News - Japan’s HTC J One gets microSD slot and mini-handset accessory

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New tweaked model is available in Japan from early June via the KDDI network.

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Expandable memory kinda rounds this phone of to perfection really. I know some may see the lack of removable battery a problem, but I think 99% of us never change the battery in our smart phones any way.

If they made this SD card version of the HTC One available in the UK, it is definitely the phone I would get.

As it stands with my contract just finishing, I am torn between getting a regular HTC One, or waiting to see what Nokia do with the rumour Lumia EOS...

I was chatting to a guy over on the Engadget comments who was saying he had seen the Japanese versions and that the build quality on them isn't anywhere near as good as the normal EU version. Apparently they are built in a different factory.
Obviously take this with a few pinches of salt but i would be interested to see a side by side review.

Samsung has significant ownership of android handset sales & profits and they have long bothered to have expandable storage and removable batteries.

Finally woken up and smelt the coffee HTC? Jeesh... took long enough - a bunch of baboons could have figured this out faster.

Since I've not seen the European version, I can't compare on the quality. But it's contract only, and mobile phone contracts over here make the UK look cheap.

To be fair, Samsung is probably the only player who bothers with expandable storage and removable batteries. Or at least the only one that we hear of.

Removable batteries + expandable storage + some water resistance would be perfect for me (external hardware wise).

AGain I'll echo the same as above, got a Galaxy S3 and it was by far and away the phone that suited me best because of removable battery and micro-sd. The cover is crap mind you ;)