HTC One Unlocked 3G Android Phone QUAD-CORE Ultrapixel Camera 4.7IN Full HD LCD3 Nfc 32GB - Silver

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using it unlocked on Koodo.HIGHLIGHTS:Speed - everything is smooth and responsiveThe screen - simply amazing!The Sound - the best, bar none. Good earbuds included too.The Camera - super fast, replaced my point-and-shoot, love itBlinkfeed - it's like flipboard on steroids.TV remote - super usefulDISAPPOINTMENTS:Lack of micro sd slot. - it's not a deal breaker as I use cloud storage primarily, but it's still disappointingBottom buttons take getting used to, took me a while to figure out double-tapping the home button. The buttons are a little small for my hands----------IN DEPTH----------DESIGNThis phone is beautiful. It's weight, size, texture, and metal body all make for a comfortable, premium feel that makes me feel like my phone is a luxury sedan. Some may find it a bit big, but I became adjusted to it quite quickly. My last phone was an HTC 8X (also very well designed) and is just a bit smaller. Phone is very thin and has a nice textured volume rocker. The power button is on the top-left, which is a bit different, but after a day I came to really like it there. My only beef with the design is the bottom buttons, as stated above.SOUNDOne of the selling features of this phone is it's sound. It has stereo speakers on the top and bottom of the front side of the phone. This is bar-none, the best sounding phone on the market. It comes bundled with some pretty decent beats-looking earbuds that have a tangle free cord and come with some extra molds of varying sizes. My one beef with the sound, is that with a newborn in the house, it actually doesn't go QUIET enough on the lowest setting.CAMERAI was a little apprehensive of the camera on paper. only 4.3 megapixels. I work professionally with photographs in post production, so while I'm not a pro photographer, I have lots of experience working and manipulating digital imagery and can tell you that 4.3 is more than sufficient for people's needs. The camera features of this phone are very robust. There are things I didn't know about before using the phone, like sequence shots and auto panoramic modes. You can also set a lot of things manually like ISO. The camera is blazing fast (faster than my point-and-shoot which it has effectively replaced, but not as fast as my DSLR). Photos look good. It really is comparable to a mid-range point and shoot that you'd pay $200+ for. It's not going to replace my DSLR, but I'm very happy to have a decent camera on my person at all times now. I don't really use the Zoe thing, but I could see how others would like it (like my wife for one). While the camera is not perfect and will still not work miracles in low lighting (though it's better than any other small camera I've used), I applaud HTC for not just pushing more megapixels.BATTERYwith the large screen and amplified sound, I was a bit worried about battery life - especially since this phone does not have a removable battery. I'm a pretty heavy user playing games, watching netflix and constantly checking email and social media. The only time I've ever gotten less than a day battery was when my family collectively watched 5 hours of TV on netflix (in additional to everything else I do on the phone). I usually get a day and a half or sometimes two days battery life. Then again, I don't have a lot of apps running in the background besides email and social media.SOFTWARE & OTHERBlinkfeed is probably the first thing you'll notice when you setup the phone. I loved it from the start. It's kind of like flipboard on steroids. It takes all the news stuffs you'd find on flipboard, and adds your social media, calendar, photos, tips and the like into the mix (in one giant flipboard like tiley stream). Easily the best content aggregator I've used.TV Remote. One nice surprise to me was the built-in IF remote and TV app. I use good ole rabbit ears at home and constantly misplace the tv remote. I picked my TV brand from the list (Haier) and it just started working. I put in my postal code and tell it that I have an over-the-air antenna, and it shows a nice TV guide and lists all the programs that are on and gives me descriptions etc. Very useful. I think it can control other stuff too, but all I've setup so far is the TV.Kid mode. My 3 year old loves this app. I don't think HTC made it, but they include it on the phone and it's kinda like Microsoft's Kids corner, but with pre loaded content.And of course, it has all the Jelly bean goodies from Google like Google Now.CONCLUSION:This phone is definitely worthy of your consideration. It's very premium and has a very stable and polished version of Android on it. It handles any app I could throw at it without blinking and it very fast and responsive. It easily can go toe-to-toe with any other flagship phone. I'm a software developer and go through a lot of phones (mostly for testing apps and websites), I can earnestly say this is the best phone I've ever used and my respect for HTC has grown with the last couple devices I've used of theirs. If you're not sure about Android, the HTC 8x is also a fantastic device I've been using prior to the ONE.Just go to a physical store and play around with the ONE for a while, chances are you'll like it.