So who picked up the One S today? Thoughts?

**mlynch01** · 04-26-2012, 11:22 PM

If the phone freezes you just hold down the power button until it resets.

**cristrip** · 04-27-2012, 10:59 AM

has anybody moved from a HTC SENSATION to HTC ONE S yet?
reviews? differences?

**ingram1225** · 04-27-2012, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by cristrip

has anybody moved from a HTC SENSATION to HTC ONE S yet?
reviews? differences?

no... but back in jan I ALMOST bought the HTC Amaze until I caught wind of the One s.

**unit_three** · 04-27-2012, 08:20 PM

I'm having buyer's remorse

Battery life is good, screen is nice, and the UI isn't laggy. The recent apps thing is cool. 4g is awesome.

What really irks me is they keyboard and the jerky pinch to zoom behavior on the browser. I use my phone to browse the internet so much that the jerky behavior drives me nuts. Also I can't turn the sound off for my outlook calendar notifications. I think that last one is just a wieird issue in android but when I have so many meetings it quickly becomes annoying. Also the auto brightness is crazy and adjustes randomly bright to normal sometimes.

I'm thinking I'll try it out over the weekend before returning it.

/rant

**Italiannyc** · 04-27-2012, 08:24 PM

Well I just turned down the ONE s. I have had the Amaze for a week and it had a slight amount of screen bleed. They were going to send me another Amaze and they have no more available right now. They offered me the S2 or the ONE s to choose from without me paying more. I told the guy to call me in an hour lol. When he called back I said I am going to stick with the Amaze and to call me if it comes in stock in the next 7 days ( 20 day buyer remorse period still going on )

Man I thought hard about it.

The galaxy s 2 I didnt want because I hate how touch wiz is, and I know the camera is not up to par with the amaze. The cam is better at low light shots though with the ONE s

So now the ONE S. I came THIS close to getting it. Mind you, I still can.

Deal breaker for me was the screen. You can see the screen difference from the penile display. Its not bad by any means. It does look great, I just prefer mine side by side to it. Also, in direct sunlight, its not that good. Also, the non removable battery. I have 2 batteries for my Amaze incase one dies. I like having that option. The SD card was a big deal because I have 10 gbs of music that I like having on my phone at all times. I dont want to stream it.

Last, might sound stupid, but I love the fact that the amaze is heavier and not as thin. Makes the phone feel more sturdy and high end. I also think the battery cover is pretty sexy. I dont want a phone that looks like every other phone out there.

If you dont mind the sd card and non removable battery, great phone to have imo! Cant really go wrong. It all comes down to what you rather have. You are going to love the ONE s. Get out there and buy it

So amaze, dont ing brick on me because I just kept you.

**venious** · 04-27-2012, 08:32 PM

jerky pinch to zoom behavior on the browser.

Download the Chrome browser from google play. Keep the phone and thank me later.

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**venious** · 04-27-2012, 08:35 PM

Also, tap to zoom text is quicker. It immediately puts the text in flowed view.

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**ingram1225** · 04-27-2012, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by venious

Download the Chrome browser from google play. Keep the phone and thank me later.

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i like the chrome beta... but it is not sync'ing bookmarks. still fast.

**ingram1225** · 04-27-2012, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by Italiannyc

Also, in direct sunlight, its not that good.

I had absolutely no problems with direct sunlight. Auto brightness enabled.

Auto brightness is really quick to dim or bright the display... must be the fast s4 cpu. I mean... it is very sensitive! Good and bad thing i guess.

**employedslacker#ac** · 04-27-2012, 09:52 PM

I didn't like the keyboard either. I downloaded the Go Keyboard from the play store and I likeit a lot more than the HTC keyboard.

I am fine with the screen not being as good as the galaxy nexus or one x. Because it's an upgrade from my nexus one and it looks awesome to me.

**venious** · 04-27-2012, 11:20 PM

auto brightness is crazy and adjustes randomly bright to normal sometimes.

Yeah, I notice this too. Keep in mind though that annoyances like this on a flagship device are usually resolved with software updates within the first 6 to 9 months. I think we should commend HTC for releasing software with only minor annoyances like these, since other haven't been able to get the basic functions right before release. (Not calling anyone out, Samsung nexus) On the meantime you could just turn off auto brightness and adjust as preferred.

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**big_time2** · 04-28-2012, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by employedslacker

I didn't like the keyboard either. I downloaded the Go Keyboard from the play store and I likeit a lot more than the HTC keyboard.

I am fine with the screen not being as good as the galaxy nexus or one x. Because it's an upgrade from my nexus one and it looks awesome to me.

What are the chances of this phone getting a different type of keyboard, swype or just vanilla android?

I like a lot of things on this phone but I hate the keyboard.

**venious** · 04-28-2012, 11:57 AM

chances

This is Android, not Apple. Hoping HTC gives you another keyboard isn't required. Go to Google Play store and download another keyboard or you might be able to get a vanilla android keyboard from the forums or source. The keyboard was designed in Android to be easily replaceable.

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**unit_three** · 04-28-2012, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by venious

Download the Chrome browser from google play. Keep the phone and thank me later.

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Thanks! It's alot better now. still trying to get used to the keyboard (the space bar is way too small and close to the "." IMO).

Also, for anyone buying it, the screen protector tmo sells feels really rubbery / sticky. Waiting for ghost armor to come out with something.

**Mellimel22** · 04-28-2012, 05:32 PM

Just download another keyboard simple lol

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**venious** · 04-28-2012, 06:02 PM

the screen protector tmo sells

I'm not sold on protection for glass. I've never had a scratch on a glass display...yet. If you are tossing it in a purse, then it would probably be pretty important.

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**unit_three** · 04-28-2012, 06:14 PM

Touchpal keyboard is a lot better

**MrTyC** · 04-28-2012, 07:10 PM

SwiftKey X keyboard is also pretty good. I didnt like the stock keyboard either.

**venious** · 04-28-2012, 07:19 PM

Some type of sywipe trace is built in to the stock keyboard and running by default. Not in to that much though ...hurts my brain.

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**303kush** · 04-29-2012, 09:00 AM

I got used to the stock keyboard already lol

**Jeisenne** · 05-13-2012, 08:23 PM

My husband purchased this phone for me on the 8th. I had a choice between the One S or the Samsung Galaxy S II. I really want the Galaxy S3 but there's no word on whether TMobile will get it yet, and my previous phone was totally dead.

I love the phone, but there are three issues that are really bothering me about it.

1. The keyboard lacks the ability to add certain special characters, namely ™, °, ©, ®. I actually use those symbols all of the time, and I can't find them anywhere on the keyboard (even the long hold keys). Also when you type in the words ala Swype, there is no space automatically injected so the words end up being a huge jumble unless you consciously add the space in with the teeny tiny spacebar.

2. The battery drains SO fast when using apps or reading news. I even have the screen brightness turned down really low to try and conserve some of it. My first full charge lasted all of 4 hours before it went totally dead.

3. I am getting some funky random rebooting going on.

Other than the three above, this phone is really a beautiful piece of technology. I love the phone and there's still time for me to go in and exchange it, and I'm hoping I don't have to do that but I'll be stopping in the Tmo store tomorrow to ask about the random reboot issue at least.

**tbonn41fn** · 05-13-2012, 08:44 PM

I freakin love mine...beautiful phone!

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**Jeisenne** · 05-14-2012, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by popartist

Re: the trade-in rebate, they gave me an envelope and an extra receipt, but I actually had to generate the voucher and shipping label myself online at the trade-in site. Have my old Cliq all packaged up though and ready to go to the post office in the morning, hopefully my $100 will come sooner rather than later.

OMG, you had the Cliq as well. My condolences, as you and I and only a few others know what the nightmare of that phone was like. It got to where the last factory reset I had to do would not allow me to get into Motoblur, nor would it let me create a new account, thereby rendering the phone unusable. I went in and showed them, and they offered me the $100 rebate, and that's how I ended up with the One S.

**popartist** · 05-14-2012, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jeisenne

OMG, you had the Cliq as well. My condolences, as you and I and only a few others know what the nightmare of that phone was like. It got to where the last factory reset I had to do would not allow me to get into Motoblur, nor would it let me create a new account, thereby rendering the phone unusable. I went in and showed them, and they offered me the $100 rebate, and that's how I ended up with the One S.

I actually did not mind the Cliq, I thought it was a solid piece of hardware for the time. I had very few glitches and did not mind MotoBlur. What I DID mind was how long they took with their freakin' updates, that was inexcusable, especially with the pace Android was updating at the time and the fact there were a substantial number of apps that only ran on 2.0 and up.