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I come from a galaxy s ii which has a really nice camera imo, I really,really wanna get the galaxy nexus since the price is dropping like crazy, it's 490 $ on Amazon im thinking by the first week of April it will be somewhere between 460-480 $, the only thing stopping me is the camera, a friend of mine has the nexus and i think the pictures are... Horrible, dull, washed out, has the quality of the pictures improved with the updates? Is it true that you can get better looking pictures with cm9?
I wanted to get the one x, which looks incredible but the cheapest price you can preorder its 675 $, it has sense, I don't care if it's sense 4, im sick of half working roms, having to lose my apps and install them again, that's why I want to get a pure ics device
Decide for yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392436
You can try some 3rd party camera apps to help you tweak a little.
The Galaxy Nexus is definitely capable of taking good quality pictures. Its just not a certainty when you turn the camera on that every shot will be great. That's unfortunate but the camera isn't a complete POS.
not only 3rd party apps can tweak the pictures, you can also push files to force higher quality via the gnex toolkit (i did it and i think it did something. im satisfied with the pictures which is maybe because i know its a phone and for everything else i use my dslr)
martonikaj said:
You can try some 3rd party camera apps to help you tweak a little.
The Galaxy Nexus is definitely capable of taking good quality pictures. Its just not a certainty when you turn the camera on that every shot will be great. That's unfortunate but the camera isn't a complete POS.
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So i might have to take two or three pictures of everything just to make sure? :O haha
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not only 3rd party apps can tweak the pictures, you can also push files to force higher quality via the gnex toolkit (i did it and i think it did something. im satisfied with the pictures which is maybe because i know its a phone and for everything else i use my dslr)
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I read something similar about the htc sensation, the difference was pretty remarkable, im gonna try an find dome info about the gnex toolkit, i know its a phone but I don't a dsrl, it's not an option right now, I can't afford it
You're gonna love the camera, it's crazy
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So i might have to take two or three pictures of everything just to make sure? :O haha
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Well its pretty well known that it's not the best camera ever. But its not horrible. Its all about how you frame your shots and if you're good with your camera settings.
Hey guys,
I have an S4 and am about to sell it for the One. I heard they already patched the unlock work around... is this true? Can anyone link me to a thread with details?
Thanks in advance
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I have the s4 right now too and I'm still getting the one regardless of the unlock hack. Feel like this phone is gonna break in my hand. I'll be getting the one on Thursday so hopefully by then someone will have figures it out
The One is by far the best phone I've ever owned. Period. That's all I've got to say.
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The bootloader is locked. HTC Dev Unlock was shut down by VZW. The only hope now is a hack.
Here's the link to the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416002
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The bootloader is locked. HTC Dev Unlock was shut down by VZW. The only hope now is a hack.
Here's the link to the thread...
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Thank you for the answer... now I'll wait in hopes of an unlock.
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I have both at the moment, but need to ditch one of them. Problem is there are great things about both, and they're very different experiences. My main thing is the camera. The S4 can take some incredible pictures... the One is solid and fast, but a lot more inconsistent than the S4. The S4 also allows me to say "cheese", "capture", "shoot", to get it to auto-focus and snap a shot - which comes in handier a lot more often than I thought. The One also doesn't quite match up with battery life, but that makes sense given the smaller battery.
First world problems...
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I have both at the moment, but need to ditch one of them. Problem is there are great things about both, and they're very different experiences. My main thing is the camera. The S4 can take some incredible pictures... the One is solid and fast, but a lot more inconsistent than the S4. The S4 also allows me to say "cheese", "capture", "shoot", to get it to auto-focus and snap a shot - which comes in handier a lot more often than I thought. The One also doesn't quite match up with battery life, but that makes sense given the smaller battery.
First world problems...
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LOL! Right! I have been reading and debating for weeks and I feel no closer...The Camera is the most important feature for me as I am a crazy shutterbug, but that build quality on the One is so nice...I want the One to have the better camera and an SD card slot damn it! Stupid people at HTC!
also have s3/s4 +htc one.
hard to say which i like better.
but if htc one get s-off, ill ditch the s4 as I don't think it'll ever be unlocked..
andybones said:
also have s3/s4 +htc one.
hard to say which i like better.
but if htc one get s-off, ill ditch the s4 as I don't think it'll ever be unlocked..
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Are you stuck on ME7? The S4 I bought a week ago had a bad button - it came out of the box with ME7. However, in store yesterday they just grabbed one out of another box brand new to swap out, and it's on MDK. Since the One is locked up for now, and the S4 I have now can theoretically stay that way as long as someone (like yourself ) continues providing stock/rooted ROMs, correct? Making the decision even tougher... that, and as much as I like the speed and quality of the One's camera, the S4 can simply take some amazing shots... S4 also seems to get better battery life, but the One's UI is smoother/snappier.
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I'm wavering back and forth myself between getting the One and selling my S3. Aside from build, I personally feel the quality of Sense all the way through is far superior to TouchWiz. I think with the camera is 50/50 because I've had some great shots on my S3 but I've also had some horrible shots; interestingly enough, now that I think about it my first S3 had a horrible camera but the CLN I got takes much better photos.
Anyway, for me even if the battery life is so-so on the One I think fit-and-finish will still win out on me if I go through with it.
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Are you stuck on ME7? The S4 I bought a week ago had a bad button - it came out of the box with ME7. However, in store yesterday they just grabbed one out of another box brand new to swap out, and it's on MDK. Since the One is locked up for now, and the S4 I have now can theoretically stay that way as long as someone (like yourself ) continues providing stock/rooted ROMs, correct? Making the decision even tougher... that, and as much as I like the speed and quality of the One's camera, the S4 can simply take some amazing shots... S4 also seems to get better battery life, but the One's UI is smoother/snappier.
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The S4 may seem to take better shots because of its over processing. I would personally just find as many camera comparisons as you can and even check out Flickr's camera finder to see.
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Are you stuck on ME7? The S4 I bought a week ago had a bad button - it came out of the box with ME7. However, in store yesterday they just grabbed one out of another box brand new to swap out, and it's on MDK. Since the One is locked up for now, and the S4 I have now can theoretically stay that way as long as someone (like yourself ) continues providing stock/rooted ROMs, correct? Making the decision even tougher... that, and as much as I like the speed and quality of the One's camera, the S4 can simply take some amazing shots... S4 also seems to get better battery life, but the One's UI is smoother/snappier.
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I got mine from a user mikekid7 for a very great price (basically contract price) that already came with MDK when I bought it.
Tarpit_Carnivore said:
I'm wavering back and forth myself between getting the One and selling my S3. Aside from build, I personally feel the quality of Sense all the way through is far superior to TouchWiz. I think with the camera is 50/50 because I've had some great shots on my S3 but I've also had some horrible shots; interestingly enough, now that I think about it my first S3 had a horrible camera but the CLN I got takes much better photos.
Anyway, for me even if the battery life is so-so on the One I think fit-and-finish will still win out on me if I go through with it.
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Sense is definitely cleaner and simpler than Touchwiz, and snappier. But TW on the S4 has a few features that become relatively addicting once you're used to them (this isn't my first S4 )... Air Preview is one - it seems gimmicky, but once you're used to using it, it's pretty handy. Using your voice to take a picture is another I use ALL the time - keeps the hands steady and helps with the self-shots with the kiddos.
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The S4 may seem to take better shots because of its over processing. I would personally just find as many camera comparisons as you can and even check out Flickr's camera finder to see.
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This isn't my first S4 or my first One - it is on Verizon, though. I've tested them both extensively, and honestly they both do a lot of processing. The One's camera is really fast, especially if you're using touch-to-capture, and has some cool features like "events" videos. The One has a tendency to wash out in lighter scenarios because it lets so much light in. The S4 keeps lighting more balanced, but if there's a shadow in the foreground (like on someone's face), doesn't bring it out as much because of that "balance". Honestly, the S4 takes better low-light shots than the One does when it's in Night Mode - which it can recognize automatically, but doesn't always do it. But it's also a slower shot than the One's low-light shots. Flash-based shots are hands down to the S4. The One's are good, don't get me wrong, but the S4's shots are bright and balanced with little to no washout, and very crisp and clear. You can really take advantage of those 13mp with the flash. Outdoor shots, especially in good sunlight, also go to the S4 most of the time. If all else is equal, and you're snapping a photo of your kid going down a water slide 30 feet away, they'll both do great - but the S4's will actually be croppable, while the One's will get noisy really quick at that distance.
So in general I like the quality of the S4's shots better, I like the feel and speed of the One's camera better (less the lack of voice control), and I like the feel and speed of the One in general, but also miss some of the voice controls that the S4 has. I also don't hate the S4's feel - it's very thin and tight... just not the nice brushed aluminum feel of the One. I also like that I can root/rom the S4 if I want - I don't do it much any more but would like the option. I can hope the One will be able to soon, but who knows... If I ditch the One today, it'll probably get s-off tomorrow. If I don't, it'll probably be 3 months...
edit: and I also tried out a Droid Maxx for a few days and besides battery life and an incredibly smooth, stock-like UI, found it lacking in almost every other area compared to the One and S4
Holy essay... goodness, sorry - went off there for a bit.
Ha no worries! I never use the voice features or any of the Samsung TW features on my S3, so that's a non-issue. As long as I can control aspects of the camera like metering, exposure value, iso, etc I can work with the camera.
My brain is going so fast trying to think this one through.
I absolutely agree with that sentiment! Months of reading and my conclusion is that I want a mash up of the 2 phones. The One with the S4 Camera & an SD card slot! In the long run, I am an amateur photographer and the S4 will probably win...
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I absolutely agree with that sentiment! Months of reading and my conclusion is that I want a mash up of the 2 phones. The One with the S4 Camera & an SD card slot! In the long run, I am an amateur photographer and the S4 will probably win...
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Edit: The S4 won... When push came to shove, I had to go with the best camera...
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I've been wondering this same thing but for me the tricky thing is the lack of the software buttons I'm so used to on my Galaxy Nexus.
Though between the s4 and the one there isn't much a difference although the one's offset home button is kinda odd to me.
Hoping one day I'll be able to flash a rom that ignores the hardware buttons in exchange for software buttons, but that might not be as nice either. So still a tough decision.
I had the s4 and went with the one. The camera is barely better on the s4. No cellphone camera is going to take good shots in low light conditions and I think the one does a bit better than the s4. In normal to great light conditions the cameras are pretty darn close to me. I like the Zoe feature of the one.
Battery life seems to be pretty much the same as well. I'm getting just about the same amount t of screen on time.
I think the one ui is much more fluid. And the big winner for me is the screen. Wow does the one look way better!!
The build quality is amazing on the one as well. I love how it feels like its a solidly built phone he plasticy. I out a case on mine so it kinda doesn't matter but you can still feel that the phone is solid.
Of course that's just my opinion.
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I had the s4 and went with the one. The camera is barely better on the s4. No cellphone camera is going to take good shots in low light conditions and I think the one does a bit better than the s4. In normal to great light conditions the cameras are pretty darn close to me. I like the Zoe feature of the one.
Battery life seems to be pretty much the same as well. I'm getting just about the same amount t of screen on time.
I think the one ui is much more fluid. And the big winner for me is the screen. Wow does the one look way better!!
The build quality is amazing on the one as well. I love how it feels like its a solidly built phone he plasticy. I out a case on mine so it kinda doesn't matter but you can still feel that the phone is solid.
Of course that's just my opinion.
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The One's camera is also wicked fast, especially if you enable touch-to-capture under shutter options - tap where you want it to focus, it adjusts lighting and focuses and snaps very quickly. And I love being able to make a short video montage with preset audio and effects and share that easily... pretty cool feature with the kiddos.
I think the main areas the S4's camera will win out are large scenic shots that you want to crop or zoom at all, for obvious reasons. And also shots where there's a lot of contrast, it tends to balance things out better, while the One seems to wash out the light areas when focused on the dark areas, and vice versa.
Sheldor1967 said:
I absolutely agree with that sentiment! Months of reading and my conclusion is that I want a mash up of the 2 phones. The One with the S4 Camera & an SD card slot! In the long run, I am an amateur photographer and the S4 will probably win...
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If you are an amateur photog, don't you have a dedicated real camera?
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If you are an amateur photog, don't you have a dedicated real camera?
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Of course, I have Dslr, but I don't always have it with me, and I have found that 50% of the time, the Phone can equal it...The other 50% it doesn't come close!
BTW, I took the S4 back and got the One! Was not happy with the Camera and that was the only reason I bought it...
Interesting read about the HTC One.
http://www.colbybrownphotography.com/gear-review-a-photographers-take-on-the-htc-one/
He talks about it takes great low light pictures but he doesbt show one lol
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This camera works so much better in the newer jb4.3 sense roms. I can finally take a close up. So much of the magic of this camera is what the software does with it.
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This camera works so much better in the newer jb4.3 sense roms. I can finally take a close up. So much of the magic of this camera is what the software does with it.
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I agree. It seems much better.
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Thanks for the read, as a photographer I'm still on the fence after reading it though. I already knew all about the sensors etc. If they had just found a way to maybe use a larger lens and squeeze in a 6 or 8mp sensor I'd have gotten the One a long time ago.
And just to help contribute to some digital photography knowledge: a 6mp camera translates into about an 8x10 print without having any loss in photo quality.
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As a photographer, I'm surprised that a phone camera would be a breaking point for your purchase. There is currently no phone on the market that is of enough quality to reliably provide pictures for anything other than social media and email transfer.
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Thanks for the read, as a photographer I'm still on the fence after reading it though. I already knew all about the sensors etc. If they had just found a way to maybe use a larger lens and squeeze in a 6 or 8mp sensor I'd have gotten the One a long time ago.
And just to help contribute to some digital photography knowledge: a 6mp camera translates into about an 8x10 print without having any loss in photo quality.
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Well I wouldn't use my phone camera for a job, I'm not saying that all. Maybe it's more the perfectionist in me than the photographer? I've been pretty happy with my Rezounds macro capability and I like having a little wiggle room for cropping. I'm not sure if I can upload a full res example, but maybe that's for the best. It might be seen as bragging or potentially argumentative and that's not my intention. It's also the lack of microSD memory card, and non-removable battery stuff, you know. I'm probably getting one pretty soon anyway though. My phone has started acting up. I'm just one of those people, indecisive and hesitant for the most part (nothing to be proud of).
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I use a high end DSLR for most pictures I take, but when I want a quick picture of something, I don't find the HTC One camera experience enjoyable at all. I don't enjoy the process of using the camera, and I generally don't enjoy the end result.
Maybe I'm just spoiled because I have an amazing DSLR, but personally, I have found the camera to be the weakest part of the HTC One.
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I use a high end DSLR for most pictures I take, but when I want a quick picture of something, I don't find the HTC One camera experience enjoyable at all. I don't enjoy the process of using the camera, and I generally don't enjoy the end result.
Maybe I'm just spoiled because I have an amazing DSLR, but personally, I have found the camera to be the weakest part of the HTC One.
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Out of curiosity, what do you find unenjoyable about the experience of using the camera?
I think it's safe to say that many of us use DSLR's for our most important pictures and I doubt anyone expects the camera of the phone to be either a replacement for a DSLR or nearly as good. I use my One mostly for pics and videos of my kids when it's the only camera I have on me. As long as the pics are clear and natural looking, I'm pretty happy. The most disappointing aspect of the camera to me is actually the camcorder. I agree the camera is the weakest aspect of the HTC One, but with such a great device otherwise, this doesn't mean I think the camera is bad by any means.
On another note, I'm surprised by the users who have said 4.3 has offered no improvement in camera performance. My pictures look much better since updating.
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Out of curiosity, what do you find unenjoyable about the experience of using the camera?
I think it's safe to say that many of us use DSLR's for our most important pictures and I doubt anyone expects the camera of the phone to be either a replacement for a DSLR or nearly as good. I use my One mostly for pics and videos of my kids when it's the only camera I have on me. As long as the pics are clear and natural looking, I'm pretty happy. The most disappointing aspect of the camera to me is actually the camcorder. I agree the camera is the weakest aspect of the HTC One, but with such a great device otherwise, this doesn't mean I think the camera is bad by any means.
On another note, I'm surprised by the users who have said 4.3 has offered no improvement in camera performance. My pictures look much better since updating.
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I agree with using the One when it's the only camera I have, same here. However, I don't know what it is, but I just find myself not even bothering taking pictures with my phone anymore since I've gotten the one. I was using an iPhone 5 for almost a year before the One (alongside a GS3), and I wouldn't hesitate to whip out my phone and take a quick picture. But since I've gotten the One, a lot of times I think "Hey! I should take a picture!" then I just... don't feel like it. I can't pinpoint it exactly. I take probably 1/10th the amount of pictures with my phone than I used to. And I LOVE photography.
I feel that such an amazing phone should have an equally amazing camera, but for me, it leaves something to be desired.
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I agree with using the One when it's the only camera I have, same here. However, I don't know what it is, but I just find myself not even bothering taking pictures with my phone anymore since I've gotten the one. I was using an iPhone 5 for almost a year before the One (alongside a GS3), and I wouldn't hesitate to whip out my phone and take a quick picture. But since I've gotten the One, a lot of times I think "Hey! I should take a picture!" then I just... don't feel like it. I can't pinpoint it exactly. I take probably 1/10th the amount of pictures with my phone than I used to. And I LOVE photography.
I feel that such an amazing phone should have an equally amazing camera, but for me, it leaves something to be desired.
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This is a really interesting point and I think I somewhat agree. While owning an iPhone 4s, I snapped pictures all the time. Many of these were of my newborn in good lighting so image quality was generally very good. When I decided to go back to Android, I decided camera quality, ease of camera use, and likelihood of camera use were all very important considerations. I bought the HTC One EVO on Sprint and right away realized the camera wouldn't cut it. The image quality and experience left me inclined to leave the phone in my pocket rather than catch a moment on camera. I returned it and bought a GS3, the camera on which I loved and used all the time, both confidently and happily. I switched to VZW and got the S4. Maybe I'm crazy, but the S4 camera left me disappointed more often than not and again I felt less inclined to take pictures. I sold it and bought the One. I don't use the camera as often as I used the S3, and I'm not sure why though many things are different now. Maybe most significant of those differences is the fact that my once newborn is now a very active toddler who is very difficult to capture on camera in general. However, and despite this, I generally don't have as much confidence/likelihood of use of the camera on the One as I did with the S3 and iP4s.
Not trying to hijack the thread, I just wanted to share my experience and a possible reason for the hesitance peopleare having with using their cameras.
So....I really really wanted to want the One. Stayed up watching YouTube reviews last night and finally thought "ok, I'm sold." I even went into a Verizon store today and messed with one for 30-40 min just to make sure...I wasn't feeling it, I wish I did. I think they tried to make the camera more user friendly and simplistic so the general public and iPhone users might be willing to give it a chance. I think it backfired. I kept thinking "Am I in video mode or photo..ok, zoe on/off got it. How do I...why can't I...where are my options? Is that all I can adjust?" I know there are 3rd party apps that are great and roms etc. I just feel like I'm able to do things on my stock Rezound without having to jump through so many hoops. I think the One's version of sense is more limiting than I prefer. I like my options. Some of you Mac users might understand what I mean: I have snow leopard and I refuse to use lion, mountain lion, or even the new free Mavericks.
I love the One's screen, form factor, the way the memory is basically just one partition (the Rezound has it split up into 3, it's very frustrating), speakers and how snappy and fast it is.
This is just my opinion, I hope it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. I know how taboo it is to not like the newer sense versions, almost blasphemy! Don't chew my head off! :thumbup:
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Not trying to hijack the thread, I just wanted to share my experience and a possible reason for the hesitance peopleare having with using their cameras.
So....I really really wanted to want the One. Stayed up watching YouTube reviews last night and finally thought "ok, I'm sold." I even went into a Verizon store today and messed with one for 30-40 min just to make sure...I wasn't feeling it, I wish I did. I think they tried to make the camera more user friendly and simplistic so the general public and iPhone users might be willing to give it a chance. I think it backfired. I kept thinking "Am I in video mode or photo..ok, zoe on/off got it. How do I...why can't I...where are my options? Is that all I can adjust?" I know there are 3rd party apps that are great and roms etc. I just feel like I'm able to do things on my stock Rezound without having to jump through so many hoops. I think the One's version of sense is more limiting than I prefer. I like my options. Some of you Mac users might understand what I mean: I have snow leopard and I refuse to use lion, mountain lion, or even the new free Mavericks.
I love the One's screen, form factor, the way the memory is basically just one partition (the Rezound has it split up into 3, it's very frustrating), speakers and how snappy and fast it is.
This is just my opinion, I hope it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. I know how taboo it is to not like the newer sense versions, almost blasphemy! Don't chew my head off! :thumbup:
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hey I think about how Sense 2.1 would run on the HTC One all the time, lol
Sense has changed in many ways for the better, and some for the worse.
Sense 5 is a great leap from 3.5/3.6 and 4.0+ IMHO, but I do miss 2.1
That was my favorite up until now. Sense 5.5 brings some amazing battery life.
I personally like.. NEVER use my camera, so to me a camera is the last thing I need working.
For someone with kids though, and wants to document things, or travels, I'd imagine it's the first thing on the list.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and yours is just that, yours.
What would you like to see? It won't do much of anything but I can make a new post on HTC Elevate about suggestions to change.
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hey I think about how Sense 2.1 would run on the HTC One all the time, lol
Sense has changed in many ways for the better, and some for the worse.
Sense 5 is a great leap from 3.5/3.6 and 4.0+ IMHO, but I do miss 2.1
That was my favorite up until now. Sense 5.5 brings some amazing battery life.
I personally like.. NEVER use my camera, so to me a camera is the last thing I need working.
For someone with kids though, and wants to document things, or travels, I'd imagine it's the first thing on the list.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and yours is just that, yours.
What would you like to see? It won't do much of anything but I can make a new post on HTC Elevate about suggestions to change.
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Oh cool, I actually just joined elevate about a week ago...I still haven't really taken the time to figure out how it works and what I can actually contribute but this seems like a whole other thread. Maybe you can pm me some tips if you get a chance, no pressure though. From what I've seen so far it doesn't seem like there's much to do on there but I haven't really looked into it to much. Thanks
Like 4.3 camera too
I honestly don't remember too much about the Sense 5.0 camera because shortly after I got my One I had it rooted and running CM 10.2. I run a used car lot so I'm constantly taking pictures of inventory for the various websites I post to. I have found the camera in HDR mode on CM to be fantastic. I had a 10MP regular 'point and shoot' camera that I retired because the photos from the One turn out so well. My guess is that people just have different expectations of what a CELL PHONE camera should produce. But if I was able to retire my regular camera, the One camera can't be that bad.
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I agree. It seems much better.
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One suggestion for those that want a better camera is camera awesome. Its only a few bucks and gives you control over iso shutter speed and the like. Takes photos as good as sense. No Zoe but still a great app
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By far the best cell phone camera I have ever used.
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By far the best cell phone camera I have ever used.
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My s3 was best phone camera. My ONE is pink, so much pink and focus is hit or miss. I'm on the fence between waiting for an update or sending it back to htc to fix. I use to take pictures daily, now it's just a frustrating disappointment.
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My s3 was best phone camera. My ONE is pink, so much pink and focus is hit or miss. I'm on the fence between waiting for an update or sending it back to htc to fix. I use to take pictures daily, now it's just a frustrating disappointment.
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I'm getting my phone back from HTC today. I'll let you know the results later today.
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I'm getting my phone back from HTC today. I'll let you know the results later today.
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Great thanks!! I would post pics of my ones photos but don't know how to via mobile lol
Hello everyone, I'm currently using Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, and about to buy a new mobile, I've read about the HTC One M8, I liked it and planning to get it. All I need is to hear your opinions as users, does it worth its price? Any issues? Any advice? Any comment is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
circassian92 said:
Hello everyone, I'm currently using Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, and about to buy a new mobile, I've read about the HTC One M8, I liked it and planning to get it. All I need is to hear your opinions as users, does it worth its price? Any issues? Any advice? Any comment is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Best phone I've ever owned.
IMO it's still the best phone you can get
I could go on and on how good it is, so I'll keep it short:
One of the fastest phones available, awesome speakers, metal body feels nice and premium, definitely worth it.
Camera isn't bad at all - it just takes pics in lower resolution, so zooming might be problematic. Apart from that it's fun to use.
People say that the glacial silver variant is less slippery.
I've had m8 for 9 months now and it caused me no problems at all. I'm using it without case so the back is a bit scratched and top speaker is a bit more quiet than the other one due to contact with water, but still works.
It will definitely feel much, much better than your s3 mini.
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IMO it's still the best phone you can get
I could go on and on how good it is, so I'll keep it short:
One of the fastest phones available, awesome speakers, metal body feels nice and premium, definitely worth it.
Camera isn't bad at all - it just takes pics in lower resolution, so zooming might be problematic. Apart from that it's fun to use.
People say that the glacial silver variant is less slippery.
I've had m8 for 9 months now and it caused me no problems at all. I'm using it without case so the back is a bit scratched and top speaker is a bit more quiet than the other one due to contact with water, but still works.
It will definitely feel much, much better than your s3 mini.
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Of course it's much much better than my S3 Mini
That's great, thanks for sharing your experience!
I have read some opinions about the camera saying that there appears a purple color on bright areas, does that happen? And if so, does that happen a lot?
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You will notice a big jump coming from my s3 mini. M8 has spoiled me a lot with speed and the quality of the phone; this is why I am staying with this phone over m9. I thought the m9 is not a big upgrade. Hopefully HTC get back to where they were with m10.
The camera of the phone is decent but then again I rarely take any pictures on a phone. The performance, sound and the build quality is top notch.
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badboy47 said:
You will notice a big jump coming from my s3 mini. M8 has spoiled me a lot with speed and the quality of the phone; this is why I am staying with this phone over m9. I thought the m9 is not a big upgrade. Hopefully HTC get back to where they were with m10.
The camera of the phone is decent but then again I rarely take any pictures on a phone. The performance, sound and the build quality is top notch.
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That's awesome! Thanks!
One reason I didn't go with the M9 is the Snapdragon 810 and its overheating issue. However, I don't know if it exists in the M9.
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That's awesome! Thanks!
One reason I didn't go with the M9 is the Snapdragon 810 and its overheating issue. However, I don't know if it exists in the M9.
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It doesn't exist on M8. No overheating, great battery life.
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It doesn't exist on M8. No overheating, great battery life.
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No no, I didn't mean the M8, I meant that I didn't take the M9 in my considerations because of the Snapdragon 810 issue (However, I'm not sure it exists on it, the M9 not the M8).
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circassian92 said:
Of course it's much much better than my S3 Mini
That's great, thanks for sharing your experience!
I have read some opinions about the camera saying that there appears a purple color on bright areas, does that happen? And if so, does that happen a lot?
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I never experienced that, although I read a review where it's pointed out it happens in bright, contrast areas.
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No no, I didn't mean the M8, I meant that I didn't take the M9 in my considerations because of the Snapdragon 810 issue (However, I'm not sure it exists on it, the M9 not the M8).
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M9 had a much higher temperature under stress than other phones, but htc has fixed it - basically what they did is make thermal throttling kick in faster and be more agressive.
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I never experienced that, although I read a review where it's pointed out it happens in bright, contrast areas.
M9 had a much higher temperature under stress than other phones, but htc has fixed it - basically what they did is make thermal throttling kick in faster and be more agressive.
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That won't be a problem I guess.
Well, it's great to see that things got fixed, seems that I will enjoy my HTC experience :good:.
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I have read some opinions about the camera saying that there appears a purple color on bright areas, does that happen? And if so, does that happen a lot?
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I'd say it does happen sometimes, but not a lot. I also think it somewhat subject to personal opinion and taste. Its never really bothered me, but apparently it bothers some (probably not most) folks. Honestly, its the type of thing I wouldn't have given any thought, if I hadn't seen it discussed here. To me, its just how the camera is tuned to depict certain colors and light levels. No camera truly captures colors the exact same way your eyes do. Although I'll buy the argument that some cameras (phones) capture it better than others.
I take a lot of pics with my phone. I have over 1000 on my phone right now. Just scrolling through the first few hundred, I see maybe 4 or 5 shots that look purple.
Also, flesh tones can appear a bit overly "pink" in some lighting conditions. But again, its somewhat a matter of personal taste how much you will even notice. And like the "purple" issue, its much more the exception than the rule, at least IMO.
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I'd say it does happen sometimes, but not a lot. I also think it somewhat subject to personal opinion and taste. Its never really bothered me, but apparently it bothers some (probably not most) folks. Honestly, its the type of thing I wouldn't have given any thought, if I hadn't seen it discussed here. To me, its just how the camera is tuned to depict certain colors and light levels. No camera truly captures colors the exact same way your eyes do. Although I'll buy the argument that some cameras (phones) capture it better than others.
I take a lot of pics with my phone. I have over 1000 on my phone right now. Just scrolling through the first few hundred, I see maybe 4 or 5 shots that look purple.
Also, flesh tones can appear a bit overly "pink" in some lighting conditions. But again, its somewhat a matter of personal taste how much you will even notice. And like the "purple" issue, its much more the exception than the rule, at least IMO.
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Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Well, I don't use the camera so much, but I wanted to get an overview of all the device's pros and cons.
For sure, the M8's camera is not the best out there, and there may be a lot of better options (regarding the camera), but I don't think I will complain about it as I said before that I'm not a big camera user. I saw many good and nice pictures taken using it, so I'm going with your opinion that it's an exception, not the rule.
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For sure, the M8's camera is not the best out there, and there may be a lot of better options (regarding the camera), but I don't think I will complain about it as I said before that I'm not a big camera user. I saw many good and nice pictures taken using it, so I'm going with your opinion that it's an exception, not the rule.
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I'd even debate the fact there are many better options for camera phone; at least "better" in all conditions. While others may have higher resolution and better clarity in daylight; M8 outperforms many of them in low-light.
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I'd even debate the fact there are many better options for camera phone; at least "better" in all conditions. While others may have higher resolution and better clarity in daylight; M8 outperforms many of them in low-light.
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That's something that I will definitely like to hear
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circassian92 said:
Of course it's much much better than my S3 Mini [emoji14]
That's great, thanks for sharing your experience!
I have read some opinions about the camera saying that there appears a purple color on bright areas, does that happen? And if so, does that happen a lot?
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It was the One M7 that had the Purple issue. If the M8 has/had it, I never saw it.
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It was the One M7 that had the Purple issue. If the M8 has/had it, I never saw it.
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Here is were I read about it:
http://m.gsmarena.com/lg_g3_vs_htc_one_m8-review-1094p8.php
Though, it's great that you didn't experience that!
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This literally might be one of the worst smartphone cameras i have ever had. Does anyone agree? I feel tricked. I might sell this phone and get the z4v. The lack of enthusiasm here even shows little promise to me that this phone is even slightly future proof.
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I agree. My Samsung gs4 camera ridiculously beats this phone by a lot.
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This literally might be one of the worst smartphone cameras i have ever had. Does anyone agree? I feel tricked. I might sell this phone and get the z4v. The lack of enthusiasm here even shows little promise to me that this phone is even slightly future proof.
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Did you guys both try the 5.1 firmware/os?
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I agree. My Samsung gs4 camera ridiculously beats this phone by a lot.
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Did you guys both try the 5.1 firmware/os?
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Is it special enough to compete with the S6E or LG G4? Or dare I say iPhone?
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Not much improvement after the firmware update either. It really is garbage for trying to focus and just overall quality in general. Not a deal breaker for me but just disappointing.
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The best thing about firmware update is the battery doesn't overheat nearly as much. As for camera... It's still eh in my book.
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Not much improvement after the firmware update either. It really is garbage for trying to focus and just overall quality in general. Not a deal breaker for me but just disappointing.
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The best thing about firmware update is the battery doesn't overheat nearly as much. As for camera... It's still eh in my book.
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It is very close to being a deal breaker to me. I am considering other options.
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I dumped HTC for a gs4 when it came out and while I loved the camera on the s4, everything else sucked. Touchwiz is slow and bloated, even when rooted, tweaked, debloated, etc. Even an Intel i7 couldn't make touchwiz fast. I quickly realized camera wasn't that big of a deal. Nothing that I've had to date has beaten the camera of my HTC rezound. I wish I would've kept it to use just as a camera. As for this one, like the m8 it takes some playing around with the settings to get optimal results. It's a pain sometimes, yes, I'd like to just pull out my phone and snap a quick quality pic but I can live with it. This camera wins some and loses some battles vs iPhone and Samsung. Bottom line. Is this camera great? No. Is it as bad as the bashers make it seem? No. It's somewhere in the middle. I haven't played with it after updating to 5.1 yet but I'm sure it didn't get worse.
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I dumped HTC for a gs4 when it came out and while I loved the camera on the s4, everything else sucked. Touchwiz is slow and bloated, even when rooted, tweaked, debloated, etc. Even an Intel i7 couldn't make touchwiz fast. I quickly realized camera wasn't that big of a deal. Nothing that I've had to date has beaten the camera of my HTC rezound. I wish I would've kept it to use just as a camera. As for this one, like the m8 it takes some playing around with the settings to get optimal results. It's a pain sometimes, yes, I'd like to just pull out my phone and snap a quick quality pic but I can live with it. This camera wins some and loses some battles vs iPhone and Samsung. Bottom line. Is this camera great? No. Is it as bad as the bashers make it seem? No. It's somewhere in the middle. I haven't played with it after updating to 5.1 yet but I'm sure it didn't get worse.
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I am sure the stock software experience on the Z4v would be better than the stock experience on the m9. I cant ship it out to get s-off so that may be my next route. I hope the software exploit beats me to it because I bave a special place in my heart for HTC
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So do I. I'm hoping they come up with something good for the m10. They need to change it up a bit. Dump the 8 core, up the speaker volume, focus on the rear camera quality instead of MP. I'd like a note equivalent option as well.
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Well it's way better than my m8 ..so that's a plus. Not really a camera guy, usually is the wife that goes crazy with pics.
I hope someone who is about to load one of the 5.1 ROMs will take some controlled environment photos before and after. It would be good to see an objective test.
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I hope someone who is about to load one of the 5.1 ROMs will take some controlled environment photos before and after. It would be good to see an objective test.
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I agree!
I would have if I saw this sooner. Already on 5.1 though.
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its a phone first, camera is just an added bonus, problem is people expect to use thier phone to replace thier camera. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN! you ever try to blow up a cellphone picture.,....I dont care what brand it is, it will be pixelated.
I work in the personalization industry, and youd be suprised by the amount of poor quality photos people expect us to print on a canvas or tshirt(most of them iphone pics too), then get mad when they see the quality.....stop sending us cell phone pics..... Its sad the most people care about storage space, internet and camera, more than they do about the phone actually functioning as a phone...reception....who needs that anyway!
anyway yea the camera isnt the greatest, but sure beats my moto razr hd that couldnt even make phone calls without randomly reseting, or my samsung galaxy s5 that chugged along and recognized my finger inputs 5 minutes later....
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its a phone first, camera is just an added bonus, problem is people expect to use thier phone to replace thier camera. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN! you ever try to blow up a cellphone picture.,....I dont care what brand it is, it will be pixelated.
I work in the personalization industry, and youd be suprised by the amount of poor quality photos people expect us to print on a canvas or tshirt(most of them iphone pics too), then get mad when they see the quality.....stop sending us cell phone pics..... Its sad the most people care about storage space, internet and camera, more than they do about the phone actually functioning as a phone...reception....who needs that anyway!
anyway yea the camera isnt the greatest, but sure beats my moto razr hd that couldnt even make phone calls without randomly reseting, or my samsung galaxy s5 that chugged along and recognized my finger inputs 5 minutes later....
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I agree. But if your phone camera is so below par that it might as well be 2 years old thats not right.
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I agree. But if your phone camera is so below par that it might as well be 2 years old thats not right.
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I 100% agree with that, i do buy a phone for a good camera, as i take alot of random pictures. With the 5.1 update, that camera has been fixed IMMENSELY.... Im not saying it went from crap to great (my wife's S6 destroys this thing), but it is tolerable now. I think the camera can be made better still with software improvements, but at least it is on the right track.
aer0zer0 said:
I 100% agree with that, i do buy a phone for a good camera, as i take alot of random pictures. With the 5.1 update, that camera has been fixed IMMENSELY.... Im not saying it went from crap to great (my wife's S6 destroys this thing), but it is tolerable now. I think the camera can be made better still with software improvements, but at least it is on the right track.
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I recently got s-off thanks to @dottat, amazing job btw, and the 5.1 update is hugeee makes it almost a nonfactor to me how bad it is. I dont need dslr camera but GS6 and iPhone6/6+ are still miles ahead.
thewagdy said:
I recently got s-off thanks to @dottat, amazing job btw, and the 5.1 update is hugeee makes it almost a nonfactor to me how bad it is. I dont need dslr camera but GS6 and iPhone6/6+ are still miles ahead.
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I also went the @dottat route
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its a phone first, camera is just an added bonus, problem is people expect to use thier phone to replace thier camera. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN! you ever try to blow up a cellphone picture.,....I dont care what brand it is, it will be pixelated.
I work in the personalization industry, and youd be suprised by the amount of poor quality photos people expect us to print on a canvas or tshirt(most of them iphone pics too), then get mad when they see the quality.....stop sending us cell phone pics..... Its sad the most people care about storage space, internet and camera, more than they do about the phone actually functioning as a phone...reception....who needs that anyway!
anyway yea the camera isnt the greatest, but sure beats my moto razr hd that couldnt even make phone calls without randomly reseting, or my samsung galaxy s5 that chugged along and recognized my finger inputs 5 minutes later....
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The Panasonic CM1 is enough to replace a camera. Perhaps not a full frame but it's good enough! It just needs OIS :/ (and a lower price).
It would be really great if someone would take and post some controlled pictures before and after getting the 5.1 upgrade.
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