HTC 8S - end of support

[Villain]

I'm not sure how this got to the 8XT when its about the 8S...but the 8XT is, IMO, a step above the 8X...8XT has 4G, 8GB Ram + an SD Card, plus BoomSound + HTC Camera app...so stick 128GB SD in there and carry on. Its a great phone.

The 8S however after finally breaking free of the 4GB storage issue with its SD Card support...has been permanently left behind at the station. Too bad...budget phone hobbled by 1 decision at HTC. (ie...not giving it 8GB RAM)...

lol what? 8GB of RAM? You do know... Isn't a phone on the market with 8GB of RAM lol

 

[charlatan1978]

8GB internal storage was meant in the post.
The HTC 8XT I believe has 1GB ram.

 

[accursedvenom]

Well my 8XT hasn't gotten GDR 1 Update and I haven't heard of any other 8XT's being updated. So if I find a person with an 8XT who did GDR 1 then there will be hope after all!

Don't think anyone has since HTC hasn't released drivers for compatibility. They haven't even said anything about it yet as far as I know. There was an article here about it for a comment by Dan or Sam on a Nokia cyan article.

 

[colinkiama]

There is actually nothing wrong with the 8s. Microsoft compressed the gdr1 update for 4gb devices. htc just didn't want to update it.

 

[BataBole]

There is actually nothing wrong with the 8s. Microsoft compressed the gdr1 update for 4gb devices. htc just didn't want to update it.

Yup, HTC is acting ****ty here. Even Lumia 520 got GDR1 update and the newest Lumia 530 with 4gb internal memory.. HTC is real Sh!T..

 

[DanielND]

as Microsoft gived us the possibility to install 8.1 preview for developers on 8S's this realy S.U.C.K.S because now we can't roll back to 8 and we have and we will have problems with many applications as there is no support from HTC ...
its the WORST decision that HTC can apply ...i will sell HTC 8S or throw it away and buy nokia or samsung ...with android because you guys are SICK

it's not possible in 2014 not to have CALL AND SMS BLOCK on HTC ....as on nokia exists ...it;s a basic phone feature people ...i don't know which one of you, MICROSOFT or HTC it's the main problematic part but ...

its not possible in 2014 to announce that a phone will not receive an update as u BOTH gived us preview for developers ...how do you want to make people buy your things if you're kidding on us? on your CUSTOMERS...

 

[dorelse]

8GB internal storage was meant in the post.
The HTC 8XT I believe has 1GB ram.

Correct, 1GB RAM, 8GB Internal...admittedly poor wording on my part.
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[dorelse]

There is actually nothing wrong with the 8s. Microsoft compressed the gdr1 update for 4gb devices. htc just didn't want to update it.

Is that true? If so, that's not good, not good at all.

 

[mjes201]

If the 8xt is anything like the 8x, then it certainly isn't a piece of sh1t. The 8x is a great handset, I have a Lumia 925 these days, but had the 8x before it, and it was a very good handset with a unique aspect ratio meaning you had an extra row of tiles when compared with everything else on the market.

Yes it's a great phone! I'm so sorry, I was just caught up in the moment of being mad that HTC owners don't have GDR 1 yet. I didn't know who to blame so I blamed the phone! Je suis desol?...

 

[SefulMeu]

If you want true sources please ask HTC support .

 

[LilithElina]

If you want true sources please ask HTC support .

I did, they didn't know. But then, that specific person didn't know correct grammar, either. That did not leave a good impression!

 

[dorelse]

I've gotten much better responses by tweeting HTC 'Insert Country'...so I'll Tweet HTC Corp, and get nothing, but I've tweeted HTC USA and usually get a response back. I'm not sure if that's helpful or not...just the approach I've taken.

 

[BataBole]

Well I guess we will find out what can we expect from HTC on August of 19 when they announce their HTC One W8. Hopefully there will be words about supporting current devices 8S and 8X.

 

[Koenigsstein]

Yup, HTC is acting ****ty here. Even Lumia 520 got GDR1 update and the newest Lumia 530 with 4gb internal memory.. HTC is real Sh!T..

Are you sure that the Lumia 530 is getting the update?

 

[BataBole]

Are you sure that the Lumia 530 is getting the update?

99% sure. Lumia 530 is a newest phone on market and it will definitely get GDR1 update and upcoming ones. If not, then it would be a TOTAL miss.

 

[Cryio]

So you guys happy now that the 8S will get updates beyond official EOL? GDR1 on DP is available for 8S, 8XT and 8X now.