HTC One S Sim Free Smartphone - Metallic Grey

 Brand HTC | Model: 99HRE144-00

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HTC One S Sim Free Smartphone - Metallic Grey

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HTC One S boasts a head-turning design on our thinnest phone yet. With beauty both inside and out, our new display delivers a rich viewing experience like you've never seen before. You'll love the camera that captures every moment (even in low light) with crisp, vivid, beautiful photos. Plus, with Beats Audio you hear authentic, deep sound with true, finely-tuned details....

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep it small, 26 April 2013

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AlexB - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I'm not a fan of the push towards bigger and bigger phones and this one is just about small enough to not bother me in my pocket... please bring back high spec 4" phones.

5.0 out of 5 stars more than happy with purchase, 29 Mar 2013

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gary - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

this is my 1st android phone and after reading reviews on a few htc phones(on amazon and you tube)chose this product.bought from the warehouse as i was looking for something around 200 pounds and got a better phone than i could have for this money,ia a great looking phone and not too big,simple to use even for a new user.if you read all the reviews on this phone you will get a pretty good picture of what you will get with this phone,a big thankyou to all.is updated to jelly bean like newer comments say,if this is a factor for you,have not encountered any lag so far a week in,runs smoothly,loads sites pretty quickly although i have no reference to other phones.you can use sky go and the picture quality is awesome,if any of the negative comments about the memory is not a concern for you,like for me, a great phone

4.0 out of 5 stars Great smartphone from HTC, 30 Jan 2013

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Richard Ward (UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Pro's
+ Great Camera & Video
+ Runs smoothly
+ Shiny
+ Using the phone is lovely
+ Fits nicely in the pocket

Con's
- Occasionally crashes unexpectedly, bricked once but fixed by hard resetting it(google it)
- Terrible virtual keyboard, thankfully you can get better on the Play store
- I have found it to delete texts and contacts, though has only happened twice
- No way to expand the storage
- Like most smartphones scratches and scuffs will occur, so a case is essential

If you want a good smartphone look no further, this phone works well and is easily on par than whatever iPhone has just been released.
Camera is really good and if you get a browser such as "Maxthon" and a music player such as "Play Music" once you get the phone it makes the whole experience better, as the included software (apps) aren't up to standard.
The killing point for most would be the limited 16gb storage, which may seem a lot but once you've got a reasonable amount of music on the phone you'll be running out of space, you can't expand the storage so if you want to use your smartphone as your primary music device I'd look into one of the larger 32gb HTC's.

Overall this is a great phone, you'll need to get some new apps to improve it (-1/2 star) and it lacks expandable storage (-1/2) but the camera and smoothness of its running make it up for it.

1.0 out of 5 stars Bricked, 13 Jan 2013

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Redshark (Leeds) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Sim Free Smartphone - Metallic Grey (Electronics)

This was a fabulous phone for two weeks. Then it suddenly lost charge, gave a warning and switched off.

From this point on it has remained totally dead. It will not charge and there have been no indicator lights even when attempting to charge or reset the phone.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This is not the One S it is the "One S C2" !!! :@, 9 Jan 2013

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Rich - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I am absolutely fuming, I received my phone today only to find out they have sent me the wrong handset.

The one advertised, the One S features the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Krait dual core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, coupled with the Adreno 225 GPU. On the back of the box of this model it says Model: z520e

However Qualcomm have had a high demand for this powerful processor and hence a shortage in chipsets resulting in HTC downgrading to last years Snapdragon S3 Scorpion dual core processor clocked at 1.7 GHz coupled with the Adreno 220 GPU. This is Model: z560e on the back of the box. Despite it having a faster clock speed on the processor it vastly inferior in performance, and the graphics power of the Adreno 220 is almost half that of the newer Adreno 225 it should have had.

For those unsure about this do a bit of a google.

Amazon are advertising the HTC One S with the 1.5GHz dual core, search "GSMarena" for this.

However the one I received was the HTC One S C2 with the inferior hardware, search "GSMarena" for this.

HTC told all the stores who sell their devices that they were different so they could make the purchaser aware of the change in hardware, however Amazon have clearly not felt the need to tell me. I wondered why the price suddenly dropped down to £250 for a brand new handset!

I am absolutely furious at Amazon for wasting my time, this phone will be going straight back for a full refund. I highly advise people not to buy from them as they will no doubt receive the inferior hardware version as well. They better send me the correct replacement, or if not shortly update their advert on this page.

This is illegal, false advertising that breaks trading standard laws.

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5.0 out of 5 stars First class..., 26 Dec 2012

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MGM Associates - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Sim Free Smartphone - Metallic Grey (Electronics)

What an awesome phone. We already have a One X, Desire HD, Desire, Sensation XL. HTC make fantastic, completely underrated phones. This one is so very close to the quality on the One X. Its slick, fast, responsive and beats the all versions of the iPhone hands done. It now has Jellybean too so its just brilliant!

Don't hesitate. Its pure quality!

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great!, 14 Dec 2012

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R. F. Neilans (Lincoln, UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I shan't cover all the excellent aspects of this phone - tremendous camera, able to import Outlook in its entirety, slick OS sense but very poor at picking up the network. I will also say that the HTC repair service is superb. In a sentence it's a great gizmo but not a great phone!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased with my purchase, 11 Dec 2012

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Mr. A Lora "ehgorilla" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

***UPDATE***: As of December Android Jelly Bean operating system is on this device and the home screen button issue has been rectified.

I have had this phone a few months now and have to say I am very pleased with it. The finish if great, it looks sleek and very black which is my thing. The screen is very bright and its colours are nice and bright. I found the aluminium can scratch easily so got myself a silicone case to protect it and has since not seen any other scratches (my own fault.)

I have on a few occasions experienced the htc home screen issue that lots of you talk about while I was abroad (in the UK I am on the 3 network which doesn't use 2G so the problem doesn't appear to show), which happens when there is low 3G signal and the phone automatically switches to a 2G connection. This has only happened a few times and hasn't bothered me too much as I normally am in an area where 3G coverage is plentiful.

The camera is brilliant, I am a bit disappointed with the front one, but then again I never use it and the main 8MP one takes stunning pictures and videos. Have also used the panorama feature and love it.

All in all I am pleased to have switched from pricey iPhones to Android and HTC. Now eagerly waiting for the Jelly Bean update which should come anytime soon! Couldn't recommend this phone more.

4.0 out of 5 stars HTC ONE S- BEAUTIFUL PHONE, 7 Dec 2012

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Carol K "ck" (Brussels) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Z560E Sim Free Smartphone - Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Sleek, slim and beautiful phone.

Not too big or too small, perfect screen size, the HTC One S fits nicely in the hand and is very light.

The HTC Sense is very good on this phone and it is very easy to use.

One plus point for me is the battery life. It is above average than the other HTC range smartphones.

Web browsing is very fast. Downloading apps is easy. And jelly bean is on its way.

Yes there is no expandable memory, but for me 16gb is enough as I do not carry my songs in the phone.

I recommend this phone.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Swap for iPhone, 6 Dec 2012

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Ruby - See all my reviews

This review is from: HTC One S Sim Free Smartphone - Metallic Grey (Electronics)

After 3 weeks of owning this phone still trying to get used to it, iPhone was so much easier to navigate.

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