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[One (M7) General] Jurisprudence:
Anyone know if its possible to use something like a virtual credit card if your not in the USA. I'm in Ireland and have an address in the US to send the One to but since they don't take international credit cards I'm stuck. My mate over there doesn't have a CC. Any ideas to get around the restriction.
[One (M7) General] Jonathon1710:
I used a virtual Discover credit card to purchase mine, but it has a U.S. billing address attached to it. Also, the shipping address is linked to the billing address. I had to call customer service to change it so that the phone could be delivered to me at work.
[One (M7) General] Jurisprudence:
Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. Are you living in the USA or elsewhere. Just wondering if I could get the whole thing set up myself from Ireland with the billing and shipping address set to my friends address in NY.
[One (M7) General] jkforce:
As far as i know from research, yes dev edition wont utilize tmobile lte cuz it lacks 1700MHz.
[One (M7) General] crawlgsx:
1900mhz is only for HSPA+ for Tmobile

Lte is 1700/2100

Neither the Dev Edition Nor the Unlocked Edition support 1700 or 2100.

At BEST if you have farmed 1900 you will get HSPA+
[One (M7) General] jkforce:
I think you have it the other way around.
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
Wrong, t-mobile uses AWS for LTE
[One (M7) General] crawlgsx:
Tmobile uses 1700/2100AWS for LTE, which is not supported by the dev or unlocked versions of the One.
[One (M7) General] Nyxagamemnon:
LTE is separate once they deploy it, The developer is missing the 1700mhz band for AWS on the GSM side not the LTE.

Once tmobile has LTE everywhere it won't really matter anymore because same time they will upgrade the rest of the area's to 1900mhz as well.
[One (M7) General] mobilehavoc:
Just coming to post this link. People need to chill out. Its a phone and it sounds like some will ship soon. End of April is a little over a week. Still can't believe people are canceling over this or going with the carrier locked bloated crap.
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
I just got this one as well..
[One (M7) General] elena11:
I ordered on the 5th at 10:00AM and did not get this price! My order number is around 15930200.
[One (M7) General] iFalcon:
The 64M one has always been 649

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Agreed. I've seen the AT&T one and what they have done to some of the included software. For example, killed the car drive mode unless you install an alternate laucher. You loose Sense functionality though. The CAR mode has some great features.

I definately hold out. Give's me the option to change my mind if user reviews are less than favorable.
[One (M7) General] treoreloaded:
im sorry i forgot to mention. i own a retail shop and submitted my resellers permit so no tax here on my side :) otherwise its 649
[One (M7) General] stepinmyworld:
I was willing purchase a new line of service from AT&T to get the one and use it until my Dev addition arrives.. hopefully sometime early next week.. it also gives me enough time to use it and know if I want to keep my order open with letstalk or close it..

Things i've noticed so far..

It's built so so well

It does heat up and it's best to have a case on it

the boom sound speakers aren't as booming as i thought they would be (more texting coming with that)

My Note 2 felt a bit smoother than this when in apps like google plus, facebook

It will definitely take some time to get use to HTC's interface when adding widgets, hitting the home button and powering it on and off with the flat IR blaster thats also the power button

The screen isn't as great as i thought.. 720 and 1080p doesnt offer that much difference. just my opinion coming from the Note 2

any questions and i can check out for yall :)
[One (M7) General] pirateye:
I'll wait though... :rolleyes:
[One (M7) General] Red5:
Yup, AT&T is still on 1.26 while everyone is getting updated to 1.29 (which has a new kernel too) which seems to be much better. Hopefully AT&T updates to 1.29 quickly... but we all know how they are with their updates. I guess thats the tradeoff to having the phone a few days early, being stuck at older builds.
[One (M7) General] Toaster Strudels:
Or you just go to the Development Section of the International One and flash whichever ROM you like :D

And they're all on the latest build.
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
Can you uninstall Facebook completely along with Twitter?
[One (M7) General] stepinmyworld:
Thats something I'll need to answer later being as though I already have them installed and don't want to be racking up mote data use trying to uninstall and reinstall. I'll wait till I'm on WiFi
[One (M7) General] dexx0008:
Developer edition source code released and htcdev says eta is next week for developer edition (htcdev twitter) so there you go.

http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/
[One (M7) General] xstayxposix:
I must be a monk

After reading through the last few pages, I feel like the most patient person on this planet. :angel:
[One (M7) General] slackercow:
or the least impatient ;)
[One (M7) General] xstayxposix:
Very true. :cyclops:

In all honesty, I knew this would happen though, I doubt - I mean I know - HTC has never had such interest in one device at launch; while it's poor planning, I understand such a thing happens. I just have to hold off going to an AT&T store while I wait for mine to show up. Luckily it's getting to be the end of the semester, so I have finals to keep me busy while I'm waiting.
[One (M7) General] georgieff:
I've canceled my order and bought a one from AT&T.
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
cool thanks for letting us know
[One (M7) General] NextNexus:
I bought one from AT&T and kept my order. I'll prob end up paying the $35 restocking fee but oh well.
[One (M7) General] Agraphobia:
I cancelled also and picked it up at AT&T during my lunch break. The local AT&T gave me the $199 upgrade price, even though I wasn't eligible for two more months. Definitely worth the savings. I also got my Unlock_code.bin from HTCDev, but I'm going to hold off unlocking it until I'm able to try it out a bit.
[One (M7) General] superchilpil:
Bought one from at&t and cancelled my order, unlocked the bootloader so I'm happy

The at&t rep said I was the third person to come in after cancelling an order from HTC
[One (M7) General] iraqgsm:
good letstalk are you happy now, as soon as i get the phone, that will be it no letstalk for me anymore
[One (M7) General] slaveonepunx:
Why is Let's Talk so messed up that they still haven't fixed their order status page? Do they have a total of three people that work there and the one warehouse guy does their website?
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
go to your confirmation email, click the tracking link. It works.
[One (M7) General] pdubcramp:
"Your order is still active, however there is a bug in our system that we are working on so that you are able to check your status online."

They're just overwhelmed in general.
[One (M7) General] Red5:
Email sent back to me:
[One (M7) General] slaveonepunx:
That's what I try but it just takes me to the page where I have to enter order number, phone number and email and when I do it just loops back to same page. Frustrating...
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Hmm did you try another browser. Works on my nexus 7 and on chrome on my browser. Might be a isolated issue
[One (M7) General] pdubcramp:
Red5 and I both gave him a response saying it's a bug and it's not just him.
[One (M7) General] Absolut`:
Guys, as much as we want to bash LetsTalk, I want to say part of the reason for the delay is the crazy **** happening in Boston right now.
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
I know, but it's working for me.
[One (M7) General] iraqgsm:
i dont think they are related because i still get packages and other people getting their phones from att or other companies, that is just an excuse, and if there is a delay the ups or fedex will mention it in their tracking
[One (M7) General] mr2kqql:
Really, but LetsTalk could ship out the ATT and sprint branded one.......... go figure
[One (M7) General] stevedebi:
I got one, but only after I emailed them to request a confirmation.
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Because ATT received their stock on or before Monday. People still get packages because Boston is on the east coast. While other distribution centers or ATT, FedEx, ups is all across the country. So its a isolated issue. If our phones is there in Boston or around the area, we should see phone shipments beginning next week since the manhunt is on for the last guy.

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/service_updates/20130416_marathon.html
[One (M7) General] Absolut`:
Good point. This just shows furthermore that carrier's>dev edition in terms of priority. But maybe, at least, we dev edition adopter's will be part of a small 3500-4000 unit population! ;)
[One (M7) General] aqualadb03:
Whats tho order cancel number?
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Maybe smaller. People needed their phones today that badly it seems. Early adapter mentality
[One (M7) General] jetshine:
I appear to be stuck between a rock and a hard place; AT&T Premier can't fulfill my "panic" order that I placed on 4/17 (they say their warehouse has no 64GB models left), and then there's this mess with Let's Talk. "End of April" sounds more like a target, and not any guarantee. I'd be happier to hear that they have a tracer, the phones are sitting in customs at a Philadelphia dock or something, and they expect them to be released by xx date. I'm sure someone has this information, they're just not sharing.

I agree that Apple is far better at meeting a commitment date. When I pre-ordered an iPhone 4S, my tracking number originated directly from somewhere in China (probably the factory or a warehouse), and I received it right on release day. No reason why HTC couldn't have done this!

Very disappointed with HTC and Let's Talk.
[One (M7) General] Napoleon_PhoneApart:
Early adopter, too. :D
[One (M7) General] droidiac13:
Guys, Lets Talk hasn't received the phones from HTC. That's a fact. It is HTC using the Boston events and flooding in the Midwest as the reason for delays. It's NOT Lets Talk causing the delays. I don't have time to put together an article as I'm doing videos (porn? No. LOL), but I will later if time permits. Anyway I just thought I'd share what I know quickly.
[One (M7) General] woodekx:
I got the same thing, so I can't tell if I'm even in the system anymore.

Said "F" it, went to AT&T and bought one outright. I LOVE it, and am SO glad I made the decision. Get to play with it like I thought I would for this weekend.

While at the At&t store, Really surprised how:

A): not a single person was looking at the 3 HTC ones they had displayed -the guy couldn't even find them through the sea of other phones. I barely noticed them and showed him where they were - after I finally found them. No one there seemed to know anything about the phone either. Was there for an hour and NO ONE (except me) even looked at one and there were probably 30-40 people there. Funny thing is i thought there would be a crowd and id have to fight for one. SADLY was a breeze.:crying:

And B): the display was facing the back of the store and was no where even remotely visible to anyone that could walk in. Not even noticeable unless you knew that the phone was aluminum and knew exactly what you were looking for.

IF my unlocked DEV comes in the mail, I'll deal with that then. Sell it, send it back, sell my AT&T one, take my AT&T one back & pay the restocking fee, hell, I don't care. Got one in my hands now for the weekend! And it's a beaut! CANNOT believe no one wants this phone, and HTC/talk now isn't makin' it any better.
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
They most likely dont have the means to do that and afford to do that. Shipping millions of devices straight from the manufacturing company in china will cost millions. Hell, thats like 2-3 quaeters of profit for HTC.
[One (M7) General] CraigP17:
I manage a mobile phone retail store... And I'm not surprised at any of this. We are the minority. Consumers want iPhone and galaxy. They don't care about what might be better.
[One (M7) General] bormasina:
Can't wait any longer

Well, this letstalk mess made me cancel the order. I would not buy any HTC phone. They do not deserve my money ...
[One (M7) General] Gordo96:
Yup, just cancelled mine as well. If they handle the launch this badly then how well will they support the phone after launch?
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Cant wait just 1 measly week?

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There's shipping delays from htc. Anyways, there's going to be plenty of phones if you need to exchange!
[One (M7) General] slaveonepunx:
Does anyone know if HTC will extend the trade up deadline to those of us affected by the delay? I doubt we will make the cutoff of 26th. Any inquiry to regular HTC channels gets the copy paste of the program rules. I'll stick with this if I can get the trade up, otherwise I'm looking elsewhere. It's always been a value proposition to me $649 - $100 for worthless phone - $52 tax savings = $497. If I don't qualify for trade up it stops making financial sense.
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
That might (but probably is not) is true, but there is no excuse for the quality of service offered by Letstalk. In the end they are the sellers, we are customers. I expect much more than this in todays world.

Sure there are unavoidable delays, but their whole structure is $#!t.

I have been spoiled by Amazon, but you dont have to be as big as Amazon for good service. Take an example of Clove. They are one of the more prominent online stores from UK now, but I have been their customer since they were infant.

They are always proactive, pushing out timely updates on their blog, pushing out proactive emails of possible delays which are out of their control, great customer service, reply to emails with hour, cancellation, modification, change of order by simple email, all those things they are doing for years.

Letstalk website is very basic and primitive which does not tell users a lot of critical information. The whole organisation structure of website is pathetic. Neither are they proactively updating customers and getting hold of them is difficult and not getting anything other than robotic replies to emails. There are ways to handle such launch delays and letstalk has failed to live up to the standard that one can expect from the main distributor of HTC in US.
[One (M7) General] daddioj:
guys I went to best buy they priced matched the att 599 this this is gorgeoussssss att bloat or not. there isn't even really any bloat.. :highfive: :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed: don't even wait for the dev edition
[One (M7) General] bormasina:
Well, it is 650$ that we are talking about ... Do not get me wrong, i'm a phone addict, and there is no guarantee that it will be delivered by the end of the month. After waiting for 2-3 weeks, i loose the interest in the phone, and i do not want it anymore, simple as that. I'm not buying the phone because i need a phone, i've placed the order because i like the design. I do not need a phone (currently i have unlocked iPhone 5, Nokia Lumia 820 and Nexus 4). It is the excitement ... If they do not want my money, that is fine, i'll give them to someone else ...

Also, i got scared of their shady service (letstalk) and phones do brake ...
[One (M7) General] tigersgt:
Can we enable T-Mobile band in Dev version? I guess we need to get the device first in order to confirm.
[One (M7) General] DoctorRobotnick:
My tradeup email indicates you have to complete the trade by May 9th.
[One (M7) General] slaveonepunx:
I reread the program rules and purchase must be made by April 30, you do have until end of May to send everything in.
[One (M7) General] jcesar085:
I was going to preporder last week but lost my CC

Does anyone know if this phone would be delivered before 05/03, if i place a order today?
[One (M7) General] iFalcon:
How would we know when LetsTalk / HTC can't provide a solid date?
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
Thats may, they are saying end of april, so its probable.

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Nothing is shady.

Just bad communication between htc and letstalk. Letstalk was under the assumption that they will receive the shipment thursday/friday. When they found out, which is probably today, they sent out a email.

There can be many other factors that delayed the shipment, but hey its your money, do whatever you want.
[One (M7) General] NJGSII:
Canceling my order with Letstalk and I have one waiting for me at the AT&T store. The bootloader is still unlockable so once I do that it'll be the same experience. I wish everyone waiting good luck.
[One (M7) General] iFalcon:
The experience isn't the same. ATT has hid some of the HTC software - Car Mode as an example. You need another launcher to access it.
[One (M7) General] mobilehavoc:
Just remember you can't get OTAs. Like on the OneX future updates will lock boot loader and it won't be unlockable. I don't want to worry about that crap.

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I also don't feel like messing with Super CID and want the latest updates from HTC. I never found a custom ROM on the OneX that was 100% they all had some problems.
[One (M7) General] pdubcramp:
Yep, biggest thing is not having to wait for the carrier to approve an update. If you were bothered by LetsTalk, imagine how mad you will be at at&t for holding up your updates for a couple months - assuming you aren't flashing custom ROMs constantly. Who am I kidding, we're all flashing custom ROMs anyway. :laugh:
[One (M7) General] mobilehavoc:
They just never quite work good enough. There's always some catch. Stability matters to me more than anything.
[One (M7) General] greyhulk:
Aren't you the guy who was claiming that you had all the patience in the world and you could wait for the Dev phone whenever it shipped?
[One (M7) General] Goozy:
I just dropped by my local costco to check it out and calm my nerves. They only had a dummy unit and wouldn't open a box for a live demo. I have to say I hope the real thing looks better than the dummy unit because it looked like junk. Buying outright is not an option for me because they are selling for $700 + $85 tax here in canada for the 32gb locked version :crying:

The funny thing is they are offering the One for $99 after gift card on contract but the carriers that are selling it have horrible plans compared to what I already have.
[One (M7) General] miguelrodas:
For those of you complaining that the ATT version has bloat and hides sense features like car mode and whatnot; I cancelled my letstalk order, walked into ATT and got the 32GB (sure, I wanted the 64GB but at this point I was willing to take whatever they had) along with $ 200 worth of accessories as I was eligible for an early upgrade (I had to pay $450 plus tax for the phone and I basically got a jambox speaker and a case for free). Came to my office, um,ocked bootlader, root, installed Android Revolution HD ROM and now I'm restoring from my old titanium backup. ATT apps are gone and all stock sense functionality is there. In the end, I think I got a better deal than the developer version as I got the $200 break from ATT and I'm sending HTC my old GS2 so I can get the $100 from the trade up program :)
[One (M7) General] slackercow:
what's this deal for the jambox?
[One (M7) General] mobilehavoc:
Great. Happy you're good using a custom ROM. Not everyone wants that.

Also I just got a response from LetsTalk that they're waiving my overnight shipping cost. So now I paid exactly $649 for the 64GB Dev edition. Works for me. :)
[One (M7) General] miguelrodas:
If you are a current ATT customer at some point through your contract (but more than 6 months), you may be eligible for early upgrade pricing. So I was told my early upgrade price was $ 450 plus tax. At one point the sales rep told me that sometimes they can give you a "credit" of $200 to purchase any accessories you want from the store as an incentive (I assume it depends how well into your contract you are as it may be an "incentive" for you to renew your contract with ATT). You can get any accessories you want (chargers, cases, beats headphones, jambox speakers, jawbone up, you name it. As long as it is sold at the att store you can get it) worth up to $200. If they total of your accessories is more than $200, you just pay the difference on top of whatever you're paying for the phone.

If you plan to get the One from ATT it wouldn't hurt to ask about this. I remember reading about this before in other threads. The only downside is that your contract starts over and you're stuck with ATT for two more years. I don't really care as I have great coverage in SF
[One (M7) General] Red5:
Did you call first, or was all this done inside an AT&T store? I need to know if I need to call first to get the $200 credit. Thanks.
[One (M7) General] bormasina:
Nothing is shady?!

I would not say so. When i've placed the pre-order, my card flagged the purchase right away. Then i needed to call letstalk to push the order through, asking me ssn and some stupid questions. At that instant i thought "O-o this is not good, imagine how would they handle returns" and i thought to cancel it right there ... But the addict in me thought "lets give them a time". The same addict today thought "wait no mode, they had enough time to get your money, just kill the order and find something new".

When i've ordered the Nexus 10 on the launch day, i got it after a while, then the waiting game for the replacement upset me. After the first replacement i thought "just return it and get your money back". Waited for 15 business days to get my money from Google and still needed a phone call after those 15 business days to fix the return. And Google >> LetsTalk. Imagine what could happen if got one of those One's with gaps and overhangs ...

As you've said, the money are mine ... :)
[One (M7) General] miguelrodas:
I only called to check on inventory. The sales rep jut mentioned it to me while we were talking about the phone and the preorder fiasco with letstalk. I guess it depends on how nice the sales rep you get is but again it doesn't hurt asking about it.
[One (M7) General] EvoKnvl:
My Status just changed from Backordered to Picking. Shows Shipping today and arriving Monday. I ordered on the 5th. 64GB
[One (M7) General] elena11:
Mine also shipping today and delivery Monday. I hope this is true!!!
[One (M7) General] mrmomoman:
Htc don"t tease :)

Mine changed too... We will see.

I was able to score a 32GB AT&T for a test run. No restocking fee. Helps to know people :)

I like the overall feel of it. The Samsung Rep was in as well and she let me play with the S4. Meh. Plastic feel. I told her so. Didn't feel too bad in the hand. It was a little wider than the HTC but same height roughly.

The only thing I would like to see if more uniformity in the icons made for the Android system. Perhaps not complete squares but sizes should stay approximately the same. This hasn't changed I see in a while now. I know you can theme but point being it that it should practice some standards.
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
mine is picking as well!!!
[One (M7) General] Red5:
I still can't check my status. :mad:
[One (M7) General] expertzero1:
call and ask,

if you can check the link in your email.
[One (M7) General] Apoxx:
Mine changed to picking with a ship date of today as well, I ordered April 14th.

Guess they got a huge shipment in today.
[One (M7) General] aafevo:
Lol I am dying laughing over here at my impatience. I canceled my dev order (as did many others) this morning and placed a 64GB order through AT&T (I was told it would arrive tomorrow) only to just find out that it wouldn't arrive until Monday. So I just canceled that too and now I see all these orders shipping status getting updated XD. Hopefully you guys get your devices on Monday!
[One (M7) General] nikolastz:
Mine too!

Ordered on the 5th 64gb

Estimated Shipping Date: Friday, April 19, 2013

Estimated Delivery Date: Monday, April 22, 2013