It does look decent. My question is why should I spend $700 on a boring but quite stylish phone, when there are other, $300 boring but quite stylish phones that do all the same things?
It does look decent. My question is why should I spend $700 on a boring but quite stylish phone, when there are other, $300 boring but quite stylish phones that do all the same things?
Link to a $300 phone with a Qualcomm 820 SoC? I would love one.
The 2015 Qualcomm SoCs were such a disaster that almost any 2016 flagship is a huge leap forward. Diminishing returns kicks in next year, you are a year early.
Xiaomi Mi 5, starts at USD~$310
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5_starts_at_300_goes_up_to_413_for_ceramic_version-news-16869.php
too bad its lacking certain LTE bands, cant use it in usa
go by a nexus 5x at ~$250 if you want a good sub-$300 phone (and other alternatives)
Best fingerprint sensor location I've used is on the Sony Xperia Z5 -- on the side power button. It's genius.
Has HTC said anything about monthly security updates?
-KeithP
It says it wants to push for them, but it doesn't think that guaranteed monthly updates are realistic given the control that carriers have over most Android phones.
With that said, HTC at least tries for timely OS updates, which is more than you can say for Samsung.
What I've seen on those phones is that the user experience is quite bad. Not something worth buyingXiaomi Mi 5, starts at USD~$310
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5_starts_at_300_goes_up_to_413_for_ceramic_version-news-16869.php
too bad its lacking certain LTE bands, cant use it in usa
go by a nexus 5x at ~$250 if you want a good sub-$300 phone (and other alternatives)
Which makes it pretty useless, but you are correct that is technically a $300 phone with a 820. I would love to see that kind of product in the USA.
The Nexus 5x has the exact sort of garbage 2015 SoC I am talking about, plus many of its users complain about performance issues specific to the device.
Simply put, there isn't a $300 phone yet that can match a S6, S7, M10, etc. I bet by the end of 2016 there might be a few.
I beg to differ.
I've had the MotoX Pure for 3 weeks and I have a S7 edge now and the daily function is exactly the same to me. Higher end games on the SD820 might make a difference but for everything else, I see NO noticeable differences.
I wish they would bring back the GPE program. They probably cancelled it due to low interest, but a GS7/Edge with stock Android would be absolutely insane. I wouldn't mind some Samsung optimization with GPE, such as the Samsung camera app.I bet. Samsung really slows down its (awesome) devices with its software. Sometime this year we will get a phone with stockish Android and an 820, and that device will feel faster than a bat out of hell.
I wish they would bring back the GPE program. They probably cancelled it due to low interest, but a GS7/Edge with stock Android would be absolutely insane. I wouldn't mind some Samsung optimization with GPE, such as the Samsung camera app.
The entire backside of the device feels amazing in your hand. To prevent the phone from rocking on a table or desk, the HTC 10 has a flatter midsection instead of a totally round backside. Setting the phone down on a flat surface doesn't allow the phone to rock or slide around.
Reviews seem to say what I expected. Its a meh phone
Reviews seem to say what I expected. Its a meh phone
LOL what? The S7/S7E got the last monthly security update before Nexuses.With that said, HTC at least tries for timely OS updates, which is more than you can say for Samsung.