***The Official HTC One Thread***

esoteric said:
Well that just sucks.. forcing upgrades to unneeded hardware just to get the latest software. My HTC Desire was stopped at Jellybean because of it's hardware limits which is fair enough, but HTC One M7 though is plenty powerful enough.

So basically Smartphones have officially hit the hardware dead end and now to sell the latest model they are locking out last years model from this years software.
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If you take a day to figure out rooting and flashing roms (it really isn't hard once you've done it once), you can either put a m8 version of lollipop on it, or cyanogen which is even better still imo.
 
[TW]Fox;27807906 said:
But there is absolutely no reason to upgrade an M7, what does the M9 or galaxy S whatever do that justifies dropping the M7 in a bin and shelling out 550 quid?

I was very pleased to upgrade to the M7 after 2 years with a Sensation but I can't say I feel the same now.
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I'm feeling the same, all I see is a better camera (to me its still fast). With the £3.99 O2 deal on at the moment, I could buy me a good camera over 12 months in money saved.
 
Bradmax57 said:
You could say the same for buying a new car though...... or anything for that matter
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Well no, not really. Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't - the trick is to upgrade when the upgrade offers credible benefits.

There were many credible benefits of upgrading my then 2 year old Sensation to a new HTC One. It had a considerably better screen, the resolution was excellent, the build quality was a step up, it was noticeably more powerful, the Sensation regularly struggled when the going got tough. The One was a significant upgrade and not once did I regret the £500 it cost to do so.

I can't make the same case now my HTC One has reached the same point in its ownership. Upgrading to any of the new phones offers only minor and incremental benefits, many of which are only benefits on paper. My HTC One currently runs exactly the same software as the new models, it's still lightning quick, the screen is not hugely dissimilar, etc etc.

It just seems like a complete waste of time to upgrade now - the level of progress has really begun to plateau which is why you see Samsung grasping at gimmicks like a curved side screen.

To upgrade now is simply to do so for no real reason other than to have the 'latest thing'. Great when it offers credible benefits but a waste of time and money when it doesn't.

Presumably HTC realise this too, which is why development has now ended for the HTC One.
 
Have to agree with the above points, the phone is still very fast compared to the current batch of phones (apart from the camera), I'm struggling to find a phone worthy of upgrading to that matches my needs. There's better SoC, screen, etc. but it doesn't really feel that significant of a jump to tempt me. Sure official software support may be dead now, but Sense apps will still be updated via the Play store, and it still has a pretty strong custom ROM community behind it (there's already a Sense 7 port). Should be able to squeeze another year or so.

On the other hand, I bought a Sony QX10 for now to solve my camera issues, and it's working pretty well with the M7. Space was an issue as well but I've started moving some of my less listened music to Google Music. Now I have no reason at all to upgrade at all :p.
 
[TW]Fox;27809111 said:
Well no, not really. Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't - the trick is to upgrade when the upgrade offers credible benefits.

There were many credible benefits of upgrading my then 2 year old Sensation to a new HTC One. It had a considerably better screen, the resolution was excellent, the build quality was a step up, it was noticeably more powerful, the Sensation regularly struggled when the going got tough. The One was a significant upgrade and not once did I regret the £500 it cost to do so.

I can't make the same case now my HTC One has reached the same point in its ownership. Upgrading to any of the new phones offers only minor and incremental benefits, many of which are only benefits on paper. My HTC One currently runs exactly the same software as the new models, it's still lightning quick, the screen is not hugely dissimilar, etc etc.

It just seems like a complete waste of time to upgrade now - the level of progress has really begun to plateau which is why you see Samsung grasping at gimmicks like a curved side screen.

To upgrade now is simply to do so for no real reason other than to have the 'latest thing'. Great when it offers credible benefits but a waste of time and money when it doesn't.

Presumably HTC realise this too, which is why development has now ended for the HTC One.
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I need to upgrade because the battery on my M7 is now shocking, doesn't even last a day and i'm a light user!
 
[TW]Fox;27809111 said:
Well no, not really. Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't - the trick is to upgrade when the upgrade offers credible benefits.

There were many credible benefits of upgrading my then 2 year old Sensation to a new HTC One. It had a considerably better screen, the resolution was excellent, the build quality was a step up, it was noticeably more powerful, the Sensation regularly struggled when the going got tough. The One was a significant upgrade and not once did I regret the £500 it cost to do so.

I can't make the same case now my HTC One has reached the same point in its ownership. Upgrading to any of the new phones offers only minor and incremental benefits, many of which are only benefits on paper. My HTC One currently runs exactly the same software as the new models, it's still lightning quick, the screen is not hugely dissimilar, etc etc.

It just seems like a complete waste of time to upgrade now - the level of progress has really begun to plateau which is why you see Samsung grasping at gimmicks like a curved side screen.

To upgrade now is simply to do so for no real reason other than to have the 'latest thing'. Great when it offers credible benefits but a waste of time and money when it doesn't.

Presumably HTC realise this too, which is why development has now ended for the HTC One.
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They stopped support for it because it's 2 years old. That's what they promised you. That can't continue to support all devices forever, it's not practical in any way. It's not some cunning plan to get you too upgrade. Be thankful you got 2 years, some manufacturers don't even give you that.
 
Got the lollipop upgrade this morning for my galaxy s4, tbh i probably won't put it on as it wrecked my nexus 7 and I've heard loads of horror stories about the update on these threads.
 
Sanchez said:
They stopped support for it because it's 2 years old. That's what they promised you. That can't continue to support all devices forever, it's not practical in any way. It's not some cunning plan to get you too upgrade. Be thankful you got 2 years, some manufacturers don't even give you that.
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Only those who bought it on release day got 2 years. It was sold as a flagship device at a premium price for an entire year, so many people got barely more than a year of updates.

Unacceptable for such an expensive phone especially one where deliberately built in obselesence is the only real reason to upgrade. Its not as if the M9 really does massively more or does what it currently does sufficiently differently is it?

To leave it on a bugged version is just an additional smack in the face.

Out of interest what are Samsung doing with the S4?
 
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It was sold with the promise of an 18 month update period from release date.

It's not like the phone isn't doing what it's supposed to do after this peroid. Your getting updates from Google like the play service to keep the phone upto date app wise.

My phone is still on 4.1JB. Works with all apps just fine.
 
[TW]Fox;27873738 said:
Only those who bought it on release day got 2 years. It was sold as a flagship device at a premium price for an entire year, so many people got barely more than a year of updates.

Unacceptable for such an expensive phone especially one where deliberately built in obselesence is the only real reason to upgrade. Its not as if the M9 really does massively more or does what it currently does sufficiently differently is it?

To leave it on a bugged version is just an additional smack in the face.

Out of interest what are Samsung doing with the S4?
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afaik the S4 got lollipop.
 
kona786 said:
It was sold with the promise of an 18 month update period from release date.
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And you think it's acceptable to be able to purchase a £500 handset with as little as 7 months of upgrades (Anyone who bought it as the flagship device in Feb 2014)?

It's not like the phone isn't doing what it's supposed to do after this period.
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Actually I'm stuck with having to continually dismiss the 5.0 upgrade notification because Lollipop is full of a number of bugs that have prompted 5.1 but which HTC won't ever provide. If it stopped at 5.1 it'd make more sense.

Never mind, I could put my M7 into the dustbin and purchase an M9 which does virtually nothing different for another £500 only to be in the same situation again. Thats how we roll now isn't it, taking out finance packages on phones constantly to have the latest model, who cares if it brings any credible functionality differences? ;)
 
[TW]Fox;27874760 said:
And you think it's acceptable to be able to purchase a £500 handset with as little as 7 months of upgrades (Anyone who bought it as the flagship device in Feb 2014)?
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It's your own fault if you paid £500, and not have known what your getting yourself into. Even more your fault if you paid £500 in Feb 2014.

18 months of updates is far from unacceptable IMO.

[TW]Fox;27874760 said:
Actually I'm stuck with having to continually dismiss the 5.0 upgrade notification because Lollipop is full of a number of bugs that have prompted 5.1 but which HTC won't ever provide. If it stopped at 5.1 it'd make more sense.
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What are the bugs out if interest?

[TW]Fox;27874760 said:
Never mind, I could put my M7 into the dustbin and purchase an M9 which does virtually nothing different for another £500 only to be in the same situation again. Thats how we roll now isn't it, taking out finance packages on phones constantly to have the latest model, who cares if it brings any credible functionality differences? ;)
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That or you could go custom ROM, or keep it as is on stable 4.4.x...or just sulk all day ;)
 
anyone know where i might be able to buy a logic board for one?
after months of trying various things I've been told it needs a new logic board, but can't seem to find any in the uk...
phone is done now so was going to see if i could fix it myself rather than shelling out 160 quid to a repair shop to do...
 
Just noticed "sunset at..." on the new lock screen... Is there a way to remove that? Nice to see some Sense 7 elements trickling down to the M7 however, wasn't expecting to see the theme engine to be part of the Sense home app (new name for Blinkfeed). Don't think I like the style of the clock widget though :p.
 
If you are someone who wants support for as long as possible then you shouldn't be looking at any OEM android device, you will generally only get a max of 2 years support, if lucky... I have been stung twice with poor support and not even got a full year of updates due to lame ass reasons, which is why I went with the nexus 5 in the end and will most likely stay with the nexus line until google/manufacturers work on some way to sort out android fragmentation.
 
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