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The new HTC ONE (M7)

MacDevil7334

MacDevil7334

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I just bought a used One GPE off of ebay. Have been pretty disappointed with iOS 7 and decided that it was time to give Android a try. After all, since Apple has now jumped on the Android flat-design bandwagon, I figured I might as well go with the genuine article. I would have bought a Nexus 5 but I didn't want to wait for 4 weeks. The One is a beautiful phone and this seemed like the best (and cheapest) way to try out stock Android.

Since this is my first time using an Android phone, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good widgets/mods/apps. I have already been looking at mods to get notifications on the lock screen. But, I would appreciate any other suggestions on how to get the most out of Android.
 
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WilliamBateman

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MacDevil7334 said:
I just bought a used One GPE off of ebay. Have been pretty disappointed with iOS 7 and decided that it was time to give Android a try. After all, since Apple has now jumped on the Android flat-design bandwagon, I figured I might as well go with the genuine article. I would have bought a Nexus 5 but I didn't want to wait for 4 weeks. The One is a beautiful phone and this seemed like the best (and cheapest) way to try out stock Android.

Since this is my first time using an Android phone, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good widgets/mods/apps. I have already been looking at mods to get notifications on the lock screen. But, I would appreciate any other suggestions on how to get the most out of Android.
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Best advice is to just google best Android apps and look at what's most popular in the Play store. Great choice!
 
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Marco123

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Just sold my 5S and bought a One as I hate ios7 so really looking forward to this phone.
Heard great things about it but very wary of the quality control issues on the build.
 
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FrankB1191

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Jun 14, 2013
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Marco123 said:
Just sold my 5S and bought a One as I hate ios7 so really looking forward to this phone.
Heard great things about it but very wary of the quality control issues on the build.
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If you heard about these issues on MacRumors, take it with a grain of salt. The same complaints are leveled against every Apple product ever made. ;)

My wife and son and I all love our HTC One phones. Enjoy it! :)
 
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FrankB1191

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LadyX said:
My HTC One just received Android 4.3 and Sense 5.5.
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My Verizon HTC One received a firmware update today. I read that Verizon is doing 4.3 in two stages, and this would seem to be the first stage. The second is supposed to be in December, and Verizon says 4.4 will be released in January. Weird, but that's what I read.
 
Rogifan

Rogifan

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Ew, not a fan of gold and black at all. Looks incredibly dated, like something that belongs in the 70s or 80s. Also too much gold IMO and just proves why Apple didn't make a gold iPad.
 
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Ragnarianrok

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MacFather said:
HTC announces Golden-colored One

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looks better than gold 5S in my opinion.
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This is actually pretty nice.

HTC One in colors actually looks great. If anyone's ever seen the red or blue in color, they look pretty spectacular. Pictures do them no justic.

I guess the HTC One is just a nicely designed phone overall.
 
ChazUK

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Just updated to KitKat.

Time to see what has changed. :)
 

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rogeliojeda

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I just bought an used HTC One 64GB unlocked, it is on Android 4.3 however Sense version it's 5.0, shouldn't it be 5.5? How can I update it? I've been looking up at several websites without any luck

(I'm using it with the Mexican carrier Telcel)
 
ucfgrad93

ucfgrad93

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rogeliojeda said:
I just bought an used HTC One 64GB unlocked, it is on Android 4.3 however Sense version it's 5.0, shouldn't it be 5.5? How can I update it? I've been looking up at several websites without any luck

(I'm using it with the Mexican carrier Telcel)
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I'm using a HTC One on AT&T. It is on Android 4.3 and Sense 5.0.
 
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verpeiler

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rogeliojeda said:
I just bought an used HTC One 64GB unlocked, it is on Android 4.3 however Sense version it's 5.0, shouldn't it be 5.5? How can I update it? I've been looking up at several websites without any luck

(I'm using it with the Mexican carrier Telcel)
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IIRC only the european (or EMEA) has sense 5.5. But I can tell you it's not THAT important, there are only some minor changes overall.
 
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WilliamBateman

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ChazUK said:
HTC putting Samsung to shame again!

http://www.androidcentral.com/kitka...ut-unlocked-and-dev-edition-htc-one-phones-us

KitKat and sense 5.5 already rolling out to unlocked and Dev edition htc one handsets.

Amazing work.
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Probably because no one is buying the GPE or DEV edition of the S4, so its not like it matters anyways. People buy an S4 for all the great software TW brings to it, things no other phone on the market has. They don't buy one to get a stripped down, boring version of Android.
 
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