Future proof? In what way?

+1 for AMOLED but look at them bezels:confused: they give iphone bezels a run for their money :laughing:

2150 mAh battery in 2016...LOL!

Still voting hot as it's a good price if that's what you want!

​it's cheap on amazon !

oh it's gone up to £329 again!

I'm tempted , I recently got rid of my M8 and went for the s6 edge and i am regretting it.

​Fair enough, I did say probably so worth checking BUT wherever I see giffgaff mentioned my blood boils, their own forums are chock full of complaints and I was one of their customers so I know what I'm talking about. don't think I'm spreading false info.

This looks like a really nice phone. For those saying 'you could have a Smart Ultra 6 for loads less', this isn't the same - HTC have a really nice design team and their UI design is second-to-none if you ask me: I prefer Sense UI even to stock Android. I've played with this phone in the flesh and it's so lovely. Unfortunately the phone I can use at the moment is somewhat dictated by what my family is using. I've owned the Oneplus X as well as the Oneplus 2 and personally I'd rather own this. If cost is your primary objective then no, this is not the best value for money in terms of the sum of its parts; however HTC have been good with updates - M8s are now getting Marshmallow in the UK - and if you like their design and the look of the Sense UI skin then I definitely don't think this is a bad price.

pfffft

I guess it's a deal, tho a OnePlus X feels like a better value

On a side note, since when is a tiny battery, 16GB, mono speakers, a sluggish SD 617 and micro USB considered future-proof? Misleading description

​the batt is supposed to be low capacity. anyone using it have any comments?

Htc was a huge disappointment in 2015

I was getting issues pre upgrade (if you mean the stale items in the list). Battery life was my main bugbear though so ill take that. Can easily get through a day now rather than charging by 1pm

I went from the M7 to this phone, it was important to me that the phone had the same well built feel that I had with the M7 which this one does. Performance has been fine for me including the battery life

this phone was actually not too bad to use. didn't try gaming but it felt fast to me. and fairly slick.

i love my m7 but htc haven't done anything good for ages.
my m7 is still fairly fast but gets very hot if anything uses the cpu much... standby battery lasts ages. in use. it drains very fast

No. Giffgaff sell unlocked phones only, just like Three. Hate it when people spread false info, sorry

meh

Surely the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 is better than this at £120

Great price!

Like the HUKD app !! :disappointed:
Standby battery life is much improved for me - not so much elsewhere

Lollipop ruined my M8, Marshmellow has made a big difference in battery life although there are odd slowdowns

FUTURE-PROOF YOUR NEED TO USE A CAPITAL IN THE CORRECT PLACE IN THE SENTENCE BY MAKING ALL LETTERS CAPITALS.

​you can get unlock codes in ebay for under £10

​with them ram issues on the S6 its pointless. least you can multitask properly on this chip in the HTC right ? ha

​exactly, people forget how small the iPhone battery is but criticise another

The S6 is currently stuck on Lollipop, you can get Marshmallow beta on it, which massively improves the phone. It's a total dog on Lollipop though. The bugs in Lollipop make me want to dropkick the phone out of the window. Worst Android phone I've bought since I bought a Samsung Galaxy in 2010. Totally crippled by a useless OS.

In the future - does everyone type in capitals? :man:

Probably locked to giffgaff - worst network ever. they've got serious issues. plenty of threads on their own forum with the issues related to internet access.

Ditto to the above. my M8 isn't as good as it used to be with KitKat.

I have been a huge HTC champion for years, even using one now. But they're done. They haven't done anything new for years, my M8 running Marshmallow is sticky, slow and the battery doesn't last a day.

I will not be buying another HTC. They took their eye off the ball to make VR stuff, and they've even said they intend to focus on VR in the future. Want a decent, Android phone? Then get the S6, it'll be this price in the near future.

I have this on contract as my personal phone, it compares favourably to the Galaxy S6 which isn't as premium to hold and use, the fingerprint unlock works far better on the HTC as well in my experience.

Why compare this to a £200 G4, G Flex, Moto X etc? a better comparison would be a £100 Smart Ultra 6 lol.

£299 for this spec, haha.

I'm not saying this is not cheaper than elsewhere by my lord why would you pay 299 quid for the spec you are getting??

poor battery life in 2016? shows over folks, HTC will never learn.

Why buy this when you can get a G4, G Flex, honor 7 or Oneplus X for much less???

worth £200 max

£260 and I'm in...

Price this should have launched at to start with. I really hope HTC don't go the way of the Dodo, loved the M7 and been hoping for a worthy upgrade since.

https://youtu.be/KN1i4Ax34-0

Helps to look at performance of the OnePlus X vs A9...think the thing to remember is both are very nice phones and at this price the A9 is about right price as was way overpriced on launch.

https://www.giffgaff.com/goodybags
See here on giffgaff its still £5 cheapest, one month and you get minutes, text and data and all FREE from giffgaff to giffgaff.

Don't forget though it's running Android 6 with Doze which is supposed to be much more efficient.

Lovely phone, fast, beautiful to look, lovely to hold, but is it really worth £100 more than the Moto X (2nd gen).

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9620318/htc-one-a9-review-android-iphone

Good phone, crap battery.

but the handset lasts a day due to optimisation....sooo

Future proof? In what way?

Not unless you are already a giffgaff customer you will have to purchase a Goodybag along with this phone not unless they have changed their t&c's, the cheapest Goodybag is the hokey cokey which is £5

Retro....I thought they'd given up making phones....

(Joke alert for those with a sense of humor bypass - although they do seem to have selected slow as their development pace)

**** poor battery life.

2150 mAh battery in 2016...LOL!

Looks like an iPhone 3g

way overpriced and not a premium phone nor is it futureproof....cold

Still voting hot as it's a good price if that's what you want!

As the owner of one I'd recommend a OnePlus X instead. Cheaper and better specification then this.

should have stuck the HTC logo on the back, looks so ugly with the fingerprint scanner at the front too

its a £250 phone pretending to be a £350 mid range just below the flagships

its a over price £250 phone.

get the Moto X instead.

+1 for AMOLED but look at them bezels:confused: they give iphone bezels a run for their money :laughing:

iPhone 5s 16GB or this one? Decision decision decision...