*** The official HTC One S thread ***

HTC screen protector just arrived, will put it on later and post my thoughts on it later :)


@sunny007

Touch the screen to focus on different areas instead of just relying on the auto focus, sometimes things come out much better then.
 
My One S rebooted 3am Sunday morning and I wasn't using SwiftKey 3beta :D I knew because even though I was asleep the blinding white boot screen woke me up. Thankfully unlike the Defy it doesn't make any noise. Defy announces when it had mounted the SD card :rolleyes:

Back to using the Defy this week as One S on way back to HTC for 'repair'.
 
Mini write up is done now :)

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1071937-htc-one-s/page__st__15__p__594864701#entry594864701

The official HTC one S screen protector arrived today, £3.74 including delivery (£1.79 just for the protector, the delivery cost more than the item itself :o), which isn't badly priced and I got two screen protectors, I was only expecting one.

So for £1.79, I wasn't expecting good things with this screen protector especially after reading some reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised in the end.

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Unfortunately you can't really judge screen protectors in photos, these are the sort of things that have to be seen in person.

The best way to apply screen protectors is after you or someone else has had a nice long hot shower and kept the door closed as the steam works wonders with dust :D


On my first application, the protector applied effortlessly, there were quite a few air bubbles in the middle and I was worried about this but thankfully I was able to push them out by just using my nail, only two air bubbles remained, which are on the top left as you can see in the photos below, and two tiny pieces of dust on the "home" button and right side on the edge (the other bits of dust that are visible in some photos is just "on top" of the protector), however, these are only noticeable at certain angles and under certain lighting conditions. I could reapply the protector to try and get rid of them but I will probably end up making it even worse! :p

Despite some user reviews saying that the protector wasn't the right size, mine seemed like a perfect fit pretty much.

With some screen protectors, the touch screen sensitivity and colours are impacted, however, with this protector, that isn't the case IMO, I couldn't tell the difference at all personally, the one thing, which is noticeable is the feel, it is more of a plastic "feel" now instead of glass, obviously :p

If it weren't for the tiny cut out on the top for the light sensor and the two air bubbles, you wouldn't even know that there is a screen protector on.

Unfortunately the screen protector shows grubby marks/fingerprints more easily now. But this is easily solved by giving the screen a quick wipe every now and then.

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Needless to say I am very happy with the outcome and will be cancelling the Martin Fields screen protector (£12 :o) now.
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That's a pretty terrible design flaw really.

HTC are hardly looking good at the moment with this and all of the manufacturing faults with the X (which do seem to be worse than normal).
 
Nexus18 said:
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What about getting yourself a skin/case that covers the sides and back?
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It's an option but i certainly shouldn't need to. I even stopped putting my keys in that pocket to make sure :(

I'm so happy with the phone but if i have to go through hassle of returning this one i might have to look at other options. I'll give it a few days and see how bad it gets although i'm not doing much so it wont spend much time pocketed.

I might try get an email response from HTC to make sure i don't get any BS from the o2 shop
 
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Yeah, you shouldn't have to, if it wasn't an issue, I would not be using the tough case but a barely there case instead but don't want to take the risk especially as it seems to be the top part that is suffering the worst :(

What do you think of the grey version? Could always try and get your current one exchanged for it. It doesn't have that issue at all.
 
Skillmister said:
Well after a full day of my phone being in and out of my pocket i'm starting to see some chips appearing in the same places as last time :( :mad:
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Phone the HTC UK number and let them know about the chipping problem. They gave me a ticket number which I gave to CPW and they were more than happy to offer me a new phone or a refund.

O2 should be able to do the same for you. HTC are aware of the problem it's just the hassle of swapping through several One S's before you strike lucky I suppose.
 
stoosh said:
Phone the HTC UK number and let them know about the chipping problem. They gave me a ticket number which I gave to CPW and they were more than happy to offer me a new phone or a refund.
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Is the replacement any better or is it a batch that suffer from it. I, like Nexus, have a tough case on mine, or at least had. Not a bad skin and makes the phone a little more grippy in the hand. Bit too grippy in the pocket and not so easy to slide in or out of. Does afford protection to the tough :rolleyes: MAO coating.
 
Nexus18 said:
Yeah, you shouldn't have to, if it wasn't an issue, I would not be using the tough case but a barely there case instead but don't want to take the risk especially as it seems to be the top part that is suffering the worst :(

What do you think of the grey version? Could always try and get your current one exchanged for it. It doesn't have that issue at all.
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O2 don't seem to give a choice of colour as far as i can tell? The grey looks fine, i quite like the blue camera ring and i'm not too fussed for the MAO even if it worked correctly.

I just don't want to lose my game saves i couldn't care less about everything else :p :mad:
 
Richy888 said:
Is the replacement any better or is it a batch that suffer from it. I, like Nexus, have a tough case on mine, or at least had. Not a bad skin and makes the phone a little more grippy in the hand. Bit too grippy in the pocket and not so easy to slide in or out of. Does afford protection to the tough :rolleyes: MAO coating.
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I took the option of a refund as the other HTC One S they had in stock all had chipping around the USB port area and / or at the top of the phone.

I waited a couple of weeks and took the plunge again and ordered via an online retailer, straight away I put the One S in a cheapo TPU case and so far fingers crossed the phone hasn't had any chipping to it and I've had the phone for a month now. I check every day for any marks around the One S but so far so good.

HTC reckon there's a bad batch around but I think you'll do well if you swap out the defective One S for one that hasn't been affected. I've struck it lucky and maybe other owners have too. Considering that I had to go through 6 different One S's from both rainforest and CPW and got a decent One S in the end is quite a good result in the end!
 
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Skillmister said:
O2 don't seem to give a choice of colour as far as i can tell? The grey looks fine, i quite like the blue camera ring and i'm not too fussed for the MAO even if it worked correctly.
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Just checked on their site and I can only see the black version. Maybe HTC could exchange it for a grey version?

Skillmister said:
I just don't want to lose my game saves i couldn't care less about everything else :p :mad:
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:D

Skillmister said:
nexus where did you get that screen protector? for that price i should probably get one
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The rainforest place ;)

Just search on that site HTC one S screen protector and iirc it is the first result.
 
The one with a 2 star average review? :o

And i'm not even joking when i say that about the games :p Took me ages to beat my brother at temple run. Btw when i tried launchers out i also lost my highscores, is that meant to happen?
 
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