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A mate of mine bought a rhodium and kindly uploaded pics, have at it
I must say, it's pretty damn sexual.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmnnn, that's one nice phone. Thanks for the pictures.
Dave
I should add... that friend is me .
If anyone has questions I'll be happy to answer.
Damn you Oli - looks pretty damn nice.
You happy with it?
Dave
NIIIIIICE pics !! thanks for the upload..
I've had a bit more of a play with the device and as a previous Blackstone owner (Touch HD), there are some pretty noticeable differences in the UI which I'd thought I'd share for those who are interested and havn't yet got their own to play with.
Firstly, the start menu has now been totally replaced with a HTC version, which can be disabled it seems by browsing this forum, but TF3D offers no in-built method to disable it which is kind of annoying (see attached image).
Secondly, the TF3D menu style is extended into almost all programs. For example even in file explorer, opening the standard menu from the soft key shows a 'finger friendly enlarged menu' (see attached image).
Also the Bluetooth UI is completely different (see attached image).
Also a welcome change from the Blackstone is vibration feedback when using the on screen keyboard, and it also shows a button preview above the buttons when pressed (similar to the iPhone). Although this will be less useful since the device has a full QWERTY keyboard, but I'm assuming the Topaz (Diamond 2) has the same feature improvements, so it will be a welcome change for users of that device.
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I should add... that friend is me .
If anyone has questions I'll be happy to answer.
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Could you load Skyfire and see how it performs? Someone else mentioned that Skyfire was slow and i got the feeling that he just didn't want to do it.
How is the redraw in Opera, and most importantly how is the battery life?
Great pics
Thanks!
What does it use for a notification light on the front? I can't really find one...
I wanna ask, is there a proximity sensor or no? Cuz when reading some specs, some say it does have one, some don't say anything. The HTC website doesn't mention anything either.. So?
The more pics I see of the it , the better it looks! Can't wait to get it in the States!
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Could you load Skyfire and see how it performs? Someone else mentioned that Skyfire was slow and i got the feeling that he just didn't want to do it.
How is the redraw in Opera, and most importantly how is the battery life?
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Can you clarify what you mean by redraw? Do you mean when you scroll around and have to wait for the page to be displayed in the newly visible area? As for battery life, no idea yet sorry. Havn't done much testing in that area.
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What does it use for a notification light on the front? I can't really find one...
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There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
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I wanna ask, is there a proximity sensor or no? Cuz when reading some specs, some say it does have one, some don't say anything. The HTC website doesn't mention anything either.. So?
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I can confirm there is. If I make a call and hold the phone to my head, the screen dims, when I bring it back down it comes to life again. Pretty cool .
What I will add though it the CorePlayer movie speed seems to be a bit better than the Touch HD (well from my experience anyway). I have only tried one 350MB TV Episode so far, but it managed 90.34% in a benchmark with a framerate of 21.7. Although there wasnt a lot of 'action' in my test video so it might be worse with other videos.
3g?
does the phone have 3g but for the US, specifically AT&T??, ohh and nice phone can't wait to buy it.
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There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
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Sweetness. Doesnt seem as spiffy as the light on the Fuze, but good enough.
Thanx for the pic to BTW.
crypticalpha said:
There aew two LED's on the top of the unit on either side of the speaker. The one on the left seems to indicate charge with an orange LED and notifications with a flashing green LED. Not sure what the other LED does yet (See attached image).
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This is probably the ambient light detector for automatic control of LCD brightness under varying light levels.
I haven't seen the keyboard quite that close up before. Looks like there are Caps and FN LEDs at the top.
Thanks for the pics
oquen2001 said:
does the phone have 3g but for the US, specifically AT&T??, ohh and nice phone can't wait to buy it.
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There are two versions of the phone, one that supports 850MHz UMTS and one that does 900MHz UMTS.
My phone is the 900MHz version, which is what the networks in Australia use (EXCEPT for Telstra Next-G which is 850MHz in regional areas).
I 'THINK' the US uses the 850MHz UMTS band but since I don't live there, I can't really say for sure. But I do not know if the 850MHz version will be released at the same time.
would it be possible for you to take some pictures with the phone and some video so we can see the quality? Thanks!
doctajay said:
would it be possible for you to take some pictures with the phone and some video so we can see the quality? Thanks!
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I believe there's a sample video linked in the pocketnow full review--see quarintus' review thread in this forum for a link.
Well, when Olipro' mate has got this baby, we can expect Hard SPL on the way very soon.
Regards,
Carty..
Hi
Just got me a refurbished Desire from 3 for a very decent price, so I never got the original box which means I have no way of knowing what type of screen I have
It has Android version 2.2 is that scone or custard slice? haha, so can I asume it will have a SLCD screen
also why does it have a purple tinge, I read that somewhere else and hoped mine wouldnt be like that, will need a cover that goes over the whole phone to be honest cos its not good for my street cred having a purple phone, haha
on the hunt for a decent theme to use, the live screens are great but will get bored of them sooner or later, ive seen some that change the look of all the icons, how do I get one of them installed?
any links for the push software so i can get an alert from facebook
thanks for your help
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Hi
Just got me a refurbished Desire from 3 for a very decent price, so I never got the original box which means I have no way of knowing what type of screen I have
It has Android version 2.2 is that scone or custard slice? haha, so can I asume it will have a SLCD screen
also why does it have a purple tinge, I read that somewhere else and hoped mine wouldnt be like that, will need a cover that goes over the whole phone to be honest cos its not good for my street cred having a purple phone, haha
on the hunt for a decent theme to use, the live screens are great but will get bored of them sooner or later, ive seen some that change the look of all the icons, how do I get one of them installed?
any links for the push software so i can get an alert from facebook
thanks for your help
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Hi, congrats on the new phone! and i think its the slice? lol
anyway apparently AMOLED have the purple tint, theres a thread about it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656128
you can try launcher pro or ADW launcher which i like better and the push software should aready be there, syncing in the background.
Search in the market and you find all the softwares needed
mrmoogle said:
Hi, congrats on the new phone! and i think its the slice? lol
anyway apparently AMOLED have the purple tint, theres a thread about it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656128
you can try launcher pro or ADW launcher which i like better and the push software should aready be there, syncing in the background.
Search in the market and you find all the softwares needed
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Thanks for your reply, but I meant the fascia
Model is called graphite so am wondering why it looks purple
efcgenius said:
Thanks for your reply, but I meant the fascia
Model is called graphite so am wondering why it looks purple
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ohh haha i kinda misred that aswell, maybe its a chinese make? theres loads on ebays
All 3 desire phones are amoled, mate manages a 3 shop
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Easiest way to confirm what screen you have is turrn on your camera in a pitch black room. If its amoled the screen will stay pitch black on your phone, if its slcd you will easily notice any sort of light bleeding around the edge of the screen. I think I'm right in saying that?
adz63 said:
All 3 desire phones are amoled, mate manages a 3 shop
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Sorry to be anal but when you say AMOLED do u mean Super or just AMOLED
Its a bit odd that I cant find this out via the handset ,lol
adz63 said:
All 3 desire phones are amoled, mate manages a 3 shop
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sorry mate but ive had 2 desire`s from 3 both brand new and SLCD both of em
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Sorry to be anal but when you say AMOLED do u mean Super or just AMOLED
Its a bit odd that I cant find this out via the handset ,lol
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There is no superAMOLED in HTC Desire. AFAIK that is a Samsung-exclusive feature.
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hey guys im a mobile phone technician here in australia ok now i have a htc desire HD camera and guess what ? its exactly the same as the htc desire soo tomorrow or sunday me and my boss and goin to put it into the desire and see how things goo my boss recons no problem it will work now that im running a htc desire HD rom and everyone knows there are camera issues main one is video record freezes fone on 720p but theres also another way around that htc desire has to have a class 4 sd card 8gb or high ive tested with out it and freezes and with it flawlessly but gonna step up the game and upgrade the actual camera to 8 megapixel ill let you know how things go fingers crossed guys
NATAO2NV
Thanks for letting us know! Waiting for the result.
Could you have a go at replacing the speaker?
I'm not too worried about the camera quality but would love to improve the speaker.
Go on, have a go for me
Awesome ideea!!! If this is real, the htc desire will become even cooler then it is now.
ShugM said:
Could you have a go at replacing the speaker?
I'm not too worried about the camera quality but would love to improve the speaker.
Go on, have a go for me
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haha that was my 2nd mod.. goin to replace with the htc legend black speaker cuz its exact same htc desire hd isnt ill let u guys know
mihai.onu94 said:
Awesome ideea!!! If this is real, the htc desire will become even cooler then it is now.
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damm straight i had the desire hd but clean swaped it for he desire i didnt like the hd it was realy big and wasnt a nextg fone soo my network was **** but with the desire hd rom on my desire its awesome
Any news about the camera?
mihai.onu94 said:
Any news about the camera?
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sorry not yet i have to wait till tuesday ill keep you posted im as excited as you guys
natao2nv said:
sorry not yet i have to wait till tuesday ill keep you posted im as excited as you guys
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as i only have 1 htc desire hd 8mp camera , can anyone tell me were to get another my suppliers dont have any i got mine out of a broken desire hd and htc wont sell them unless you put a desire hd to repair soo im looking for a htc parts site that sells them thnx
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as i only have 1 htc desire hd 8mp camera , can anyone tell me were to get another my suppliers dont have any i got mine out of a broken desire hd and htc wont sell them unless you put a desire hd to repair soo im looking for a htc parts site that sells them thnx
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ok guys an update on speaker unfortunately i replaced the htc desire speaker with the htc legend an it didnt make a diffrence they exact same part lol the speaker volume is in the hardware ..
maybe a system tweak or a secret menu like the samsungs would be nice
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as i only have 1 htc desire hd 8mp camera , can anyone tell me were to get another my suppliers dont have any i got mine out of a broken desire hd and htc wont sell them unless you put a desire hd to repair soo im looking for a htc parts site that sells them thnx
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This might seem Pedantic, but a well typed search on eBay (for me at least) found one or 2 where people have dropped their HD and now the screen broke or any number of issues. Maybe something you could work with?
Searches like "Desire HD SPARES"
or "Desire HD BROKEN" found a few butter-fingered users
I think you can buy camera from here:
http://www.mobilephone-spares.com/HTC-Desire-HD-Repair-Parts-LCD.html
SORRY GUYS the 8mp desire hd camera fitted perfect and soon as i open camera app blank black screen soo disappointing o well was worth a try
moving on ive managed to solder in some blue led bulbs in the bottom looks sick with a white housing just another mod to make the desire even cooler then what it already is
post up screen shoots soon thnx
Try one of the earlier ports of the DHD rom maybe? the ones where the camera wouldn't work, as it probably has the drivers needed for the DHD camera...which you've just installed
Matty Matt said:
Try one of the earlier ports of the DHD rom maybe? the ones where the camera wouldn't work, as it probably has the drivers needed for the DHD camera...which you've just installed
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im using t-mod insert a coin dhd rom.. cuz im telstra next g
what do u mean drivers the any dhd rom should have the 8mp cam drivers
my video recording doesnt work on my dhd rom cuz i need a class 4 sd card
What about replacing the touch-screen with a better one? Any chance?
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im using t-mod insert a coin dhd rom.. cuz im telstra next g
what do u mean drivers the any dhd rom should have the 8mp cam drivers
my video recording doesnt work on my dhd rom cuz i need a class 4 sd card
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Just a few things...
Any rom works with NextG, you just won't get "unmetered" content due to the device id. I'm running Oxygen and it works fine with HSDPA on 850mhz. You only need to run a Telstra specific rom if you want to retain all the shortcuts to telstra services and access them "unmetered" which is useless since anything worth it, like FoxTel, you have to pay an extra subscription for anyway.
The camera is controlled by a combination of the kernel and radio firmware. Even if the DHD camera was backwards compatible (software-wise) you would still have to make modifications to make the higher settings available.
If your video recording doesn't even start then you need to update your radio firmware to a more recent one. The original radio that shipped with NextG phones (they're still shipping 2.1 as far as I know) did not allow the camera to work with 2.2+ roms.
Functional video recording has nothing to do with the SD card unless you're trying to record 720p content and the SDCard doesn't write fast enough. But it'll just "lag" in that case. Recording at a lower resolution will still work.
natao2nv said:
ive managed to solder in some blue led bulbs in the bottom looks sick
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You Sir, are a prodigious idiot.
xAnniHilatex said:
You Sir, are a prodigious idiot.
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why am i an idiot i like to have a unique phone working in mobile phone business it looks good being able to do things and show pplz ur not just a mobile phone sales man and blue, red, green LED lights in the bottom is just 1 of many mods to come
Stewge said:
Just a few things...
Any rom works with NextG, you just won't get "unmetered" content due to the device id. I'm running Oxygen and it works fine with HSDPA on 850mhz. You only need to run a Telstra specific rom if you want to retain all the shortcuts to telstra services and access them "unmetered" which is useless since anything worth it, like FoxTel, you have to pay an extra subscription for anyway.
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You'll find that the unmetered content has to do with the APN you use, and the browsers User Agent string. If you use the telstra.iph APN (no proxy details etc), and set your User Agent string correctly (cant recall the exact one required, but you can set it via the browsers debug menu), you can use any ROM you like and enjoy the unmetered content all the same
Worked perfectly fine with stock LeeDroid (not t-mod leedroid) and InsertCoin (Sense HD) roms
As mentioned on IRC a long time ago, here is the dump of the G2 prototype, called 'G1 Blaze'
I'm not sure how useful this is now, but I thought I'd put it up for everyone's curiosity. Please feel free to mirror elsewhere.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1pGU044HRD_RTlOR1lialN0b0k
Very interesting. Was planning on sleeping. That is now postponed.
Thanks for this!
Why on earth didn't they keep the black it looks so much better then this sort of grey
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mmcblk0, file size: 4GB.
"The missing 2GB", episode 2?
Guessing that eMMC was partitioned in MLC mode on this one.
So, the differences are: black housing, secondary mic, AMOLED screen, 4GB of internal memory. Anything else?
And that would be an even more awesome device if HTC released it without these changes.
is here wrong place to post it?
masterismos said:
is here wrong place to post it?
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Can you explain why? Development section is the right one for this thing IMO.
NeverGone\RU said:
Can you explain why? Development section is the right one for this thing IMO.
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the torrent file is the rom? about the google drive when i press the link nothing downloads. im saying that i dont see smth for development (rom,mod,tweaks,etc) sorry if im wrong. i see only info.
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the torrent file is the rom? about the google drive when i press the link nothing downloads. im saying that i dont see smth for development (rom,mod,tweaks,etc) sorry if im wrong. i see only info.
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It's not a ROM. Read the thread title.
It's a DUMP from the G2 PROTOTYPE.
It contains all partitions' dump, including HBoot (v.0.55.2000 ENG, never seen before), Radio, System and all the other things.
And BTW I downloaded it and everything's fine for me.
Copied this file to my Dropbox as a mirror.
@OP: Can you provide some more photos of the device (or maybe side-by-side ones that you've talked about on IRC)? I'm VERY interested in PCB photos, but if you don't want to disassemble the phone, it's up to you
(/QUOTE)So, the differences are: black housing, secondary mic, AMOLED screen, 4GB of internal memory. Anything else?
And that would be an even more awesome device if HTC released it without these changes.[/QUOTE]
+1 I think they went the wrong direction changing the screen and making it gray instead of black. Idk why they didn't leave it black. It looks f***in sweet black... lol
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It's not a ROM. Read the thread title.
It's a DUMP from the G2 PROTOTYPE.
It contains all partitions' dump, including HBoot (v.0.55.2000 ENG, never seen before), Radio, System and all the other things.
And BTW I downloaded it and everything's fine for me.
Copied this file to my Dropbox as a mirror.
@OP: Can you provide some more photos of the device (or maybe side-by-side ones that you've talked about on IRC)? I'm VERY interested in PCB photos, but if you don't want to disassemble the phone, it's up to you
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ok now i understand. sorry
How did you manage this compression? 7.4 GB inside of a 670 MB file?
In all curiousity, did the prototype have the Z-hinge?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/25/htc-vision-headed-to-t-mobile-in-new-spy-shot-dubbed-g1-blaze
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/htc-vision-with-android-full-qwerty-in-the-wild/
Check it out
Pretty cool the prototype. Dunno about you guys but I kinda wished our DZs came with an AMOLED screen like that. Wonder what we can do with those files..
johrie said:
Why on earth didn't they keep the black it looks so much better then this sort of grey
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I actually got to speak with the Product Manager for the G2 and she said their market survey indicated the gray/silver color was preferred.
NeverGone\RU said:
mmcblk0, file size: 4GB.
"The missing 2GB", episode 2?
Guessing that eMMC was partitioned in MLC mode on this one.
So, the differences are: black housing, secondary mic, AMOLED screen, 4GB of internal memory. Anything else?
And that would be an even more awesome device if HTC released it without these changes.
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Those are the difference I've noticed.
masterismos said:
the torrent file is the rom? about the google drive when i press the link nothing downloads. im saying that i dont see smth for development (rom,mod,tweaks,etc) sorry if im wrong. i see only info.
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The torrent was created of the blaze.7z with openbittorrent.com and publicbt.com trackers, as well as the static link to the Google Doc host.
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@OP: Can you provide some more photos of the device (or maybe side-by-side ones that you've talked about on IRC)? I'm VERY interested in PCB photos, but if you don't want to disassemble the phone, it's up to you
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More photos attached. I don't care about serial numbers. The G2 was sent to China and the G1Blaze is only a test device now.
captainreynolds said:
How did you manage this compression? 7.4 GB inside of a 670 MB file?
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Much of the dump is wasted space, and the 2 nandroids are pretty much copies of the dump, so compress to insignificant space.
ChpStcksRlz said:
In all curiousity, did the prototype have the Z-hinge?
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The physical design of the G1blaze is pretty much identical to the G2, with the differences called out above.
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Pretty cool the prototype. Dunno about you guys but I kinda wished our DZs came with an AMOLED screen like that. Wonder what we can do with those files..
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The photos should show the pentile OLED, of which I am not a fan. I already tried to replace the OLED with a G2 LCD and found out the ribbon connectors are not compatible.
You are a quote master. Thanks for all of this, really cool! This makes me wish HTC would be making another QWERTY slider like our beloved G2 though
Dam I never knew this existed amoled display would've been sick on this phone with that black trim
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Personally I prefer the silver/grey. Look more classy IMO.
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This makes sooo sad!!
If I knew about this waiting for my G2 I prolly would have been real upset knowing there was always going to be a better version of the phone I loved!!
Tmobile G2 = The overly used silver benz everyone drives!
G1 Blaze = Would have delivered exactly what everyone was expecting! =/
....So much prettier, ....8mb camera w/ stock 2.2?
OP Why did take away so many capabilities? ....and know where I can Buy one? Seriously! ^_^
xhitz said:
This makes sooo sad!!
If I knew about this waiting for my G2 I prolly would have been real upset knowing there was always going to be a better version of the phone I loved!!
Tmobile G2 = The overly used silver benz everyone drives!
G1 Blaze = Would have delivered exactly what everyone was expecting! =/
....So much prettier, ....8mb camera w/ stock 2.2?
OP Why did take away so many capabilities? ....and know where I can Buy one? Seriously! ^_^
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I don't see what makes you sad here...
1) this prototype has amoled POS display. SLCD > amoled.
2) Slow performing 4GB internal storage vs FAST performing 2GB. I'll take the faster anyday, since the device supports external add-on.
3) If by "8mb" you mean "8 MP", I don't see anything indicating such.
4) Ugly painted black plain prototype. Easy to scratch off paint and would quickly look like junk. They paint prototypes like that to make them nondescript.
What we have is basically *superior* to this prototype. The next step up is the HTC DOUBLESHOT.
Basically got ripped off on ebay as was sold a HTC One M7 with pink fuzzy camera.
So, now thinking of the getting the M8 instead.
Can anyone please confirm that this is not a problem with the M8?
thanks
Matt
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Basically got ripped off on ebay as was sold a HTC One M7 with pink fuzzy camera.
So, now thinking of the getting the M8 instead.
Can anyone please confirm that this is not a problem with the M8?
thanks
Matt
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There is a pictures thread in the general forum. However, the short answer is no. The pictures look fine on the M8, they are just comparably (to other flagship phones) low resolution at 4Mpixels. If you can live with that, it actually takes very nice pictures - at least as good as my old 8Mpixel Galaxy S2.