AT&T 64 gb exclusive

[ksavaiano]

And even for me, i will be picking the 32 GB on sprint may have to ponder on the 64 GB if they do get it but 32 gb is more then enough for me! I have 9 GB on my evo 3d and i have not once filled it up. Thats because i have an iPod touch for games. And i even have 1000 songs on it and at least 20-30 apps and it STILL isnt full. I dont see me putting more then that on my HTC One. I will be putting games on it but i think watching movies on my phone is a lost cause. I may want to get rid of my ipod and put the music on my phone but then again i only use like 5 of my apps on my ipod so i cant see me filling up 32 GB

 

[sprinttouch666]

Meh, my 8GB sd card still has a gig or two free. I use Google Music, don't keep movies on my phone, only have a couple large games and only keep 1 or 2 nandorids at a time. No way in **** I could use more than 16GB, let alone 32 lol.

 

[Xsie]

Has it been made official...cause I'm not finding that anywhere....

 

[JHBThree]

I don't understand why HTC would be doing this. The only thing I can guess is that they're having a really though time manufacturing this phone, so they're going to make one version exclusive? It's already been delayed once because of the difficulty of manufacturing the camera. Unfortunately, I don't think people are going to be jumping ship to AT&T just to buy the 64GB version.

But 32GB should be more than enough for the average people that want the phone though, you could even say 16GB would've been enough. But I think HTC may have lost all power users up for contract outside of AT&T. Now they're looking at either paying 600+ for the 64GB unlocked or paying $199-249 for the S4 and a micro SD. One good thing HTC potentially had going for them was that their 64GB version would've only been $50 more than 16GB version of the S4 (if that $249 is for the 16GB), now they don't even have that except for on one carrier and there isn't rock solid confirmation that the phone is coming to Verizon at all.

They're doing it because att is probably paying them for an exclusive, or promising to put up a certain amount of cash for marketing, which is more important than having 64 gigs on every carrier.

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[JHBThree]

Well, for the purposes of these forums, and specifically this thread, "most normal users" can suck it. I'm on Sprint and will not purchase the 32GB version. For my wife or my kids? Sure, 32GB is fine. Not for me. I think this slightly flies in the face of one-device-on-all-carriers.

And to give it to AT&T exclusively? Come on HTC! If you're going to make this mistake at least do it with Sprint. They've been your best buddy and partner forever. AT&T doesn't care about you. They don't have any loyalty to you. Come on over here, baby. Sprint'll take care of you. They'll make it all better. They helped make you, with the OG EVO. Remember that? That iconic device that you haven't been able to replicate since? Yeah, you remember.......

They want a carrier that actually has, you know, subscribers.

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[eak1570]

Has it been made official...cause I'm not finding that anywhere....

Yes , this video is official from AT&T Chanel. I think this video is a device training to AT&T Rep. (Same like Nokia lumia 920) very good sign and I think the phone will be out soon (2-3 weeks)

 

[Suda]

They're doing it because att is probably paying them for an exclusive, or promising to put up a certain amount of cash for marketing, which is more important than having 64 gigs on every carrier.

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That, and I thoroughly believe that they can't manufacture two versions for all carriers without the phone being delayed again. You hear about them having trouble making the camera and having speaking grill issues it kind of seems like the hold up is at assembly. I can't bring myself to believing HTC had the 64GB verison planned for all carriers and then let AT&T swoop in and money hat that version away. I think they probably knew they weren't going to have enough time to make the version for all three carriers without another delay and whoever offered the most money would get it, luckily AT&T's biggest competition was Sprint.

I just remembered there was a red version of the One, what happened to it? That was the best looking one out of all 3.

 

[Habiib]

The only thing I'm excited about from the ATT promo, is the juice pack that appears to compliment the shape of the phone. So I take it that this solution is better than carrying a spare battery around, since it will last longer (in theory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N-XEgEUkac&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[bjones521]

Welp if true im keeping my S3 or getting the Moto X phone. I travel often and the cloud doesn't have service everywhere.

 

[JHBThree]

That, and I thoroughly believe that they can't manufacture two versions for all carriers without the phone being delayed again. You hear about them having trouble making the camera and having speaking grill issues it kind of seems like the hold up is at assembly. I can't bring myself to believing HTC had the 64GB verison planned for all carriers and then let AT&T swoop in and money hat that version away. I think they probably knew they weren't going to have enough time to make the version for all three carriers without another delay and whoever offered the most money would get it, luckily AT&T's biggest competition was Sprint.

I just remembered there was a red version of the One, what happened to it? That was the best looking one out of all 3.

Att would have had exclusivity from the beginning. There is no way they would change something like that last minute.

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[JHBThree]

Welp if true im keeping my S3 or getting the Moto X phone. I travel often and the cloud doesn't have service everywhere.

... How much porn do you have that 32 GB isn't enough?

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[bjones521]

... How much porn do you have that 32 GB isn't enough?

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48gb worth of music for a 16 hour flight.

 

[Suda]

Att would have had exclusivity from the beginning. There is no way they would change something like that last minute.

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Well then that's worse than not being able to assemble enough phones. Wouldn't feel as bad about them losing sales if that's the case, although the number they'll potentially lose is pretty small. Still, HTC needs all the money and good pub they can get to earn back people's respect and get taken seriously again.

 

[chubb]

48gb worth of music for a 16 hour flight.

Wow. I'll just never understand why people need that much music with them. I have 100 gigs on my laptop, but only have a couple gigs on my phone. Get what works though I guess.

 

[L1V3RB1RD]

Repeat after me: The vast majority of "normal users" -- which does not include you and me -- will not come close to using 32GB, let alone 64GB.

totally agreed, i sill use my 8 gb iphone 4 and still have 1.6 gb free

 

[JHBThree]

48gb worth of music for a 16 hour flight.

That's insane. If you must have that much music, invest in an actual music player.

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[JHBThree]

Well then that's worse than not being able to assemble enough phones. Wouldn't feel as bad about them losing sales if that's the case, although the number they'll potentially lose is pretty small. Still, HTC needs all the money and good pub they can get to earn back people's respect and get taken seriously again.

They probably ran the numbers, and figured they would be making more money from the exclusivity and it's benefits than having that model on other carriers. Heck, it's already working since it's all over the tech blogs.

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[illmatic41]

48gb worth of music for a 16 hour flight.

While having choices are great...you're talking about 360 hours of music to listen to within a span of 16hours if encoded at 320kbps. If you were ripping to .wav or converting to FLAC, it would be pointless considering the audio quality of a portable device isn't all that great anyway.

 

[JHBThree]

While having choices are great...you're talking about 360 hours of music to listen to within a span of 16hours if encoded at 320kbps. If you were ripping to .wav or converting to FLAC, it would be pointless considering the audio quality of a portable device isn't all that great anyway.

Exactly. I have 100gigs of music, and rarely listen to most of it. If I wanted to fit it all on a device, it would be on an iPod Touch set to convert it all to 192 kbps.

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[Suda]

They probably ran the numbers, and figured they would be making more money from the exclusivity and it's benefits than having that model on other carriers. Heck, it's already working since it's all over the tech blogs.

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I'm not understanding how they make more money on a model of a phone by limiting it to one carrier instead of having it on all 3, unless you're saying the people who want 64GB are going to jump ship to AT&T because of the exclusivity.

I don't see that happening and judging from the outrage in various comment sections and even some in this thread it looks like it has put some people off from buying the phone. I'm sure AT&T will get a couple new customers but nowhere near enough if it had been on all 3, particularly Sprint. Their customers seem to be the most upset. I'm upset because I have Sprint, but such is life.