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Are you guys happy with the MT4G?

For those of u that have your mt4g. Are u guys happy with it??
I'm still on my G2 but I might consider a trade in...
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sent my g2 back for the mt4g and couldnt be happier.

Yep. Still got my nexus one, got the g2 in october only to return it a week later..waited for the mt4g, got that today and pretty impressed with it. aside from the .93 GB of storage space, and bloatware, it's a pretty good phone...so far.

jizital said:
sent my g2 back for the mt4g and couldnt be happier.
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I'm considering it.. what do u like better about the mt4g?
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After having too many issues with the G2, I grabbed the MT4G. I'm very much in love with it.

WilliamStern said:
After having too many issues with the G2, I grabbed the MT4G. I'm very much in love with it.
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What is better on it?
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mftek said:
I'm considering it.. what do u like better about the mt4g?
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pretty much the size and weight. i found myself not using the slide out keyboard as i thought i would so i thought it would be better to get the mytouch. i was also having battery problems with the g2 and now i wont have to worry about hinge issues either.

jizital said:
pretty much the size and weight. i found myself not using the slide out keyboard as i thought i would so i thought it would be better to get the mytouch. i was also having battery problems with the g2 and now i wont have to worry about hinge issues either.
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Any dislikes?
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I'm coming from a Vibrant, and while I miss the 4" screen, this 3.8" feels just as good in terms of real estate. It's not a Super AMOLED, but the WVGA is very crisp, so I don't feel like there's a loss of quality. On the Vibrant, GPS was an issue and the volume buttons were locked down on most devices, whereas on the MT4G it all works perfectly. Someone above mentioned the size and weight and I think it also feels great in the hand...it feels like metal! Camera quality is nice and uses tap-to-focus. Sound quality from the phone is average and as usual, HTC's speakerphone is tinny and crappy, but I guess there always has to be a compromise. My battery has been depleting a bit quickly but I imagine that will improve a bit as it's exercised, and hopefully moreso if CM gets their hands on it.
After playing with it for a day, it appears that any user will have a great experience with it! I strongly recommend trying it out

What I Like
Speed
Form Factor (size/weight)
Built in camera app (it lets you disable shutter sound!)
Built in facebook app (photo tags, video uploads)
Hands free mode
Desk Dock
Car Dock
Fastboot
HTC Flashlight app
Wi-Fi calling (wife has UMA on her blackberry and it comes in handy for international travel)
Trackpad wake-up (G2 could only wake with power button)
What I Dislike
Apps I can't uninstall.
Hard buttons on bottom. (I liked the G2 soft buttons)
Boxes around icons.
Double unlock needed when using pattern.
Did a mention apps I can't uninstall?

allen099 said:
I'm coming from a Vibrant, and while I miss the 4" screen, this 3.8" feels just as good in terms of real estate. It's not a Super AMOLED, but the WVGA is very crisp, so I don't feel like there's a loss of quality. On the Vibrant, GPS was an issue and the volume buttons were locked down on most devices, whereas on the MT4G it all works perfectly. Someone above mentioned the size and weight and I think it also feels great in the hand...it feels like metal! Camera quality is nice and uses tap-to-focus. Sound quality from the phone is average and as usual, HTC's speakerphone is tinny and crappy, but I guess there always has to be a compromise. My battery has been depleting a bit quickly but I imagine that will improve a bit as it's exercised, and hopefully moreso if CM gets their hands on it.
After playing with it for a day, it appears that any user will have a great experience with it! I strongly recommend trying it out
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Cool man. I have a g2 and my wife a vibrant. G2 is a little heavy and the vibrant feels like plastic. I guess my main concern is the genius button over the regular search.....
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life changing fone... i came from G1... myTouch3G... HD2 / FroyoStone.. G2... and very very content with this phone... couldnt be happier with what they did... only slight thing is the hard nav buttons at the bottom

mftek said:
For those of u that have your mt4g. Are u guys happy with it??
I'm still on my G2 but I might consider a trade in...
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I had a Nexus One before. OMG what a difference. The MT4G is so much faster and the screen is so much more sensitive. It holds better on 3G signal than the N1. What I don't like at the moment is the Sense UI. For somebody who had Stock android this is really confusing. Just a question of time and I become used to it

mftek said:
Cool man. I have a g2 and my wife a vibrant. G2 is a little heavy and the vibrant feels like plastic. I guess my main concern is the genius button over the regular search.....
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Yeah, this is something that I thought about as well actually. That search button is one of my main "pimping" tools when I explain the beauty of Android to others. I guess natively there's no way to change its functionality, but I know that Cyanogen ROMs allow it. Guess patience will be a virtue. Also very interesting going from soft buttons at the bottom to physical ones. With my big fingers, it took a little practice to not keep hitting the dock icons at the bottom of Launcher Pro, but still not bad. Nothing that one cannot adapt to.

I've only had the MyTouch 4G for about 8 hours and I'm liking it so far. My biggest complaint really is that there's too much bloatware that I can't uninstall (at least from settings). I'm sure this can be fixed without too much trouble. The phone is bigger and heavier than I expected. It's got a nice sized screen and I really appreciate that it has hard buttons and a more responsive track pad compared to the G2. I haven't heard many complaints from other G2 owners but mine was very unresponsive and pretty much useless- I would have preferred the G1's trackball. I've been spending some time trying to play with the FFC but haven't had much luck. The Qik videos take a while to upload but I read on their site that they are experiencing server problems so hopefully that will be fixed quickly. Not having other friends with FFC's yet, I haven't been able to test it out. The games are pretty fast. TMobile TV's quality isn't great but when I connected to Wifi it became much smoother.

Coming from the G1 to the MT3G to the Nexus one.
Things I like about it.
1. Nice screen size and build quality of the phone.
2. The sense weather and clock widgets
3. More flash memory to install apps.
4. Lots of standard apps that I didn't have to download from the market
5. When I popped in my SIM my screen wallpaper from my nexus one was already loaded (did not put the SD card in from the nexus one)
6. FFC video chat and the media features on the phone are amazing! It came with the music controls on the lock screen.
Things I don't like.
1. All the T-Mobile Bloat wear
2. WiFi calling isn't working for me. (I might go exchange the device tomorrow to see if it helps.)
3. I like sense but only for the clock and the weather widget other than that I miss the plain vanilla firmware.
4. The fact that andriod and the hardware manfuactures keep changing the sequence of the buttoms. I was used to the layout of the nexus one... now I'm trying to relearn the home, and menu key.
Other than I think it is defintly a nice upgrade from the Nexus one. I just wished it had the 4.3+ inch screen and the resolution from the Vibrant.

It's a tough one. I got the G1 the day it came out which started a long loving relationship with Android, rooting, custom roms etc. Got the Nexus One next, then bought the G2. Since I still have a week on my remorse period I switched it for the mytouch today.
After a full day of playing with it I am still not 100% which way to lean. There are 2 things that really put me off about the mytouch
Genius button: the "genius" button is probably the dumbest thing I've ever seen. So is all the bloat ware that comes pre-installed. Granted there are ways to remove (disable rather) unwanted apps using temp root and some scripting but I'd still pick vanilla over mysense any day. You are also gonna get gingerbread pretty much instantly upon release for the G2 whereas there's no guarantee how long it'll take for the mytouch. If you're one for rooting and custom roms and stuff, you'll find a lot more development support for the G2
Hard keys: although the mytouch 4G is a huge step up from previous devises it still feels/looks plasticky in comparison to the Nexus and G2. Putting in soft buttons instead of the plastic hard ones would have made a big difference in my view. These ones just feel painfully cheap in comparison (having used the Nexus for almost a year).
Other than that its a great divice. The front facing camera is not a big factor, tried it out today and have to say even on wifi it rather sucks. But the phone is thin and super fast. And if your not that much into pure android, mysense will probably suit you just fine.

I love that I can wake the phone with the trackpad.

c_licious said:
It's a tough one. I got the G1 the day it came out which started a long loving relationship with Android, rooting, custom roms etc. Got the Nexus One next, then bought the G2. Since I still have a week on my remorse period I switched it for the mytouch today.
After a full day of playing with it I am still not 100% which way to lean. There are 2 things that really put me off about the mytouch
Genius button: the "genius" button is probably the dumbest thing I've ever seen. So is all the bloat ware that comes pre-installed. Granted there are ways to remove (disable rather) unwanted apps using temp root and some scripting but I'd still pick vanilla over mysense any day. You are also gonna get gingerbread pretty much instantly upon release for the G2 whereas there's no guarantee how long it'll take for the mytouch. If you're one for rooting and custom roms and stuff, you'll find a lot more development support for the G2
Hard keys: although the mytouch 4G is a huge step up from previous devises it still feels/looks plasticky in comparison to the Nexus and G2. Putting in soft buttons instead of the plastic hard ones would have made a big difference in my view. These ones just feel painfully cheap in comparison (having used the Nexus for almost a year).
Other than that its a great divice. The front facing camera is not a big factor, tried it out today and have to say even on wifi it rather sucks. But the phone is thin and super fast. And if your not that much into pure android, mysense will probably suit you just fine.
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Yeah man that genius button was a real deal breaker for me. And I do see more support on the g2. But the mt4g still looks like a great phone. How's the sense ui? And I think I'm going in store tomorrow to check it out
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I don't see how the genius button is a deal breaker all in itself. Its a more fleshed out search button and its not like anyone uses the search button all the time.
Personally I'm glad to see something different for once. The myTouch 4G is a truly unique phone.
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Upgrade from HTC one

Has anyone upgraded to the nexus 5 from the HTC One? And have was it worth it? As am thinking of trading in my HTC One and wanted some honest opinions of the nexus 5

they're very different phones. i have a One, S4 and Nexus 5. i was very hard on the N5 initially for a couple different reasons. my problem was that i was comparing a $400 superphone to $650 superphones. you cant look at it as an upgrade. you have to look at it as having some fun with an unlocked device, virtually no limits, firmware future-proof, etc. its a great device. its just a little different than what you're used to, imo. cheers

-faster professor
-bigger screen
-better camera
-speaker not that good
-lighter than htc1
-wireless charging
-better community and support
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i have to ask? why? i mean yes the n5 has a faster cpu, and the camera has some nice features, but the one has nice features like big stereo speakers and great indoor photos. and they have a play store edition so aosp roms should be easy, i wouldn't worry about getting kitkat on the one if it's not available already.

I switched from the One to the N5. No complaints here, I thjink the N5 is a better phone.

hello00 said:
-faster professor
-bigger screen
-better camera
-speaker not that good
-lighter than htc1
-wireless charging
-better community and support
-and the list goes on
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I don't have my Nexus 5 just yet so I can't say for 100% sure, but right now I'd have to say I agree with all these EXCEPT better camera.... I sold my HTC One to get the Nexus 5. The camera on the HTC One was great, especially in low light. If you consider more megapixels as "better" then yeah the Nexus 5 should have a better camera, but more megapixels does not a better camera make.

Buckster666 said:
Has anyone upgraded to the nexus 5 from the HTC One? And have was it worth it? As am thinking of trading in my HTC One and wanted some honest opinions of the nexus 5
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Yep. I still have both phones.
First off, the Nexus is smoking fast. Like whoa. As fast as the One is, my One feels dated when I'm using it now.
Second, the speaker on the Nexus sucks, especially when coming from the One. If you use the Boomsound speakers to play music right now, you will miss them. There may or may not be a software fix on the way for this.
Third is the camera. The shutter speed on the Nexus is freaking slow. I didn't really use the Zoe features on the One all that much, and the Nexus camera app can be awkward to use at times, plus it's very bare bones. The HDR+ shots look really nice though. It's not AS good as the One in low light situations, but it's still decent enough. To be honest, I like the way the pictures on the Nexus come out over the One. Plus, no purple tint on the Nexus. Again, might be a software fix for the camera/shutter speed. I hope.
I have mixed feelings on the screen. The Nexus screen has a warmer tone to it than the One, but you probably won't notice the difference unless you're comparing them side by side. The PPI difference is slightly noticeable as well, with things on the screen taking up slightly more real estate than on the One. Also, with the on screen buttons on the Nexus, you usually end up with just as much "content" screen real estate as you do on the One, unless the app is doing the full screen seamless mode.
The Nexus is a step up in some places, and a step down in other places. Overall, I'd say it's a sidegrade more than an upgrade, and I'd ask yourself what are the reasons you want to switch. Personally, I'm switching so that I can get off of Sprint and be able to take the phone to a variety of carriers. As far as getting quick updates, another benefit of the Nexus, even HTC has been getting faster at updating their phones, with the GPE edition of Kit Kat coming very soon, and the Sense version supposedly coming within 90 days.
Hope this helps.

hello00 said:
-faster professor
-bigger screen
-better camera
-speaker not that good
-lighter than htc1
-wireless charging
-better community and support
-and the list goes on
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Same conclusion. But boy do I wish the nexus 5 have stereo speakers. Nothing beats the one in terms of sound quality.
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Got my nexus 5 on Friday coming from an HTC one, I gotta say its not that much better. If you have money to blow get the nexus 5 its a fun device. Battery drains pretty fast. Speakers can't compete with the HTC one, camera is a tough one shutter speed is so slow I miss a lot of good shots but when I get a clean shot they come out good. Camera can't keep up with my two year old. Still not sure if I'll be keeping the nexus. Really miss the build quality and speakers of the HTC one.
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I'm on both devices, and am glad I didn't sell my HTC One. I wouldn't really say it's an upgrade...
The Nexus 5 is fast, has android 4.4, bigger screen but that's about it. The battery life, camera and speakers basically suck on the Nexus 5.
My daily driver is still the HTC One, it has a better screen, better sound better camera, better battery life and Kitkat is coming soon for the GPE.
The Nexus 5 is used only as a dev phone.
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bluegizmo83 said:
I don't have my Nexus 5 just yet so I can't say for 100% sure, but right now I'd have to say I agree with all these EXCEPT better camera.... I sold my HTC One to get the Nexus 5. The camera on the HTC One was great, especially in low light. If you consider more megapixels as "better" then yeah the Nexus 5 should have a better camera, but more megapixels does not a better camera make.
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htc1 takes horrible long distance shots..low light was great but man..those long distance shots really sucked

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garypix said:
I'm on both devices, and am glad I didn't sell my HTC One. I wouldn't really say it's an upgrade...
The Nexus 5 is fast, has android 4.4, bigger screen but that's about it. The battery life, camera and speakers basically suck on the Nexus 5.
My daily driver is still the HTC One, it has a better screen, better sound better camera, better battery life and Kitkat is coming soon for the GPE.
The Nexus 5 is used only as a dev phone.
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Agree........Especially if you own the HTC One 64 gb. Developer Edition............
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I still have my One as well, you can't beat the speakers on this bad boy and the IR blaster as well. But on the other hand, the N5 is quick. You can tell the difference when you play with both devices. It's all personal preference really. I want to keep both, but I need the money to pay for the N5. Lol. Good luck.
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Skunk2 DC said:
I still have my One as well, you can't beat the speakers on this bad boy and the IR blaster as well. But on the other hand, the N5 is quick. You can tell the difference when you play with both devices. It's all personal preference really. I want to keep both, but I need the money to pay for the N5. Lol. Good luck.
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yeah, whatever happened to ir in phones? i know it's not the best way to communicate but hey, everyone has a tv with an ir remote right? so it's not obsolete.... nice that htc realizes that it's still useful.

Buckster666 said:
Has anyone upgraded to the nexus 5 from the HTC One? And have was it worth it? As am thinking of trading in my HTC One and wanted some honest opinions of the nexus 5
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i did and ill tell you my reasons.
1. that crackling noise the speaker make even when not playing anything made me insane.
2. only two buttons.
3. you cant zoom in with the camera........ every picture will be blurry (camera just isnt good for faraway pictures.)
4. slow charging time
5. you have to wait 90days to get the lates android updates.
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garypix said:
I'm on both devices, and am glad I didn't sell my HTC One. I wouldn't really say it's an upgrade...
The Nexus 5 is fast, has android 4.4, bigger screen but that's about it. The battery life, camera and speakers basically suck on the Nexus 5.
My daily driver is still the HTC One, it has a better screen, better sound better camera, better battery life and Kitkat is coming soon for the GPE
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I agree with this. The One is probably a better phone overall. If the one had a side power button and a led notification light, I'd have kept mine...but those are the two things that irritated the hell out of me on the One. HTC really needs to get the LED notification light thing going like the Galaxy S line and the N5. If I could only have one, price being no object, I'd carry the One.

I ended up selling the One anyway. I didn't want to let it go to be honest.
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I have both. The One's screen is better in my view. The Nexus 5 is a faster phone with better SoC. Build quality on the One is much better. LED notification light on the N5 is better. And so on - they're pretty comparable devices (assuming you're using the GPe of the One).

dbdynsty25 said:
I agree with this. The One is probably a better phone overall. If the one had a side power button and a led notification light, I'd have kept mine...but those are the two things that irritated the hell out of me on the One. HTC really needs to get the LED notification light thing going like the Galaxy S line and the N5. If I could only have one, price being no object, I'd carry the One.
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The HTC One DOES have a notification LED.

darkgoon3r96 said:
The HTC One DOES have a notification LED.
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LOL...are you serious? Of course I know there is a notification light...however, only two colors. And it goes off after 5 min. So it's a horrible version of the one on the N5 (and N4, GS3, GS4, Galaxy Nexus, etc.).

Well Guys, It's Been Almost a Day Since You've Had the Phone. Thoughts?

So far, I am loving the phone, and I have no faults with it as of yet. Yes, when you zoom in on pictures, they can be a bit blurry blown up on the computer, but I could care less since I'm not a professional photographer. Feels great in my hand, and people keep saying my phone looks sickkkk.
Oh, and this thing is LOOUUDDD. Louder than any other phone I've come across. The only lag I saw was while installing all my apps.
What about you guy's? Post pros and cons.
Sent from my HTC One M8!

BFirebird101 said:
So far, I am loving the phone, and I have no faults with it as of yet. Yes, when you zoom in on pictures, they can be a bit blurry blown up on the computer, but I could care less since I'm not a professional photographer. Feels great in my hand, and people keep saying my phone looks sickkkk.
Oh, and this thing is LOOUUDDD. Louder than any other phone I've come across. The only lag I saw was while installing all my apps.
What about you guy's? Post pros and cons.
Sent from my HTC One M8!
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I've never owned an HTC phone before, and the UI for me is a little tough to get used to - especially when my other devices are more 'stock' Android, - a Nexus 7 and Moto X. I've had plenty of skinned devices before, Samsung and Moto pre-Google, so I know there's a learning curve. The hardware though, it's about as close as I'll ever get to an iPhone, and it's fantastic. The build quality, the buttons, the material, top notch. Coming from "flagship" Sammy phones (Galaxy S3, S4 and Note 2 and 3's) - can't hold a candle to this. Biggest con (aside from the Sense UI) is the camera. I know I might need to tweak some settings, but it should be (in theory) a much better image quality just on auto settings.
I'd say, all things considered, the hardware is the biggest perk, but I have a feeling I'll still be using my Moto X more than 50% of the time.
Now, if we can get CM in the future, that's another story altogether, but I think it's too early to tell if someone will be able to root and unlock. Haven't kept up on the root/ROM scene since I loaded Beans on my Note 3 running 4.3 back in January.

The best phone I ever had, hands down. Second in line was the original M7 HTC One. Before that, my thrid favorite was my SGN. I havve had multiple phones in between and none come close to the M8...
I will say I HATE Blinkfeed but just download your favorite launcher (I use Apex)

Mike02z said:
The best phone I ever had, hands down. Second in line was the original M7 HTC One. Before that, my thrid favorite was my SGN. I havve had multiple phones in between and none come close to the M8...
I will say I HATE Blinkfeed but just download your favorite launcher (I use Apex)
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You can use the "manage home screen pages" setting to remove blinkfeed. No need to go for an outside launcher because of Blinkfeed.

Link200 said:
You can use the "manage home screen pages" setting to remove blinkfeed. No need to go for an outside launcher because of Blinkfeed.
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Thanks but I have used Apex on all my devices so I stick with what works

Mike02z said:
Thanks but I have used Apex on all my devices so I stick with what works
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I figured that was the case.
I thought it would be best to mention that since you made it sound like it was the only way to get away from Blinkfeed.

I had a DNA, then the HTC one, then I had a Galaxy S4. This M8 is the best. That bezel at the bottom is confusing...i keep wanting to the old home button. HTC phones are the experience I prefer. I don't really care about root. I used to..but i realized I have no time to install cute themes...and i only used 2 root apps. I would like root only for free tethering. Im still on an unlimited plan.
I would say this phone is amazing and I have yet to properly play with it.
The HTC transfer tool worked pretty good...even transfered my settings and put my home screen the way I like it.
The focus thing is kinda gimmickey but the camera is awesome. Can't wait to make some porn with this bad boy. Lmao
Sent from my HTC One (M8)

Loving mine, coming from the DNA. Don't much care for the on screen buttons but other than that. I like it. To me the camera is not as bad as a lot of sites are saying. Here's a quick pic I just took. The fire looks so clean.
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best phone in stock form to date! haven't had one hiccup, lag, glitch nothing! just flawless buttery performance! cant wait until we get root and get rid of bloat and some custom roms. phone will be a beast!!!

I am a G2 user on ATT but went to the Verizon store because I was dying to see this beautiful masterpiece, overall it is a very exquisite design and feels very nice.
I have never owned a HTC product and would like to in the future, but Damn this sense UI is very appealing to the eyes and simple.
Very fast phone with zero lag.
I spent a lot of time with the camera and I must say it isn't TERRIBLE but it isn't better than anything we have out now.
Where the One will accelerate is in low light and that is already proven....
Overall I'd say HTC WILL SELL TONS.
Sent from the LG G2

agreed. the key is zero lag. phone is stupid fast and everything is instant. this phone is going to be a huge success!!

So far so good. Sense is as bad as ever but it's easy enough to get rid of the bulk of it by installing another launcher. I also loaded the stock email app, clock and a few other things as I prefer the stock versions and disabled most of the bloatware.
The notification bar is more cluttered than it really needs to be. About half the bar tends to be taken up by system state icons leaving very little room for actual notifications. Also the second camera is pretty gimmicky. I'm not sure it's a device I'd buy solely based on the camera.
Overall though, I've never had a piece of hardware that felt so good in the hands. I've run a G1, a Nexus One, a MyTouch 4g, a Thunderbolt, a S3, a Droid Razr along with a few other phones as daily drivers and none of them even come close to this one in terms of hardware. It's just a shame that sense is on it.

This is my first HTC phone and so far its all good. I love the feel of it, its so solid with the uni body design. Im definitely looking forward to custom roms ect. in the future. Tootles Galaxy S4...you've been a b!tch

Pier8 said:
So far so good. Sense is as bad as ever but it's easy enough to get rid of the bulk of it by installing another launcher. I also loaded the stock email app, clock and a few other things as I prefer the stock versions and disabled most of the bloatware.
The notification bar is more cluttered than it really needs to be. About half the bar tends to be taken up by system state icons leaving very little room for actual notifications. Also the second camera is pretty gimmicky. I'm not sure it's a device I'd buy solely based on the camera.
Overall though, I've never had a piece of hardware that felt so good in the hands. I've run a G1, a Nexus One, a MyTouch 4g, a Thunderbolt, a S3, a Droid Razr along with a few other phones as daily drivers and none of them even come close to this one in terms of hardware. It's just a shame that sense is on it.
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sense bad? I don't know how you can say that. blows every other ui out of the water with what they have done with it. sense 6.0 is instant, lag/hiccup free, butter smooth what more do you want? go back to a nexus if you think sense is bad!!!

If there was a pure android phone with this sort of build quality available on Verizon I'd probably seriously consider it. I'll try to refrain from having opinions though since some people are touchy about those.

Pier8 said:
If there was a pure android phone with this sort of build quality available on Verizon I'd probably seriously consider it. I'll try to refrain from having opinions though since some people are touchy about those.
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If it gets soff you can put on then. I don't understand why people that hate sense buy HTC phones
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There's a lot to be said for the hardware and touchwiz isn't really any better. I'm not sure why it ruffles your feathers so much that someone might find the hardware compelling enough to overcome a UI that they aren't crazy about.

Coming from the DNA:
Same 5" screen, same feel in my hands...
But now I don't have to cup my hand behind the speaker to hear what's playing. Boom sound is simply awesome for such a little guy.
While I would like to have seen the camera resolution be in the 5-8mp range, I can't deny that this phone can take a pic in very low light. So that is a true plus for me.
But best of all is the SDXC slot is back. Thank you HTC.

Icyman said:
Coming from the DNA:
Same 5" screen, same feel in my hands...
But now I don't have to cup my hand behind the speaker to hear what's playing. Boom sound is simply awesome for such a little guy.
While I would like to have seen the camera resolution be in the 5-8mp range, I can't deny that this phone can take a pic in very low light. So that is a true plus for me.
But best of all is the SDXC slot is back. Thank you HTC.
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Coming from dna and agree completely.

Pier8 said:
There's a lot to be said for the hardware and touchwiz isn't really any better. I'm not sure why it ruffles your feathers so much that someone might find the hardware compelling enough to overcome a UI that they aren't crazy about.
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Boom.
Sense doesnt seem to be anything special to me. Touchwiz is a resource hogging load of crap imo. I got the phone for the design, hardware and potential to have it unlocked in the future.

m8

im currently thinking about getting the htc m8 or waiting for the lgG3. Seen a couple reviews about the g3 having a really dim screen and that would be a deal breaker. So my question to you guys is how much does everyone like there m8? i had the m7 and it was a great phone, loved blinkfeed.

A-m-a-z-i-n-g device. That's all I have to say.
Review after review call it "the best Android phone on the market" for a reason - until the next "best" thing comes along!

speedfreak228 said:
im currently thinking about getting the htc m8 or waiting for the lgG3. Seen a couple reviews about the g3 having a really dim screen and that would be a deal breaker. So my question to you guys is how much does everyone like there m8? i had the m7 and it was a great phone, loved blinkfeed.
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I was right where you are right now and I put a ton of time reading and watching reviews, doing my own pros and cons of each, and I am very happy with the M8. Literally the only draw back I have with this device is the camera. That being said, it still takes great shots as long as you don't plan on making them your HD wallpaper on your 23" monitor. I went back through all of my previous photos on old devices like the Moto X and the LG G2 and noticed that most all of my shots didn't require cropping at all or were close-ups. And personally, the extra camera features on the M8 actually enhance these types of photos that I take. So for me, it's all around great.
I was torn for 3 reasons. One was the camera which I just covered. The other was battery life, but the M8 just sips juice. Doesn't use hardly anything while not in use. And the final reason was the screen. I'm a sucker for a good screen, so naturally the G3 was calling my name; however, the 441 pixels per inch on the M8 is absolutely gorgeous. If you glue your eyeball to the screen, you may be able to convince yourself that you see pixels, but coming from a huge screen critic, you won't be displeased in the slightest.
Finally, the build quality and just overall good looks of the phone is something that people, even iPhone users, envy. Plus the sense ui on the Android OS has been greatly improved to the point where it's faster than stock android and I personally haven't experienced any lag. And let's not forgot the dual front-facing speakers which are wonderful for watching any videos or listening to music. So unless you want a ginormous screen or are a professional photographer taking photos on a smartphone for some reason, I would push you to get the M8.

so after visiting the LG G3 forums and reading some things i went and ordered the htc m8 in hot rod red, it will be here wednesday. I just dont think LG paired the right processor with the display, think they should have waited for the 805. If the battery life is as good as everyone says i should be extremely happy with the HTC m8. How is the standby battery life?

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so after visiting the LG G3 forums and reading some things i went and ordered the htc m8 in hot rod red, it will be here wednesday. I just dont think LG paired the right processor with the display, think they should have waited for the 805. If the battery life is as good as everyone says i should be extremely happy with the HTC m8. How is the standby battery life?
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Fantominal. Yes. I made a new word. Fantastic and phenomenal. In all seriousness though, overnight uncharged I averaged about -2 to 3% on stock. I let me device charge overnight now so I no longer have that stat but the battery life on this phone is overall phantabulous.
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Mine was finally delivered today and man this thing is nice. The red metal looks awesome! Fast and smooth experince.

speedfreak228 said:
Mine was finally delivered today and man this thing is nice. The red metal looks awesome! Fast and smooth experince.
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Device can be s'off, rooted with custom recovery which is what drove my choice along with features and design. Custom roms have exploded for this device with stock, gpe and some cm options. I have tried most roms and am very pleased with this device... had the m7, s4 honestly my only issue with the phone is that it satisfies my need to want a newer phone lol.

Seems like the M8 development has really taken off compared to the Samsung devices. I love the design of this phone. Haven't been able to really judge battery life today, been where there isn't good service all day.

It's probably like that cause the m8 is newer then the galaxy devices.. No excuses but it seems like that.. I still have a locked bootloader been a while

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It's probably like that cause the m8 is newer then the galaxy devices.. No excuses but it seems like that.. I still have a locked bootloader been a while
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Locked because you haven't got around to it or because your running into issues?

Amazing device. Camera is awesome but scratches very easily. I can no longer use mine, need to replace it
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Locked because you haven't got around to it or because your running into issues?
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Nope .. I think almost or every Dev or hacker to unlock the bootloader.. It's complicated

100,000 Dollar question. :)

Anyone who got a G3 coming from a HTC m8? If so opinions?
Thanks in advanced

i had the m8 (as well as a nexus 5 and a note 3)
aside from the speakers and in some ways htc sense (as well as htc's newfound speedy updates) the g3 is killer in virtually every other way.
hopefully the bootloader gets unlocked, but even still, with root it's a great device. speedy, good battery life, excellent use of space hardware wise, better camera, etc.
and that's comparing it to every other flagship i've had as well in this generation.
if there's anything specific you want to know, let me know. but i feel like there's a ton of comparison videos out there too.

I left my HTC M8 for the G3. I liked the feel of the phone better, the bigger display was a huge plus , plus is not really taller than the M8. Battery life has been pretty even. No complains on my end. Camera on G3, is just so much better for me and my usage. Aka kids and out doors. Speaker on G3 is actually pretty good. Not as good as the m8, but I don't miss them at all because the G3s are pretty good.

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I left my HTC M8 for the G3. I liked the feel of the phone better, the bigger display was a huge plus , plus is not really taller than the M8. Battery life has been pretty even. No complains on my end. Camera on G3, is just so much better for me and my usage. Aka kids and out doors. Speaker on G3 is actually pretty good. Not as good as the m8, but I don't miss them at all because the G3s are pretty good.
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How are pics of the kids who can't stay still in low light? That's my primary concern lol

The only thing I miss on the M8 was how damn good music sounded on it. And I mean through headphones, that phone had some fantastic sound. The G3 isnt bad though just not quite the quality of sound.

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The only thing I miss on the M8 was how damn good music sounded on it. And I mean through headphones, that phone had some fantastic sound. The G3 isnt bad though just not quite the quality of sound.
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Completely agree. That also is only thing I miss.

The laser assisted auto focus gets very quick and clear pictures. In generally much happier with this camera compared to the m8, n5 and note3
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I have a Samsung S5 active M8 and a Note 3. I have to say the m8 seems faster to me. The LG home UI sometimes feels like it lags for me just a little bit. Also the touch screen seems to be better on the S5 and the M8 as well. Camera is better on the G3 though as well as the screen of course.
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G3 camera crushes the m8. It's also nice having a 5.5 inch display in a phone that fits my hand like the m8 did.
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Awesome info guys. I now have my M8 listed now think I'm going to take the plung.

bkeaver said:
Awesome info guys. I now have my M8 listed now think I'm going to take the plung.
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swap launchers and you'll be more than pleased with this phone. the m8 definitely has the UI polish but LG's ui is better looking than touchwiz.
the launcher is a bit laggy though, phone flies with nova

adiliyo said:
swap launchers and you'll be more than pleased with this phone. the m8 definitely has the UI polish but LG's ui is better looking than touchwiz.
the launcher is a bit laggy though, phone flies with nova
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Good to know[emoji2]

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How are pics of the kids who can't stay still in low light? That's my primary concern lol
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So far I can't really complain lol, I don't use the flash if ever so speed isn't an issue. Pretty good amount of light. I'll post some in the morning.

I had the M8. I have nothing negative to say about the phone. I love my LG though. Bigger screen, the speaker seems louder to me as well. The HTC was loud but not like this. Even my brother sold his M8 for this. I don't regret it not even a little bit.
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I had the M8 and I was very impressed by it. The biggest difference I've noticed in the short time that I've had the G3 is battery life..so far I'm getting about 1/3rd tho 1/2 day out of it depending on my usage..I almost always got a full day out of the M8. Also M8 construction was nicer.
I don't know what is causing my severe Battery drain on this phone but it's definitely not good
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so does it take the same nano sim as the M8?

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so does it take the same nano sim as the M8?
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No, micro.

jdebutts said:
I had the M8 and I was very impressed by it. The biggest difference I've noticed in the short time that I've had the G3 is battery life..so far I'm getting about 1/3rd tho 1/2 day out of it depending on my usage..I almost always got a full day out of the M8. Also M8 construction was nicer.
I don't know what is causing my severe Battery drain on this phone but it's definitely not good
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No matter what I do I can't kill the battery that fast. Are you at 100%brightness streaming 2k videos all day? Are you rooted at all?
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