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[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
Gunmetal Grey, Silver and Gold. No black (a shame in my view).

Mine's coming direct from EE and is 32Gb.

Just spoke to their CS with a view to cancelling because it's not a stock HTC build and they checked again - apparently it is...

I did wonder whether they'd have been able to keep any EE dev phones under wraps prior to launch, it's such a short time from announcement/reveal to in-store. I will wait and see what turns up tomorrow. Good to know Three have SIM-free at a sensible price.

I was thinking about getting something on-contract to flip on immediately (say a One M8...) and then adding the cash from the sale of my One X to that and buying SIM-free. However, one of the caveats when I ordered my M8 from EE just now was that I can't sell it for 6 months. Wonder if that applies to all handsets, and even if it does, how would they know?

Unfortunately I don't have £470 cash to drop on a phone without doing some fancy footwork.
[One (M8) General] @home:
Just rung 3 won't sell Sim Free.
[One (M8) General] dingdong3000:
http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Devices/HTC/One_M8?tab=Outstanding%20design.&memory=16&colour=Grey

tick 'Include Pay-As-You-Go plans' and order online
[One (M8) General] Super Chimp:
The M8 I saw on the Three website appeared to be 16GB?
[One (M8) General] Bilhouse:
The UK is only receiving 16GB stock if I'm not mistaken.
[One (M8) General] Electronic Punk:
Not really a big deal tbh, if you fill up a 128gb sdcard, then you can worry :D
[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
I just rang them to check - despite telling me it was 32Gb earlier you're right - it's 16Gb. I'm cancelling my order as we speak, I'll wait for the 32Gb version.
[One (M8) General] shaw23:
Just called Phones 4u Customer service..

The deal I got was as follows...

Vodafone...

£38 per month

Free Handset,

Unlimited Mins/Texts

3gb Data

6 months of Spotify or Sky Sports Mobile

Free Case

Free Speaker

£80 Cash back

Gets delivered tomorrow.. Happy Days, Anyone want to buy a 4 month old M7 with HTC car kit 2 cases and the tv Media link :D
[One (M8) General] androidizen:
I ordered from CPW last night on the phone line no internet orders, was at first told no Sim free sales, laughed at the guy and told him to look again suddenly his eyes worked and low and behold he could see it on the system :) Watch for that one they love to sell you a phone number!

Was told I would get a txt about delivery before noon the next day, no txt but at 12:02 up turns a delivery guy with my new One. Not bad service really nice and fast and not too much hassle.
[One (M8) General] radicalisto:
When the device connects to the EE network the IMEI identifies your device, that's how they know if you are using it or not.
[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
So they link the IMEI and SIM together then?
[One (M8) General] Macca1980:
How do I close all apps now in lollipop? Also my settings are gone when I swipe down , I have to do a swipe with two fingers now.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
In card view you can't close all apps at once, you have to change back to grid view for that (Menu>Settings>Grid View when in recent apps)

And settings has always been two finger swipe but in Lollipop you swipe down once for notifications and again for settings
[One (M8) General] Macca1980:
Sorry I can't see that option to change grid view...

I'm sure could easily switch basic settings like WiFi and power saver before with one swipe... I will add a widget tho
[One (M8) General] Pard0ned:
Press the recent apps button, then press the 3dot menu button at the top right.
[One (M8) General] Macca1980:
That's great , thanks.

I no longer get the green light notification, how do I switch this back on? Sorry.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Settings>Sound & notifications>At the bottom is the section on the light
[One (M8) General] brandon2309:
Just out of curiosity, what would be the ideal selling price for an HTC one M8 which is S-OFF and SIM Unlocked on software version 4.16.401.10? Was considering a trade in however might be useful for a dev or a potential 'flashaholic'

Battery life averages roughly 14 hours with moderate to high usage.

Let me know, would be greatly appreciated
[One (M8) General] TheTurbanater1298:
Hi, my Dad owns the HTC one m8 and it did something very funny today.

As he held it the blacklight turned off. He didn't touch the power key at all. After many presses of the power key, the screen backlight turned it self on.

Then later this evening it decided that the blacklight has finally killed itself completely and if you haven't guessed already it's like trying to play a gameboy in the dark. You can't see a thing on the screen.

I had to hold up my phone with the touch on to see the screen. Took about 30 minutes to unlock, because it was secured by pin number! ?

I've set the phone to no lock screen for now.

Is there anyway to fix this and is this a common problem among HTC one owners?

I'm planning to call my network provider tomorrow and see if warranty will cover it.

I'd also like to mention that the phone is in excellent condition and hasn't got a mark on it. Never dropped once. The handset is 7 months old.

Sent from the sweetest lollipop'd SGS3 i9300
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
On EE and this evening received a software update. I'm assuming it addresses the security issues of late.
[One (M8) General] 10rdan:
It'll sort some of the issues but google hasn't released a patch to completely sort the stagefright vulnerability.

Short term solution is stop automatic download of mms in phone settings or, use "chomp app" as default sms app and disable stock sms app.
[One (M8) General] benjamin.j.goodwin:
Got a three pay as you go version tonight, 16GB but when you have a 128gb micro sd it really doesn't matter. Just finished the first charge so turn to run the mofo low.
[One (M8) General] brainimpact:
anyone know if Phones4U are giving the Free accessories with Pay & go or Sim free version?

do they have any speakers left? b/c usually they get added at checkout but they are not being added for me
[One (M8) General] nk7600:
I used to work for a mobile provider & your correct. Every phone provider uses a system that allows them to see what sim card goes into what handsets, shows dates & model numbers of phones used with sim cards as well as IMEI Numbers. The reason is because if someone never put the original network providers sim in (example Someone bought it with Three Sim but just used a O2 since it was first switched on etc..) the phone and needed to make a insurance claim or warrantly claim. They can refuse a claim based on the fact that the sim was never used in the device.

I used to work in Post Pay which maybe abit different to Pre Pay though?.
[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
Am I going to regret refusing the delivery tomorrow?

Everything in me says "Wait for the 32Gb SIM-free one.." but I have a terrible case of Shiny New Thing Syndrome. If I accept it and open it, I'll want to keep it. I know the 16Gb one with a card will 'probably suffice' but I think I'll always wish I'd gotten the 32Gb version. I'll also root it and probably put a stock build on it like I have my One X.

I could keep the 16Gb one and use it for 6 months then sell it to fund the purchase of a 32Gb. I also think I'd resent paying out on my existing tariff without having a 'new phone' to show for it. It's made a little more complicated by the fact that I have Employee Call with T-Mobile (50% discount) which drops to 30% if I change anything. If I migrate to EE I still get 40% discount.

The new tariff is:

Unlim calls

Umlim texts,

20Gb 4G Double Speed

Tethering & VOIP

BT Wifi

Phone cost £9.99 and monthly it's £29 on 24 months.

Decisions, decisions...
[One (M8) General] Maximus78:
Hi Shaw23, are you sure the phone was free? Just checked the website and that tariff says phone cost £79.00.... & £80 cash back! How please?
[One (M8) General] shaw23:
They initially called me due to upgrade being due from the One X i used to have. I told them that I wasnt wanting to pay more than £40 per month and wanted a free handset so was going to stay with o2 as they can give me a good deal PLUS a £100 house of frasers card. That was her Offer she came back with so I took it. Although starting to wish I hadnt as apparently there 3g coverage is terrible never mind 4g. :( Will wait and see when the handset arrives tomorrow. :)
[One (M8) General] Maximus78:
Cheers for that, I'm also upgrading from my One X and might just stay with 3 on this one. You got a great deal there, I hope their coverage is better than you described mate. Regards
[One (M8) General] gavinfabl:
It does matter if you have either a large number of apps or several large games. Apps need internal storage and 11gb of storage can be swallowed very quickly. If you dont have large file sized apps or games, then 11gb will be perfect with the memory card used for media.
[One (M8) General] ixon2001:
Thinking of getting one to replace my Note 3 because basically it just to big, plus not had an HTC since the Sensation days & that was pretty good apart from camera.

Which is holding me back clicking buy atm, because the camera on the Note 3 is pretty dam good in good light & video is really good mainly because of 4K & 1080p 60fps.

Also the 16GB one fine for me as i don't game on my phones & only have around 3GB of apps with music on a 32GB Mirco SD card.

what do you reckon?
[One (M8) General] jah:
Anyone with an EE sourced M8 checked to see if it is really unlocked?
[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
Mine will be arriving today. Decided I will keep it, run it for the six months and then sell it for a 32gb SIM-free further down the line.

I'll let you know, but I suspect it'll be EE build.
[One (M8) General] GR36:
I got mine from cpw on upgrade. They gave me £60 off my upgrade fee and £100 cash back. And excellent service.
[One (M8) General] jaythenut:
I had n3 and just got the one and not looked back i would go for it the n3 is just to big this is the Sweet spot on size
[One (M8) General] paul211b:
Turns out Vodafone have not even dispatched mine, so doubt ill get this today. Was told when ordered yesterday morning that it would be here today.

Also concerned about the cost. Thought was an ok deal when ordered on the phone but looking around i suspect not.

Free phone - unlimited calls/texts 1G of data (unlimited for 3 months) 24 month contract. £37.80 (should be £42 but got 10% discount)

Other providers seem to offer more data for the price, am I getting robbed? Have 7 days to cancel.
[One (M8) General] mushtafa:
I would look at Three data plans. Very good if you use a lot of data

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[One (M8) General] jaythenut:
Just got mine on ee 41 pound unlimited text calls and 4 gb data
[One (M8) General] calibration:
staysci complaint

Can anyone with a m8 from three confirm that it is unbranded running stock firmware?
[One (M8) General] joewong1991:
Anyone found a 32gb version on pay monthly carnt seem to find one and I ain't paying premium price for a 16gb phone I'm itching to get my hands on one :)
[One (M8) General] radicalisto:
Same as me. Ordered and told it was due (yesterday) and they've not dispatched it. Considering staying with O2 now..

Haven't seen the 32GB models when I've been looking and the phone shops don't seem to have a Scooby.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Does 'OK Google' work on this yet, or is that still only the Google Now Launcher?

SO tempted to go buy one this weekend...damn my new phone addiction!
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
I got a free case & years gourmet society membership with mine (worth £70)

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I would like to know this also! I dont think it is though.
[One (M8) General] yvibes:
Can be bought from most shops now. I just walked into my local phones4u which is quite a small one and they had a lot of them. I decided to buy one, although its annoying that UK doesnt have the 32gb version for now. I know we have micro sd slot but the internal storage is used by apps etc and we only get 10gb usable out of 16gb. Liking the phone so far although its true that its quite a tall device :/
[One (M8) General] Maximus78:
Just got mine today on O2, 2GB Data unlimited calls & texts £38 per month & £100 voucher for House of Fraser. O2 also allow you to pay the phone off faster, much stronger signal than EE & Three. Very happy indeed :D
[One (M8) General] LittleMerc:
Can anyone with the device please tell me if the m8 can display mandarin & be input in chinese? Glad if anyone can tell. Thanks.
[One (M8) General] manook:
Mine has just arrived from three. Got it on PAYG and came with a free HTC gel case. Gun metal grey is superb looking!
[One (M8) General] paul211b:
I always get a gel case for protection as the gun metal looks so good seems a shame to hide it. Undecided what to do really.
[One (M8) General] randombirt:
I ordered online yesterday with cpw, pressed the click and collect option on the delivery page and picked it up an hour later. Only one local store had stock though. I'm in Southampton.
[One (M8) General] radicalisto:
For those asking if EE devices are locked, they shouldn't be as EE don't lock them because of the orange vs t-mobile lock that creates a headache for them.
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
Are there any three apps preinstalled? & what is the software version for your phone? :)
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
According to three (3) website they are selling the 16gb PAYG for £450. Does pay as u go mean same as sim free?
[One (M8) General] nintendolinky:
Yeah it does, you need to spend £15 on a phone topup though, so the real price is £465

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Yeah there are, it has a 3 CID and has a 3 splash screen on boot, it is sim unlocked though.
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
False. I had the M7 from EE when it was first released last year and I had to sim unlock it to use a different sim.
[One (M8) General] radicalisto:
Must have changed then, previously they were unlocked. I know their Note 3's are unlocked.

However, it's possible people who are with EE and have unlocked models may have got them from CPW or P4U which only have unlocked models.
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
Yeh that's correct. P4U and CPW and other phone retailers only sell unlocked handsets these days and just pair them up with sim cards. Direct from Network still have locks in some cases..
[One (M8) General] manook:
Three startup and shutdown splash screen. I started it without my three SIM and there were no apps from three whatsoever, it appeared stock. When I put the three SIM in it asked if I wanted to install carrier apps or not. The bloat appears carrier specific and is optional.

Phone is great and so much better than my LG G2 which feels like a cheap toy in comparison
[One (M8) General] Bilhouse:
I have gone through three units now. All SIM Free Gunmetal Grey ones. The first one from Three had a dead pixel and a slight scratch on the back metal. I didn't mind the scratch but the dead pixel pissed me off.

Funnily enough CPW ended up sending my supposed canceled order. Upon booting it up I was greeted with two dead pixels. Just returned from the store where I decided to exchange it for another unit in the hope that this would be free from any issues.

Lo and behold another set of two dead pixels on the screen of the exchanged unit.

Same crap I had to deal with when I had the original M7. Luckily my red one back then was perfect.
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
I picked up a 16gb from EE today. It has a "My EE" app pre-installed, although I'm not sure if that is just because of the sim I have in it? Maybe pulled it down without asking?

I don't have another nano sim I can try so I don't know if it's sim locked or not.

I do know that it doesn't have the extreme power saving mode, and no OTA's are currently available!
[One (M8) General] manook:
For those that are interested my handset from Three also allows me to select ART runtime in developer options...
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
Just to confirm then, I can buy this phone from 3 as PAYG with a £15 topup, but then I cna just stick my EE/Tmobile sim in and use it? Correcttt?
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Was hoping as it's early stock they'd have the WWE SIM-free handsets, shame...
[One (M8) General] dicky.hillary:
I'm the same as Manook.. got the £459 PAYG phone + £10 top up. I've already got an All you can eat SIM which I'll used for unlimited tethering and we've got 4G around these parts now :)

Hopefully it should arrive tomorrow :)
[One (M8) General] nintendolinky:
Yes
[One (M8) General] WhiteHartMart:
Only need a £10 top up - website defaults to the more expensive option ;)
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
Online order would mean that I get the device on Monday if I was to order from 3 payg now. So I will go to a store tomorrow in manchester and buy it there.
[One (M8) General] WhiteHartMart:
My store wouldn't sell me one - said its at the manager's discretion. Worth a call before making the journey ;)
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
Thanks for the headsup. Well Ill be in town tomorrow anyway so its not too much inconvenience if I can't get it in store, as if I order tomorrow/sat id still probably recieve it Monday from online.
[One (M8) General] spikeydoo2006:
No, it'll actually need Sim unlocking first to put any other networks Sim if buying from 3uk, o2,...all the main network providers.
[One (M8) General] earazi:
O2 Deal at CPW

I got mine this afternoon at CPW. I thought about the 3 pay up front offer but looking around I couldn't find a decent 4g tariff that actually had reception in my office and home which didn't cost a mortgage, so went for the O2 deal which I think is pretty good.

It works out the same price as buying the phone fro 3 and paying £15 a month for you contract, obviously you are tied in for 24 months though.

Paid £50 upfront, pay £33 a month and get unlimited talk, text and 5gb of 4g which works both in Watford and the black spot in my office in London where I sit and EE can't even make phone calls and 3 has no 4g coverage.
[One (M8) General] WhiteHartMart:
Doesn't need unlocking if buying from 3. All their handsets are now sim unlocked - since Dec 2013 :)
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
According to someone I spoke to on 3 customer services he assured me that the device would be sim free fully unlocked..It will be the first thing I check.
[One (M8) General] h.han:
Just picked up this bad boy from 3 Westfield Stratford, the guy told me the phone isn't SIM unlocked but if I got the monthly rolling SIM only plan, as long as I pay for the first month then after that I can go on the 3 unlock website to unlock it as well as cancel the SIM only plan.

I repeatedly asked him if 3 started selling unlocked phone, he said no.

To me it's not bad, paid 459.99 for the phone, 9.9 monthly SIM only price then unlock, meanwhile, go on quidco get a good SIM only cash back plan, everything is sorted.

Also, very soon we will have s-off just like the m7, then rocking pure stock. -- I hope at least.
[One (M8) General] guywithdesire1992:
Is a Unlocked / Developer Edition coming to the UK? Nothing listed on their UK site so I'm a little confused if it's happening.
[One (M8) General] ceza_21:
That's where I got mine from but my one is unlocked to all networks ;) you should check yours as well
[One (M8) General] h.han:
Yes, more than one people confirmed it's unlocked I would trust here much more than the sales guy in 3 store.

Just don't have a spare nano SIM at hand and not willing to cut my m7's micro one yet, will pick up one from ee tomorrow, then try it on m8, worst case is wait for a month no biggie.
[One (M8) General] gavinfabl:
My local 3 store wouldnt sell me on PAYG so I went into Carphone Warehouse and picket up the gun metal. Happy days.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
We don't need one here as we already get he 'unlocked' One here (it's the SIM-free handset). In the US, hey market it as 'Developer Edition' because the carrier handsets aren't allowed to be unlocked (well, some are but not all)
[One (M8) General] Nokiacrazi:
Just been to 3 in town, they are completely sold out. Guess I'll order online when I get in. Beats paying £530..
[One (M8) General] WhiteHartMart:
My 3 PAYG handset arrived fully SIM unlocked as expected :) Just a 3 splash screen with no other bloat as far as I can see.
[One (M8) General] brainimpact:
I got one this morning too transfered my Contract sim to it, there was no 3 splash screen on it until I put in the sim in and got a pop up that allowed it to auto download 3 apps
[One (M8) General] superleeds27:
Still cant decide whether to upgrade to this from the M7.

hmm...
[One (M8) General] shaw23:
I was the same....But I did and.....I LOVE IT!!!

I know there is not alot of difference BUT the changes IMO are superb. The sound is brilliant it looks great, feels great...DO IT you wont regret it ;)
[One (M8) General] superleeds27:
Not sure i want to fork out £469 at the moment though!
[One (M8) General] RCJ89:
£469 where?
[One (M8) General] superleeds27:
Three
[One (M8) General] billybobjones:
handtec was supposed to get them today/yesterday but have been delayed to 1st or 2nd week of april.
[One (M8) General] RCJ89:
Is that inc the £15 top up? also dont like phones from networks as they have their own branding and bloatware on the phones
[One (M8) General] superleeds27:
£10 top up.

No branding on the phone.
[One (M8) General] RCJ89:
Oh right, good to see they stopped doing branding as last year the htc one i played with at the three store had all threes apps on it and the 3 start up screen
[One (M8) General] b0gd4n:
I think there was someone that posted here saying that the m8 on Three has the Three splash screen on, but no bloat. However, this can be very easily removed.
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
Still has the splash screen & CID so you would need to wait for three's updates. EE's branded device doesn't even have the extreme power saving yet.
[One (M8) General] b0gd4n:
the more reason to flash romzzzz
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
No interest in that anymore personally.
[One (M8) General] RCJ89:
Exactly why i only buy unlocked phones
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Got mine on EE for £37.99 a month with a £59.99 up front cost. Unlimited mins. Unlimited texts. 10GB data. Seemed the better of all the £38 tariff's offered by the networks.

I left Three to join EE. Three's 4G coverage and speed was woeful. Appreciate it's early days but having a work phone on EE 4G and carrying that around alongside my own phone on Three 4G, it was irritating me that my work phone had 90% more 4G coverage then my Three handset (Note 2).

No branding thankfully on the EE M8. Disappointed they have not activated the battery saving mode though.
[One (M8) General] XsCode:
Ordered mine from cpw on O2 , £33 pm unlimited calls ant txt and 5gb data. £149 up front but £100 instant cash back and £20 quidco
[One (M8) General] superleeds27:
So all you do is change th CID.

Not hard really.

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Link to that deal? Doesnt seem to be on the site!?
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Don't think it is online mate. In store the offer is for 2GB doubled to 4GB for £37.99pm and a £29.99 up front. However when you talk to them you have options to up the data for same monthly cost but the up front cost goes up. So to go up to 10GB as I did the phone cost me £59.99.

Also it's a time limited deal until the 5th (if I recall correctly).
[One (M8) General] ci00aaj:
Tried 2 different Three stores in my area (Croydon) and both refused to sell on PAYG. I guess bigger branches need to be targeted...or call up before heading to a branch as someone mentioned earlier.
[One (M8) General] @home:
I tried both ringing 3 & calling my local store & neither would sell payg. Only online. So I said f-it & went to p4u & paid top dollar. As much as I hate p4u the unit box was sealed, so it was fresh from the factory.

Hope you get one soon, it's a real nice handset. Might sell my note 3 now as touchwiz is a complete dog, even on KK.