How on earth can you go to another phone after the HTC One (M8)?

[Soundtrack to Chaos]

The M8 is worse in design than the M7 IMHO. It is too tall, lacks OIS and the finish is too industrial. The original form factor was better minus capacitive buttons.


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I hate it's curves


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[B0WIE]

The M8 is worse in design than the M7 IMHO. It is too tall, lacks OIS and the finish is too industrial. The original form factor was better minus capacitive buttons.
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All respect to your opinion, I have't seen many share that viewpoint. It's widely regarded as the best looking phone ever made. I have to admit, even though I never cared about how a phone looks, I feel proud holding the gunmetal M8 and people comment on how impressive it looks.

Regarding the OIS, the new cam doesn't need it because of another feature (don't recall the name but you can look it up).

 

[Armand2REP]

All respect to your opinion, I have't seen many share that viewpoint. It's widely regarded as the best looking phone ever made. I have to admit, even though I never cared about how a phone looks, I feel proud holding the gunmetal M8 and people comment on how impressive it looks.

Regarding the OIS, the new cam doesn't need it because of another feature (don't recall the name but you can look it up).

With all due respect, the M7 was the best looking phone and won awards for it. Making it bigger doesn't make it better.

The new video recorder isn't better than the M7, which I own and compared. Interface might be better but that doesn't mean better performance.




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[ThrottleJohnny]

With all due respect, the M7 was the best looking phone and won awards for it. Making it bigger doesn't make it better.

The new video recorder isn't better than the M7, which I own and compared. Interface might be better but that doesn't mean better performance.




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Except it's performance IS better. And as far as I'm concerned, it's no contest. The M8 is even more stunning than it's predecessor. And it has nothing to do with it's size. It's insane how beautiful this phone is. I just can't stop looking at it.

This is just my opinion of course. But I skipped the M7, and could not resist this one.

 

[I Can Be Your Hero]

Yeah I don't know how I'm going to go to another phone.

- I firmly believe Sense is the best UI on a phone today. Better than Touchwiz, better than Sony's better than stock android. It's absurdly smooth, very beautifully designed and has some really cool features. I feel the most comfortable using Sense. Never looking around trying to navigate to something and unable to find it, not bombarded with settings and icons everywhere, and visually appealing. The UI is so good I have no reason to root/flash anything to it.

- Build/design. This one is completely subjective. Some people prefer plastic, others don't care, but I do. I love that the phone is metal, I love that the phone has the curved back that fits snug in the hand, love the design of it. I look at the phone and think 'damn that looks nice'.

- Boomsound completely changes the experience of the device. I can't stand watching stuff on a phone with a single speaker rear-mounted. Every other phone speakers just sound like absolute garbage to me. Went out on the weekend and a friend was trying to show me a video on youtube on his Galaxy S4 where he had to do that laughable cup-your-hand-around-the-back nonsense. I pulled out the One, found the video and we both watched it. Looked and sounded better than the S4 by a mile.

- The camera. I'm Gen Y without kids, so most of my photos are at night at a restaurant/bar/whatever with friends. I've yet to use a phone with better low light performance than the One. Photography isn't super duper important to me, but seeing night shots turning out really good is impressive. Daylight performance could be better, and the phone does tend to blow out whites on auto-mode, but for my uses, I'm loving it.

No doubt, other phones have their own advantages and disadvantages, but for me, the One is an extremely hard device to beat. I've played with the Galaxy S5 and that doesn't interest me too much, especially previously owning the GS4. The Z2 looks nice, but owned the Z1 earlier this year as well and wouldn't go back to Sony's UI, or their build/design.

Of course, we all have different wants/needs/opinions so the things I love about the phone, others may not care at all, and something like water resistance might be super high on their priority list, which in that case, the One would be of no use. Just for me though, I think it's a superb phone and I don't see myself swapping from phone to phone as I did last year. I'm sticking with the One M8 until the M9 comes out next year.

 

[o2k]

All respect to your opinion, I have't seen many share that viewpoint. It's widely regarded as the best looking phone ever made. I have to admit, even though I never cared about how a phone looks, I feel proud holding the gunmetal M8 and people comment on how impressive it looks.

Regarding the OIS, the new cam doesn't need it because of another feature (don't recall the name but you can look it up).

I was out and about this past weekend. And a friend saw my phone and asked "is it an iphone?" Like if it's a good looking phone it must be an iphone even though no current iphone is nearly as big and his own daughter was holding an iphone (nothing against iphone. But when I was at the Verizon store and saw the iphones sitting there among all the big android devices, those iphones really looked like a toy to me). I feel proud holding my M8, too.

 

[B0WIE]

I was out and about this past weekend. And a friend saw my phone and asked "is it an iphone?" Like if it's a good looking phone it must be an iphone even though no current iphone is nearly as big and his own daughter was holding an iphone (nothing against iphone. But when I was at the Verizon store and saw the iphones sitting there among all the big android devices, those iphones really looked like a toy to me). I feel proud holding my M8, too.

Yea, to some extent, I don't even consider them to be entirely comparable. Just as the Note is not something I'd ever consider because of the size, there are those who can't deal with an M8 or S5. When I was doing shopping and checked out the 5c or whatever the latest Apple flagship is, the first words out of my mouth were, "No *expletive* way". I just couldn't imagine running my business on that small screen and the interface was not as fluid as the M8. Likewise, I couldn't deal with trying to carry a Note around or starting at that big screen while in bed. Not that those phones aren't perfect for some people, just that the M8 is, in a Goldilocks sort of way, " just right" for me. I thought it was too big at first but without a case, it's smaller than my One X in terms of pocket space.

 

[CannedBullets]

I might be the minority here, but I actually like TouchWiz over Sense 6.

 

[dkhmwilliams]

I might be the minority here, but I actually like TouchWiz over Sense 6.

Why?

Sent from the Galaxy Note 3...yeah, its spectacular.

 

[ctk4949]

I really like the M8, but I will probably move to the G3 next. Just cause i like having new phones.

Im kinda glad im verizon network, or i would be changing phones all the time. lol

 

[CannedBullets]

Why?

Sent from the Galaxy Note 3...yeah, its spectacular.

I just like it better. I tried both the M8 and the S5 and I like the S5 better. I've spent maybe 3 cumulative hours on the S5 demo at the Verizon store. I'm just waiting on the 32 GB version.

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[dkhmwilliams]

I just like it better. I tried both the M8 and the S5 and I like the S5 better. I've spent maybe 3 cumulative hours on the S5 demo at the Verizon store. I'm just waiting on the 32 GB version.

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I too like TW. I don't see what people dislike about it

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[crazyralph90]

Easily. Way too tall, camera comparable to OG Droid, metal is like holding soap.

Happier once I traded in for s5.

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[B0WIE]

Swung by the phone section at the store today and was reminded of this thread. Wow, everything else really is a let down. Sadly though, the sales guy was asking me questions about the M8 and he said if it wasn't for the non-removable storage, he would definitely buy one. When I told him it can take a 128gig SD, he was shocked. This is a guy who sells these phones. HTC is still paying for past mistakes...

 

[buckifvr]

I was at my local Verizon store today and I was the only customer there. I was talking with 5 reps. I asked them whether the M8 or S5 was selling better. They said the M8 has been selling well, but when the S5 came out everything shifted to S5. They said it's starting to even out now. I asked them if they had a lot of M8 returns for the S5 and they said it was the opposite. More S5 returns for M8s. When I looked at the reps 3 of them were using M8s.

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[Transcendence]

I was at my local Verizon store today and I was the only customer there. I was talking with 5 reps. I asked them whether the M8 or S5 was selling better. They said the M8 has been selling well, but when the S5 came out everything shifted to S5. They said it's starting to even out now. I asked them if they had a lot of M8 returns for the S5 and they said it was the opposite. More S5 returns for M8s. When I looked at the reps 3 of them were using M8s.

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As much as I appreciate that everyone has their own experiences, I think it's probably best to be realistic about this. The S5 will absolutely destroy the M8 in sales. I'm one of the people who returned my S5 for the M8, but I'm the minority. Maybe in a few years it'll shift, but not this year. With that said, sales numbers don't tell the whole story and the M8 is one hell of a phone.

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[buckifvr]

I'm sure you are right, I was surprised by what the reps shared. They said both phones are great, but they all also liked the M8 better for overall experience. Personally I love my M8.

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[mfldmike]

Just moved from the iPhone 5s, I'll probably sport this until the 6 come out then flop again back to Android

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[Transcendence]

I'm sure you are right, I was surprised by what the reps shared. They said both phones are great, but they all also liked the M8 better for overall experience. Personally I love my M8.

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I'm in agreement there. I've had both and they're both great in their own ways. The M8 just kind of skews towards a niche crowd (tech enthusiasts) and thankfully I'm one of them. Hopefully it'll get more mainstream in the next few years so we can all hate it and love something else. Ha.

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[B0WIE]

The M8 just kind of skews towards a niche crowd (tech enthusiasts) and thankfully I'm one of them. Hopefully it'll get more mainstream.

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I'm anything but a tech enthusiast. I hate switching phones and don't waste much time with tech in general. I found the M8 to be friendlier to my needs though.