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[One (M7) General] nickporwal:
Buddy Design is the sole point i waited for 1 month for HTC One to get launched. But it seems HTC is not really giving any importance to Indian Market.

Also no matter how much better HTC one is from S4, Samsung still going to sell millions. Apart from cheap looking plastic design S4 is better than HTC One in many areas. So its really a matter of preference. HTC marketing strategy is India really sucks or i think they dont even have any strategy. But this time HTC have really showed that they still give priority to innovation than gimmicky features.
[One (M7) General] taha198:
Since you waited for 1month wait for 1 more week. I bet you won't regret. S4 sales has nothing to do with end users like us. I believe H1 is much better than crappy Samsung. Believe me not everybody is happy with S4. Check out S4 forums. Heat, battery life are issues some people are complaining .
[One (M7) General] hunkumar:
Same here. the dealer told he will get his stocks of HTC one on 20 may and he also told same reason but he is sure of the phone release date this time so it's better to wait:rolleyes:
[One (M7) General] manojdotm:
Headphones are Included with Dev Edition

My Brother :cowboy: received the Developer Edition Today and the headphones are included. :good:
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
Frankly, neither is endless waiting in interest of consumer.

S4 is great device to be honest. I have one along with One, and there is not much to complain about S4. It just works, works well and is blazingly fast. Design is same old, but it does neither feels too cheap in hand, nor does it have any critical flaw.

HTC has actually now said to official press reps that they "HOPE" to launch the One in India by end of May.

There are production and parts issues. End of May is not even confirmed news as of now. Write to HTC is you dont believe me. You will get answer in couple of days. This is the response their official marketing team has been told to give to inquiries from India.

S4 is available now to the consumer and that does matter. Waiting for technology is dangerous game. I hope HTC realises this. One launch has been nothing short of fiasco.

For people who dont keep their phones long, waiting is not the name of the game. Neither it is for many others who have good options available.

For HTC India is not a priority market as of now because they have done badly here for a while now. And most important market for them at the moment is US market. So their focus is there.

But does that mean Indian consumer is going to wait endlessly? It would be very unjust expectation.

One if a wonderful piece of hardware, and does lot of things right. So does S4. Its direct competition is available now. It is HTC's loss. Lot of people I know who are not ready to import phone like me have already jumped on S4 bandwagon simply because HTC is not here. And I dont blame them. It was smart move.

With Galaxy Mega availability nearing (as early as this month end or early next month ) and Note 3 launch imminent, HTC has tough battle on its hand. And so far they have done nothing but stumble here in India.
[One (M7) General] rohith1880:
I bought htc one for 46k...............i got admit these if u guys waiting 4 launch in india stick with dat dont buy any other plastic phone.........these phone is a revolution...........its a beast once you take the phone in ur hands u will never gonna put it down.........even these phone gona release after 2 months..........plzz wait guyssssss.............itz really worth it
[One (M7) General] rkial:
There is no doubt that the S4 would perform very well. If thats what you want, go ahead.

I'll wait for the HTC no matter how long it takes. I dont want the S4. HTC or nothing for now..
[One (M7) General] vari9:
Where did u buy it from?
[One (M7) General] saintsinner25:
Hell yeah.samsung has pretty much pulled an apple on us this year imo.

Sent From an ECHO thingy
[One (M7) General] mathen:
I think you got it wrong,next.co.in is giving discount indirectly by adding some cheap stuff like + Videocon V1525 Dual Sim Mobile Phone - Black & Red + Premium case worth Rs. 1990 & Sony Headset worth Rs. 1490 Absolutely Free,hence effective discount rounded as 4500 !! its just cheap marketing trick by next ,I think.sony xz price wont drop anytime soon,flipkart and infibeam are selling at 37900.
[One (M7) General] rkial:
Nah. Its 34.5+all those freebies
[One (M7) General] mathen:
I have tired both white and black versions of S4 ,it feels good in hand,but its just a plain plastic phone! Whats difference between samsung low end and high end phones interms of build quality? all are just cheap looking plastic blocks( no offense :angel:) I have an xperia z,before that I had iphone 5, so build quality is what I am after:good:,in that department samsung need to improve.Also I hate samsung touchwiz and all the bogus software dramas slowing down performance.(again,no offense -samsung fans):angel:

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then,thats good deal:good:
[One (M7) General] saifbukhari:
Agreed mate +1
[One (M7) General] :
I am done waiting for htc india . I bought a brand new in box htc one from ebay uk on friday and the seller posted it the same day and my relative who lives in UK received it on saturday and he posted it .. the postage was 15.10 gbp ( 500 gbp insured value) and the tracking says it has left from uk ... i am sure it will be here by wednesday or thursday ..i have bought many things via the same route .. and no custom charges yet .. I paid 34879 for the phone , it does not include the 15.10 gbp postage coz my relative didnot ask for it :) ..
[One (M7) General] rkial:
Congratulations :D

Post some pics once you get it.
[One (M7) General] vari9:
I asked people at Alfa irla, Mumbai, they said for sure it will be available on 9th, alfa is pretty reliable, so it's definitely coming on the 9th
[One (M7) General] rkial:
I'd love to have one as soon as possible.. but I'm not losing my head over this. I can wait for a few weeks.

Lets hope you are right... Like I said before, I think its coming soon.. the HTC reps have started doing their rounds and started putting up posters in shops... a couple of sites have it as coming soon on their home page as well..

I am getting bored of speculating though.. no more guessing on its release date from me... it'll be here when its here.
[One (M7) General] mathen:
I think the more we wait,the more will be the "thrill",i am reading all reviews on htc one,while waiting:cowboy:
[One (M7) General] androidindian:
Dude. Seriously hope its true..a few more days..and we will know..I'll wait for it..its worth it!!
[One (M7) General] shree.cse:
I just ordered the developer edition with the help of my friend in US, hope they will ship it soon. Any one who already ordered it can tell me, the exact figure of customs duty. Thanks in advance.
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
It should be 7% unless there are any local taxes like in Mumbai.

The critical thing is the customs clearance process. It varies greatly from city to city and from courier to courier. Do not try to undervalue the shipment as if customs find it low, they assess their own value which can be actually higher than what you actually paid and then they will apply duty on that.

Also sometimes CVD is charged which for personal use shouldnt be. But in Nexus 4 thread you will see some people being charged ridiculously high duty.

Mumbai customs are good in this department. Bangalore are slow, dont know about hyderabad. There is little bit of luck involved even here.
[One (M7) General] shree.cse:
Thanks for the reply mate, I just checked using the duty calculator, it says the duty was around 4300. I hope it won't exceed that figure. How do you find the device, what's the usable storage in 64gb. I will also try with some ones coming India. Anyway Imo 40k was the best deal for 64gigs version.
[One (M7) General] NaveenKumarXDA:
Enough of this s4 and one crap. I will return in july to see if samsung improved s4 or one available in market:eek:.

Good luck for s4 xda members:thumbup:.

Till than I9000 forum rocks.:p :D
[One (M7) General] aki786:
Confused

i jus spoke with a friend of mine who works in magnet shop Irla(mumbai) .. he told me that the HTC ONE is coming on 28th May ..and he also added that dont go for htc one as it is practically irreparable .. and knowing htc's service record thats a big risk to take.. and i was as excited as everyone in this forum ..been checking for its release everyday.. but now really not sure if its worth 41-42k
[One (M7) General] pradeepvizz:
60k for how many units.. Lol guess the retailer is building dreams
[One (M7) General] StolenSouls:
The One was launched in Feb 2013, has gone on sale everywhere else in the month of April, but in India it is expected not before 1st week of June according to many people. Meanwhile, look at the pipeline of other products expected to be launched:

iPhone 5S (With speculated new interface in its OS, although I feel iPhones are too tiny)

Note 3 (With speculated new design language, thanks to HTC One)

HTC One Mini

Sony Xperia Honami

LG phone with flexible display (Ofcourse I'm not gonna by an LG, but its worth mentioning)

So, thats the reason why I'm saying that I'll be buying an outdated device if I buy it in June. If anyway we have to wait, then why wait so much to buy a device that has been already up for sale in many countries since April, a device which is anyway cheaper elsewhere as compared to the price expected in India, a device which is infamous for its build quality issues, a device which won't give us any colour option or storage option here in India anytime soon. If I'm to wait so long then why not wait for a month more and see what other brands have to offer. I must say, I have no complaints with my GS3 af far as functioning is concerned, however I hate to hold it ever since I bought it ;) Anyway Samsung will update my GS3 as far as 5.0 I'm sure. But can Samsung update my handset with premium materials? No :) And THAT was the reason why I wanted the One, but the wait defeats the very purpose.
[One (M7) General] SuperJuiceh:
oh cool
[One (M7) General] ethan3686:
So no 64 gb in india? Thats sad to hear..no lte and no 64 gb..and yet so costly..we are treated badly! :(
[One (M7) General] IllUMINATUz:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

AFAIK 64GB will come buddy.. LTE may not.. LTE is not fully available here so the devices sales will be low.. So the chances are very narrow.. I know that only kolkatta has LTE/4G available and nowhere else..

Fired from my CyanogenModded One X.
[One (M7) General] rkial:
The more I read about it, the more impressed I am by the One..

Had a couple of questions though..

- Considering its aluminium and not plastic, will it get hot after an hour of gaming? and

- Whats HTCs service like in India? Nothing is perfect, but Nokia, Apple and Samsung get the job done... and usually have phones that dont break down all the time. Never used an HTC phone before. How bad is it?
[One (M7) General] IllUMINATUz:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Yes.. All phones with metallic body will get hot when used extremely..

Can't comment on it tho.. But I never had problems with my One X.. Nokia is amazing.. Samsung is ****ty..but yeah.. They get the job done.. Dunno about HTC as their devices are good and I never went there.. But software they fix it in local centers.. Hardware they send to Bangalore in south and maybe the rest kd India..

Fired from my CyanogenModded One X.
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Htc service here sucks.. and yes metal phones get hotter.. plastic dissipates heat better..

Samsung isnt ****ty.. I had a sensation with scratches on the glass.and it was a pain asking for replacement. My s3 has fallen more than 10 times .. the only dents I have got is on the bezel around ..not the plastic.. the white htc one x even absorbed your jeans colour..

Tapatalkedddd...!!!!!
[One (M7) General] taha198:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

I had a great experience with HTC service. Repaired my unlocked one X without question.
[One (M7) General] IllUMINATUz:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Well.. I suppose you put your phone to wash along with your jeans or maybe your jeans was fading due to low quality fabric/die.. My girl's S3 had some ball point pen marks on her white S3 and she was clueless how to remove it..

No offence.. Just my opinion..

Fired from my CyanogenModded One X.
[One (M7) General] Cookie Ninja:
O this

HTC service is mostly the pits, with one if two exception. They replaced the entire mainboard (and changed the IMEI no of my phone and gave me a locked boot loader ver 2.01 and I had a s-off 1.13 originally), when i gave it in for repair under warranty for a broken USB port. Later on came to know that the cost of main board is 4k while the cost of port replacement is 500 Rs. Service is non existent outside metros and tier1-2 cities. Best to throw away and change if you have a problem outside warranty period, unlike Nokia, Samsung or Sony.
[One (M7) General] rkial:
40k will be too expensive to throw away and change after a year...

But I do live in Mumbai.. so the service should be better.

Thanks for all the reply guys.
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Well its your opinion and the htc onex with ink on its back was all over the internet... guess all of them used cheap jeans as yiu said.lol ...the world sales shows you and your so girlfriend doesnt know how to use it.. and I have no idea how pen marks can get on a white glossy plastic.lmao..no offence.

Tapatalkedddd...!!!!!
[One (M7) General] IllUMINATUz:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

I agree on girls.. Even I am surprised.. Maybe some ink leaked on her fingers and she got a call and she picked up the phone directly and thus imprinting ink on the device.. They generally don't maintain..

BTW even I use a pair of local jeans :p

Never happened to me.. Guess I'm lucky..

Fired from my CyanogenModded One X.
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

i too had ink marks on my note 2 back. its same like s3 glossy hyperglaze. nothing was able to remove that stains. i used one x too it also got marks but on cleaning with cleaning solution those went away. but one x turned creamish after 2-3months of use. every material has their disadvantage. alumunium feels nice but it can chip dent get more prominent scratch. its upto us how well do we love our phone....care is only solution :p
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

No offence again..i know plastic doesnt give you a premium feel.. but your ink comment is absolute bs amd you just trying to cover up....

I literally just now took a pen to write on that plastic and guess what the ink imprints dont even come on it.... its glazed plastic..ball points probably will have a hard time to come on it... amd you do know that you can take off the back cover and dip it in water..right?.. and you do know that you get those samsung back panels for almost 100 rs on ebay.. I can get in my local store for 200rs...

whereas if an htc gets ink marks on it and spreads, its hell difficult and you cant dip the phone in water... and you cant buy back panels easily unless you replace the whole external stuff..

I m not supporting any brand here but blindly talking crap doesnt make sense..and yes I agree plastic has disadvantages too.. but not ballpoint pens lol..

I asked the stores around my area about the htc one and they said wait for march 3rd week or 4th week.. hope for the best.. waiting sucks..

Tapatalkedddd...!!!!!
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

lol tooo stubborn to believe the fact..... chilllpill :p:D
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Lol. I m chilled dude..:p..just stating something obvious:p...

Tapatalkedddd...!!!!!
[One (M7) General] Cookie Ninja:
My sentiments exactly. I'm in the market for a replacement to my HTC Incredible S. I personally feel that the Butterfly is a better contender as a replacement than the M7/HTC-1. The other contender being the Sony Xperia Z.
[One (M7) General] ethan3686:
some sites mentioning it will be more expensive than the iphone 5 :(
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

i cant show you pics as i sold my note 2 recently to buy htc one or s4 whichever is better othwise you would have had the proof :banghead:
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Re: HTC One Indian buyers only

Tommorow HTC ONE will come kolkatta. want to experience then contact htc india twitter team to get your invite .

before that hit thanx lol
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Htc is really pulling themselves down..and yes i agree to the person above me.. delaying it will outdate it.. i bet most of you will agree after may 15 when google releases the 4.3 or maybe another device alongwith it, be it a tab or a phone.. after may 15th ,xda will be all about aosp roms of next google version and the nexus 4 and the new device that google brings.. htc One will get outdated a bit..its 2 months already since its launched..
[One (M7) General] StolenSouls:
Exactly! We are living in the times when 6 months after the launch of an iPhone its 'S' successor outdates it and 6 months after the launch of a Galaxy S device its 'Note' successor dwarfs it. Moreover as far as build quality is concerned, HTC has defined a new design language with its One and people have more than proved that they prefer a well-built, premium material phone in their hands than a geeky plastic bar. Do you think other OEM would have not noticed this fact? I bet they are all working on all-metal or all-premium concepts even as I am writing this! Even our Micromax will launch atleast one aluminium phone before December :)
[One (M7) General] ccpzcp:
Htc one will be available in singapore on 13th may onwards with 32gb @ 42196 and 64gb dev edition @ 46753 dont know bout our india
[One (M7) General] satfun123:
Local seller told 2morrow(7th may) going to launch HTC One and he will get set on 8th or 9th may itself... He damn sure it wont get delayed to release this month end..

In this thread many of them telling it will launch after 20th may... I am under confusion...

Im not waited this much long time to buy any product in my life.. HTC sucks!!

I will wait upto 10th may afterthat I am going to think negatives of HTC ONE and try to hate it myself...
[One (M7) General] rkial:
The One started rolling out towards the end of March in some countries and picked up in the second half of April. Its been 2 weeks since.

Apple releases its products late in India too.. its sales arent affected by it

and the One isnt exactly competing with the iPhone 5s or the Note 3..

iOS has its own customer base.. and if there is someone who doesnt care, there is a good chance he wont know or care about how much the HTC has been delayed. Compete with the S4 or compete with the iphone 5s.. same thing

Note 3 will be 6".. I dont think there will be too much overlap there either.

One Mini or the M4 will be a mid range phone..

I dont understand what you mean.

Surely that point would be valid for the S4 as well.. and google devices are never available in India. If you want to order one from outside, you couldve done the same with HTC in mid March.

The delay sucks. but I dont think there will be any serious competition for the One or S4 for a good few months..

and its not like HTC, the company, are suffering. They are selling a lot.. Its just hasnt come to India.
[One (M7) General] forumhookersdotcom:
I dont get the word people using outdated here.

Guys delaying 20days won't make the device outdated and there is 12 more months for next device to get release .

Any ways all these delays will help us to root our one on the first day itself when it get released you will have huge variety of Rom available for flashing and more proper device. So stop crying about the delay.
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
Yes..the same would go for the s4 too... but the fact is that it is already been released in enough countries already.. htc one might sell well in the end.. but a flagship device mainly sells well when it creates a good hype initially( i.e. non delays, cost effectiveness,services, qc,etc).. and that initial hype wont be much if it releases late.. even if they sell well, delays would really affect any company..

And the fact that you said there wont be competition for s4and htc one.. well there are non tech people(90%of the population) who would buy samsung on their marketting prowness and brand .. amd when they dont see the competition htc one on shelves, galaxy s4 is going to be an easy choice for them.. delays dont just suck..they do affect you ..and badly when you have a more serious competition.. And btw htc as a whole company is suffering.. their first year quaterly this year are again their lowest.... every quater their share gets low.. amd they want a phone that will put them back in the map.. and htc one is a good phone enough to fo that easily if they dont screw it up again
[One (M7) General] ccpzcp:
they are only interested in us dollars and british pound they done care about indian rupees i really think we shouldnt wait but buy s4 coz 5th 7th 9th

end of may at end of may it will be june 2nd week htc really sucks
[One (M7) General] rkial:
HTC hasnt exactly been delayed in America or Europe.. thats their priority and their best hope to get out of the mini ditch they are in at the moment.

I dont think delaying its launch in India is 'hurting HTC'. Its bad for us.. but HTC have bigger fish to fry.

The fact is, its only been about a month since it became readily available outside India. Little delays like these are pretty common and I'm used to them living in India.

And the fact is most buyers arent aware of the HTC being announced on 19th Feb and being delayed in India. S4 is all the craze here at the moment.. People buy phones throughout the year,

Someone walking into the store a month from now will see posters of the One.. hold it alongside the S4 and decide what to buy. There really wont be any other phones in india at that point..

I really dont think the delay is hurting HTC like some here are suggesting. If anything, letting the s4 hype die down might help them with the large masses who just want a premium phone and dont follow tech news regularly.
[One (M7) General] androidindian:
i dont think htc has a market in india.. its just s4

people usually know about apple, samsung and nokia here

btw guys, pls ask some stores around .. about the availability.. the good htc ones that is, coz thts where the stocks would hit first..
[One (M7) General] Chillz88:
I wont say that... htc is a really small company that cant be compared to something like samsung..

Will it affect sales of htc one- definitly yes

Is it htcs fault of not forseeing the phones component shortage - yes

Will the htc one put htc back on the android road map- probably yes but delays arent gonna do justice for a phone that is really good and worth it..

Will it push some people to the s4 even when they love the htc one -yes

Will the htc one vs samsung s4 fever die down a bit when google releases their new 4.3 or 5 upgrade for the nexus 4 and other nexus devices on may 15th- yes ......but samsung will push as many devices then.. every month when a new phone or chip or software rumor comes out, a new phone hype will go down amd will definitly go down more the more you delay it..
[One (M7) General] mohit_delhi:
Are we not missing a very important point here when speculating about release date??

I dont think HTC will release a phone in India without any fanfare, that is without any official public launch inviting media persons in some mall or public place as is the case now a days with most launches like Samsung/Nokia/Sony.

So, I think we shouldn't expect a phone to be available at a retailer next to you on 7th, 10th etc as is being speculated without HTC officially having a media event for launch..
[One (M7) General] uneek-n1:
Apparently htc is having a dealer meet in goa along with the media on or around the 8th subsequent to which stocks will be pushed out
[One (M7) General] haxor:
Any confirmation about to launch of htc one in india !