Unfortunately no.

And with the next HTC One's announcement just a few weeks away (assuming it'll be announced at MWC 2014), don't know how much it is worth getting a HTC One now. Unless you can score one for a really good price that is...

I'm rather sure because I have a colleague who bought a HTC One in Nov 2013 and is right now facing the purple tint issue. Granted, it isn't a 2014 batch but I guess... close enough?

And I don't think the HTC One MAx is entirely without the purple tint issues either. I've seen some with some purple tint issues too.

Definitely, the HTC One is still a darn amazing phone. But like you said, if there is going to be a huge price cut after the next HTC One announcement then why not wait a bit? I could see the HTC One becoming a prime mid-range phone for 2014.

I'll ask for the manufactured date. Pretty sure it is after Oct.
Will double confirm for you guys.

And... the best thing about the M8, mock-up or not, it will no longer feature the beats logo which was the biggest eyesore on the M7.

HTC understood that buying beats wasn't a good idea in the first place. Only kids want beats these days and kids have no money to buy phones, so what does that mean? No point in keeping the brand.

All beats ever did was detoriate sound quality, plain and simple.

To each its own.

Beats is the personafication of muddying audio through my HTC One. No, it's not the phone (well it sorta is too, poor headphone amp), it's not the earbuds I'm using either. It's just beats that is horrible, for me at least.