[One (M7) General] gruuvin:
I posted this elsewhere, but it is pertinent in a few threads.

Well, as I suspected, time marches on, and we see that the allure of this phone is fading. This is why I try to not get too excited and just wait and see if it really lives up to the hype. I want to wait a while before spending $750 on the phone I will use for the next two years, because bugs and build quality issues need to be worked out, revisions need to be made, design features that were left out need to be included, etc. A One+ could be released soon after.

I just want to quickly respond to the many reactions to those upset that the One comes with no expandable memory -- the reactions that say things like "people don't really need more than 32GB" or "the cloud is all you need". If you think 32GB (or even 64GB) is enough for everybody because it is enough for you, SHUTUP! lol. Really! Just shut it! That is such a narrow and selfish viewpoint!

The latest announcement that, in the USA, AT&T will be the only carrier selling the 64GB version is very disappointing to a LOT of people. So many are in the same situation as I am in. We have old phones with 32GB or 64GB SD cards already installed in addition to the permanent memory that comes with the phones for OS and apps, etc, and we are looking to upgrade for the next two years! The new One offers less memory than that but needs more, because it has a 1080x1920 pixel screen for watching large resolution video content, speakers for higher quality audio, and a camera that requires more storage than the cameras of two years ago. THE CLOUD IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM, because swapping such a large volume of content like movies, music and Zoe image content requires a lot of data transfer that phone companies cap. If I tried to swap one single movie with the cloud or listen to a playlist of music only an hour or two long I would hit my data cap and be throttled to 2G data speeds for the rest of the month.

And, there are MANY of us who prefer T-Mobile over AT&T, and I'll give you all one good reason: PRICE! AT&T charged my wife $125/mo for unlimited talk, text and data months after her two year contract ran out. T-Mobile charged me $65/mo. I just added a line for my wife, and she dumped AT&T and came over to T-Mobile, so that our combined plan costs only $100/mo for unlimited everything. That is a savings of $90/mo. over what we were paying when she was with AT&T.

So now with the announcement that HTC will make 64GB versions of the One available on AT&T only. That is probably the last reason I will need to NOT buy the One.

I and, judging the reactions, lots of others, need more that the 32GB+ that we already have in our 1-2 year old phones. 64GB is what a lot of people will want. It looks like HTC took a deal to not have to make a 64GB variant that is optimized for T-Mobile. It makes it easier for them when they don't have to make yet another two variants (black or silver) and they get paid by AT&T for the exclusive. Is it a win/win? I think it is a win/win/lose -- the lose is the customers they lose. People who wanted to be fans of HTC but have lost the love due to the continual bad moves HTC has made in the past year.