Boomsound, Zoe, Blinkfeed

After nearly 3 years with my HTC Desire...

After much deliberation...

Going through countless reviews, articles, videos, demos, comparisons, etc...

I finally decided to HOOT the ONE!

And I'm glad I made the right choice!

In fact, I kind of regret not getting it earlier - it would have been great to have the Zoe at my niece's birthday gathering.

It's gonna take me 3 hours to go through every nitty gritty detail of this phone - or compare it to other flagships.

I'll just give my personal experience on the 3 main "selling points" of the ONE (as marketed by HTC).

BOOMSOUND

This thing is SICK!

I'm blown away again and again by how freaking good (and loud) this phone sounds.

Tried blasting this in my room, and it doesn't feel inferior next to my PC speakers at all.

You truly have to experience it for yourself. This is hands down the BEST SOUNDING PHONE ever - nothing even come close.

I also think this is the strongest selling point of this phone out of the 3.

(This ad "kind of" explains it)

ZOE

The impressive aspect of this isn't that much of the Ultrapixels in my opinion. Yes, it's good in low light, the camera are wide angle, there's optical stabilizer, etc... but all these isn't what impresses me the most.

It's the whole experience - The ease of taking Zoe, the automatic highlights, the "come to life" gallery. This entire "seamless to the user" experience makes photo-taking on this device an absolute joy.

BLINKFEED

The least impressive aspect of the 3, but still pretty cool. There's restrictions and limited customization, but it looks very pretty.

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Other than that, I'm really loving Sense 5 - it retains what makes the original Sense interface great while removing the unnecessary nonsense.

It's extremely lightweight and blazing fast.

Overall, it's a purchase I didn't regret at all.