HTC One [Megathread]

People not considering 3? One X is free on a 24 month contract at €40 with all you can eat data? Seems best deal to me.

In looking at it today, sooooo tempted

flugel wrote: »

In looking at it today, sooooo tempted

Me too. Took a look at it at lunchtime and the screen looks amazing. I'm sat here with my Desire now and it looks like a Fisher Price toy compared to the One X

I'll wait to see if battery life is improved by a S/W release in the next few weeks before I buy it though and then sign up to Three on an 18 month contract.

Delboy5 wrote: »

Is it possbile to get a 12 month contract anywhere now ?!?

Yea, but you'd be lucky to get €150 off the price of the phone.

johnny_adidas wrote: »

Why would you pay €960 for a phone which will be outdated half way through the contract?

To be fair, it's not just for the phone. You're getting 24 months service for that price too. You're getting something every month for your money. The phone might be out of date but it should still be working perfectly well.

SteM wrote: »

To be fair, it's not just for the phone. You're getting 24 months service for that price too. You're getting something every month for your money. The phone might be out of date but it should still be working perfectly well.

yes, but if you look at the monthly price of an 18-24 month contract with any of the mobile providers, you'll find that you can get more or less the same services on a 30 day rolling SIM only contract for half the price.

over the course of those 18-24 months, you'll have paid hundreds of euro's more for the same services you could have on a SIM only contract with a full priced SIM free phone, AND you are stuck with it until the contract is up, whereas with with a SIM only contract and SIM free phone, you can get yourself the next newest greatest smartphone in 6-12 months and easily sell on whatever phone you have now whilst it's still got a good chunk of it's resale value left.

Nedved85 wrote: »

Apparently meteor and 3 are shipping unlocked PAYG versions of the one x and they are cheaper (Meteor is 560 delivered, not sure about 3)

Three are 519 euro delivered from what I can see, but they only have the grey version.

flugel wrote: »

I know technology moves rapidly, but any phone I consider / do buy now (HTC X or if I wait to see what Samsung release) will be my phone for at least two years, knowing this I think 3's deal is the best for myself.

Gotta say I didn't realise as many people would be looking at buying a new phone with the idea to upgrade again in 12 months, and this when buying a new phone thats just new to the market itself.

Wouldn't be as fussed about constantly updating myself, heck I'm still using my Hero!

you're still missing the point. even if you didn't sell it on after a year and get something newer, you are still being fleeced by the mobile providers with the over-inflated price of the billpay contract that you pay to get the appearance of a cheap phone.

vibe666 wrote: »

SteM wrote: »

To be fair, it's not just for the phone. You're getting 24 months service for that price too. You're getting something every month for your money. The phone might be out of date but it should still be working perfectly well.

yes, but if you look at the monthly price of an 18-24 month contract with any of the mobile providers, you'll find that you can get more or less the same services on a 30 day rolling SIM only contract for half the price.

over the course of those 18-24 months, you'll have paid hundreds of euro's more for the same services you could have on a SIM only contract with a full priced SIM free phone, AND you are stuck with it until the contract is up, whereas with with a SIM only contract and SIM free phone, you can get yourself the next newest greatest smartphone in 6-12 months and easily sell on whatever phone you have now whilst it's still got a good chunk of it's resale value left.

Not half the price. With Three it's €30pm sim free versus €41pm on an 18 month contact. So

18 month contract
Phone: 189
Contract: 737
= 927

Or

SIM only
Phone: 519
Contract: 540
= 1059

So 132 cheaper to be tied to a contract for 18 months.

Totally depends on what you want but not MUCH cheaper to go SIM free. Just depends on whether someone wanted to upgrade within 18 months, I would hope you wouldn't *have* to upgrade within 18 months with this phone.

cdb wrote: »

Amazon.co.uk have the HTC One X for £480 at the moment which works out at €580 or so. Link Has anyone found it any cheaper?

EMobile on Select 100/12 Months works out at €509. The phone itself is sim free and you get 12 months of service too.

I got a HTC One X from Meteor yesterday as a replacement for my venerable HTC Desire. Firstly let me just say as far as the software, speed and screen quality is concerned its a fantastic upgrade and it has met all my expectations so far.

However the one thing that is really bugging me at the moment is the camera lens "bump" protruding from the back. There is no lip on the lens cover surround. So if you lay it flat on its back it will almost certainly get scratched in no time. Add to the fact that you can't replace the rear cover easily and I really think HTC have a major design flaw on their hands here. A case back is an absolute must. The problem is all of the cases I've seen so far seem to have just a cut out for the lens. If anyone has seen a cover that provides complete lens protection (i.e. sitting above the lens housing) while allowing full camera function please feel free to post here or PM me.

Hi folks
Received my One X today and trying to add music to it at the moment. I have come across a problem in that some of the music is in the protected AAC format. Is there any way of getting this music onto an android phone please?

Delboy5 wrote: »

Is it possbile to get a 12 month contract anywhere now ?!?

I got the One X for 269 on emobile with a 12 month contract. Their tariff pricing seems to be some of the best on the market aswell

one man clappin wrote: »

Hi folks
Received my One X today and trying to add music to it at the moment. I have come across a problem in that some of the music is in the protected AAC format. Is there any way of getting this music onto an android phone please?

I don't know if there's any software that will re-encode the files without the protection. Worst comes to the worst, you could burn it to CD and re-rip it from the CD into MP3