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[One (M7) General] Tidbits:
I ordered mine 5 days after the preorder started. My friend did his 2 days later... He got his 3 days later, and I canceled my order last week. I decided to wait and see what else it out there on the horizon. I am overseas right now so I have plenty of time.

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The last line is for people who got plans with their devices. There is a 14 day grace period before the contract actually "starts"
[One (M7) General] sneef:
thanks for the reply. so sad to see that the process is like that. so basically, their system is such that I cannot get a replacement. I don't have the money for floating another payment of 650 let alone 1300 (if they do that cross-shipment charge before my original refund clears). I could afford this phone because I sold my iPhone 5 (more precisely, sold iphone 5, bought 32GB AT&T HTC One, sold that one and bought the Dev unit). I don't have the money for them to charge me.

So bummed out. Basically, I have no recourse. They shouldn't be allowed to have that as the only option (If I'm understanding you correctly). They should do a normal return process where I can ship them this phone, and they send me a replacement right away, no refunds or debits necessary (If they have them in stock, that is). What I'm most sad about though, is that my AT&T model had a GORGEOUS display! The colors were more vibrant, and there was higher contrast. this display (aside from the stuck pixels) has more muted colors, and it is too warm for my liking (that's coming from someone who uses calibrated displays at work every day, which are warmer than most people are used to). the blacks are extremely washed out compared to my AT&T unit. and i did have them side by side for a while before I shipped out the AT&T model.

Oh well, I chose to sell it and get the Dev edition because I wanted the 64GB storage, and didnt wanna go through AT&T again, since their site was pissing me off, showing in stock and actually it was backordered. So I will live with this unit I suppose. still beats the sh!t out of my old iPhone 5, and Galaxy s3, and One X+... haven't used an S4, so I can't really comment on that.
[One (M7) General] zizo79:
I ordered mine (dev edition) on the 25th and got it yesterday with the double dip case.
[One (M7) General] Bonely:
I think you misunderstood me. You can do returns with 2 options:

1. regular: you return the phone, and when they get it, they send you another phone (no additional charges)

2. cross shipping: they ship you your replacement, once you get it you return your defective phone. This is where the charges get tricky. They will: credit you your original purchase, then charge you x2 on the cross shipment. Therefore, you will be holding on to an additional 650 charge (on top of what you already have) for a total of 1300. the 650 will be credit back to you after they receive your phone back (so the total balance is corrected)

hope that clears things up.

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do you have the build serial number on hand? just wondering where they are sourcing the dev edition from.
[One (M7) General] CollinFX45:
Well, finally got my shipping notice. Of course, once it's already too late for me to change to overnight delivery :( Guess Monday it is. Darn!
[One (M7) General] darkjuan:
Well I FINALLY got my shipping email notice for my Dev edition. This is for the order placed on the 30th. Still waiting on my original order I placed on the 5th to move from "Picking" to "Shipping", however it's now showing "Backordered". Website says more are supposed to be resupplied today. We'll see.
[One (M7) General] vision33r:
I just got the "ready to ship" update to my remaining order of 2x64GB dev editions. One area HTC or Let's Talk could do better is post on Facebook or Twitter what the status is. Their phone lines are swamped usually and when you get someone most likely somebody who is repeating the same message and not giving any real status.

I got the email that all PREORDER placed are suppose to ship by May 1 and overnight. That's not the case here, I am on the fence that if they don't ship the units this week. Then I'm canceling them.
[One (M7) General] vision33r:
This is pretty frustrating, 2x64GB Dev edition went from Picking to Ready to ship then suddenly changed to Requires Customer Contact. They don't send you an email about the updates had I not checked frequently.

Now I'm waiting on the phone for someone on their end to pick up and I've been on the waiting line for over 20 minutes already. Such a terrible service, if I don't end up with this phone I will certainly go for the S4 and not look back.
[One (M7) General] dfn_doe:
I order a 64gb Dev edition on the 24th and I've been stuck in picking for 4 days now and I've called the past 3 days in a row and told each time that the phone and accessories are in stock. Today they said that even though it was in stock it might not ship out until a new shipment of phones arrives tomorrow... for what reason, they didn't say. I'm pissed. This isn't the first BS situation I've had with letstalk; it'd be nice if HTC sold direct through a reliable vendor like amazon or bestbuy.

Super frustrating to see people who ordered Monday already got their phones. I'm guessing that anyone that didn't pay for the faster shipping got bumped down in the fulfillment queue regardless of the order in which they made their purchase.
[One (M7) General] CollinFX45:
The rep I spoke to on the phone this morning said they're overwhelmed with orders. Well, deal with it. If they're selling that many phones, hire some more people so our phones are not stuck in "picking" for five days at a time. Also, I really wish they would remove that little caption that says "Unlocked phones usually ship the same day if ordered before 2pm PST."

Clearly NOT the case, right? Argh! Monday for my phone, but I guess I can't complain too much.

Best of luck to everyone,

-Collin-
[One (M7) General] insomnia:
So guys.... the phones from the latest batches .... do they still have QA/QC issues? dead pixels? over hangs etc?
[One (M7) General] Tidbits:
All I had was 1 dead pixel, but it was at the edge out of view from the main content. Other than that no gaps, shavings, chips, or hangs. Did have a setting issue which was an easy fix.
[One (M7) General] luis87:
Cancelled

i'm also having some issues with my order. I do not know what to think now :p I got an order confirmation email with a link to the order status. as soon as i clicked on it, the website said that my order was cancelled. This was yesterday. today i received the cancellation email. So, for those who thought their order was cancel but still received the phone, does this happended to you? Cause if that's the case, i just might wait and see what happen
[One (M7) General] _kyo_:
i received my tracking number today (ordered on 29th), hopefully i will get it on Monday :)
[One (M7) General] raphtal:
They gave me free overnight shipping so it came may 1. Great build quality no gaps and no dead pixels. I am a happy camper.
[One (M7) General] Pwnicorn:
Ordered dev today

Just order today. My eta is next Wednesday. After reading a lot of threads here, I really hope the build quality is a awesome as htc promises. Please, no dead pix. I've talked to a lot of android fans and most seem pulled to the One. I wonder if the black version will be offered for the developer model in the future?
[One (M7) General] ksarius:
Guys since most of you in this thread are from USA and since I dont want to make a new thread, can you guys point me websites that I can buy unlocked HTC one? So fat I know expansys-usa.

I'm not from USA, but I want to buy black HTC one and send it to my friends house.

Also does anyone know stores in LA California that sells unlocked phones? Since I don't live in the us, it would be best to buy at the store instead of ordering online in case of any issues.

Thank you very much.
[One (M7) General] sassafras_:
Gah!

I ordered on the 24th and I've been in 'Picking' since the 29th. I can't believe some of you have tracking numbers who ordered on the 30th. That's total crap.

sassafras
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
Just got shock of my life.

My first order which was cancelled got delivered. WTF!!!!

I checked my credit card and indeed the amount has now been debited from my account.

First, hard time getting one order through. Now I have extra dev edition which I did not want and twice the money in my credit card bill for the month. Where it he banging head on the wall smily when you need one. :rolleyes:
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
You can get the proceeds of your sale on ebay (including a tidy profit) before your credit card bill is even due.

Life gave you lemons. Make lemonade.
[One (M7) General] CollinFX45:
Sorry to all still dealing with ordering issues. Hopefully we'll be in the clear soon.

I find it incredibly funny that I called yesterday, when my order was ready for shipment and had completed this four days of "picking," to BEG them to ship overnight instead of 2nd day. I really wanted it before the weekend and I was willing to pay for overnight. They could not upgrade my shipping because it had already had a label printed. I squealed and finally gave up.

I track the package today, and it was shipped overnight, delivery today. Hilarious.

-Collin-
[One (M7) General] darkjuan:
Currently, unless they changed the policy recently, they do not ship to any address outside of the US nor do they accept any online orders without a valid US IP address.

Here is the link for the online store... HTC One. They do NOT sell it in black as of yet. Also the Unlocked and Dev versions are only sold through the Online Store. Or you can talk to the guy a few posts above and see if he want's to sell the extra one they sent him. :)
[One (M7) General] ksarius:
Thanks. I know they don't ship outside us. But my parents live there so I would tell them to get it for me.

As the phone, I didn't mean the dev edition. It can be the unlocked version one. Same as the one they sell in expansys-usa. They have option for Carrier free phone.

So maybe no store I can go to and buy it ?
[One (M7) General] darkjuan:
No stores that I know of yet sell the Unlocked versions.

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FINALLY!!!

My Dev Edition phone I ordered back on April 5th, canceled and then re-ordered on April 29th, is waiting on my kitchen table as I type this. Going to be a loooong 6 hours until I get home from work.

Still waiting on my wife's Unlocked version though. Called this morning and they are "supposed" to be sending out another shipment today. We'll wait and see I guess.
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
Was really looking forward to receiving mine today as if I was a kid waiting for he Christmas present. Was so happy when I got it but due to poor QC and Yellowish screen it unfortunately will have to go back in the mail for a replacement.

Serial number starts with FA34PW90

64GB Developers Edition.

Was impressed with camera. Speakers were not too bad nothing too special either though better than the basic smartphones out there. I remember the good o,d days when Nokia made the N95 and N97. Those phones came with great speakers!
[One (M7) General] xandrake:
I ordered on the 26th, was in picking until I cancelled my order about 2 minutes ago.

HTC really needs to get their act together. The pure fact that my "estimated ship date" would change every night for a week is just terrible business.
[One (M7) General] Garraro:
htc one dev edt - simfree

I ordered dev edt. but doses the phone work with all carriers of other countries :eek:
[One (M7) General] Urban Strata:
Valuable info on why you don't need S-OFF

Folks, here is an explanation from Koush -- from the CyanogenMod team -- that explains the difference between S-ON and S-OFF and why you don't need S-OFF.

To flash custom ROMs and do everything you conceivably want, all you need is an unlocked bootloader. Please read Koush's post.

(Apologies for cross-posting this, but it's an important post in a few different threads.)
[One (M7) General] cc999:
Mines Perfect

Well I received mine today, no dead pixels, great color on screen, no gaps or rough edges.

Its PERFECT, same serial number as yours............

Serial number starts with FA34PW90

CC
[One (M7) General] yanggame:
Receive mine today. Serical number start with FA34NW. 3 bright dots, weird vibrator, gaps. Have to return it again!!!
[One (M7) General] cc999:
hmm

Judging by serial number looks like you got an older batch.

FA34P mine

FA34N yours

CC
[One (M7) General] gtg465x:
Finally got my free Double Dip Flip case today. Just FYI.
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
You were lucky, congrats:good:

We were unlucky unfortunately, will try again.

Thanks for letting me know:good:
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
Exact same batch as mine. Made in Taiwan. Perfect phone physically. No defects at all. Colours are slightly warm, but not as much as my One X. Happy to be lucky :good:
[One (M7) General] rpmccormick:
Mine is an HT34GW914...

It has a very slight gap at the power button (smallest I've seen of 5 total)

Color/Contrast/Brightness are perfect.

CPU is 2 (of 1-6, 6 being best for overclocking)

I need to return it tomorrow though and wait for the TMO version to save $280. ($700 vs $220+$200etf)

They told me on the phone today they haven't shipped any TMO and have no idea when they will get stock. Lame!
[One (M7) General] speshow:
How do you check CPU? I am still waiting for my replacement, it's been 10 days and still no shipping confirmation.
[One (M7) General] ixohoxi:
Hi guys,

I wonder who ordered before April 27th and haven't yet receive the phone? Ordered unlocked 32GB version and order status is still "picking." I know they're overwhelming with orders. I just wanna know who are in the same ship with me. :p
[One (M7) General] desiregeek:
One has to remember something to keep in mind. A while back ago they took a survey of how many people either wear glasses or need contact lenses and the number was something like 88%. Having lived here for 20 years now I know that when it comes to fine detail the majority here don't see things from the same point of view as others. If you showed 10 people the two HTC ONE smartphones/screens here and asked them if they were the same I bet 8 or 9 would say yes. Very few in Taiwan would notice gap differences or yellowish color in screen. The Japanese on the other hand are quite anal about things and would spot minor differences quite quickly.

Feature and performance wise if this were compared to the new Sony smartphone I would say this is better but screen wise and finish wise (talking QC here) I would say Sony wins. Each has it positives and negatives.

PS: I had sushi the other day here in Taipei and the chef handed me my fish he did not see that he handed it to me served with a big black hair on top of it. He was the owner of the shop and his partner was sitting next to me. I asked him If he minds if I took a picture. He said no, go right ahead we are friends you can help me advertise. I said the fish looked great. Then I showed it him and asked him if he saw anything wrong. He spent about a minute looking at it and said no. His partner sitting next to me was curious and asked to look. He spent 30 seconds looking at it and said nothing was wrong. I then zoomed in on the picture and showed them the 1 inch long hair that was on it and they started laughing and saying you "MTF in Chinese lol..." If it was a local eating he would have just swallowed it with the hair lol.. He apologized and gave me a discount on my bill.

No big deal, it is just a hair lol..:p
[One (M7) General] sassafras_:
I'm in the same boat. Ordered on the 24th, been in picking since the 29th. I called the CSR today and she basically just said that they're working hard to fill orders and talked me into paying for 2 day shipping.

I'm a little disappointed in how they've sold this phone. It just seems like it could be handled much better and more transparently. It feels like the nexus one (or 4 for that matter) all over again.

sassafras
[One (M7) General] coolboy2343:
I am in the same boat as you, ordered my 32 GB One on 24th April and have been waiting for it ever since, if there was a hit counter on HTC's order status page then mine should have definitely crossed 1000 by now.

My order had shifted to "Picking" on 26th and its the same since then, calling their customer care is pretty worthless as i get the same standard reply every day that sir we will ship tomorrow. Called today and sternly talked to them about it and they told me that they have received stock of 32 gb model on 3rd May and will ship out phones on 3rd and 6th, was waiting crossed fingers to receive a shipping email but none. They upgraded me to the overnight shipping for free though after i showed my disappointment.

The funny part is that now their status page shows picking and Estimated shipping - 6th May and Estimated Delivery 6th May :D, wonder what kind of delivery it would be that i will get the phone same day. Will wait till Monday and if not, i will sadly cancel my order as am moving out of country for a while. HTC and Letstalk really botched up this release, i am fine with waiting but please dont make a fool of me by skipping dates ahead every single day, if stock was supposed to come in on 29th April where did it vanish and on top of that it hurts when people ordered on 28th or 29th and have already received their phones.
[One (M7) General] Garraro:
I ordered dev edt. but doses the phone work with all carriers of other countries :eek:
[One (M7) General] _kyo_:
Should work, on these frequencies

HSPA/WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz

GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

LTE: 700/850/AWS/1900 MHz
[One (M7) General] daorderdillon:
Since it was so hard for me to get the dev editionn I decided to wait until January so I went with the HTC Butterfly x920d:D beautiful phone
[One (M7) General] madroxx:
Just now got shipping confirmation for my HTC one 32 GB unlocked
[One (M7) General] yanggame:
I just got another phone, same batch.

No problem at all...if a warner and lower contrast screen is not a matter...Orz
[One (M7) General] insomnia:
Its not as beautiful as the "one".... i'd its its just aight.
[One (M7) General] Garraro:
thank you very much

in fact I wanna ask, is this phone sim free? do I have to unlocked the phone or not?
[One (M7) General] ixohoxi:
Woohoo! I just got an email this morning saying my phone is shipped!! Hope you get the same email soon if not already. Will keep it posted.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[One (M7) General] coolboy2343:
Congrats, even I have received the shipment email and since they upgraded me to free for overnight, the phone should be here Monday.

Just hope its all good and no gaps etc, painful wait for Monday continues.
[One (M7) General] _kyo_:
yes, the phone is already unlocked. only insert you sim card :)
[One (M7) General] ksarius:
are the newer batches coming with warmer colors? That is my impression.
[One (M7) General] vinuneuro:
I hope so. The ones I've seen in ATT stores are blue.
[One (M7) General] sassafras_:
The warmer color screen is the best of them.

sassafras
[One (M7) General] rafucho:
Second that here, I also did what rockd0gg did. Got my HTC like a charm, 32GB,no dead pixels and the free case...
[One (M7) General] shree.cse:
How did u ordered with a non us credit card, I got everything except a us credit card. I got a Canadian master card will try placing the order with same billing and shipping address. Thank u!
[One (M7) General] ksarius:
But i hated those yellow screen vs the white one.
[One (M7) General] sassafras_:
Fair enough, that's your opinion. The yellower one is the more accurate and lifelike.

sassafras
[One (M7) General] HC4Life:
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[One (M7) General] Garraro:
you are my man :good: thank you very much for your information. :o
[One (M7) General] cc999:
Grea

Great. Enjoy the phone now, its is truly fantastic.

CC
[One (M7) General] foxbat121:
Can any one confirm that this dev phone allows tethering on AT&T unlimited data plan?

That's the only thing I worry about.

Sent from my RM-820_nam_canada_246 using Board Express
[One (M7) General] darkriff:
are there any other concerns related with the death pixels?
[One (M7) General] shree.cse:
Just ordered the dev edition, hope they will ship it soon. Can any one tell me, how long it's taking to ship the device these days when the status was mentioned as 'in stock'. Thank you!
[One (M7) General] Garraro:
its up to your location and shipping choice. we selected 2 day shipping (+ $8 ) and got the dev edition in 4 days. we are from FL
[One (M7) General] HC4Life:
Where i can order the HTC One Dev Edition? I'm from Portugal.
[One (M7) General] rockd0gg:
You can have somebody in the US order it for you or get it on ebay. Dev Edition is US only and they don't ship overseas.
[One (M7) General] kasakato:
After placing an order using a US VPN, US address and Canadian credit card, I was asked to contact them. They requested a utility bill plus state license confirming the shipping address. Of course I cannot provide this given I am using a secondary address. Has anyone figured out what to do?
[One (M7) General] Goozy:
I did the same exact thing and just faxed them a copy of my driver's license and cell phone bill. I called them again a few days after I faxed them the info and they told me they needed a copy of a utility bill matching my shipping address. I told them that was a P.O. box and after being put on hold for a few minutes the lady said that my bank had approved the charge it and they will ship my phone. Minutes later my status changed to packing and picking. It might have helped that I called my credit card and talked to them about the pre authorization and I added the P.O. box address to my file. I may have just gotten lucky with the customer service rep on the phone. Anyways good luck
[One (M7) General] tonyep:
Weird. I used an International card as well for my order on 04/22. It did asked me to contact them which I did not. I guessed they matched my IP with the shipping address. The order went through and I received my phone on 04/27.
[One (M7) General] kazemitsui:
that sucks...

I ordered it last thursday at around 10-11 am PST opted for the standard shipping of 5 or 6 dollars

ARRIVED FRIDAY 10AM

i checked it out it on UPS they shipped it with UPS Next Day Air. I was amazed that was really awesome and cool of them

TLDR: from Seattle opted for standard shipping got it Next day less than 24 hrs.
[One (M7) General] yanggame:
There were 4 HTC One delivered to may home so far...

1. HT34GW91xxxx: Returned. Because the system crashed and I lost all my data without any reason(a clean stock ROM)

2. FA34NW90xxxx: Returned. Because there are bright dots.

3. FA34NW90xxxx: The screen color temperature is too warn, no bright dots. A warn screen is fine, but this one is too much.

4. FA34NW90xxxx: Going to return. Same as 2, bright dots.

So...I think FA34NW90 batch should have problem, anyone who receive your phone with S/N start with FA34NW90 should double check your screen.
[One (M7) General] NxNW:
Maybe you should buy your phone from a different seller. They seem to have a large pile of FA34N s/n's sitting around...
[One (M7) General] AndrewAmazed:
Does anybody know if Letstalk with allow me to get a replacement because of problems with build quality but then I ended up dropping the phone yesterday and now there's a little dent on the bottom..
[One (M7) General] taker888:
Actually, When i placed my order, they did cancel my order. So I called them hour later and the C.S women said its not canceled, its on back ordered. I was like what? Then I went to the email confirmation and checked the status again and it was no longer canceled.
[One (M7) General] htowngator:
I thought about overnight, but no reason to do so when it's likely shipping from Texas (that's a fulfillment center) and will be one-day normal shipping for me.

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And yea, now that I look it is same thing for me... backordered. I'm not worried though as I was one of the first orders on friday.