Here's the story: we originally moved to Tmo from ATT last year for the included Canadian coverage (which we need). I took my excellent ATT (unlocked) HTC M8 with me; alas, had to migrate to a Tmo M9 after a week when it became clear that although unlocked, it was not going to play nice with Tmo (4-hr battery drain because of network incompatibility). Wasn't happy, but was my only choice at the time, and since it was on a Jump contract (cheapest way to do it at the time), figured I'd just upgrade sooner than later.
Unfortunately, right as I was ready to upgrade this summer, Tmo STOPPED SELLING THE HTC 10, which was the obvious choice. I had high hopes for the 10, so was really disappointed! I owe about $250 still on the 9 before it's paid off OR I can trade it in for a phone purchased through Tmo and just keep a payment (which actually works better for me, but isn't a dealbreaker).
My needs:
- MUST do Tmo wi-fi calling out of the box (am frequently in a bad reception area)
- MUST play nice with Tmo reception bands
- larger would be good. I've had a job change and a phablet could be advantageous.
- battery life. I'd like to get a full day of heavy internet use (but little video or calling)
- great camera preferred (that's the one place HTC has usually let me down).
- I like Sense - their pull-down quick-settings panel (use it all the time), as well as how you can set up contact lists on a widget on a home screen.
- Speaker sound. I'm spoiled by the M8 and M9
- would prefer something that will likely ship with Nougat (assuming I wait a couple of months) so I don't have to faff around with it once they roll out the upgrades.
My options (I think?)
- Keep the M9 until it's paid for and dead. This irks partly because it's not my favorite phone, and partly because I'm paying for the upgradeability (and if that's the case, would rather be within my 1 year warranty!)|
- HTC 10 from htc. The obvious upgrade, especially as the price comes down. Uh-oh protection = good thing. But will they still be in business in a year? If they go under, what happens to support?
- Note 7 - no problem waiting until all the hullaballoo settles down (and maybe some discounts around Thanksgiving, or to boost sales again?), and when I handled one in store right after the release I was impressed, but I'm not liking the reports of lag/freezing. Then again, not sure what kind of apps those reporting lag are using, so it might/might not affect me. And streuth, the price!
- 7 Edge - it's ok and I've played with a friend's, but the edges make it look like everything is floating. Not crazy about it; the less-curved Note causes less of an optical illusion for me. Ditto on $. Expensive, to say the least.
- Google Nexus. I handled a 6p at BB and really liked it, particularly the SIZE, but I read conflicting reports about how it plays with Tmo? Don't want another M8 fiasco. Also, it's nearing it's EOL, so not sure it would be worth it.
- New Google phones - Is it confirmed they're made by HTC? Is there a larger, phablet one? Will they support Tmo functions out of the box?
Discuss - all suggestions welcomed
Unfortunately, right as I was ready to upgrade this summer, Tmo STOPPED SELLING THE HTC 10, which was the obvious choice. I had high hopes for the 10, so was really disappointed! I owe about $250 still on the 9 before it's paid off OR I can trade it in for a phone purchased through Tmo and just keep a payment (which actually works better for me, but isn't a dealbreaker).
My needs:
- MUST do Tmo wi-fi calling out of the box (am frequently in a bad reception area)
- MUST play nice with Tmo reception bands
- larger would be good. I've had a job change and a phablet could be advantageous.
- battery life. I'd like to get a full day of heavy internet use (but little video or calling)
- great camera preferred (that's the one place HTC has usually let me down).
- I like Sense - their pull-down quick-settings panel (use it all the time), as well as how you can set up contact lists on a widget on a home screen.
- Speaker sound. I'm spoiled by the M8 and M9
- would prefer something that will likely ship with Nougat (assuming I wait a couple of months) so I don't have to faff around with it once they roll out the upgrades.
My options (I think?)
- Keep the M9 until it's paid for and dead. This irks partly because it's not my favorite phone, and partly because I'm paying for the upgradeability (and if that's the case, would rather be within my 1 year warranty!)|
- HTC 10 from htc. The obvious upgrade, especially as the price comes down. Uh-oh protection = good thing. But will they still be in business in a year? If they go under, what happens to support?
- Note 7 - no problem waiting until all the hullaballoo settles down (and maybe some discounts around Thanksgiving, or to boost sales again?), and when I handled one in store right after the release I was impressed, but I'm not liking the reports of lag/freezing. Then again, not sure what kind of apps those reporting lag are using, so it might/might not affect me. And streuth, the price!
- 7 Edge - it's ok and I've played with a friend's, but the edges make it look like everything is floating. Not crazy about it; the less-curved Note causes less of an optical illusion for me. Ditto on $. Expensive, to say the least.
- Google Nexus. I handled a 6p at BB and really liked it, particularly the SIZE, but I read conflicting reports about how it plays with Tmo? Don't want another M8 fiasco. Also, it's nearing it's EOL, so not sure it would be worth it.
- New Google phones - Is it confirmed they're made by HTC? Is there a larger, phablet one? Will they support Tmo functions out of the box?
Discuss - all suggestions welcomed
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Felt so small and iPhoneish (not a good thing, imo - I had one iPhone after my Palm Treo died, and HATED it).