[HTC U11  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryanyz10:
Not here to roast you or anything. But after reading some of your "complaints" I just had to respond.

1. Strange auto brightness incidents. When I open the phone or move to different apps (such as camera, google photos gallery or chrome) the brightness changes. I was really surprised since I don't have an option for auto brightness.

Since the m8 (at least, IDK about earlier) when you open the camera HTC cranks up the brightness. It changes back when you close the camera. Otherwise, it might be weird autobrightness behavior which is easily fixable with a software update.

2. AT&T reception issues. Calls are connected really slow and I get spotty coverage (in Chicago). It is worse then the galaxy s8.

IDK about this one. Where I live I have LTE in places I didn't used to before, and it's a much smaller city than Chicago, so might just vary by location.

3. Boom sound is not booming at all. The galaxy s8 has a very similar volume but looks like they tweaked it for higher highs so it sounds crisper. The upper speaker on the U11 is really not necessary and effects the overall quality of the sound . If I have a stereo speaker, why one side have to be worse?

Might be personal preference, but I'm pretty sure nearly every review says the U11 speaker is better. Then again, you might be trolling so IDK.

4. I cannot do it without the headphone jack. I tried to walk around with the converter and I agree it gives amazing sound but I just can't do it.

All I can say is, you should've been prepared for that since you knew it didn't have a 3.5mm jack. The included headphones sound amazing to me, so I haven't found myself wanting my other pair when I'm out and about.

5. Cumbersome system menus that are different from the stock android we all got to love. Its so hard to find the NFC and there is no shortcut for it.

This is complete BS because the settings menu is literally the same menu that stock android has...

6. call speaker clarity= its not clear.

Again, wtf? You just really don't like the speaker or something.

7. The squeezing does not work for me. I set it up for medium strength (which was hard since its its not calibrated for medium power) and the phone kept on turning my camera in my pocket. So dies that mean I cannot wear skinny jeans anymore?

Uh, that means it's working... and maybe you should set it higher then, to account for the fact that you wear skinny jeans? It's adjustable, so you can adapt. Work on that grip strength.

8. Tap to wake is not consistent, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I'm not sure what you mean by this either. It only works if you're holding it. If it's flat on the table, D2TW is not going to work. Limitation that has again been around since the m8.

9. Also I noticed a strange behavior with the home button (I don't use fingerprint): sometimes I can tap it to wake the phone, sometimes I need to tap it twice and sometimes I cannot unlock the phone by tapping on it. When the phone is awake the home button works perfectly.

I have no idea what the problem is. You don't use fingerprint, do you use a screen lock? Do you have "Sleep Immediately" enabled? How can you unlock your phone by tapping on it, when you don't use fingerprint? I don't understand.

10. Bluetooth connectivity lost at random times in my car.

No experience with this, can't say anything.

11. I got a strange "do not disturb" toggle (on and off) when I make a call.

No experience with this either, never saw it, but kind of a strange reason to return a phone

12. The camera is not noticeably better the the galaxy s8. The shutter speed is the same, the light exposure is the same. Not sure it is worth the upgrade. In addition the edge sense works really bad here since squeezing the sides of the phone to take a pic creates a tremor because of the awkward way you need to hold the phone up. Selfie camera is sub par.

Again, personal preference. It looks fine to me, and if it's the same IDK why this is even a reason to return the phone. Were you expecting it to be 10x better than the S8 or something? And, Edge Sense is just an option that no one is forcing you to use.

13. The galaxy s8 has a better sun visibility since its brightness can be cranked up even higher. I tested it side by side. WTF HTC, you have an lcd panel.

Again, no experience with this. I thought AMOLEDs were supposed to be better in sunlight though.

14. The size.... OMG the size. I know that HTC made a great looking phone but one you go infinity edge, impossible to go back.

Yeah, it is a pretty big phone, but again that is something you should've known before you bought it. And idk, used my friend's S8, was really nothing special.

15. Red glow. Comparing the galaxy to the U, it is notably reddish, even after making the screen "cooler" in the options it is still red looking to me.

No experience, but in dev options you can enable sRGB mode.

16. HTC phone migrate tool is not working on the Galaxy and it crashes (not a big deal but its annoying).

LOL great reason to return a phone.

17. Earphones drain battery (wtf?!?).

Yes, they have active noise canceling. That's a feature that requires battery. And every earphone drains battery. Plug a pair into the S8's 3.5mm jack, and it is also going to be using battery.

18. HTC horrible call center.

No experience with this either.

I mean, if this was a post with actual reasons of why you dislike the phone and how it could be improved, I might have agreed with you and probably wouldn't have responded, but most of your reasons just sound like either you are nitpicking or uninformed. Some of them don't even apply to the device itself. If these are legitimate complaints then you might have gotten a defective device.

As someone earlier said, though, I'm not really sure why you thought you should share your

personal

(doesn't apply to anyone else) reasons for leaving the phone, I doubt anyone else cares or has the same problems as you. Again, if this was a more objective criticism, then there would be no problem, but as it stands, you seem like you are either trolling or a Samsung fan. If you are a Samsung fan, I have to give you props, though, for trying new devices.