Low light performance is my pet issue because mostly everything else about phones is pretty good. I long for the day I can take photos of people in average lighting with my camera phone and have them not be blurry.
I have an S4 on pre-order (still only choice on Verizon) but I am happy to see HTC bring such a solid phone to the market. They might not be able to turn their company around with one phone but they are definitely on the track to success.
I was sort of rooting on their UltraPixel Camera to best the S4 in low light so we can start putting this silly megapixel war behind us and focusing on things that really matter to camera performance. Not that it isn't good or the science behind the idea is flawed but I suspect doing it with suppliers who have perfected the status quo is a little like sailing against the wind.

I had the one for three days. Switched over from apple land. It looked great, performed great, sounded great. There was one major problem i couldn't get past though. I am a project manager for a commercial contractor and keep my phone in my pocket all day. On the first day the phone pocket called my wife 4 times a couple of customers and my boss 7 so I decided to turn on the lock feature. I figured that would fix the issue. The second day it decided to pocket call 911 11 times. There is an emergency call button on the lock screen, which you cannot turn off. The third day I traded it in for an Iphone 5. I liked the phone and was sold on the features but pocket calls have never been an issue with my Iphone. Good try HTC but Im with apple now indefinitely.

A nice change from fanatic reviews of any one company...all three of these phones are amazing, they all have something that we can say is a strength and a weakness, but it's so slight a difference that we can choose a high end smart phone based simply on preferred OS, and carrier... This is a period of refinement in software, as hardware has peaked in currently available technology, we're probably looking at two years or so before hardware advances that are groundbreaking enough to be impressive change the landscape of smart phones again. Things like better battery technology, reduced power draws for components, and improved camera tech, are the next revolution in hardware design...and we're a good distance from that yet. In fact, these phones are so good i can only see improved batteries and improved power management of some components as worthy hardware upgrade...the small screen of a phone can only go so far before a full size display becomes necessary.

Well pretty is all very well, but it would be great to see a phone manufacturer think about the day-to-day user experience rather than how the phone looks when you unwrap it when brand new.
So how about now concentrating on giving us useful stuff like:
1.Contact-less charging 2. Pass a 1 metre drop-test without damage 3. Waterproofing (or decent water resistance at least) 4. And, HTC (yes YOU HTC) restoring the SD Card slot (you only removed it to protect your ability to sell miserly memory upgrades at inflated prices).
My Galaxy S3 is OK (with a nice cheap memory extension installed) but has been killed once by moisture and is protected by a silicone condom case otherwise it wouldn't survive a month of real-world use.

Heard HTC is about to go bankrupt... Don't feel comfortable putting my miney in an ailing company especually if the S4 is superior to the one in as many areas as you have mentioned.

" However, I can’t imagine anyone who has used the HTC One having many complaints about it." Why should there be "ANY" and it's not saying much "if" you don't have or exercise an imagination. Not being aware of it's short comings with the little bit of time you had to use it does not help potential buyers who will discover them after the fact over the extended days and weeks of use you did not have. May I direct your attention to Shelby Turner's comment, posted 3rd May, 2013 @ 09:10 pm PDT. I suppose no one could imagine any phone making 11 unintentional calls on day one and unintentionally calling 911, 11 times on day two. Apparently the only to prevent accidental 911 calls is to suffer others. That is not acceptable. The biggest problem I see is corporations in every industry insisting that any product they produce, as designed and released, has to be fixed in cement. I dream of the day some forward thinking company adapts a business plan where their new product will be able to have it's shortcomings correct directly through up firmware changes to the existing product and not having to look for another product that is no different when it comes to random shortcomings that are inevitable and always present themselves with every "perfect new phone". That as I see it is the only way to achieve the perfect product. Perfect for the actual owners and not just for review writers. Does any phone need a panic button that can't be turned off should the owner not want it or if it becomes a MAJOR design flaw? Will the HTC One manufactures provide those that have an issue with that feature or any number of annoying design features to be discovered, be able to have them corrected (via a simple firmware change) without moving to the competition or wait until the next "perfect phone" to be released? Judging from past history I suspect not. That being said, that makes this new release, as perfect as you claim it is, no different than all the same old, frozen in time, less than perfect predecessors . This reality only makes the customers, who are paying for all this, constantly seeking the holy grail of phones and falling short of that goal.

yup i like it coz its futuristic, but you cant have it calling people while its in your pocket

Your article reads like you are trying hard to think of something new to say about smart phones. You said "What more do you need to know?" Well, how about reception? How does reception in fringe areas compare to the Galaxy or iPhone? You also don't mention if the new HTC has a microSD slot like the Galaxy does. I take it from others comments that it doesn't but it IS a deal breaker for many people so I can't see why your review ignores this.

Eventually, some wise phone manufacturer is going to offer the Liquipel waterproofing from the factory.
making glass tough enough to withstand a 1-meter fall onto a hard surface is a tall order.
Scotty, we'll give you all the whales you want if you'll tell us how to make transparent aluminum- better yet, transparent case-hardened steel.

"Dance with the one that brought you." I absolutely love that categorical phrase, Will. Never heard it before and can think of all kinds of situations where it will apply. :-)