Multiple sources now starting to confirm this news...
Would this affect your decision to get an S3? Some are already taking about passing on it completely unless the blue is available ASAP!
[UPDATE] Samsung Benelux PR Manager confirms delay of Pebble Blue to the Dutch market, reported by tweakers.net. Several other markets now reporting delays in Pebble Blue, at present UK still looks to be receiving stock of the Pebble Blue. Apparently problems in production of the rear-casing as speculated - tweakers.net say Samsung have destroyed 600,000 of the rear-cases and made changes to production!
Its probably due to demand from what are considered premium markets, namely Europe. Its also possible Samsung underestimated the popularity of the blue unit.
Quite why people would not buy one just because of a slight delay i don't know, nothing else is coming out by the end of June. Its just posturing, they will still buy one of the want one.
here in middle east so far only whites are available no blue..
it also might be because they've detected some flaw with the blue ones, and if that's the case samsung is doing the right thing with pulling those back. I'd rather wait a few weeks than have another One X experience, though I've pre-ordered the white one.
How about global shortage of food? More important imho
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What a ridiculous comment in the article - " the near-universally disliked Marble White version"! Where is there any evidence for that at all? Sure, maybe more people prefer the blue but I have seen virtually no comments that the white is a bad colour and a lot of people on XDA have chosen the white over the blue - not just me .
I have heard rumours about this too. An employee in a local store said to my friend that they might not have the blue color available in 29th May. I ordered the white one.
haiz same here
malaysia gonna selling s3 soon, and local telco start pre-order it
and just got white colour for the option =_=
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What a ridiculous comment in the article - " the near-universally disliked Marble White version"! Where is there any evidence for that at all? Sure, maybe more people prefer the blue but I have seen virtually no comments that the white is a bad colour and a lot of people on XDA have chosen the white over the blue - not just me .
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I agree with you. I chose blue because negri guy told me that white will be available two three days late...
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I've just called the nice people at Clove.co.uk with whom I have my pre-order for a blue unit. They are currently not aware of any delays and are expecting to receive their first batch (including pebble blue ones) on Tuesday. Though obviously things can change between now and next week! But fingers crossed...
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Samsung Nordic has said that there will be no blue at launch without really giving a reason more than to say they were just more popular. Although they said this to a number of retailers in Sweden, they have said it is true of all the Nordic countries. One of the retailers got them to offer a "hopefully maybe" later in the same week, but other retailers are now backtracking on the blue, pushing dates back to 15-19 June.
This story from NZ sounds more likely than their failing to get the mix right as I'm sure the operator pre-orders should have given them solid data as to what to expect.
My only qualms with the white one is the risk of glare from the white frame around the screen outdoors. I have a Samsung Media Player 5.0 that's white and I quite like it, but the frame around the screen itself is actually black.
Still, faced with deciding between a white early next week or a blue 2-3 weeks down the line, I'll go with the white.
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Maybe Sammy should just release it in three colors: marble white and low-rider bondo multi-color at launch, followed by pebble blue next quarter.
Blue, white, it's still a great phone, if they don't have blue when I go to pick mine up and offer me white, then I will just go with white.
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What a ridiculous comment in the article - " the near-universally disliked Marble White version"! Where is there any evidence for that at all? Sure, maybe more people prefer the blue but I have seen virtually no comments that the white is a bad colour and a lot of people on XDA have chosen the white over the blue - not just me .
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Maybe you're being a little over-sensitive? I only made that comment to stir the pot a little, and also because here in NZ I don't know of a single person who wanted the white (going of a few different NZ tech forums), everyone wants blue (I think we're fairly conservative in our handset selection here in NZ quite frankly).
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I've just called the nice people at Clove.co.uk with whom I have my pre-order for a blue unit. They are currently not aware of any delays and are expecting to receive their first batch (including pebble blue ones) on Tuesday. Though obviously things can change between now and next week! But fingers crossed...
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As mentioned hopefully higher priority markets like the UK will be unaffected by this.
Not sure it's the wrong ordering mix here, since the Warehouse Stationary pre-ordered for both colours but have only now learnt they cannot get the white yet. There is also now confirmation from Malaysian and Thai buyers that only white is available to them...
i have a blue siii on pre order from play.com - they havent stated anything about lack of blue handsets on website - emailed them as well - dont seem to have any issues
Will keep cheking (as its getting quite close to release date now)
If this is true... this is a bunch of freaking BS.
This is really quite annoying. I have paid upfront for one from warehouse stationary in nz - blue of course. I've no interest in a white one. How could Samsung stuff up like this?
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This is really quite annoying. I have paid upfront for one from warehouse stationary in nz - blue of course. I've no interest in a white one. How could Samsung stuff up like this?
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Sorry to break the news
Not sure how affected all markets will be, but it seems certain that NZ will only have the white available (updated article to reflect that even JB HiFI, who were saying they are getting blue ones as recently as this afternoon are now also stating white only).
EDIT: Now seeing buyers in Finland, Sweden, and Austria reporting their enquiries about delivery of the blue units are in doubt...
I'm thinking of switching my order to the white now
Ugh, got a micro-sim waiting at home (no adapter) and blue version preordered and if i preorder the white one i'll just be last on that list. (Not that i would want it)
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here is the mail that i get from clove uk, the price is now 400p (w/o tax)
and the first stock is confirmed to October 6.
Good news! We are pleased to tell you that the new HTC Desire HD is due to be released on 06 October the price has been now been confirmed at £ 399.99 pounds plus VAT.
Please contact us now to confirm your order and ensure that you receive your HTC Desire HD from the first shipment of UK stock
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So that's £469.99 (with tax) like Play and Amazon have had from the start...
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So that's £469.99 (with tax) like Play and Amazon have had from the start...
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yep, amazon is right, but rest of the on line store get some high price.
Haha if it was inc. vat i would have already ordered It's a shame everything has tax They could at least take it off of the phones for us techy's
That is a price drop. I canceled my order two days ago and told them straight it was because Handtec was cheaper. Interesting..
Isnt the deal modaco has better? As its what maybe 15/20£ more exspensive but has a fair bit of extra goodies?
Getting the cheapest deal is not always the right choice.
I'd rather purchase my hardware from someone whom I trust and know should there be a problem they are only a phone call away and there to offer assistance.
Funnily enough it's the same name as the OP mentions... Clove Tech.
I've known Chris Love for nigh on 20yrs now and know although he sells hardware each of his customers are at the front of his continued commitment.
It's a family business with a strong sense of family values for it's customer base.
Anyone know where we can order a black DHD?
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Anyone know where we can order a black DHD?
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You can't order a black DHD because there won't be a black DHD nowadays. Maybe later!
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You can't order a black DHD because there won't be a black DHD nowadays. Maybe later!
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If that's true, then HTC just lost a customer, I don't want a brown DHD, I want a black one. Can anyone confirm this?
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If that's true, then HTC just lost a customer, I don't want a brown DHD, I want a black one. Can anyone confirm this?
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you're seriously going to skip out on this phone because of the colour?
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you're seriously going to skip out on this phone because of the colour?
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Yes, I think colour is all part of the phones aesthetics, and all I can seem to find mentioned colour wise is dark brown, although a lot of the pictures of prerelease devices seem to show them in black.
So unless I can get it confirmed that it will be black, I will have to look at something else (maybe just a HD2 with the Desire HD rom for a good chunk less money).
Might seem a little silly to some people, but I don't think brown looks very good on any electrical device.
Fair enough. The link above lists the DHD as black. It even has some pictures of the back. So maybe HTC is shipping black and brown versions after all.
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Fair enough. The link above lists the DHD as black. It even has some pictures of the back. So maybe HTC is shipping black and brown versions after all.
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Will have to wait and see, my preferred e-tailer (Amazon) couldn't state at this point whether the ones they'd receive would be black or brown, if they are mixed, or brown, I sure hope they change the pictures of the black device on their website.
To me the front is almost black, cause the screen ocuppies almost the total front area.
The back is most dark brown, but for the back I don't care much
As the phone has a 'unibody' design, the brown colour had to be applied. So it should not be beyond the wit of man, with the use of masking tape and a spray gun, to make it whatever colour rocks your boat...
Isn't a DHD a "Dial Home Device" anyway? Can't go stealing established TLAs for new devices....
Anyone got any official confirmation on the new 6th Oct release date?
handtec is receiving stock on the 4th Obctober
Just had an e-mail from Clove about the colour:-
It will be in Graphite which is a nice colour (v similar to Desire)
Back orders are strongly recommended as demand is very strong
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Sales Team
Clove Technology
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Looks like I will be interested in this phone after all then.
As a side question here, does anyone know of any places selling cases for the Desire HD yet, or to be released at the same time as the actual phone?
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handtec is receiving stock on the 4th Obctober
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You certain of this? Why do the big sites like Amazon still list the 11th?
only white 16gb available for sale. grey version not available til 17th per Samsung rep. total disappointment
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only white 16gb available for sale. grey version not available til 17th per Samsung rep. total disappointment
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Long line still?
lines aren't bad. I was actually one of the first 50 but gave up my spot after talking to the Samsung rep. they're quite disorganized tho
i got there at 11am. i was honestly turned off by the whole experience. the Samsung reps don't know when they will be shipping the grey models. they just told me to keep checking. it really seemed like they were not ready to release this thing yet.
Any word on when the 8.9 will be available?
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it really seemed like they were not ready to release this thing yet.
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Time is ticking. The tablet market is hot, and moving very rapidly. All tablet manufacturers have to push these things out as fast as they can, before more competition gets their units out, ramp up production, or newer, better models come along. They don't really have time to come out with a polished and well planned launch. I'm sure this is why it was a NYC only event. They just weren't ready for a full launch, but are trying to get these released as quickly as possible.
Wait, sorry if i'm off here but, everyone is upset because they only have the white model and not the grey one?
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Wait, sorry if i'm off here but, everyone is upset because they only have the white model and not the grey one?
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if you were there at the launch, you'd be too.
1) no announcements were made that they only had the 16gb white model. there were a lot of people who were waiting longer than me who left the line after hearing the Samsung rep tell me about that. they all wanted a 32gb model, due to the lack of micro sd slot.
2) Samsung reps had no idea when the rest of the models will be available. no eta. only told me to keep coming back. it was a disorganized launch. there were gaps in information between Samsung reps and Best Buy employees. the Samsung rep even admitted that they had to ship some models last second just to even have demo versions.
don't get me wrong.. i'll be going back there again tomorrow in hopes that they suddenly get some new shipments of the grey 32gb model.. fingers crossed.
i bought the 16gb white model the only model available , was planning to get the metallic grey , might return this for the metallic grey once that comes out.
Also got the free leather sleeve . the line wasn't too bad i reached there exactly at noon.
I bet the grey will be out on the 17th. I would be a little bit miffed to get there & wait only to find they have 16GB white models if I was wanting grey or a higher capacity.
They talked the release up enough that they should have mentioned that model was to be the one released.
I'm still bombed at still no word on the 8.9.
I think i'll give it a few more weeks after that I'm probably just going to bite the bullet and place an order for the iPad2 :-|
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i got there at 11am. i was honestly turned off by the whole experience. the Samsung reps don't know when they will be shipping the grey models. they just told me to keep checking. it really seemed like they were not ready to release this thing yet.
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Yeah it was super fishy that the annouced launch way back from Jan of this year was a one Best Buy only launch with the rest coming a week later.
It appears now from your experience that you are dead on correct, they simply wernt and still ARE NOT ready to launch but are scrambling to get them ready.
The sad part is that the average non XDA tablet buyer will be non the wiser until a major new publication decides to cover this.
My biggest question is this: What is the exact count of 16GB white versions avaliable at Best Buy today?
I would buy the 16gb white one then.... wait and return for whatever tablet you want.
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My biggest question is this: What is the exact count of 16GB white versions avaliable at Best Buy today?
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i asked.. Samsung rep couldn't tell, Best Buy employee didn't know. there really was that disconnect. i also asked them if there was an option for those of us there that showed up - if we could get some sort of email or phone notification if the model we wanted came in stock at the store.. nope. no luck
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i waited this long already. i can wait another week or so
I'm personally not upset the white 16gb was wat i wanted anyways, but i forgot about the leather sleeve, since i doubt the sold 200.
Anybody in the area stop in and see how many of these are still left in stock or estimate of how many has been sold?
I'd be curious to know.
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Anybody in the area stop in and see how many of these are still left in stock or estimate of how many has been sold?
I'd be curious to know.
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I got there after 2pm and they had stacks on the desk where the samsung employees were demoing. I would b shocked if they become out of stock. They had alot of keyboards, docks and folio cases also.
so its safe to say their strategy was a smashing failure. hope this expedites their worldwide launch. they should've premiered elsewhere
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That is a bit disappointing
I was going to attempt to make a trip out.. glad I didn't.
I pre-ordered mine on bestbuy.com and got 18 months no interest financing (not that I need it or care for it, I guess it is just kind of cool to get)
Just as a side note, does this best buy have a parking? Hey, its NYC and parking is tough
They do not.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/25/p...sue-shipments-to-resume-in-mid-june/#comments
Let's just hope it's not too long of a delay! Good thing I ordered white!
EPIC FAIL. I ordered blue.
I ordered white and thought about changing to the blue. Guess I'll be sticking with white
Well if they said they had to get rid of 600.000 back covers of the pebble blue and had 9.000.000 preorders, I'm guessing they still have a sh*t load of blue S3 good to go just sayin.... Plus so far, negri, expansys, clove UK and handtec are still expecting to receive the S3 white and blue by may 30th. Hopefully we will all get it by next Friday.
Dupe thread, also general and launch discussion should be directed here.
Thank you.
Still waiting to get my blue s3. I gave the shop a call and they said that deliveries have bagun but since almost all pre orders have been blue ones it takes time. I have read aimilar stories from forums so could it be that samsung draw the blue one to sell more white ones too in the beginning?
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Why?
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Still waiting to get my blue s3. I gave the shop a call and they said that deliveries have bagun but since almost all pre orders have been blue ones it takes time. I have read aimilar stories from forums so could it be that samsung draw the blue one to sell more white ones too in the beginning?
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well, do keep in mind that, there is a strong possibility that most pre-orders for white has been processed since the phone was originally launched...with substantially more pre-orders for blue that has yet to be processed? New Zealand was one of the first countries to receive the SGS3 and it has only been about 2 days since the blue units started to be surface on the market...furthermore, the price difference between white and blue would be minimum so Samsung wouldnt intentionally shoot itself on the left foot by releasing just one of the colours when both colours have been heavily marketed and promoted...
Companys do still regularly do a Buzz Lightyear with stock but it does seem a stretch to think they'd do this.
A Buzz Lightyear?
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A Buzz Lightyear: Deliberate stock shortages.
When Toy Story was released they deliberately didn't have enough stock to create shortages and create queues of people seen on the news.
I have been offered a blue one ready for shipment here in Denmark so it is definitely being shipped. But people are waiting in line.
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Guy at work got a blue one, and it is BUTT UGLY
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Guy at work got a blue one, and it is BUTT UGLY
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The phone or the guy?
Looks like a 3 day sale to get thir sales numbers up. Their stock took quite a beating the last two days here in Taiwan over criticism they received fom analysts about their sales and CEO.
I would really like to see HTC do better than how they have been doing but reality is they need to get their act together if they want to sell 40 million smartphones of their HTC One and ompete with Samsung on their new Galaxy S4 model.
Listening o what the their customers (consumers) want is one and getting their QC in order is second.
Last few days stocks were doing well here in Asia but HTC shares took a beating here in Taipei. Local news media also called out faults on their new HTC One.
Any iPhone 5 owner who takes that is stupid. You can get way more for the device selling it yourself. For the older phones it's worth it.
can you please explain more what's happening in Taiwan, don't tell me the gap issue?
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Last few days stocks were doing well here in Asia but HTC shares took a beating here in Taipei. Local news media also called out faults on their new HTC One.
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There's a rumor going around that Samsung is being investigated by the Taiwanese govt for paying people to post up fake reviews about the gapping issue on some phones. These people were blowing the problem way out of proportion and Samsung was paying them to do it. That's why the stock I think took the initial hit.
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What do you mean with gapping issue?
Mine is perfect.
Shame they not offering anything of the sort in UK... Just taking advantage of loyal fans!
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still not possible to get the ONE here in Austria - they should rather ship(produce more) the phones to get "better" sales. if there's nothing to sell, they cant make profit
It's kind of strange that they are so desperate to sell more units in the US, especially when they have long lists of customers in other countries still waiting to get their phone. And yes, I do realize that once the units have been produced, there are differences between them - but still. My order was placed weeks ago, and there is no sign what so ever that I will get the phone next week either. Bah, I'm almost considering getting the S4 now, I'm tired of waiting
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still not possible to get the ONE here in Austria - they should rather ship(produce more) the phones to get "better" sales. if there's nothing to sell, they cant make profit
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well if u hv limited stock you want to hit key markets --- Austria isnt one..
If you have limited stock you will fail if you can't even fill the orders you do get - regardless of market. Having surplus stock in a market that obviously doesn't have the interest to buy at the price that will be profitable for the compary, while you at the same time lose customers willing to pay the set price in other markets because they don't want to wait any longer sounds like a sinking ship to me..
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There's a rumor going around that Samsung is being investigated by the Taiwanese govt for paying people to post up fake reviews about the gapping issue on some phones. These people were blowing the problem way out of proportion and Samsung was paying them to do it. That's why the stock I think took the initial hit.
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I think it was more then just a rumor. Samsung has always been sneaky. Fact though is I am not paid by Samsung and I just bought a new HTC One Developers Edition from the US and it came with a few minor scratches,few gaps and the yellowish screen. I posted about this in another thread. If I was not a HTC fan I would not have gone out of my way to buy the a developers a edition model from the the US and have it shipped to me here in Taiwan while the HTC One was being sold here in Taiwan with stock on hand if you have the right connections. I did not want a 32GB 3G model was why I ordered mine from the US.
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There's a rumor going around that Samsung is being investigated by the Taiwanese govt for paying people to post up fake reviews about the gapping issue on some phones. These people were blowing the problem way out of proportion and Samsung was paying them to do it. That's why the stock I think took the initial hit.
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Those were all year old posts though.
And frankly all companies turn to community to market their stuff. Some fanboys always go overboard. Sammy/HTC does not even need to pay them anymore, there are plenty who are voluntary fanboys ready to battle against other party FREE of cost
Anyway, the issues were and are real. We have seen plenty of pics here. But it look slike newer batches are better. My April 23 made unit is flawless.
Wow that thread got sorta OT really fast. Anyways, this let me get the $100 rebate despite pre-ordering it on AT&T and receiving it last month. And before anyone says I'm a terrible person, I already explained why I wasn't able to get the rebate before:
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Do you still have it? I had one, but I filled out the rebate ahead of time and "saved it for later." Now it won't load my old one and tells me my code has already been used. Contacting HTC results in them saying, "do this thing you've already done."
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Just so that no one thinks I was paid to bash by Samsung. I have two Here to show that I currently own both. Have bought many HTC Devices in the past as well. I have seen better screens here in Taipei being sold to others. Mine unfortunately came with the yellowish screen. Next one I receive may probably be fine just like my HTC One X.
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Just so that no one thinks I was paid to bash by Samsung. I have two Here to show that I currently own both. Have bought many HTC Devices in the past as well. I have seen better screens here in Taipei being sold to others. Mine unfortunately came with the yellowish screen. Next one I receive may probably be fine just like my HTC One X.
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The screen with the warmer screen actually has more neutral color temperature and is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39461598&postcount=1
Also, that screen can be corrected easily with Screen Adjuster from GooglePlay by adding +4 to the red color. The cooler version of the screen though cannot be adjusted because it is not possible to remove blue with current apps, so people will have to wait for a custom Kernel with gamma controls to correct color temperature.
Honnestly, if you were lucky to get the more neutral screen, keep it! It is also 10% brighter.
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The screen with the warmer screen actually has more neutral color temperature and is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39461598&postcount=1
Also, that screen can be corrected easily with Screen Adjuster from GooglePlay by adding +4 to the red color. The cooler version of the screen though cannot be adjusted because it is not possible to remove blue with current apps, so people will have to wait for a custom Kernel with gamma controls to correct color temperature.
Honnestly, if you were lucky to get the more neutral screen, keep it! It is also 10% brighter.
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Just tried it, many thanks for the tip but it is still freakin yellow Even my iPad camera can see this lol..
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The screen with the warmer screen actually has more neutral color temperature and is brighter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39461598&postcount=1
Also, that screen can be corrected easily with Screen Adjuster from GooglePlay by adding +4 to the red color. The cooler version of the screen though cannot be adjusted because it is not possible to remove blue with current apps, so people will have to wait for a custom Kernel with gamma controls to correct color temperature.
Honnestly, if you were lucky to get the more neutral screen, keep it! It is also 10% brighter.
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Had to post this twice because for some odd reason I can only upload 1 image attachment on my iPad using the browser.. Here is another picture taken using my iPad of my older HTC One X with the same Google Finance application open and you can see that the whites here are much nicer. The new HTC One I received Compared to my whites on my iPad 3 they practically look very yellowish.
Cameras adjust white balance dynamically. The photos you posted are not useful for comparison.
As already mentioned earlier, the lower color temperature closer to reference and shows a better image in that regard.