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[One (M7) General] hatlesssandman:
I would love to see HTC employ metal removable backs like they have done in the Chinese and Indian dual SIM variants, nice to have a removable battery, storage wise 32gb-64gb is more than enough, external micro sd cards slow devices down, and then people will blame the phone even though they have a low class sd card, removable storage isn't a necessity any more, more of a niche thing. With the removable metal back cover, one has the option of replacing the back if it falls victim to dents and scratches, I know I would definitely love to use this phone without a case, but I don't want to get stuck with dents and scratches for the remainder of the life of the phone, hence forced to use the case (however I do remove the cases off my phones 6 months prior to upgrading). Remove the capacitive buttons, give us an edge to edge screen within the same frame, and if no removable battery, then squeeze in at least a 3000 mAh battery, I'm sure it can be done, the droid maxx did it and it's no phablet.
[One (M7) General] peterg21:
In some ways it is. The key point is that Samsung outspends HTC by a ratio of 10:1 in marketing. With such carpet bombing of advertising and in models, over the last 2+ years, Samsung has rocketed up to prominence. Because of the quality of their phones? Hardly. They make some very good phones (although not to my taste) but that is in my opinion just a relatively small reason for their success. If the HTC One had come out say with an 8 mp ultrapixel shooter and none of these QC issues (which only a very small minority - like people on this forum - would notice) the phone would have sold a bit more but nothing remotely to compare with the S4 and other Samsung models. As the marketing types like to call it, mindshare is what Samsung has.

When the "average" smartphone buyer goes into a store, the first phone most of them think of is a Samsung (other than an iPhone) and Samsung is aided and abetted by the sales staff there who get plenty of incentives, both from Samsung and from the stores themselves, to push their brand.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
For the sake of argument let's give HTC credit for building the "best device;" at least until the slew of 4.7/5" S-800 phones come out. This is what it has done for them. And while HTC's YOY sales have dropped with the One as their flagship smartphone sales increased 31% in Q2 2013.
[One (M7) General] dingbatt:
+1 for going back to the 3 button layout that the One X had. Why is it that HTC drop the number of buttons then have to multifunction the ones that are left? Ultimately I would like to see the next release separating Android from the Sense skin. I like the uni body construction, maybe they could make it water resistant like the Xperia.
[One (M7) General] mchockeyvette27:
If they can fit more of the same sized pixels in the next phone, that would be awesome. Keep the speakers and keep whatever the new high end processor is out there.
[One (M7) General] air2k57:
Talk to reps at your carriers, specially T-Mobile. Many do not even sell HTC one and focus on s4, iPhone 5 and Xperia sometimes. Is it because they think HTC one is crap? Yes! Is it crap? No, I love mine. I have not been happier with a device in ages. I love sense 5, used to hate it.

So why do people who sell phones hate them? Simple, previous versions. Every HTC release in the US had good marketing and good sales, yet a ton of software and hardware issues. From HTC sensation to evo 4g to evo 4g lte to HTC one s. I think people who have been working in retail are over HTC due to the problems theyvr encountered first hand. Shame, as we know how good HTC one is, how if blows s4 out of the water with overall user experience and smoothness.
[One (M7) General] fish droid:
The company is facing a hard time because HTC one is not selling much worldwide despite being the best phone in the market ,, and the one mini ain't doing good also ,, unless the two new windows phone sells a lot we are looking to another Nokia ... But this time it's happening with the company who introduced android in mobile phones

And what Samsung have and HTC don't is applications where is HTC applications for god sake ... few applications and they are very modest comparing to Samsung not to mention Sony and they are doing very good btw

Not even ironman can boost marketing not when the ship is sinking :(
[One (M7) General] Matt:
Galaxy Note 3 is arguably the better Android phone of 2013
[One (M7) General] Ali_ultra99:
Do you really consider galaxy note 3 , to be 2013 phone , by the time it is released worldwide , it will be 2014 .

The phone is designed to compete next year phones .
[One (M7) General] Matt:
25th September for most of the world and October for USA. It is clearly a 2013 phone.

It's 8 months till April which is when most of the flagships are released.
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Htc one 2014 flagship will be

Unibody for sure

Water Resistant

Dual Speakers 10ultrapixel

4.8" screen

Snapdragon new chipset

3gb ram

Android 4.4

Sense 6 which should blend sense 4 loved features and sense 5 elegance plus new features

Blinkfeed with custom rss

5mp front cam

3200mAh battery

And

Awards

Gsma 2014

best smartphone of show

Critics choice of the year

I am quoting a part of The Verge review "Its certainly the best smartphone in the world. It follows the Htc ONE footsteps and is certainly a evolution we prefer".

And when it launches in INDIA it will be my next phone for sure. Lets the hater cry keep doing your good work HTC. I would anytime prefer a smaller brand with better overall products than a bigger brand with better perfermonce and ok types design.

"Smartphones are essential accessories and they must be crafted with perfection"-VIVEK GOEL :D:D:D
[One (M7) General] Ali_ultra99:
Wow :eek: :eek:

You designed and the phone, gave it awards, future quoted sites .

Now that's the spirit

I agree with you in all the specs but 5 mp front camera is a far hope.

I hope htc decide to continue next year, and don't sell to other company
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
The N3, LG G2, Sony X1, and Nexus 5 will all be available for the 2013 holiday selling season. The N3's shipping 10/1, 10/2, and 10/12 on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon respectively in the U.S. and (supposedly) 9/25 in the EU. HTC should (and better) have the One Max available for the holiday selling season. And let's not forget the iP5S/C. There's a SGS4 S-800 (i9506) with EU firmware floating around out there also. Q4, which includes the holiday selling season, is the largest sales quarter of the year for smartphones; at least historically. Anything that can be launched during Q4 will be. Any device that's been on the market for six months will look "old" by Q4; no matter who makes it.
[One (M7) General] BenPope:
Those 10 ultrapixels and 3200mAh battery will make it rather thick.
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
Htc butterfly have big battery hope htc manage to cram in all this with a mm thickness and all will be fine
[One (M7) General] bornotty:
haha that's exactly what's happening
[One (M7) General] Tetsumi06:
Have you ever seen anyone look comfortible holding a tablet to their ear in a bar/club? The general opinion of everyone else is 'what a Prat, guess he's compensating for a deficiency in the trouser department!'

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[One (M7) General] Matt:
No, I don't that is the general consensus... As you can see, the Galaxy Note 2 is 6th on the Experts PhoneDog smartphone rankings, and 2nd on the People PhoneDog smartphone rankings ahead of devices such as the Nexus 4 and Galaxy S4. This shows that people like big screens.
[One (M7) General] hapticc:
I agree being a previous note2 user i never felt it was that big. Its vlbig but i an comfortable with it
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
You better hope that's not true. The Max is the only bright spot on HTC's horizon. BTW, Samsung's sold 20-30M N2s based on analysts' estimates which is more than HTC will sell Ones.

The next potential bright spot for the company is the expected launch of a larger version of its flagship HTC One phone, which could compete with Samsung’s new phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, analysts say.​

HTC's in a free fall and the scandal surrounding the departure and arrest of their design team certainly hasn't helped. They were projecting a dismal Q3 with their first potential quarterly loss in twenty four months. They just reported that their August revenue was down 45% YOY; far below analysts’ expectations and their own estimates which means Q3 will be even worse than HTC themselves foresaw. Their stock dropped another 4% and hit a new all-time low.

Q2 saw smartphone sales grow 31% with LG and Sony maintaining or growing market share meaning their sales are growing at least on pace with demand. For HTC to lose 45% of their revenue against potential market growth of 31% means they are underperforming the market by 76%. Analysts now expect HTC to post a full-year loss for 2013.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/05/htc-shares-fall-to-new-low-on-weak-revenue/

The key to business success is product, promotion, and placement (distribution) which leads to profit. For HTC's performance to be what it is their failing at some combination of product, promotion, or placement. The question is with the death spiral they are in can any of the three be changed in time to save them? Because without the profit those three lead to there will be no marketing, R&D, and product growth as they are first to go when the financials turn sour.

At their current trajectory the answer to this thread's question "What will HTC introduce next?" can only be "their new merger partner." It's all kind of sad actually and responsibility for HTC's down fall rests clearly on the shoulders of Peter Chou. And Cher Wang also for sitting on the sidelines as Chairman of the Board and allowing him to run the business in to the ground.
[One (M7) General] Indiwiz:
Idk what's next for HTC, but I know what should be next. Marketing! HTC needs to take some hints from Samsung, and as much as I hate to say it, if HTC wants to make a comeback it needs to satisfy the common consumer with some gimmicky features that are attractive. HTC phones are beautiful from a hardware and software standpoint, but that doesn't matter. Samsungs are ugly , but the common consumer only cares about two things: 1. Is it an iPhone? 2. What can it do that the iPhone can't? .. That's why Samsung phones go after iPhones in their marketing strategies. Its smart as hell. I can't tell you how many times I'm on Twitter, and someone goes "I feel sorry for those droids who can't see emoji, except for the galaxies," even tho every phone since 4.1 (?) can see emoji? Its just Samsung (whether you want to admit it or not) is marketing their phones to be the closest thing to an iPhone, without it actually being one. And it works. Now the One Max is gonna be another great device, just like the One was, but with all of the gimmicks the Note III has, it won't sell as it should. I have the Note II, and I don't use ANY of the Samsung features. I might use my S Pen in class to make it look like I'm doing work lol, but other than that I rarely use it. If I wasn't for the stock camera, I'd be on AOSP right now. But as I was saying, the Max coming out without a pen, or all of these features that Samsung boasts about, it won't sell. To be honest, I don't know anyone who actually uses those features. They're just, THERE.

If HTC was to focus on marketing, and continue to provide and improve on features that we actually use, then add a couple more to satisfy the common consumer they could make a comeback. They deserve to make a comeback. IMO, HTC is the best Android manufacturer. They make gorgeous devices that last. I miss my G2 (Desire Z) everyday , and I'd chunk anyone my note ii for a One.
[One (M7) General] i5r431:
I think it should be consumer electronics (TVs, cameras) and a big yes for marketing. Can you believe almost no one stock HTC phones anymore apart from network providers and retailers like Phone4U, Carphone Warehouse.

Just recently I went to buy my HTC One and everywhere I went to they didn’t stock it only if I committed to buy it if they ordered it on request before even seeing it. I was so shocked and asked why and they all said because nobody buys the HTC One. The S4 is available everywhere.

I find it quite sad because HTC make the most beautiful phones, anyone would be attracted to it, but people aren't buying it because marketing isn’t there.

HTC sounds alien to most people I know which is why I also think they should go into consumer electronics just like Samsung, LG and Sony. That would really help put their name out there.
[One (M7) General] Barff1984:
HTC need to start doing removable batteries and SD card slots.

The leaked photos of the One Max looks like it has a removable back plate but at the same time the battery is still covered.

Most people put a case on phones these days, that's why Samsung wins over HTC, they don't care about the external look of the phone since people are going to be covering it up anyway.

I'm completely torn between the Note 3 and the One Max at the moment, really hoping they can match the speed and quality of the Note 3, I don't want to get another Samsung but HTC seems to constantly fail to bring the goods to the table.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=1720598]Barff1984[/MENTION] the HTC One fails to bring the goods to the table? :rolleyes:
[One (M7) General] Barff1984:
Yes....every HTC I've had always had something lacking, preventing it being the best. They always scrimped on something....the Desire had lack of storage, the Desire HD had a great screen but small battery.

Then it was things like Sense 3.5 being too bloaty, then it was a lack of camera quality, then it was speaker quality, then they fixed the camera with the One X but the sound was lacking, then they fixed the sound but made a half decent camera (the camera on the One is not half as good as the camera on the S4 or even the One X). Other issues were

From my experience with HTC (which is a lot), I've always felt like they intentionally aimed for second best. It's quite annoying because I was always a fan of HTC from the Windows Mobile Platform.

for some reason, they always hold back

just a little rant anyway, just my opinions
[One (M7) General] vcrp94:
I agree with you on the camera part, as i much preferred the still photo capabilities of the One X, but try recording a video with the One and the One X especially on a loud environment, the One handles video much better. And the Galaxy S4 is certainly not the best camera around, sure it takes great pics during daylight but as soon as the light goes down it crumbles. I can never go back to a phone which compromises low light after owning 2 HTC phones. To me the better cameras aren't down to the quality but yes to the usability and practicality, which HTC excels with their camera software, the S4's camera feels slow if you are used to an HTC phone.
[One (M7) General] vegetaleb:
I really hope the camera purple tint will be fixed asap from HTC or it will not help them raising the bar.

One Max and Mini share the same ultrapixel cameras as the One,so imagine most of them are faulty...

Another feature I always loved on HTC phones since HTC Diamond was the weather animations on the main page,HTC disabled it in Sense 5.0 :crying:

I hope they will bring it back in Sense 5.5
[One (M7) General] Barff1984:
Yea, I see what you're saying....It's just annoying how they didn't use the best camera on the market (annoying the position is held by nokia).

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Yea the old weather graphics were nice, but did act as bloatware and is one of many reasons why it takes HTC so long to update android on their phones. If they kept it close to stock, they could update much quicker.

It's be nice if they used a 4mp ultra pixel....but alas...it wont happen.

on a side note, it's amazing how much has changed since the Diamond or the touch cruise.
[One (M7) General] Tetsumi06:
Personally the Ones camera is perfect for what is expected. At 4MP the images are spot on for social media uploads. The bandwidth required allows it to shoot many frames per second and the low light performance is great. For me it's a little too wide angle (beyond 10ft your subject is barely occupying 10% of the frame) but that's not what it's for.

Yes, the Nokia 42MP shooter sounds impressive but shifting that much data, even if they upgraded to LPDDR3 storage, is still crippling. The data bus just isn't that wide!

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[One (M7) General] vcrp94:
They should have gone with 8mp+OIS, or even 13mp with OIS would work as demonstrated by the LG G2 which kills the Galaxy S4.
[One (M7) General] BarryH_GEG:
Sigh.

HTC Corp (宏達電) chairwoman Cher Wang (王雪紅) yesterday denied speculation that the smartphone vendor might replace its top executive because of the company’s lackluster performance in recent years.

Chief executive officer Peter Chou (周永明) “has done a great job,” Wang said, adding that there are no plans to remove him.

She stressed that everyone in the company, including herself, must come down to earth and continue moving forward to cope with the challenges in the smartphone market.

“HTC has many innovative products and will continue to work to introduce our excellent products to everyone in the world,” Wang said while attending the Asia-Pacific Cities Summit in Greater Kaohsiung.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/09/10/2003571750​
[One (M7) General] Stephen:
Thread closed as it is not to do with the HTC One and therefore off topic. For off topic threads please go to the OT section in XDA
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Basically this rom is just a themed version of cm7, more updated looking version of cm7. I am not a developer just somebody who wanted something different. Wanted to share with the hopes of other to come up with new creations.

FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!

UPDATE 10/29/13

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1YlNuCzsLA0RUNIYm03ZmtWXzg/edit?usp=docslist_api

Included

-holo launcher

-jb syle notification area with brightness slider

-jb syle phone.apk

-bubble mms with jb colors

-new look calendaR

-some extra apps (must download to find out lol)

-2 cameras, CM7 & nexus 4 style

-fauk kernel 048 so its easy to flash what works on your phone (i use trinity elp)

-probably others stuff i cant think of

-only performance upgrade i did was a mod i found for a faster gps lock

This is my 1st attempt at creating a page for my rom i hope im doing it right

http://db.tt/bCbvykXI

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1YlNuCzsLA0Rk40N1FBb3dxU2M/edit?usp=docslist_api

New link hope it works: )

update 10/11/13

-fully customizable statusbar

-different mms app with lots of options

-2 cameras , ics stye and cm7 style modded

-modded quick pic gallery

-framework in jb style

-removed ics style phone cause it does not play well with themes , sorry

-modded ice9 theme (cause its my fav)

-swipe time in notification to get brightness slider

-new settings (awsome) thanks to team nexus

-sure there more but cant remember :)

not working

- boot animation changer in cmparts

-clock is transparent when flashed go to settings>system>interface>statusbar>clock color to change it

>recomend clean install but atleast wipe cache and davlik<

NEWEST VERSION 10/11/13

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1YlNuCzsLA0VWtJS293Ml9EU0U/edit?usp=docslist_api

Special thanks to

Aberto96 for the use of his framework and systemui

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2422309

His awesome work

Also thanks to everyone who makes these great apps. If you like what you see please donate or buy their premium apps

Screenshots 10/11 version

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1YlNuCzsLA0elhCUXJ2OTg5cEU/edit

10/13/13

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1YlNuCzsLA0NG9PNUxhWllMZ0E/edit?usp=docslist_api

Fixed some things. I'd dirty flash

Fauk kernel source (I think) https://github.com/faux123/lge-kernel-star
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Arinberd:
Your link is blocked.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Hmmmm ill try to fix it
[T-Mobile LG G2x] adeptustech:
You can use goggle to store your rom with less trouble.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Uploading to google now will see how it works. Will post when done
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
New link posted crossing my fingers
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Think i fixed the link, please let me know
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Lol so has anyone tried this yet?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Pagan17:
I have it, and is run super !!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Both links seem to be working!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Arinberd:
Excellent rom. I wasn't able to use GPS.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Hmmmm will check on gps. Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OffTheTimeline:
Just flashed skyrom... gotta say, not too shabby! Haven't tried Bluetooth or GPS yet though. But... am I able to change the font or notification background?

Sent from my once again fresh g2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
U can change the font with a 3rd party app as for the notification background ,is it black? Cant remember if i changed it back to black.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OffTheTimeline:
Its black transparent tiedye... I would like to have it all black...

Sent from my g2x that needs a screen cleaning
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Sorry forgot i did that lol will try to fix
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
http://db.tt/Wee15Ud4

Try that, push it into system apps. U might get a constant fc reboot or battery pull. After reboot u wont have a status bar. Go back and set permission properly. Reboot u should have new status bar. I just made plain black
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Crossover12:
Nice rom, but how do I get rid of this keyboard and just use normal android keyboard, the keyboard doesn't come out sometime you have to write instead of trying. I rather type. Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
At the bottom of the keyboard u will see a little keyboard icon tap it u will see a popup with 3 icons tap the one all the way to the right, the full keyboard. Should stay in normal keyboars, also make sure en is highlighted and not Chinese letter. Otherwise delete it from system cm keyboard should be installed not 100% on that cause i never tried it :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] OffTheTimeline:
Ok so... I would dl this apk, install it; if I get a constant fc, reboot or pull battery... so after reboot with no status bar, am I to go into clockwork mod and "fix permissions" then reboot again? Just want to be certain before I do it. Again thanks, rom is great with all the nuances of ics/jb... just kinda seems also like battery life has slipped a little too... I was running vanilla cm7 with mazout's kernel before skyrom.

Sent from my LG-P999 that wishes it got a piece of that KitKat bar...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
After download use a root explorer and move it to system app. U will get fc, reboot. Then using root explorer find systemui in system app folder and fix permission there rw r r should be permissions. Not sure if if fixing them in cmw would work or not, won't hurt to try. As for battery, try flashing mazouts kernel on this that should fix your problem. All this rom is is themed for the most part so its probably the kernel thats hurting your battery life
[T-Mobile LG G2x] billplowman:
Wow! Finally something new to play with for my ancient G2X! Thanks for this! It's working very well so far and the GPS seems very snappy. What was the mod you used for the faster GPS fix?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Thanks! I just Googled gps fix for g2x and found a file. Used my gps yesterday and it was flawless for the first time since i was on stock
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redmonke255:
Looks good, nice job.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Thanks!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] sevytech2013:
Which gapps do you recommend with skyrom ?

Hi I really like yoru ROM. After i flashed it, i flashed this version of gapps (gapps-jb-20120726-signed) but doesn't work !

Which one do you recommend ?

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hippiesky:
Gapps is included. This is a cm7 rom so u can't flash jellybean gapps