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Raised as a usability problem by 49 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2008–2025), in 41 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Intrusive Android modifications make the phone harder to useUnreviewed
20082026- HTC's Android modifications are intrusive and heavy-handed, making the phone worse2012-08-04
- Random tweaks make the phone's software feel unusable compared to stock Android2010-08-20
- HTC's Android UX changes make the phone worse to use than stock2010-05-08
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- Phone interface was horribly slow and a UX nightmare for daily use2025-12-25
- Interface overlays make phone crawl slowly; keyboard and resistive touch screen are hard to use2025-09-01
- Phone ran very hot and was nearly unusable without third-party software2024-08-06
- Setting up mobile internet was an insanely complicated process2024-01-29
- SMS app locks up for minutes on long message threads2023-04-10
- UI is slow, scrolling lists are laggy and unresponsive2017-12-15
- Full-screen ads appear on unlock with no visible clue about which app causes them2017-09-07
- Keeps nagging to configure HTC Experience after every update despite dismissing it2015-09-04
- Stock launcher is awful and hard to replace or get rid of2015-01-06
- Can't dismiss old notifications without also clearing ones still needed2014-03-21
- Rooting took many attempts and a lot of figuring out to complete2013-01-06
- OEM customizations make the phone unreliable, quirky and unpleasant to use2012-11-03
- Update added bloatware that makes the phone harder to use and slower, and can't be disabled2012-10-06
- UI so laggy and buggy it became basically unusable2012-09-20
- HTC's Android modifications are intrusive and heavy-handed, making the phone worse2012-08-04
- Navigation buttons cause a menu button mess and waste screen space2012-08-04
- Sense interface makes no sense to the user and is inferior to stock Android2012-08-04
- Whole-screen phone design makes holding and gaming awkward, so the experience is poor2012-05-28
- Preinstalled apps auto-start repeatedly and drain battery; can't stop them despite an app-killer2012-05-05
- Default Sense UI does confusing things, forcing downloads to fix problems2012-03-29
- Dragging the ring to answer or reject calls often triggers the wrong action2012-03-21
- Update never finishes and phantom out-of-space errors cripple text messaging2011-12-26
- Sense software is clunky and hard to use compared to alternatives2011-12-07
- Capacitive search button is hit accidentally most of the time2011-11-03
- Menu button is ambiguous and inconsistent, users expect it to act like home2011-11-03
- Friend with a disability struggles to confirm actions on the touchscreen2011-10-04
- Can't tell which phone model is low-end or high-end, or which came before another2011-09-28
- Buttons rotating with the screen could lead to hitting home instead of menu by mistake2011-02-19
- Interface feels sluggish after update; bundled apps can't be removed and run unprompted2010-09-07
- Interface feels sluggish and slow to respond2010-09-07
- Pressing Home from the home screen unexpectedly shows a zoomed-out view of all desktops2010-09-07
- Random tweaks make the phone's software feel unusable compared to stock Android2010-08-20
- Preinstalled demoware cannot be removed and clutters the phone2010-07-16
- Touch input would target the wrong screen depending on phone orientation, frustrating when lying in bed2010-07-12
- UI is slower to interact with, outweighing its minor gains2010-07-12
- Keyboard crowded with gimmick keys, leaving no room for letters and needing extra steps for a comma2010-07-12
- Stray period after city names makes the world clock confusing to read2010-07-12
- UI is horrible and functionality is not fully thought-out2010-07-12
- Mute and speaker buttons sit too close to End Call, causing accidental hang-ups2010-07-11
- Must install app, sign up, and hold screen to talk with no indication2010-06-17
- Photo saving throws SD card errors and requires rebooting the phone2010-06-09
- Hates typing on the touch-sensitive screen2010-06-08
- Learning the new way of doing things takes cognitive effort and unlearning old muscle memory2010-05-24
- Sense is basically unusable compared to standard Android, so the commenter sticks to another phone2010-05-24
- Plus button on the homescreen bottom bar is redundant and wastes space2010-05-23
- Icons all look the same, so user must guess what they do2010-05-23
- Buttons respond slowly and pinch zoom stutters, feeling laggy2010-05-23
- Sense UI is considered to have poor general usability2010-05-23
- Sense UI is annoying and makes the phone less usable until turned off2010-05-23
- User finds the phone's interface awful and wants to know if it's Sense2010-05-23