What about the HTC One (M8) DON'T you like?

[Citizen Coyote]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

I remember the first One commercials of a bunch of young twenty somethings dancing in a club taking low light pics with the one. I remember saying at the time in these forums that HTC missed their target market because those young twenty somethings don't have the same disposable income as a broader section of the buying public. Compared with samsungs ads for the S4 where they showed a 20 something kid snowing off the gimmicks to his parents Samsung hit a much larger demographic.

Given the number of 20 somethings I see running around with iPhones, I don't think they lack disposable income. Olds vs youngs aside, where I think Samsung succeeded and HTC failed was in simple ad saturation. You couldn't turn around in some places without seeing an ad for a Galaxy device, while I really only ever remember seeing the One advertised on tech websites. Techies loved the One, but the general population bought the S4 because that's what they were familiar with.

On a side note, Samsung was brilliant in snatching up the "Galaxy" moniker for their Android phones and devices. HTC stumbled for a long time in that regard, and it's coming back to haunt them now.

 

[iN8ter]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Samsung's ad was aimed to give reason to their feature saturation and show how they are applicable to a broad base of users.

Girls putting on lotion using air view. Guys eating BBQ using gestures to answer the phone. Drama Shots of people doing cannonballs I to a swimming pool. Son showing dad how the phone functions as a universal remote and has a built in TV Guide.

The Ad made sense to almost everyone that watched it in some shape or form and was funny as hell to boot. It was a good ad

Gimmicks are in the eye of the beholder but they did make a decent case for their features while being witty at the same time.

I think Microsoft camera ads were much more broadly engaging than HTC's.

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[ddot196]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Of course the bezel. Too much. And also the finish on the metal just doesn't look right... I can't explain it but the m7 looks way better than the m8 when it comes to their metal finish. It just looks rough or something..

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[Jimmy Walker]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Of course the bezel. Too much. And also the finish on the metal just doesn't look right... I can't explain it but the m7 looks way better than the m8 when it comes to their metal finish. It just looks rough or something..

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I totally agree!

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[GrooveRite]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Will it support the new 128gb micro sd cards?!?! I thought I read somewhere here in AC that it won't. I hope it isn't true. Would an firmware upgrade by HTC resolve the issue?

 

[James E1]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Will it support the new 128gb micro sd cards?!?! I thought I read somewhere here in AC that it won't. I hope it isn't true. Would an firmware upgrade by HTC resolve the issue?

Everything I have seen says it will.

 

[Honestabebread]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Of course the bezel. Too much. And also the finish on the metal just doesn't look right... I can't explain it but the m7 looks way better than the m8 when it comes to their metal finish. It just looks rough or something..

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Good thing there's a silver version that looks exactly like the M7

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[GrooveRite]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Everything I have seen says it will.

I hope so! I guess we'll find out today.

 

[VidJunky]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Of course the bezel. Too much. And also the finish on the metal just doesn't look right... I can't explain it but the m7 looks way better than the m8 when it comes to their metal finish. It just looks rough or something..

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That may be a good thing for naked users cause the M7 is slick. Can't tell you how many times I almost dropped mine before I got a case.

 

[Jason Stroud1]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Things I don't like:

-How tall the phone is
-that there is a 16gig option
- that the front facing camera has a higher megapixel count than the back
-that the battery isn't bigger than 2600 mah(I know battery size isn't everything, but still)



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[anon(7894520)]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

coming from the M7, im not crazy about the design, though its superior to any phone from other brands in the market.

i would love to get my hands on sense 6, though - and the lock screen gestures look nice.

 

[ErnstMach]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Things I don't like:

-How tall the phone is
-that there is a 16gig option
- that the front facing camera has a higher megapixel count than the back
-that the battery isn't bigger than 2600 mah(I know battery size isn't everything, but still)



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You may want to take a look at this with regards to battery:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-M8-battery-life-test-excellent-endurance_id54352
It doesn't compare it to the other 2014 flagships, but it relieved my qualms about the 2600 mah battery.

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[Jason Stroud1]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

coming from the M7, im not crazy about the design, though its superior to any phone from other brands in the market.

i would love to get my hands on sense 6, though - and the lock screen gestures look nice.

I like the rounded edges and ir blaster design. I feel like they wasted time on the duo camera though. (Some say it doesn't work well) when they could have improved the resolution on the main camera. Sense 6 however looks really good!

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[Jason Stroud1]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

You may want to take a look at this with regards to battery:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-One-M8-battery-life-test-excellent-endurance_id54352
It doesn't compare it to the other 2014 flagships, but it relieved my qualms about the 2600 mah battery.

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Wow, do you think that kind of optimization will come to the m7 with sense 6?

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[ErnstMach]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Wow, do you think that kind of optimization will come to the m7 with sense 6?

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I have absolutely no idea, but if that is the case, there will be quite a few VERY happy M7 owners!

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[Jason Stroud1]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

I have absolutely no idea, but if that is the case, there will be quite a few VERY happy M7 owners!

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Definitely, if it can get that much battery life with only 300 more mAh. The optimization could be unique to the processor though, but if they could pull it off on the m7 then that would be amazing

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[ErnstMach]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Definitely, if it can get that much battery life with only 300 more mAh. The optimization could be unique to the processor though, but if they could pull it off on the m7 then that would be amazing

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I think they may be able to get a bit of a bump with an M7 update, but now that I think of it, much of it must be because of the less-demanding 801 chipset in the M8

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[freddyttt]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Here is my opinion on one odd the reasons why the One sales weren't a hit.. the sales people at these carrier stores either direct people to check out the iPhone or the Galaxy.

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Just listened for 5 min while the salsman told me i should wait for the s5...... weird. it's almost like he was getting paid.

 

[Eric Mazariegos]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

The height of the phone, only 5" display

the color of the phone (sickly grey)

Incongruous design (seriously how is this phone so coveted for its design elements wtf)

Useless 4mp camera

Noncompetitive 2600 mah battery

Sense 6 is boring

 

[ugxvibe]

Re: What about the M8 DON'T you like?

Just listened for 5 min while the salsman told me i should wait for the s5...... weird. it's almost like he was getting paid.

Yep, the popular brands will get pushed.. I was pretty much schooling the sales guy today when I got my One. They didnt even have a banner in there like they did with the M7.

You would think they got kick backs from Sammy and Apple to deter people from this phone.