Ok where to begin. I've had previous amazing smartphones in the past (iphones, galaxy S3, etc) but this is definitely special. In all honesty, its the best phone experience i've ever had.
Lets get the obvious points out of the way. The build quality, what more is there to say? BOOM sound, both with and without the headphones, is amazing.
The screen consistently amazes me with its sharpness. Some people say, if you switch phones, you can't really notice, but oh yes. Yes you definitely can. That full 1080p lcd display with the insane 469 dpi is something that i'll miss when going to another phone in the future. Because I doubt any upcoming phone in the near future matches it. And the camera experience (both the quality, AND the features), are simply second to none in my opinion. I absolutely love the highlight feature, it brings my gallery to life. I also love how it can automatically turn things into events. And the battery life has been EXTREMELY underrated in my opinion. I average around 14 hours with moderate use for the day, to put that into perspective, thats from 8am to 10pm. Which is simply amazing. It might have something to do with that power saver feature, or the efficiency of blinkfeed, which I will get into.
Now onto the inside of the phone. It is smooth. Extremely smooth. No lag, or errors, or force closes. But my favorite thing about the phone from a performance and software standpoint DEFINITELY has to be blinkfeed. I cannot overstate this enough. I honestly thought I would hate it due to every reviewer automatically dismissing it from the start. But I gave it a shot, and I absolutely LOVE it. I honestly thought about the process in 1 or two years of switching to another phone. And I truly dread using another phone again.
And here's why. I wake up every morning, check my notifications (calls, texts, etc.) and head out of the house. During my commute, ALL of my time goes to blinkfeed. It combines facebook, twitter, and other social networking apps, along with major news sites, and appointments and events for the day, all into one active feed. If I want twitter only, I set it to only show twitter posts. If I want CNN articles only, I set it to only show CNN articles. If I only want tech, gadgets, science, or world news, I merely change it to do that. I can also post to those sites from blinkfeed if I want. I honestly haven't entered the facebook, or twitter app, or browsed ign, cnn, huffington post, cnet, the verge, or any other news/ media related website on my phone browser in weeks. It simply makes my phone experience a much quicker and much more efficient way of using my phone. So I honestly dread having to go back to a phone that forces me to go to all of those different apps and websites to attain everything important for the day. It honestly seems like a drag that I hope to avoid at all costs.
So for all htc One users, I say this, give blinkfeed another try again. Sync your facebook twitter, etc. Set the websites you like and visit somewhat regularly. And set the topics to only show the things YOU would want to see. Use it for one single day, and then decide whether or not you want to keep using it. Trust me, if you like it, it'll drastically reduce the wasted amount of time you spend on your phone. If you don't like it, you can go back to near stock android, and nothing changes for you.
So in conclusion, the HTC One in my mind has the best sound, best screen, and the best build quality. And a great camera matched with a great camera experience. Coupled with a feature that makes my early morning and late night calendar appointment, daily news and social media review, much more efficient for me through a busy day. And to top it off, it has above average battery life.
Yes. Its EASILY the best phone i've ever used. And there is absolutely no doubt in my mind about that.
10 / 10
Over the years, I have owned a lot of smartphones and this by far is the best one yet! I think the battery life could be improved to get more time out of this great device, but other than that...it's a beast!!!
I've been with Virgin Mobile for almost six years now and am quite shocked to see all the negative reviews! In six years, I've only had to call them maybe a handful of times, but they were always helpful and able to resolve my issue quickly. I live in Southern California and I've never had an issue with my service and I travel back and forth to Las Vegas at least once a month! The only exception was once when traveling to South Carolina (the service was a little spotty in some places back there). I just purchased the Samsung Galaxy S3 and I love it! I've had the phone for about 3 months now and have had ZERO ISSUES with the phone or the service! I pay $50.00 a month ($45 for the service and $5 for the phone insurance) and am very happy with my service that I receive. I know a lot of other people who have Virgin Mobile as well across the US and they love it as well, so I'm really at a loss to see this many people who are so angry with Virgin Mobile.
I bought 2 Note 2 on last black Friday. This phone is JUST BEAST!!!.
I told myself that I would never buy an Android phone, because I was a loyal fan of Nokia brand. But after 3 years of use N8 this is true'' laptop'' for me as far as mobile phones. So many features, upgrades to the system, photo features, the design and speed of application usage. BIG tumb for the S3! :)
This is my 4th Lumia phone after 900 and 920 and 520. I bought 920 a developer edition for 1000 bugs but sold in 3 months as it felt heavy. I have owned all models of iphone, Htc One etc. But the beauty of lumia 1020 is not comparable. I bought it at full price from at&t and got it unlocked by them.
Things I love:
1 Obviously Camera. The whole idea of not carrying another camera for most daily shooting was my prime motto in buying this phone. I had HTC One and iphones but they are not comparable to this phones Cam.
2 Screen: Though it is smaller than HTC One, I don't miss HTC One. The white on black background is what I missed in all other phones. Emails looks so good that I got never satisfied with other phones.
3 Speakers: Much Much better then HTC One. Every one praised htc one's dual speakers. But I owned it and I never felt htc one speakers were adequate. But my lumia 1020 easily overtakes htc one. Moreover the quality of sound is very very good. You can easily hear different notes in the music.
3 Form factor: !020 is much smaller and lighter then lumia 920. First feel of lumia 920 was heavy and thicker then comparators. But I was still happy with it. But 1020 is an improved one. I don't think much changed except making wireless charging external and reducing the weight.
4 lanyard: This may not be big thing for others, but for me it is. It is much easier to wrist strap and don't worry to slip phone. Also I keep it out of pocket and easily pull it out. All old phones used to have this but in Smartphone I don't remember any other maker used it.
5 Wireless charging: Though external, but still has the wireless charging feature. So easy to charge in office. Don't need to look for cables . Just place it on the wireless charger and you have full charge when u need it.
6 YouTube: I believe YouTube video downloads only available in windows phone. I couldn't found in iphone or HTC. There were workarounds but not anything native. It is so much easier to download YouTube movie and watch it in gym in just 5-10 minutes. I love this app.
7 Build quality: As per nokia the body of lumia is made of plastic which is throughout one color. I mean if you make a scratch on it, you can rub or remove that layer and original color will pop out. This is unlike coloring done on iphone.
8 Apps: Though there are fewer apps then ios and android, I don't miss any specific apps. I had iphone for 4 years and android for a year but still I don't miss any app. Moreover apps on lumia looks much beautiful then others. Also they are more stable then android. May be fans won't agree but it's my opinion. Even I was fan of iphone until steve's demise. After Steve there is no innovation at all.
9 Interface: Windows interface is so simple and easy to learn. OLED screen really makes difference. White fonts on black screen really pops out.
10 Battery: If you are careful, you can easily get whole day battery life. If you want more then you can turn on battery saver. Battery saver easily doubles battery life. On my lumia 520 it runs almost 5-6 days. However I rarely use lumia 520. but still being 4g LTE, I expect it o run down within 3 days.
11 Call quality is good.
Things I hate:
1 Though phone by itself not heavy, but adding external wireless cover make sit heavy. I can still live with it, but it would have been better if we got wireless charging with same form factor.
2 When online music is played through lumia speakers, I noticed that other web browsing like Microsoft store app browsing becomes very slow. I have very high speed internet and I don't think playing music will slow down other browsing. I never had this issue with other phones.
3 Though it has 2 Gb ram, it felt some time its getting slow. Response is slow some times. If I close all apps by clicking back button, phone responds normal. So I guess hardware is lagging somewhere.
4 Speakers: Though it is awesome for music, it is not enough for phone calls. There must be something restricting it from being loud. May be because of echo they reduced volume on calls. Volume on call could be better.
5 Bluetooth profile selection is missing. I want to connect to 2 bluetooth devices same time. One for voice only and other for music only. But there is no way I can configure that in phone.
Going forward I will update this review according to my experience with it. So far I whole heartedly recommend this phone despite the flaws.
body very nice
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HTC One, still ranks first in every site, and it does deserve the position. I would give A+++ Rating to the phone! Great Job HTC!
The best phone I've ever had so far. I like all the features. :)
HTC One is the best phone ever, I think. Build quality, camera, sound, hardware, sofware... and it goes on. So if you want to choose a great phone, you must think HTC One again. My choice is the HTC One, and it is perfect!
If it had better battery life and it came out on same day for all carriers it would have been the perfect phone.
The HTC One is, hands down, the best smartphone on the market right now. Its design and form factor makes the HTC One stand out from the very beginning. Boom Sound is the winning feature on this device.
it is very marvelousssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
The real beast!!!! its great 2 have u.
This phone has amazing battery life and the screen is beautiful. The only con is the plastic body. I prefer metal formed phone exteriors.
This is the best I've ever owned. Well Build & amazing features like Blink Feed and Zoe. Thank you HTC for making the best phone in the whole world wide.
