Can you post a side by side with the DNA and the Thunderbolt to show size differences?
I'm even gonna charge that old beast for ya.
Can you post a side by side with the DNA and the Thunderbolt to show size differences?
Inclined to believe HTC has had history ever since the Thunderbolt, one of the last HTC phones to have SD card inside, to go to 16gb model. Now is this the downfall of their profit margin, probably not. You can look back at Incredible line, Thunderbolt, Rezound and Verizon based phones. Most all were 16gb models and in this sense I think HTC needs to adapt to needs of the current user base to be competitive. Moto originally only released the Razr but after battery life complaints and storage the Maxx came out shortly after. This model has done well for Moto / Google and I can't imagine that HTC is going to continue to get passed by and suffer as a company over things easily fixable in their upcoming devices.Why do you think 16GB was HTC's decision?
See, you (and others) keep saying that as if it'd have no impact on the design of the phone.
And to call any manufacturer an idiot says more about you than it does them. Let's grow up, m'kay?
Phil,
Does the phone look to be serviceable?
i.e.
battery removal and replacement?
I am not so much worried about battery life. It just seems to me that with all of the great internals of this phone it should/could last a long time. i.e more than a two year contract... and the one year warranty....
Are these new super phones being designed to be disposable?
I keep my phones in a case and with a screen protector, but I have no control over a battery that goes bad....
Thanks
Cameron
Battery
2020 mAh LI-ION (embedded)
Inclined to believe HTC has had history ever since the Thunderbolt, one of the last HTC phones to have SD card inside, to go to 16gb model. Now is this the downfall of their profit margin, probably not. You can look back at Incredible line, Thunderbolt, Rezound and Verizon based phones. Most all were 16gb models and in this sense I think HTC needs to adapt to needs of the current user base to be competitive. Moto originally only released the Razr but after battery life complaints and storage the Maxx came out shortly after. This model has done well for Moto / Google and I can't imagine that HTC is going to continue to get passed by and suffer as a company over things easily fixable in their upcoming devices.
Of course it would alter the design of the phone! You are acting like they designed the chassis first then tried to fit what they can. It should be opposite, design internals then wrap it. Obviously it is a harmony of the two. NO ONE would have cared if the phone was 1mm thicker!!!!! NO ONE! In fact i would bet you 9 out of 10 people would opt for larger battery. It would have been a killer!! Not that it isnt, just more so.
For doing this, i call them stupid! Do a survey, conduct market research, whatever, it is easy to see people want battery life to do all thw awesome stuff a smart phone does all day. It is simple as that. Any company that doesnt recognize that is stupid.
This is just my opinion!
Phil,
Not sure how big your meat hooks are, but thought I would ask if the DNA is comfortable to type one-handed?
Also, are you running around naked, or do you have a case on it? Does it feel/look ridic when you are talking on it?
And, how is the dedicated camera button? Good feel as in hold halfway to focus?
Are you sure it was HTC's decision to only put 16GB in there? See what I'm sayin' yet?
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Easily deleted, hidden, etc... I've hid ALL the VZW stuff already (there is an easy 'hide' option in app drawer)
Yes, confirmed something like this: Amazon.com: T & S Electronics Micro USB OTG Cable - Google Nexus 7, Xoom, Samsung Galaxy, Iconia A510, Toshiba Excite 305, & more. LIFETIME WARRANTY!: Computers & Accessories will work on it
They ROCK!
Do it! You rebel! (jk, always good to have some constructive[/] debates IMO
I have found it to be extremely easy in the 5 days I have had it
And it's a perfect valid opinion. But that's not necessarily how smartphones are designed.
And I've met designers from a numbers of manufacturers have laughed in our face when we said exactly that. "It's only 1mm." "EXACTLY!" they said. "That's 1mm that we don't want in the design."
Re: The battery.
Is it serviceable? I dunno. By whom? Certainly not by me.
No. You cannot remove it. It's in there good. In fact, it's BETWEEN the display and the circuit board, and not just under the case. Good luck getting to it. Will be interesting to see a teardown.
Repeat: Are you sure it was HTC's decision to only put 16GB in there? See what I'm sayin' yet?
I'm even gonna charge that old beast for ya.