So I've had the phone a month and feel settled with it so here's my view...
Build quality, so mine has a few hiccups, the gaps and ridges people have been posting about. I'll take it back sometime. Still through this it still feels premium and solid, now I'm used to it I'd be hard pushed to 'downgrade' from the feel of this phone for any feature on other android devices. I don't use a case or screen protector (the screen protector seems to make the buttons below screen unresponsive at times)
Speakers, I would never want to go back to anything less after these, use them all the time, mainly videos with friends. I will say that it would be nice to have them capable of being quieter when on lowest setting, can't play a game with sound with out annoying my missis!
Camera, so the pics aren't as clear as some phones apparently but best I've had, and I only ever upload to fb or keep on phone. If having more megapixels means I'd lose Zoes then I'm happy as it is, I've got some great pics of my boy I'd never have without Zoes.
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Bit annoying that it uploads the whole 20 zoe pics to Dropbox, it's getting a bit cluttered!
Front camera is great for video calling when I'm at work for the night, I call my boy, love the wide angle, my missis has the htc one too and I can see them both in shot well. Not recorded any videos yet (except in zoes! )
Blinkfeed, now I started by disabling blinkfeed now I use it more than anything, quick easy and there. Still wish for rss feeds but I find the available local news and tech sites do a good enough job for now. It's pretty and fast but then again all of the sense 5 experience is.
I use the stock browser, full of the usual settings. Syncs (add or access) all my chrome book marks, find in page, flash player, full screen mode, auto fill, Web page preloader, quick controls and loads more. The page zoom is very good quick, fluid and auto fills txt to whatever zoom level chosen, makes all Web pages easy to read. Also has a article view which works but the zoom feature works so well I don't find myself using it anymore.
In fact I use all the stock apps, calender, SMS, alarms, email etc, wont go into them all they work well not needed to use any others! I do use swiftkey, the stock keyboard is really good but the Autocorrect isn't up to swiftkeys.
Battery, usually lasts the day for me, unless running high powered games, sort of expect it to run down quickly! When reading articles or browsing, which is my main smart phone use, it fine for the whole day with times of heavy usage. Better than my old iphone 4 or lumia 800. Charging is really slow, not a big problem but still an issue at times, for example it won't take a quick enough charge whilst playing hd videos via hdmi lead so my phone slowly dies whilst I'm watching the film.
TV app, ok so doesn't replace my remote (it could) as I need to stop what I'm doing and open it or select the remote I need as I use this at work and in different rooms (would be awesome if nfc could open app in background and select remote along with other settings when I sit next to telly) but it does work well and you can remap new buttons by learning from your old remote. Useful when you can't find your remote or need to control a tv without one.
Signal, well this phone is a step better than my last phones (see ubove) for cellular signal and alot better for Wifi, a good 10 foot more range (although when holding the phone in landscape the signal weakens with my hand over the camera lens area, a bit annoying when playing online games near the edge of a Wifi area.
Gotta put this in here - I love the screen, LCD is defo for me, this one is ubove the rest the whites, blacks, viewing angles, clarity and the 16:9 aspect ratio.... Just got it right really.
General performance, really good every thing works fast and fluid. No lag ever, not had to do a hard reset ever. As you would expect runs any game from play Store with no lag (no I haven't tried them all but tried shadowlands, asphalt 7, real racing, 6 guns and gta vice city to name a few) yes it runs quite hot sometimes, never had anything near this chip wise to compare to other high end phones, doesn't really bother me though.
So yea i still really love it as it shows, these are my opinions have a go and make your own.
P. S. Sorry if it's a bit disjointed or missing bits, wrote this on my phone in this crappy app.... Also I don't ever write reviews. I'll be happy to answer any other questions though :-D
sent from my awesome HTC One B-)
Build quality, so mine has a few hiccups, the gaps and ridges people have been posting about. I'll take it back sometime. Still through this it still feels premium and solid, now I'm used to it I'd be hard pushed to 'downgrade' from the feel of this phone for any feature on other android devices. I don't use a case or screen protector (the screen protector seems to make the buttons below screen unresponsive at times)
Speakers, I would never want to go back to anything less after these, use them all the time, mainly videos with friends. I will say that it would be nice to have them capable of being quieter when on lowest setting, can't play a game with sound with out annoying my missis!
Camera, so the pics aren't as clear as some phones apparently but best I've had, and I only ever upload to fb or keep on phone. If having more megapixels means I'd lose Zoes then I'm happy as it is, I've got some great pics of my boy I'd never have without Zoes.
View attachment 65442
Bit annoying that it uploads the whole 20 zoe pics to Dropbox, it's getting a bit cluttered!
Front camera is great for video calling when I'm at work for the night, I call my boy, love the wide angle, my missis has the htc one too and I can see them both in shot well. Not recorded any videos yet (except in zoes! )
Blinkfeed, now I started by disabling blinkfeed now I use it more than anything, quick easy and there. Still wish for rss feeds but I find the available local news and tech sites do a good enough job for now. It's pretty and fast but then again all of the sense 5 experience is.
I use the stock browser, full of the usual settings. Syncs (add or access) all my chrome book marks, find in page, flash player, full screen mode, auto fill, Web page preloader, quick controls and loads more. The page zoom is very good quick, fluid and auto fills txt to whatever zoom level chosen, makes all Web pages easy to read. Also has a article view which works but the zoom feature works so well I don't find myself using it anymore.
In fact I use all the stock apps, calender, SMS, alarms, email etc, wont go into them all they work well not needed to use any others! I do use swiftkey, the stock keyboard is really good but the Autocorrect isn't up to swiftkeys.
Battery, usually lasts the day for me, unless running high powered games, sort of expect it to run down quickly! When reading articles or browsing, which is my main smart phone use, it fine for the whole day with times of heavy usage. Better than my old iphone 4 or lumia 800. Charging is really slow, not a big problem but still an issue at times, for example it won't take a quick enough charge whilst playing hd videos via hdmi lead so my phone slowly dies whilst I'm watching the film.
TV app, ok so doesn't replace my remote (it could) as I need to stop what I'm doing and open it or select the remote I need as I use this at work and in different rooms (would be awesome if nfc could open app in background and select remote along with other settings when I sit next to telly) but it does work well and you can remap new buttons by learning from your old remote. Useful when you can't find your remote or need to control a tv without one.
Signal, well this phone is a step better than my last phones (see ubove) for cellular signal and alot better for Wifi, a good 10 foot more range (although when holding the phone in landscape the signal weakens with my hand over the camera lens area, a bit annoying when playing online games near the edge of a Wifi area.
Gotta put this in here - I love the screen, LCD is defo for me, this one is ubove the rest the whites, blacks, viewing angles, clarity and the 16:9 aspect ratio.... Just got it right really.
General performance, really good every thing works fast and fluid. No lag ever, not had to do a hard reset ever. As you would expect runs any game from play Store with no lag (no I haven't tried them all but tried shadowlands, asphalt 7, real racing, 6 guns and gta vice city to name a few) yes it runs quite hot sometimes, never had anything near this chip wise to compare to other high end phones, doesn't really bother me though.
So yea i still really love it as it shows, these are my opinions have a go and make your own.
P. S. Sorry if it's a bit disjointed or missing bits, wrote this on my phone in this crappy app.... Also I don't ever write reviews. I'll be happy to answer any other questions though :-D
sent from my awesome HTC One B-)
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