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HTC One Watch Thread

LOL, I didn't notice that bit. Yeah, the Evo3D was smack in the middle of the terrible battery era for Htc (which they've not really completely climbed out of). Even a brand new battery was still meh battery life.
 
Trimlock said:
I think you might be the only one on the planet to consider the Evo3D's battery fine. My friend's battery is so terrible that it won't last two hours on a charge. He has to leave it as his desk charging all day.
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My battery lasted about 9 hours, although sometimes it would lose 20% just sitting there in 5 minutes.
 
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or wait till the STM/Nokia agreement expires... like in October/November of this year...
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When it will appeark in the One+ or whatever the next incremental update will be :p.
 
T4rd said:
When it will appeark in the One+ or whatever the next incremental update will be :p.
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Everybody know it will be called HTC One Two Three, with Michael Jordan as the official spokesperson. A special red Jordan Edition with Nike accessories will be exclusive to Verizon...
 
I assumed it'd be the HTC One plus since they went with HTC One X+. Honestly had no clue why they didn't just call this the HTC Two from the beginning :/
 
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LOL, I didn't notice that bit. Yeah, the Evo3D was smack in the middle of the terrible battery era for Htc (which they've not really completely climbed out of). Even a brand new battery was still meh battery life.
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I honestly hated my Evo3D (went through 3 of them because of defects/screen issues). I think I liked my Palm Pre more as sad as that is to say.
 
onedestinazn2 said:
I honestly hated my Evo3D (went through 3 of them because of defects/screen issues). I think I liked my Palm Pre more as sad as that is to say.
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Lesson of the story is don't buy gimmicky devices. Reason why I waited for a Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch. Now, it's Samsung's turn being gimmicky. History repeats.
 
CHANG3D said:
Lesson of the story is don't buy gimmicky devices. Reason why I waited for a Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch. Now, it's Samsung's turn being gimmicky. History repeats.
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You're incorrect. My issue wasn't with it being a gimmicky device, though I did hate that 2D camera on that thing. My issues were completely with hardware defects/build quality issues as I've stated before. More or less the same story with my Incredible/Incredible S, though I actually liked the camera alot more on those.
 
CHANG3D said:
Lesson of the story is don't buy gimmicky devices. Reason why I waited for a Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch. Now, it's Samsung's turn being gimmicky. History repeats.
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Same path for me. I waited FIVE MONTHS for the sprint version of the gs2 to come out, it was the fastest and best android phone of 2011, by far, and it was sleek and attractive as well.

Then for some reason samsung decided the galaxy s series needed to be beaten with the ugly stick.

To the HTC ONE I went.
 
Her basis in liking the S4 more is that the HTC One does not have touchwiz... Okay. Sounds legit.
 
harsaphes said:
Ars. Review in case it wasn't posted.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/htc-one-review-its-now-or-never-again/
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harsaphes said:
Review is getting bashed by the commenters on the site.
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And rightfully so. That was a horrible review. Regardless, give me an HTC One 64GB Dev Edition w/AWS HSPA+ and a removable battery, and it would move near the top of my list. Most of the Sense shortcomings can be replaced with a custom launcher.

My primary concerns with the HTC One remain the lack of removable battery (HTC's history and my own usage patterns), and HTC's history on updates (I expect to get 1 major revision of Android and few of the features from next year's Sense offering). If those two issues don't concern you, then this phone is likely a better choice than the S4.

There is nothing that I would love more than to see HTC outsell Samsung, or at least take a huge chunk of their market share. I just won't likely be joining in on that from either side.
 
If we use logic, HTC One will probably be supported for a long time due to it being on several carriers and shared the same hardware worldwide, one version. The phone that won't be supported would be Verizon HTC Droid DNA. Sorry, if you choose Verizon as a carrier and your device is an carrier specific model, HTC will not be delivering updates as quickly or as much.

Developers are also more enthusiastic on working on the One too.

Samsung actually has three models to support on the S4, S600 version, exynos version, and exynos lte version.

Here's their historical track record:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/the-checkered-slow-history-of-android-handset-updates/

And if you want to make sure your battery works and won't be devaluing your phone, get an iPhone. Judging HTC for using the first generation 4G radios that kills battery or the first generations of android is just stupid.
 
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Sounds like the Cyanogen team will have CM10.1 up and running fairly stable for the One, sooner than later. Looks like the CM team is working hard to develop on the One, which is good to see, I was worried with HTC's previous devices being not so development friendly last year, maybe HTC is helping developers again, like they were in the good old EVO 4G days ?

Curious which new phone will run official CM10.1 ROM's better, the S4 or One ? Which of these two phones will give the best battery life on the CM Nightly's ?
 
Zorachus said:
Sounds like the Cyanogen team will have CM10.1 up and running fairly stable for the One, sooner than later. Looks like the CM team is working hard to develop on the One, which is good to see, I was worried with HTC's previous devices being not so development friendly last year, maybe HTC is helping developers again, like they were in the good old EVO 4G days ?

Curious which new phone will run official CM10.1 ROM's better, the S4 or One ? Which of these two phones will give the best battery life on the CM Nightly's ?
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With both Kondik and Koush using and raving on about the HTC One, I'm going to guess that they will support it more. Just saying.
 
CHANG3D said:
With both Kondik and Koush using and raving on about the HTC One, I'm going to guess that they will support it more. Just saying.
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Going by posts on G+, Kondik is using an S4 and Koush is using the One.

I think One is just more work to make functional due to the lack of HTC devices in CM in recent months. S4 isn't all that different from S3 so I'm guessing much of the code simply had to be massaged to function where with One some of it may have to be totally re-written.
 
Has anyone here with the HTC One installed a custom kernel? I'm wondering about battery life. I would also like to logo2wake/sweep2wake.

My E4GT custom rom and kernel experience left a bad taste in my mouth. It literally killed my battery. So I am saying no for now.

P.S. I also read that Bluetooth 4 is also broken because it's not in Android by default and HTC didn't release the code to that or something.
 
CHANG3D said:
Has anyone here with the HTC One installed a custom kernel? I'm wondering about battery life. I would also like to logo2wake/sweep2wake.

My E4GT custom rom and kernel experience left a bad taste in my mouth. It literally killed my battery. So I am saying no for now.

P.S. I also read that Bluetooth 4 is also broken because it's not in Android by default and HTC didn't release the code to that or something.
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Using ARHD + Teamseven Kernal. Undervolted across the board by 50mv (75mv for the 4 lowest clockspeeds) A lot of well known devs are working on the One, lots of fun flashing.
 
Just got my developer edition, and find out that there are dust under the screen panel.
This is unacceptable :(
 
shansoft said:
Just got my developer edition, and find out that there are dust under the screen panel.
This is unacceptable :(
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call this number 1-866-416-3059 tell them whats up and they should take care of it. If they don't let me know.
 
I just applied my body skin the other day.

Now the Home button feels like it off a little toward the top-right of where it used to be.

And repeatable deathgrip. I didn't have this issue prior to applying the skin. I tested that before.

So... I will honestly say that I don't recommend anyone spending over $15 on a skin... I got my for $3 from xtremeguard, which is not "full-body" like they claim. It's just a screen protector + a back protector. I guess the speaker grills and the side polycarbonate doesn't need protection...
 
OCgamer666 said:
call this number 1-866-416-3059 tell them whats up and they should take care of it. If they don't let me know.
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Thanks for providing the information, but I couldn't make the call today...

Is there anyway I can do this online? :confused:
 
It's actually really hard to do the "deathgrip." My palm just isn't shaped that way. And the curved back probably helps HTC in that it's hard to do.

But if you lay the phone flat on your palm, and then clinch your fingers and tighten where the bottom left corner is covered along with the bottom part where the pinky goes around to the other side of the speaker grill.

I may or may not have done this correctly before without the skin, but I obviously know how to activate the deathgrip now.

Again, it's actually hard to hold the phone that way.

P.S. It does not seem to effect wifi. Just 3G/4G.
 
Saw the first commercial for the HTC One, they didn't do a great job of showing off the phone. They should go back to the hip style commercials showing off its sound capability.

The commercial was a bit dry.
 
I'm considering upgrading from my Infuse 4G (not LTE capable) to this phone just because the god damned speakers are in front. I have bitching for years about why set makers decided pointing them away was the best way to position them, its just insanely fucking retarded. That non-replaceable battery and non existent battery life have me worrying though. And with my last 2 Samsung phones, I cant hear the fucking thing ring when its in my pocket at full volume and the vibration is almost non existent so I miss a lot of calls. Why cant they get the kind of vibration you got from the little Nokia brick phones? You knew for damn sure you had a call when that thing vibrated.

My HP Touchpad has the Beats audio stuff in it and the sound out of it is pretty awesome.
 
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BoogerBomb said:
I'm considering upgrading from my Infuse 4G (not LTE capable) to this phone just because the god damned speakers are in front. I have bitching for years about why set makers decided pointing them away was the best way to position them, its just insanely fucking retarded. That non-replaceable battery and non existent battery life have me worrying though. And with my last 2 Samsung phones, I cant hear the fucking thing ring when its in my pocket at full volume and the vibration is almost non existent so I miss a lot of calls. Why cant they get the kind of vibration you got from the little Nokia brick phones? You knew for damn sure you had a call when that thing vibrated.

My HP Touchpad has the Beats audio stuff in it and the sound out of it is pretty awesome.
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My battery life has been pretty good... even after I left the phone on the dashboard of my car to where the temperature of the aluminum back could possibly fry an egg... Lasts all day for me. Benchmarks in a lot of reviews also indicates HTC One winning in that area against the GS4 despite having a lesser battery. Report indicates that TouchWiz Nature UX2 is more energy wasting than Sense 5.
 
Got a chance to finally use one today. Here's my impressions.

Build quality was much better than the display (dummy?) models I played with. As I said, I'd give the One the benefit of the doubt. Gaps and ridges are still there, but less noticeable. There were no issues with the screen being flush on one side and not the other. Overall, build quality felt a tad lower than the S4, but materials were much better. At worst, it's a tie. At best, it kills the S4. Overall edge goes to the HTC One.

I didn't play with the camera, but I've see enough samples to know that both are better than my S2, and I'd be happy with either. S4 is better in daylight, but the One is adequate. The One is almost adequate in low-light, and the S4 sucks in this situation. Pick your poison.

The UI is smooth. No, seriously, Sense 5 is a revelation. I've said for years that Sense was the best custom Android UI, and that was with each successive version being worse than before (what's that say about the competition?). I stopped liking Sense around version 3, but still acknowledged that it was solid for mainstream users. But Sense 5? It doesn't feel bloated at all. Blinkfeed was well used by putting it off to the left. It truly felt out of the way, yet easy to bring to the foreground when needed. I didn't feel a desire to disable it like I thought that I would. To me, Sense 4 felt constricted and claustrophobic, but Sense 5 just feels like a naturally different take on Android. The Droid DNA was laggier in usage than my S2, which was unforgivable. The S4 felt on par with my S4 (higher horsepower countered by more bloat). The HTC One felt as smooth as a Nexus. Sense 5 replaces the stock UI, rather than feeling like a bloated mess on top of it (like Touchwiz Nature UX 2).

Overall, the One is the better phone. There are only two major things and one minor issue stopping me from getting the 64GB developer edition (which costs about as much as a 16GB S4). The minor issue is the lack of AWS HSPA+ support. I can live without that as I am already in that situation. The major issues? HTC's update history (one and done) combined with a non-removable battery. My usage patterns will destroy any battery placed in front of me within 12-18 months, be it used in Apple, HTC, Samsung, etc. I need easy access to the battery for when I destroy it. The One is not repairable in this regard. So while the One is the best non-Nexus Android experience out today, it's not suitable for my needs. A pity, because HTC truly designed an excellent device. And unlike some OEMs, they made a respectable trade-off in eliminated expandable storage, but at least giving us enough internally.

EDIT: Forgot to point out another issue that bothered me - wasted space. Before using the phone, I had assumed that the HTC logo was a capacitive home button. It's just a logo, with a "back" button to the left, and a "home" button to the right. Had they ditched this, they could have had on-screen buttons ala stock Android, and either a larger display or a smaller chassis. Instead, this is an eyesore and a poor use of real estate. One thing that I LOVE about the S4 is how they engineered the screen and bezel. There is little wasted space. The S4 looks and feels smaller than the One, yet has a 0.3" larger display AND a physical home button. There isn't much that HTC messed up with the One. One any other device, this would be a minor issue. But for HTC, this is one issue that prevents the One from hitting perfection.
 
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