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I never thought a case would make me want to buy a phone but this is actually a cool new feature.

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I've had a Desire and then a OneXL so when my contract is up in a couple of months I'll probably move onto this. Great looking phone. HTC stuff always feels more solid to me than the equivalent Galaxy.

people have started porting the M8's Sense 6 rom to the M7, so i put it on today. They've done a great job of keeping what was good and adding a few new things, plus a slight redesign to give it a bit more color. Sense 5 was a bit too black and white. The other thing i like about HTC is they don't stuff about when a new version of android comes out. It was only a month or two after 4.4.2 came out that they rolled out their version. Some manufacturers like Samsung and Sony really drag their feet.

Love HTC, brilliant pieces of Kit. My Desire HD was probably the best phone I've ever used and it literally saved me from crippling injury and possibly death in my big bike crash. Alas it did not survive itself.
Moved to the then brand spanking new One X which I've loved almost as much, though it tends to overheat and do strange things these days. I see one of these in my future.

Jamo wrote: Moved to the then brand spanking new One X which I've loved almost as much, though it tends to overheat and do strange things these days. I see one of these in my future.

My OneXL does similar. For no apparent reason it seems to go off on a runaway chain reaction and overheat and kill the battery. Then it'll be fine again. I've never been able to find a process or app that's the culprit either.

That looks sweet! I've had HTC's for 3 years and love them. HTC One is my current beast, love it.

It seems to have the power button on the top. Thats someting I cant do, I have a work phone (LG POS) that has it there and it is a nightmare.

Other than that that case is fantastic! wow!

i found it weird going from Samsung side button to HTC top button but it makes no difference now.

NeilPearson wrote:It seems to have the power button on the top. Thats someting I cant do, I have a work phone (LG POS) that has it there and it is a nightmare.

I think on the HTCs you just double tap the screen and it wakes up, rather than having to use the power button.

Hmm I actually looked at my work phone and its a HTC velocity 4g.

Sadly I can't double tap to unlock. Its running really old firmware.




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I think it's only the new M8 that does it.

Ahh ok

Got my new M8 today. Blimey it's big, not Galaxy big but big. Gonna take some getting used too.

I got one a couple of weeks ago too and yep, it's huge. I laughed that the One Mini is about the same size of my OneXL - how does that work?

Anyway, new phone is great. Piece of piss upgrading since I went from HTC to HTC. All of my apps and wifi settings, backgrounds, ringtones etc just synced up and ready to go. From walking into the Telstra store to having my phone ready to use with all of my old settings took about 30 minutes. It actually comes with a rubber case which is nice to have included.

$50 for a case?
And It tells you the time and the weather, too! Hey, it saves me the trouble of looking up!
It "adds value, not just a gimmick"? Sorry, what it does is a reduced amount of functionality compared to no-case. That's not added value. It's the very definition of a gimmick.

Eh, I've seen worse lies in the industry.

Having said that; how does this phone compare to the S5 & the galaxy note3 is the big question to me. I'm eyeing those, but can't decide. Plus I'm hoping the prices will drop a bit - sooner rather than later.
Both have the new toy tax on them, currently.

Anyone got any recommendations for a good free MP3 player app?

Tried one called FreeMP which looks like a continuation of dearly departed Winamp but it's utter shit. Didn't even pick up a bunch of my albums and mixed em all up.

Jamo wrote:Anyone got any recommendations for a good free MP3 player app?

Tried one called FreeMP which looks like a continuation of dearly departed Winamp but it's utter shit. Didn't even pick up a bunch of my albums and mixed em all up.

Continue to use Winamp?

Jamo wrote:Anyone got any recommendations for a good free MP3 player app?

Tried one called FreeMP which looks like a continuation of dearly departed Winamp but it's utter shit. Didn't even pick up a bunch of my albums and mixed em all up.

I use PowerAmp and ended up buying it. Best music app in my opinion.

What's wing with the default player? I really dig it on my M7.

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Hate the default player, couldn't find Winamp on the Android Market but after R8's prompting dug it up. Ta.

Must say first full day of use at work and not liking so far, don't get me wrong it's a stonking piece of kit but it's just too freaking big. Feels like a brick in my pocket.