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[One (M7) General] danakers:
I always judge a phone by how much I want to root / mod it. With the One, I see little reason as (for me) it performs brilliantly in every area.

The only thing I'd change is the minimum speaker volume: I like to fall asleep listening to TuneIn Radio, but on a very low level. Because of those awesome speakers, however, it won't go low enough!

I've always owned HTC handsets primarily because of the build quality. Up until recently, I spoiled myself (feature-wise) with a Samsung Galaxy Note II and (despite the plastic) thought I'd be sticking with them henceforth. Ok, the HTC One might not have all the features of the new S4 but, seriously, how many of those features would I have been likely to use anyway?

For me, the One IS the one for speed, feel and build quality. HTC have welcomed me back, and what a welcome.
[One (M7) General] mcv50:
Officially 60 days since HTC One purchase...

It has been 60 days since I purchased my HTC One 64 GB Developers Edition from the HTC web store, which by the way is NOT HTC and has NOTHING to do with HTC. The web store is LetsTalk.com! and they want nothing to do with a handset once it's been sold. I found this out recently.

60 days since my purchase and here are my issues:

1. The screen is coming apart from the rest of the device. Literally coming apart. The adhesive is giving way.

2. On the top and bottom of the phone where the speaker aluminum meets the white plastic casing is also coming apart. And it is quite noticeable.

3. Intermittently, when on a full battery using the camera flash once completely drains the battery and shuts the device off.

These are just a few of the inconveniences I am having with my handset. It is a little upsetting that I used an iPhone 2G when the iPhone first came out, jailbroke it for TMobile, paid $550 for it about 6 or 7 years ago, and it still looks great and works great today. Whereas I purchase a phone for $650 + tax from a company that has plenty of experience making phones and it simply falls apart in the first 60 days... just doesn't make sense. My last phone was the HTC Amaze 4G and it was AWESOME. I regret selling the phone to buy the One.

So, I sent the phone back to HTC for them to RMA repair. I asked the HTC support rep, are they simply going to send me a new phone since attempting to disassemble the HTC One will destroy the casing. He said, they won't send you a new one, they will simply repair your phone. I am curious to see how this plays out. In the mean time I forked out $450 beans and bought a Galaxy S4 to help with my HTC One depression.

So, please share your miserable HTC One experiences here and maybe we can get some justice... (yeah right...)

Here are some images of the defects.
[One (M7) General] enispenvy:
from stock, loaded to the hilt with carrier specific and intrusive apps

the apps can be removed by rooting..

#2 and most importantly.. rooting the phone is done through the company, who surely keeps a record of unlock codes given out to enable legitimate denials later. this might be important when your phone's battery no longer holds a charge as it cant be replaced.. or when the speaker goes out, or micro usb port... etc. standard stuff that does happen broken by normal use legitimately denied coverage.. but on a phone that just doesn't make sense to fix yourself

camera at night.. no focus, pictures are just atrocious. even on the second photo shot at the same item, it doesn't attempt to correct to the last item it snapped.. it just blindly takes another picture at default settings. if it's dark out and you take a pic without the torch-focus mod, youre subject will look like a blackened fetus.

minor gripes about touchfeed.. number one, cant comment them. i can share them, i can post them to 25 social media accounts.. but cant comment on them. this is a badass feature that helps connect one users as a community the way iMessage does for apple.. and not being able to comment is a bit of a dissapointment..

but #2.. cant push irrelevant blinkfeed information out to make room for new stuff. i dont care that i signed up for both cnet and engagets's updates.. if they are both showing the same exact story, i'd like the option to kick one of them out of the way so that i could read older news i may have missed or make room for whatever just moved off the bottom. definitely didnt need 14 subjects with the same snowden picture giving me different guesses of his future plans.. i select sources from dfferent parts of the web to see the different things going on.. when it works that way it's a great timesaver.. when the stars line up and everything is pointing me towards two or three stories, it's 80$ a month propoganda that i'd like to gtfo of my phone.
[One (M7) General] moeyk:
After a while of using the Silver HTC One I noticed that the white strips are getting dirty and starting to turn green/yellowish especially the two white strips on the back of the phone. Other than that the phone is super! All software issues such as the 3 dot menu and the power saver toggle in the notification centre can be easily fixed by rooting the phone and installing some tweaks.
[One (M7) General] nerdAFK:
:(I am really having a hard time believing your phone's situation.

Got any pictures?
[One (M7) General] cmraymond:
I too have had mine for two months now. It is flawless and runs smooth. Can't believe a phone could just fall apart like that. Was it exposed to extreme heat or steam?
[One (M7) General] osmosizzz:
Love the phone. My only gripe is the camera. Htc tried to innovate and the idea is great, needs a hell lot of improvement to be a beast camera.
[One (M7) General] steve3339:
I have used the SGS S3, Note II, SGS 4 and now HTC One 802w

learn from samsung in terms of software and usability (minus the stuff we dont actually use):

1. if its a flagship then get the 4.2.2 out sooner - i hope u guys are already working on KLP like right now!!!

2. really? u need the 4.2.2 to fix the annoying 3 dots and % battery - % battery　SHOULD　HAVE　BEEN　THERE　IN　THE　FIRST　PLACE and versa for the 3 dots!

3. 4.2.2 quick access setting - on/off sync button is not part of the party there ---- did 4.2.2 just upgraded the battery to 3500mAH? some of us would like to off the sync feature often enough to save batt and data usage

4. erm did you guys spend enough time with the 4MP BSI camera or just decided to get it based on the camera vendor's sales pitch? We love the blue ocean stuff but it has to work better than the competition to be considered out of the box ! The SGS4 camera is slow but takes much much better pictures

5. I bet your industrial designer has long fingers to put the power button on the top left - again one of your blue ocean strategy sinking the usability

Besides what i would term overlooking on the simple stuff - u guys nailed it and did a good job on the more complicated area
[One (M7) General] nerdAFK:
Mine for one month now.

Everything is as beautiful as the day I took it out of the box.

The chamfered edge is not prone as that of the iPhone 5. I don't see any dent or stain on the shiny edge.
[One (M7) General] deadman3000:
My biggest beef right now (apart from the lack of a 4.2.2 update on stock) is having to press the power button to get the screen back when in the middle of a call in order to hang up and volume buttons not bring it back to life either! Is there any way to fix that? I tend to use speakerphone a lot.
[One (M7) General] mcv50:
I do live in South Florida. It has been hot and humid but not enough to make a phone come apart at the seams. BTW, it is always on my hip in a TPU case snapped in a Seido holster.

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Just so you know, this is not made up in any sense. Here is a copy of my purchase and the RMA.

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Order Confirmation

Dear Mark,

Thank you for ordering from HTC USA Online Store. With your purchase, you have joined a group of over 600,000 customers who have discovered that HTC USA Online Store is the smarter way to buy a cell phone.

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ORDER STATUS

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If you wish to view the status of your order at any time, please visit:

https://shopamerica.htc.com:335/checkoutnew/youraccount.htm?ouid=a8b009be376e4a07b0ac6eba5148f059

We truly appreciate your business.

Sincerely,

HTC USA Online Store, powered by LetsTalk.com Customer Service

Tel: 1-866-416-3059

CURRENT CHARGES TO BE BILLED BY: LetsTalk

Product Description	Price	Discount	Qty	Subtotal

HTC One® Developer Edition	$649.99	&nbsp	1	$649.99

Shipping: Standard	$4.95	&nbsp	&nbsp	$4.95

Tax: FL	&nbsp	&nbsp	&nbsp	$0.00

Total to be charged	$654.94

* Tax is added to all orders shipped to CA & TX and is based on the full retail price or cost of the product. For most new activations, LetsTalk.com pays these taxes for you. .

Shipping Address

Same as Billing Address. .

Terms & Conditions

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RMA

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Ticket #: 13USD2600XXXXX

Serial #: FA34PWXXXXXX

Dear Mark XXXXX,

We apologize that your device isn’t working as expected and we’ll work to repair it as quickly as possible for you.

The reference number for your repair is 13USD26000XXXX. Please follow the instructions included to ship your device in for service. Note: if your device is not received at our repair center within 30 days, the repair order will be closed, which may cause additional delays in processing. If you cannot ship the device to us within this timeframe, please contact HTC's support team at 1-866-449-8358.

If you’d like to track your repair, you can contact us via phone or check out the status online:

HTC Repair Tracking

Many thanks,

HTC Customer Care
[One (M7) General] vobasf:
I'm new here and I'd say that battery and camera are the downsides of One.
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
Battery could be better but I've seen worse.
[One (M7) General] cmraymond:
I believe you, just must be an uber defective phone to come apart like that. Photos?
[One (M7) General] epsix:
How is the camera in inside and low light? As you can see my sensation sux in low lighting. Im torn between One and gs4.
[One (M7) General] gjirts:
didn't know where to post this. So let's post here. I sent my device to service after 2 weeks of usage. My friend just sent his device after 1.5 month. Battery started to grow :D
[One (M7) General] deadman3000:
Oh great! Hope this does not happen to me or is a known issue!
[One (M7) General] ldjalal:
For me the HTC one is probably one of the best phones I've used. However, the company's poor financials and tight budget reflect on the quality of the phone. I know that most people say that this is the most beautiful phones out there, the build quality is no where close to Apple or even the plastic feel of samsung. Dont get me wrong, its an amazing looking phone which I still use, but I feel that it could be a lot better if the company was in a better financial position and had better suppliers.
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
How do figure all this?

The One at worse is equal to Apple and blows Samsung's away.
[One (M7) General] cushcalc:
I bring into the conversation any device that does the particular job better.

I have found now that if I have "Reduce screen brightness" turned off in Power Saver option, and screen at maximum brightness, it is quite serviceable on walks on sunny days, so I am content.
[One (M7) General] dgtiii:
Love my One

Having owned every iPhone since the iPhone 3, I made the leap to the HTC One from the iPhone 5. I could not be happier! The One isn't perfect, no phone is, but it's darn close to it for me. I jailbroke all my iPhones, have unlocked and rooted my One, and there's just no comparison. For me, the One is fantastic!
[One (M7) General] Danillaco:
Good, it's was not only me that didn't understand what the hell he meant.
[One (M7) General] lysergic:
The delay in updates is the worst thing for me. That coupled with carrier lazyness makes me wanna go the Nexus way...
[One (M7) General] Gr8man001:
+1;)
[One (M7) General] sasoq:
Would be nice if people would stick with the topic of the thread..

Some negatives i found on the phone are it tends to feel really hot quickly in situations

the build of the phone, there's a gap by the power button (some have it, some don't)

The power button is on top which and the vol buttons don't stick out as much and at times can be hard to find.

Those are the negatives I can find on the phone, at the end of the day i would recommend this phone to a friend for it's style and no lag.
[One (M7) General] sauprankul:
I think that's actually a good thing. Instead of the heat boiling the battery inside like plastic phones, the metal body dissipates the heat onto your hand.
[One (M7) General] Hondo209:
Like others have said, the slow charging and no sd card slot, that's about it..
[One (M7) General] stringer barksdale:
Slow charging

Small gap between screen and aluminum frame

I don't really care for the HTC logo on the back
[One (M7) General] Semper2U:
I don't like blinkfeed. The only way to remove it is by replacing the prism launcher.with another on market.
[One (M7) General] w00dsy:
i got a One the other day, it replaced my Samsung S2. I was a mad rom flasher, sometimes up to a few a day on weekends. I never quite found one that satisfied my needs. I rarely went a week without doing it. Anyway i'm so happy with the One that i don't really see the point in rooting let alone flashing a new rom. My only negative if i could call it that is that the phone gets quite cold with the metal body(winter in Australia at the moment). Apart from that i can't fault it so far.
[One (M7) General] akuma2012:
Beyond the nice build htcs dont particular offer anything over competitors.
[One (M7) General] Bryan05:
The only thing I don't like is the fact that I can't take good pictures in pitch black rooms. I would do this with the s3 sometimes and although I don't need it or use it all the time it was nice to be able to do it. I think the flash isn't all that great on the one and that is the only problem I have.
[One (M7) General] slind:
- slow charging

- various build quality issues (gaps, faulty pixels, dust under screen, scratches out of the box, I got them all in several units)

- speakers pop when turning off

- lack of hardware buttons

- power button placement

- horizontal lines in many units on bright backgrounds

- camera blurr in the corners, overall camera quality
[One (M7) General] djan84:
1)Aluminum gets too hot to hold while gaming.

2)Charging takes forever.

3)4mp camera sux except for low light.

4)I had to get 4 replacement units for various reasons. Never had to ask for a replacement when I bought iPhone 2g, 3g, 3gs, 4 & 4s over years. ( my point here is build quality). The last one I decided to keep has stuck pixels.

Bottom line: despite all, i still don't even think about going back to iPhone. Cus ios sux.

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Dig the I'm back box :)
[One (M7) General] adam13141:
My major negatives for the one is no removable battery, and no SD slot. If the One had both of these things I would have bought it. The One is the most beautiful phone on the market right now though. I guess those are the sacrifices you make to make a great looking aluminum phone.
[One (M7) General] mcv50:
It's almost as if they knew they were going to have a lot of returns. The "I'm back" box is nicer than the box the device originally came in. Go figure. :confused:
[One (M7) General] MrGuy:
Personally, coming from a Desire S, I find the One just a tiny bit too big. I'm sure I'll adjust, but it does take a bit of getting used to.

Also, as mentioned by someone else, when using HTC One with a case with cutouts for the power and USB cable, it can be very easy to pick the phone up upside down and try and turn it on with the USB port (hint: it doesn't work.) Again, not a deal breaker, but for me, a slight negative (in that I would probably prefer the USB port centred)

The phone is sexy, almost too sexy for it's own good. If I was going to steal a phone of someone, it would be a HTC One. Another downside of it being so darn tasty is the case issue. Obviously don't want the precious to get hurt, but also don't want to hide it's beauty. Sure, there a TPU cases, I use the Poetic Atmosphere case, that still shows it off quite well whilst protecting, but all cases inevitably detract from the eye-gougingly gorgeous physique.

Other than those mine issues I have, it's an amazing phone.

I understand and entirely support the need for a thread like this. Any right-minded, critical thinking human being should support a thread like this. Nothing is perfect, anyone that says something is perfect is either lying, a spineless yes man or just too careless/unobservant/air-headed to form a valid and well rounded critical opinion. That's just my opinion though:)
[One (M7) General] jotha:
Thread cleaned

Deleted a little flame war.

Though the post that started it was really kinda off-topic to that thread, that is not a reason for others to flame the poster. Report it as off-topic and we have a look at it. We do not accept disrespectful posting on xda.
[One (M7) General] voyager_s:
I just got mine yesterday. So far so good. It's such a beautiful device to hold.

And I've not find any major bad so far. Just that black bar at the bottom with the menu button. That's annoying. Waste of screen space
[One (M7) General] cvflowe:
It so sweet!! I spend way too much time on it!

cvflowe
[One (M7) General] phewBAR:
Possible to remove, even on stock I believe. Just chose long press to menu
[One (M7) General] marcusdav:
Proximity sensor

I have a big problem with the proximity sensor when using the phone with my left hand. If I get a bit of bright sunlight, it switches the screen on, my face activates loudspeaker and I get my eardrum blasted. I think that sensor is in a stupid place cos ive never had this problem before.
[One (M7) General] AllusionPDX:
Charging takes forever

Runs hot

Volume buttons are recessed without my case on

No menu button without a kernel mod.
[One (M7) General] MultiLockOn:
My volume buttons are crooked
[One (M7) General] ldjalal:
What I meant is that HTC one's build quality is in no way close to Apple. Once again, before you start flaming and saying "HTC One pwns", I still use it and must say its an amazing phone and come from a completely unbiased viewpoint.

There are various gaps in the structure, the buttons dont feel solid compared to apple or even samsung. My point is that its a shame since the phones potential is crippled by the companies financial position.

The reason I went for the HTC One over any other phone is its design, but after using it extensively as a daily driver, I am disappointed by the BUILD quality.
[One (M7) General] ahagersr:
I myself haven't had any issues to point out a negative feature, but the partition layout and protocols they used to handle the internal memory denies you the ability to mount your virtual sd card to your machine while in any recovery. Yes you can ADB push or sideload, but simple USB Mass Storage would be, in my opinion, a massive leap above the crippled protocols the phone ships using.

That's the only negative aspect I have observed, thus far.

Humbly Sent from my HTC One running Stock+GE UI
[One (M7) General] mickeymouse2112:
got mine 2 weeks ago, the only flaw i have at the moment is the camera quality.....:(
[One (M7) General] 98kellrs:
I've had mine a little over a week coming from CM10.1 SGS2.

I'm just not a fan of Sense, which I assume is an ironical name. So many minor details do not make any logical sense to me, the power button placement, the lack of a 3rd capacitive button and the drag down notification bar is just that, no shortcuts, no toggles..nothing. Coming from CM10.1 which let me control everything about my phone from the drag down notification bar, I find having to open the app drawer and go into settings irritating and I don't like to litter my home screens with widgets.

The other minor annoyance is having to push enter once I have entered my PIN. Why can't it just recognize that I've inputted the correct pin and unlock the phone for me!? I'm going to hold out for the 4.2 update and see if that improves things, if not I'm going to have to look at the various ROMs available.

All that being said, I do really love everything else about the phone, the camera is perfect for me (I always seem to need to take photos in low light) and a massive improvement over my S2, the processor is slick and fast and the build quality on my copy seems perfect so far!
[One (M7) General] jhonsok:
Speakers are actually too loud even on the lowest setting.

That's probably the only negative about it. Otherwise when I want it loud it is awesome !
[One (M7) General] zaos:
I prefer HTC to be home, and the right side spot should be multitask / (long press) menu button.
[One (M7) General] diabloescobar:
the only negative I can come up with thus far is the stupid menu buttons that appear on the bottom in different apps.

I know it's more a developer problem than an HTC One problem, but it is super annoying
[One (M7) General] Napoleon_PhoneApart:
I'm sure this has been posted before, but the battery charge time is inexcusable, plus that fact that the the phone basically stays at about the same charge while you're using it.
[One (M7) General] allmine1976:
Battery charge time , keyboard , video player , battery life , no sd slot , sensitivity of back button .
[One (M7) General] xavier2k3:
I genuinely don't understand the gripe about the phone taking too long to charge. I don't see the issue at all. Are people using the charger that came with it? I'm using my HOX charger and If anything My One charges faster than my HOX. I'm always amazed how much battery it's managed to charge in such a small time when I've left it to charge for a while.

In terms of negatives I genuinely can't see one. There are some minor annoyances such as the phone being very loud, vibrate too strong and the button/battery/sd/shortcut setup but none to put this phone in a negative light. It's hand on heart the best phone I've ever used.
[One (M7) General] thunderdome116:
It's my understanding that the limiting factor is chipset based. You can use a higher amperage charger, but the charging circuit will only allow so much current in. There is a new "fast charge" option from Qualcomm but I believe it has been disabled in the One (likely to preserve battery life due as it is not removable).

Someone feel free to correct me though.
[One (M7) General] jah:
Well what do you think. I'd like to hear your view given that you started the thread. OK would have thought the negatives would be covered in the existing review threads in this forum.

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Sensitivity of back button fixed with latest upgrade.

Keyboard easy to replace. Obvious really.

Charge time only an issue if don't change frequently, which you should anyway. 200 million iPhone without SD slot and customer don't seem to miss it.
[One (M7) General] richuwo11:
I initially didn't like the sensitivity of the "back" and "home" buttons, but that seems to have been fixed for me in a recent update. I'm getting used to the lock screen button on top, coming from a GS2. The only thing still bugging me is the crappy Sense launcher, but I'm using Apex Launcher now. Battery life is amazing for me coming from my GS2. With my GS2 I'd be at ~15% at around 5pm after work. Now I'll go from 7am to midnight and still have ~30%-40% battery left.
[One (M7) General] RoachPapa:
landscape photos arent that good like gs4 or another ones

sense musicplayer: when you go back from player to list, it jumps to the top of it always

rest is better then my sgs, so cant say more negative atm
[One (M7) General] jags_the1:
Look for the right thing, it's a very important rule in life.

And you certainly are off track