Prerelease Rumors Here

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

The VR actually sounds pretty amazing. 100+ sensors...wow...Hand tracking?

Namrak · Mar 1, 2015

No phablet. Shitty announcement. What a letdown.

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

Thats all folks, no max mentioned...hmm

KOLIO · Mar 1, 2015

Looks like no MAX variant for now............

DILands · Mar 1, 2015

Only 1:50 to wait for Samsung!

jhawkkw · Mar 1, 2015

Not that I expected it, but no word on a GPE either.

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

So they created a hybrid or baby of the One M7/M8? Is this the movie Underworld or something? They need to get serious.

HTC spent a year in their virtual world. Here is my virtual money HTC...(rolling my eyes in sarcasm). In a virtual world you couldn't come up with anything better than a hybrid phone...you have problems HTC.

Sense 7 is coming to my M8 and probably my M7 too. Why upgrade?

KOLIO · Mar 1, 2015

SolApathy said:
Thats all folks, no max mentioned...hmm

Still a nice phone for those in the market for one,especially for anyone who hasn't had the M7 or M8,a lot of new/cool stuff to experience.

DILands · Mar 1, 2015

If HTC was Apple - the M9 would now be the top story in the world - and how much better than the M8 is is - revolutionary, in fact, just like all the "Next Generation" products.

Namrak · Mar 1, 2015

DILands said:
If HTC was Apple - the M9 would now be the top story in the world - and how much better than the M8 is is - revolutionary, in fact, just like all the "Next Generation" products.

Maybe, maybe not. Either way it doesn't matter because they're HTC, not Apple. This was a really crappy and awkward announcement.

M9 is pretty much the same as the last 2

VR was lackluster. On top of that, it's planned for release at the end of the year. Why on earth would you announce that now? They couldn't even demo most of the features they talked about.

Fitness band was actually a good move.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT MAKE A PHABLET??!

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

I am hoping I can grab one on the 15th. Since no GPE announcement I am going to just grab a Sprint unlocked version. Want to take it on my trip to Aruba in a few weeks. Really see what the camera can do!

I am sure they are making a Max, probably just want to hold off and announce after Samsung so they can take a bite out of their business.

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

dont forget to vote, I am interested in who is getting what Vote here on what color you are getting, or if you are waiting

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

Namrak said:
Maybe, maybe not. Either way it doesn't matter because they're HTC, not Apple. This was a really crappy and awkward announcement.

M9 is pretty much the same as the last 2

VR was lackluster. On top of that, it's planned for release at the end of the year. Why on earth would you announce that now? They couldn't even demo most of the features they talked about.

Fitness band was actually a good move.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT MAKE A PHABLET??!

Maybe the One Max sales fell flat a few years back. Maybe they aren't financially in a position for anything to fall flat again especially after investing in their virtual junk.

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

SolApathy said:
The VR actually sounds pretty amazing. 100+ sensors...wow...Hand tracking?

I live in the real world with great looking women and I fly jets. I don't need a virtual world. If people take to virtual reality we are done as a society. I wish FB and Twitter would die. Killing the English language and people cannot write a complete sentence anymore.

bcltoys · Mar 1, 2015

So when can I go to my nearest Verizon store and get me one.

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

Chris from Engadget is saying the camera is worse! Part of the issue is that HTC made the switch in the first place - by moving the UltraPixel tech up front and plopping a 20-megapixel Sony sensor into the M9, HTC's basically diving back into the Imaging Cold War it tried distancing itself from for a year.
That's no great sin by itself, but in my early testing (with non-final software, in fairness), the camera seems noticeably worse than that of the M8. Confused? So was I. Right out of the box, white balance and color temperature seemed inexorably screwy, while shots took with the last-gen M8 were more accurately exposed.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/...ted&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

I travel all over the world on a regular basis and still love the idea of VR. There are so many applications for it. I was in Vegas for CES and got to play with Oculus Rift, and I gotta say you can't understand VR until you try something on that scale.

-Remote surgery
-Immersive experiences in places most people can't afford to go
-Training scenarios both for civilian and Military purposes
-Gaming
-Remote assistance for troubleshooting
-Future tech with micro cameras that will allow you to visit places we can't go (inside the body, etc)
-Better remote weapon systems.

There are so many possibilities. The training scenario with Oculus I got to use was amazing. Full body suit, shoes, and a small mid waist "cage" (for lack of a better term) that allows you to have full motion control in the environment without a controller. You can run, walk, jump and the cage keeps you in place.

Tlicious1020-

He wasn't using a final build on the M9, so take it with a grain of salt.

KOLIO · Mar 1, 2015

SolApathy said:
I am hoping I can grab one on the 15th. Since no GPE announcement I am going to just grab a Sprint unlocked version. Want to take it on my trip to Aruba in a few weeks. Really see what the camera can do!

I am sure they are making a Max, probably just want to hold off and announce after Samsung so they can take a bite out of their business.

Enjoy the phone,lots to like.(Bigger battery & presumably better battery life/new rear camera/better processor/more RAM)

Gonna take a look-see myself as soon as local stock is available,but,will wait for word on a MAX variant.

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

SolApathy said:
I travel all over the world on a regular basis and still love the idea of VR. There are so many applications for it. I was in Vegas for CES and got to play with Oculus Rift, and I gotta say you can't understand VR until you try something on that scale.

-Remote surgery
-Immersive experiences in places most people can't afford to go
-Training scenarios both for civilian and Military purposes
-Gaming
-Remote assistance for troubleshooting
-Future tech with micro cameras that will allow you to visit places we can't go (inside the body, etc)
-Better remote weapon systems.

There are so many possibilities. The training scenario with Oculus I got to use was amazing. Full body suit, shoes, and a small mid waist "cage" (for lack of a better term) that allows you to have full motion control in the environment without a controller. You can run, walk, jump and the cage keeps you in place.

Tlicious1020-

He wasn't using a final build on the M9, so take it with a grain of salt.

In the military we use simulators. It's just like VR. Nothing new there at all. Hell, Microsoft flight simulator got it pretty darn accurate and you can use their gaming simulator to fly real routes that exist in anticipation of a checkride.

Who wants to go a virtual Disney Land or Paris? That just sounds silly.

How did 3D workout for HTC? Remember that EVO 3D. VR is not here to stay just like 3D tv's and channels are gone.

SolApathy · Mar 1, 2015

A little off topic - What do you Fly? I was in the Navy and worked on FA-18's as an AT.

Tlicious1020 · Mar 1, 2015

SolApathy said:
A little off topic - What do you Fly? I was in the Navy and worked on FA-18's as an AT.

C-130s....MC-12s....now the ultimate Virtual Reality....predators.

EarlyMon · Mar 1, 2015

So -

Well, the Best Buy leak was accurate (apologies to @Namrak for not getting credit in the Phandroid story, I tipped your post to them).

Phandroid had the first pictures of the actual unit, turns out it was not a decoy (and yes, some of us do know the beta tester and saw it before the news leaks).

The whole 10:09 was a smokescreen or someone handing out wolf tickets.

Some of us will know to have less faith in evleaks while others will continue to believe him next time.

A phablet was not announced yet. Many of us are hoping that it will yet appear, the One Max needs a refresh.

HTC did draw the line at size increase and going beyond HD to keep up with the Joneses.

The battery, processor, ram, and possibly the cameras are improved over the M8, while shedding almost 0.7 ounces.

And the one thing not brought up here this morning that could prove very interesting - there is too a fourth on-screen button with a power icon.

And with that, the prerelease is officially over.

See you in @SolApathy thread - who's buying one?

Need the last word after the lock? Drop me a line, say why. Otherwise...

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