HTC Announces the HTC 10

[-BirdiE-]

1 hour ago, Starelementpoke said:

Eh, personally I would´ve been fine with a 1080p screen. Would´ve made the battery last a little longer.

I agree. The resolutions on phones are starting to get pretty absurd. I'm not convinced anyone can really tell the difference between 1080p and 1440p or 4K on a <6" screen. Having an OLED display would be a huge upgrade over an LCD screen though.

[asim1999]

3 hours ago, Starelementpoke said:

Eh, personally I would´ve been fine with a 1080p screen. Would´ve made the battery last a little longer.

Dont forget the much higher GPU performance when running at a lower res

[SurvivorNVL]

Well, I will have to decide between this and the next Nexus.  If the Nexus has OLED--going for that, given the specs will likely be the same and the skin will be true stock.  

[Deli]

Another boring than hell phone.

[Nowak]

Damn, this phone looks nice.

[Nowak]

3 hours ago, TheOrdix said:

Yay, and there is again a phone with a giant screen so noone can use it one handed. Great

I have a 5.2" phone right now, and it's one of the most comfortable-feeling phones I've ever used, even one-handed. I'll gladly take another 5.2" phone.

[Agosto]

So the HTC flagship has gained a useless 1440p screen and has lost one of its best features, the front facing stereo speakers. Fabulous.

[DocSwag]

22 minutes ago, Agost said:

So the HTC flagship has gained a useless 1440p screen and has lost one of its best features, the front facing stereo speakers. Fabulous.

It still has one front facing speaker. The other one is now on the side.

[Poohy14]

One thing that was a big miss for me on this (Have the M8) was the front speakers, I love them a lot and I wish it was water resistant. But the speakers was what I loved most about the phone and I don't know if I want the 10 now since it lacked 2 features I really wanted, but there is still hope with the camera, if that is even good at all but if its not. I will for sure be moving to the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

[thexzenon]

I like the front because it has that curved glass, but the back is pretty ugly. I'm sure it'll look better in real life, but it's still not as beautiful as the M7/8 imo. The specs look great and the software-side is really clean. It'll be interesting to see if the battery can last for more than a day (like with a 6S Plus with moderate use).

[VerticalDiscussions]

Great specs, great build quality, ugly front -.-

[suicidalfranco]

other bit of news: M10 has support for ApplePay and AndroidPay

[Mew]

2 hours ago, Agost said:

So the HTC flagship has gained a useless 1440p screen and has lost one of its best features, the front facing stereo speakers. Fabulous.

1440p is a minimum requirement for VR. 

[Castdeath97]

10 minutes ago, kurahk7 said:

1440p is a minimum requirement for VR. 

I don't think the HTC 10 has any accessories to take advantage of that.

[Castdeath97]

31 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

other bit of news: M10 has support for ApplePay and AndroidPay

What when where why how?

[suicidalfranco]

53 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

What when where why how?

what: exactly what i said

when: now

where: here http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/04/12/htc-10-airplay-android/

why: why not

how: Apple and HTC licensing agreement i presume 

[atrash]

1 hour ago, suicidalfranco said:

other bit of news: M10 has support for ApplePay and AndroidPay

You mean Airplay? not ApplePay..

[suicidalfranco]

3 minutes ago, atrash said:

You mean Airplay? not ApplePay..

yeah, that one

[LordArcturus]

Yay another phone variant I may or may not switch to when needed cuz I have had my HTC One M7 since mid 2014, but honestly, I think it is time I switched to a new phone, while this one is good, I don't think it can handle the usage scenarios I have it under, and this thing heats up like hell when it runs for over 20 minutes with full brightness (I can hold it when it is at its highest temps, but it causes such discomfort I'd rather drop it in ice).

 

Also I would rather they kept using 1080P until they had new battery tech that allows for at least as long as the usage time of older HTC One's with the 1440p cuz I eat through the battery on this phone like crazy (I can run the battery down to like 30% in 3 hours flat) and since these do not (maybe) use quick charging technology in the M7 it takes me until 5 in the morning to recharge it (might be cuz I have music running for an hour)

 

The one thing that I never understand is how they price phones now, I got my HTC One M7 before the prices jumped up, at like 200$ I would think is the original price, but now some phones are costing me as much as 2 PC Components or so maybe even 3, why is it they jumped so high so fast?

[rattacko123]

They call it the ten, but it doesn't run windows 10!? Disappoint 

[Mew]

37 minutes ago, Elementtt said:

Yay another phone variant I may or may not switch to when needed cuz I have had my HTC One M7 since mid 2014, but honestly, I think it is time I switched to a new phone, while this one is good, I don't think it can handle the usage scenarios I have it under, and this thing heats up like hell when it runs for over 20 minutes with full brightness (I can hold it when it is at its highest temps, but it causes such discomfort I'd rather drop it in ice).

 

Also I would rather they kept using 1080P until they had new battery tech that allows for at least as long as the usage time of older HTC One's with the 1440p cuz I eat through the battery on this phone like crazy (I can run the battery down to like 30% in 3 hours flat) and since these do not (maybe) use quick charging technology in the M7 it takes me until 5 in the morning to recharge it (might be cuz I have music running for an hour)

 

The one thing that I never understand is how they price phones now, I got my HTC One M7 before the prices jumped up, at like 200$ I would think is the original price, but now some phones are costing me as much as 2 PC Components or so maybe even 3, why is it they jumped so high so fast?

Lots of wrong assumptions you have there

You're assuming it has poor battery life when there are other things in play that also impact battery life. The Snapdragon 820 is more efficient than previous chips, allowing for better battery life. LCD panels are also getting better resulting in less power draw at the same brightness.

This phone supports QC 3.0 which is the fastest quick charging from Qualcomm, much faster than the non QC in the M7. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review/3

The MSRP of the was $599. Your $200 price was most likely subsidized on contract. http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/htc-one-m7-1131862/review

 

[Doobeedoo]

Looks quite solid really. Would like to test that UltraPixel camera in low light. Though as far as BoomSound odd to see one front speaker and second one on side.

[AlTech]

12 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Low power DDR4. Holy shit.

 

Wonder when we will be seeing HBM used in phones

 

Apple better not fucking do it and claim it was their idea first

Apple has been using Low Power DDR4 since October 2015

[Kamil]

Looks better than I expected it to, though I'm not a big fan of the mega chamfers. I also retain the opinion that every phone SHOULD have (real) stereo speakers by now, but at least they put more thought into it than "just slap a speaker somewhere, nobody actually uses them".

 

If this was out a month ago I probably would have gotten it over the Galaxy S7 (though I probably would have gone with the G5 over either if I had that option) but when I reach "literally cannot charge my phone" I kinda don't have the choice to wait.

[CyberneticTitan]

This just might be my phone for the next few years...

 

A bit disappointed that there isn't a white bezel for the silver version.