The best phone I ever owned to this date was Htc one X. I remember owning a iPhone 4 and then moved to Htc one x. That phone was so ahead of its time. It was like watching terminator 2 in early 90s. It had sick camera (I took on my Canada trip and took awesome shots with it), beats audio, amazing build quality, smooth android. I love Htc phones. I will always root for Htc.
If it's the same as on the htc 10, I can tell you they're ok for videos, but utter bullshit for music. They are tuned totally different (one high, the other for low tones), but they still act like stereo speakers. This can create some very unpleasant effects.
Last year midrange phones took over build quality and procesors! Hope this year they ll improve cameras! so expensive phones companys realy have hard time selling phones!
Radjeff Dennis I used to own an htc, the desire 626. It was awesome, good camera, good speakers, and more. I just wish HTC would listen to customers and go back to the metal design
htc just make phones that you can trust, not overpowered. they have less complaints about their products then the competition. wich in my opinion is justifying the price. i mean i still have a. HTC ONE wich work flawless. while all of my friends already replaced several phones like 2 iphone and samsungs in 2 years because they broke.
poor HTC...they can't catch a lucky break these days.... plus it's so awesome seeing your reviews on your very own channel I missed them so much Micheal I'm glad your back
Great video Mr. Mobile. I am one of those HTC loyalists. I agree this phone has a lot of compromise for the price! I have the HTC 10 and it's amazing. I love HTC design, so much that I carry the phone without a case. Hope there is another successor to the 10. I also have the M8, which is one hell of a phone with its boomsound stereo speakers! Hope HTC finds its mojo soon.
I'd buy it just because it's such a gorgeous device and I'm a huge HTC fan. just wish they would get their marketing end together to sell phones like they used to.
led notification light placement, capacitive home/back buttons and that beautiful design... can't help but to reminisce my HTC Droid DNA of old. My first ever smartphone
this video review is one of the best examples of MrMobile 's talent, versatility and skill. excellent camera angles, points which matter to the general public narrated in *that* silky voice with the necessary weightage of emotion thrown in, as and when required(for ex, the genuine exasperation in the 'volume comment..I could totally feel the dismay) thumbs up MrMobile!! eagerly waiting for you next 1!
Excellent take Michael Fisher, as always! Here are my thoughts. Some parts of this phone are half baked, IMO. The back of the phone is absolutely stunning other than the copycat Samsung style camera sensor. The front is generic. Why not put the fingerprint sensor on the back and make a more artful camera sensor/fingerprint sensor array? With the fingerprint sensor on the back you have easy room for front firing Boomsound speakers, something practically everyone loves. HTC's current speaker arrangement is a solution to a problem no one had. Why not a bigger battery here? No brainier! They're charging top of the line money for this device and delivering less than other devices already on the market. With the looks and some better execution, they could have the big winner they're need to get back on top. Why HTC? They're so close, but still too far away. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and possibly the LG G6 are going to eat this device for lunch...
Your polished writing style that you've perfected over the years continues to grant you the top spot in my list of favorite youtubers. Keep up the awesome work Mr Mobile.
I don't get it. All they have to do is make a phone with same great aluminium unibody, boomsound speakers on the front, possibly quad DAC audio, maybe dual cameras on the back like LG v20 (Duo camera 2.0 that's actually decent?). I'm sure everyone would love it. HTC says they're taking a different approach but this is simply copying the finish from Samsung and copying the display from LG. Their most defining feature was the boomsound speakers and for some reason they got rid of the best HTC feature. Why HTC....
I could even do without the dual cameras, just include a 16-20MP camera that functions properly. The dumb part is they got rid of Boomsound AND took out the headphone port. Like what the heck was the reasoning behind the headphone port being ousted if to not improve audio?
yeah, design is nice I cant deny that but battery and pricing is so bad that I wonder who makes these stupid decisions... Do they actually believe that we would accept their shit only because we like their designs? They must be naiv af.
Dude, you do realize that Samsung wants all of the snapdragon 835 chips right? Thats why LG and htc both dont have them. So if you want to blame somebody, blame samsung.
san5324 the new HTC flagship will feature the Snapdragon 835. they just can't announce it yet until Samsung launches the S8. that's why HTC skipped the event because they have to wait till Samsung launches its flagship which got delayed to March 29th so the HTC flagship will launch sometime after that date.
As a musician, I've tested Bluetooth headphones, Beats, Bose, all of them cost like 250 dollars, but no one of these sound like my Senheiser that costs 25 dollars, Bluetooth Audio is shit.
Your videos are done in a very professional way, starting with the relaxing voice or review to the super HD video , effects and explanation done, making the product look amazing and convincing users to buy it. I am sure that you have done a lot of beautiful videos, I am gonna subscribe. Keep up the good work and you will have lot of companies offering you a job to market their products.
HTC was first to make unibody metallic smartphone with Antenna lines in the design (HTC One). They were first to use dual lens (HTC evo 3d) and now they're ripping off LG? WTH.
M7 was awesome. M8 was alright. M9 was a fail. The 10 was a good one, but already lost so much ground vs LG and Samsung alone in the US. Even at $549 with the Ultra, I will still say it's too high for the product.
Top Doge Yes but I mean the pathetic loyalty to Apple and the belief that any phone other than an iPhone is inferior, kind of explains why Apple has sold so many phones
So true. my niece LOVED the HTC M7 yes it had flaws "no SD and small battery etc.." but she just loved it.. She is like iSheeps you know? XD Then went for M8 then M9 and there was also a big 5.5inch or something phone with front flash from HTC which she bought. The more she buys their phones the more flaws she finds. Then HTC 10 with no front speakers she was hell no! No more HTC for me XD
Eileen the Crow what phone do you like? XD i prefer samsung and lg over the rest and definitely wouldn't say samsung is one of the worst, more the opposite
Marilla Chen everyone needs to calm down, when someone uses a glass back they say "they copied Samsung" and when a company creates a phone with a metal back they say "they copied Apple or HTC" every company copies every other company, fanboys are make too big of a deal out of it
Love my HTC, since my EVO, Then HTC One X and my M8 and finally the HTC 10; all those phones were so special, and every year impressed me more and more... Made me feel unique in a world surrounded of i-phones and samsumgs...
Still got my HTC One M8, and every time a new HTC phone comes out mine feels better and more well rounded. Still waiting for something to come along that actually makes me say "wow" like the M8 did.
You're wrong there. Dropping headphone jack, adding new screen? New never before extremly glossy backside. HTC are doing lots of new stuff and stuff that others do. They've changed alot.
I definitely preordered this. not only does this phone introduce some new features, but you get all the great features of HTC past. amazing design, Boomsound (not stereo speakers, but still better than most phones today), blinkfeed, certified high resolution audio, aptx, themes, dxomark 88 camera, uh oh protection, micro SD card support. No phone I can think of right now succeeds in all of these. Granted might change after MWC, but based on the leaks of Samsung and LG, I'm loving this design
TBH I wouldn't buy this phone. Only reason I fell in love with HTC phones, was because of those stereo speakers, and distinctive metal design on the back. They used to be absolutely gorgeous, and this one isn't quite my cup of tea.
Top Doge but after a while your charging port is going to get messed up, I would rather have a jack so I can charge and listen at the same time and you can't always use Bluetooth headphones
I keep seeing this charge and listen reason being tossed around, but the only time I ever do that is in the car. Are people really just chilling by an outlet at a cafe wearing headphones and charging their phone?
Andrew Peck Nope its a copy of the Note 7 even the color is a copy... I mean why not since Samsung decided to retire it... its too bad cause HTC use to be a innovating company and now theyre just copying and following and catching up just like Apple... they use to have great sound and now they are just meh same as the competition... it's quite sad to see HTC fall so low
apple and htc removing the headphone jack. That's so freaking weird! The two companies claiming to be the ones putting the most focus on audio quality suddenly think the included in-ears will suffice for people who care about Hi-Fi audio in their smartphone?! Good thing my htc 10 still got the jack, so i can natively connect my sweet Momentum over-ears to it.
By that logic they'd have to use the outdated micro USB as well. And what's the fucking benefit of a 0.1mm thinner phone anyway? This doesn't make ANY sense! It's Bullshit, mate.
The future where you have to charge everything, even your headphones every night and then have concerns about losing your connection or having lags several times a day, because it interferes with your smartwatch and someone's bluetooth mobile SDD? Awesome! makes absolutely no sense but hey, some dude said he hates cables and this was the future so damn, let's all do this!
so HTC made a phone that is yet to launch and has a smaller battery, less RAM, much higher price tag than One Plus 3T with a no better camera, no better OS, less community support, and an OCD killer fingerprint home button. Oh and forgot to mention it doesn't have a headphone jack with fewer things packed in a larger body than OnePlus 3T. Someone may like glossy back but I am not really a fan of such vulnerable slippery back. HTC keep launching phones with outdated hardware (VOLT with Snapdragon 810 last year and U Ultra with 821 this year). There is no future for this company if they keep doing things like that.
SN42 It is. Snapdragon 835 is already launched. and 821 is just a tuned-up version from last year's flagship 820. You know all the flagship phones released this year will have 835 and those are what U Ultra is competing with. I think it's fair to say its hardware is outdated.
That's was supposed to be my phone! I waited patiently from M8 and THIS does make my old phone look good. What am I to do? I'll wait till S8 too see but HTC software is the best normally... Thanks HTC, not! Has anyone heard the original speakers on M8 before the update that ruined it? I have them still. Phenomenal!!!
Ahh there you are, Michael! You were my favourite reviewer on PocketNow. This is the first video I've seen on your channel. I like it! Gonna go watch more. Plus HTC is dead. Was a long time fan upto the M7. I'd love to go back but this year it's gonna be the G6 or the S8. Game over HTC
Is it just me who is bored already with smartphones? Like each year its the same shit from every manufacturer? Upgraded hardware , couple of more pixels packed in aluminium sheets ! Is that it ? lol
I would love a smartphone that can slide out a keyboard on it's side. Not this way too small keyboard on the blackberrys that slides out on the bottom, but a big one on the side that you can use in landscape mode. would be cool for my gameboy emulators, lol
I wouldn't buy this phone because I already have a good phone which is the S7 Edge. However, I hope that HTC can be saved and encourage people to buy their phones again.
Absolutely awesome review, it's sad really to see a once great company like HTC struggle now with other OEM's if you had told me 6years ago that HTC will struggle against samsung and even huawei or lg I would say you must be high. HTC's problem is it doesn't listen to its fans at all, I remembered an HTC exec saying they did a poll of there customers and what they wanted in a phone and they said customers prefer thinner phones with smaller battery. and this was like 3 to 4 years back. I really don't know how many people they asked and if it was in the bar lol. HTC phones have always had issues with battery capacity, camera and lcd screens. HTC reluctance to listen to there fans like me has made us look somewhere else.
no headphone jack...... why?.... what an absolute waste not like it is lacking space. How can i use my audiophile headphones that i spent quite a lot on. the LG G8 looks the best
Yeah I loved HTC for their impressive sound, but now I am not so sure... especially now they have ditched the headphone jack like apple with no good reasoning - Now I see no point in upgrading.
lilmattere who care about head phone jacks! go wireless and your life will change forever! BTW the dual front facing speakers was the reason I switched to HTC in the first place.....pixel here I come!
Clash with Cut : The pixel could have been amazing with front facing speakers as well but what did they do instead? Leave a blank giant white space with no function at the bottem instead. Shame.
Crazcompart I'll say it a strongly as I'd like! Yes it's made by HTC, I know this. HTC makes great products however, if I'm getting a phone I might at well get one with the best specs at this price point.
Htc still holds a special place in my heart. I bought an m8 when it debuted and loved that phone. The build quality was second to none and I could tell that has not changed on this new U ultra. I jumped ship to the galaxy s7 edge on its release, and I do really like it but I've never truly never been enamored with it like I was with my htc. This ultra makes me want to jump back in to an htc. That being said I probably won't lol.
Micheal Fisher I love ur reviews since ages man..love this one as well...but please give more love and attentions to Sony xperia's phones. thank u again for the goos work..keep it up always
Gurjant Dhiilon london depends on what you want from a smartphone. For the price is good, but it still has its flaws. Battery is just ok, and is a very large phone. I don't care about these things, so I'm happy with it. Camera is pretty good, screen also, performance is good (it heats up during gaming though), it looks great (but is definitely fragile). I didn't find any better for the prince when I bought it, I don't know if now you can find something better.
I like that you used the HTC BoomBass for a stand when testing the audio. Too bad HTC stopped supporting it after the M9. Mine is now a business card holder. I'm a long time HTC fan and went with the Pixel XL this time. Now that I'm on Project Fi it's going to be hard to hold another HTC phone with this carrier. Long live HTC!
Beastly G your playing it pretty fast and loose with the term "smartphone". maybe if you don't include pre-touchscreen such the palm line of devices, or how about the Nokia n95 that was ahead of the competition. June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released. October 22 , 2008 HTC Dream , introduced. Nokia n95 released March 2007.
No I'm not actually. See, 1st off, they have plenty of older smartphones than the dream which was only the 1st Android powered phone. This is the problem, people don't really know their history when they think they do and don't realize that smartphones pre-date the term smartphone as well as yes, the iphone which offered nothing new but a really nice looking package at best. It wasn't the first smartphone, nor the first touchscreen phone, nor the first anything. Just the prettiest and best selling, also arguably the best functioning. But nothing new. HTC meanwhile has been making smartphones, namely windows mobile powered touchscreen phones since at least 2005. They even had dual speakers all the way back with the 8125 variants like the Wizard/Wing/Prodigy. I agree though that the Nokias and a few others qualify just fine, LG as well. Too many people think we just went from monochrome nokias and flip phones overnight. Not the case. There were lots of phones that the kiddies today and non tech enthusiasts had no idea even existed at the time. Especially in the US. I was browsing the shitty early web and watching tv on my phone on the metros in 2002-2003 in Seoul and Yokohama respectively. Smartphones weren't really even known about in the US. There was no mobile wireless network support for it like they had in east Asia already so it's not hard to see why that was.
Beastly G the sony ericsson p800 was here in 2002 or 2003 if im correct. and nokia had the 9000 series also ericsson had something but i don't remember the name anymore
Yeah that sounds about right for those guys. Also great examples of early smartphones. The biggest point I'm trying to make is that we didn't just jump from the 'Zack Morris' 90s phone to the iphone like so many people try make it seem from blinded-hindsight. All the iphone could do better than any other phone at launch was look pretty and had support for pinch to zoom (even that, apple didn't invent though). Really the 1st one was still very crude too, didn't even have 3rd party apps, what it shipped with was what you got and that was it. Even early 2000s windows mobile had downloadable apps FFS!!
romeomuradin HTC did however make the very first Android phone (T-Mobile G1) and some of the best Android phones ever since and now they have fallen way behind! I'm extremely disappointed and will be switching to a pure google experience with the Pixel.
Mr. mobile you are one of the best. End its simple, why i think that., style, reality, knowledge, impartiality..., good observation, and decency !!! Respect this, wish you will do it for a long long time.
Agreed, I can't understand all these apologists. I had the Typhoon, Vox, Desire & Wildfire. Was going to get HTC 10, but couldn't justify price with competition.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] oh no I heard the part where you stated "and I imported the phone from Taiwan, with some help from some local friends" but isn't it at all possible that your local "friends" are indeed HTC?
Now, after 2 years, this phone is less than $300. It makes the U Ultra the best "budget flagship" available. I've actually bought one a week ago and oh boy have I missed HTC so much after ditching my One M8 in favour of Asus ZenFone 4
I still have my HTC 7 original (carry use work phone as well). I was a fan for life until the abandoned the dual speakers, that allowed everyone else into my vision then. Now I am looking hard at SG8 to replace my M7. Come on HTC, dual speakers were a win win. OH yea, very good review will be looking you up for the S8 reviews.
Classy Review @MrMobile. Well I think, it would have been nice if HTC would have included the Boom Sound Speakers on this device. Also, the secondary Display is a welcomed change. But the pricing is too much for the compromises they have made here!
I am expecting shipment (bought literally an hour ago) and found many negative reviews/comments but I presume that's against the price when it first came out. Now it's 50% cheaper, I am taking a leap of faith with this U Ultra.
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Remember the M8 days? Those were good days.
+Snazzy Labs Duo cam 4 lyfe
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] review the Le Pro 3
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] $400 unlocked Snapdragon 821 stereo speakers 64 gigs of storage Le Pro 3
Snazzy Labs still use it tho battery life is shit now and it has some problems
Yes but only when it was on KitKat
Thank you Mr. Mobile for some truly excellent reviews.
the HTC One M7 greatest design ever.
David hunsinger absolutely! I still use that and my M8.
I have the gold color.
I am using a blue m7 right now... thinking about a 10 due to price drops...
I still have mine (as a backup phone). But I have that purple camera tint problem :/
David Tran I had that issue with mine too, I sent mine to HTC a few years ago and it's been perfect since
I love ur type of videos. They are similar in quality to MKBHD's videos. Keep it up ;-)
The best phone I ever owned to this date was Htc one X. I remember owning a iPhone 4 and then moved to Htc one x. That phone was so ahead of its time. It was like watching terminator 2 in early 90s. It had sick camera (I took on my Canada trip and took awesome shots with it), beats audio, amazing build quality, smooth android. I love Htc phones. I will always root for Htc.
That was the first smartphone I ever reviewed. I loved it too!
FYI, it (HTC U Ultra) has two external speakers like iPhone 7.
If it's the same as on the htc 10, I can tell you they're ok for videos, but utter bullshit for music.
They are tuned totally different (one high, the other for low tones), but they still act like stereo speakers. This can create some very unpleasant effects.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] DSK Tu do
MrMobile [Michael Fisher
Last year midrange phones took over build quality and procesors!
Hope this year they ll improve cameras! so expensive phones companys realy have hard time selling phones!
agree
yea improved cameras would be nice
TechTesting Honor 6x has already set the bar high
gulzar alakkal I have one its good but I dunno to say its 1+3 good, I wouldn't have it if not for the fm radio.
gulzar alakkal but the 6x is in the shelf of shame for durability.
This phone is also known as the HTC Galaxy U V20.
TheTechPerson Hahaha its such a shameful ripoff
John Doe But the back looks just like a Samsung phone.
I feel like HTC wants to fail...
John Dow yup, basically!
Here from the future. Need to know if we can use your talents for the resistance...
HTC lost their way.... sigh. they always compromising for the wrong reasons.. they need to listen to the fans!!!!! 🙋
Radjeff Dennis I used to own an htc, the desire 626. It was awesome, good camera, good speakers, and more. I just wish HTC would listen to customers and go back to the metal design
Very much so!!!!!
Radjeff Dennis Just Like OnePlus
htc just make phones that you can trust, not overpowered.
they have less complaints about their products then the competition. wich in my opinion is justifying the price.
i mean i still have a. HTC ONE wich work flawless. while all of my friends already replaced several phones like 2 iphone and samsungs in 2 years because they broke.
I had the htc One M8 and M7 they were amazing phones.
Michael Fisher's reviews are always so relaxing and enjoyable.
poor HTC...they can't catch a lucky break these days....
plus it's so awesome seeing your reviews on your very own channel I missed them so much Micheal I'm glad your back
Great video Mr. Mobile. I am one of those HTC loyalists. I agree this phone has a lot of compromise for the price! I have the HTC 10 and it's amazing. I love HTC design, so much that I carry the phone without a case. Hope there is another successor to the 10. I also have the M8, which is one hell of a phone with its boomsound stereo speakers! Hope HTC finds its mojo soon.
I'd buy it just because it's such a gorgeous device and I'm a huge HTC fan. just wish they would get their marketing end together to sell phones like they used to.
Randy Farrell how was your experience with the ultra ?
Don't stay silent for the photos! Beatbox to the backing track!
+Jules Wang I will take this under advisement!
HTC U Ultra is only around $599 USD in Australia after conversion.
led notification light placement, capacitive home/back buttons and that beautiful design... can't help but to reminisce my HTC Droid DNA of old. My first ever smartphone
+Anthony Johansson oh totally. This has a lot of DNA from the DNA.
Looks like the Note 7 and the V20 had a baby.
an overpriced underwhelming baby
Marc Sam exactly
Marc Sam lol was thinking the same thing
Marc Sam A definition of "phone sex" to be sure.😘😅🙃
A quickie before the Note 7 "exploded"
Commenting from HTC One M8. It sad to see one of my favorite Smartphone company struggle so much. I hope they can rebound.
I'm still on the M8 too. Still such a great phone, I'm guessing I'll upgrade to the 10 eventually but I'll miss the speakers.
Stay with the M8. I bought the 10 and consider it a downgrade from the M8....
I hope they can rebound as well.
I still own the M7 (!) but im moving now to a Xiaomi Redmi 4 prime. Kinda sad what happened with HTC
I'm also using the m8. Legendary phone!
this video review is one of the best examples of MrMobile 's talent, versatility and skill. excellent camera angles, points which matter to the general public narrated in *that* silky voice with the necessary weightage of emotion thrown in, as and when required(for ex, the genuine exasperation in the 'volume comment..I could totally feel the dismay)
thumbs up MrMobile!! eagerly waiting for you next 1!
Mr. Mobile always has the best review videos. Clear, concise and well produced.
liked before i even started watching. I don't think i can ever be disappointed by your videos.
I think I will pick one, just for the sake nobody else will have it 😉
Hunger Geeks lol
Hunger Geeks I'll buy one to smash it.
UnrealOG haha works for me
Excellent take Michael Fisher, as always! Here are my thoughts. Some parts of this phone are half baked, IMO. The back of the phone is absolutely stunning other than the copycat Samsung style camera sensor. The front is generic. Why not put the fingerprint sensor on the back and make a more artful camera sensor/fingerprint sensor array? With the fingerprint sensor on the back you have easy room for front firing Boomsound speakers, something practically everyone loves. HTC's current speaker arrangement is a solution to a problem no one had. Why not a bigger battery here? No brainier! They're charging top of the line money for this device and delivering less than other devices already on the market. With the looks and some better execution, they could have the big winner they're need to get back on top. Why HTC? They're so close, but still too far away. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and possibly the LG G6 are going to eat this device for lunch...
whats up Rob!
Your polished writing style that you've perfected over the years continues to grant you the top spot in my list of favorite youtubers. Keep up the awesome work Mr Mobile.
This is one of the best, detailed yet smart and comprehensive review I've seen since a long time. You deserve to be on the top. Good work👍
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Corey Watford that was funny
I don't get it. All they have to do is make a phone with same great aluminium unibody, boomsound speakers on the front, possibly quad DAC audio, maybe dual cameras on the back like LG v20 (Duo camera 2.0 that's actually decent?). I'm sure everyone would love it.
HTC says they're taking a different approach but this is simply copying the finish from Samsung and copying the display from LG. Their most defining feature was the boomsound speakers and for some reason they got rid of the best HTC feature. Why HTC....
I could even do without the dual cameras, just include a 16-20MP camera that functions properly. The dumb part is they got rid of Boomsound AND took out the headphone port. Like what the heck was the reasoning behind the headphone port being ousted if to not improve audio?
lower MP is better. if it has too much MP it will have bad quality low light pictures. 12 MP is more then enough
TheDesius no, it's not. 16mp is the sweet spot.
TheDesius That argument used to hold more weight, but not so much in this day and age. I do think 12 MP is enough, though.
I used to think HTC was dead. Now I know for sure.
Unicorn Workhorse true
yeah, design is nice I cant deny that but battery and pricing is so bad that I wonder who makes these stupid decisions... Do they actually believe that we would accept their shit only because we like their designs? They must be naiv af.
Dude, you do realize that Samsung wants all of the snapdragon 835 chips right? Thats why LG and htc both dont have them. So if you want to blame somebody, blame samsung.
san5324 Well, u could always switch brands. Why stay loyal if there is a better and cheaper brand.
san5324 the new HTC flagship will feature the Snapdragon 835. they just can't announce it yet until Samsung launches the S8. that's why HTC skipped the event because they have to wait till Samsung launches its flagship which got delayed to March 29th so the HTC flagship will launch sometime after that date.
From $750 to $200 this 2018...
i think i will buy it. its $175 in amazon.
I must say this. Youre voice is pleasant and the way u talk, its just awesome!
Made me decide to subscribe and watch the other reviews. Keep it up 👏👏👏
Best tech reviewer in the business right here!
You and MKBHD are the best phone reviewers ever imo!
Naveen B MKBHD is a terrible reviewer. Micheal Fisher is in a class of his own.
John C Bradley What makes MKBHD a terrible reviewer?
Yeah dude MKBHD is really good
@@JohnCBradley shut up
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STOP GETTING RID OF THE HEADPHONE JACK
Minstorm no I hate the headphone jack I hope they kill it ASAP
Minstorm after apple ditched it, I think there's no turning back now. whether you like it or not, apple always "dictated" the market.
Michael Panggabean and that sucks, because it's not even a new feature that everyone's incorporating, it's the removal of one
Minstorm better quality you nut... google it
As a musician, I've tested Bluetooth headphones, Beats, Bose, all of them cost like 250 dollars, but no one of these sound like my Senheiser that costs 25 dollars, Bluetooth Audio is shit.
Your reviews and opinions about the new products are the light in the darkness.Keep the great job Michael.
Your videos are done in a very professional way, starting with the relaxing voice or review to the super HD video , effects and explanation done, making the product look amazing and convincing users to buy it. I am sure that you have done a lot of beautiful videos, I am gonna subscribe. Keep up the good work and you will have lot of companies offering you a job to market their products.
HTC was first to make unibody metallic smartphone with Antenna lines in the design (HTC One). They were first to use dual lens (HTC evo 3d) and now they're ripping off LG? WTH.
Not to mention the 1st smartphones altogether. It's such a shame, HTC deserved better but the people just didn't buy enough.
So many talented designers have been abandoning HTC for years now. These new products just reflected that.
Also true. They had such a hit with the original One M7 and I guess with the M8 as well but then they pretty much just gave up.
First Android. HTC is definitely NOT the first to make a smartphone. Know anything about old Windows Mobile or Symbian?
M7 was awesome. M8 was alright. M9 was a fail. The 10 was a good one, but already lost so much ground vs LG and Samsung alone in the US. Even at $549 with the Ultra, I will still say it's too high for the product.
apple: "record quarter with almost 80m iphones sold"
htc: "htc struggles to sell 1m phones"
Top Doge Every year they kill themselves with nothing special to show off. Where do you think their old customers went?
Top Doge Yes but I mean the pathetic loyalty to Apple and the belief that any phone other than an iPhone is inferior, kind of explains why Apple has sold so many phones
So true. my niece LOVED the HTC M7 yes it had flaws "no SD and small battery etc.." but she just loved it..
She is like iSheeps you know? XD
Then went for M8 then M9 and there was also a big 5.5inch or something phone with front flash from HTC which she bought.
The more she buys their phones the more flaws she finds. Then HTC 10 with no front speakers she was hell no! No more HTC for me XD
Eileen the Crow what phone do you like? XD i prefer samsung and lg over the rest and definitely wouldn't say samsung is one of the worst, more the opposite
much right
is it just me or does the back sort of look like a samsung galaxy's back?
They've gone from copying apple to copying everyone else as well
Marilla Chen everyone needs to calm down, when someone uses a glass back they say "they copied Samsung" and when a company creates a phone with a metal back they say "they copied Apple or HTC"
every company copies every other company, fanboys are make too big of a deal out of it
Marilla Chen yeah even I feel like that
Marilla Chen It kinda basically is lol
J Dod What did they copy from Apple, o?
Love my HTC, since my EVO, Then HTC One X and my M8 and finally the HTC 10; all those phones were so special, and every year impressed me more and more... Made me feel unique in a world surrounded of i-phones and samsumgs...
Man, watching this back just makes me sad. HTC was doing so well and then this phone really just feels like the one that killed them. So sad.
Still got my HTC One M8, and every time a new HTC phone comes out mine feels better and more well rounded. Still waiting for something to come along that actually makes me say "wow" like the M8 did.
Bradley Hove exactly.
HTC is like that one conservative parent who can't accept change.
lmao
Lets hope they don't become like Nokia
Nokia is still a large company with over 100.000 employees around the world. I'm not sure if HTC is in same position.
They did change when they dropped the headphone jack... except that it was for the worse.
You're wrong there. Dropping headphone jack, adding new screen? New never before extremly glossy backside. HTC are doing lots of new stuff and stuff that others do. They've changed alot.
love this guy's reviews
Really enjoy your reviews more and more. I think you are fast becoming my favourite tech reviewer.
I definitely preordered this. not only does this phone introduce some new features, but you get all the great features of HTC past. amazing design, Boomsound (not stereo speakers, but still better than most phones today), blinkfeed, certified high resolution audio, aptx, themes, dxomark 88 camera, uh oh protection, micro SD card support.
No phone I can think of right now succeeds in all of these. Granted might change after MWC, but based on the leaks of Samsung and LG, I'm loving this design
pixel for $20 more better deal. h t c needs new leadership Michael. great work
eric golden the s7 edge for $200 less is a better deal. In ny opinion.
agree I was able to get the pixel for $10 a month During a Verizon special.
TBH I wouldn't buy this phone. Only reason I fell in love with HTC phones, was because of those stereo speakers, and distinctive metal design on the back. They used to be absolutely gorgeous, and this one isn't quite my cup of tea.
for $750, i will rather buy Oneplus 3T and an Android Wear
Hunain Syed id rather buy a 7+
Top Doge but after a while your charging port is going to get messed up, I would rather have a jack so I can charge and listen at the same time and you can't always use Bluetooth headphones
Hunain Syed I got the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and the first gen Samsung Gear Fit.😘
Hunain Syed Oneplus 3T and a moto 360 2nd gen...sounds better
I keep seeing this charge and listen reason being tossed around, but the only time I ever do that is in the car. Are people really just chilling by an outlet at a cafe wearing headphones and charging their phone?
ive missed you immensely on pocket now. glad to see you are still hard at work. subscribed
Wow Man!! Your reviews are so true to depth!! and it looks so good!! you are really amazing!! Thanks for such a review!! Thumbs Up!!
The back looks exactly like the Note 5
Andrew Peck Nope its a copy of the Note 7 even the color is a copy... I mean why not since Samsung decided to retire it... its too bad cause HTC use to be a innovating company and now theyre just copying and following and catching up just like Apple... they use to have great sound and now they are just meh same as the competition... it's quite sad to see HTC fall so low
UnknownG4mer no, note 5 had a curved glass back. while the s6 has a straight glass back.
they got the desigh from htc hd2 they did not copy the back
that*
Andrew Peck more like the s6 because the note 5's back is curved and the s6's is flat and the u ultra also has a big camera bump like the s6.
RIP because no headphone jack
apple and htc removing the headphone jack. That's so freaking weird!
The two companies claiming to be the ones putting the most focus on audio quality suddenly think the included in-ears will suffice for people who care about Hi-Fi audio in their smartphone?!
Good thing my htc 10 still got the jack, so i can natively connect my sweet Momentum over-ears to it.
By that logic they'd have to use the outdated micro USB as well.
And what's the fucking benefit of a 0.1mm thinner phone anyway?
This doesn't make ANY sense! It's Bullshit, mate.
The future where you have to charge everything, even your headphones every night and then have concerns about losing your connection or having lags several times a day, because it interferes with your smartwatch and someone's bluetooth mobile SDD? Awesome!
makes absolutely no sense but hey, some dude said he hates cables and this was the future so damn, let's all do this!
cabled headsets have bette connection, lower latency, and generally better audio quality
You got it! ;-)
so HTC made a phone that is yet to launch and has a smaller battery, less RAM, much higher price tag than One Plus 3T with a no better camera, no better OS, less community support, and an OCD killer fingerprint home button. Oh and forgot to mention it doesn't have a headphone jack with fewer things packed in a larger body than OnePlus 3T. Someone may like glossy back but I am not really a fan of such vulnerable slippery back. HTC keep launching phones with outdated hardware (VOLT with Snapdragon 810 last year and U Ultra with 821 this year). There is no future for this company if they keep doing things like that.
Antony Wang 821 isn't outdated lmao, it's the newest processor.
SN42 It is. Snapdragon 835 is already launched. and 821 is just a tuned-up version from last year's flagship 820. You know all the flagship phones released this year will have 835 and those are what U Ultra is competing with. I think it's fair to say its hardware is outdated.
Antony Wang Nah, HTC have already implied that there will be a phone with the 835.
SN42 then this U Ultra is meaningless. Even fewer people will buy it because they know a better one is coming.
Antony Wang But they don't know. Not everyone cares about tech and just wants a phone.
That's was supposed to be my phone! I waited patiently from M8 and THIS does make my old phone look good. What am I to do? I'll wait till S8 too see but HTC software is the best normally... Thanks HTC, not! Has anyone heard the original speakers on M8 before the update that ruined it? I have them still. Phenomenal!!!
Ahh there you are, Michael! You were my favourite reviewer on PocketNow. This is the first video I've seen on your channel. I like it! Gonna go watch more. Plus HTC is dead. Was a long time fan upto the M7. I'd love to go back but this year it's gonna be the G6 or the S8. Game over HTC
Is it just me who is bored already with smartphones? Like each year its the same shit from every manufacturer? Upgraded hardware , couple of more pixels packed in aluminium sheets ! Is that it ? lol
I would love a smartphone that can slide out a keyboard on it's side.
Not this way too small keyboard on the blackberrys that slides out on the bottom, but a big one on the side that you can use in landscape mode.
would be cool for my gameboy emulators, lol
just check back in nevery like 3 or so years that's all you need
fueledbydota Good that I'm not alone ! lol
aftab malvi holy hell... yes that is it.
@@SwipeSide19 not much different now
Why is there an HTC logo for the Note 7?
I love my m8. I wanna new phone this year, but idk if HTC is the way to go.
dude ur presentation was awesome this is the first time I watched a video fully with no trouble, I'm a fan of u from India....
Good review and you explain in a very detailed manner. Long time HTC fan but recently switched to the Samsung s8 esge and it is awesome!
I wouldn't buy this phone because I already have a good phone which is the S7 Edge. However, I hope that HTC can be saved and encourage people to buy their phones again.
Remember when "5.7in" and 170g was considered large and heavy respectively?
Now 6" is considered small....
Absolutely awesome review, it's sad really to see a once great company like HTC struggle now with other OEM's if you had told me 6years ago that HTC will struggle against samsung and even huawei or lg I would say you must be high.
HTC's problem is it doesn't listen to its fans at all, I remembered an HTC exec saying they did a poll of there customers and what they wanted in a phone and they said customers prefer thinner phones with smaller battery. and this was like 3 to 4 years back. I really don't know how many people they asked and if it was in the bar lol. HTC phones have always had issues with battery capacity, camera and lcd screens. HTC reluctance to listen to there fans like me has made us look somewhere else.
I watched this video 4 times .. not because I am an HTC fan but because Mr mobile is so awesome .. keep it up
I still use my M7. I really wish they would go back to their roots and perfect the original designs that users enjoyed.
they want to increase their profit margin to make up for the last few years...
no headphone jack...... why?.... what an absolute waste not like it is lacking space. How can i use my audiophile headphones that i spent quite a lot on. the LG G8 looks the best
Frothar g8 is probably 2 years too far. didn't you mean g6?
Koragg yea i meant g6
Where the fuck are the speakers that defined htc??!
Yeah I loved HTC for their impressive sound, but now I am not so sure... especially now they have ditched the headphone jack like apple with no good reasoning - Now I see no point in upgrading.
lilmattere who care about head phone jacks! go wireless and your life will change forever! BTW the dual front facing speakers was the reason I switched to HTC in the first place.....pixel here I come!
Clash with Cut : The pixel could have been amazing with front facing speakers as well but what did they do instead? Leave a blank giant white space with no function at the bottem instead. Shame.
Clash with Cut - Pixel is also made by HTC to Google's specs... Say that last phrase lightly!
Crazcompart I'll say it a strongly as I'd like! Yes it's made by HTC, I know this. HTC makes great products however, if I'm getting a phone I might at well get one with the best specs at this price point.
Hi Michael, awesome video as always, this is a bit random but what brand of watches were those during the photo sample segment?
Htc still holds a special place in my heart. I bought an m8 when it debuted and loved that phone. The build quality was second to none and I could tell that has not changed on this new U ultra. I jumped ship to the galaxy s7 edge on its release, and I do really like it but I've never truly never been enamored with it like I was with my htc. This ultra makes me want to jump back in to an htc. That being said I probably won't lol.
Can I get a reply from Mr Mobile?
You can!
Moosa Mubeen You can, but won't.
jokes on you
HTC (Help This Company)
I am using HTC One M9 plus it's looks better than HTC ultra but my HTC gets hot and burns my hands when I use it allot
Ayman Abdallah -- It's that Snapdragon 810
Kunal Vig nice job copying someone elses comment
Kunal Vig lol. watching this on my m9.
Micheal Fisher I love ur reviews since ages man..love this one as well...but please give more love and attentions to Sony xperia's phones. thank u again for the goos work..keep it up always
Man M. Fisher, this RUclips channel is growing quickly. Good call going solo.
watching your reviews is like smoking smoking crack. the dopamine rush is incredible.
The ultra for 270 is a good price?
Yes for new sets. Mine here still selling 350$.
Have you left @PocketNow?
+Citact Networks almost a year ago, yes.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] you make better videos than pocket now!! can't wait to see blackberry mercury
SO THAT'S WHERE I KNOW YOU FROM
Facepalm!!!!!!!!
This phone is $300... That's a complete steal... I'm so getting this😆
What website?
sanity it is called VentureDirect
I got it for 250 euros and I'm loving it.
Filippo Conti I m getting from amazon 250 pound 💷 is that worth I just want to change my taste from 7plus is that best deal buddy tell me
Gurjant Dhiilon london depends on what you want from a smartphone. For the price is good, but it still has its flaws. Battery is just ok, and is a very large phone. I don't care about these things, so I'm happy with it. Camera is pretty good, screen also, performance is good (it heats up during gaming though), it looks great (but is definitely fragile). I didn't find any better for the prince when I bought it, I don't know if now you can find something better.
I like that you used the HTC BoomBass for a stand when testing the audio. Too bad HTC stopped supporting it after the M9. Mine is now a business card holder. I'm a long time HTC fan and went with the Pixel XL this time. Now that I'm on Project Fi it's going to be hard to hold another HTC phone with this carrier. Long live HTC!
As always your reviews are top notch!!!
Such a shameful outcome for the company that actually made the first smartphones.
Beastly G your playing it pretty fast and loose with the term "smartphone". maybe if you don't include pre-touchscreen such the palm line of devices, or how about the Nokia n95 that was ahead of the competition. June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released. October 22 , 2008 HTC Dream , introduced. Nokia n95 released March 2007.
No I'm not actually. See, 1st off, they have plenty of older smartphones than the dream which was only the 1st Android powered phone. This is the problem, people don't really know their history when they think they do and don't realize that smartphones pre-date the term smartphone as well as yes, the iphone which offered nothing new but a really nice looking package at best. It wasn't the first smartphone, nor the first touchscreen phone, nor the first anything. Just the prettiest and best selling, also arguably the best functioning. But nothing new. HTC meanwhile has been making smartphones, namely windows mobile powered touchscreen phones since at least 2005. They even had dual speakers all the way back with the 8125 variants like the Wizard/Wing/Prodigy. I agree though that the Nokias and a few others qualify just fine, LG as well. Too many people think we just went from monochrome nokias and flip phones overnight. Not the case. There were lots of phones that the kiddies today and non tech enthusiasts had no idea even existed at the time. Especially in the US. I was browsing the shitty early web and watching tv on my phone on the metros in 2002-2003 in Seoul and Yokohama respectively. Smartphones weren't really even known about in the US. There was no mobile wireless network support for it like they had in east Asia already so it's not hard to see why that was.
Beastly G the sony ericsson p800 was here in 2002 or 2003 if im correct. and nokia had the 9000 series also ericsson had something but i don't remember the name anymore
Yeah that sounds about right for those guys. Also great examples of early smartphones. The biggest point I'm trying to make is that we didn't just jump from the 'Zack Morris' 90s phone to the iphone like so many people try make it seem from blinded-hindsight. All the iphone could do better than any other phone at launch was look pretty and had support for pinch to zoom (even that, apple didn't invent though). Really the 1st one was still very crude too, didn't even have 3rd party apps, what it shipped with was what you got and that was it. Even early 2000s windows mobile had downloadable apps FFS!!
romeomuradin HTC did however make the very first Android phone (T-Mobile G1) and some of the best Android phones ever since and now they have fallen way behind! I'm extremely disappointed and will be switching to a pure google experience with the Pixel.
The legnd says MrMobile will reply if you are early enought
Legend was bs
Jack Pineda I don't think TheLegend27 has time to say that dumb stuff, he is focused on beating everyone in Game Of War.
Huawei Honour 8 + LG V20 = HTC U Ultra
Mr. mobile you are one of the best. End its simple, why i think that., style, reality, knowledge, impartiality..., good observation, and decency !!! Respect this, wish you will do it for a long long time.
Thanks much!
Damn this review is so thorough and neat!Gonna hit that subscribe button.
HTC is clueless. "Hey lets remove everything people liked about our old phones, and jack up the price!"... clueless.
Why all htc haters here?
velly jatt because this phone is bad.
I am using htc 526g+
velly jatt they just missed the old htc...it was a good day
Agreed, I can't understand all these apologists. I had the Typhoon, Vox, Desire & Wildfire. Was going to get HTC 10, but couldn't justify price with competition.
I'm still using the HTC m8 😂😂😂
I see HTC sent you a review unit for better press because nobody else has a review out.
I see you didn't listen to the entire narration.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] oh no I heard the part where you stated "and I imported the phone from Taiwan, with some help from some local friends" but isn't it at all possible that your local "friends" are indeed HTC?
Ah. No, I asked my Taiwan-based friend at Mobile Geeks (www.mobilegeeks.com/) to buy the unit and ship it over.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] what networks does that particular unit work on here? would it work on GSM LTE bands?
Now, after 2 years, this phone is less than $300. It makes the U Ultra the best "budget flagship" available. I've actually bought one a week ago and oh boy have I missed HTC so much after ditching my One M8 in favour of Asus ZenFone 4
PINBACK! Oh my god, I did not expect to see that. Such an awesome band. You have some great taste, Michael!
Thanks! They're the best.
HTC is stoooopidd! By the time they launch, this the s8 is gonna be out and the s7's price would drop and WhoTF wouldn't go for that over this?!
TheDark Knut This phone came out a month ago???
Holy S7 look a like
S7? More like Note7.
I love htc.
But after this phone..
RIP 🤤
Anthony Kobtawi this is a great phone, the only real bad is the lack of the audio hole
I still have my HTC 7 original (carry use work phone as well). I was a fan for life until the abandoned the dual speakers, that allowed everyone else into my vision then. Now I am looking hard at SG8 to replace my M7. Come on HTC, dual speakers were a win win. OH yea, very good review will be looking you up for the S8 reviews.
Classy Review @MrMobile. Well I think, it would have been nice if HTC would have included the Boom Sound Speakers on this device. Also, the secondary Display is a welcomed change. But the pricing is too much for the compromises they have made here!
to be honest, 150$ phone like xiaomi Redmi note 4 has better design. U Ultra is a dissapoinment, for a phone of its price
Just A Guy We get it, you're an Indian that can't afford it.
Ban lets be honest you can't face the facts that the phone is shit
V20 + S7 = U Ultra
V20 + S7 - Audio Jack = U Ultra
Don't be so critical. it's not such a bad phone.
7:36
I got it for 280 , i love the phone.
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] is this a good buy for around $315?
This was a great review, lots of good and bads points about the phone. Great job!
I am expecting shipment (bought literally an hour ago) and found many negative reviews/comments but I presume that's against the price when it first came out. Now it's 50% cheaper, I am taking a leap of faith with this U Ultra.