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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] tehsquishmeister:
Yeah that was probably a smart move. We have a few here at work which I borrow occasionally, but it would have been good to pick up my own.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TheBiles:
Extremely satisfied coming from the G2. The build construction is just unreal.

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Sent from my HTC One M8
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andrewp3481:
I've had a Rezound, DNA, M7, and GS4. This phone is great. Its big. But that's my only gripe. Its even bigger in a case. This phone was wayyy beautiful. Sense 6 is really nice and lightweight. I'm extremely satisfied.

Sent from my HTC One (M8)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] javaguy110:
Came from a Vanir'd Rezound with extended battery. Love the performance, but I still have to get used to one thing. That Rezound and its rubberized case didn't feel like it was going anywhere. This One feels like it wants to slide out of your hand. I like my phones naked, especially to show off the sleekness of the M8. Maybe over time it will feel normal.

Sent from my gunmetal grey M8!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Sevinex:
I too am conflicted with putting a case on this phone. I usually take great care of my phones, ergo I can't justify a ridiculously thick case (Otterbox) since I really only need protection from minor scratches and the like. I did manage to find a truly "slim" case from Incipio, and although it may be a bit pricey (not sure how much you usually spend on cases, though IMO reasonable when compared to the price of a HTC One M8) it is ~1 mm thick (1.27 by my calculations). Perhaps this will help?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tangent_:
Coming from a rooted 2013 HTC One. This is an incremental upgrade in pretty much every way. Nothing is a mind blowing improvement to what I'm used to, but it's all somehow more refined. Even though I'm happy with it as is, I'm still *really* hoping for root soon. This phone with a version of Viper on it? I'd happily keep it for the entire length of my 2 year contract.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] whskytango:
Coming from my droid DNA, and I am really satisfied! I am currently running a Sense 6 Rom on my DNA and as far as speed wise and battery life the M8 blows it out of the water.

Just picked up the M8 last night and have it a full charge, check battery life at 43 minutes, and was still %100 and I think screen time was 36 minutes! (checked email, xda forum and played a game for 10 minutes) definitely impressed
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
That's a unique progression.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] justin94:
Ikr. That was just in the past month or 2. I got the n3 on launch day, a few weeks back I found someone that wanted to trade a mint 5s 64gb for it... So I took it. Had the 5s for a few weeks and decided I officially hate crapple, to locked down. So I sold it and got the icon off contract..... That lasted all of 5 days. Horrible battery, got hot, limited apps. Took it back and exchanged it for the z30, figuring I can still run android apps on it. It was actually a decsent phone... Still limited and the camera was crap. So I returned it, and bought this one m8. I'll be keeping this beauty for a while to come.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] polaric:
G2. I'm incredibly impressed, phone feels great all around. Very satisfied
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] _Infamous_:
What about the camera
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
I came from Sprint LG Optimus G and Sprint M7, Now with Verizon as of yesterday for the M8. I love the device, But their standards on bootloaders psses me off. i never would have switch carriers if i had known this about them.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] :
My G2 took subpar pictures on AOSP so its not much to go on, but while the M8 doesn't allow you to zoom in due to the lower pixel count, it is by far the fastest shooter I've used thus far (Note 2, S4, G2).

Also the depth of field effects, while not useful, are incredibly fun to play with.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
I love the camera on the M7 and M8, way better then the Optimus G. Also ... anyone else hase the best headphone experience ever with this device? lol.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Mike02z:
My last phone was the M7. The M8 is better in almost every way. Here are my Pros and Cons

PROS:

Far better camera, Images are more natural (M7 would never work with my mobile check deposit app)

Google Wallet "Tap to Pay" supported right out of the box.

Much faster, no lag

Larger screen

Feels thinning and lighter (even though it's not)

Color rendition is better

Swipe to wake

Double tap to wake

CONS:

No S-Off yet

Too much VZ bloat (disabled many of these)

Quit moving the power button! :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] :
Yeah I like the speed of the M8 but you can't deny G2's 13mp with OIS. There's a noticeable difference.

Like I said before, the headphone quality was pretty much my deciding factor on buying the M8... annnnnd it's awesome!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Kamar234:
I came from a Droid Maxx. It really is amazing to see what Motorola did with that phone. Active notifications and active listening are missed but not a deal breaker. The M8 is super responsive, even though the Maxx is not far behind. One thing I'm still checking out is the camera. The Maxx was pretty good in low light and had a high dynamic range and 10mp of resolution. It started off as a horrible camera, but after the updates is pretty good with a few artifacts. Still comparing the two.

I'm not sure in regards to battery life, but I figured with the 720p screen, dual core processor and massive battery, I would be taking a step back. Overall so far the M8 is a great phone.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] CLTnik:
From note 2 running alliance rom. This phone is faster on stock rom than note 2 on any custom rom ihad.love the higher resolution and the smaller screen. Battery is excellent as well. 3 hours 30 mins of constant setting up playing with it anx battery is down to 75%
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rjd584:
I have the DNA now and am considering upgrading. Might wait till its unlocked though.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] COLJ04:
Moto X.

Satisfied - I miss some of the Motorola features and especially Active Notifications. But a lot has to be said about sound quality and screen quality. I still feel the Moto X was a amazing phone and I will likely end up with the follow up but the M8 is stellar.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] barenjager:
Coming from the LG G2, which was the best phone I've ever had. Screen size and camera are going to be downgrades on the M8. However, the thin bezels and plastic construction on the G2 lead to small drops being able to shatter the screen and render the phone unusable on two separate occasions. Hopefully the metal will prevent the same thing from happening to the M8, although I'm not willing to test it!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
I did not like the g2 camera at all. Very slow shutter.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grizzen:
From note 2 running cm11 have to say I miss the colors on the N2's screen. I would have gone with a note 3 had they kept the screen size the same and shrunk the bezel, but being even slightly bigger just killed it for me. Even though this chin on the m8 makes it nearly as long as the n2. (was hoping to add a little more one hand usability for the sacrifice of screen size..) Though the m8 would be the first phone I could actually be happy with just root on for the first time, actually don't mind what HTC has done to the UI. Don't mind the nav bar would be better if it wasn't as large as it is. Battery so far seems worse than my N2 but could just be that I need a few cycles on the battery. N8 is a good phone but still not sure i'm going to keep it though....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grimlocksmash:
I came from the DNA which is dangerously close to this phone but I'm loving it so far. Only complaint is wasted screen with the on screen buttons.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] steelersmb:
I came from the LG G2 and here are my observations so far:

1. I hated the camera on the G2. It was so slow and hard to get good pictures, especially of moving objects. Although the camera resolution on the M8 is a lot smaller, it's so much better and fine for my needs. If I want to print out pictures, I am going to use my DSLR anyhow.

2. I hate that the M8 only has one color for notifications and I can't use Lightflow to control them. That was something I did like on the G2.

3. The screen is a bit smaller on the M8.

4. Battery life so far has been okay. Haven't had it long enough to test thought. Batter life on the G2 was the best of any phone so far.

5. Build construction is by far the best of any phone on the M8 but everyone already knows that.

6. The addition of the SD card is awesome. I was already low on space on the G2 because of music and audio books. This will eliminate that with my 64GB SD card.

I am sure there are other things that I will find that I like or dislike in the comparison but I probably will keep it. Just got it yesterday so I will play with it some more.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fishflies:
I came from Moto X. So far I am liking the M8 although I am missing active notifications. I am also not thrilled with the power button being on top and the verdict is out on the camera. Having also had the Note 2 the screen size is great! Time will tell but I most likely will get the next Moto X this summer.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cmay227:
DNA, gave the DNA to my wife, This actually feels like a upgraded DNA more then anything to me. Love it. So damn pretty. Just miss wireless charging. That's the best feature on any cell phone to me. Shame i have to put it in a case, too slippery. but got one with a clear back to be able to admire it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Diocrew:
Got the M8 the day it came out. Came from the old HTC Thunderbolt! Yea, I know. Of course there is no comparison between the two phones. I am so happy with the M8. Battery life has been geat. Now just waiting till we can some custom roms, get rid of bloatware and add tethering.

:)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bakemcbride21:
Wow...just wow lol

That's like going from a Yugo to a Porsche! Had a TBolt back in the day....but it was feeling old and slow months prior to getting my DNA in Nov 2013.

God bless ya for holding out so long!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mattcooksey1:
I switched from an AT&T HTC One X that I had running CM11. I have never been more satisfied with a phone. The network is way faster where I live, and AT&T was forcing me off my unlimited data plan due to "tethering" which really just turned out to be a false positive from my VPN to work. The stars aligned that my contract was up, they started giving me crap, and the M8 came out all in the course of about 2 weeks.

Anyway, as far as the actual phone goes, the M8 is better than my old phone in every way. I wasn't happy with the power button being on top, but with the dotview case, its a non issue. I actually prefer the onscreen buttons and huge bezel/speaker down at the bottom, as it gives my tiny hands a place to go when i'm trying to touch items on the opposite side of the screen.

Of course, camera, battery, and processor are all major steps up for me. This might be my first Android device not to root/ROM because Sense 6 actually has that many useful features for me.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] MARKREIF:
DNA... very satisfied - B4 that the ReZound. this is what the follow up to the Rez should have been instead of the DNA then the M7. It's all in the expandable memory that was missing in those two that is now an important part of the M8. have to say that the Customized DNA still performs like a charm - too bad the battery life is limited and the memory is missing.....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
How is the screen quality compared to the Moto X and do miss the size and form factor?

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

I have a N3 and Flex. Just got the M8 and trying to decide if it's the right device for me. I used the iPhone 5s for à while and the premium feel is why I wanted to try the M8.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] COLJ04:
Honestly I have zero complaints about the screen quality on the X but the HTC definantly has the better screen. The size of the m8 is a little much for me so far as I'm not a huge screen guy. I don't think you could go wrong with the M8. Premium device that is exceptionally built.

Cole
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] x70xchallengerx:
I'm coming from the HTC Droid DNA which I got on day one, the M8 is snappier/more powerful, battery life is better, sound is WAY better, feel is way better, Sense 6 is better than 5 or 5.5, camera is much better (both cameras), and due to fast charge 1.5 (and soon to be fast charge 2), charges faster too!

I'm really loving this phone. and it's already rooted!

HTC Droid Incredible -> HTC Rezound -> HTC Droid DNA -> HTC One M8

#HTCmasterrace
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] iskuruts:
came from Nexus 5 to Nokia Lumia 1520 to Nokia Lumia Icon to HTC One M8. loving this phone! love the battery and the camera too!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Sky93:
I came from an the HTC Thunderbolt. The two phones aren't even in the same league, I'm just happy to have such a great responsive phone compared to the slow and laggy less than 1gb ram thunderbolt. I love the smoothness of scrolling and the minimal sense overlay. The only thing I would change would be the app drawer's vertical scrolling to horizontal. I don't hate it, but I do like the horizontal page scrolling better.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] David 617:
Can you confirm that foxfi works with the m8?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dadsterflip:
Anyone switch from note 3 to this?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shawnten:
so far i miss my note 3. just hate the cartoonish look of samsung
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] broprah:
I'm coming from the Note 2. As dearly as I loved my Note 2, this phone feels better in every way. The m8 feels perfect in my hand, now looking back the note 2 was just a little too big.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Kippui:
note 3 vs htc one m8 vs LG G2 which would u guys pick? Very hard choices
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] importunerdj:
exactly what I just done. Phone is pretty cool, im sure buyers remorse will hit soon but shouldnt last long :cowboy:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] EchoX860:
DNA, at the end of my 2 weeks, which is next Wednesday I'll probably go back. Not a fan of the metal, prefer the nice black plastic look, and the on-screen buttons
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
I'm currently coming from the Note 3. What questions do you have?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dadsterflip:
Do you miss loosing much of the screen size? Or features?

I really love the design but wasn't sure if it's worth a jump.

I know spec wise is not mind blowing jump.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wtoj34:
Wrong button whoops. I came from the note 2 and I don't miss the screen size. I do wish there weren't on screen buttons seems like wasted space. At times I miss the spen though I was able to do some work with that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shawnten:
The real question is is it better then the s5 is going to be
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jagrave:
I'm wondering the same
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] chenzo74:
Came from s4, like this phone much better. It seems very well made. I decided on this over the S5.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] huichan:
Yeah. I am coming from Note 3. Overall I am satisfied with M8.

However, I miss using the pen and having a great battery life which lasted 2 days with 6 hours of on-screen time.

While speaker sound is much fuller and louder on M8, sound quality through headset was also much much better on Note 3.

It really comes down to what is more important to you.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
At this moment I don't because I'm being use to the device. I do miss the S-Pen. Other than that, do for the device is up to par.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
If someone came from the Flex, G2 or Moto X. Will you go back to it or keep the M8?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NegativeOne13:
Moto X to M8

I have both the Moto X, and the M8 with me right now. I loved the Moto X, it is truly a great device and proves many things. The M8 in the same notion is great as well. I've only dailied the M8 for one full day, and by far the battery life is a lot better than the Moto X. I live in a rural area so service at times is iffy, but the HTC I believe excelled better than the Moto X. I am a large figured person so the overall size did not bother me, and almost fits in my hand perfectly. I would much rather reach up and down than side to side (Note). I have always been a Vanilla AOSP person, so getting used to Sense is a little different at times. I love the beautiful green/white theme for all the system settings. The photo quality to me was very acceptable to me as I don't plan on taking any professional photos. The M8 is lightning fast. I know the Moto X is too, but it has a few hiccups. The M8 is just instantly there and done. Overall.... I really do love my Moto X, but I'm falling in love with my M8 more and more everytime I pick it up. Honestly I will probably stick with the M8 as it fits what I want in a phone better... not to mention expandable storage!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] makaveli0340:
I'm coming for the OG Galaxy Nexus and so far I'm glad I made the change.

Faster...bigger...sweeter.

Only complaint is that I've lost my ability to create a wifi hotspot for free but I'm sure that will come in time again. :laugh:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] skokielad:
What grim said
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 4freese:
Same here, I had the S4 and it was a great device but I like the build quality of the HTC better. I am not a huge fan of the camera but I will get use to that. I am just spoiled with Samsung's camera on the S4.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schnob:
Just hopped on the M8 train from a GNex. Everything's faster, bigger and better.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
I came from a Rezound which was running Evervolv (KitKat 4.4.2) at the time. While it's amazing what the devs were able to to do prolong the useful life of the platform for 2+ years, I found that the phone was just a little sluggish, and had that occasional issue it will have when you run custom ROMs and tweaks.

I was also a huge Sense 3.6 fan (not liking Sense 4 or 5 when I ran those flavors on the Rezound), and found AOSP a little plan.

The one thing the Rezound had was a very nice camera. Although it was abysmal in low light, it was superb in close-up/macros situations.

I love pretty much everything about the M8 --- and I'll have to spend some time getting to know the camera. So far close up images have been wanting in quality, although I haven't tried to use the camera's software to fix issues yet. I don't buy phones for the camera, so that's not a deal killer. The only bad news is I went from unlimited data to capped (have to --- it's an office device), and I have no idea what that's going to be like.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] superjshorty:
iPhone. I still feel like that debate is apples and oranges, though. iOS attempts to achieve something much different from android.. In my opinion.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xs11e:
Came from Samsung Galaxy S4

I should get the HTC One M8 sometime today according to FedEx.

How is the M8 better?

Let me count the ways:

1. the Galaxy S4 was rooted with an unlocked bootloader and running the TWRP bootloader with CyanogenMod 11 ROM and was totally crushed by the mechanism of a recliner so that the screen, digitizer, motherboard, etc. were completely smashed, all that was salvageable were the rear cover, battery, SIM card and XD card. If FedEx doesn't run a fleet of trucks over my M8 it just HAS to be better than that! :laugh:

2. See 1.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] superjshorty:
To be a little more specific... There is nothing I necessarily miss about my iPhone 5. iOS just doesn't even compare; I feel like it's a completely different design trying to achieve something much different. That said, I still really enjoy iOS. It took alot for me to jump to android but over all i'm very satisfied with the battery life, features (especially the BA camera!) Etc etc.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dodge DeBoulet:
I came from the Droid RAZR MAXX (XT912) and was convinced I'd never find another Android phone with superior (or even similar) battery life. Well, the M8 is easily as good in that regard. The phone's been off the charger since 6:45 this morning and it's still at 81% at 3:18pm. I'm very pleased with that, never mind the performance and fluidity of the phone.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] broprah:
I want to reinforce my love for this phone by adding to my previous post. I came from the Note 2, before that the S3 and before that the Droid Incredible. Sense was pretty fugly back in the DINC days so I eschewed it for Cyanogenmod (like CM6 i think it was). Touchwiz was absolutely hideous so I always ran some variety of AOSP (PA, OmniRom) on my samsung phones. Naturally, I became a huge stickler for the stock android experience. I'm really surprised to be enjoying sense 6 as much as I am here on the M8. They really didn't mess around with the natural order of things too much, and definitely understand what is important when it comes to user experience. HTC nailed some little things that other manufacturers can't seem to wrap their heads around, like not filling up the notification tray with "power toggles" and useless garbage, no gimmicky gesture replacements, etc. What minor annoyances are present will take all of two seconds to fix once we're s-off. I think I'll stick with sense for the lifetime of this device, and I can't believe the M8 is good enough for me to say that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
I'm coming from primarily using the iPhone 5S on a personal level which is a very good phone, but the small screen had start to take a toll on my eyes. For business use it's the Note 3 and the battery life is very good asking with the S-Pen. I also like the screen as well. I'm reserving my judgment on the M8 since I've only been using it about a week.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jakesteed:
DROID RAZR M - bootloader unlocked via djrbliss running CM11 nightlies

Compared to my previous phone the new One is a huge step up in terms of speed, screen real-estate and battery life. The RAZR M was a great phone, and even better unlocked--almost on par with using a Moto G today. But the battery life was really irking me and there wasn't much left to squeeze out from the latest ROMs.

I don't know if I'll miss having the full flexibility of an unlocked bootloader and custom ROMs--the new Sense is pretty decent and luckily KitKat still lets me do things like tap & pay with Google Wallet despite Verizon's insistence on Isis. In the meantime I'll continue to use my RAZR M as a VOIP softphone, international travel phone and standalone music player/Chromecast remote. But hey, hopefully we get S-Off soon and I'll be able to choose once again...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] faded03cobra:
Note 3. Really liking it so far. Was worried about the battery, since I have no access to charge during the day due to my job. Battery seems fine since the first day.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] nolig2278:
Can someone please confirm that hot spot or tethering is available.

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alhadee12:
It's available.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lvnatic:
Like Knox on Samsung? I just bought a Galaxy Note 3 yesterday and it's an absolutely gorgeous device except for the software. TouchWiz is a complete bloat fest. So i wanted to root the phone and make it "my own" until I got into that Knox stuff. Basically, even if you restore to the stock bootloader and firmware, Samsung can still tell if you rooted the device and automatically voids the warranty. Now I have like 28 days left to return this and consider another phone. Samsung is out of the question, I cannot imagine myself with a phone that is missing adaway, greenify, lucky patcher, xposed framework or not being able to uninstall system apps. The nexus 5 is too 2013 and now I was thinking at this phone, the m8. Can the HTC one m8 safely be rooted without permanently voiding the warranty?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt95:
The answer is S-OFF, you'll have to wait for it though
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jdtweak:
I love the stock browser and the new m8 has chrome. Anyone have stock browser apk ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Frankie1588:
I tried installing the apk from the m7, but it didn't work. I also really liked the stock browser.