Redeem HTC One $25 Free Google Play Credit for AT&T, T-Mobile & Sprint

Do you own HTC One and enjoying every bit of it? Well, there are more reasons to celebrate as HTC US offers free $25 Google Play credits for every HTC one sold. The offer has been extended till 30th July and every HTC one sold before the give date is eligible to get the coupon. This means more games and more movies to enjoy on your HTC One (M7). The users who have already purchased the device need to register and get the credits. Read more to see how can you redeem the free Google play credit.Let us remind you that the offer is only for the HTC one sold in US. 

Register and redeem free Google play credit

We have done some research and please follow the steps to enjoy your credits. One of the very first thing you need is a serial number. Every device has a unique serial code and this helps in identifying the device. 

1. There are two ways to find serial number of your HTC one.
2. Check the packaging box and you're able to locate the serial number.
3. Alternately, you can go to Phone >> Settings >> About >> Phone Identity and you can find your number.
4. once you have your number go to this link and enter your details and submit.

You will get a confirmation email and the details would be mailed to you shortly. There is some delay in getting the code but lot of users have already received coupon code. The offer is for is valid for all the career locked and unlocked HTC One for - AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint  as well as the  HTC One Google Edition.

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Download HTC One jellybean 4.2.2 OTA Update

UK gets HTC One 4.2.2 OTA Update

While you are having fun with HTC one, HTC has rolled out jellybean 4.2.2 update for HTC one M7. The Taiwanese manufacturer's own country is the first one to get the recent update. Let us remind you that it is the biggest update after releasing this device the Q1 of 2013. The update is available over the air (OTA ) and you can get you phone updated even from the HTC service centers.

How to get Jellybean 4.2.2 OTA update for HTC One

Currently 4.2.2 update with version 2.24.401.1 is available for few countries in Europe and Asia. There is no official word about it's availability in larger markets like US and canada. We are looking forward to get update for entire Europe by the end of this month. The total update size is around 410 MBs.

We will keep updating list of countries for which 4.2.2 update is available. currently update has been rolled out in following countries.
UK, Singapore (14 July 2013)
Poland, Denmark and Sweden,Serbia,Latvia (5 July 2013)

Let's see how can you download and get update on your phone. You need to check if your phone has already received a notification for update. Just go to settings >> about >> software updates. you should be able to see a new update waiting for you. If you are lucky and you see a notification then just get your One M7 updated via wi-fi.

Such OTA updates might take more or less depending on your batch number. If you own a carrier-branded HTC One then it will take more time for the specific carriers to update their services.

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HTC One M7's Red color variant Spotted - Up for preorder

Red color variant for the HTC One M7 was spotted on HTC's website. This will be the 3rd color variant for flagship device and new addition to the current colors which are Silver white and Stealth black. The stealth black color had some availability issue and that's why AT&T USA didn't offer black device for their users. The arrival of new red color will be a good news for the buyers who would like to go beyond the White and black color for their smartphone. The phone is now up for pre order and can be purchased through official HTC site.

The HTC revenue has increased by 23% compared to the last quarter and HTC One has played a major role in the significant gain over past quarter. There is no official news for the availability of this device but it seems like red color handsets will be available by end of may. There always will be bunch of people looking for an off beat colors and red seems to be one of such colors.

HTC One M7 in Red - Mystery

HTC had showcased the device in 3 colors in early February. The  images of red handsets were taken down and only 2 colors were available but it looks like HTC is coming back with the third color.

Would you like to have HTC One in red?

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Compare HTC One Mini M4 vs HTC One M7 : Differences and rumored features

Do you find the HTC One M7 too big for your pockets? If yes then there's good news for you. It looks like HTC is coming up with middleweight sibling of HTC One M7 which is supposedly named as HTC One Mini. The HTC One mini seems like a dubed down version of M7 with smaller 4.3 inch display screen and same 4 Ultrapixel camera. Though there are some changes, the design and looks of HTC M4 appears identical to the One M7. Here's a look at the rumored configuration of the HTC M4.

HTC One Mini Specs

• 4.3-inch 1280×720 display
• Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen
• Protected with gorilla glass
• Dual core Snapdragon CPU
• 2 GB RAM
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 16GB of internal storage
• 4 UltraPixel camera on the back
• 1.6 megapixel camera on the front
• 1,700mAh battery,
• Bundled with HTC Sense UI v5
• Beats Audio sound enhancement

Comparison HTC One M7 vs HTC One Mini

Though HTC has not released any official word  about the miniature version of it's flagship device but rumored phone seems to be getting good attention already. The M4 features display a screen of 4.3 inch which is an ideal size for a phone. The M7 features 1.7 Quad core processor where as the M4 is likely to get launched with dual core processor. HTC One Mini's camera flash has been relocated to the center of the device and there's a few less micro-drilled speaker holes.

There is no official word about the camera and hence HTC One Mini M4 can come out with either 4 UltraPixel or the standard 13 megapixel camera. The One comes with the 2.1 Megapixel of front cam and the Mini has got 1.6 Megapixel front camera mounted. The battery size has been reduced from 2100mAh to 1700mAh which will be enough to power 4.3 inch display screen.

What do you think about the HTC M4 or a.k.a One Mini? Will it be as popular its elder brother owing to the quality of design and manageable size? Let us know in the comments section.

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HTC One UltraPixel camera : Sample pictures in Zoe, HDR and Macro mode

HTC One M7 is the first phone to feature the new UltraPixel camera technology and even one of the exclusive features of the phone. There was a little confusion over how a camera with just a 4 ultra pixel could be any good but soon people realized that the HTC One's 4UP camera is at par and in some cases even better than most of leading 8 or 12 megapixel camera technologies. Let's have a look at the sample pictures taken by the HTC One phone. The pictures are taken in different modes such as standard, Zoe, Macro and HDR.

HTC One Camera Sample Pictures

There will be plenty of instances where you had to choose more according to the light around you. The Zoe and HDR modes are impressive and the macro mode captures great pictures even in good sunlight. Whenever you'll need  to go back to taking regular shots, you can simply switch to Zoe mode.

Standard Zoe Mode

Here are the sample pics taken in Zoe mode.

Normal vs HDR Mode

These pictures are taken in relatively low light. The first picture was clicked in a normal mode without the aid of a flash. The second pictures taken withe HDR Mode on. To switch to HDR mode (Menu > Photo capture mode > HDR). Its advised to use HDR when your picture's brightness varies over a larger range.

Night Mode With Flash

The night mode seems pretty decent as we try experimenting with the built-in flash. This particular picture was taken in night mode with flash on. As you can see the quality of the picture is pretty impressive and hard to beat even with most available smart phone camera.

HTC One's Macro Mode

The macro mode works as it is supposed to and can be used to take extreme close-ups of objects in great detail. While the macro level isnt at par with what a digital camera can offer it is still quite impressive for a smartphone camera.

So how did you find our collection of sample pictures for HTC's UltraPixel technology and the HTC One? Is it impressive enough for a photography lover to consider this phone as a good contender? Let us know in the comments.

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How to Improve the Battery life of HTC One M7 - Tips and Tricks

HTC's new phone, the One M7, for all the amazing things it does, has a shockingly poor battery life. Most of the smart phones today suffer from poor battery life what with their HD screens and power hogging processors and lot of users complain that they don't last even for a single day. Users upgrading from the previous generation 'dumb' devices are pretty disappointed with the battery life of HTC One. The M7's predecessor One X was criticized for its smaller battery and people were expecting bigger and better battery from HTC One M7 this time around.

Also Read - How to take a screenshot on HTC One M7

It comes with Li-Po 2300 mAH battery which is a pretty good upgrade but is it sufficient for 1080 p device and whooping 4.7 inch screen? Apparently not. Fortunately there are more than a few ways to save your battery juices and get more punch out of your phone. we've listed the most commonly used tips and tricks below that allow you to save battery and still allow a relatively good usage of your phone functions.

How to improve battery life of HTC One M7

If you think your device does last only for a few hours then here are some points to improve your battery backup of your device.

HTC One Power Saver

HTC has built in its own stock battery saver app. You can find it in Settings >> Power >> Power Saver. Just turn it on and it will optimize your usage to improve the battery life of your phone.

Display screen and brightness

Turn off the auto brightness and  try to keep it as low as you can probably bear. Your huge HD display screen can easily use up 30-40% of your battery and that's the reason why you should give utmost importance to your display brightness. HTC M7 has the sharpest display in the world with 469 ppi and powering such vibrant display will definitely take a toll on your device in terms of battery consumption.

Screen lock/ Sleep
Some of you might not be in the habit of locking your device using the auto lock feature. It is recommended to keep auto screen lock to 30 seconds. This means after the period of 30 seconds, your phone will get locked or be put to sleep to save power.

Turn off data & Auto Sync

Leaving your phone idle with 3G or LTE on is the best way to drain your battery of your HTC One M7. To avoid this you could use some power management apps like Juice Defender, which save your battery by managing enable-disable of the data on their own.

Auto Sync-Push notification
Apps like Whatsapp, Hike, gTalk and Facebook use push notifications to deliver your messages as soon as they are sent to you which consumes a lot of power as your phone's listening services are always on. Find out the application using push notifications and change the setting from an individual app. Auto sync is another crucial factor affecting your battery life as it is used to fetch your emails from the configured addresses. Always turn off the data when not in the use.

Taking good care of your battery

HTC One comes with standard Li-Po 2300 battery and along with the smartphones, the batteries in them are getting smarter too. Newer batteries adjust themselves according to the usage of an individual.
Always charge of phone when it gets to the level of 15-20%. Avoid repetitive charging and once plugged in, try to charge complete battery. Try not to use heavy features such as camera, LTE while the phone is getting charged.

Avoid fully Discharge frequently
If your friend ever suggested to to discharge your battery completely, Ignore him. This suggestion helps for old nickel batteries and the concept of battery memory doesn’t apply to lithium batteries. Fully discharging your lithium battery frequently can actually be quite harmful to your battery’s health. It can  possibly make it completely unusable and reduces it's life.

These suggested tips should be enough to improve your battery life of your HTC One. Let us know your feedback about how these suggestions helped you to more out of your phone and if you know of some other helpful tips let us know by leaving a comment below.

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How to take a screenshot on the HTC One / HTC M7

So you bought the latest HTC One and are having a ton of fun with it but what fun is the phone if you cant share the cool stuff that you find with your friends. Grabbing a screenshot on an Android is not difficult and if you are using HTC One M7 then you have got multiple ways to take that moment with a screenshot. Let's have a look at how you can use printscreen your HTC One. also read - How to Improve the Battery life of HTC One 

Ways to capture HTC One M7's screen

#1 Native Android Method

Now you might not know this but Android itself has a screenshot mechanism built into its core that can be used by pressing Power button and Volume down button together. This is the universal method is used by most of the Android phones and was built as a core feature in the ICS firmware.

Press the power and volume down keys simultaneously then hold them for two seconds. You will hear a sound followed by some animation which acknowledges that your screen has been captured. The Image will be shown in notification and it will be stored in your default image folder.

#2 HTC Method

HTC's has also added a way to taking a print screen for their devices so that can be used as an alternative if the standard method is not to your liking. All the previous devices One X, One S have this feature as a stock feature which is made a part of the Sense UI that is bundled along with the HTC phones. To use the HTC method of taking a screenshot Press and hold power button and then press the Home button present at the bottom of your phone.

#3 Screenshot taking Apps

Now for some reason if one of the buttons used to take the screenshot there is is another alternate method which though slightly inconvenient still allows you the full use of your phone. There are apps in the Play store that will help you in this matter, be it on HTC One M7 or your any other phone too these apps use the programmable gestures to take the screenshot.

A few tried and tested ones are Screenshot and Screenshot UX If you know of any other better alternatives let us know in the comments.

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HTC One will be available on Verizon & AT&T contracts in USA

HTC has recently released HTC One, the latest in its flagship devices from Taiwanese giant. HTC announced that the One smartphone will be available with AT&T,Sprint and T mobile. HTC's new phone is likely to come as a stiff competitor to the Galaxy S4 and while it is being promoted heavily, there was a big disappointment among the users as there was no announcement regarding HTC One being offered with Verizon. One of the Verizon inside sources said that Verizon is testing the HTC One.

When will HTC One be available on Verizon contracts

HTC one is officially available with major three services and Verizon is supposedly testing the HTC One on its network. The source revealed that the smartphone will show up by the end of March and will be available in Spring. It is very crucial for HTC that all the major four cellular carriers should offer the HTC One as it will allow the company to gain some much needed market share.

Though HTC is known for releasing great Android as well as Windows smart phones, the company is not making a profit from the number of devices it is selling currently. HTC One is a great way for HTC to increase their visibility in a market primarily dominated by Samsung devices even though HTC offers a better experience. If  HTC can manage Verizon, AT&T, Sprints and T mobile- they are likely to compete and as per popular opinion maybe even win against the Galaxy S4 which has been touted as a disappointment.

The exact details of the Verizon contract is yet to known but lets hope that the company manages to iron out all the needed wrinkles to get this deal.

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Download HTC One Sense 5 Wallpapers - Leaked on XDA Forum

Download HTC One Sense 5 Wallpapers

XDA member loan92 was able to extract HTC One's default Sense 5 wallpapers while using the device at the HTC event in Italy, and he has shared the files on the XDA forum so that everyone can get in on them. There's quite a few in there 18 in total, some good ones and some not so much. All in all its worth the few megabytes of download. To get the wallpapers, visit the source link below and download the rar file to your machine.

Extract it and copy the files to your device storage, set them as your wallpaper and now you've got the latest wallpapers from the HTC Sense 5!


Sense 5 was an opportunity to implement the lessons of past versions and to stay relevant to current users and also revive the smartphone user experience.

Instead of minor improvements, the Sense design team began sketching out radical new ideas. In only a few months they went through dozens of iterations.
Source: XDA Thread

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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One - Feature Comparison, Pros and Cons

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One Feature Comparison

The smartphone market is in a flurry upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and March 14th being the day of release. A lot of Samsung and Android fans are eagerly waiting to see what the phone is going to offer and even though most of its features have leaked out online, the launch will put all those rumors to rest. Last year when the S3 was launched, Samsung had a top notch smartphone with HTC One X being the only close rival but still not good enough and this year all the OEM makers have stepped up their game most notably HTC and Sony with HTC recently launching the HTC One as a rival to the upcoming S4. HTC has made some drastic changes to its smartphone strategy in the past year to make itself known in the market and the HTC One is proof of that as it features lots of new innovative technologies. In this post we compare the features of the HTC One Smartphone with the rumored features of the Samsung S4 to see which phone trumps the other to become the newest best seller.

Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia Z - Feature Comparison, Pros and Cons

Display: Galaxy S4 is larger but HTC One is sharper

In this section both the phones are pretty much similar with both of them offering an approximately 5 inch screen with a stunning 1080p display. The HTC One has a 4.7 inch SuperLCD3 screen with a  resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels which comes to a pixel density of a staggering 469 ppi and Samsung is reported to offer the similar resolution with a 5 inch screen. One thing which Samsung S4 might have as the rumors suggest is a new 'Green PHOLED' technology for the screen which if true might mean a the screen offering better battery efficiency. So by the looks of it, both phones are offering something new in the Display area.

Processor: Samsung may shake the market with its Exynos 5 Octa eight-core processor

The HTC One sports a  1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 Quad Core processor with Adreno 320 quickly becoming the new standard GPU unit which as we know is more than enough to support the Android OS and all the graphics intensive games along with it. The S4 on the other hand is rumored to have a 1.8GHz Quad Core processor or as recent reports are leaning towards an Exynos 5 Octa processor which is an eight core processor, could be there will be two versions of the S4 similar to how the S3 was marketed with the US version being a quad core and the international version shipping with the octa.

Memory: Both phones are at par though HTC One isnt expandable

Memory wise both the phones are packing a 2GB RAM with the the HTC One having internal memory options of 16/32GB which sadly cannot be expanded using a microSD slot. The Galaxy S4 may take a similar route as that of the S3 and come in various internal memory configurations of 16/32/64GB

Camera and Battery: 'Ultrapixel' Camera is HTCs massive leap in innovation

Camera is another area where the innovation has recently come to a standstill with most of the phones offering a 13 MP rear shooter. The S4 goes the same route with the standard 13 MP rear camera while the HTC One sports a 4 MP camera. You read that right... a 4 MP Ultrapixel camera which going by the leaked shots can easily eclipse almost all the smartphone cameras that are available in the market. HTC has always been interested in offering better cameras with the HTC One X last holding the lead as the best Camera on any Android smartphone and looks like this year they'll be winning by a mile. Battery wise both may be similar with the HTC One sporting a 2300 mAh Li-Ion battery.

Design: HTC wins here by miles

HTC recently licensed the design patents from Apple to incorporate them into their smartphones and boy have they nailed it. The HTC One looks elegant, beautiful in its aluminuim body and in simpler words its absolutely stunning. The Samsung S4 on the other hand is rumored to borrow its looks from the S2 instead of the S3 and Samsung sure has their work cut out for them to try and one up the HTC One in terms of look and design and will definitely lose if they retain their plasticky look.

Price: One is overpriced

And the price is what it all comes down to. No matter what the features or the design the HTC One is a pricey one at approximately $650-670. If Samsung can market its phone at a competitive pricing like it did with the S3 there is no doubt that S4 will rule the market as more people will choose a cheaper phone with a better processor than a better looking/designed one with a slightly lesser spec.

HTC One and Galaxy S4 Pros and Cons 

As with all things, both the phone have their pros and cons, their advantages and disadvantages. Let us assume that Samsung markets the phone at a similar price range as the HTC One. In that case the advantages HTC One has is that it is designed as a much more elegantly designed phone borrowing its design slightly from the iPhone and innovating rapidly in its camera technology which could be leagues ahead than any other in the market. The con for the HTC One and pro for the S4 is that Samsung bundles its phones with some amazing piece of software like the Premium Suite which might sway the users away from the HTC Sense UI which has earned its reputation of being clunky and inconsistent. On the other hand one drawback for the Samsung phones is that they are not known to be the most reliable in the market where HTC is now changing its strategy to make phones of a superior build than it used to.

So there it is folks... What do you think of the two phones? Do you think the HTC One has what it takes to dethrone Samsung as making the best Android smartphones? Let us know in the comments!

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