HTC ONE REVIEW - The Verge

**delta7** · 03-11-2013, 11:11 AM

I know, I know

**nyc_rock** · 03-11-2013, 11:35 AM

All I cared about was the battery life. If the Verge is correct then it will be the HTC One and done. Personally, I cant believe its true. First off, the verge hasn't had it long enough to make a real observation on battery life. Second, if HTC would actually release this phone with sub par battery life, they deserve to go out of business.

**skoolboi** · 03-11-2013, 11:53 AM

Just read. Wish they would have stated what "bad battery" life is to them. How many hours of screen on time did you get? what task were you having the phone accomplish and for what lengths of time each? a vague statement like " struggled to make the one last a full day" is too vague. what's considered a full day and what type of task on your phone does that consist of?

As far as I'm concerned the jury is still out....

**jeffsanace** · 03-11-2013, 11:58 AM

All other reviews I've seen contradict the verges review on the battery life. Phone arena got over 8 hrs of video playback in there battery stress test. Also sounds like the reviewer favors aosp, so obviously not someone who should be reviewing as he's bias.

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**xlDeMoNiClx** · 03-11-2013, 12:17 PM

I'll wait for this site's review. Seems to be the only site that can be trusted to make fair reviews.

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**Sebastian Kirk** · 03-11-2013, 12:23 PM

Here's another review. They managed to get 8 hours and 32 minutes continuous video playback out of it. To me, that sounds pretty impressive.

**Charles Lambton** · 03-11-2013, 12:25 PM

I agree that I doubt they had the time to run a proper battery benchmark, if anything they shouldn't have said a thing about the battery until they had a chance to properly test it. Their results don't seem to go along with what everyone else is saying. Can't wait to see what Android Central's results are, I'm sure we will see quite a difference.

**bearballz72** · 03-11-2013, 12:31 PM

I have to agree about the review. Seems like they rushed the review just to get it out there and get more traffic to their site.

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**nyc_rock** · 03-11-2013, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by xlDeMoNiClx

I'll wait for this site's review. Seems to be the only site that can be trusted to make fair reviews.

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**Love Divine** · 03-11-2013, 12:47 PM

It was the same story with the EVO 4G LTE. Despite having the same chipset, software and 200mah bigger battery than the One X, which many sites lauded for its battery life, it was slammed for "poor battery" life on those same review sites. Reviewers inexplicably seem to get that part of the review wrong quite often. Wait for more reviews, or real world usage.

**Phil Nickinson** · 03-11-2013, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Sebastian Kirk

Here's another review. They managed to get 8 hours and 32 minutes continuous video playback out of it. To me, that sounds pretty impressive.

That one was unfinished software and unfinished hardware. Unsanctioned "review," if you know what I mean ...

**Sebastian Kirk** · 03-11-2013, 01:08 PM

How do you know that? According to themselves, it just has unfinished software - like the rest of the reviews out there right now. The hardware should be as finished as it gets.

**mistyisland** · 03-11-2013, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by skoolboi

Just read. Wish they would have stated what "bad battery" life is to them. How many hours of screen on time did you get? what task were you having the phone accomplish and for what lengths of time each? a vague statement like " struggled to make the one last a full day" is too vague. what's considered a full day and what type of task on your phone does that consist of?

As far as I'm concerned the jury is still out....

He said about 10 hours--Here is the direct quote from the article--

"In more practical use, you’re going to want a charger nearby, since I killed the battery with about ten hours of tweeting, browsing, emailing, and not that much else. This is an unpleasant, sadly unremarkable side effect of big screens and fast phones, but’s a shame nonetheless."

I do think he is biased. I read his review of the Iphone 5, and it seemed almost lackluster in many places, but yet he rated it at 8.8.

**mgfjd12** · 03-11-2013, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Phil Nickinson

That one was unfinished software and unfinished hardware. Unsanctioned "review," if you know what I mean ...

I am waiting for your review. I hope you can get a real test scenario. I am tired of the reviews with pics of the ocean during sunset or the fruits on the table. I might take pictures like that when I am on vacation but I usually take a real camera with me when I am on vacation.
Can we get a video sound recording in a concert? This phone is supposed to have the double membrane microphone.

Thanks.

**peterg21** · 03-11-2013, 01:53 PM

Brian Klug of Anandtech made some comments about battery life of the HTC One that he is testing now and will soon have the results. He states that his charts entirely disagree with that assertion of the Verge that the battery life is terrible:

**Kevin O'Quinn** · 03-11-2013, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Sebastian Kirk

How do you know that? According to themselves, it just has unfinished software - like the rest of the reviews out there right now. The hardware should be as finished as it gets.

He just does.

**smcolbert** · 03-11-2013, 02:31 PM

The review speaks for itself on battery life. He was putting some excessively heavy use on it with benchmarks, speed tests, voice, video, sound, camera, syncing all sorts of stuff.

It doesn't sound like my average daily usage and for all the things he did with it in two days, I'm impressed it lasted like it did.

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**Kevin O'Quinn** · 03-11-2013, 02:32 PM

Seems...rushed.

**xlDeMoNiClx** · 03-11-2013, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Phil Nickinson

That one was unfinished software and unfinished hardware. Unsanctioned "review," if you know what I mean ...

So much for actually being "expert reviewers" I guess.

This is from me, on my EVO 3D.

**snookasnoo** · 03-11-2013, 02:50 PM

Biased is the word you are wanting.
I didn't think he was that hard on the battery life.

Originally Posted by jeffsanace

All other reviews I've seen contradict the verges review on the battery life. Phone arena got over 8 hrs of video playback in there battery stress test. Also sounds like the reviewer favors aosp, so obviously not someone who should be reviewing as he's bias.

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**snookasnoo** · 03-11-2013, 02:51 PM

Anandtech is the gold standard for reviews of almost any kind IMHO.

Originally Posted by peterg21

Brian Klug of Anandtech made some comments about battery life of the HTC One that he is testing now and will soon have the results. He states that his charts entirely disagree with that assertion of the Verge that the battery life is terrible:

**jeffsanace** · 03-11-2013, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by snookasnoo

Biased is the word you are wanting.
I didn't think he was that hard on the battery life.

Rating of 5.5 out of 10 and saying that it didn't last long doing much is pretty harsh. Especially since there are members of xda from Germany posting battery results contrary to his review. And he's bias is the correct terminology in the context of my sentence.

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**jeffsanace** · 03-11-2013, 02:57 PM

I've been getting battery stats from a Xda member from Germany for the last 2 + days, with screen shots of the info. He's reporting 6 + hrs screen on time and over 10 hrs with fairly heavy use.

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**xlDeMoNiClx** · 03-11-2013, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by jeffsanace

I've been getting battery stats from a Xda member from Germany for the last 2 + days, with screen shots of the info. He's reporting 6 + hrs screen on time and over 10 hrs with fairly heavy use.

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Guess we know who to believe.

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**Dreamliner330** · 03-11-2013, 06:24 PM

Always tradeoffs. High res screen, excellent speakers. Terrible battery life, poor button layout, low memory and Android lag.

It's getting closer, but what manufacturer is going to put out the first no-compromise device? It's worked pretty well for Apple (they believe their compromises are design decisions.)

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2 models (Same spec, different screen size):

5" 1080p IPS or SLCD
4" 720p IPS or SLCD

*Battery Life: Minimum 6+ hours screen time at max brightness, with GPS & BT on.
*Excellent reception
*Snapdragon Pro
*2GB Memory
*128GB onboard or SD Cardslot
*Offscreen buttons
*Front Facing Stereo Speakers
*Image stabilizing quality camera (Lumia/iPhone level)
*Stock Android
*Installable 'packages' for user chooseable software overlays.
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