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[Q] How old is your HOX, when will you buy a new phone & why?

The title says it all.
My HOX is 6 months old and I plan to buy a new phone in 1.5 years. The reason for that is the fact that I'll be buying my first tablet this year It's definitely going to be a Windows 8 ( Not RT!) tablet, and those are kind of pricy. If I had the money to upgrade my phone too, I think I would wait anyway.
My HOX is pretty good or the stuff I use it for, and saying that you NEED (not want) an upgrade from a quad-core 1.5ghz 6 months old phone is just silly.
What do you think?
PS. Please write which phone you plan to buy next

Felt cheated with the sudden announcement of X+ now happy with my note 2!

htc history
Knowing HTC, I will wait for a device that launches later in the year. Gives them more time to "fix" any "disappointments" that usually come with their initial offerings. Considered Butterfly, but the improvements are negligible for my needs. In America, it will probably be relaunched as DNA PLUS EXTRA CHROMOSOMES.

tropical cactus said:
Knowing HTC, I will wait for a device that launches later in the year. Gives them more time to "fix" any "disappointments" that usually come with their initial offerings. Considered Butterfly, but the improvements are negligible for my needs. In America, it will probably be relaunched as DNA PLUS EXTRA CHROMOSOMES.
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Loled at the extra chromosomes part
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I truly think a 5 inch phone is too big.
I am 6" 2 with hands to match and i can barely operate my ONE x with a single hand.
If i do buy a new phone, it sure as hell wont be more than 4.7 inches.
So i would probably hold out until such a phone comes out to my specifications

Well my HOX is 9 months old. I will plan to buy a replacement when there is a new HTC device with big improvement and specs. Like when I had my HTC Desire, I changed phone only when HOX launched (big improvements in term of specs).

{< r o N o $ said:
I truly think a 5 inch phone is too big.
I am 6" 2 with hands to match and i can barely operate my ONE x with a single hand.
If i do buy a new phone, it sure as hell wont be more than 4.7 inches.
So i would probably hold out until such a phone comes out to my specifications
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Same.getting from back key to top opposite corner is just do able
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ckpv5 said:
Well my HOX is 9 months old. I will plan to buy a replacement when there is a new HTC device with big improvement and specs. Like when I had my HTC Desire, I changed phone only when HOX launched (big improvements in term of specs).
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Agreed. You should buy a phone which will actually feel a lot better.
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I truly think a 5 inch phone is too big.
I am 6" 2 with hands to match and i can barely operate my ONE x with a single hand.
If i do buy a new phone, it sure as hell wont be more than 4.7 inches.
So i would probably hold out until such a phone comes out to my specifications
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Yea, I think that I could go to 4.8 and that's it. Especially with Android because you have to alternate between the top (notifications, toggles) and bottom (buttons) all the time.
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ViktorN said:
Yea, I think that I could go to 4.8 and that's it. Especially with Android because you have to alternate between the top (notifications, toggles) and bottom (buttons) all the time.
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Thats true.
and god knows how many times i have dropped my phone, trying to unlock with one hand, or pulling down notification bar with one hand.
Thank htc its a sturdy phone.
Ans i dont even know how people manage to use 5 inch phones.
I mean ... doesnt it look foolish when u hold a huge phone up against your ear shouting "HELLo, HELLOOOO "|

{< r o N o $ said:
Thats true.
and god knows how many times i have dropped my phone, trying to unlock with one hand, or pulling down notification bar with one hand.
Thank htc its a sturdy phone.
Ans i dont even know how people manage to use 5 inch phones.
I mean ... doesnt it look foolish when u hold a huge phone up against your ear shouting "HELLo, HELLOOOO "|
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Yea, can't wait to see that they make laptops capable of making phonecalls. That should look great
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ViktorN said:
Yea, can't wait to see that they make laptops capable of making phonecalls. That should look great
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Well, you get some pretty funky sights in this part of the world, with people holding their iPads to their ear to make a call. Rowan Atkinson once said a banana isn't funny until you enlarge it.

Mine is almost 8 months old, still happy with it.
I'm gonna wait with buying a new phone untill I bought my first car this year (turning 18 ), and I know that a BMW will be damn pricy
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Flo95 said:
Mine is almost 8 months old, still happy with it.
I'm gonna wait with buying a new phone untill I bought my first car this year (turning 18 ), and I know that a BMW will be damn pricy
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Wow dude, you are an expensive offspring did you earn the cash yourself or will it be a gift from your parents? I'm turning 18 in a few months too, but I'm gonna get like 150€ from my parents, and I think that that's really a lot anyway, I'm OT-ing in my own thread...
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My hox is from April 2012......i am intending to keep it for 2 years, my HTC desire also survived 2.4 years so i think i can manage. Or there has to be a new top notch phone brought on the market !
Greetings
Mr Hofs

My hox is 6 months old. I replaced it with a note 2, 3 months ago. Haha. Still kept the hox as an mp3 player.
I find the note 2 easy one handed. Im 5ft 4 and can type one handed and reach every corner except the top left
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I'm waiting for the phone calls to start......due my upgrade in 6 days, be funny to see what Vodafone/Dialaphone offer me as an "upgrade"!!
I may just let the contract run the 12 months then take a sim only deal for a while until something decent comes out. Or may even just grab another phone to sell on

craftycarper1 said:
I'm waiting for the phone calls to start......due my upgrade in 6 days, be funny to see what Vodafone/Dialaphone offer me as an "upgrade"!!
I may just let the contract run the 12 months then take a sim only deal for a while until something decent comes out. Or may even just grab another phone to sell on
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Yea, that's probably a good idea
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kylec said:
My hox is 6 months old. I replaced it with a note 2, 3 months ago. Haha. Still kept the hox as an mp3 player.
I find the note 2 easy one handed. Im 5ft 4 and can type one handed and reach every corner except the top left
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I can't reach the top left corner of my HOX and I have pretty big hands. But I'm using it with a case, the case adds a but more bulk.
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I've had my phone since the first day I could get my hands on it.
I'm likely to buy the next one the first day I can get my hands on it.
I like the size of this, so it'll be something similar but based on quad Cortex A15. Looks like it'll be full HD, although I'm not sure I'll be able to tell the difference.
Really what I want is a desktop monitor with much greater PPI (that doesn't cost the earth), how does it make sense for a 4.7" display to have the same resolution as a 24" display?

ViktorN said:
Yea, can't wait to see that they make laptops capable of making phonecalls. That should look great
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Hehe. Cant wait
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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.

m4rk0358 said:
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....

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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.

newuser2014 said:
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.

Thinking of trading my s4 for the htc one... should I?

So I recently got the s4 and so far it's been alright but I don't really like touchwiz plus the bootloader is currently locked on it. Is the htc able to flash roms currently and do you think I should trade? Thanks for you input!

HTC one is in the same boat. Its locked unless you were lucky enough to unlock on day one. But as a Phone itself I woyld switch
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I'd do it. Absolutely love my One.
One can be s-off'd via Sonics thread. Then you can flash whatever you'd like.

coldconfession13 said:
HTC one is in the same boat. Its locked unless you were lucky enough to unlock on day one. But as a Phone itself I woyld switch
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So you're saying if I were to trade it in now the htc one I would get would be locked for sure?

Well unless u trade with someone that has an unlocked boot loader. But it wouldn't be a fair trade as your device is locked
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coldconfession13 said:
Well unless u trade with someone that has an unlocked boot loader. But it wouldn't be a fair trade as your device is locked
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Well I would be trading it in to best buy since I am within the 15 days.

Then I would trade it
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I had an S4 and I sold it and bought this.
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-So you're saying if I were to trade it in now the htc one I would get would be locked for sure?
-Well I would be trading it in to best buy since I am within the 15 days.
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yes. any new, not already unlocked HTC One's on vzw are currently locked as well. However, if you REALLY need unlock super urgently, you can pay a small fee and send the phone to a member of this community who bought a javacard and can s-off your phone. But, like a lot of people say (and I tend to agree) dont buy a phone that you wouldnt run stock. If you only want to one to root, but there's another phone out there that works for you without root, I would honestly go with the other phone.
Personally, I am loving this phone, and one of my best friends has the S4. The features are cool, but the One is just so much nicer. I would trade, unless something else catches your eye that you'd be happy running stock

crazyg0od33 said:
yes. any new, not already unlocked HTC One's on vzw are currently locked as well. However, if you REALLY need unlock super urgently, you can pay a small fee and send the phone to a member of this community who bought a javacard and can s-off your phone. But, like a lot of people say (and I tend to agree) dont buy a phone that you wouldnt run stock. If you only want to one to root, but there's another phone out there that works for you without root, I would honestly go with the other phone.
Personally, I am loving this phone, and one of my best friends has the S4. The features are cool, but the One is just so much nicer. I would trade, unless something else catches your eye that you'd be happy running stock
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Thanks, this is the answer I was looking for! I feel I would enjoy stock on the htc one better.

Having both phones, (well s4 is getting screen repaired will be home soon) I would chose HTC One.
So solid and HTC Sense kicks the Touchwiz by a mile, the phone is perfect size, I could go on but I personally would go for the One, s4 is great as well and I do like it, but the htc one is so build so solid I trust it more. it just beats things for me in every aspect except the s4 having sd card, but htc one has 32gb internal which is plenty I just like the option for sd card, but def not a deal breaker esp with 32GB. compared to 16GB on s4 at same price.

Pick up a meenova for extra storage space.

I had a Galaxy S4 for 2 weeks, and now I have the ONE. Mine is used for work and personal, and I will say that the One is amazing. The text, email UI 's are 100000 times better looking and better functioning than the Samsung crap. I've had the Captivate, GS3/4, so I am not anti Sansung at all. The One feels premium, the screen is awesome, Sense 5 is actually good, the battery life is on par with the GS4, and the speakers are great. In my opinion, the One is the better phone in every aspect, unless you like a bigger screen.

I'm waiting for a black one on verizon to sell my black gs4 (or if someone wants to trade me) or i'll just wait for the htc m8 (assuming verizon doesnt take 6 months to release it again. I hope they fix the stupid button placement and put the normal 3 capacitive buttons on it.

fatmando2 said:
So I recently got the s4 and so far it's been alright but I don't really like touchwiz plus the bootloader is currently locked on it. Is the htc able to flash roms currently and do you think I should trade? Thanks for you input!
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I just traded my S4 for the HTC One yesterday, well really switched carriers from Sprint to VZW. The S4 has a lot of features with its TW ROM but found myself never using them. If the TW features are not a big deal to you then i will make the switch. HTC One looks sleek and feels like a $200 phone. What really made me change was that speakers are on the front. There's more that i can talk about but I'm very satisfy with my switch. I'm disappointed that root is so difficult on VZW.

from my experience the only benefit of the s4 is a user replaceable battery a sd card slot and the camera is sharper. If those don't matter allot to you i would go with the One.

So I ended up switching! So far I like sense a lot better and the one seems much snappier! Anyone know of a sweet case for this phone?

ThaMuffenMan said:
I'm waiting for a black one on verizon to sell my black gs4 (or if someone wants to trade me) or i'll just wait for the htc m8 (assuming verizon doesnt take 6 months to release it again. I hope they fix the stupid button placement and put the normal 3 capacitive buttons on it.
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fatmando2 said:
So I ended up switching! So far I like sense a lot better and the one seems much snappier! Anyone know of a sweet case for this phone?
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Look into Supcase and Poetic, they both normally have a clear back so you don't have to cover up the beautifulness that is the One. :angel:

I have the spigen ultra thin. There's a glossy one and a matte one. I have the matte one and I can still see the phone through the case. Looks great
http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/htc/htc-one/htc-one-case-ultra-thin-air.html

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I have the spigen ultra thin. There's a glossy one and a matte one. I have the matte one and I can still see the phone through the case. Looks great
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Same here. Excellent case.
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Hey HTC one owners

I just added a line to get the blue model from best buy and my other phone is an s4 rooted and unlocked. I know this one isn't but so far this one beats my s4 by responsiveness and smoothness. Barely any lags which my s4 had quite a bit. Love this phone.
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We need a thread for this?

Seriously. It doesn't even make sense in English.
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Some people just like to communicate with others of similar interests and feel that a forum is the perfect place for this.

GrayTheWolf said:
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Until a public root tool is available, I'm cool with almost any form of communication in this cell phone forum haha
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curly9 said:
I just added a line to get the blue model from best buy and my other phone is an s4 rooted and unlocked. I know this one isn't but so far this one beats my s4 by responsiveness and smoothness. Barely any lags which my s4 had quite a bit. Love this phone.
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I did the same exact thing. Same exact phones. Really glad I got the One.

Yes I love it. It's fast smooth. I love the aluminum feel of the phone. I love the external speakers. And beats
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As solid as this phone is, compared to the S4, I felt I didn't need a case for that phone and could toss it around, with the htc one it's like a baby, I am very gentle, just ordered a cruzerlite case, gotta love amazon points, $16 item shipped for $1.46

Just finished setting everything up, migrating from a Galaxy Nexus.
Phone is rock solid however all the bloatware + HTC Sense is killing this device.
Can't wait for root, I really really hate Verizon's crapware!

Glad to have you guys here in the community!
S-OFF is coming alive thanks to Sonic, hoping to get a card myself to help the remainders and those not willing to ship phone as far.
I just don't want to take a $1,300 loss...

andybones said:
Glad to have you guys here in the community!
S-OFF is coming alive thanks to Sonic, hoping to get a card myself to help the remainders and those not willing to ship phone as far.
I just don't want to take a $1,300 loss...
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Those cards are that ... wallet thumping? Good lord, either way there's got to be some way to jack it aside from the card. I mean, look at crApple products like the iPod and iPhone, even those can be modified (even if it's next to pointless anyways). I remember a couple years back they said that the HTC HD7s wouldn't ever be "unlocked" but alas it was. And some of those modifications to the Windows based OS were really cool. Aside from all that though; if you're close to me I'd drive there and get it done and drop a few bones your way for the service of course. But I believe someone out there has at least figured out a little bit. There's got to be something, if we can "hack" the PSP, we can sure "hack" this phone. lol

Yeah man I read that the prices were high for a 500-credit card, which can do 250 S-Offs at 2 credits a piece. Still that's brain-cramp inducing. I'd buy a couple credits to get mine S-Off'ed but I can't be without my phone for what will wind up being about 10 days between shipping and waiting for it to be processed. Kind of wish I'd hung onto my RAZR M for a couple weeks. lol
I can't be without my phone. I got a One without there being a known unlock because I can live with Sense. Swapped my Galaxy S4 for one when Amazon marked the Droid MAXX as "we don't know if we'll get this in stock again or not". Bleah. Anyway I love the One, way more responsive than the S4 I returned. Gonna hang onto this baby for a while.

I might buy a card and set a day to have everyone close meet at like a Starbucks in NYC, it would save stress, time, money (shipping to and from) you also not without your phone for 4-10 days and it never leaves your sight, you can watch me do S-OFF.

Worth Upgrading from M7?

The M7 is supposed to get Sense 6. The only things I see that the M8 has is the depth camera and better battery and microsd card. Is there anything else? Thanks.

Might as well wait M9
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Legaleye3000 said:
The M7 is supposed to get Sense 6. The only things I see that the M8 has is the depth camera and better battery and microsd card. Is there anything else? Thanks.
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Short answer there is about as much reason to switch from the M7 to m8 as their is to switch from the S4 to S5..which is not much
-4.7in screen vs 5in screen, nice size upgrade, but the bottom buttons moved into the screen.
-Speakers are better on the M8, but they aren't bad on the M7
Reason's you may consider the upgrade:
-32GB storage is not enough, you can expand the memory up to 160GB Total on the M8
-Gun Metal Gray looks sick, I love the fit and finish of the M8, it does look better
I had the M7, got the Lumia Icon, which I am now upset I sold, because I really like the Windows interface and screen
- Was deciding between the M8 and the S5, and I am sorry, but Samsung just looks plain cheap, even though I know it's a great phone.

Lets see... A better processor, SD card, bigger screen, bigger battery.... I definitely think it's an upgrade. Personally I would sell off the M7 and pay the difference for the M8, the price difference is definitely worth the upgrade.
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In my opinion, the processor bump doesn't mean anything since I don't play games and the M7 is plenty fast. I don't use up much memory (don't watch videos or have lots of pictures) so the microsd card doesn't mean anything to me. Bigger screen is nice, but 4.7 is good enough for me. The only thing that looks really good to me is the battery life increase. I heard the speakers are better/louder, but then again, I don't watch movies on it and listen to music only on headphones.
Hard decision.

Legaleye3000 said:
In my opinion, the processor bump doesn't mean anything since I don't play games and the M7 is plenty fast. I don't use up much memory (don't watch videos or have lots of pictures) so the microsd card doesn't mean anything to me. Bigger screen is nice, but 4.7 is good enough for me. The only thing that looks really good to me is the battery life increase. I heard the speakers are better/louder, but then again, I don't watch movies on it and listen to music only on headphones.
Hard decision.
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How can this possibly be a hard decision? You've basically said that every feature that could be considered worthy to upgrade for you aren't interested in. Just keep your phone, honestly. You've already answered your own question and you don't need people on the internet to help push you to an impulse buy.

Agreed. Thanks.

Semantics said:
How can this possibly be a hard decision? You've basically said that every feature that could be considered worthy to upgrade for you aren't interested in. Just keep your phone, honestly. You've already answered your own question and you don't need people on the internet to help push you to an impulse buy.
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Yeah dude ...just keep your device and why troll the M8 boards? If you don't have the means to upgrade then don't. I like to have the latest and greatest cause I could.
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Battery life alone was enough for me to upgrade. I can easily go all day even with heavy use. The M7 I had to charge twice a day, with the same usage my M8 last all day. Something about the M8 that makes it so efficient. It's night and day difference, with that said all the other little aspect of the phone has been slightly upgraded and if the whole package is not enough for you to upgrade then I don't know what will.
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Seeing how I have both here at home I can say it's a beautiful step up from the m7. I actually bought the m8 and passed my note 3 to my lady which was using the m7. I always liked the m7 but lack of ad card support was what made me go back to Samsung,but after what they pulled with Knox I am done with them.
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Legaleye3000 said:
In my opinion, the processor bump doesn't mean anything since I don't play games and the M7 is plenty fast. I don't use up much memory (don't watch videos or have lots of pictures) so the microsd card doesn't mean anything to me. Bigger screen is nice, but 4.7 is good enough for me. The only thing that looks really good to me is the battery life increase. I heard the speakers are better/louder, but then again, I don't watch movies on it and listen to music only on headphones.
Hard decision.
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Seems to me that your decision isn't so hard then

I think the battery (particularly if you are a heavy user) and camera are enough of an upgrade to justify getting the M8. What makes the decision difficult is that the HTC one m7 is just a great phone making it too short a time to upgrade.
Personally I'm awaiting Xperia z2 before moving on from my HTC one.

The M7 is already such a great phone. I prefer the M7 over M8 as far as UI is concerned. I do struggle often with not having the SD slot as I often transfer apps/Tasker things between my phones a lot. I have to use OTG or bluetooth.
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I made the switch and I love the M8, the build quality, new fit and finish, bigger screen, louder speakers, micro sd slot, dual camera, way better batterylife make it all worth it to me. I got mine off craigslist too (sealed and unopened for $560) beats $625 + tax from T-Mobile.

gooface said:
I made the switch and I love the M8, the build quality, new fit and finish, bigger screen, louder speakers, micro sd slot, dual camera, way better batterylife make it all worth it to me. I got mine off craigslist too (sealed and unopened for $560) beats $625 + tax from T-Mobile.
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Hope it doesn't get reported lost or stolen.
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fmedrano1977 said:
Hope it doesn't get reported lost or stolen.
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Also hope he pays his EIP
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shook187 said:
Also hope he pays his EIP
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I dont have a EIP. I bought my last phone outright too (but from T-Mobile)
The phone was unopened and sealed and they told me that their sister (the one selling the phone) works at T-Mobile and was selling it and my guess is (from talking to my friend that works at T-Mobile) is they got it for cheap from HTC and turned around and sold it (HTC has promotions with T-Mobile employees (they do this every year) I am not worried.

gooface said:
I dont have a EIP. I bought my last phone outright too (but from T-Mobile)
The phone was unopened and sealed and they told me that their sister (the one selling the phone) works at T-Mobile and was selling it and my guess is (from talking to my friend that works at T-Mobile) is they got it for cheap from HTC and turned around and sold it (HTC has promotions with T-Mobile employees (they do this every year) I am not worried.
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Curious, by buying it second hand do you still have access to the HTC advantage insurance? Also any problems with warranty if something were to go wrong with it?
Those were the two issues that made me hesitant to pick up an M8 on craigslist, there were a few for sale a couple days even before they were released and I was actually pretty tempted to bite, but also the thought of EIP/stolen/lost blacklisted IMEI numbers scared me off.

my wife and son had m7's and I had one maxx on Sprint, but we switched to Tmo in February due to Sprints horrific network..
Now, they have G2's, and love them, and I have a LG Flex, that I dont like that much for a variety of reasons(zero development, no sd card, android 4.2), on my 3rd replacement right now, and would love to grab an M8, but have 3 more months to wait for my first Jump..
This phone looks like a home run, and I am blown away by how much development there is already for it!
Seems like it is a major upgrade from the M7 in alot of ways!!

Why would you get the Flex knowing 1st hand it was on an old software version and no micro SD card. I personally love the Flex minis the blue tooth issues with Netflix being a hair behind. Only reason of thinking on this phone.
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