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[One (M9) General] Doughnut643:
Bruh don't hate, appreciate ? ?

Anyways more on topic, my first few truly smart phones were htc's. The Sapphire and glacier then m7. After that I went to the dark side a little with the nexus 5 and it was still an enjoyable experience. I missed the front facing speakers and sense, then HTC decide to subsidize the mobile for retail employees, and that was enough to rip me from nexus. I'm really enjoying the M9 :good:
[One (M9) General] brockolicosmique:
This will be my 1st HTC.

I've had a Sony Ericsson P800 back then, an iPhone 3G and 4S, then Samsung Galaxy S4 shortly, changed it to a Sony Xperia Z1. Then I've had 3 Xperia Z3, all of them within 3 weeks since all of them had build quality issues and weren't waterproof after all.

I didn't have too many options with my carrier for a phone that has SD card support, and didn't want to go with another Samsung, I gave the M9 a chance... I'm still waiting for it to arrive by mail.

JF
[One (M9) General] unconfuse:
I'm on the verge of switching to AT&T from Verizon to get myself s-off. I have the m7 now and have been happy with everything. Although I had been s-off since the beginning I recently had to put in a warranty claim. Now back to stock I have enjoyed being back to sense for a while. Sure yea I'll probably ditch sense on my m9 for something cm based (I can't resist). I've never hated what they've done with it. I wish wireless charging had been in this one though. Not very concerned about heat or battery life as I've never gotten my phone to last all day or not heat up from one thing or another. I've looked at the saygus2 g4 zen2 s6 and I just can't seem to find a good enough reason to leave and I feel like I'd be giving up more than gaining. I have no complaints about my m7 camera and really think they were on the right track with the ultra pixel idea. Maybe we would all have the camera we were wishing for on the m9 if there weren't so many megapixel counters out there.
[One (M9) General] vang2k:
i had all htcs mostly since the aria, one x, m7, m8. from a stock ui based i enjoyed sense 6,7 on the phone and using front speakers. its a good multimedia phone and a decent point and shoot phone. right now im using a rooted moto x running aicp 5.1.1 till i snag me something else. if you have a m7 and get a m8 it'll be a nice little upgrade. the m9 isn't all that big of a upgrade if your stepping from the m8. i don't think htc will be able to do wireless charging due to metal case but lets see till the next one. i'd still take the m9 over the s6 because sense ui is much better imho.
[One (M9) General] PunishedSnake:
Came from an 's6. I can multitask again
[One (M9) General] darkmantra:
Come from M8. Honestly I hate it.. Lols.. crappy camera out of the box, power button really awkward looks like a dedicated shutter button (why they didnt do it like that). Restore sms doesnt work grrr... Anyways gotta root it soon..
[One (M9) General] reubenskelly1992:
I love the button placement. Dunno how it's awkward
[One (M9) General] Duncan1982:
Yeh I like it to and I have never mistaken it for a dedicated shutter button :P
[One (M9) General] reubenskelly1992:
Lol alot of reviews said they were "always" pressing the volume button accidently. Dunno if there stupid haha. I did that maybe twice on my first day of having it. Now press the power button first time all the time lol
[One (M9) General] x51:
Yeah..... so.. forget all that stuff I said... Unfortunately after quite a long run, this is my LAST HTC phone. After paying Full price for a device that had a certain feature set, HTC has decided it can make a few bucks by shoving advertizements into your blink-feed stream. I now have Yelp in my blink-feed advertizing various eateries and I cant remove it. Apparently, This is just the first of the many deals HTC has in the works to stick ads in your face and make money off of you. They also decided it was fine to start advertizing on my lock screen too.. fortunately "For Now" you can disable that bit. I have removed my sharing of anything and everything with HTC. I have disabled blink-feed (A feature I really liked). If HTC wants to go the Amazon route and give me the CHOICE to buy the device for cheaper with "Special offers" or pay full price for no advertizements that's fine. But Shoving ads onto a device I paid full price for is a VERY big deal for me. It's all about the principle. I'm done with HTC if they don't change course and apologize really fast.
[One (M9) General] PaoloMix09:
Being honest here I picked this phone because it was the cheapest to get unlocked. The GS6 was too expensive and I wanted to have the latest device, so I found a good deal for this M9 and so far so good. I've used the M7 for a while so I'm not a newbie with HTC. I'm coming from the OnePlus One by the way.
[One (M9) General] twolfekc:
Got it for 375 BNIB Sealed for T-Mobile.... Apparently nobody had offered him a single thing for it in the 5 days it was on craigslist since i looked for one.. Also got the receipt and order number(UhOh):cowboy:
[One (M9) General] neo905:
A bit over dramatic don't you think? I removed Sense home from my home screen and unchecked the tracking options in it. I also disabled HTC Location services. Problem solved. Every once in awhile I still see a Yelp food recommendation show up, but that is only in the Highlights section of Blinkfeed, not the individual feeds. You are making much ado about nothing. You are already using a mobile platform in Google that sells your data and pushes ads to you, so your argument is already on shaky ground to begin with.
[One (M9) General] cougzzz:
Wow u got a steal. Bought mine for $450.
[One (M9) General] PaoloMix09:
Same! $450 team baby! So not bad at all.
[One (M9) General] kakanjac:
Woow, bought mine for 750€
[One (M9) General] Me Gusta:
Yeah man, Europe is being taken advantage off..

Me Gusta!
[One (M9) General] PunishedSnake:
Can multitask.....
[One (M9) General] exocetdj:
Also because I wanted to see how "awful" this device was. I'm dissapointed as its a bloody great device (slight heating issues that will be ironed out over time). Not a huge change from my m8 but it's definitely worth the upgrade where I'm sat. Also the device is in its infancy (we are still on 1.##.###.# builds at the moment) and will get much better
[One (M9) General] mwatson:
I've just sent the S6 edge back. The camera is absolutely stunning, but TW and poor signal strength means I'm back to my M8, and I missed sense. This is by far the best UI on any phone.

The only thing stopping me from buying an M9 is the camera. If HTC could get this right, it would be THE best phone available. Maybe I'll pick one up from Amazon to test it out. Amazon are great for trying phones out. You get a whole month to return them and don't have to argue to return them.
[One (M9) General] Galeleo:
Tough Decision...

So I have read a ton of threads on this phone. I am in the market for a new phone, and the M9 is rather sexy and I do love it...mostly. I went to a retailer and played with the phone for a good hour, loved it for its speed and how snappy it was to move around in the OS. It isn't a perfect phone, but it is rather good. My only issue is the camera (like alot of other owners), and its sub-par performance. I am looking at either the G4 or the M9. Both have great points and some flaws. I am not looking for a push one way or another on what to get. I am still researching.

I do realize that the physical specs of the cameras on the "Other" flagships are better, so they will naturally have better performance. I am not wanting the camera to work miracles, I just would like to see it take better pictures in low light and not look compressed. I know software makes the camera also. If HTC manages to pull a rabbit out of a hat with better software, then this phone will be a solid phone for what I want and need in a phone.

From the members who have been with HTC for several flagships, I would like your opinion on something. Do you think HTC will continue to support this phone for at least six months AND more importantly do you think HTC will put the time and effort into the software for the phone to make it better and more competitive with other flagships?

My fear is that they will release something else later in the year that fixes all the issues and then I am out of a bunch of cash for a flawed device.
[One (M9) General] neo905:
I don't understand your question? They've already committed to supporting the Android OS with the latest one for the next two years. The majority of their main apps are now on the Play Store so those can get updated easily and they do so regularly. They have already released one firmware update for the M9 and another one is already on it's way. By the end of the year this phone will be much better than the day it was released. The issue is it won't be necessary better than what is already out this year and will be released later this year by other companies.
[One (M9) General] jsaxon2:
There is another update coming that should improve the camera quite a bit.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60851454&postcount=1203
[One (M9) General] Galeleo:
neo905, I wasn't really asking a question, just looking for some opinions. I realize that HTC is going to support the OS, but just curious if they are going to support the hardware and fix it. By the sounds of it, they are. I know some manufacturers are known to only provide minimal support then focus on the new cool. I have never owned an HTC phone before, so just trying to learn from other people's experiences. Thanks for the reply, very much appreciated. Definitely makes me more comfortable with purchasing the M9.
[One (M9) General] shojus:
Why i purchased it? Well, I got it for $425 so that made it a go for me. I sold my M8 and I feel like I should have just kept that but oh well, I like the M9 but just not what I would have expected.
[One (M9) General] cougzzz:
I was actually deciding between the two but new hardware and the fact that it was cheap right off the bat was a huge plus. M8 was a little too curvy for my taste as well.

What don't you like about the m9 as opposed to the m8?
[One (M9) General] shojus:
Don't get me wrong, it's a decent phone, just not great! The M7 brought a new life back into HTC and it also proved to the smartphone world that Android could have a beautiful and sleek aluminum build too. I think a lot of people felt that Android were just cheap phones in general. That's where HTC finally grabbed my attention and I started doing a lot with the M7 versus the other phones i owned. Then a year went by and the M8 came out and I was still pretty stoked to get it because they really took it's weak points and made them a whole lot better, IMO. I mean, they upped the build quality by a pretty significant amount so it was not just like they added a little bit of gold to the sides , but they made it almost completely aluminum and took away the molded sides that made the phone eventually have the gap problem and also made it rattle quite a bit from my experience. They also increased the screen size and made it a heck of a lot faster. Now we get to the M9, well I have already said pretty much everything but HTC really kicked their own nutsack on this one! Come on HTC! If a company is already falling then they had better listen to the damn customers and fix the rest of the bad parts from the first and second versions, and come out STRONG! They didn't, they played the game where the upgrades actually were not even really upgrades. The camera is crap, IMO and they could have hired someone that knew camera tech instead of throwing in garbage internals. I mean, they used a Toshiba sensor when the rest of the competition is pretty much in Sony's corner, which is tried and true! It was time for them to quit experimenting and get down to business and that didn't work, on top of Qualcomm releasing a 100% DUD of a processor... Poor HTC!
[One (M9) General] cougzzz:
I definitely agree that the upgrade from the m8 is miniscule knowing that the performance is solid on both phones. They also should have approached the weaknesses of the m8 and turned it into a positive in the m9 but that wasn't the case.

With weak reviews, stiff competition, and current news about drop in mass production, I'm afraid HTC won't put together timely updates for this device but instead turn their attention to the next flagship. Also I hope this won't negatively impact the development of this device here on XDA. M8 sure does have a strong development community.
[One (M9) General] LibertyMonger:
What a crap review I recommend no one pay any attention to it.
[One (M9) General] Duncan1982:
Its not a well thought out review but one that is based solely on annoyances.

Its his prerogative to write and state ones opinion.

However it doesn't provide any useful information nor contain real facts.

There are a few here that are providing great sources and sharing knowledge on the processor and Camera.

If the poster of this mini review happened to read maybe he could of participated better and shown a greater understanding, thus allowing us to take him more seriously.
[One (M9) General] shojus:
First off, it's not a review, it's mostly my opinion! And why does it really matter to you whether I like the phone or not? You seem to have gotten quite upset about me bashing the HTC M9 like you hold stock in the company or something... Lmao Settle down kiddo, it's just a forum about the M9 and I answered the threads question and then I answered another forum members question. That's kinda how it works around here right? Like each and every person is entitled to their opinion, and if you don't like the opinion then at least respect me and yourself and don't act like a little girl who is dating the M9 and someone has just said something bad about it. wow, you sure you are old enough to post here? Please, act like an adult and come with some facts versus telling people not to read something that they already know they don't have to agree with.
[One (M9) General] fernandezhjr:
I'm pretty sure nobody is, unless they are also married to an S6.
[One (M9) General] shojus:
It's NOT a review nor is it a "mini-review". It is MY opinion of the device as I see it... What don't you understand? Would you like me to review a phone that has already been reviewed by every major source? You want me to share sources to my complaints as if you don't already know where they are? Come on man, I posted why I opted for an M9 and then I also posted what I liked and disliked about each design. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm not a reviewer, nor do I claim to be.

You did happen to notice the phones in my sig. correct? Well those are the phones that are currently in front of me. And no, I am not trying to brag or win at any contest. But, At least I can say I have tested all of them side by side for several days and I know which is better in each category. Most people cannot say that because they have their favorite device in their hands and don't want to hear the truth, because it's the device that they are stuck with! Why are the sales of HTC going down the tube? Please answer that... Cause they screwed themselves! So keep holding on tight to the lackluster HTC device that you have, but it sits passenger to much better and more capable devices in almost every aspect. Like I said, I would have loved HTC to have designed a better device this year, but they didn't, and almost every single review, article and benchmark will prove that. So I'm not the one trying to convince anyone of anything, HTC has already done that on it's own! I plan on keeping my M9 because I like the Sense UI and I still love the build quality and the removable Sd card. But I don't have to play favorites because I post in some device specific thread, I can honestly list every bad quality of any device that you see in my sig. So carry on, but you are the only one that is uninformed if you want to believe that the device you hold in your hand is more superior than a device that is actually better. I'll move on to flashing roms and doing what people really do in these forums, instead of trolling and being biased because of a brand. You guys in these threads crack me up! :eek:
[One (M9) General] Duncan1982:
I stated your entitled to share and its welcomed buddy, but your kinda shouting and some of what your saying is lacking any foundation in fact.

You mentioned "why are HTC sales going down the tube"?

Well they are not infact they are in the black and profits are up.

HTC will very unlikely ever be up Where Samsung is or Apple these are huge companies that have fingers in many pies so to speak.

HTC is raw haha so to speak which allows them to produce a very fine handset but as I have stated can't take risks and fail like Apple or Samsung can.

HTC opted for the 810 and I like that as development is strong for the Snapdragon chip set. Plus it works well at least in my experience.

HTC opted for the Toshiba sensor and whilst its not blow your mind its far from what you would refer to as junk or poor.

I now have the S6 Edge, and will be getting the LG G4, so I can compare greatly like yourself. But I very much like the M9 and its only going to improve further.

I am not getting into any debates, and want to keep this thread friendly and on topic.

Your views are valid if that's how you feel about the M9 but overall they are not in the sense that in order to be a critic or a real one you would have to, be very tech savvy more than just having said devices, to really determine the reality.

As I mentioned [MENTION=1177323]hid[/MENTION]mir who is providing great facts and there lies research and logic behind what he is posting.

He is far from saying the Camera for example is Amazingly good, but what he is doing is providing facts and evidence that it improving and thing you can do to get that sweet shot.

Reading is great, as your fully entitled to your said opinion and thanks for sharing your insight, its welcomed. Just try to be a bit more factual in your approach :)
[One (M9) General] shojus:
I can tell you that I am very tech savvy. I don't just acquire devices because I like to have a bunch of phones. I like to play with all of the new tech and that way I can give my opinions and they will be fair as I have every handset that I speak about. I am a HUGE tech nerd and I do just about nothing except for reading and learning about tech related things. I spend WAY too much money as well. :) As far as sales numbers. So you think the M9 is doing well? What device that HTC makes is doing well? Cause if you want me to produce facts or numbers then shouldn't you? Cause from what I read online, HTC is cutting back because of low demand so that's really not saying too much as far as great sales go. And yes, Qualcomm processors are very much the best IMO, but they failed on the 810 and most people will agree with that. While the development is strong, that's because it has been the main competitor, or should I say the only one. And source code is great for devs that make roms and kernels because Qualcomm releases all the code and I love them 4 that! And as far as the sensor used, why did they opt for Toshiba? It's not proven optics in a cellular device is it? I mean, who is using a Toshiba optics in their flagship device? Cause HTC needed a win here, not another gamble and that's what they took. I don't want to come off as an ass at all! I just am amazed that I posted my opinion and I am accused of loving Samsung and not knowing the facts to back up my statements or being knowledgeable or tech savvy enough. Trust me, I get around, I know well enough about each and every one of the devices I own, as well as the companies that make them. I am a disabled veteran so I really have nothing better to do with my time! Lol It actually sucks because that's why I'm so broke... :silly: Like I said, I did not write a review nor did I try to. I am just a user who has owned Every HTC M device that has been released as well as every flagship from the past several years, give or take a few (Sony). The facts speak for themselves as far as I am concerned and unless you show me some mystery document that shows HTC is selling a bunch of phones, when their not, then I don't see here I am off at an extreme level. Ok, maybe they made a few bucks this quarter, but how much did they lose the last few before that. It's all common knowledge that HTC is not doing well, I didn't just make that up. But I actually like talking about stuff like this but I would like a more professional environment, versus some of the few comments. I did not start anything nor was I bashing anyone so I am quite OK over here. :D Have a great night
[One (M9) General] lawyerone:
You sure the Toshiba Sensor is junk? TBH i kind of like how the new Toshiba Sensor perform in bright light. It's fantastic TBH. My brother own a S6 EDGE. And in a glance, i like the M9's bright light photo more, especially when it's moved to a computer. The S6's is kind of, you know, not so great. But i dont own an M9 unfortunately, it's an acquintance's, so not sure if i can talk like this here. Never seen the actual result for dimmed condition (low-light) result for myself, so it's not an area i can comment on.

Also, if we are talking about benchmarks, arent M9's benchmark still considerably higher than G4's pre-production unit benchmark even though the M9 have been underclocked? So, yeah, it still works. Although not a signifficant increases compared to last year's unit. But TBH, those increase means nothing (to me), as im not a heavy user. Even my M7 still works okay, no lag whatsoever. So i guess i wont be noticing all those benchmark result

Regards

an Apple and HTC owner
[One (M9) General] bigp951:
I have only owned Samsung and I couldn't understand why the speakers were always in the back.
[One (M9) General] Mubz_C:
My first smartphone was a HTC Wildfire and then I moved to the nexus 4. My nexus 4 has lasted me over 2 years and I am expecting my next phone to do that as well. I was debating against this device and the s6. The camera is a non-issue as I don't really take photos and qHD makes no sense to me on a 5 inch device even when you have a smaller battery. And then I just prefer sense especially sense doesn't slow down as much as touchwiz over time so that is why I have ordered my HTC m9, I just hope the sapphire glass in the camera holds up over 2 years.
[One (M9) General] shojus:
http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/HTC-One-M9-Review-M8-s-successor-on-DxOMark/HTC-One-M9-ranking Ouch! Idk, would you call this "junk"?
[One (M9) General] fernandezhjr:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/20/samsung-galaxy-s6-bad-sales/

Pink screens, lag, poor battery life, rattling home buttons, overheating, and Touchwiz on top of that. I can understand why so many S6 users are installing Nova Launcher. No thanks. I prefer the speed and smoothness of the M9. I love the ability of all the customization now. I love the fact that HTC has no interest in trying to turn it's flagship into an iPhone. Not that the S6 isn't a decent phone. It just falls short in comparison to the M9. The camera may be the only exception, but that will be corrected soon. And for all the talk about the soon to be released G4, watch how sales fall short with it as well.
[One (M9) General] LibertyMonger:
He can have his opinion but if it is crap I can call him out on it before someone who might want to buy this great phone reads it and sways their opinion. I own this device with the ability to get the S6 but can find no reason to. And after comparing call quality to the M8, the M9 absolutely blows it away. I doubt any other advice can top that.
[One (M9) General] jauhien:
You're 100% correct - only Samsung paid shills, dishonest individuals and/or mental retards may keep posting that hTc hima is nearly the same as M8.. ha-ha..