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[One (M7) General] hamdir:
well you might be in luck

considering they r launching only one flagship this year, and how agressive they are becoming

and the fact Google is worried about Samsung

I think we might see an HTC NEXUS this year
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Not this year, next year.

This year we are getting motorola nexus.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
oh is there real leaks about this? :) about time to be honest

im truly siding with everyone honestly against sammy, all of them build good phones, i mean even the optimus G is nicely built

sadly LG is going Sammy's way with the pro...
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Oh I saw the specs told by Google, was that rumors? Let me find an english source, I saw them in turkish tech site.

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Yeah sorry it seems they are rumors.

4.7-inç Full HD screen

NVIDIA Tegra 4i cpu

16-megapiksel camera

5-megapiksel front camera (light and eyescrolling sensor)

2GB RAM

Bluetooth 4.0

2400Mah battery

Size: 131.2 x 66.7 x 7.9 mm

Rumored to be announced in Google IO in May.
[One (M7) General] CreepyDroid:
This thing looks like a moto nexus http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4097778/motorola-google-phone-leak
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
what? :eek: T4i? this is step back...especially at 1080p

(the back camera is crazy how are they gonna deal with noise?)
[One (M7) General] Basil3:
I don't think no SD card and removable battery are an issue for most people at all, only some. 4 people I know really well have an SGS3, none of them have a second battery or bother with the SD card. In fact, I think two of them don't even know about these 'features'.
[One (M7) General] robinwu007:
HTC will be success only if the customers can get their phones in Hand in time......Delaying will kill brand loyaltiy
[One (M7) General] samxool:
lol, sure why not.

most people couldn't care less about sd card and definitely most people don't care about non-removable battery.

the only people that do care are phone nerds like yourself.

End of.
[One (M7) General] fernando sor:
The sdcard argument is so played out. 32 and 64 gb storage isn't enough?

The removable battery argument I get but the new qualcomm processors allow charging to be very fast
[One (M7) General] flathunt:
"the new qualcomm processors allow charging to be very fast"

Can you explain the science behind this please?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
what? the new deadline is 1st of April, while many in europe already receiving their units

compared to April 29th for the SGS4 which judging by the previews is still far from ready, software wise
[One (M7) General] fernando sor:
http://www.qualcomm.com/media/blog/...-charge-10-less-time-charging-more-time-doing

my dna which has the s4 pro charges to full from empty in about an hour and a half
[One (M7) General] crawlgsx:
There is still 0 release date info for the US. (mild hints or guesses at best) but HTC Has not officially come out and said anything about it except for the Developer Edition which will hit the market near US release.
[One (M7) General] joslicx:
could you just tell me how many 16GB S3s Samsung would have sold compared to 16GB One X+ ?

And would the numbers still be the same if One X+ had SD+removable battery option. What else S3 had over OneX+? some software gimmiks. not something Google Play cant fix.
[One (M7) General] Livebyte:
I couldn't say this further enough but Qualcomm has superior dev support compared to Exynos.

Sorry to ***** all the time, but it's true. You will get frustrated.
[One (M7) General] Livebyte:
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[One (M7) General] crawlgsx:
For us US owners the battle is irrelevant in this department, since they will both feature the Snapdragon S600.
[One (M7) General] MohJee:
I hope HTC does well this year. Just because of the fact that it's never a good thing for us as consumers in the long run for one company to dominate above the rest. Though if there's one company who's going to the graveyard this year it's not going to be HTC but RIM.
[One (M7) General] fernando sor:
I'm pretty surprised no one talks much about the fast charging abilities of the s4 pro. It really is amazing. You just need the proper charging cord which came with my dna. If you are charging on a different cord a notification pops up informing you that you are slow charging.
[One (M7) General] -]Megacharge[-:
I think it's possible. When you consider that Soccer (football) is watched by around a billion people, and we're seeing HTC One plastered all over almost every game, that's a lot of homes the HTC One is getting into, that's good marketing. Then review sites getting this beautiful phone and people seeing it online, that creates a lot of buzz. When people's friends start getting it, and they realize how beautiful the phone is, and how little the differences in performance are on a real world level to an ugly run of the mill SGS4, I can see that the HTC One will be highly desired phone by a lot of people. I would be shocked if it wasn't one of the highest selling phones this year.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
ok yes this is on Euro's side

but how about marketing the USA?
[One (M7) General] eg1122:
Nothing in the US besides girls giving out hot cocoa
[One (M7) General] fernando sor:
Yeah Wtf htc? At least make an announcement. They have time to bash the s4 but not get the one out to consumers
[One (M7) General] CraigP17:
I wish that would be true. But its not going to happen. Even if there werent any delays or uncertainty, the Galaxy brand has reached the level of the iPhone. I manage a mobile retail store. People come in and they want the Galaxy, they dont care why. They just know what it is and their friends have it.

People here on XDA are the minority, we may love the HTC One, but consumers will just flock to the iPhone or Galaxy.

I wont be surprised if the GS3 outsells the HTC One this year....yes, I said the 3.

With all that said, im buying the One as soon as we can get some release dates in the US
[One (M7) General] fix-this!:
the longer we have to wait to get this phone the worst sales will be. even though the s4 in my mind isn't worth it, it will sell like hotcakes. surprisingly i see alot of people will be passing up both phones and waiting on the next nexus or that rumored moto x phone.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
That's a great point. The new head of Motorola is a Googler and, with all their billions in backing, the X Phone should be a "wow" device when it's released this year. LG's on a roll and the 5" 1080P Optimus G II should release next quarter as well as the 5.5" Pro. Sony's making a comeback too and has a loyal fan base and the XZ and XZL are noteworthy phones. All three of them have deep pockets from an R&D and sales/marketing/distributrion perspective because their part of companies with diverse products lines that bring in revenue from other channels. They can withstand revenue and margin pressure while their executing new strategies and developing new devices. All three of them are also going after the same targets HTC is - Samsung and Apple. You guys talk about HTC vs. Samsung but they are being challenged on other fronts too.
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
I don't believe that HTC is in that much of a "deep" trouble. If so we would have known and they wouldn't have tried a so bold move like HTC One, they'd have tried to salvage some money from budget phone with a more reasonable flagship.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
Their introducing a SGS3 Plus with a better display and larger battery most likely with a lower price too. So you're probably (but sadly) correct.

http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/03/...splay-wireless-charging-and-2400-mah-battery/
[One (M7) General] fix-this!:
could the reason for the US delay be htc is putting 4.2.2 on it?
[One (M7) General] eg1122:
Either that or the addition of carrier bloat
[One (M7) General] fix-this!:
true but the dev edition shouldn't have any carrier bloat on it, right?
[One (M7) General] eg1122:
From what I understand, the dev edition is not specific for any carrier so one could conclude that it won't have any carrier bloat. Either way it probably won't be released before the carriers launch theirs
[One (M7) General] fix-this!:
yeah i know, i heard and i think it's BS it isn't available right now. there's no reason to wait until the US releases it.
[One (M7) General] -]Megacharge[-:
We get those games here in Canada. The U.S. gets them also.
[One (M7) General] arknailed7754:
I don't know its a big phone.like I said on another thread height wise its on par with the xperia z and the z uses a 5 inch.bit unsure why HTC wanted to make it so big
[One (M7) General] godutch:
I am still trying to decide between the S4 (10% larger battery, 10% faster processor, some extra sensors, sdcard, 5" amoled but with beyond "retina" subpixel dpi(i have very sharp eyes and hate seeing subpixels but I could see them om the S3 but only just, so the S4 should be fine), butter fingerproof) or the One ( Sense and a beautiful look, premium feel but more fragile) but that decision is one of hardware vs software respectively because HTC still has the best smartphone experience in the world with Sense.
[One (M7) General] harpr33t:
Here's the link with the full specs on it. http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-one/?elevate

I think HTC learned their lesson from the HTC Butterfly. Which IMO was too large for the normal user.
[One (M7) General] godutch:
The S4 is smaller than the One yet has a larger display
[One (M7) General] fix-this!:
How is 5" smaller than the ones 4.7"? Maybe I'm missing something here.
[One (M7) General] LordManhattan:
HTC is in deep ****. Take a look at their earnings for 2012. That might be why they're investing a lot of money in the One - their "last hope".

Samsung is HUGE and they'll survive no matter what. Drop a 10 billion dollar suit on them and they'll still survive. They're Goliath and HTC is David. The S4 will sell a lot more than the One, that's just being realistic. But HTC could make some decent money of the One and move to the next flagship. Samsung is here to stay (like Apple).

- S4 will sell like crack.

- One might sell well and "save" HTC.
[One (M7) General] godutch:
This isn't too hard is it? the One give you more bezel, less screen
[One (M7) General] voltron2k11:
Speakers on the top and bottom ;) it's only slighty bigger and the screen size is whats important, you don't have to touch ot tap the speakers!

4.7 are easier to touch on the one than 4.99 are to touch, the s4 feels bigger in your hands
[One (M7) General] godutch:
but bigger screens means less scrolling and being able to watch more websites in desktop mode and not having to zoom in to read text
[One (M7) General] LordManhattan:
Sure, but the resolution is even more important. More pixels per inch.
[One (M7) General] aydc:
I don't believe One will be another S2, but it should sell more than One X.

Even LG makes a profit selling phones, and I've never met anyone who has an LG phone. So I'm not much worried about HTC. As far as I know, HTC hasn't had a quarterly loss in a very long time, maybe never. They just make less profits lately.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
Of the 63MM smartphones Samsung sold in Q4 2012 only 15MM of them were SGS3-class or higher. The rest were lower-cost lower-spec phones which is where LG makes all their money. That money allows them to design, market, and sell higher margin but lower volume "flagships" and absorb the occasional flop. HTC screwed themselves by not following the same strategy and more quickly embracing the lower-tier markets and emerging countries. And the lackluster sales of their flagships (Sensation, One X) with no back up revenue source is why they are in the condition their in. And why they'll be in trouble if the One doesn't grow their sales and market share.
[One (M7) General] LordManhattan:
Yeah, same here. I've never met anyone with a LG device, but it's the same with HTC. Most people i know has an iPhone or a Samsung. But that's not the point. Every single friend of mine that doesn't have a HTC knows about HTC. They know what HTC is, and they are fairly updated on HTC devices. These people are average Joe's that doesn't follow the market as we do, so HTC is out there. People are fully aware of the brand. Still, HTC won't beat Samsung or Apple, but they can make a decent amount of money of the One, and i bet they'll be happy with that.
[One (M7) General] RJEvans:
If there is little advertising dollars in this phone, it won't sell as many units as we would like. Frankly, the phone has been a success among enthusiasts, but I was shocked to see newsreel after newsreel showing the Galaxy S4 as the iPhone killer today. Samsung is getting free publicity, which makes its way to the mass market. HTC is not. I want this phone to be a success, but I'm not convinced it will be, despite its warm welcome among people like us.
[One (M7) General] Turb0wned:
You people just won't shut the hell up about this and really make yourselves believe that people outside the forums really give a **** about it. Why does APPLE sell so well? They have never had any of these.
[One (M7) General] llothar:
I believe that HTC may be focusing on Europe right now, and not the US because European customers are more likely to buy Android than US oneshttp://www.informationweek.com/mobility/smart-phones/smartphone-adoption-higher-in-europe/232500674. HTC is struggling, so they are aiming at easier targets. Also in Europe people are more willing to buy unlocked phones, while in the US they use the carriers. It's easier to just distribute your product into shops than make a deal with a carrier (bloatware, branding requirements).

Most of the customers want a phone that:

- works good

- looks good

Like Turb0wned said above - general population does not care about the removal battery or SD card slot. People will buy what is recommended to them by friends. (works good) and they will like at a first glance (looks good).

That said it is hard to say if HTC will be able to push out enough handsets to more informed crowd, to get the ball rolling and put the One into the hands of masses.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
There are tons of differences between an Apple device and any Android device that makes understanding why their user base accepts limitations difficult to figure out. A 3.5/4" display is a bigger limitation than either a non-replaceable battery or non-expandable storage and yet their faithful accept it without question. Once any manufacturer starts nipping at Apple's heals they can start emulating their business practices. As for Android, Samsung's the market leader and offers both. This year, LG offers both too and the XZ/L offer expandable storage. Motorola offers expandable storage but provides massive battery options. So the question isn't why should something Apple's doing work for HTC, its why is HTC not offering a feature or features all of their Android competitors do? If they did, this conversation that started last year wouldn't be continuing in to 2013. And the One for China (TD 101)

does

offer expandable storage so it's not a technical, h/w, or design issue its most likely related to cost reduction. And if you're saying HTC's target with the One is Apple users so it shouldn't matter I wish them God's speed.

P.S. - Nexi don't count as they’re the only devices that sold in lower quantities than the One X last year.
[One (M7) General] Livebyte:
You know what?

I think we all would agree if HTC do some controversial campaign like Samsung vs Apple #TheNextBigThing,

we would see a substantial change in their profits.

Just mention the plastic, Samsung would be totally speechless about that.

Plastic durability my ass.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
You've seen their financials a couple of pages back, how do you suggest they pay for it? Here's what their doing for 2013 according to their CFO. Their sticking to the same joint advertising that the carriers make them co-op and just changing the message. The number of exposures will be the same as 2012. In the end, volume of impressions is as important as the message. Impressions are what cost the big bucks, and according to thier CFO, that's not changing this year.

"In terms of marketing resource in that, it's very important we do a slightly different comparison to 2012 here. In addition working with the partners joint -- by joint marketing, we focus a lot to make sure that we have done enough campaign and marketing execution to create a kind of, in the end, strong brand preference and also the end market pool. That to us is important. So that's sort of, I will say, differentiate a little bit from what we did in 2012."​
[One (M7) General] -]Megacharge[-:
Fixed.

Discrete OTG external storage and battery chargers... They exist.
[One (M7) General] aydc:
HTC's biggest problem I think is that they make many small but stupid mistakes.

Why don't they simply put a microsd slot on their phones? Maybe most people don't need it, but some do, so why not?

Why don't they put the power button on the side, like almost all huge phones?

Why did they go for the back and home button only setup, which almost everyone who uses One finds strange and uncomfortable?

Why do they have a solid bar for the menu button on older apps, which annoys everyone?

Why do they keep make Sense predominantly black and white, despite the fact that their phones have fantastic screens with very nice color production?

You can go on and on... Small mistakes unfortunately add up and you lose market share.
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
None of this but SD card slot makes sense
[One (M7) General] aydc:
For you that may be true, for another like me, I want the power button to be easily reachable and that influences my buying decision. That and the battery life issue were the only reasons why I didn't buy One X and went for SGS3. Everyone has their small thing which makes them skip HTC and buy Samsung which has none of these issues.

By the way, what is the reason why HTC phones have always had worse battery life in their segment? How can people in HTC who are responsible for the battery be so incompetent?
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
I don't know, I guess I'm not a heavy user. Actually I use pretty much everything about my One S but still can go though a whole day. medium brightness, 2 hours internet browsing, 2-3 hours games, 2 hours gaming and rest is texting and talking.
[One (M7) General] godutch:
I could just barely make out subpixels on the S3, I think on the S4 you won't be able to distinguish them at all, apple would call the s4 display retina
[One (M7) General] joslicx:
you dont need to get so touchy there. majority of android customers do care for that. apple argument does not count really. its a different eco system. people once inside are locked there. once you've bought ipod/iphone/ipad/mac etc and the way these all work together, people cannot leave it so easily. Its the same thing as people tied to Canon or nikon once they buy a dslr and few lenses.

by the way i use a HTC phone (Sensation and have a Radar also) and am going to get the One as I love the Sensation and only the One is better than that.
[One (M7) General] KidCarter93:
Even though I doubt HTC think the One is there last hope, it effectively is.

As we all know, HTCs sales are dropping too low and I'm thinking that this phone will help bring them closer to the forefront of the mobile industry. We can't kid ourselves into thinking that the One will sell more than the S4 because it won't BUT HTC have a great opportunity to steal a lot of the market share.

Another company who are in a similar position to HTC are Blackberry. Even though they aren't Android based and therefore not a totally accurate comparison, their Z10 is BB's last chance at making more sales before crumbling.

Without turning this into a One vs S4 post, one thing which is great to see is the fact that a fair few people in the S4 forum are saying that they'll be choosing the One over the S4 because it doesn't have as many hardware improvements as they thought. This is definitely a big plus point in HTCs book because a lot of people in this forum were undecided between One and the S4.

Now, it would be amazing if the One could replicate the S2's success but I doubt that's going to happen. Having said that, I'll definitely be getting the One because the S4 doesn't look very good IMO, the Xperia Z is off-limits because I had a bad experience with the Xperia S and the BB Z10 is a no-good because even though it looks great, it's a Blackberry and therefore not worthy of my time.
[One (M7) General] riz157:
Htc should sell much more if they play their cards right because they do have product which is absolutely brilliant, nothing like it and I don't think anything will be produced like it this year. If htc one was an apple or Samsung product it would be selling like hot cakes, it would be a massive massive hit.
[One (M7) General] jags_the1:
I doubt htc will make much out of this phone, i have yet to see any kind of advertisements for this phone , all i see is s4 and s4 everywhere.

My mom dad knows what s4 is and they don't know anything about HTC one. Does this phone even exist by the way? :p
[One (M7) General] Livebyte:
I just seen one in BPL match today. Everton vs Man City. :)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] lantronix:
Hi,

Anybody know how to use MIDI Ringtone on XDA ? What software we need or may be somebody has ring tone colection (like default on PPC 2003 : Terresterial, Mystic, Fantasy, etc) want to share.

Thanks in Advance

Sandy.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Nossie:
yeah any ideas anyone?

I saw some people were doing it.... wondering how

thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] GregP74:
I remember reading a thread about it somewhere. There was program you need to use to save the midi file in a ringtone compatible different midi format.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
I don't understand, one of the features and options that makes our phone unique is the choice of WAV ringtones, It always turn heads when my phone rings. And now with WM2003 is even better, since supports WMA, hence better quality. Why in the world would you want a $500 phone, sound like a cheap Nokia?

If you want choice?. there are plenty of ringtones in my website. If you want to save space in your ppc, convert it to a WMA

my .02 cents
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Bedammit:
Actually.

If it were a midi file and the soundbank (instruments) were good midi files would sound great. AND they would be tiny.

The issue I had / have with the XDA is how quiet the ringtones are if the WAV isnt normalized or properly created.

Furthermore..

WAV files that are clipping (louder than 0db gain) make popping noises when played back. So there are numerous reasons.

It is compelling that you can have a WAV file.. but..

personally, I think an MP3 is a better idea for WAV ringtones and a midi file is a much smaller foot print.

BTW.

I now have a Sony Erisson T610

beautiful screen and colors..

The XDA isnt very pretty....

The T610 has great sounding ringtones. Way better than the Adlib sound card you remember from Midi in the past.

Thats my 34.87 worth.

BeDammit!!

Microsoft finally paid them off....

http://www.beincorporated.com/
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] david beckham:
anyone can recommend a good WAV to WMA converter??
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
.....Windows Media Audio (WMA) is smaller and sound better than an MP3. and again, Windows Mobile 2003 supports WMA ringtones, so you can have high quality ringtones, without the hefty memory requirements of a WAV.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Yorch:
just FYI, you guys DID know that there is a SEARCH button function in this forum, all those questions that you guys are making have been already answered.

Anyways, the easiest WAV-MP3-WMA converter is dbpowerAmp which can convert back and forth pretty much every format there is out there. and pretty easy too and FREE.

again, you might want to do a search,..for converter