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[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Devices will be shipping this week and some lucky people have one already. So if you have an HTC 10, please give us your first impressions and thoughts about the device. Tell us about the display, camera, battery life, audio, build quality or whatever else comes to mind. If you've had any problems, we'd also like to know about that too. Unboxing pics are encouraged :)

Let's avoid lengthy discussions about particular topics here and leave them to their dedicated threads, ie for camera, battery, audio, etc.

Also, discussion about published reviews should go here.

So, who will go first? :D
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
I ran out of RAM! All 4GB filled.

I was just listening to some music, downloading stuff via Chrome. Download a Video via DsFile, downloading GFX bench GL dataset.

And while switching between these apps and reading on XDA I realised that my downloads would be interrupted because the app got sent into cache....

If the onePlus 3 has 6gb RAM I might consider selling my 10.

Edit: might be due to Boost+ SmartBoost feature....

Deactivated it now. Let's see how it goes.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] lagittaja:
The more the phone utilizes the RAM the better.. I'm glad to see it's literally guzzling it to keep apps in RAM, faster multitasking you know.

HTC probably utilizing zram as well, can anyone confirm that?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] RCJ89:
How is call quality and loudness?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
Alright guys & gals, Verizon is already shipping the 10 and HTC pre-orders for the US are going out tomorrow. I really want to hear from you what you think of it when you get yours
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] thegrants82:
Got my vz 10 this afternoon. Usual bloat. Phone is heavy, camera lags. I think my 5x is faster and my s7 takes way better pics. Not seeing it worth the money so I am returning it.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] mnguyen127:
I'm using an unlocked white/silver UK model on Tmobile network at the moment, and it works beautifully. Figured it'd work since prior I used an unlocked Compact Z3 that supported pretty much the same bands. I'm loving this phone. The responsiveness of the screen is probably one of the most underrated features that I love. On prior phones, especially my Z3 compact and sometimes my LG G3, the phones felt like they didn't always want to register my touches, but this is an entirely different story with this phone. In terms of screen brightness, I actually think it's pretty bright. I'm in California with clear whether and lots of sun, and I'm able to see outside with my phone pretty brightly. The auto brightness is kind of finicky though so I tend to turn it off and just max out the setting when I'm outdoors. It seems a little brighter than my LG G3 and maybe slightly less than my Note 3.

Audio is such a pleasure on this device. I got the Hifi headphones with mine, and they're a bit bass heavy, but I'm still enjoying listening to a lot of different music. I've only played a little bit with the front and downward firing speakers. They seem loud. Nothing insane, but it seems a lot more clear than the single downward firing speaker on my Note 3 and G3. It feels a bit louder than the dual front facing speaker system I had on my Z3, but the IP certification on those always made the noise seem kind of muddled compared to the HTC 10.

I updated my phone right away to the latest update, so I haven't experienced any wifi issues.

I only toyed with the camera a little, but it seems impressive from what I've seen. I've played with an S7E a bit, and yeah, it doesn't seem as fast, but to be honest, I'm not sure I care as long as the quality is there, and it seems to be.

No complaints. Just a little pleasure. I'm doing a lot of gaming on it right now and using Boost+ to minimize resolution. The phone stays a lot cooler than my Note 3 and G3 by a pretty long way.

One peeve I do have is that the glass is curved a bit more than I was anticipating so when I received my glass screen protector, I thought to myself,

"Wow, this looks a lot smaller than I thought it would be," but as I applied it, I realized the screen protector was still too big and there's some left surrounding the edges where the phone is. I don't know if there will ever be a screen protector that goes all around, but I also don't like the idea of not having tempered glass on my screen protector.

It's just such a lovely phone. I've gone through a lot of phones over the years, but this one is special.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
You started a good thing and I'd love to have you continue here. Did you take any pics when you unboxed it??? :D

What do you think of the screen?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stephen:
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[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] tbalden:
Call quality is great, you'll have a bit harder time to match the earpiece to your ear because of the smaller speaker grill, but once there it's excellent
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] King p1n:
For those that have it how does it feel in the hand for one handed use? One of things that's concerning me a little. Its not the smallest of the 5.2" phones and I wish it was.

Played with one a few weeks back but it was so briefly I don't remember much lmao

Oh and hows the front camera for things like snapchat?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] @home:
What's the notification light like? Is it RGB?

Usually it' so tiny on a HTC phone.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ufkal:
I did take a pic of it in the box with the lid off, but that is pretty generic.

The following are my opinions only:

I've been using the phone for a few hours. I feel the one handed use is better than the LG V10.

The camera is good enough for me. Snappy, little lag. But I'm not a professional, nor do I buy the phone to take professional quality pics.

Phone quality - Great. We never talk about it. Crisp and clear. Good connections. I like it.

Almost no bloat. I mean seriously. Where is it. There are a few things on it that can be removed. Games etc. But its not overpowering like some other flagships I've played with.

I refuse to talk about battery life until I've used the phone for 3 or 4 days and stop touching it like the damn nerd I am.

Overall - At this point I'm lovin it. Especially since I got it early. LOL.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] the Doctor:
[MENTION=2940113]ufkal[/MENTION], you get 10 bonus points for having XDA on the screen behind the box :cool: Don't use them all at once :D
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] awareunlikeu:
Any chance you have someone near that has a activated Verizon sim, and can test if it works for the Unlocked 10? Many of us would be very grateful!
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ufkal:
For those who have just gotten their 10, have you been able to do a system update? I "Check for new system update" in settings, and the phone just sits there, checking for new software. please wait. . For real I'm at 8 minutes right now, so I'm guessing its not working.

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I think I may have found my first "complaint" with the phone. and its more with the software. And probably with me not knowing what I'm doing.

I use my phone for work and personal. So all my work contacts are in a group. On previous devices I could assign a ringtone to a group, so I would know if the incoming call was from work, or from one of the kids on the team I coach etc. you follow?

I do not appear to be able to do that with this particular device. I can assign individual ringtones. But that would take hours......

So. unless I'm missing something pretty basic. My first complaint...
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] mnguyen127:
I don't, sorry. We're all on Tmobile network here at home.

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Using the unlocked UK model, I was able to get the update immediately. It was actually the first thing I did after gone through the initial setup.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] tbalden:
It's working on two colors and using light flow lite I could only get green and yellow as usual. Maybe needs kernel mod as there's some rumor it's capable of rgb.

But anyway the LED is bigger than on m9 or m7

Much easier to notice
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] @home:
Cheers.

I don't want to have to mod to get RGB. HTC why do you not just fit one as std.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] lagittaja:
St. Louis as in St. Louis in Missouri in USA? Is the update actually available in the USA?

1.30.xxx.x has been available in Europe + Asia (EMEA) but it was said that the 1.30.xxx.x would arrive in USA end of this week.

I'm trying to remember whose tweet that was or where I read it but can't for the life of me find it right now.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] goodtimes50:
Only had it a couple hours and still working on getting all my apps transferred over. The main thing I've noticed so far is the fingerprint unlock. SWEET JESUS is it fast!! It's as close to instantaneous as is possible.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] tomplatz:
Got mine today.

Very early but a little disappointed. Audio (speakers) isnt a lot better than my V10. Maybe some tweaking needed

Screen nice. Smooth, fast. Seems a lot smaller than 5.2 inches and honestly looks a lot like an iPhone.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] haydonxda:
Can't see screen when using polarized sunglasses

This is a critical fail for me. I use my phone for navigation and outdoors. Polarized sunglasses are a must.

Can't see the screen in portrait mode. LCD screens are polarized but most phones opt to sacrifice landscape mode. HTC opted to make the polarization so the display is impossible to see in portrait mode. :(

Just mentioning for others that this is important to.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] robstunner:
Exactly why I stopped using polarized sunglasses. We have tough books at work in our rigs and it's the same deal. Oh and my car navigation too. Not just the phone was the issue.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrBrick:
I've had my unlocked carbon a few days now and so far so good. I've gotten some random "article not available" from Blinkfeed aka News Republic and sometimes photos in Google Photo don't render completely during preview (some portion of the photo will just be solid grey). Otherwise, the screen is very responsive and although not as loud as I hoped, the new speakers sound good. I love the sound profiles for headphones, also. Photos are good in general although I've only really taken them in bright sunlight so far. Syncs fine with my Urbane smart watch. I'll probably try the adoptable storage sometime soon. The WiFi reception is night and day better than my Pure XL. So far I can turn off all the annoying things HTC made mandatory in the Sense build for the M9.

sent from my HTC 1010
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] elshagon:
Issues:

1. HTC sense has crashed on me when changing themes

2. Some themes have parts which don't work: example...some weather clocks don't load at all and change to the default

3. The 5 dots on the bottom of the screen for home pages stay on all the time. In my M8 they only come on when flipping through home pages

4. I miss the Gallery App. Google Photos is a great app but a terrible replacement for the gallery app. It's slow, hard to find folders

5. Not as many settings available when pulling down the notifications bar. I miss the sound profile setting being there.

6. The weather clock is smaller than on my M8. It squishes the weather icons and clock when using themes.

7. After a few days with the phone, the battery life is not so great.

8. My M8 screen is brighter

9. Hard to see screen in daylight

10. No IR sensor

11. New keyboard doesn't integrate with Themes.

Things I like:

1 Camera so far seems nice

2. Great build quality

3. Music is really great with headphones

4. Great fingerprint scanner

Overall I like the phone. My biggest gripes out of the ones I listed are losing the HTC Gallery app and IR sensor.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Baldilocks:
If you're going to stay stock, use QuickPic (I have an older pre-CM version that I use.) and Google Keyboard works way better than any 3rd party keyboard.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] elshagon:
Does QuickPic work with Raw pictures? I will have to give both your suggestions a try.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Baldilocks:
That I am not sure of. But, if you can find a pre-CM version of quickpic, it's much better. If not, I can share it with you. You can always theme it the way you want it.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] goodtimes50:
Am I the only one who really likes the TouchPal keyboard? I switched to SwiftKey for a bit and then ended up switching back. It seems much more responsive and it has all the features I liked about SwiftKey.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] aknotts415:
try chrooma i think its spelled like that? it changes color depending on the app open lol pretty awesome.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] yugotprblms:
How did you even manage any control with Light Flow? I can't get it to do anything, but I am not rooted.

The phone itself is amazing, but this stupid little LED is so pointless and frustrating to me.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ACTransitBusFight:
The audio on this has blown my socks off, it's unbelievable. I don't know why they're not making a bigger deal of it in the marketing.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] metalfan78:
I just want to figure out how to make the LED work while charging. What good are notifications if they don't work while plugged in. That's really the only flaw I have with the phone.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] rowbaggie22:
Does anyone know how to make icons on home screen bigger please just received HTC 10 today
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] bajasur:
Did Tmo do pre-orders this time for the 10?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] aknotts415:
AFAIK you cant. Try nova launcher. And explore through the settings. Only thing you lose is blinkfeed really. You can still use the clock widget in nova. You can change so much in nova. I love night mode. I cant stand the sense launcher because of the grid size. I'm surprised u want to make the icons larger. Most want them smaller. If you want something easier get the Google Now launcher, it has rather large icons.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djbutter:
Volume Rocker Bent Out of Shape

So I've had my 10 since the first wave of US shipments. I always keep it my pocket or on a table, and frequently turn the volume up/down while listening to music. I also have had a spigen clear case on it since I got it.

Well, today I decided to take it out of the case, and I noticed that the volume button is now indented! ? It still functions fine, but this is really disappointing. I always thought that the volume rocker felt a bit loose and rattled a bit when I first got it.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] RedNak71:
I just got mine today. Sprint variant. My volume rocker seems tight. Maybe yours was defected when you got it. That sucks. Thanks for the update, Ill keep an eye on mine. I like the sound.. Its great for a phone. My other phone was the lgg3. I havent activated my new one yet, only set it up through wifi. Im tinkering and getting ready to root. The only thing bad so far is i ordered the black one and they sent the silver. Oh well, Itl have a black case on it anyway.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] istrikerx:
Decided to go for the 10 earlier tonight. I'm selling my S7E for it.

Don't get me wrong the S7E is great... IF you root it and tweak a lot of things. But even then, there are still some issues. The only way to get the S7E speakers to a usable, listenable state, is to install the surround mod and use V4A to add bass and crush the stupidly harsh mid-highs (seriously, any voice on a youtube vid will make you cringe endlessly without).

You then have the downside of the headphone and BT volume being jacked way too high due to the mod. I have no idea why the creator did this, but its horrible. Theres a reason that the phone can only go so loud. The higher volume notches creates mass distortion, and anything above the "safe" volume level set by Samsung causes clipping in anything with a guitar. And yes, I know the difference between intentional and unintentional clipping.

The screen is great yes, but the glass is very soft. You can scratch the front and back just by looking at them sharply.

Oh and don't even get me started on the throttling. Samsung keep the battery life so great simply because this thing just doesnt want to go up a gear, at all. I have the exynos variant, which is more than powerful enough for most of the 3d games out there to run at 60fps. But it chugs like crazy. The device doesnt really get warm at all either. Infact most of the heat on the device whilst gaming is caused by your sweaty fingers/palms. It's pathetic.

But getting 8+ hours SoT in a day is great isnt it? Yeah, if you don't play games or do anything intensive, its fine.

As far as I can tell the only downside to the 10 vs the S7E is that the battery wont be as good. But quickcharge will more than make up for that. I have usb c devices and laptops too, so available cables is not an issue.

Definitely looking forward to the audio experience of the 10 when I throw Viper on it. S7E couldn't even drive my AKG Y50's, so the 10 should have no problem at all.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] richii0207:
The 10 will have no problems driving those cans (32 ohms) as use my M50s (38 ohms) nowhere near max (maybe 60%).

Viper imo sounds too processed, making great cans sound good and bad ones sound bearable. The 10 is no slouch when it comes to sound and you'll be impressed how well it delivers on stock.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] markwebb:
Looks like HTC10 can't find Buyers

Sales appear to be underwhelming.

http://www.androidauthority.com/10-didnt-ignite-htcs-sales-may-697127/
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] junghyun01:
carbon grey color start to peel off.

My carbon grey color start to peel off. It is so shame for me now! I love my phone very much but after i remove the Dbrand Skin the color start to peel off and show like white dot on its body. I try to rub it with microfiber cloth but no help. anybody face this problem?

I attach you guys some photo but low quality because the camera isnot good.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] graffixnyc:
I want this device bad but I just can't afford it ATM. I've had the m7, m8 & m9. This will be the first one I haven't had but probably the one I want the most :(
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] @home:
Awww man that sucks:laugh:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] billmcg:
I just got mine back from [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] Friday

Worked on it all weekend - I do like it, but i am also sort of underwhelmed.

There are a few bugs and glitches i have experienced and i hope they get straightened out

Verizon HTC 10 Variant

LeeDroid with current Verizon firmware

Samsung Evo+ mc128d 128gb Uhs-i Class 10 Micro SD Card

Unlocked/Rooted/S-Off

Right off the bat the phone wouldn’t activate - said to call customer service. They had me go to Settings/Backup Reset/Restore Network Settings - in order to get the phone to work you must reset Network Settings then reboot, then restore Network Settings again - then 4G will come online.

2nd - the Samsung EVO+ wouldn’t work, phone reported as corrupt right from the box. I bought this card specifically for the Random speed. Card worked fine in the computer. Formatted card in the phone…in the computer - nothing worked (this was exFAT)...Corrupted. Formatted card as FAT32 - bingo, that worked.

Today I notice music is skipping and hesitating…Bluetooth is not automatically connecting to the radio - and it just randomly disconnects also.

I've had the phone lock up on me too several times. Had to hold the power and volume buttons to force shutdown - each time I lose 4G - have to do the above reset Network Settings twice/reboot twice to restore the 4G

The camera focus is still off...
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] djbutter:
Love this phone

Can I just say that after a few issues early on and a few updates, that this phone is now pretty much perfect. The camera is now fantastic, it's buttery smooth, and the battery life is great. Boomsound is also ace!

It really hurts my heart that HTC is failing as a company.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Drunken MadLoud:
There's nothing to do with the Dbrand Skin. Mine is on it's third week of usage , the coating on my carbon grey is absolutely the same way. I've used mine with soft case and never dropped it or something like that. After 8-9 years with HTC phones, no more HTC for me.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndresN:
Damn i wanted to start using my carbon grey 10 naked cause it feels so much smaller and nicer without a case. Can't understand why the black HTC's always loose their color, haven't seen any iPhone 6 or 6s looking that way without getting dropped or treated very bad.

Wish the silver back / black front edition would've been available in Germany...
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndresN:
Glad to hear that, gonna give it a try then!
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Drunken MadLoud:
I don't think that there would be much of a difference between both colors given that the coating/paint is the same, except that on the silver one won't be so visible when the coating start to peel off. I think that the gunmetal on the previous One series is more durable and better looking. HTC 10 for me is disappointment, the screen backlight bleeding, the pink tint, the gaps prone to collect dust and dirt, and the bad coating of the phone just can't make me feel that I'm wearing flagman device in my pocket.........these things also remind me everyday about the price paid for the phone, which isn't good.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndresN:
Yeah the heat could be a problem with thicker cases, but with my "Incipio NGP Case" i had no problems so far.

Since some days i use it naked in most situations and until now everything is fine with the coating so i'm gonna stick to this method. :)
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] gsw5700:
Use a leather pouch, handle it naked but protect it at all other times, best of both worlds
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] isaali:
Thanks alot for this! I've been looking for someone's experience with the 10 coming from the M9 as I'm contemplating that same upgrade path.

Can you also tell me how the warm/hot the 10 is compared to your M9? My M9 pretty much always feels warm and sometimes ends up being uncomfortably hot when I'm outside using it . Can't forget to mention the way the battery absolutely plummets when the phone gets that hot.

I'm really hoping the 10 is an upgrade in that regard because I actually quite like my M9 despite it not being as well received as the M8/M7.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] wingul_nova:
Switched back to iphone

Sadly, while I loved the design and OS of the HTC 10, the poor radios forced me to revert back to iphone. Both the cell/lte radio and the wifi radio were particularly poor. I had 2 HTC 10 devices, dropped first into a pool. But the problem was the same on both. This was an unlocked US version on ATT.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] yldlj:
Good on ya
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] sallam5010:
Goodbye
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] datafoo:
Adios
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigAL99:
I ordered a 10 yesterday, taking advantage of the £100 off here in the uk currently :) Will report back here when I get my mits on it. I'm coming from M9, M8 , M7 etc.

I have been itching to get one but couldn't justify the spend until now. Bought my M9 second hand and selling it on for nearly as much as I got it for which is the other reason I can make the jump.