive as people are making it out to be on the S4, then I think I would just put an AOSP ROM on it and I'm sure it would scream, just like people did with the GS3 and call it a "Super Nexus." It's a nice spec bump of the N4 in pretty much all areas (design too, IMO, glass back is a horrible idea).
If you're a power user, the TW arguements are pointless anyways as you should just be putting a good AOSP ROM on the S4 and it'll be pretty awesome. I would be doing the same thing if I got the One, but good luck getting S-Off or having near the dev support on the One as the S4 will have.
Overall, I like where HTC is going with this. They have decided to skip the "kitchen sink" approach to really focus on a few things, and it works. It's also developer friendly, which is important to me and probably to most people reading this. I really think HTC might be back in the game with the One. It's an awesome device. They will of course have to contend with Samsung's unstoppable marketing machine though.
I thought I read from the CM team that the One is easy to develop for, but will be avoiding the S4.
http://www.androidcentral.com/cm-developers-passing-samsung-galaxy-s4-should-you
http://phandroid.com/2013/03/19/galaxy-s4-cyanogenmod/
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/eGmW8e8sCn4
Steve Kondik (Cyanogen himself) has a One. You also don't need S-OFF for ROM flashing - I run CM9 on my Evo 4G perfectly fine with S-ON.
In the end, the most important factor is the manufacturer updating the phone so the proper drivers become available (needed for speed and stability).
A few issues here. First, the CM team did not announce support or non-support for either phone. They don't do that. It was one team that contributes to CM that announced it. Secondly, while Exynos versions typically get poor (unofficial) support, the Snapdragon versions usually get great support.
As for HTC, they typically take so long to get S-Off, that they don't get supported very well. Here's a link to the last devices to get an official release:
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cyanogenmod-10-1-m2-release
You'll notice that the OMAP/Snapdragon versions of the S2 and S3 are represented well. HTC One X is supported, but not the global one, just the Evita model (which is limited to a handful of carriers as well). There is zero official support for the Sensation, their S2 equivalent. So basically, barring an official announcement, expect the domestic SGS4 models to get CM support, but wait for the One to get s-off before even hoping for it.
so basically no one knows for either phone, so for anyone to state that as a plus for either camp is deceitful.