Uh-Oh! HTC's chart shows how its protection plan covers more than the competition

posted by Alan F. / May 04, 2015, 10:24 PM

Uh-Oh! HTC's chart shows how its protection plan covers more than the competition

Back in March, HTC introduced its Uh-Oh protection plan which will replace your damaged HTC One (M8) or HTC One M9 during the first year of its warranty. The plan covers water damage, damage from drops and will even give you a new phone if you change carriers. HTC offers this plan for free and produced a chart that compares Uh-Oh with protection plans offered by the competition. The chart shows HTC's Uh-Oh compared with Samsung Protection Plus Mobile Elite, Apple Care Plus, LG G4 Screen Replacement Incentive and the DROID Turbo screen Assurance.

The HTC Uh-Oh plan covers just about anything that can happen to your HTC One (M8) or HTC One M9. And if you don't use the free replacement plan during that first year, you can take $100 off the price of your next HTC One handset.

"At HTC, we recognize that your phone is an important part of your life. You use it to stay connected and to capture those moments that you want to remember and share. Because it is always with you, sometimes bad things happen to good phones. That is why we launched UH OH™ Protection, which was inspired by life’s unexpected uh-oh moments. UH OH Protection is a free service that comes with the HTC One M9 (and newly purchased HTC One M8) devices. If at any time during the first 12 months you own your HTC One M9, you crack the screen, suffer water damage or decide to switch carriers, we will replace it for free; and if you make it a year without an UH OH moment, we’ll give you $100 towards the purchase of your next HTC One."-Jason Mackenzie, president, HTC Americas

Check out the comparison chart, which we've divided into two parts for you, by clicking on the slideshow below!

HTC compares its Uh-Oh protection plan with the competition

source: HTC via AndroidAuthority

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18 Comments

1. KParks23

Posts: 725; Member since: Oct 13, 2010

This is one thing HTC leads in! Oh and speaker lol

posted on May 04, 2015, 10:27 PM 2

3. arch_angel

Posts: 1651; Member since: Feb 20, 2015

nah my gs6's loud speaker is louder than my m9. but the headphone output is amazing on htc phones

posted on May 04, 2015, 10:57 PM 0

4. vergil9

Posts: 517; Member since: Apr 06, 2015

It's not about the loudsness, it's about the quality and stereo effect *Joker voice* But yeah, it would be perfect in the speaker department if they were louder.

posted on May 04, 2015, 11:48 PM 6

8. Taters

Posts: 6474; Member since: Jan 28, 2013

Why do you have both a GS6 and an M9? I switch phones a lot too but this year doesn't seem to be a year of flip flopping between devices.

posted on May 05, 2015, 12:59 AM 0

9. arch_angel

I meant m8 lol my bad didn't realize i said m9. actually i don't still have it because i gave it to my sister but i compared the two before i gave it to her and the gs6 speaker sounds better but with headphones the m8 sounds better.

posted on May 05, 2015, 1:09 AM 0

16. sniper1087

Posts: 537; Member since: Dec 31, 2011

I have both as well but loudness is not the same, the base that you get on the M9 cannot be matched by the S6

posted on May 06, 2015, 3:15 AM 0

13. marorun

Posts: 5029; Member since: Mar 30, 2015

Louder but sound much worst :)

posted on May 05, 2015, 8:53 AM 0

15. arch_angel

nah it sounds better as well.

posted on May 05, 2015, 2:09 PM 0

14. j2001m

Posts: 3061; Member since: Apr 28, 2014

Going by there m9 sales you be in luck if they not out of business and this coving crap all

posted on May 05, 2015, 1:30 PM 0

17. sniper1087

they are not turning loses, profits are lower but still profits from what I read

posted on May 06, 2015, 3:16 AM 0

2. geusan

Posts: 137; Member since: Oct 19, 2014

except for the average battery life, this phone is perfect

posted on May 04, 2015, 10:41 PM 0

5. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

Sales:- HTC - No Samsung - Yes Apple - Yes LG - Yes Motorola - Yes :P BTW good HTC Uh-Oh protection plan.

posted on May 05, 2015, 12:33 AM 0

6. QuadFace

Posts: 179; Member since: Aug 19, 2013

HTC phones are too expensive, I was lucky to get a used One m8 yesterday at $325, golden color with 32gb internal memory.

posted on May 05, 2015, 12:54 AM 0

7. Taters

You guys do know that this is a sham warranty like the one Asus has for some laptops right? Basically they know full well that any picky person will return this device at least once whether for a dead pixel, rattling volume rocker, SIM card tray that is not flush, raised screen, or anything related to their many quality control issues, so they might as well flip this around and make it seem like a positive by saying everyone gets a free replacement, not just the customers that got a sketchily made device.

posted on May 05, 2015, 12:57 AM 0

10. Chris_c81

Posts: 12; Member since: Jan 31, 2015

As much as I love my M8 and HTC as a brand, this whole warranty thing is a farce. When I bought my M8 shortly after its release last year, HTC touted a screen replacement program titled "Advantage". It launched in the US, but never launched in the UK (or if it did, it launched significantly later). I thought it was a good sell point at the time, before I found out it wasn't available to the UK! Will " Uh oh!" be the same?

posted on May 05, 2015, 2:05 AM 0

11. Chris_c81

In fact IT STILL hasn't launched, over a year later... htc.com/uk/go/advantage/ "Coming soon..." Soon!? My definition of 'soon' differs greatly from HTC's obviously!

posted on May 05, 2015, 2:08 AM 0

12. medicci37

Posts: 1361; Member since: Nov 19, 2011

Should have come out that warranty sooner. I wasn't able to take advantage of HTC's screen replacement program with my M8 because they said they'd also check to see if the device was exposed to water. If so then I'd have to pay for the screen & whatever else is wrong. Right then I decided I was done with HTC