I like how when I talked about the iPhone 4 being a nice weight at 140g compared to the Galaxy S's 120g, he went off about how nice it is to have a light phone. Now he's off saying 160g = no issue. Anyway I have yet to hold a 160g phone, but given its size, it might be a non-issue. But still. I love how people flip flop.Defensive much?
HTC and Sony's problem is that at a certain bulk there's precious little reason to buy the small-screen device instead of the Note 3 or GPro 2.
You misunderstood. I'm fine with bigger frames if the screen-to-frame ratio is increased. I feel like Samsung could have fit a 5.2" screen in the S5's frame.
I don't get why people are so into metal phones to begin with. They suck to hold, are cold with sharp edges, are more expensive and often are heavier. Oh, and the metal interferes with wireless reception.
I like how when I talked about the iPhone 4 being a nice weight at 140g compared to the Galaxy S's 120g, he went off about how nice it is to have a light phone. Now he's off saying 160g = no issue. Anyway I have yet to hold a 160g phone, but given its size, it might be a non-issue. But still. I love how people flip flop.
posting this again....
the space under the htc logo contains digitizer hardware. it's not empty space.
Not clear regarding their LTE.
Which 700 MHz band? All of them? If so this is still a pretty limited subset. I don't understand why the OEMs are not pushing for a 1 SKU strategy like Apple, it would benefit their distribution and also make it easier to roam w/ 1 phone.
But maybe that description is just bad and maybe GSM Arena has a better breakdown of the bands:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_%28m8%29-6074.php
I'm guessing this is the "T-Mobile" model??
It annoys me when people pick up an almost meaningless aspect to bitch and rant about. Its 20 grams. My house key weighs several times that. My pen weighs several times that. My retainers weigh more than that. The plastic eye drop vials I carry weigh more than that. The TPU case I slapped on my 2013 One weighs more than that. 20 grams worth of extra weight should not even factor into your psyche, especially when for that imperceptible weight you gain a metal bodied phone instead of the uber cheap plastic of a certain other big Android manufacturer.
People complaining about the bezels have a slightly better position, the black HTC bar makes the bottom look bad. Motorola's Razr HD line was similar because of the giant Verizon logo on the bottom. Ideally, HTC would relocate their logo to the rear of the phone and either eliminate that bar entirely or shrink it down considerably. The extra bezel from the speakers is a necessary requirement to support the speakers. Its sad that only Sony and HTC have front facing speakers . . . Samsung seems content to have their single mono speaker in the rear.
I heard a theory the Samsung got bigger because of the water proofing. Guess that's why the Xperia phones are so freaking huge too compared to their screen size. HTC of course has those speakers.
I do like this chart the compares screen size to phone size ratios. Though it doesn't account for on-screen buttons that use up screen space. And doesn't have newer phones on it yet. The LG G2 is at the top of the list, but I just got a Note 3 and it's right behind it and has no on-screen buttons.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...nes-for-their-screen-size-infographic_id52529
It's a little concerning that this is a somewhat heavy phone with a slippery back.
Engadget's video review mentioned it's like a wet fish. Hmmm.
The original HTC One is just the right size (if not just a little bit big). This device looks beautiful, but I hate the bigger screen, as it makes the device just overly big.
So personally, I'd probably prefer the LG G2 route - smaller phones with bigger screens. Then offer an 'Active' version for those who are willing to accept the larger size and weight.
My friend last night described the M8 as looking like a bloated M7. I prefer the footprint of the M7 for sure.
It's a figurative speech. I understand they're not at 1 model yet. They've unified the US models into one, so there's no separate CDMA model anymore. The last 2 models are for China, so really it's just 2-3 main models. The iPad goes further (https://www.apple.com/ipad/LTE/) where it's 1 model for the world.
HTC One weighs 20g? where?
Not everyone that isn't impressed with this new HTC phone is a Samsung fan. Nice try though.
Moto X has excellent plastic look and feel. So does the Nexus 5. Neither of those look like cheap "Samsung" plastic.
No, I'm complaining that they couldn't fit 5.2" of screen into a smaller frame, like LG did.You're complaining about a 0.1" increase?
No, they have not.It's a figurative speech. I understand they're not at 1 model yet. They've unified the US models into one, so there's no separate CDMA model anymore. The last 2 models are for China, so really it's just 2-3 main models. The iPad goes further (https://www.apple.com/ipad/LTE/) where it's 1 model for the world.
My point is that the M8 still fragments the US market and splits the AT&T and T-Mobile models as well as the CDMA models. On top of that there's 2 worldwide models. Sometimes I can understand if Japan or China gets their own models because China uses TD-SCDMA and Japan uses a weird CDMA as well.
It's not a dealbreaker for me, but it'd be nice to move towards more and more bands in one phone. The Nexus 5 for example has 7 bands.
If you haven't seen it, the Anandtech review has been posted!
Is Brian Klug still on the team?by Anand Lal Shimpi & Joshua Ho on March 26, 2014 7:00 PM EST
Yeah, they ended up with one of the more prominent HTC apologists in the Android comment world though.Is Brian Klug still on the team?
If so, then it looks like Anand finally decided to listen to us after all and reached our same conclusion that the "smartphone" category is too much work for just one person alone.
Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that both the HTC One M8 and SGS5 have kept almost the exact same screen size as the GS4, but are in noticeably bigger shells?
I thought the trend would be bigger screens and smaller bezels/frames. LG has the right idea. Give me a G2 with a physical home button and that would be worth upgrading for. With on-screen buttons, the G2's screen size advantage disappears.