[HTC One V] swboland:
With the HTC One V, you get what you pay for

I did a lot of research before buying this phone so I'm glad someone made this thread. First off, I'm a virgin mobile USA customer. Thats means PrimoC CDMA phone.

I settled on this phone because it is small. It's exactly what I was looking for in terms of size and price. When the iPhone was announced for VM I was pretty much sold on it. Completely ignored that it was gunna cost me $650. But the day the iPhone was available for purchase, something wonderful happened...they released the One V, without any forewarning or presale announcement. I originally had doubts about the iPhone for my complete satisfaction and love for the Android platform, as well as the price, and my detest for Apple products' rigid user interface and paltry customization abilities. I mean, one button? No thanks. But the size and power of the iPhone had me drooling, now that it was available on a prepaid plan. I also had my eye on the Evo V that VM has available because of its powerful specs (1.2 GHz dual core processor is lightning fast) but turned me off because of its size. This (meaning the One V) is the only android phone I could find with a screen less than 4 inches and a 1 GHz processor on any carrier (except, I think the myTouch which is on TMobile and not that much better, at least not enough to convince me to leave VM). That being said, the One V's size is the real reason its hardware is so limited. Theres a reason the One X and One s are bigger than this phone. The larger processors are physically larger and with other equipment (e.g. sensors, etc.) on top of that it makes it impossible to fit a phone with those specs into the One V's 3.7" display, solid aluminum unibody frame.

I've tried out the Evo V and if an extra $100 isnt a breaking point for u on what phone you'll buy, and you don't mind a larger phone definitely go with that. But if you want a small frame that feels really good to hold with one hand(talking almost exactly the same outline as the iPhone, but lighter), beautiful display (not exactly iPhone's Retina display or Evo's huge 4.3" 540x460, but still sufficiently beautiful), great sound from both the speaker and headphones, good GPS, the One V is a good choice. It is able to handle multi tasking very well with ICS and now thanks to jmz, you can even get jellybean. The development people have already done with this phone should be enough to sell you on it.

In summation, I think people who would complain about the One V should just get an Evo and shut up. If you can't realize and accept that the One V's size is what has limited its hardware then go for a bigger, more expensive phone and get all the hardware you want. If you wanna be able to detect metal with ur phone you prob should be looking at power user type phones (Galaxy, Droid, or Evo maybe) not the HTC One line which was basically created, and marketed to sell for the beats audio, like those HP laptops. The One X and One S have big processors because theyre supposed to be at the mid-high end for the contract phone companies, which means they sell for twice as much as the One V w/o a contract. The One V is meant to be a prepaid, less expensive option and therefore is smaller, meaning therefore it has smaller, and less numerous hardwares.