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At this point this is solely a leak but it is from someone with a good track record.
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The HTC 10 sitting on my desk is the last HTC phone I'll buy. No 3.5mm jack = no purchase. HTC sent me a survey not too long ago asking what it would take to make me buy a new HTC product (I've had just about every flagship of theirs since the G2 which had the best hardware keyboard EVER) and I gave them the same response. My phone is a Pandora streamer/MP3 player, and occasionally used for web surfing or texting/making calls.
You're eventually going to have to accept the fact that the 3.5mm jack is going away; every generation we see less of them. Each year you'll have less and less options and I'm pretty sure we won't see a new flagship phone with one in 2020.
I wish what you wrote would be promulgated and delivered to every phone reviewer and reader to take an active stance to reverse this trend.Phone design in general is regressing across the board though, IMO. I hate the 2:1 screen ratios, the rounded glass edges, the sealed batteries, and crappy bottom/mono speaker in most phones nowadays. I really don't care about water resistance and wish more phones had kept the IR blaster that was somewhat common for a couple years. It's like most OEMs are putting form over function now, which is the total opposite of what I look for in a phone, as aesthetics are the absolute last thing I care about on a phone that will most likely go into a case anyways.
I wish what you wrote would be promulgated and delivered to every phone reviewer and reader to take an active stance to reverse this trend.
Unfortunately his opinion most likely doesn't reflect the opinion of the mass target audience. 2:1 screen ratios are the new rave now - companies wouldn't all be implementing it if it weren't (I do hate rounded edges though like on the Galaxy S8). Also, sealed batteries is another thing the vast majority of people don't care about. Hardly anyone ever carried an extra battery, and would swap out their phones anyway by the time the battery went to shit after a couple of years. People would rather have sealed batteries with water resistance and wireless charging over removable batteries. I agree with the crappy mono speakers, but that seems to be a trend that is going away.
Looks nice but at 700 to 800$ no thank you. Cell phones are out of control
I won't pay that price, but when you consider how they have basically become high-powered computers in handheld form, it's not that high.
I'm always baffled when people say those prices are "out of control." Your smartphone is arguably the most important device in your life. It's nearly always with you; it's your lifeline to others, it's your primary camera, it keeps you informed about the world, it plays music when you're on the go, it frequently serves as a remote control... I won't begrudge you if you keep the cost down, but why would you fault someone for investing $700-plus into a device if they find it useful?
But you know if you avoid the "standard" phones (top end Samsung, top end Apple), you can get almost the same thing for less than half the price.
While I agree with your argument, the details are questionable. The OnePlus 6 isn't even out yet. You don't know if OP6 will have a better or worse camera. Like if Huawei can do it, so can Oppo/OnePlus. As for biometric sign in options, OnePlus is rumored to have a on screen fingerprint reader. Due to the location of the fingerprint reader on the S9/S9+, I would say that OnePlus 6 will have a better biometric sign in option; so what if Samsung has a fingerprint reader in a shitty location, so what if this Iris scanner is gimmicky and nearly useless (I wear glasses), and no one should use that unsecure 2d face unlock.Yes and no. There are clearly some areas where the gain is minimal, but you can frequently tell where the money went if you look closely.
Let's say you're comparing a OnePlus 6 (we already know many of the specs) to a Galaxy S9+. Yeah, both phones have large screens, fast processors and dual cameras, but the S9+ has a better screen, better photography (especially in low light), more biometric sign-in options, expandable storage, water resistance, fast wireless charging... you get the idea. It may cost nearly twice as much, but you're definitely getting more phone.
Think of it like the difference between an everyday PC and an expensive gaming PC. Most people won't get anything out of a gaming PC, but for those people who care about gaming, every extra dollar spent on that rig will be considered worthwhile. If I depend on my phone around the clock for work, if I'm an avid mobile photographer, if I'm just a mobile enthusiast, I will get more value out of a high-end phone.
Sure looks attractive doesn't it. Will be looking forward to your review Shansoft!Now this is the phone I am waiting for, and what Pixel 2 XL should have been.
Preordered....
Companies will always price their goods and services as high as they think the market will bear. Isn't that how the market is supposed to work? You think it's too high? Don't buy. If there are enough people who don't buy, the companies will adjust their prices. It's not like there aren't enough options when it comes to smartphones nowadays.
The HTC U12+ non-mechanical power and volume buttons turned out to be a failure. Unfortunately I can no longer consider this phone.
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I pre-ordered my HTC U12+ directly from HTC themselves without financing and got it on Friday, June 22nd.
I had seen all the videos and reviews and write-ups saying the phone was amazing...except the buttons killed the whole thing. I was worried...
Thank GOD I didn't let any of that bullshit sway me. The phone is just simply amazing. Buttons work just fine. So either all the reviewers got pre-production broken units (huge fail HTC if so) or there is some sweeping anti-HTC thing going on.
The phone is good.