The 'All New HTC One" (aka the M8)
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And another thing. Every time I plug the f
king thing in to my pc now I get a prompt asking me do I want to use USB for file transfers. fk off! ask me once and be done with it!
The thing is going out the window soon. I had to factory reset it yesterday in order to get access to individual app settings. I was going to keep it (2 year contract up in a month) but at this rate I'll be heading back to a fking iPhone.
king thing in to my pc now I get a prompt asking me do I want to use USB for file transfers. fk off! ask me once and be done with it!The thing is going out the window soon. I had to factory reset it yesterday in order to get access to individual app settings. I was going to keep it (2 year contract up in a month) but at this rate I'll be heading back to a f
king iPhone.
Right, think I'll get on the M8 -> 6P bandwagon as well. Totally hacked off with my M8 now. Its dog slow most of the time and there are times where it just becomes unusable. It took a minute yesterday to go from chrome, hitting a maps link, to getting into the google maps app. A minute. I know thats very first world problems and everything but simple manouevers like that seem to be taking a long time.
Often I'll hit the app drawer to find no apps, but a spinning wheel and I have noticed for a while now that if signal strength is low on wifi, the whole phone just becomes really slow and unresponsive? Don't get that at all. I'd liken it to using an old Windows XP machine with 512 mb of RAM. Decent RAM amount for the time, but after a while the thing just begins to grind and newer programs are filling the memory, dumping you into the land of the HDD page file/swap file. Its just crap.
Part of me wants to just drop Android completely because I suspect if I get a 6P such maladies will befall me in another years time. Meanwhile, OH's iPhone 5 soldiers on smooth as silk (granted its toy-like proportions are no good and the battery life is woeful).
But not sure I can stomach the cost of an iPhone. (though given recycling places are offering roughly two buttons for a M8 trade in, where as a similarly aged iPhone gets you 4 buttons I guess it works out evens).
Often I'll hit the app drawer to find no apps, but a spinning wheel and I have noticed for a while now that if signal strength is low on wifi, the whole phone just becomes really slow and unresponsive? Don't get that at all. I'd liken it to using an old Windows XP machine with 512 mb of RAM. Decent RAM amount for the time, but after a while the thing just begins to grind and newer programs are filling the memory, dumping you into the land of the HDD page file/swap file. Its just crap.
Part of me wants to just drop Android completely because I suspect if I get a 6P such maladies will befall me in another years time. Meanwhile, OH's iPhone 5 soldiers on smooth as silk (granted its toy-like proportions are no good and the battery life is woeful).
But not sure I can stomach the cost of an iPhone. (though given recycling places are offering roughly two buttons for a M8 trade in, where as a similarly aged iPhone gets you 4 buttons I guess it works out evens).
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Friday 18th March 16:23
Otispunkmeyer said:
Part of me wants to just drop Android completely because I suspect if I get a 6P such maladies will befall me in another years time. Meanwhile, OH's iPhone 5 soldiers on smooth as silk (granted its toy-like proportions are no good and the battery life is woeful).
It will be fine. My Nexus 7 (2013) is running Android 6.0 and is fast and buttery-smooth. It was a major convincer in deciding to get the 6P and I haven't regretted it yet, save wishing EE would have offered the 64Gb as well. The 6P really is as good as the reviews say it is.Funk said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Part of me wants to just drop Android completely because I suspect if I get a 6P such maladies will befall me in another years time. Meanwhile, OH's iPhone 5 soldiers on smooth as silk (granted its toy-like proportions are no good and the battery life is woeful).
It will be fine. My Nexus 7 (2013) is running Android 6.0 and is fast and buttery-smooth. It was a major convincer in deciding to get the 6P and I haven't regretted it yet, save wishing EE would have offered the 64Gb as well. The 6P really is as good as the reviews say it is.I've checked out all the new top end handsets and nothing is floating my boat enough to drop ~£500 on one.
I quite like my HTC but it was a £450 handset and is useless after just one year as it won't read my sim card, paying 70 quid or so to get it fixed grates on me.
- Nexus 6P concerned it's too big
- Nexus 5X doesn't seem premium enough in build
- Samsung S7 too blingy and don't want all the extra crud that comes pre-installed
- LG G5 seems gimmicky with the swappable parts
- HTC 10 not yet announced
Think I might just save my cash and pick up a Moto G and see how I get on with it.
I quite like my HTC but it was a £450 handset and is useless after just one year as it won't read my sim card, paying 70 quid or so to get it fixed grates on me.
- Nexus 6P concerned it's too big
- Nexus 5X doesn't seem premium enough in build
- Samsung S7 too blingy and don't want all the extra crud that comes pre-installed
- LG G5 seems gimmicky with the swappable parts
- HTC 10 not yet announced
Think I might just save my cash and pick up a Moto G and see how I get on with it.
skahigh said:
I've checked out all the new top end handsets and nothing is floating my boat enough to drop ~£500 on one.
I quite like my HTC but it was a £450 handset and is useless after just one year as it won't read my sim card, paying 70 quid or so to get it fixed grates on me.
- Nexus 6P concerned it's too big
- Nexus 5X doesn't seem premium enough in build
- Samsung S7 too blingy and don't want all the extra crud that comes pre-installed
- LG G5 seems gimmicky with the swappable parts
- HTC 10 not yet announced
Think I might just save my cash and pick up a Moto G and see how I get on with it.
I had the same problem and went for the S7. First impressions are similar build quality despite weighing less and the screen seems a nice step up. No regrets so far. Feels much nicer in the hand - just a touch smaller.I quite like my HTC but it was a £450 handset and is useless after just one year as it won't read my sim card, paying 70 quid or so to get it fixed grates on me.
- Nexus 6P concerned it's too big
- Nexus 5X doesn't seem premium enough in build
- Samsung S7 too blingy and don't want all the extra crud that comes pre-installed
- LG G5 seems gimmicky with the swappable parts
- HTC 10 not yet announced
Think I might just save my cash and pick up a Moto G and see how I get on with it.
For the record my M8 still works perfectly after 2 years of use / abuse without a case and swapping out SIM's every few weeks. Good phone IMHO.
I considered waiting for the S7 but my experience with Touchwiz on my Tab S 8.4 means I'll never get another Samsung. If I could get one with vanilla Android I'd be tempted but everyone I know who's had a Samsung has complained about terrible performance degradation over time. It's a shame as their hardware is good, just let down by terrible software.
Security was another key consideration for me; both my Nexus 7 and 6P are running the March security patches from Google. My Tab S 8.4 is still on Android 5.0 and hasn't seen a single security update in the last year.
Security was another key consideration for me; both my Nexus 7 and 6P are running the March security patches from Google. My Tab S 8.4 is still on Android 5.0 and hasn't seen a single security update in the last year.
mmcd87 said:
For the record my M8 still works perfectly after 2 years of use / abuse without a case and swapping out SIM's every few weeks.
Strange, mine has lived in a case the whole time and the Sim card was never removed until it broke.I've gone for the 6P after playing with a colleagues Nexus 6, hope I've made the right choice.
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