News - HTC One with microSD storage and dual-SIM slots set for UK

[HEXUS]

HTC follows up the recent gold edition release with this usefully tweaked £495 device.

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[shaithis]

Arrggghhhh

WTS: HTC One....almost new

This new One is the holy grail for me, the best interface I've used, amazing speed, SDCard slot for backups and dual SIMs so i wouldn't have to carry my work phone around with me....

[crossy]

Nice, but unfortunately my work only allows me a 2G plan, which I'm guessing wouldn't work as the "office" SIM. So I'll have to stick with my two phones.

Just had to buy a new battery for my S3, so I'll whole-heartedly agree that having that in HTC phones would make them more attractive to me.

[virtuo]

Don't really care about the dual sim, but the SD slot is tempting. Can't see why they wouldn't go the whole hog and let us replace the battery as well since we now need to take the back off.

Still wish the Google Play edition was coming out over here.

[ajones]

Nice, but unfortunately my work only allows me a 2G plan, which I'm guessing wouldn't work as the "office" SIM. So I'll have to stick with my two phones.

Just had to buy a new battery for my S3, so I'll whole-heartedly agree that having that in HTC phones would make them more attractive to me.

Looking at the specs, the second SIM slot is GSM only, so maybe this isn't a problem. This would suggest that the device can fire up both radios at the same time.

[big_hairy_rob]

I would probably buy one if I could remove the battery. Not having this ability causes problems as all phones I have owned lock up from time to time, so not having this ability makes this impractical for my requirements.

[Gerrard]

I would probably buy one if I could remove the battery. Not having this ability causes problems as all phones I have owned lock up from time to time, so not having this ability makes this impractical for my requirements.

The irremovable battery was one of main concerns with the Moto G, but when I asked here I was told there's a hard reset by holding down the power button for 30 seconds (or similar). I haven't tried it out personally though.

[Brewster0101]

The irremovable battery was one of main concerns with the Moto G, but when I asked here I was told there's a hard reset by holding down the power button for 30 seconds (or similar). I haven't tried it out personally though.

This is correct for all (modern) Android devices.

Removable battery is of no concern for 99.9% of people - HTC knows this.

[Jingee]

I absolutely love mine. Shame about not having an SD slot though. At least this edition will rectify that.

[TehH4rRy]

I would probably buy one if I could remove the battery. Not having this ability causes problems as all phones I have owned lock up from time to time, so not having this ability makes this impractical for my requirements.

On nearly any android phone holding the power button down long enough will shut it off. Also this phone feels like a slap in the face to early adopters, I can't stand phones without SD cards.

[OilSheikh]

Nice, but unfortunately my work only allows me a 2G plan, which I'm guessing wouldn't work as the "office" SIM. So I'll have to stick with my two phones.

Just had to buy a new battery for my S3, so I'll whole-heartedly agree that having that in HTC phones would make them more attractive to me.

You can choose to enable or disable 3G for each SIM card

[UseItNow]

I would probably buy one if I could remove the battery. Not having this ability causes problems as all phones I have owned lock up from time to time, so not having this ability makes this impractical for my requirements.

You've actually got a point about phones possibly locking up, I've had the issue on one or two of my phones and having a HTC One, thats something I've not thought of for some reason.

Then this.....Dual SIM & microSD, why'd they not release this originally?

[zdn1042]

They should have added the MicroSD slot the first time they released One. I know a couple of my friends would have bought one if that was the case. A little too late for me.

[virtuo]

My problem with not having a removable battery is that it's been the weakest part of every phone I have had. Still got an S2 and after 2 years of daily charging, the battery is shot. Ordered a new (official) one off Amazon for a tenner and the problems caused have all been solved after a 10 second swap.

Is the HTC One one of those phones that you can actually swap the battery if you take it apart (like an iPhone), or have they made that difficult too? Seriously considering a One now the excitement and rather mid range performance of the Nexus 5 has bored me enough not to bother.

[jonny4288]

i have the htc one this would of been a great addition. in regards to battery unsure how u would even change it as its a zero gap design cant see a way into the phone.. there are no screws.. nothing visual to indicate its openable or anywhere u could pry it apart. hmm note to self *dont smash/crack screen*

[avi8tor]

Ever since the first mobiles came out I've wished for a dual-sim phone!
Amazed its taken this long for a mass produced unit!