Haha, at least they tell you that now. Before this was "we no stock sir, dunno when it's coming".

Yes, pretty much 2 weeks needed. I bought the phone 14/5, sent in 15/5, get back 28/5. And oh, I should also add this was after I call and pester them so much they escalated it to the manager.

I would suggest trying the same thing too, just be suitably polite, but sound angry enough.

As one of the people who probably caused a negative perception to the HTC One, I want to say I did it to highlight that, like every other goods and services you may use or purchase, there will always be chances of negative experiences and I wanted to share it out so that people can make better judgements.

Sure, it was disappointing to lose my phone for two weeks right after buying it, but I still got it back in the end. And I still think that HTC One's Sense 5.0 has some seriously non-intuitive UI design choices and silly lack of features, but well... so does every other Android UI skin and even stock Android has its fair share of complaints.

On the other hand, credit does have to be given to HTC for raising the bar on Android phone hardware design and jesus christ, the stereo loudspeakers totally rock.

So in the end, if you're planning to buy or not.... it's always good to make research on other user experiences but that should not be construed as the EXACT experience you will get. Some people (like me) will get unlucky, but you might not be as long as you take the precautions and be an informed buyer.

And, if you still don't like the phone, just resell it off! We have a very vibrant marketplace here in LYN, and there's always other listing sites too.

tl;dr HTC One got good, got bad, in the end up 2 u to choose.

I think that's the normal build. The gap on the front pieces on top and bottom is not zero gap. My unit also like that, service center say they don't replace for that 'gap'

HAHAHAHA OH MY GOD, that's hillarious. So they basically somehow f***ed up and sent two boxes of their office shit to you? Amazing service.

Actually it seems that HTC itself got a local company here, probably handle the support number, promotion and marketing stuff? Meanwhile SiS is the reseller/distro company. SiS handles not just HTC, but other brands also actually.

Would like to ask, your gap is it on the front side or the back side? Front side I think is normal build so you can't really exchange probably...

Yeah of course you can ask them.... just saying that they might not entertain it. Like I said, I did ask about the gap on my new unit when I took it back on Tuesday, the people there said the front part there got slight gap won't replace unless it's over 0.2mm or something.

No, they didn't. I did say got gap, but they said normal. I don't want to waste more time.

Agree with this, the heat is considerably noticeable compared to my Galaxy Note. Haven't tried to use for extended amount of times yet.

I... actually would go for a non-Sense HTC One.

Totally agree with Uncle Benny here. HTC One is quite amazing and pretty, but I still prefer to use my Galaxy Note more, so much more easier to read things and type long posts on it.

Now if the 5.9in HTC T6 is real, might totally consider upgrading to that over Note III because I love the speakers.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...176&postcount=6

Dear god, I laughed so hard at this guy....