The best phone I ever owned to this date was Htc one X. I remember owning a iPhone 4 and then moved to Htc one x. That phone was so ahead of its time. It was like watching terminator 2 in early 90s. It had sick camera (I took on my Canada trip and took awesome shots with it), beats audio, amazing build quality, smooth android. I love Htc phones. I will always root for Htc.
If it's the same as on the htc 10, I can tell you they're ok for videos, but utter bullshit for music. They are tuned totally different (one high, the other for low tones), but they still act like stereo speakers. This can create some very unpleasant effects.
Last year midrange phones took over build quality and procesors! Hope this year they ll improve cameras! so expensive phones companys realy have hard time selling phones!
Yeah I loved HTC for their impressive sound, but now I am not so sure... especially now they have ditched the headphone jack like apple with no good reasoning - Now I see no point in upgrading.
lilmattere who care about head phone jacks! go wireless and your life will change forever! BTW the dual front facing speakers was the reason I switched to HTC in the first place.....pixel here I come!
Clash with Cut : The pixel could have been amazing with front facing speakers as well but what did they do instead? Leave a blank giant white space with no function at the bottem instead. Shame.
Crazcompart I'll say it a strongly as I'd like! Yes it's made by HTC, I know this. HTC makes great products however, if I'm getting a phone I might at well get one with the best specs at this price point.
Radjeff Dennis I used to own an htc, the desire 626. It was awesome, good camera, good speakers, and more. I just wish HTC would listen to customers and go back to the metal design
htc just make phones that you can trust, not overpowered. they have less complaints about their products then the competition. wich in my opinion is justifying the price. i mean i still have a. HTC ONE wich work flawless. while all of my friends already replaced several phones like 2 iphone and samsungs in 2 years because they broke.
I definitely preordered this. not only does this phone introduce some new features, but you get all the great features of HTC past. amazing design, Boomsound (not stereo speakers, but still better than most phones today), blinkfeed, certified high resolution audio, aptx, themes, dxomark 88 camera, uh oh protection, micro SD card support. No phone I can think of right now succeeds in all of these. Granted might change after MWC, but based on the leaks of Samsung and LG, I'm loving this design
apple and htc removing the headphone jack. That's so freaking weird! The two companies claiming to be the ones putting the most focus on audio quality suddenly think the included in-ears will suffice for people who care about Hi-Fi audio in their smartphone?! Good thing my htc 10 still got the jack, so i can natively connect my sweet Momentum over-ears to it.
By that logic they'd have to use the outdated micro USB as well. And what's the fucking benefit of a 0.1mm thinner phone anyway? This doesn't make ANY sense! It's Bullshit, mate.
The future where you have to charge everything, even your headphones every night and then have concerns about losing your connection or having lags several times a day, because it interferes with your smartwatch and someone's bluetooth mobile SDD? Awesome! makes absolutely no sense but hey, some dude said he hates cables and this was the future so damn, let's all do this!
I'd buy it just because it's such a gorgeous device and I'm a huge HTC fan. just wish they would get their marketing end together to sell phones like they used to.
HTC was first to make unibody metallic smartphone with Antenna lines in the design (HTC One). They were first to use dual lens (HTC evo 3d) and now they're ripping off LG? WTH.
M7 was awesome. M8 was alright. M9 was a fail. The 10 was a good one, but already lost so much ground vs LG and Samsung alone in the US. Even at $549 with the Ultra, I will still say it's too high for the product.
You're wrong there. Dropping headphone jack, adding new screen? New never before extremly glossy backside. HTC are doing lots of new stuff and stuff that others do. They've changed alot.
Love my HTC, since my EVO, Then HTC One X and my M8 and finally the HTC 10; all those phones were so special, and every year impressed me more and more... Made me feel unique in a world surrounded of i-phones and samsumgs...
led notification light placement, capacitive home/back buttons and that beautiful design... can't help but to reminisce my HTC Droid DNA of old. My first ever smartphone
I don't get it. All they have to do is make a phone with same great aluminium unibody, boomsound speakers on the front, possibly quad DAC audio, maybe dual cameras on the back like LG v20 (Duo camera 2.0 that's actually decent?). I'm sure everyone would love it. HTC says they're taking a different approach but this is simply copying the finish from Samsung and copying the display from LG. Their most defining feature was the boomsound speakers and for some reason they got rid of the best HTC feature. Why HTC....
I could even do without the dual cameras, just include a 16-20MP camera that functions properly. The dumb part is they got rid of Boomsound AND took out the headphone port. Like what the heck was the reasoning behind the headphone port being ousted if to not improve audio?
Andrew Peck Nope its a copy of the Note 7 even the color is a copy... I mean why not since Samsung decided to retire it... its too bad cause HTC use to be a innovating company and now theyre just copying and following and catching up just like Apple... they use to have great sound and now they are just meh same as the competition... it's quite sad to see HTC fall so low
Now, after 2 years, this phone is less than $300. It makes the U Ultra the best "budget flagship" available. I've actually bought one a week ago and oh boy have I missed HTC so much after ditching my One M8 in favour of Asus ZenFone 4
The problem here is that this is coming out too late. This phone while as beautiful as it is, has last year specs. I want to go back to HTC, but it makes more sense to wait the extra couple of months and get updated hardware and a better processor from Samsung. HTC, please give me a reason to come back! I miss the dual speakers!
Marilla Chen everyone needs to calm down, when someone uses a glass back they say "they copied Samsung" and when a company creates a phone with a metal back they say "they copied Apple or HTC" every company copies every other company, fanboys are make too big of a deal out of it
poor HTC...they can't catch a lucky break these days.... plus it's so awesome seeing your reviews on your very own channel I missed them so much Micheal I'm glad your back
Your polished writing style that you've perfected over the years continues to grant you the top spot in my list of favorite youtubers. Keep up the awesome work Mr Mobile.
As a musician, I've tested Bluetooth headphones, Beats, Bose, all of them cost like 250 dollars, but no one of these sound like my Senheiser that costs 25 dollars, Bluetooth Audio is shit.
yeah, design is nice I cant deny that but battery and pricing is so bad that I wonder who makes these stupid decisions... Do they actually believe that we would accept their shit only because we like their designs? They must be naiv af.
Dude, you do realize that Samsung wants all of the snapdragon 835 chips right? Thats why LG and htc both dont have them. So if you want to blame somebody, blame samsung.
san5324 the new HTC flagship will feature the Snapdragon 835. they just can't announce it yet until Samsung launches the S8. that's why HTC skipped the event because they have to wait till Samsung launches its flagship which got delayed to March 29th so the HTC flagship will launch sometime after that date.
this video review is one of the best examples of MrMobile 's talent, versatility and skill. excellent camera angles, points which matter to the general public narrated in *that* silky voice with the necessary weightage of emotion thrown in, as and when required(for ex, the genuine exasperation in the 'volume comment..I could totally feel the dismay) thumbs up MrMobile!! eagerly waiting for you next 1!
Top Doge Yes but I mean the pathetic loyalty to Apple and the belief that any phone other than an iPhone is inferior, kind of explains why Apple has sold so many phones
So true. my niece LOVED the HTC M7 yes it had flaws "no SD and small battery etc.." but she just loved it.. She is like iSheeps you know? XD Then went for M8 then M9 and there was also a big 5.5inch or something phone with front flash from HTC which she bought. The more she buys their phones the more flaws she finds. Then HTC 10 with no front speakers she was hell no! No more HTC for me XD
Eileen the Crow what phone do you like? XD i prefer samsung and lg over the rest and definitely wouldn't say samsung is one of the worst, more the opposite
Top Doge but after a while your charging port is going to get messed up, I would rather have a jack so I can charge and listen at the same time and you can't always use Bluetooth headphones
I keep seeing this charge and listen reason being tossed around, but the only time I ever do that is in the car. Are people really just chilling by an outlet at a cafe wearing headphones and charging their phone?
I've used a lot of phones in the last 8 years but I would say only three of them stands out. The first being the legendary and gorgeous HTC HD2 which made me explore the regions of custom roms and software and second being the first generation Samsung Galaxy S, i9000 I believe it was. The Galaxy made me continue the aspect of custom roms while delivering everything that I had expected from a phone back in the days. This was during the 2010 till 2012 and until 2014 I didn't found any phone which really stood up to my expectations. The third and final phone and also my previous go to device is the HTC One M8. I think M8 was by far the best out of the bunch as it worked for me in every aspect just the way I had wanted it to be. The design and material used was awesome, the display was big and nice, the software was fluid and the best was its audio capabilities from the speakers and also via headphone jack. I don't use camera much and the basic camera found on the M8 was interestingly enough for me to occasionally shoot photos and videos. That was the phone which I have used the longest in my life and I credit HTC of the past for making such an awesome device unlike the new HTC which recycles the decades old hardware and sell it for fortune. Right now I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and although I'm quite happy with the device, I sometimes miss the audio output from the M8. I hope HTC could go back to the old days of creating awesome devices like the M8 and HD2 and their hero and desire hd phones.
Design of the M7 (with the USB Port in the middle) + Speakers of the M9 + Hardware of the 10 + new SOC + updates for at least five years + all the cool modding stuff from the HD2 = Boom, here is your bestseller HTC! They just have to combine all the devices they've already released in the past.
Great video Mr. Mobile. I am one of those HTC loyalists. I agree this phone has a lot of compromise for the price! I have the HTC 10 and it's amazing. I love HTC design, so much that I carry the phone without a case. Hope there is another successor to the 10. I also have the M8, which is one hell of a phone with its boomsound stereo speakers! Hope HTC finds its mojo soon.
I like that you used the HTC BoomBass for a stand when testing the audio. Too bad HTC stopped supporting it after the M9. Mine is now a business card holder. I'm a long time HTC fan and went with the Pixel XL this time. Now that I'm on Project Fi it's going to be hard to hold another HTC phone with this carrier. Long live HTC!
Your videos are done in a very professional way, starting with the relaxing voice or review to the super HD video , effects and explanation done, making the product look amazing and convincing users to buy it. I am sure that you have done a lot of beautiful videos, I am gonna subscribe. Keep up the good work and you will have lot of companies offering you a job to market their products.
Still got my HTC One M8, and every time a new HTC phone comes out mine feels better and more well rounded. Still waiting for something to come along that actually makes me say "wow" like the M8 did.
I used to have an HTC One X, part of the glory days of HTC with its gorgeous polycarbonate design and fantastic screen that seemed to float a little; a great camera too. Before that I had the HTC Incredible S (which was based on the HTC Desire HD) with its unusual back design that you either love or hate. My Incredible S didn't age all that well: after two years, the software had become sluggish. It would often lag and reload apps or even the home screen. The One X fared better, but it could still lag sometimes as I tried to go back to a previously opened app or the occasional stutter. Oddly enough, the One X also had some sort of internal SD-card instead of one unified storage medium. Batteries of both were as one might expect not in a good state after two years. Meanwhile my Samsung Galaxy S6 is still going after two years. It hasn't really slowed down and the battery is still good. Though that may also be because I often try to stop charging before or around 80% and it did have some of the newest components inside: NFS (1.0) for storage, LPDDR4 as RAM, the first Exynos that was baked in 14 nm (the Snapdragon 810 and previous Exynos CPU's were 20 nm or bigger) and was probably the first Exynos that was considered good. The infamous lag of Touchwiz had also disappeared with the S6 - whether through software or hardware or both. Software optimisations might also have played a role in letting it age well, now that I think about it.
so HTC made a phone that is yet to launch and has a smaller battery, less RAM, much higher price tag than One Plus 3T with a no better camera, no better OS, less community support, and an OCD killer fingerprint home button. Oh and forgot to mention it doesn't have a headphone jack with fewer things packed in a larger body than OnePlus 3T. Someone may like glossy back but I am not really a fan of such vulnerable slippery back. HTC keep launching phones with outdated hardware (VOLT with Snapdragon 810 last year and U Ultra with 821 this year). There is no future for this company if they keep doing things like that.
SN42 It is. Snapdragon 835 is already launched. and 821 is just a tuned-up version from last year's flagship 820. You know all the flagship phones released this year will have 835 and those are what U Ultra is competing with. I think it's fair to say its hardware is outdated.
Excellent take Michael Fisher, as always! Here are my thoughts. Some parts of this phone are half baked, IMO. The back of the phone is absolutely stunning other than the copycat Samsung style camera sensor. The front is generic. Why not put the fingerprint sensor on the back and make a more artful camera sensor/fingerprint sensor array? With the fingerprint sensor on the back you have easy room for front firing Boomsound speakers, something practically everyone loves. HTC's current speaker arrangement is a solution to a problem no one had. Why not a bigger battery here? No brainier! They're charging top of the line money for this device and delivering less than other devices already on the market. With the looks and some better execution, they could have the big winner they're need to get back on top. Why HTC? They're so close, but still too far away. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and possibly the LG G6 are going to eat this device for lunch...
I was a HTC fan because of the front facing speakers (One M8). Now I respect the Lenovo Vibe X3 and axon 7 for at least, keeping the tradition of front facing speakers alive.
TBH I wouldn't buy this phone. Only reason I fell in love with HTC phones, was because of those stereo speakers, and distinctive metal design on the back. They used to be absolutely gorgeous, and this one isn't quite my cup of tea.
no headphone jack...... why?.... what an absolute waste not like it is lacking space. How can i use my audiophile headphones that i spent quite a lot on. the LG G8 looks the best
Is it just me who is bored already with smartphones? Like each year its the same shit from every manufacturer? Upgraded hardware , couple of more pixels packed in aluminium sheets ! Is that it ? lol
I would love a smartphone that can slide out a keyboard on it's side. Not this way too small keyboard on the blackberrys that slides out on the bottom, but a big one on the side that you can use in landscape mode. would be cool for my gameboy emulators, lol
I still have my HTC 7 original (carry use work phone as well). I was a fan for life until the abandoned the dual speakers, that allowed everyone else into my vision then. Now I am looking hard at SG8 to replace my M7. Come on HTC, dual speakers were a win win. OH yea, very good review will be looking you up for the S8 reviews.
I wouldn't buy this phone because I already have a good phone which is the S7 Edge. However, I hope that HTC can be saved and encourage people to buy their phones again.
the end of this review highlights the issues I've had with HTC for the last 2 years. They are always a day late and a dollar short. This phone would be amazing, in a vacuum. But, as holds, they deliver an amazing phone that lacks any defining functional feature (and misses major ones), at the same price as others that do.
M7 with a flat back, up-to-date internals, camera and fingerprint scanner, and a 5-5.2 inch display on the same chassis so no massive bezels. that's all I've wanted since the M7
Htc still holds a special place in my heart. I bought an m8 when it debuted and loved that phone. The build quality was second to none and I could tell that has not changed on this new U ultra. I jumped ship to the galaxy s7 edge on its release, and I do really like it but I've never truly never been enamored with it like I was with my htc. This ultra makes me want to jump back in to an htc. That being said I probably won't lol.
Currently have HTC 10 running Nougat & have regularly been an early adopter of HTC new phones but not this time. Apart from gorgeous new look there is nothing that would make me shell out the necessary cash to upgrade. Increasingly I'm leaning to consider the future Pixel as my next device given the pure Android experience and one assumes regular software updates that don't take months to feed through to the hardware.
I bought this phone October, 2017 for less than $400 and since then I realised that HTC can indeed produce a great phone, it may only be the price tag that hinders people from buying one
That's was supposed to be my phone! I waited patiently from M8 and THIS does make my old phone look good. What am I to do? I'll wait till S8 too see but HTC software is the best normally... Thanks HTC, not! Has anyone heard the original speakers on M8 before the update that ruined it? I have them still. Phenomenal!!!
Absolutely awesome review, it's sad really to see a once great company like HTC struggle now with other OEM's if you had told me 6years ago that HTC will struggle against samsung and even huawei or lg I would say you must be high. HTC's problem is it doesn't listen to its fans at all, I remembered an HTC exec saying they did a poll of there customers and what they wanted in a phone and they said customers prefer thinner phones with smaller battery. and this was like 3 to 4 years back. I really don't know how many people they asked and if it was in the bar lol. HTC phones have always had issues with battery capacity, camera and lcd screens. HTC reluctance to listen to there fans like me has made us look somewhere else.
Gurjant Dhiilon london depends on what you want from a smartphone. For the price is good, but it still has its flaws. Battery is just ok, and is a very large phone. I don't care about these things, so I'm happy with it. Camera is pretty good, screen also, performance is good (it heats up during gaming though), it looks great (but is definitely fragile). I didn't find any better for the prince when I bought it, I don't know if now you can find something better.
Beastly G your playing it pretty fast and loose with the term "smartphone". maybe if you don't include pre-touchscreen such the palm line of devices, or how about the Nokia n95 that was ahead of the competition. June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released. October 22 , 2008 HTC Dream , introduced. Nokia n95 released March 2007.
No I'm not actually. See, 1st off, they have plenty of older smartphones than the dream which was only the 1st Android powered phone. This is the problem, people don't really know their history when they think they do and don't realize that smartphones pre-date the term smartphone as well as yes, the iphone which offered nothing new but a really nice looking package at best. It wasn't the first smartphone, nor the first touchscreen phone, nor the first anything. Just the prettiest and best selling, also arguably the best functioning. But nothing new. HTC meanwhile has been making smartphones, namely windows mobile powered touchscreen phones since at least 2005. They even had dual speakers all the way back with the 8125 variants like the Wizard/Wing/Prodigy. I agree though that the Nokias and a few others qualify just fine, LG as well. Too many people think we just went from monochrome nokias and flip phones overnight. Not the case. There were lots of phones that the kiddies today and non tech enthusiasts had no idea even existed at the time. Especially in the US. I was browsing the shitty early web and watching tv on my phone on the metros in 2002-2003 in Seoul and Yokohama respectively. Smartphones weren't really even known about in the US. There was no mobile wireless network support for it like they had in east Asia already so it's not hard to see why that was.
Beastly G the sony ericsson p800 was here in 2002 or 2003 if im correct. and nokia had the 9000 series also ericsson had something but i don't remember the name anymore
Yeah that sounds about right for those guys. Also great examples of early smartphones. The biggest point I'm trying to make is that we didn't just jump from the 'Zack Morris' 90s phone to the iphone like so many people try make it seem from blinded-hindsight. All the iphone could do better than any other phone at launch was look pretty and had support for pinch to zoom (even that, apple didn't invent though). Really the 1st one was still very crude too, didn't even have 3rd party apps, what it shipped with was what you got and that was it. Even early 2000s windows mobile had downloadable apps FFS!!
romeomuradin HTC did however make the very first Android phone (T-Mobile G1) and some of the best Android phones ever since and now they have fallen way behind! I'm extremely disappointed and will be switching to a pure google experience with the Pixel.
I just bought the ultra for the equivalent of 300 dollars here in the UK. I'm not dissapointed at all. Fast, responsive, great camera, big beautiful LCD panel, quick charge time and so much more! For the price that's lower than the oneplus 3t and the regular 5, this phone nails far more on the advanced fundamentals. If your in the market for a great phone and you don't care about a headphone Jack, buy this phone. Take it from me, you won't be disappointed. Oh, that's another thing. The ear buds are incredible. Rich, bassy, vibrant and loud. No need for regular earphones. It is the complete package.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] oh no I heard the part where you stated "and I imported the phone from Taiwan, with some help from some local friends" but isn't it at all possible that your local "friends" are indeed HTC?
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Remember the M8 days? Those were good days.
+Snazzy Labs Duo cam 4 lyfe
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] review the Le Pro 3
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] $400 unlocked Snapdragon 821 stereo speakers 64 gigs of storage Le Pro 3
Snazzy Labs still use it tho battery life is shit now and it has some problems
Yes but only when it was on KitKat
the HTC One M7 greatest design ever.
David hunsinger absolutely! I still use that and my M8.
I have the gold color.
I am using a blue m7 right now... thinking about a 10 due to price drops...
I still have mine (as a backup phone). But I have that purple camera tint problem :/
David Tran I had that issue with mine too, I sent mine to HTC a few years ago and it's been perfect since
I love ur type of videos. They are similar in quality to MKBHD's videos. Keep it up ;-)
The best phone I ever owned to this date was Htc one X. I remember owning a iPhone 4 and then moved to Htc one x. That phone was so ahead of its time. It was like watching terminator 2 in early 90s. It had sick camera (I took on my Canada trip and took awesome shots with it), beats audio, amazing build quality, smooth android. I love Htc phones. I will always root for Htc.
That was the first smartphone I ever reviewed. I loved it too!
FYI, it (HTC U Ultra) has two external speakers like iPhone 7.
If it's the same as on the htc 10, I can tell you they're ok for videos, but utter bullshit for music.
They are tuned totally different (one high, the other for low tones), but they still act like stereo speakers. This can create some very unpleasant effects.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] DSK Tu do
MrMobile [Michael Fisher
This phone is also known as the HTC Galaxy U V20.
TheTechPerson Hahaha its such a shameful ripoff
John Doe But the back looks just like a Samsung phone.
Last year midrange phones took over build quality and procesors!
Hope this year they ll improve cameras! so expensive phones companys realy have hard time selling phones!
agree
yea improved cameras would be nice
TechTesting Honor 6x has already set the bar high
gulzar alakkal I have one its good but I dunno to say its 1+3 good, I wouldn't have it if not for the fm radio.
gulzar alakkal but the 6x is in the shelf of shame for durability.
From $750 to $200 this 2018...
i think i will buy it. its $175 in amazon.
Where the fuck are the speakers that defined htc??!
Yeah I loved HTC for their impressive sound, but now I am not so sure... especially now they have ditched the headphone jack like apple with no good reasoning - Now I see no point in upgrading.
lilmattere who care about head phone jacks! go wireless and your life will change forever! BTW the dual front facing speakers was the reason I switched to HTC in the first place.....pixel here I come!
Clash with Cut : The pixel could have been amazing with front facing speakers as well but what did they do instead? Leave a blank giant white space with no function at the bottem instead. Shame.
Clash with Cut - Pixel is also made by HTC to Google's specs... Say that last phrase lightly!
Crazcompart I'll say it a strongly as I'd like! Yes it's made by HTC, I know this. HTC makes great products however, if I'm getting a phone I might at well get one with the best specs at this price point.
Thank you Mr. Mobile for some truly excellent reviews.
Michael Fisher's reviews are always so relaxing and enjoyable.
Don't stay silent for the photos! Beatbox to the backing track!
+Jules Wang I will take this under advisement!
HTC U Ultra is only around $599 USD in Australia after conversion.
HTC lost their way.... sigh. they always compromising for the wrong reasons.. they need to listen to the fans!!!!! 🙋
Radjeff Dennis I used to own an htc, the desire 626. It was awesome, good camera, good speakers, and more. I just wish HTC would listen to customers and go back to the metal design
Very much so!!!!!
Radjeff Dennis Just Like OnePlus
htc just make phones that you can trust, not overpowered.
they have less complaints about their products then the competition. wich in my opinion is justifying the price.
i mean i still have a. HTC ONE wich work flawless. while all of my friends already replaced several phones like 2 iphone and samsungs in 2 years because they broke.
I feel like HTC wants to fail...
John Dow yup, basically!
Here from the future. Need to know if we can use your talents for the resistance...
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Corey Watford double like, kill the dislikes, save, show my future kids, etc
I thought this said "I wish I could double suicide". the memes are getting to me.
open another google account
I will double subscribe to myself.
Corey Watford that was funny
I had the htc One M8 and M7 they were amazing phones.
I definitely preordered this. not only does this phone introduce some new features, but you get all the great features of HTC past. amazing design, Boomsound (not stereo speakers, but still better than most phones today), blinkfeed, certified high resolution audio, aptx, themes, dxomark 88 camera, uh oh protection, micro SD card support.
No phone I can think of right now succeeds in all of these. Granted might change after MWC, but based on the leaks of Samsung and LG, I'm loving this design
Commenting from HTC One M8. It sad to see one of my favorite Smartphone company struggle so much. I hope they can rebound.
I'm still on the M8 too. Still such a great phone, I'm guessing I'll upgrade to the 10 eventually but I'll miss the speakers.
Stay with the M8. I bought the 10 and consider it a downgrade from the M8....
I hope they can rebound as well.
I still own the M7 (!) but im moving now to a Xiaomi Redmi 4 prime. Kinda sad what happened with HTC
I'm also using the m8. Legendary phone!
Looks like the Note 7 and the V20 had a baby.
an overpriced underwhelming baby
Marc Sam exactly
Marc Sam lol was thinking the same thing
Marc Sam A definition of "phone sex" to be sure.😘😅🙃
A quickie before the Note 7 "exploded"
RIP because no headphone jack
apple and htc removing the headphone jack. That's so freaking weird!
The two companies claiming to be the ones putting the most focus on audio quality suddenly think the included in-ears will suffice for people who care about Hi-Fi audio in their smartphone?!
Good thing my htc 10 still got the jack, so i can natively connect my sweet Momentum over-ears to it.
By that logic they'd have to use the outdated micro USB as well.
And what's the fucking benefit of a 0.1mm thinner phone anyway?
This doesn't make ANY sense! It's Bullshit, mate.
The future where you have to charge everything, even your headphones every night and then have concerns about losing your connection or having lags several times a day, because it interferes with your smartwatch and someone's bluetooth mobile SDD? Awesome!
makes absolutely no sense but hey, some dude said he hates cables and this was the future so damn, let's all do this!
cabled headsets have bette connection, lower latency, and generally better audio quality
You got it! ;-)
I'd buy it just because it's such a gorgeous device and I'm a huge HTC fan. just wish they would get their marketing end together to sell phones like they used to.
Randy Farrell how was your experience with the ultra ?
HTC was first to make unibody metallic smartphone with Antenna lines in the design (HTC One). They were first to use dual lens (HTC evo 3d) and now they're ripping off LG? WTH.
Not to mention the 1st smartphones altogether. It's such a shame, HTC deserved better but the people just didn't buy enough.
So many talented designers have been abandoning HTC for years now. These new products just reflected that.
Also true. They had such a hit with the original One M7 and I guess with the M8 as well but then they pretty much just gave up.
First Android. HTC is definitely NOT the first to make a smartphone. Know anything about old Windows Mobile or Symbian?
M7 was awesome. M8 was alright. M9 was a fail. The 10 was a good one, but already lost so much ground vs LG and Samsung alone in the US. Even at $549 with the Ultra, I will still say it's too high for the product.
HTC is like that one conservative parent who can't accept change.
lmao
Lets hope they don't become like Nokia
Nokia is still a large company with over 100.000 employees around the world. I'm not sure if HTC is in same position.
They did change when they dropped the headphone jack... except that it was for the worse.
You're wrong there. Dropping headphone jack, adding new screen? New never before extremly glossy backside. HTC are doing lots of new stuff and stuff that others do. They've changed alot.
Man, watching this back just makes me sad. HTC was doing so well and then this phone really just feels like the one that killed them. So sad.
Love my HTC, since my EVO, Then HTC One X and my M8 and finally the HTC 10; all those phones were so special, and every year impressed me more and more... Made me feel unique in a world surrounded of i-phones and samsumgs...
led notification light placement, capacitive home/back buttons and that beautiful design... can't help but to reminisce my HTC Droid DNA of old. My first ever smartphone
+Anthony Johansson oh totally. This has a lot of DNA from the DNA.
I don't get it. All they have to do is make a phone with same great aluminium unibody, boomsound speakers on the front, possibly quad DAC audio, maybe dual cameras on the back like LG v20 (Duo camera 2.0 that's actually decent?). I'm sure everyone would love it.
HTC says they're taking a different approach but this is simply copying the finish from Samsung and copying the display from LG. Their most defining feature was the boomsound speakers and for some reason they got rid of the best HTC feature. Why HTC....
I could even do without the dual cameras, just include a 16-20MP camera that functions properly. The dumb part is they got rid of Boomsound AND took out the headphone port. Like what the heck was the reasoning behind the headphone port being ousted if to not improve audio?
lower MP is better. if it has too much MP it will have bad quality low light pictures. 12 MP is more then enough
TheDesius no, it's not. 16mp is the sweet spot.
TheDesius That argument used to hold more weight, but not so much in this day and age. I do think 12 MP is enough, though.
The back looks exactly like the Note 5
Andrew Peck Nope its a copy of the Note 7 even the color is a copy... I mean why not since Samsung decided to retire it... its too bad cause HTC use to be a innovating company and now theyre just copying and following and catching up just like Apple... they use to have great sound and now they are just meh same as the competition... it's quite sad to see HTC fall so low
UnknownG4mer no, note 5 had a curved glass back. while the s6 has a straight glass back.
they got the desigh from htc hd2 they did not copy the back
that*
Andrew Peck more like the s6 because the note 5's back is curved and the s6's is flat and the u ultra also has a big camera bump like the s6.
Now, after 2 years, this phone is less than $300. It makes the U Ultra the best "budget flagship" available. I've actually bought one a week ago and oh boy have I missed HTC so much after ditching my One M8 in favour of Asus ZenFone 4
The problem here is that this is coming out too late. This phone while as beautiful as it is, has last year specs. I want to go back to HTC, but it makes more sense to wait the extra couple of months and get updated hardware and a better processor from Samsung. HTC, please give me a reason to come back! I miss the dual speakers!
"sense" haha.
Louis Ford a phone is for calling... so get htc for calling people and speakers.. done
I think we've gotten past the point where a phone is JUST for calling...
is it just me or does the back sort of look like a samsung galaxy's back?
They've gone from copying apple to copying everyone else as well
Marilla Chen everyone needs to calm down, when someone uses a glass back they say "they copied Samsung" and when a company creates a phone with a metal back they say "they copied Apple or HTC"
every company copies every other company, fanboys are make too big of a deal out of it
Marilla Chen yeah even I feel like that
Marilla Chen It kinda basically is lol
J Dod What did they copy from Apple, o?
Mr. Mobile always has the best review videos. Clear, concise and well produced.
7:31, wait, I just realised that you put that spec sheet near the end of the video, not somewhere near the start. That's unique.
I think I will pick one, just for the sake nobody else will have it 😉
Hunger Geeks lol
Hunger Geeks I'll buy one to smash it.
UnrealOG haha works for me
poor HTC...they can't catch a lucky break these days....
plus it's so awesome seeing your reviews on your very own channel I missed them so much Micheal I'm glad your back
Your polished writing style that you've perfected over the years continues to grant you the top spot in my list of favorite youtubers. Keep up the awesome work Mr Mobile.
watching your reviews is like smoking smoking crack. the dopamine rush is incredible.
STOP GETTING RID OF THE HEADPHONE JACK
Minstorm no I hate the headphone jack I hope they kill it ASAP
Minstorm after apple ditched it, I think there's no turning back now. whether you like it or not, apple always "dictated" the market.
Michael Panggabean and that sucks, because it's not even a new feature that everyone's incorporating, it's the removal of one
Minstorm better quality you nut... google it
As a musician, I've tested Bluetooth headphones, Beats, Bose, all of them cost like 250 dollars, but no one of these sound like my Senheiser that costs 25 dollars, Bluetooth Audio is shit.
I used to think HTC was dead. Now I know for sure.
Unicorn Workhorse true
yeah, design is nice I cant deny that but battery and pricing is so bad that I wonder who makes these stupid decisions... Do they actually believe that we would accept their shit only because we like their designs? They must be naiv af.
Dude, you do realize that Samsung wants all of the snapdragon 835 chips right? Thats why LG and htc both dont have them. So if you want to blame somebody, blame samsung.
san5324 Well, u could always switch brands. Why stay loyal if there is a better and cheaper brand.
san5324 the new HTC flagship will feature the Snapdragon 835. they just can't announce it yet until Samsung launches the S8. that's why HTC skipped the event because they have to wait till Samsung launches its flagship which got delayed to March 29th so the HTC flagship will launch sometime after that date.
this video review is one of the best examples of MrMobile 's talent, versatility and skill. excellent camera angles, points which matter to the general public narrated in *that* silky voice with the necessary weightage of emotion thrown in, as and when required(for ex, the genuine exasperation in the 'volume comment..I could totally feel the dismay)
thumbs up MrMobile!! eagerly waiting for you next 1!
Remember when "5.7in" and 170g was considered large and heavy respectively?
Now 6" is considered small....
apple: "record quarter with almost 80m iphones sold"
htc: "htc struggles to sell 1m phones"
Top Doge Every year they kill themselves with nothing special to show off. Where do you think their old customers went?
Top Doge Yes but I mean the pathetic loyalty to Apple and the belief that any phone other than an iPhone is inferior, kind of explains why Apple has sold so many phones
So true. my niece LOVED the HTC M7 yes it had flaws "no SD and small battery etc.." but she just loved it..
She is like iSheeps you know? XD
Then went for M8 then M9 and there was also a big 5.5inch or something phone with front flash from HTC which she bought.
The more she buys their phones the more flaws she finds. Then HTC 10 with no front speakers she was hell no! No more HTC for me XD
Eileen the Crow what phone do you like? XD i prefer samsung and lg over the rest and definitely wouldn't say samsung is one of the worst, more the opposite
much right
for $750, i will rather buy Oneplus 3T and an Android Wear
Hunain Syed id rather buy a 7+
Top Doge but after a while your charging port is going to get messed up, I would rather have a jack so I can charge and listen at the same time and you can't always use Bluetooth headphones
Hunain Syed I got the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and the first gen Samsung Gear Fit.😘
Hunain Syed Oneplus 3T and a moto 360 2nd gen...sounds better
I keep seeing this charge and listen reason being tossed around, but the only time I ever do that is in the car. Are people really just chilling by an outlet at a cafe wearing headphones and charging their phone?
I've used a lot of phones in the last 8 years but I would say only three of them stands out. The first being the legendary and gorgeous HTC HD2 which made me explore the regions of custom roms and software and second being the first generation Samsung Galaxy S, i9000 I believe it was. The Galaxy made me continue the aspect of custom roms while delivering everything that I had expected from a phone back in the days. This was during the 2010 till 2012 and until 2014 I didn't found any phone which really stood up to my expectations. The third and final phone and also my previous go to device is the HTC One M8. I think M8 was by far the best out of the bunch as it worked for me in every aspect just the way I had wanted it to be. The design and material used was awesome, the display was big and nice, the software was fluid and the best was its audio capabilities from the speakers and also via headphone jack. I don't use camera much and the basic camera found on the M8 was interestingly enough for me to occasionally shoot photos and videos. That was the phone which I have used the longest in my life and I credit HTC of the past for making such an awesome device unlike the new HTC which recycles the decades old hardware and sell it for fortune. Right now I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and although I'm quite happy with the device, I sometimes miss the audio output from the M8. I hope HTC could go back to the old days of creating awesome devices like the M8 and HD2 and their hero and desire hd phones.
Design of the M7 (with the USB Port in the middle) + Speakers of the M9 + Hardware of the 10 + new SOC + updates for at least five years + all the cool modding stuff from the HD2 = Boom, here is your bestseller HTC! They just have to combine all the devices they've already released in the past.
Great video Mr. Mobile. I am one of those HTC loyalists. I agree this phone has a lot of compromise for the price! I have the HTC 10 and it's amazing. I love HTC design, so much that I carry the phone without a case. Hope there is another successor to the 10. I also have the M8, which is one hell of a phone with its boomsound stereo speakers! Hope HTC finds its mojo soon.
liked before i even started watching. I don't think i can ever be disappointed by your videos.
I like that you used the HTC BoomBass for a stand when testing the audio. Too bad HTC stopped supporting it after the M9. Mine is now a business card holder. I'm a long time HTC fan and went with the Pixel XL this time. Now that I'm on Project Fi it's going to be hard to hold another HTC phone with this carrier. Long live HTC!
Your reviews and opinions about the new products are the light in the darkness.Keep the great job Michael.
pixel for $20 more better deal. h t c needs new leadership Michael. great work
eric golden the s7 edge for $200 less is a better deal. In ny opinion.
agree I was able to get the pixel for $10 a month During a Verizon special.
You and MKBHD are the best phone reviewers ever imo!
Naveen B MKBHD is a terrible reviewer. Micheal Fisher is in a class of his own.
John C Bradley What makes MKBHD a terrible reviewer?
Yeah dude MKBHD is really good
@@JohnCBradley shut up
1. MKBHD
2. Mrwhosetheboss
3. Mr.Mobile
Are best
I still use my M7. I really wish they would go back to their roots and perfect the original designs that users enjoyed.
Your videos are done in a very professional way, starting with the relaxing voice or review to the super HD video , effects and explanation done, making the product look amazing and convincing users to buy it. I am sure that you have done a lot of beautiful videos, I am gonna subscribe. Keep up the good work and you will have lot of companies offering you a job to market their products.
Best tech reviewer in the business right here!
Still got my HTC One M8, and every time a new HTC phone comes out mine feels better and more well rounded. Still waiting for something to come along that actually makes me say "wow" like the M8 did.
Bradley Hove exactly.
The HTC U Play was the first phone that I ever got that wasn't a hand me down and it was really such a fun phone.
I used to have an HTC One X, part of the glory days of HTC with its gorgeous polycarbonate design and fantastic screen that seemed to float a little; a great camera too. Before that I had the HTC Incredible S (which was based on the HTC Desire HD) with its unusual back design that you either love or hate.
My Incredible S didn't age all that well: after two years, the software had become sluggish. It would often lag and reload apps or even the home screen. The One X fared better, but it could still lag sometimes as I tried to go back to a previously opened app or the occasional stutter. Oddly enough, the One X also had some sort of internal SD-card instead of one unified storage medium.
Batteries of both were as one might expect not in a good state after two years. Meanwhile my Samsung Galaxy S6 is still going after two years. It hasn't really slowed down and the battery is still good. Though that may also be because I often try to stop charging before or around 80% and it did have some of the newest components inside: NFS (1.0) for storage, LPDDR4 as RAM, the first Exynos that was baked in 14 nm (the Snapdragon 810 and previous Exynos CPU's were 20 nm or bigger) and was probably the first Exynos that was considered good. The infamous lag of Touchwiz had also disappeared with the S6 - whether through software or hardware or both. Software optimisations might also have played a role in letting it age well, now that I think about it.
so HTC made a phone that is yet to launch and has a smaller battery, less RAM, much higher price tag than One Plus 3T with a no better camera, no better OS, less community support, and an OCD killer fingerprint home button. Oh and forgot to mention it doesn't have a headphone jack with fewer things packed in a larger body than OnePlus 3T. Someone may like glossy back but I am not really a fan of such vulnerable slippery back. HTC keep launching phones with outdated hardware (VOLT with Snapdragon 810 last year and U Ultra with 821 this year). There is no future for this company if they keep doing things like that.
Antony Wang 821 isn't outdated lmao, it's the newest processor.
SN42 It is. Snapdragon 835 is already launched. and 821 is just a tuned-up version from last year's flagship 820. You know all the flagship phones released this year will have 835 and those are what U Ultra is competing with. I think it's fair to say its hardware is outdated.
Antony Wang Nah, HTC have already implied that there will be a phone with the 835.
SN42 then this U Ultra is meaningless. Even fewer people will buy it because they know a better one is coming.
Antony Wang But they don't know. Not everyone cares about tech and just wants a phone.
Excellent take Michael Fisher, as always! Here are my thoughts. Some parts of this phone are half baked, IMO. The back of the phone is absolutely stunning other than the copycat Samsung style camera sensor. The front is generic. Why not put the fingerprint sensor on the back and make a more artful camera sensor/fingerprint sensor array? With the fingerprint sensor on the back you have easy room for front firing Boomsound speakers, something practically everyone loves. HTC's current speaker arrangement is a solution to a problem no one had. Why not a bigger battery here? No brainier! They're charging top of the line money for this device and delivering less than other devices already on the market. With the looks and some better execution, they could have the big winner they're need to get back on top. Why HTC? They're so close, but still too far away. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and possibly the LG G6 are going to eat this device for lunch...
whats up Rob!
I was a HTC fan because of the front facing speakers (One M8). Now I respect the Lenovo Vibe X3 and axon 7 for at least, keeping the tradition of front facing speakers alive.
If HTC relaunches the HTC One M8 with updated specs I would buy it.
TBH I wouldn't buy this phone. Only reason I fell in love with HTC phones, was because of those stereo speakers, and distinctive metal design on the back. They used to be absolutely gorgeous, and this one isn't quite my cup of tea.
love this guy's reviews
dude ur presentation was awesome this is the first time I watched a video fully with no trouble, I'm a fan of u from India....
I love my m8. I wanna new phone this year, but idk if HTC is the way to go.
Have you left @PocketNow?
+Citact Networks almost a year ago, yes.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] you make better videos than pocket now!! can't wait to see blackberry mercury
SO THAT'S WHERE I KNOW YOU FROM
Facepalm!!!!!!!!
no headphone jack...... why?.... what an absolute waste not like it is lacking space. How can i use my audiophile headphones that i spent quite a lot on. the LG G8 looks the best
Frothar g8 is probably 2 years too far. didn't you mean g6?
Koragg yea i meant g6
Is it just me who is bored already with smartphones? Like each year its the same shit from every manufacturer? Upgraded hardware , couple of more pixels packed in aluminium sheets ! Is that it ? lol
I would love a smartphone that can slide out a keyboard on it's side.
Not this way too small keyboard on the blackberrys that slides out on the bottom, but a big one on the side that you can use in landscape mode.
would be cool for my gameboy emulators, lol
just check back in nevery like 3 or so years that's all you need
fueledbydota Good that I'm not alone ! lol
aftab malvi holy hell... yes that is it.
@@SwipeSide19 not much different now
I watched this video 4 times .. not because I am an HTC fan but because Mr mobile is so awesome .. keep it up
Can I get a reply from Mr Mobile?
You can!
Moosa Mubeen You can, but won't.
jokes on you
Why is there an HTC logo for the Note 7?
I still have my HTC 7 original (carry use work phone as well). I was a fan for life until the abandoned the dual speakers, that allowed everyone else into my vision then. Now I am looking hard at SG8 to replace my M7. Come on HTC, dual speakers were a win win. OH yea, very good review will be looking you up for the S8 reviews.
This is one of the best, detailed yet smart and comprehensive review I've seen since a long time. You deserve to be on the top. Good work👍
Huawei Honour 8 + LG V20 = HTC U Ultra
I wouldn't buy this phone because I already have a good phone which is the S7 Edge. However, I hope that HTC can be saved and encourage people to buy their phones again.
the end of this review highlights the issues I've had with HTC for the last 2 years. They are always a day late and a dollar short. This phone would be amazing, in a vacuum. But, as holds, they deliver an amazing phone that lacks any defining functional feature (and misses major ones), at the same price as others that do.
Good review and you explain in a very detailed manner. Long time HTC fan but recently switched to the Samsung s8 esge and it is awesome!
The legnd says MrMobile will reply if you are early enought
Legend was bs
Jack Pineda I don't think TheLegend27 has time to say that dumb stuff, he is focused on beating everyone in Game Of War.
they want to increase their profit margin to make up for the last few years...
M7 with a flat back, up-to-date internals, camera and fingerprint scanner, and a 5-5.2 inch display on the same chassis so no massive bezels. that's all I've wanted since the M7
Htc still holds a special place in my heart. I bought an m8 when it debuted and loved that phone. The build quality was second to none and I could tell that has not changed on this new U ultra. I jumped ship to the galaxy s7 edge on its release, and I do really like it but I've never truly never been enamored with it like I was with my htc. This ultra makes me want to jump back in to an htc. That being said I probably won't lol.
HTC is clueless. "Hey lets remove everything people liked about our old phones, and jack up the price!"... clueless.
The ultra for 270 is a good price?
Yes for new sets. Mine here still selling 350$.
Currently have HTC 10 running Nougat & have regularly been an early adopter of HTC new phones but not this time. Apart from gorgeous new look there is nothing that would make me shell out the necessary cash to upgrade. Increasingly I'm leaning to consider the future Pixel as my next device given the pure Android experience and one assumes regular software updates that don't take months to feed through to the hardware.
Really enjoy your reviews more and more. I think you are fast becoming my favourite tech reviewer.
HTC (Help This Company)
I am using HTC One M9 plus it's looks better than HTC ultra but my HTC gets hot and burns my hands when I use it allot
Ayman Abdallah -- It's that Snapdragon 810
Kunal Vig nice job copying someone elses comment
Kunal Vig lol. watching this on my m9.
Holy S7 look a like
S7? More like Note7.
I bought this phone October, 2017 for less than $400 and since then I realised that HTC can indeed produce a great phone, it may only be the price tag that hinders people from buying one
That's was supposed to be my phone! I waited patiently from M8 and THIS does make my old phone look good. What am I to do? I'll wait till S8 too see but HTC software is the best normally... Thanks HTC, not! Has anyone heard the original speakers on M8 before the update that ruined it? I have them still. Phenomenal!!!
Absolutely awesome review, it's sad really to see a once great company like HTC struggle now with other OEM's if you had told me 6years ago that HTC will struggle against samsung and even huawei or lg I would say you must be high.
HTC's problem is it doesn't listen to its fans at all, I remembered an HTC exec saying they did a poll of there customers and what they wanted in a phone and they said customers prefer thinner phones with smaller battery. and this was like 3 to 4 years back. I really don't know how many people they asked and if it was in the bar lol. HTC phones have always had issues with battery capacity, camera and lcd screens. HTC reluctance to listen to there fans like me has made us look somewhere else.
This phone is $300... That's a complete steal... I'm so getting this😆
What website?
sanity it is called VentureDirect
I got it for 250 euros and I'm loving it.
Filippo Conti I m getting from amazon 250 pound 💷 is that worth I just want to change my taste from 7plus is that best deal buddy tell me
Gurjant Dhiilon london depends on what you want from a smartphone. For the price is good, but it still has its flaws. Battery is just ok, and is a very large phone. I don't care about these things, so I'm happy with it. Camera is pretty good, screen also, performance is good (it heats up during gaming though), it looks great (but is definitely fragile). I didn't find any better for the prince when I bought it, I don't know if now you can find something better.
got an m9, still using it. pretty stable and good money for value. sticking to my metal phone
Wow Man!! Your reviews are so true to depth!! and it looks so good!! you are really amazing!! Thanks for such a review!! Thumbs Up!!
Such a shameful outcome for the company that actually made the first smartphones.
Beastly G your playing it pretty fast and loose with the term "smartphone". maybe if you don't include pre-touchscreen such the palm line of devices, or how about the Nokia n95 that was ahead of the competition. June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released. October 22 , 2008 HTC Dream , introduced. Nokia n95 released March 2007.
No I'm not actually. See, 1st off, they have plenty of older smartphones than the dream which was only the 1st Android powered phone. This is the problem, people don't really know their history when they think they do and don't realize that smartphones pre-date the term smartphone as well as yes, the iphone which offered nothing new but a really nice looking package at best. It wasn't the first smartphone, nor the first touchscreen phone, nor the first anything. Just the prettiest and best selling, also arguably the best functioning. But nothing new. HTC meanwhile has been making smartphones, namely windows mobile powered touchscreen phones since at least 2005. They even had dual speakers all the way back with the 8125 variants like the Wizard/Wing/Prodigy. I agree though that the Nokias and a few others qualify just fine, LG as well. Too many people think we just went from monochrome nokias and flip phones overnight. Not the case. There were lots of phones that the kiddies today and non tech enthusiasts had no idea even existed at the time. Especially in the US. I was browsing the shitty early web and watching tv on my phone on the metros in 2002-2003 in Seoul and Yokohama respectively. Smartphones weren't really even known about in the US. There was no mobile wireless network support for it like they had in east Asia already so it's not hard to see why that was.
Beastly G the sony ericsson p800 was here in 2002 or 2003 if im correct. and nokia had the 9000 series also ericsson had something but i don't remember the name anymore
Yeah that sounds about right for those guys. Also great examples of early smartphones. The biggest point I'm trying to make is that we didn't just jump from the 'Zack Morris' 90s phone to the iphone like so many people try make it seem from blinded-hindsight. All the iphone could do better than any other phone at launch was look pretty and had support for pinch to zoom (even that, apple didn't invent though). Really the 1st one was still very crude too, didn't even have 3rd party apps, what it shipped with was what you got and that was it. Even early 2000s windows mobile had downloadable apps FFS!!
romeomuradin HTC did however make the very first Android phone (T-Mobile G1) and some of the best Android phones ever since and now they have fallen way behind! I'm extremely disappointed and will be switching to a pure google experience with the Pixel.
Notification Squad??
I just bought the ultra for the equivalent of 300 dollars here in the UK. I'm not dissapointed at all. Fast, responsive, great camera, big beautiful LCD panel, quick charge time and so much more! For the price that's lower than the oneplus 3t and the regular 5, this phone nails far more on the advanced fundamentals. If your in the market for a great phone and you don't care about a headphone Jack, buy this phone. Take it from me, you won't be disappointed.
Oh, that's another thing. The ear buds are incredible. Rich, bassy, vibrant and loud. No need for regular earphones. It is the complete package.
Skelisorce Gaming how about the battery? how much SOT did you manage to have at the end of the day?
Man M. Fisher, this UA-cam channel is growing quickly. Good call going solo.
V20 + S7 = U Ultra
V20 + S7 - Audio Jack = U Ultra
I see HTC sent you a review unit for better press because nobody else has a review out.
I see you didn't listen to the entire narration.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] oh no I heard the part where you stated "and I imported the phone from Taiwan, with some help from some local friends" but isn't it at all possible that your local "friends" are indeed HTC?
Ah. No, I asked my Taiwan-based friend at Mobile Geeks (www.mobilegeeks.com/) to buy the unit and ship it over.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] what networks does that particular unit work on here? would it work on GSM LTE bands?
While the launch price was wrong. Now for around 400USD its really nice phablet, with good camera, great display and great looking shell.
As always your reviews are top notch!!!