brotkasten
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Holy shit, HTC is making the Valve headset.
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WhiskerFrisker
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Valve and HTC? Who is making the thread over in the Gaming side?
Junior Mint
Member
Good to see Samsung hasn't learned shit. I can't believe they still have all this garbage in the notification center that takes up 1/3 of the screen. Who uses this S Connect and Quick Finder shit?
lmfao
-Pyromaniac-
Member
nope lol
Jazzy Network
Member
God when will the VR phase end? I don't give a shit about this.
brotkasten
Member
You can say that about Samsung's design, but HTC did design a completely new phone two years ago, even iterated on its design last year (so it's not a total refresh), but people definitely expected another new design this year (see: the leaks and reactions when they weren't real). HTC reusing the design language a second time is actually a surprise and not expected.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Great to see all of these companies doubling down on VR. The next frontier will arrive soon.
Jazzy Network
Member
This story sucks.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Ah, yes. I know... one of those names.
Industry leaders
longdi
Banned
Ah, yes. I know... one of those names.
lol, so its not an official valve steambox hmd then.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
The music lol
Jazzy Network
Member
Well thanks for wasting my time HTC.
weekend_warrior
Banned
That was IT?!
Where was the One Plus??
Where was the One Plus??
brotkasten
Member
After the recent M9 leaks, did you really expect something worth your while?
Also, your avatar totally needs that HTC fitness band.
Everyone knew by this point what they would show. Don't boo them, you should be booing yourself.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
As someone who uses the multi-tasking button a lot that power button would fuck me up, who the hell came up with that idea in the first place!?
Stupid idea. If it isn't optional it is actually a reason against buying this phone. It's like anti-innovation.
Stupid idea. If it isn't optional it is actually a reason against buying this phone. It's like anti-innovation.
Sir Blaming
Member
That was...disappointing.
It was worst than getting a message about high radiation cosmic rays frying my brain with my phone.
It was worst than getting a message about high radiation cosmic rays frying my brain with my phone.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I guess the next round of disappointment begins at 12:30 eastern. Should be good times. I'm surprised that was only about 30 minutes. But I guess there isn't a lot to say. It's the same phone, a fitness band and another VR thing touting the same promises as the rest.
brotkasten
Member
Wait, all M9 color variants are going to have the gold trim?
Vile
Sir Blaming
Member
Should I even stay awake for this?
Junior Mint
Member
the posts on gaf will be more entertaining than the event
-Pyromaniac-
Member
well everything for samsung has already leaked just like it did for HTC so don't bother
live mockery is fun though
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Samsung's conference is up next. Can't wait to see what they have in store.
Popcorn ready
I don;t care about the power button, I can root that out. It still would have been fine without that HTC bar and the black line of bezel before going back to the main bezel around the rest of it. In fact, without those two things, it would be a good looking phone from the front.
Jazzy Network
Member
This might be the worst MWC in recent memory. It ain't over yet but barring a big surprise, it's gonna bomb. Please save us random unknown OEM.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
What are you even looking for? Be honest? What are you realistically looking for?
Black one doesn't have it.
Jazzy Network
Member
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Smartphone innovation has ground to a halt in hardware terms, all of the new stuff will come from Google via the software.
Companies can only make screens so big or processors so fast before everything becomes the same.
Additionally MWC is at the wrong time of year just like CES. A lot of companies don't like showing off new devices when their old ones are still selling well. Sony aren't showing the Z4 for that reason, Z3/Z3C sales are still going well for them and they have finally realised that showing and releasing a successor s quickly is bad for business.
For companies like HTC who don't make any of their own hardware MWC is not a problem but for the likes of Samsung, Sony or Apple who have a much higher degree of vertical integration a July-September release would make much more sense, it's why Sony and Samsung's H2 phones are much better and why Apple aligns iPhone with September.
Oh wow, they went for the Toshiba sensor module instead of the IMX220. What a piece of fail that is, I read a report late last year that Toshiba were embarrassed by how bad their latest small sensors are. I had just assumed no one would buy them. :O
That's not been the focus for several years. Hell, even the Z3C wasn't at MWC so I don't know why you'd expect this to be the year for that with no buzz suggesting there would be?
Sony wise, the rumblings were that Z4 would be at MWC and be out early this year to get on the 64-bit train, then go to a yearly schedule. But with the heat throttling issues, they've decided to wait it out and see if that could be corrected.
An 810 in a compact form factor would be awful as it stands, so it's probably the best call.
brotkasten
Member
Remember, folks. We could've had this.
But instead we got this.
It's not an iPhone, so no surprises here.
But instead we got this.
It's not an iPhone, so no surprises here.
BoboBrazil
Member
That HTC is going to flop so hard.
Outside of the iPhone have they ever liked a phone camera?
24 hour hands on from Michael Fisher
http://pocketnow.com/2015/03/01/htc-one-m9-hands-on
zomg, he says in the article it's a Toshiba camera sensor. I presume an error on his part?
http://pocketnow.com/2015/03/01/htc-one-m9-hands-on
zomg, he says in the article it's a Toshiba camera sensor. I presume an error on his part?
God damnit. My old phone's on its last legs and I want a new one, really really soon, but the sheer negativity surrounding all the announcements at MWC is making me want to wait even though I can't. Sue me, I'm impressionable.
Maybe I should just get a phone from late 2014 instead.
Maybe I should just get a phone from late 2014 instead.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Man...circular cameras look so much better than the square shit samsung has been doing and now HTC:
Sir Blaming
Member
Got to get those geometry man.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I thought the M9 was going to be the same as the M8 but with the camera finally better but apparently the camera isn't that good. lol. There's always next year for them!
Junior Mint
Member
Didn't realize the HTC phones were that much bigger than an iPhone 6. I'd rather get the iPhone.