[Off-topic] Calvo1:
Hey Gents... If I may I'd like to add something to what [MENTION=4229457]It_ler[/MENTION] said about the HTC One M8...I've had this phone for a month now so if you'd like to hear my opinion on it... Please read on... I will be as open and honest as It_ler was about the positives and negatives

First of all most of us have / had a galaxy s2 so any upgrade would be a huge step up...

Unlike other reviews I'll start with the negatives of the HTC One M8

1. The camera... Now I'm not much of a photographer so the camera is fine... If you take photos to post online, but if you must have that quality then don't buy the m8.. Seriously the s5 and Z2 are much better... For someone who simply takes pictures to post them online it's more than passable... Here is a pic I took today.. Turn to landscape and analyse but for me it's a nice picture

2. The bezel

Yes the phone has an annoying bezel that on the surface seems to be pointless and a waste of screen space... The head designer of the m8 came out and announced that the bezel is an absolute must as it hides the most sophisticated technology of the phone behind it for boomsound and display... I'll talk about those in the positives but honestly when you are staring at the beautiful screen all day you never notice it... It does make the phone taller than most... But that's a choice you'd have to make.

3. The design....

Renowned for being the best premium built handset available... I do have issues with it...

a) it's slippery not in the hand but when you put it on the arm of a chair or something. The S2 fitted my left hand perfectly... This takes some getting used to

B) the HTC logo on the back detracts from the premium feel... Sometimes I think there is some debris on the back of my phone when holding it and when I look it's the logo... I don't know why they didnt make it a seamless flat surface

That's it for me... Now the positives

1) Boomsound

I love watching movies and listening to music on my phone... The speakers are insane and I struggle to think that I will ever go back to anything else... As with the camera somethings are more important than others.. For me this is one of those

2. Design

Its gorgeous it really is... I pull it out of my pocket and sometimes hold it in full view of people whilst pretending not to... Its stunning.. I've had many a random conversation with people who notice it... The ice cold feel when you pick up the phone in the morning is now something that makes me smile.. Its like no other phone to hold

3. Support

I have fully rooted and flashed several Roms but have decided on a rom called Venom Tweaks... It offers everything NeatRom offers for the s2.. Themes, icons, Mods.. Status bar, Nav bar, lock screen etc.... Also I'm currently running a Google play edition rom at the moment.. So it's a nexus 5 just bigger better and more powerful... Please see this review from MKHD

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew5ZzloH4Mg

4. Battery

2 days no problem.. Charges under an hour to full capacity.. Has a power saving mode and extreme power saving mode... Like most new phones it's not an issue

I'll stop now because I realise this is a long post other things like processing power.. Expandable storage.. Ram... cpu... Cores... All phones are pretty much the same at the minute

In no way am I discounting the s5 one bit... I loved my GT-I9100 and would love a S5...but I wanted something new.. Our S2 was pretty special and for it be running kitkat meant that the differences would mainly be hardware and not software so I thought I'd make a change... I've always looked lovingly at the original HTC One... It was the best phone of 2013...so I made the change

These reviews of the top 10 phones from techradar also helped with my choice

http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-...best-mobile-phones-in-the-world-today-645440

So that's it from me... The S5 looks amazing... The M8 is amazing.... And the LG3 looks fantastic... Whatever your choice you'll be happy.... Its nice that we are all happy with our new phones and I love the fact that no matter our choice... We can still come here under the Neat Rom umbrella and talk about it

God bless Sale and God bless you all

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---------- Post added at 02:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:04 AM ----------

Also this just shows how it's a personal preference...

10 reasons the M8 is better than the S5

http://youtu.be/qCVVI4S6lQ4

10 reasons the S5 is better than the M8

http://youtu.be/bt8_8wb62bI

Just goes to show... Its what's important to you