The HTC One will be a hit, pass Galaxy S4 for ONE reason..

[snookasnoo]

I guarantee you that Verizon tells HTC to jump and HTC will say how high. The carriers tell the phone manufacturers what to do not the other way around. Thats why all the bloatware and Verizon branding all over the phone. HTC is in a very weak position as they have lost millions making and selling Android phones. Only Samsung is making money among the Android manufacturers and they won't say how much. I used to work at Motorola and many Motorola phones had features such as Bluetooth OBEX shutoff because Verizon or another carrier demanded it so they could sell their software hardware solution instead.
The only exception to this is Apple which gives conditions to the carriers. They know the carriers have to sell the iPhone so they charge more for it and don't allow bloatware or branding.
Oh and Google doesn't much care...they sell a handful of Nexus devices at cost and get eyeballs on ads and collect your data and they just need a lot of phones out there to do those things.

 

[Keith Patrick]

I hope that Samsung and HTC really battle it out. It will always benefit the consumers.

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[DeadpoolJunior]

Those are LG's last years phones & business models... LG may as well be renamed, "The Comeback Kid" becuz they are back, and in a BIG way. Their new UI combined with their redesigned phones are almost pieces of art. They have actually done the OPPOSITE of HTC, gone from the bottom on their way quickly to becoming #2...

If you don't believe me, stop by a Sprint or AT&T store and spend 5 minutes with the Optimus G, or watch a video on the 5.5 Optimus G Pro (yes, a copycat of the Note II in a lot of ways BUT its still light years ahead of the Vu and it will sell BIG TIME- Not everyone wants a stylus) And lets not forget their most recent venture... Have u seen or played with an LG Nexus 4? The best and most popular Nexus to date? All LG, and i am lovin' on them lately :-*

BTC

I actually own the Nexus 4 and love it, but thats Google's design with just a helping hand from LG. It looks similiar to the Galaxy Nexus despite two different companies, proving its just Googles vision they created. But as for your other points, all I see LG doing right now is copying Samsung at every turn. BLATANTLY. The G Pro is such a blatant Note 2 clone, from the camera and speaker placement down to the home button, thats its sickening a bit. The Optimus G was just a S3 clone as well. Look at the UI and tell me they're not blatantly copying Touchwiz. From the animation to unlock the phone, down to some of the icons. They are copying Samsung from head to toe so they're success is more of a testament to Samsung's success in my opinion. I think they just want ppl to mistake their phones for galaxy phones in hopes ppl will say screw it and buy it anyway. Once LG finds their own path, i'll respect them more.

 

[Puzzlegal]

I disagree. I think the average consumer does not care about battery life, screen etc. etc. I think the average smart phone user just wants it to work. Specs are a secondary option and based on that Samsung will prevail because they are the sexy pick right now (they produce a great product but that is not my point). They are marketing geniuses and have gottena foothold that tehy will not relent easily.

Battery life is part of "just working".

 

[Stocklone]

I don't know why ppl wanna carry...a whole season of Seinfeld on their phone at one time.

True. You should have the entire series.

And with the 64GB option, the microSD card debate is dead as far as I am concerned. I have a Note II with 16GB internal (no larger option on my carrier) and only 11GB available. It drives me nuts that I have to deal with the segmentation of data and dealing with apps such as music streaming apps that will ONLY store to internal. I would much rather have a 64GB internal Note II. I would have absolutely no problem giving up a microSD slot for that. Google getting rid of microSD on the Nexus line wasn't done on a whim. They think it provides a better experience for the user. Now if they would just be as smart as HTC and offer high capacity options.

I use Samsung because of the S Pen. If HTC had a Wacom stylus, I would make the switch in a second. In terms of hardware and design, the One looks untouchable.

 

[kinz7865]

That Cheap plastic feels like crap...and i own one...hate it...cant wait for the HTC One to drop on sprint...already pre ordered. Samsung has good marketing....Thats why it sold 40mil+ i work in sales and trust when i say all it takes to sell a crap piece of product is good marketing and good features....which ssamsung did, they marketed the android features in a different way so that it would sell, and it worked, does that mean its the better product, no, it means they had a better sellsman. thats all.

How the heck did you already pre-order it??

 

[Lukas Ekstazijus]

Wow! That is REALLY selling short the intelligence of the average consumer.

You cannot look at BOTH the SGS III & The Note II with its incredible speed, amazing camera, buttery smooth experience, on board SD Card, long lasting battery life, huge beautiful screen, and say they didn't deliver a device that ticked EVERY box (and then some) of what, "the ppl want"...

If you put Samsung side side by side HTC and said, "who's ;listening?" it would be Samsung ALL THE WAY (with LG gaining on them : )

There are 3 kinda business models to follow: Those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH what happen, and those who say, "what happened"?! Guess where HTC is right now?

Yes, their designs are good, but i think Samsung's ugly, plastic-y designs PROVE it ain't just about the "DESIGN".....



BTC

S3 and long lasting battery life?... what?...
Beautiful screen? You obviously never held a One X..

The only thing HTC didn't deliver was sd cards, which I think has influence on maybe 1-2% of the whole number of buyers.
In Europe both the S3 and One X were greatly appreciated and sd cards really don't matter that much.. I mean if you can't live with 64gb that means the person is just a storage junkie and doesn't take care of his phone. And I still don't understand the thing like watching movies on a phone.. and then complaining about battery life and storage.. A tablet would be cheaper and more convenient.

You miss the point. HTC is a company that manufactures great smartphones, that's about it. Samsung makes consumer electronics from phones to freakin washing machines.... They have an enormous marketing budget. If HTC had so many stands and shops as Samsung and the marketing budget to put the commercial on the priciest places worldwide... I honestly don't think Samsung would have such a huge market share.

 

[Mungus8888]

I'd ditch my s3 in a heartbeat for the new HTC. I never dropped a call or had garbage reception in 3+ years with my Incredible. Samsung radios are garbage.

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[srmojuze]

HTC looks like it has something good here but it will still be an uphill battle to get closer to Samsung.

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[xlDeMoNiClx]

S3 and long lasting battery life?... what?...
Beautiful screen? You obviously never held a One X..

1) Many people on this site have had amazing battery life with their S3, so your confusion is odd.
2) Just cause it may not be the best doesn't mean it can't still be really good. Which it is.

 

[PhyscoAssassinX]

I think this will change and goes along with the One World Phone model. One phone for the whole world, not different variations for different carries or different territories with difference screen sizes and millions of variables to consider when delivering an update. I'm not sure if the One X ever received the update, or if any HTC phone that launched in North America last year even received it yet besides the DNA that launched with it, but I think this will change this year since now they only have one phone to update. I anticipate fast updates like the S3 was with Jelly Bean.

Also, the One ships with Jelly Bean anyway so thats a plus at least. Sure its not 4.2, but I dont for the life of me know any key features in 4.2 that non-nexus users are missing anyway. Photosphere? Lock screen widgets? Meh, good features to have but nothing groundbreaking like Google Now was for 4.1. I hope OEMs skip 4.2 and just wait for 5.0 to roll out and just focus on that.

The HOX actually got it I believe last week? And my Evo has had it (stock rooted JB) for months now. (Plus with a flashable zip I have Photosphere and thanks to team virtuous we have lock screen widgets but that doesn't count since it wasn't stock lol)

Sent From My HTC....oh wait it's stuck at customs

 

[DeadpoolJunior]

The HOX actually got it I believe last week? And my Evo has had it (stock rooted JB) for months now. (Plus with a flashable zip I have Photosphere and thanks to team virtuous we have lock screen widgets but that doesn't count since it wasn't stock lol)

Sent From My HTC....oh wait it's stuck at customs

Yeah that post was made like a day before the HOX got it, but the HOS on Tmo continues to wait.

And, for anyone who has seen the S4 screens, if that is truly the S4...HTC has won the battle already. That may be over exaggerating, but the S4 is one fugly device that doesn't look any different than the S3 both hardware and software wise (think iPhone updates over the years). I think they're going with continuity in terms of looks, but I just don't get why HTC is the only company that puts out beautiful phones. Head and shoulders, no phone compares in the design department to the One X and the One. And UI wise, Sense 5 doesn't look as bad as it did in the past. HTC needs to deliver a huge push because Samsung dropped the ball on the S4 (if the leaks are really it).

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[padre1357]

Reading this was funny. As an "average consumer" an sd card IS important to me, as is a removeable battery. Along with MOST people I know. So to say the average consumer doesn't care is just silly. We buy whats either recomended to us by friends or by personal experiences good or bad. I don't forsee Htc out selling Samsung anytime soon. In a few years they could. Build quality, (i.e. materials) doesnt mean squat when a company releases a sprint flagship phone and then abandons it less than a year later. The Evo 4g Lte was a great built phone with awesome specs (according to recomendations from techies I know) last year, but the updates that it recieved just ruined it for many people and made them jump ship to another mfg, including myself. Htc has to address those issues first and foremost. If Htc fixes that. Htc will survive and hopefully do well enough to become a serious contender. Competition between companies is the best for consumers.

 

[BigDinCA]

...The Evo 4g Lte was a great built phone with awesome specs (according to recomendations from techies I know) last year, but the updates that it recieved just ruined it for many people and made them jump ship to another mfg, including myself. Htc has to address those issues first and foremost. If Htc fixes that. Htc will survive and hopefully do well enough to become a serious contender. Competition between companies is the best for consumers.

I didn't "like" and "thank" your post because I agreed with it, per se. I actually don't for the most part. I love my EVO and the updates only made it better and better. The phone was released last summer and people complain that it was forgotten about, but it had 5 updates pushed out to it, including one just over a month ago. I know people had issues after the JB update with the proximity sensor, and some were having contacts issues prior to that, but the issues were always corrected. In a timely manner? Nope. If there is a problem with an update and the fix doen't get pushed out by 4pm the same day it will never be in a timely manner for most of us.

But I do believe that you may have one of the 10 best signatures in the history of forums, message boards, internets and quite possibly the world.

 

[padre1357]

I didn't "like" and "thank" your post because I agreed with it, per se. I actually don't for the most part. I love my EVO and the updates only made it better and better. The phone was released last summer and people complain that it was forgotten about, but it had 5 updates pushed out to it, including one just over a month ago. I know people had issues after the JB update with the proximity sensor, and some were having contacts issues prior to that, but the issues were always corrected. In a timely manner? Nope. If there is a problem with an update and the fix doen't get pushed out by 4pm the same day it will never be in a timely manner for most of us.

But I do believe that you may have one of the 10 best signatures in the history of forums, message boards, internets and quite possibly the world.

Forgotten was maybe the wrong word. Thats just how I saw it after years of owning BB's. Especially when they decide to stop producing it. I loved my evo when I got it. but then they did their update and it broke the most important feature to me in a phone, custom ring tones, I need to know if my wife or teenage son is calling without droping everything to look at my phone. When they fixed that, my proximity sensor got screwey as did my navigation. By timely I mean a month or so. Not several months


And thanks for the compliment on my signature.

 

[qnet]

Interesting discussions going on here. I'm not sure the HTC One will surpass the S4 but, for me the S4 is going to have to be really something for me to choose it over the HTC One. Now that the HTC one will come with more storage that's all I need. I don't care about the removable battery and I like internal/solid state storage better than a sd-card.

 

[Ry]

Interesting discussions going on here. I'm not sure the HTC One will surpass the S4 but, for me the S4 is going to have to be really something for me to choose it over the HTC One. Now that the HTC one will come with more storage that's all I need. I don't care about the remvable battery and I like internal/solid state storage better than a sd-card.

...and then Samsung announces internal 64GB/128GB with micro SD expansion for the S IV.

 

[qnet]

...and then Samsung announces internal 64GB/128GB with micro SD expansion for the S IV.

Ha! ha! That wouldn't surprise me.

 

[anon(5384869)]

...and then Samsung announces internal 64GB/128GB with micro SD expansion for the S IV.

Jeez! The thought of a 128GB phone is just insane! Definitely would be a first! I mean, the only other mobile product of that size that does this is the iPod Classic with 160. Forgive me for the non-contributive post, but that's a huge number to me

 

[BigDinCA]

... Forgive me for the non-contributive post, but that's a huge number to me

Please, the phone isn't even out yet. No forgiveness necessary. Most of the posts in this forum fall under that category. We're just bored.