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HTC announces HTC One 4.7-inch flagship smartphone |
etaab
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Oh I don't know, I rate any company lower who put their antennas in the battery cover and connect them with gold contacts.
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Tsepz_GP
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HTC have had a mix of good and really bad things in their models, but they have overall been robust.I remember when I was around 16-17, I had a Nokia N80 and my dad had the almighty HTC TyTN, what a machine that thing was, but it had a tendency to heat up to a point where it was uncomfortable to use.
In Android we had the Desire HD with the two covers for battery and sim+mem card being easily ruined, then the Sensation with antennagate, and if I'm not mistaken One X had a similar issue, but I simply cant fault the materials used and their designs.
I've been wanting to try Htc since my X10, but Samsung got me in their clutches since the brilliant GS2, a phone I got due to the HTC Sensation XE not being available down here.
One thing that will keep me away from Htc for a while is how they ruined multitasking in SenseUI, they have made the Android task manager extremely aggressive more than any other OEM, ever since the One X, so Htc Androids don't keep that many tasks in RAM.
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Bonovox
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Whilst the One is a great handset I would not get one if I had the choice. I find the new Android skin a bit bland and colourless rather drab looking. I wish HTC would get rid of the black background to the app drawer aswell  Like in others you can see your wallpaper behind the app drawer
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2013-04-22 23:07 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
Tsepz_GP
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Yeah, it does look quite dark, very depressed colours used in the UI. Yep, HTC's app drawer has always looked awful,it and the stock Android UI drawer on Nexus phones are just so dull with those icons, Motorola, IMO, have the best looking app drawer,it uses your wallpaper and their icons are always very simple yet creative, they pay a lot of attention to detail.
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Bonovox
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Hehe i played with a Razr i the other week really nice device
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Away
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A person I know has One. Amazing looks, build quality, speakers and screen. Really impressed. If only they had got it out at the same time as the Z, they would have had a chance. |
Bonovox
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 huh,are you telling us that the HTC One will sell less than the Xperia Z?? 
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etaab
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Well after buying a vanilla Android tablet for my girlfriend and using it heavily, im totally bored with the look of it. Give me Touchwhiz anyday. I wouldn't have thought any other companies branding software would be better than the original, but it is.
I can remember not buying phones from companies like Vodafraud because they branded phones so heavily, but I'd need to with Android. Sense does need something other than a black background.
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Bonovox
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Vodafraud?? What did they do to you then?? 
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etaab
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What didn't they do. Had phones from them, bad experiences all round. Had contracts with them, ended badly. Had a job interview with them, ended really badly with them cancelling the interview half way through because they didn't like my opinions.
Literally, THE worst operator by far. Not to mention their Apple type ways of doing business. Greed. I remember them not allowing MP3 files to be used on their branded phones, unless bought through their own music hub. This was all before smartphones hit the mainstream with the arrival of iOS and Android.
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Bonovox
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Haha yes I remember their branded phones that could not use ringtones  We used to have their offices here in Birmingham but they moved. I never rated them as a network either.
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etaab
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I love going into Vodafraud stores to this day just to play with new phones and when the commission driven sales staff try to talk to me i just turn and give them a look of total disgust and a very aggressive NO !
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Bonovox
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 Satisfaction!!!!!! I always thought their call quality is awful Anyway speaking of Nokia they plan a phablet next
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25d[....]0144feabdc0.html#axzz2RJvR4Byi
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Tsepz_GP
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Good news for HTC:
No sales ban for the HTC One in the Netherlands
http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]One-in-the-Netherlands_id42275
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etaab
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I don't agree with banning sales of phones at all. Not even the evil Apple phones. I believe in free choice to buy whatever you want and its up to the individual to decide. If they want to pursue each other in court, it should be for money only and not trying to stop people being able to buy a phone they want.
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Posted: 2013-04-22 21:28
