The trouble is that the One is apparently not designed to be opened at all, and scored a 1 out of 10 on repairability by iFixit, which is a score no other smartphone has ever received

HTC One X. The X flagship 
oh well at least it is pretty and powerful.

Rationally speaking, this is going to cause massive headaches for their service centers. Sales stock needs to be carefully weighed against RMA stocks, and they had better ensure that QC is good enough to drive it down below 1% faults.

This means that for those who dropped the device and cracked their screens, how is the user going to have it replaced, EVEN if they wanted to PAY for a replacement screen???

4.7" with 1080p, one handed navigate + 1080p. Best of both world.

5" and 4.7" different is quite big. Compared with my Butterfly and Nexus 4 

HTC One will be perfect for people who want best quality yet portable 

sorry man, don't angry. I havent read through all the review, I just comparing screen size, not dimension.

thanks man. btw, did HTC already announce official date of releasing in Msia?

this phone will be on my list for this year

Why blinkfeed? Aren't there mods or apps that can do the same? Or an extract of the Blinkfeed apk when it arrives?

Zoe, I don't know, if hardware is powerful enough, anything can be emulated in software.

And the solid irreparability.

Dual front facing speakers.

If earphones/headphones are used then the audio chip will be what matters

So innards matter. Braised chitterlings FTW 

If I'm not mistaken,
HTC One uses the native built-in audio DAC in Krait;
Galaxy S4 uses WM5102 Wolfson audio DAC

Wolfson is better

You sir, are leading the defense !!! Objection !!!

chill down guys.
please dont start another flamewar here.

There is still no official news on the availability of this phone in Malaysia. What's taking so long?

I conjecture that the difficulty in disassembly likewise applies to assembly ?

I recall reading some articles writing that it took 200mins to create one from start to finish due to the fine craftsmanship? In which case they'd need A LOT of machining sets.

6000 x 200mins = 1,200,000mins, what, about 3 years?

Assuming they ramp up to 100 sets every 200mins, they'd still need 60x200min = 12,000mins, which is about 8 days.

It can't be that they've only gotten 6000 sets of stock just enough for Taiwan, as they launched the product 1 month ago. So .... 

Unless they get some serious capacity ramp up or process simplification, the prognosis is not rosy.

Perhaps as a metaphor, how long does it take 1 woman to get dressed for a nice dinner vs how long 1 man takes to get dressed for the same dinner? 

android firmware is independent of the manufacturer right? User can able to update themself even if manufacturer dun do shit?

Other than that got wat other updates that depend on manufacturer? COs i read many user review is say the support very bad means is which part r?

Butterfly still at 4.1.1

Mayb htc slow sikit kua on updates, but mine DHD has no update oredy from HTC, i think bcoz it's oredy 2 years kua but we can always root it even no updates right...

U know what?? HTC so good leh... b4 entering in 2nd year recently for my DHD, they able to change the whole new LCD & chasis and battery for me! SO, it's important to get 2 years warranty though and this is one of the reason why i like htc too... kekeke...         

For ONE, it's better to have 2 years warranty