I ordered Thursday night, got in just before the preorder free media link HD deal expired on ATT website.
Mine shipped today via FedEx Standard Overnight from Texas, wish they had Saturday delivery with that, but I'll get it Monday which I guess is quick enough. I've been looking forward to the One since I heard Brian Klug and Anand's praise earlier this month, and then I decided for sure after the
official review and
podcast. Brian knows his stuff, and when he and Anand both expressed their pleasant experiences with it, I knew I had to get it.
I'm a big Windows Phone guy, but the aluminum body and good camera performance made me switch from Verizon to ATT and from WP to Android. I originally got excited a few months ago when I heard about and saw images of the Samsung Ativ S/Odyssey... and then I found out the brushed aluminum look was actually plastic Though after switching to ATT I heard (about a week ago) that the Lumia 928 is coming to Verizon, and now I almost wish I was getting that. Actually, I wish I had both the HTC One and Lumia 920, haha.
I'm fairly open to other platforms/OS', even considered getting a new Blackberry, but the lack of BIS on their new lineup and middling hardware made it not worth it. From Apple I don't particularly like the iPhone, either, because while it has nice hardware, the OS is pretty uninspiring now. It's basically an app launcher, which is fine (it does have the most number of exclusive apps), but I like to have some compelling features in the OS... at least Microsoft has Zune (Xbox Music) and Office, and Android is much more customizable and open. Siri does nothing for me, I don't talk to my phone, even though WP actually had built-in voice commands before iOS did.
This isn't an anti-Apple rant, though, I do like the look/feel of their phones, it's just good to see HTC and Nokia pushing truly premium feeling phones, as well. Maybe they can get Apple to innovate more, which would be good for everyone. Competition is good.
Samsung SGS4 hasn't captured attention like the HTC One has, it seems more of an incremental upgrade, a la what Apple does with their iPhones, than a new phone. Disregarding all the shiny new gimmicky features, of course. Samsung is good at cramming features and higher paper specs into their phones, though, and their displays are higher-end than most. I have to give credit where credit is due, lest I be accused of being a "fanboy" (I hate that term, by the way ).
I want to post a mini-review after I play around with the One when I get it.