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Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 01, 2013, 09:46:33 am: (http://www.android.gs/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/HTC-One-Google-Edition-release-date-and-price-400x250.jpg)

$599USD or for us, $755NZD.

This will be mine, I swear to god.

http://blog.htc.com/2013/05/htc-one-google-nexus-experience/

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This special edition device, priced at $599, will be available in the United States (initially) and supported on GSM networks. Out of the box, this special edition HTC One will run Android 4.2.2 with subsequent software updates provided by Google.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Benji77 on June 01, 2013, 04:02:06 pm: hmm something I might consider.

i'll wait for it to come down to about $500NZD before I look at buying it tho.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 01, 2013, 05:03:00 pm: Buuuuuut why?

By the time you see it drop that far in price it will be old tech. Like, really old tech.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Benji77 on June 01, 2013, 06:01:47 pm: have spent $1000 on a phone before. Was great phone but compared to the Galaxy Nexus I got for $500 it wasn't worth it.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 01, 2013, 08:44:59 pm: I have the HTC one. Work bought it for me. It's jizzy. So Jizzy.

Can recommend.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 01, 2013, 10:44:48 pm: Quote from: Emrico1;1526223
I have the HTC one. Work bought it for me. It's jizzy. So Jizzy.

Can recommend.

Omg. My jealous hate of you is at its highest level in years.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 02, 2013, 12:43:05 pm: Quote from: swindle;1526226
Omg. My jealous hate of you is at its highest level in years.

Me? But I look like the guy from Malcom in the middle... How could you be jealous of that?

The phone is baws though.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: kilabee on June 03, 2013, 07:13:26 pm: Quote from: Emrico1;1526231
Me? But I look like the guy from Malcom in the middle

(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh59/kilabee_photo/Dewey-malcolm-in-the-middle-33493258-1024-768_zps7910fc68.png)
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 03, 2013, 08:09:32 pm: Nah, Malcom. I can only dream of looking like that handsom little bastard.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: mattnz on June 03, 2013, 09:10:49 pm: They're going to fix their messed up buttons then?
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Pyromanik on June 03, 2013, 10:56:06 pm: I have a mate who hates capacitive hw buttons.
Back in my day (HTC magic) they were cool.
But Android has come a long way since then.
I'd probably be inclined to agree these days.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Retardobot on June 03, 2013, 11:13:20 pm: I fucking hate soft buttons. I want them separate from the screen.

Also, I cracked the reverse glass on my Nexus 4. Accidentally dropped the keys on it.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: mattnz on June 04, 2013, 01:40:10 am: Well they're part of the Android specification now, and they're a lot more flexible.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Growler on June 04, 2013, 08:34:11 am: You cracked the glass on your nexus by dropping keys on to it?

I dropped my Nokia N8 on the 22nd Feb 2011 at 12:51.........
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Retardobot on June 04, 2013, 08:59:02 am: Yeah. The backing is covered by a very thin glass panel. I dropped my keys on it from a very small height (phone was on bed, dropped keys onto phone from relaxed hand height). It may not have broken if the keys landed anywhere else than where it did; right at the opening for the speaker.

The biggest issue with the Nexus 4 is that it's smooth. TOO smooth. The hyper polished front and back means the phone slides around like water on a hydrophobic surface.

To be honest, I'd love a Note II.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Growler on June 04, 2013, 09:08:46 am: Note 2 does look sexy.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Growler on June 04, 2013, 09:26:27 am: http://android-sale.com/hdc-one.html

hahahaha
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 04, 2013, 12:00:15 pm: Quote from: Growler;1526329
[url]http://android-sale.com/hdc-one.html[/url]

hahahaha

Seems legdit
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 04, 2013, 12:31:09 pm: Sure does.

8MP camera, dual SIM and 1GB RAM.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Craigor on June 04, 2013, 12:33:28 pm: ooo it has 4GB of ROM too, how.. umm.. useful..
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 04, 2013, 04:10:54 pm: At least its better then those 3GB ROM phones.

Right?

Guys...
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: BushySB on June 11, 2013, 06:25:25 pm: HTC one or S4? Which do i choose?
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Benji77 on June 11, 2013, 06:38:12 pm: HTC One
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: PrinceTuiTeka on June 12, 2013, 10:02:51 am: ^^agree. I have the S3 atm but will be jumping ship when I upgrade.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: BushySB on June 12, 2013, 06:31:41 pm: That seems to be the general concensis around here but why? what makes the HTC better?
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: PrinceTuiTeka on June 12, 2013, 06:57:09 pm: I like the look, the metal unibody, and the front facing speakers on the HTC over the S4. The screen is pretty too, but the s4's is also stunning.

I like the expandable memory of the S4 however. This will be the hardest thing to give up as currently I don't have an ipod and I use a couple of 16 gb cards and swap em out every now and then.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 12, 2013, 06:58:16 pm: Quote from: BushySB;1526948
That seems to be the general concensis around here but why? what makes the HTC better?

Build Quality mostly. Spec wise they are similar but reports are that the galaxies are pretty flimsy. There are pro's and cons to each but in the end I want a phone that can take a little hit.
Beats Audio is mint, I wasn't even aware that it would be so good for a phone.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 12, 2013, 06:59:07 pm: Its not made of fucking plastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpiPzgBJU9M

$1000 for a fucking plastic phone that is not really for all *intents and purposes* any better built then a $99 phone?
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: mattnz on June 13, 2013, 09:25:11 am: *intents and purposes lolz
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 13, 2013, 10:15:51 am: My bad. I was actually genuinely interested to check this thread when I had seen you post in it as I assumed you had something interesting and/or relevant to add.

All you do now is appear about of nowhere as a grammar nazi and vanish.

Enjoying that?
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: mattnz on June 13, 2013, 10:39:04 am: Jesus. Guilt trip much?

I like metal bodies, but I dislike HTC Sense, so win-win?

Not that I would spend that much on a phone.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 13, 2013, 02:03:13 pm: Mine was free.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: mattnz on June 13, 2013, 06:32:12 pm: Well I would pay that much.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Pyromanik on June 13, 2013, 09:30:01 pm: I almost wish I had one, but even though my old HTC is slow... I don't see much point in upgrading as I barely use it other than TO MAKE PHONE CALLS. Radical I know, but that's how I roll.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Codex on June 14, 2013, 04:40:46 pm: You could get the normal one and just run cm10.1, essentially the same o-o
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: O-L-W-A-G on June 14, 2013, 07:35:39 pm: Quote from: Emrico1;1526953
Build Quality mostly. Spec wise they are similar but reports are that the galaxies are pretty flimsy. There are pro's and cons to each but in the end I want a phone that can take a little hit.
Beats Audio is mint, I wasn't even aware that it would be so good for a phone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbn_pmxFic
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: Emrico1 on June 14, 2013, 09:40:11 pm: TLDWatch, regardles, the audio is surprisingly good.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: O-L-W-A-G on June 15, 2013, 07:56:56 am: Pick up any other android phone with a graphic EQ, make a V shape with it and listen to music on it. All the beats audio is really doing when it is on is turning on an EQ profile that hilights the interesting frequencies. When beats audio is off it does the reverse EQ profile and makes a ^ shaped EQ, turning down the less the interesting frequencies and hilighting the more 'boring' ones.

There is some good features with the hardware of the beats audio but the difference it makes is small. There is also some placebo in turning beats audio '"ON", get some people help you do a DBT with a google edition ROM HTC One and another phone both with no EQ.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: PrinceTuiTeka on June 15, 2013, 09:32:16 am: I think for the most part its the fact that the speakers are crisp, facing the correct way, there are two of them and they are in stereo. Well thats the standout features for me, Beats is just marketing hype.
Title: I'll take One. HTC One Google Edition is real.
Post by: swindle on June 15, 2013, 09:52:09 am: Quote from: PrinceTuiTeka;1527150
the speakers are crisp, facing the correct way, there are two of them and they are in stereo.

Straight up. Beats or no beats.