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

[Johnly]

Agreed. And if "plasticky" (as if that's a bad thing?) is the price to be paid for excellent battery life and dev support, then I guess I'm sold.

I hope Samsung never deviates from "plastic." I can't stand not being able to access my battery and lets face it, everyone in the right mind would not oppose expandable storage.

 

[fernandez21]

I will probably have to pass and get a plastic S4 instead.

I really love the HTC ONE, and it is certainly the best looking phone available however I am uncomfortable with HTC's situation and their potential to go bankrupt in the near future. Coming from the iPhone, the removable battery and sd card are the least of my concerns.

How does them going bankrupt affect the phone you buy? The only thing would be the warrantee, but a company like this just doesn't close up shop over night. If this phone isn't a success it'll still be a year or two before they close up, well after your warrantee period. If its software updates, you could always root your phone.

Also, bankruptcy doesn't mean the company goes away once filed, it gives the company a chance to re-organize. And a company like HTC will most likely be bought out way before they close up.

If the One isn't successful, I see HTC downsizing and becoming more like Pantech or what HTC used to be when they were releasing carrier branded low end phones. I just dont see how the companies financials would make some one uneasy enough to not buy a phone. Of course, I also bought a pre3.

 

[BigDinCA]

No doubt they are making money, but they are also debt riddled, and as you would have already known, bailout offers have been made... but they can and are selling pieces to stay afloat such as selling it's shares in Beats audio...

I don't know who your financial advisor is, but HTC isn't in debt. As of the last annual report, they have just over a billion dollars in cash. That's not Apple cash, but it is the exact opposite of debt-ridden. The last few paragraphs are a good read for this discussion: Stock Talk: The downward slide at HTC continues | Android Central

And they're not selling off pieces to stay afloat. They never owned Beats, they had a 50/50 stake in it. They sold 25 percent back to Beats and that's that. The money they realized doing that doesn't constitute the billion dollars they have in cash. I do think they overpaid for the Beats partnership to begin with, so that's a bad decision on their part. As far as the "bailout" goes, that seems to be the Taiwanese government overreacting, kind of like what happened here a few years ago with all of the banks. If the One doesn't do some serious business for them things will start becoming bleak, but they still have some time to get it squared away. Not a lot of time and certainly not as much as they had in the past, though.

 

[anon5664829]

Have fun paying 8-900 bucks for it though. I can buy a 128GB worth of flash drives for a small fraction of the price. Let alone a 2TB portable hard drive for a fraction of the price, the small ones too so it's pretty portable. Throw in an OTG Cable and the app needed for it to work and I'm set.

This is from me, on my EVO 3D.

Next year the price will drop because the 16GB model price will drop as a result everything will be 100 dollars cheaper

 

[So Cold]

Next year the price will drop because the 16GB model price will drop as a result everything will be 100 dollars cheaper

Who cares? I know topics go off topic all the time but discussing 128GB ipads....why?...let it go

 

[Matthew Merkle]

I don't remember how many songs but pretty sure it's under 10k. It's extremely convenient to have all of your music with you all the time. You don't spend the time managing what's on the device, deleting old music, adding new and so forth. When you or someone you are with wants to listen to a song that you don't listen to often you have it. I can see very fast if I anyway own a sing or not... It's really a convenience thing. I came from an iPhone and I always kept playlists for the music I wanted to sync but now it's really easy just to have everything synced and not have to worry about it. And I listen to a lot of music

Sent from my Note 2

That's why I use a combination of Spotify and Google Music. Spotify covers the vast majority of music I listen to, and it does automatic syncing of playlists that I use often. If there's something it doesn't have or not on my playlist, then Google Music has my entire music collection in the cloud, searchable from the device. I can stream it from there. It's VERY rare I'm in a place where I have no data connection where this system doesn't work (no wifi nor 3G???). I just don't see the purpose in keeping all the music on the device, especially since you have to "sync" anyway to keep that collection up to date.

 

[li2327]

Just got my Note last night and it will my friend for another 2 years.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2

 

[anon5664829]

Who cares? I know topics go off topic all the time but discussing 128GB ipads....why?...let it go

Because the original guy said that HTC is the only one that has made high capacity models where as that is false, quite clearly Demonic cared enough to talk about it.

 

[anon5664829]

Speak for yourself, when you've got over 50 gigs of music 64 gigs fills up in a hurry. And cloud storage can be slow, unreliable and eats data. When you're on a plane, in the middle of nowhere or in a foreign country and you realize that the movie you just bought or that song you want to listen to is in the cloud... Not a great feeling. Cloud storage has it's time and place but it's no substitute for on board memory

Sent from my Note 2

Which is why the 128 GB iPad model is worth it for me

 

[anon5664829]

That's why I use a combination of Spotify and Google Music. Spotify covers the vast majority of music I listen to, and it does automatic syncing of playlists that I use often. If there's something it doesn't have or not on my playlist, then Google Music has my entire music collection in the cloud, searchable from the device. I can stream it from there. It's VERY rare I'm in a place where I have no data connection where this system doesn't work (no wifi nor 3G???). I just don't see the purpose in keeping all the music on the device, especially since you have to "sync" anyway to keep that collection up to date.

You think everyone has unlimited plans? Think Google music is offered in all countries? Just because it suits you doesn't mean it's for everyone, and besides I'm not gonna pay monthly for spotify.

 

[anon(5384869)]

Because the original guy said that HTC is the only one that has made high capacity models where as that is false, quite clearly Demonic cared enough to talk about it.

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

The iPad 4 has 128GB of storage.

An iPad is a TABLET, and is NOT the same size as any phone or iPod (except maybe Padphones and Phonepads). It's much more reasonable to fit a tablet with over 100GB of space. I wasn't arguing that HTC would be the first to do it, I was simply remarking that it would be a major feat and milestone when a phone (regardless of OEM) does it. I was and always have been talking about PHONES and devices of that size. Tablets are a whole different topic.

And no, it's not false: To date, no phone has ever been released with 128GB of on-board or combined storage. Is it attainable by buying a big enough SD card, yes, but it hasn't been done by OEMs yet.

 

[anon5664829]

An iPad is a TABLET, and is NOT the same size as any phone or iPod (except maybe Padphones and Phonepads). It's much more reasonable to fit a tablet with over 100GB of space. I wasn't arguing that HTC would be the first to do it, I was simply remarking that it would be a major feat and milestone when a phone (regardless of OEM) does it. I was and always have been talking about PHONES and devices of that size. Tablets are a whole different topic.

And no, it's not false: To date, no phone has ever been released with 128GB of on-board or combined storage. Is it attainable by buying a big enough SD card, yes, but it hasn't been done by OEMs yet.

Oh ok I didn't read that part

 

[Rizz1-2]

Pass galaxy s4 for one reason? How about pass it to me lol. I hope the one is wildly successful. Lookes like a winner to me. Any reasonable person knows it just isn't impressive enough to squash the big dog. If they keep it up, maybe they can par in a few years. That would make a win for all of us. Tin cans lol. Aluminum is so cheap. The only phone to ever get high end design right was a ss wrapped iPhone. Aluminum looks like dog crap much faster than plastic imo.

Tin cans? Cheap? You realize there are over 40 different aluminum alloys right? Do you know what's used on the One? I understand your preference to plastic which is fine and makes perfect sense to me, but we should wait to see what is used.

 

[So Cold]

That's why I use a combination of Spotify and Google Music. Spotify covers the vast majority of music I listen to, and it does automatic syncing of playlists that I use often. If there's something it doesn't have or not on my playlist, then Google Music has my entire music collection in the cloud, searchable from the device. I can stream it from there. It's VERY rare I'm in a place where I have no data connection where this system doesn't work (no wifi nor 3G???). I just don't see the purpose in keeping all the music on the device, especially since you have to "sync" anyway to keep that collection up to date.

I travel a lot and I also travel internationally so streaming is not ideal for me personally. If you have the available data and you stay connected then keeping all your music in google music is a good option. For the price of a 64gb sd card it was very easy for me to just have all of my music on my phone. And as far as syncing goes all I do is copy my music folder over to the sd card so it's not a big deal, that way I don't have to pick and choose

 

[jomacral]

That brings some comfort, thank you.

I don't know who your financial advisor is, but HTC isn't in debt. As of the last annual report, they have just over a billion dollars in cash. That's not Apple cash, but it is the exact opposite of debt-ridden. The last few paragraphs are a good read for this discussion: Stock Talk: The downward slide at HTC continues | Android Central

And they're not selling off pieces to stay afloat. They never owned Beats, they had a 50/50 stake in it. They sold 25 percent back to Beats and that's that. The money they realized doing that doesn't constitute the billion dollars they have in cash. I do think they overpaid for the Beats partnership to begin with, so that's a bad decision on their part. As far as the "bailout" goes, that seems to be the Taiwanese government overreacting, kind of like what happened here a few years ago with all of the banks. If the One doesn't do some serious business for them things will start becoming bleak, but they still have some time to get it squared away. Not a lot of time and certainly not as much as they had in the past, though.

 

[atomic_squid]

This is for all the HTC fans that think the One and One X is superior to the S3....how's that JellyBean update working for you?

Not half bad, you?

Sent from my One X using Android Central Forums

 

[Johnly]

Tin cans? Cheap? You realize there are over 40 different aluminum alloys right? Do you know what's used on the One? I understand your preference to plastic which is fine and makes perfect sense to me, but we should wait to see what is used.

I actually don't prefer plastic. I just know it is superior to aluminum. You can read about it in many physics articles. Put some fiber in ploly and you are exceeding the strength of steel. Facts are out there.

 

[chris2k5]

I actually don't prefer plastic. I just know it is superior to aluminum. You can read about it in many physics articles. Put some fiber in ploly and you are exceeding the strength of steel. Facts are out there.

Where's your link? Please show me a scientific paper (not some opinion editorial) in which credible scientists say plastic is stronger than aluminum.

 

[Johnly]

Where's your link? Please show me a scientific paper (not some opinion editorial) in which credible scientists say plastic is stronger than aluminum.

You can go find the facts yourself. They are there. We are discussing polycarbonate, not plastic.

 

[chris2k5]

You can go find the facts yourself. They are there. We are discussing polycarbonate, not plastic.

So you are making stuff up then. You can't even provide a link that you claim exists that proves polycarbonate is stronger than aluminum.
Good job. I didn't even have to try and make you look bad.