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[Q] who here will get the htc sensation?

As the question states, who will be jumping ship to the htc sensation? I know the locked bootloader is a turn off but I believe either htc or our xda devs will remove this eventually. I know I for one will be getting one of these badboys. What are your thoughts?

This thread all ready exists http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048386
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The devs won't figure it out more than likely. Take a look at motorola. And if they were able to, no one would care if they locked it or not cause we could just unlock it. Just trying to help ya get your facts straight.
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The Sensation is a DAMN SEXY PHONE!!

cjward23 said:
This thread all ready exists http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048386
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Usually keep track of the forum, guess I missed this. My bad.

I am getting the Samsung Galaxy S2. No sensation for me. HTC is great and all but I really want some great hardware. Support might be bad but you never know what you'll get until you get one. I use to a be iphone person and all i heard was bad android was. Then I moved over and realize Android rocks other than crappy games apps (only useful in class during lectures in college).
Also HTC always tend to cheap out on cameras speakers and battery.

bruceko86 said:
I am getting the Samsung Galaxy S2. No sensation for me. HTC is great and all but I really want some great hardware. Support might be bad but you never know what you'll get until you get one. I use to a be iphone person and all i heard was bad android was. Then I moved over and realize Android rocks other than crappy games apps (only useful in class during lectures in college).
Also HTC always tend to cheap out on cameras speakers and battery.
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You'll live to regret it, I would know as I'm coming from a samsung epic 4g and I hated that samsung takes forever to update there handsets plus dev is slow. The epic doesn't even have a fully working cm6 or cm7!

[Q] What phone are you upgrading from ?

Since Samsung/google are being total idiots and not announcing any carriers pricing figure Id ask.
So what phone are upgrading from ?
If GN doesnt hit your carrier...what other phone are you looking at ?
Me
Currently: Nexus One
Backup: Amaze 4g (?)
How do you feel about your backup plan opposed to GN ?
I honestly prefer the Amaze shell.(love the white)
But ICS /720p screen / Zero lag camera have me highly interested.

Currently T-mo G2.
I'm waiting for the GN. If it doesn't come unlocked to the US I won't pay that much to import. I can wait my G2 is working perfectly atm.

My last few phone rotations have been Nexus S, MyTough4g-Slide, and Blackberry 9930.
The fact there is no release date for the Galaxy Nexus is making me loopy. I am contemplating buying a new bionic just to hold me over. I feel like every day there is no information, the more time I spend contemplating the Razr. It's making me crazy. It doesn't help that I will be traveling on the 17th as well.

DX2 which I hate, I miss my Nexus devices

Possibly from an iphone 4. Still need to play with it to be convinced.

NAZology said:
My last few phone rotations have been Nexus S, MyTough4g-Slide, and Blackberry 9930.
The fact there is no release date for the Galaxy Nexus is making me loopy. I am contemplating buying a new bionic just to hold me over. I feel like every day there is no information, the more time I spend contemplating the Razr. It's making me crazy. It doesn't help that I will be traveling on the 17th as well.
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I am upgrading from a Samsung fascinate on VZW so I WILL be getting the nexus. @NAZology, that would be a huge fail bro as all moto phones are shi**y locked devices. Nexus all the way man, wait for it.
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I'm upgrading from an ancient HTC Hero, cause it's just too damn slow to be honest.
I don't really care if my carrier (O2 Germany) gets it, cause I'll be buying it from an online-shop anyway.
For me there are no alternatives to this phone. I don't like Motorola as a brand, never did. And the new HTC Rezound doesn't appeal to me at all. Since the presentation of the new ICS UI, Sense has become kinda pointless, imho.

I'm upgrading from a Sensation 4G. Due to T-Mobile having ongoing data problems in my neighborhood, I am taking my 2 line family plan to Verizon and getting the GNex.
The one negative thing about Verizon is the lack of dual-core LTE-enabled Android phones with a physical keyboard. The physical keyboard is a must for my wife, and I really don't want to get her the Samsung Stratosphere (last year's specs). What to do, what to do.

I'll be moving up from an old Droid Eris. So really looking forward to it!

Nexus one stock. Have a G2 hanging around as well running cm7. If tmobile doesn't officially get it I'll probably import.
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Nexus One running CM7.1
Once I heard the Galaxy Nexus had a notification LED and a coming car dock, I was sold

Nexus S GSM. I'll also be importing.
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I have a Samsung S2 with the stock KI3, but for the past week I've been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus... so for a while I'll use both of them, I guess.

You've been USING a Galaxy Nexus?! How did you manage to get hold of that? You, sir, are the envy of all us Nexus nerds!

from a good old HTC Hero

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Nexus One running CM7.1
Once I heard the Galaxy Nexus had a notification LED and a coming car dock, I was sold
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This is me exactly

phazerorg said:
You've been USING a Galaxy Nexus?! How did you manage to get hold of that? You, sir, are the envy of all us Nexus nerds!
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Yup, I've been using one See more details here, actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19057909&postcount=175
And, just like I said there, please be gentle and don't make fun of me ) Also, if you have any questions about the Nexus, ask in the comment section on the website and I'll try my best and answer as soon as possible

had a LG Optimus Speed but gave it back to amazon (for the full price I paid over half an year ago - YEAH), now on my good'n'old G1 ;-)

Upgrading from a Verizon Fascinate. Can't wait!
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Will be upgrading from a severely out of date Droid Eris.

What phone to buy

I've had my trusty desire 4 nearly two years now and its time for a new handset, I was looking at one of the 3d smartphones but I fear if I get one of these they will soon be out of date, so what phone would you advise bearing in mind I love flashing the lastest romsand I love tech, no iPhone.
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I would recommend the galaxy nexus
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I would love a Gnex if it took SD cards. I would also love to wait for the HTC Endeavour, if it took SD cards..
My god manufacturers, let me use an SD card!!!
So, experia S. You gonna let me have an SD card?

Wait for endeavour...it has the same as the ville I believe 50gb dropbox...remember dropbox is offsite so to speak,weekly transfer your pics what's the issue lol
Sent from Absolution 3.7 with ics waiting under the wings

One X.
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remember dropbox is offsite so to speak,weekly transfer your pics what's the issue lol
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lossless Music, Multiple linux.img's I run from Android...

My desire still doesn't make me feel like I need a new phone. really happy user!

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My desire still doesn't make me feel like I need a new phone. really happy user!
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Desire is Q1 2010 phone with an architecture dating from Q3 2008. Think of it as you got served a new phone for free and post which phone would that be.
I would take Galaxy Nexus if it had Sense. I didn't use Sense over the past 13 months or so, but started again a few days ago, and my next phone will be HTC for sure. Probably that quad which was christened with so many names I don't know how it is called now

well..if you want e.g. htc sensation you should know that he got little problems with his resolution. And some apps look weird etc.

erklat said:
Desire is Q1 2010 phone with an architecture dating from Q3 2008. Think of it as you got served a new phone for free and post which phone would that be.
I would take Galaxy Nexus if it had Sense. I didn't use Sense over the past 13 months or so, but started again a few days ago, and my next phone will be HTC for sure. Probably that quad which was christened with so many names I don't know how it is called now
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In that case, same as you, erklat. Nexus with HTC sense. So none of the phones that are currently on the market...

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Wait for endeavour
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Me too, but it's announced at 699€ in Italy!!!!
It's very expensive!

Maybe haters will hate my post but IMO best smartphone nowadays is iPhone 4S (but only if you want to buy new phone right now) because I can't find any good enough phone on Android. Anyway if I were you I'd wait for htc one x or other Android on Tegra3 or new Snapdragon

I like the sound of the HTC One X maybe that is at the top of my list. I am not bothered that it does not have a removeable sd card, as in the last 19 months I have not removed the 16GB card I bought with the phone.

Defo the One range
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I would personally ensure that which ever phone you go for has an active development team on xda.
I'd hate to buy a phone that didn't have custom roms.

my suggest is HD2..the monster phone if you like flashing or custom your rom..windows, android, ubuntu or meego..

depends on how much you want to spend... assuming the HTC One X may be a little expensive, the HTC One S looks promising, topping the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S2... May consider it depending on the actual price of the One S
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beaver2233 said:
depends on how much you want to spend... assuming the HTC One X may be a little expensive, the HTC One S looks promising, topping the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S2... May consider it depending on the actual price of the One S
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Isnt the One X about £450 ?
the One S is about £420 ?
bit much.
I am half tempted to get a sensation - it should price drop when the One range comes out?
bit disappointed no microSD slot (you only get about 26GB out of 32GB usable space apparently) - and no removable battery too.
very iPhonesque to me - but the spec is nice. such a shame - going to wait to see what else comes out soon as I have no money anyway.

agastya154 said:
my suggest is HD2..the monster phone if you like flashing or custom your rom..windows, android, ubuntu or meego..
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Leo (aka HD2) is a good choice =)

interested in the up & coming htc one s, as my contracts finished. but if it doesn't blow me away, may stick with my desire a little longer.

HTC One with keyboard?

Hi guys. This post is only to talk about our expectation to see an HTC One with keyboard.
I looked for a phone with keyboard that has a good hardware specifications but seems there is no phone. Sincerely, I would like to see an HTC One X with keyboard and with all the 4 cores
It's a shame that manufacturers forget the phones with keyboards.
HTC said that One is their new models. I want to believe it like Desire series and there will be an HTC One with keyboard with great hardware specs. What do you think?

I would really love that. I wasn't surprised when HTC didn't announce a hardware keyboard device in the One series, but I was still a little bit disappointed. I think that companies should be focusing on hardware keyboards alot more than they are. Really, the last awesome device with a hardware keyboard was the Desire Z/G2. The only other decent phones besides the Desire Z/G2 with hardware keyboards are Droids, in my opinion. It would be great if HTC released a keyboard as part of the One series AND as a "G3." Like they did with our device, as a part of the Desire series and a successor to the G1.

I'm waiting for this fall, really hoping they release a G3 or w/e. If it will happen we'll hear about it during the summer.

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I'm waiting for this fall, really hoping they release a G3 or w/e. If it will happen we'll hear about it during the summer.
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yup, it should be when they will... that is... IF they do at all. It seems like qwertys are extinct now. HTC has been changing their direction a bit lately and I wouldn't be surprised if they don't make one this year. I hope I'm wrong...

I really like the keyboard on the Mytouch 4G Slide I bought for my girlfriend. But it's a big phone, so she has a hard time using the keyboard.

Supposedly the One X will be coming to tmo with the Tegra 3 and all 4+1 glorious cores continuing the G series as the G3X. I really REALLY want a phone with a keyboard, but for the specs of the One X, I'll just bluetooth a wiimote in for all my emulator needs.
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Supposedly the One X will be coming to tmo with the Tegra 3 and all 4+1 glorious cores continuing the G series as the G3X. I really REALLY want a phone with a keyboard, but for the specs of the One X, I'll just bluetooth a wiimote in for all my emulator needs.
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I thought I one x was gonna be called g4x? I really hope this isn't the next g-series phone even though it has awesome specs. Still holding out hope for a g3 qwerty phone
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PaganAng3l said:
Supposedly the One X will be coming to tmo with the Tegra 3 and all 4+1 glorious cores continuing the G series as the G3X. I really REALLY want a phone with a keyboard, but for the specs of the One X, I'll just bluetooth a wiimote in for all my emulator needs.
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yeah, I heard it too It's gonna be REALLY hard to wait on a possibly fictional G3 in the distant summer/fall when we'll have the One X and SGIII to chose from MUCH sooner! I do want me keyboard though.
otariq said:
I thought I one x was gonna be called g4x? I really hope this isn't the next g-series phone even though it has awesome specs. Still holding out hope for a g3 qwerty phone
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Its possible (unconfirmed) whether that name will grace the tmobile usa brand name version of the htc one x or the lg optimus 4x. they do also say the one x tmousa version (whatever the name is) will ship with android 4.0 and NOT Sense 4.0.... weird huh? I like Sense but rather have pure stock and add Sense later myself if I felt like it.

I think it's safe to assume that qwerty phones aren't big sellers, or they'd be making loads of them. I would love a One X too though, here's hoping !
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

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I think it's safe to assume that qwerty phones aren't big sellers, or they'd be making loads of them. I would love a One X too though, here's hoping !
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yeah, in the end... it's all about money I really think if marketed correctly they could be just as big as they were back in the beginning of the smartphone era. oh well... HTC might pull one out this year, I hope.

Yet another vote for a high spec HTC with qwerty. I cannot do without the keyboard. I bought a dhd to see if I could break the habit but it didn't work. I've even tried a wireless keyboard to go with the dhd. After a couple of frustrating weeks I through the dhd in a draw and dusted off my trusted dz.
I spend a couple of hours per day on the train answering work email and at least another hour of email at home in the evening. Often I am editing word/excel docs in QuickOffice as I respond to those emails. Trying to do this without a keyboard just isn't feasible. Surly there must be many users like me who would happily pay up to £500 for a decent qwerty HTC?!

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Yet another vote for a high spec HTC with qwerty. I cannot do without the keyboard. I bought a dhd to see if I could break the habit but it didn't work. I've even tried a wireless keyboard to go with the dhd. After a couple of frustrating weeks I through the dhd in a draw and dusted off my trusted dz.
I spend a couple of hours per day on the train answering work email and at least another hour of email at home in the evening. Often I am editing word/excel docs in QuickOffice as I respond to those emails. Trying to do this without a keyboard just isn't feasible. Surly there must be many users like me who would happily pay up to £500 for a decent qwerty HTC?!
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Same here.
Also I pay a lot of nintendo emulator, try playing a fast action game with a touch screen that was meant to be played with a screen only.
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It would be fantastic if they made something like the HTC One X Pro..... give us a 5 row keyboard.. that would be super awesome

I must say I love a keyboard on my Touch pro 2. Also I must say that an onscreen keyboard on a Titan is pretty good too, only problem is that it takes visual space. It's hard to imagine a Titan with a keyboard though. Also what would that do to the weight and size of such a huge phone. Can't imagine if I could even treat it as a phone anymore.

I would love a One X with a hardware keyboard..... but realistically I don't think it's going to happen
If there were a case available with a keyboard like the TP2 had, or even my G2, I would definitely go for that..... I don't care if it's a bit fat, as long as it feels solid.

Didn't you see this topic ???

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Didn't you see this topic ???
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yes....
it's been up on the first page of this forum for many days now.....

But still an HTC one Z would be awesome!

Buy vzw HTC ONE now or wait for the nexus 5?

Hey all-
I am in the middle of a dilemma, I currently own a VZW galaxy nexus and it is on its last leg. The battery is shot, takes forever to connect calls, and is slow. I have been trying to baby it till the nexus 5 comes out but it is so annoying using a phone that is slow. I have been looking into the HTC one (my previous phone was the HTC incredible and I loved it). But I cant decide if I should try and wait for the N5? I understand that the HTC One as of now cannot achieve S-off/Root, but I am assuming it is only a matter of time till developers crack it.(thank you to all the great developors on XDA!) so what would you do in my situation? Wait for the N5 or go with the One?
I am really drawn to the one for the metal body and the new sense seems pretty nice, IMHO the S4 is to gimmiky.
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swegin said:
Hey all-
I am in the middle of a dilemma, I currently own a VZW galaxy nexus and it is on its last leg. The battery is shot, takes forever to connect calls, and is slow. I have been trying to baby it till the nexus 5 comes out but it is so annoying using a phone that is slow. I have been looking into the HTC one (my previous phone was the HTC incredible and I loved it). But I cant decide if I should try and wait for the N5? I understand that the HTC One as of now cannot achieve S-off/Root, but I am assuming it is only a matter of time till developers crack it.(thank you to all the great developors on XDA!) so what would you do in my situation? Wait for the N5 or go with the One?
I am really drawn to the one for the metal body and the new sense seems pretty nice, IMHO the S4 is to gimmiky.
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Who's to say that the Nexus 5 is coming to Verizon unless you plan on switching carriers.. You weren't really clear on that aspect. There is a great deal of new devices that are coming out soon which should make for an exciting fall and Q4..
Also on a side note never buy a device with the assumption that the developer community will unlock, root, s-off the device you plan to buy. With devices coming out so frequently and OEMs becoming smarter with the way they are locking down their devices it's a game of cat and mouse or hit or miss if you will......
I recently purchased the HTC One just because it's an amazing device, that is with the hopes the the real deal hackers crack the bootloader to achieve s-off, unlock, root etc...

Right now I am in the same boat. I have waited this long what's another month or two to see what the Nexus 5 has in store?
Yes it may mean changing carriers which sucks but Verizon has done everything to sabotage the htc one (4 months late, no black model, quickly locking it down) that they no longer deserve my business...
So I will wait to see what the fall phones bring before making a decision at this point.

As soon as you wait for one device to arrive, another ridiculous phone is right around the corner. It's an endless cycle.

I was in the same boat. HTC Incredible > Galaxy Nexus > ? I considered the Nexus 5 but between the solid rumors it is going to be an LG (my least favorite oem) and the fact VZW let the N4 pass it by I opted to go with the HTC One.
Got it day 2 expecting to unlock it. No such luck but not having root after coming from a Gnex has not been a big deal. The HTC One is sooo awesome compared to the Gnex. The only things I miss from root/roms is long press back button kill (more of a habit than an issue), some of the Sense screens (Like the battery usage screen). They are such picky things I have no regrets moving to the One.
Did I mention that while my Gnex needed 1 to 2 charges throughout the day to make it to bedtime but the one can stay off the charger and with similar usage has 40% left. With heavy usage I got to 14% once after 16 hours on battery. Battery and sluggishness drove me to a new phone and I am glad it was the HTC One.

I agree with all of you, however I plan on staying with vzw.... What phones other than the n5 are coming out? There is the new lg buy I cannot stand the volume rocker on the back....is there any other phones that have been confirmed to be with big red?
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Nothing as compelling as the HTC One ....yet.

swegin said:
I agree with all of you, however I plan on staying with vzw.... What phones other than the n5 are coming out? There is the new lg buy I cannot stand the volume rocker on the back....is there any other phones that have been confirmed to be with big red?
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I assume the Note 3 will be on all carriers.

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Yeah I would assume the Note 3 would most likely come to Verizon as well being that it is the primary and most popular phablet to date..

Nexus 5 definitely won't show up on Verizon. The only other great phone left this year on Verizon will likely be the G2. That looks to be even more powerful than the HTC One and a larger screen. I don't care for it because its LG and their android skin is horrendous. I also could never get a plastic phone after having an HTC One. Its your call though of course!

I've sort of stopped playing the "should I get it or wait?" game because the smartphone market has just become so insane. Once you get a phone, a newer, better one is right around the corner. I got the HTC One knowing the bootloader got locked up, and I'm really enjoying it...even stock it's nice. I mean, I can't wait to put other roms on it, but nevertheless, it's awesome.

I also had a similar smartphone trajectory. OG Droid -> DInc-> GNex
In April I bought the S4, but really wanted The One. So last week I sold my s4 on craigslist and bought The One. It is fantastic as is. My contract is finally up in December, and coincidentally my discount expired this month. So if the N5 comes out and looks substantially better than The One, I will sell The One on swappa or craigslist or ebay. My point is go ahead and buy the phone, if you want something newer in the future you can always sell it and get another phone, though you may take a small loss. The One is amazing and although 6 months old I can hardly believe it will feel "outdated" in even a year....

encyvrs providence
I would stop waiting and just get the one. I came from the GNexus and the one is better in every way. faster, better screen, better battery, better speakers and sound etc.

My thought is that if there is a phone out I want I'll get it vs waiting. If you decide to wait for the next best thing you'll never get a phone. They come out so fast now.
sent from my blue police box flying through time.....

Thanks for all of your responses! I think I am going to go ahead and get the one! I am in the design industry and I have been waiting for a beautiful android and the one is it! Going out this week and getting it,

The N5 will most likely not be anywhere near Verizon/Sprint so might as well get a One.

swegin said:
Hey all-
I am in the middle of a dilemma, I currently own a VZW galaxy nexus and it is on its last leg. The battery is shot, takes forever to connect calls, and is slow. I have been trying to baby it till the nexus 5 comes out but it is so annoying using a phone that is slow. I have been looking into the HTC one (my previous phone was the HTC incredible and I loved it). But I cant decide if I should try and wait for the N5? I understand that the HTC One as of now cannot achieve S-off/Root, but I am assuming it is only a matter of time till developers crack it.(thank you to all the great developors on XDA!) so what would you do in my situation? Wait for the N5 or go with the One?
I am really drawn to the one for the metal body and the new sense seems pretty nice, IMHO the S4 is to gimmiky.
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I would get a one now if it has the nokia microphones and I think they still carry this feature. One HTC runs out of stock for these you probably won't see them in any other device in the future other than windows phones since microsoft is buying nokia. I listened to a few comparison videos on youtube and those microphones make a huge difference in recording capability. Htc ones with these mics will probably have high resale value later on down the road.

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I would get a one now if it has the nokia microphones and I think they still carry this feature. One HTC runs out of stock for these you probably won't see them in any other device in the future other than windows phones since microsoft is buying nokia. I listened to a few comparison videos on youtube and those microphones make a huge difference in recording capability. Htc ones with these mics will probably have high resale value later on down the road.
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Microsoft isn't buying Nokia from any source I've read... In fact from what I understand nokie is thinking of backing out of the partnership they currently have...
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I bought the one...it was nice. I returned it and am waiting for the Moto X to hit retail stores so I can Czech it out. I like as stock of an Android experience as possible, and the X looks like the best choice in that dept.
With the One, the build is awesome, the screen is great and the front facing speakers are amazing. The overlay I didn't care for (icons still remind me of my 2.2 Thunderbolt) and I thought the camera was terrible (even in direct comparison to my aging S3).
But, I think right now it's at least in the top 2 phones on Verizon, and I don't think you can go wrong with it.

cstrife999 said:
Microsoft isn't buying Nokia from any source I've read... In fact from what I understand nokie is thinking of backing out of the partnership they currently have...
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432404579052112731349626.html
They are buying the Nokia Mobile for $7 billion.