In 2012, NTS introduced to the world a new line of smartphones, the One series. The company took into account all the shortcomings that were associated with Desire and Incredible, and flaunted three new smartphones. Among them was one flagship - HTC One X, the characteristics of which were designed to compete with the Galaxy S3 from Samsung, which, in principle, it did quite well high level. The phone, like the entire line of new smartphones, was recognized as one of the most successful models of 2012. In the wake of this success, the company from Taiwan tried to consolidate the success, so in subsequent years one could see the emergence of more and more interesting models from HTC.
Ergometric features of a smartphone
Start Review of this smartphone It follows from the fact that it “sits” very comfortably in the hand, and the sensations conveyed by the matte surface of the panel are very pleasant. It should be noted that the phone is monolithic, so when using it there will be no backlash that was possible on other models of this company. In general, the company made a very serious statement by releasing the X. The external characteristics of the phone speak volumes. What is it worth just using it as glass on the screen in order to avoid unwanted scratches!
If you look at the front of the phone, at the top of it you can see a speaker for talking and a camera, which can only be used in offline mode as a mirror. There are 4 buttons at the bottom of the screen: “Home”, “Back” and “Task Manager”. On the right side of the smartphone you can find a volume control, and on the top there is a power button for the smartphone, as well as holes for a SIM card and headphones. On the left side of the smartphone there is a hole for USB devices. If you turn the smartphone over, you can find an 8 MP camera. The smartphone itself can be of two colors: black or white. If you choose the white option, the camera frame will be silver, if black, it will be red.
Characteristics of the technology used in HTC One X
The characteristics of this phone are such that it is one of the first smartphones to use a quad-core processor with clock frequency 1.5 GHz. Another advantage of this smartphone is its screen. In addition, HTC One X boasts a gigabyte of RAM. Of course, this may not seem like enough, but the games are quite “heavy” this phone Loads quite easily. The only downside to the device is the 1800 mAh battery, and that is because it is non-removable and cannot be replaced with a more capacious one. Problems may also arise if the battery fails and needs to be replaced.
Operating and software
As an operating system, HTC could supply Windows Phone, because we know that they have practiced using this operating system in the past. But today the HTC One X runs Android 4.0 with the possibility of later updating to version 4.2. The HTC Sense program is very good, which gives the standard Android interface its originality. As additional functions, which are new compared to previous phones, you can highlight the ability to unlock the phone only if your face matches a photo.
Camera and smartphone image quality
HTC One X, characteristics, price
When you purchase a 2012 flagship smartphone from Taiwanese high-tech phone maker NTS, you'll get a few extra extras included in the package. Firstly, this is a branded box, the design of which has been updated. It does not have pointed corners. Secondly, this is everything that can help you if you have any questions about how to use your smartphone. Thirdly, this Charger, which is better not to take out of your pocket at all and always carry with you, since the phone can discharge very quickly. Fourthly, this is a USB adapter, which is designed to connect a smartphone to a computer in order to transfer any files or to set up a pass-through connection. And finally, fifthly, these are branded headphones from NTS. There is nothing special about them, so if you are a music lover, it is better to immediately buy yourself an additional, higher-quality version of such a headset.
As for the prices for this smartphone, initially after the announcement it cost about $700. It gradually became cheaper, and by now this smartphone can easily be purchased for $350-400.
Review results
Summarizing all of the above, we can conclude that this phone is a very interesting option and will be quite relevant even today. The advantages of the smartphone, developed by the Taiwanese manufacturer of high-tech smartphones NTS, include its amazing ergonomics, large screen and excellent sound. Moreover, the last plus is the merit of not only the company itself, but also its partners, who with each new line of smartphones try to make the sound more and more rich and pleasant to the ear. The disadvantages of this smartphone include the battery and camera. Moreover, the battery should be mentioned for two reasons. The first is that it discharges quickly, and the second is that it cannot be changed without assistance. As for the camera, everything is ambiguous here.
Overall, the smartphone is excellent, but if you want something newer, you can take the HTC One M7. The description, characteristics and reviews of this model indicate that this is a high-end smartphone.
- Android 6.0, HTC Sense shell
- Display 5.5 inches, 1080x1920 pixels, SuperLCD 3 (IPS), automatic brightness control, light sensor, Gorilla Glass 3
- 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal memory, there is a memory card slot supporting up to 2 TB
- MediaTek Helio P10 chipset, 8 cores
- Two nanoSIM cards, one radio module
- Main camera 16 megapixels, phase focus, f/2.0
- Front camera 8 megapixels, f/2.2
- microUSB (USB 2.0), Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz)
- Network: GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA (850/900/1800/1900), LTE CAT 6 FDD-LTE (band 1,3,5,7,8,20,28)
- Fingerprint sensor, 2 microphones
- Battery 4000 mAh, fast charging 5V – 2A
- Size 152.9 x 75.6 x 8.23 mm, weight 175 grams
Contents of delivery
- Smartphone
- Network adapter
- USB cable
- Headset
Introduction
Not long ago, a new HTC smartphone called One X10 appeared in Russia. In general, the device received the usual specifications most devices in the price range of 10,000 – 20,000 rubles: Helio P10 chipset, 3 GB of RAM, FullHD screen with a diagonal of 5.5 inches. Some of the nice things are a 4000 mAh battery, a good 16 MP camera, and a high-quality display matrix. Something interesting: the body was painted using the diffusion method, that is, the penetration of paint molecules deep into the metal itself to a given depth; the paint becomes part of the metal surface itself, making it resistant to scratches and other damage.
On this moment The HTC One X10 smartphone costs from 17,000 rubles. The price for such a gadget, considering the certification, is quite reasonable, but there are many competitors.
Design, dimensions, control elements
In terms of appearance, the One X10 again, as in the case of the U Play, has a slight lag: a typical solution of the last few years - a metal back cover with two plastic inserts on top and bottom, a front panel with a 2.5D effect. However, despite this, the smartphone in real life looks quite brutal, strict and laconic, that is, without frills and spillikins - a classic men's phone weighing 175 grams for the feeling of something dense and tightly assembled in the hand. The thin metal edging has a glossy finish, and the bezel near the camera lens is designed in the same way.
Back panel matte, the side edges have a slight trapezoidal shape, so the gadget fits perfectly in the hand, the thumb rests evenly on the power button with a relief structure.
In terms of design and appearance, the HTC X10 makes a good impression.
The screen is protected by third generation Corning Gorilla Glass. After a couple of weeks of active use, there were no scratches or chips left. The oleophobic coating is of good quality, the finger glides easily, fingerprints are erased quickly and without problems.
I wrote about painting the body in the introduction. The diffusion method is used. Wore the X10 with others metal devices- nothing bad happened. Moreover, I deliberately tried to scratch the lid: if you don’t apply force, then everything is fine. The Honor 8 Pro, painted blue, lay nearby, and it was in trouble: after lightly touching the back panel with a sharp object, a scratch appeared.
I can’t say anything positive or negative about the dimensions of 153x75x8.2 mm - the typical dimensions of a 5.5-inch smartphone.
On the top of the front panel there are: front-camera, indicator of missed events, light sensors (reacts somewhat abruptly and with a slight delay) and proximity sensors, speech speaker. The speaker is loud, sounds clear, and the sound is pleasant.
Below the display – Android buttons. There is a backlight.
At the bottom: microphone, microUSB (why not Type-C - I can’t understand), speaker grille speakerphone. On the left is a metal lot with a typical solution: either two nano SIM cards, or a SIM card and a memory card. On the right is the power button and a long volume rocker key. Pleasant to the touch, soft presses.
The 3.5 mm jack and the second microphone are on top. On the reverse side there is a camera module (rises a millimeter above the body), a dual LED flash and a fingerprint scanner.
There are questions about the latter. The sensor itself works fine, but it reacts to touches (even if recognition is turned off) by activating the backlight. As a result, when you pick up the phone, you automatically try to press the power button with your thumb to activate the backlight, but at the same moment you accidentally touch the scanner with your fingers. In this case, the backlight is activated and immediately blocked by the power button. Very uncomfortable.
HTC One X10 and Apple iPhone 5
HTC One X10 and Honor 8 Lite
HTC One X10 and Highscreen Power Five Max
Display
The new product from HTC has a diagonal of 5.5 inches. The frames are quite wide: 17 mm at the top and bottom, and about 4 mm at the sides. There is a high-quality anti-reflective coating.
FullHD screen resolution, that is, 1080x1920 pixels, density 400 PPI. The IPS matrix (manufactured by the Chinese company Tianma Microelectronics) has the marketing name SuperLCD 3.
The maximum brightness of white color is 450 cd/m2, the brightness of black color is 0.46 cd/m2. Contrast – 980:1.
The viewing angles are maximum; when tilted, the picture slightly loses contrast. Otherwise good screen with visually pleasing colors. A caveat: judging by the sRGB triangle, it is slightly shifted upward. The HTC U Play screen had more sophisticated characteristics, close to AMOLED. In the case of X10, everything is much simpler.
Viewing Angles
Light exposure
Battery
This model uses a built-in lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 4000 mAh. The manufacturer provides the following figures:
- Talk time on 3G/4G networks: up to 25 hours
- Standby time in 3G/4G networks: up to 20 days
In my case, the device worked for almost 2 days: infrequent calls for 10-15 minutes, constant connection to Wi-Fi, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram and so on in the background. Screen light up to 4 hours. More precise numbers are below (all tests were performed at maximum brightness):
- The smartphone plays video for about 10 hours
- Surfing WEB sites for about 6 hours
- Games – 5 hours 30 minutes
The manufacturer talks about support fast charging Mediatek Fast Charge (50% in 40 minutes). AC adapter 5V – 2A.
Communication capabilities
The device is equipped with two nanoSIM slots. The device supports 3G/4G networks (LTE CAT 6) in Russian frequencies:
- GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz),
- WCDMA (850/900/1800/1900 MHz),
- FDD-LTE (band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28)
The rest is standard: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n Dual Band, Bluetooth 4.2, microUSB connector (USB 2.0) for charging/synchronization. GPS navigation works without problems. The only thing missing is an NFC chip.
Memory
RAM 3 GB, internal memory – 32 GB. The read speed of 32 GB of memory is 122 MB/s, and the write speed is 60 MB/s. Average. For example, HTC Play has a slightly higher score. The gadget can work with memory cards up to 2 TB.
Cameras
The main camera module has a resolution of 16 MP (OmniVision OV16880 sensor, size 1/3.06 inches), f=2.0 aperture, phase autofocus. Front module – 8 MP (OmniVision OV8856 sensor, BSI), aperture f=2.2. There is a bright double flash of the same tone.
Despite the yellowish tint of the frames, the main camera takes very good pictures: good sharpness, a small amount of noise. Focus is very fast and accurate, you can adjust the exposure with a slider.
When the lighting decreases, the picture begins to behave typically for any smartphone: noise appears, the image loses a little sharpness. Colors are not distorted.
At night, the HTC One X10 takes pictures quite normally. IN manual settings We were disappointed with the shutter speed settings of only up to 2 seconds, I would like at least 10.
The front camera takes good photos, although it feels a little over-sharpened. The angle is wide.
Video – FullHD 30 frames during the day and 15 frames at night (reducing the frame rate is a bad result). The quality is normal, focus is fast. The sound is great: it is stereo, high decibels are good for it - without distortion. The manufacturer says that the HTC One X10 uses 3 microphones, so the sound is recorded at a decent level.
Video recording is possible with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080. You can judge the quality of the shooting yourself from the videos above. We also recommend downloading the source files, since YouTube is unlikely to convey the full picture.
An additional camera is designed for video communication. It supports 1280x720 resolution, so video calls will no longer be so dull and ugly. By the way, the front camera of the One X also had HD, but the picture quality in the new model has improved slightly.
Hardware platform, autonomous operation
The smartphone is equipped with one of the fastest mobile processors today - quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37 with a clock frequency of 1.7 GHz. The processor provides amazing speed; even the Android OS with its regular “brakes” cannot yet load the HTC One X+ enough to cause delays.
The only lag noticed during testing was inherited by the smartphone from its predecessor. HTC Sense's user interface takes up a lot of RAM, so if you start a demanding game and then abruptly quit it, you'll have to wait a second or two for Sense to load back into RAM. By the way, games on the device also fly: some developers even release special versions for Tegra 3 and integrated ULP GeForce 2 graphics in order to demonstrate the maximum capabilities of their creations on this platform.
It is worth saying that in terms of computing power, the smartphone is surpassed by recently announced and even some released models - in particular, Nexus 4 and Optimus G, both developed and manufactured by LG. Why such high performance is needed, even if our hero easily copes with any possible tasks, is still unclear. Apparently this is a foundation for the future. The advantages of these models can be judged by synthetic tests.
HTC has given the world many legendary smartphones. For example, HTC Dream was the first in the world to receive the Android operating system, HTC Advantage (x7500) became the first phablet, HTC Touch Pro personified the world of communicators, and HTC HD2, released in 2009, remained for several years perhaps the most popular smartphone in the world.
Reliable models with advanced capabilities were loved and highly valued by “advanced” users. However, over time, Apple, Samsung and numerous Chinese manufacturers took away significant market share from HTC. But the company remained true to itself - it produced high-quality smartphones with excellent characteristics, did not skimp on materials and assembly, and did not copy models from other brands.
HTC One X10 is a smartphone with good cameras and powerful hardware at a reasonable price. Traditional brutal design, high-quality workmanship, excellent battery life are its main advantages, and we will tell you about the other features of the HTC One X10 in our review, let's go!
HTC designers decided not to experiment with the appearance of the One X10. The signature strict design is recognizable by the rounded corners and stripes located at the top and bottom. The body is made of aluminum, the camera is located in the center of the upper part, the logo is in the middle. The metal was painted in an unusual way: a diffusion method was used, in which paint molecules penetrate to the required depth inside the aluminum. As a result, the paint becomes part of the metal surface, which means that it will not be erased over time, and small scratches are unlikely to appear on the body - a very practical solution.
The smartphone screen is covered with 2.5D glass. Today this is a sign of good form for branded smartphones. HTC One X10 looks elegant and at the same time solid.
Below the screen there are three familiar keys - “Menu”, “Home” and “Back”, equipped with backlight. The power key (on the right side) has a textured surface. Nearby is a volume rocker. The fingerprint scanner is placed on the back cover (just below the main camera), and your index finger automatically appears on it when you pick up the smartphone. The microUSB port for charging and synchronization is located next to the speaker on the bottom end, and the 3.5 mm jack is on the top.
The diagonal of the smartphone screen is 5.5 inches, the frames are of medium thickness - when you hold the device in your hands, it is almost impossible to accidentally touch the touch area with your finger. The SuperLCD 3 matrix is a high-quality IPS panel with wide viewing angles and natural color reproduction.
The display resolution is high – Full HD (1920x1080 pixels), density is 400 dpi. On average, the human eye can discern 300 dots per inch of screen area, so the picture appears very realistic. When tilted, the display loses a little contrast, but this does not change the perception of the image. Under the sun's rays, you can lament a message and complete a level in the game.
The screen is protected from damage by tempered Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The oleophobic coating is of high quality - your finger easily glides across the screen, and fingerprints are erased in one motion. There is also an anti-reflective coating if you often use your smartphone outdoors - this is a very useful feature.
Performance
The basis of the smartphone is the Helio P10 chipset. This is MediaTek's first production platform to use TSMC's HPC+ 28nm process technology. It made it possible to reduce processor power consumption by 30% compared to its predecessors.
The chipset includes eight ARM Cortex A53 cores with a frequency of 1-1.8 GHz and a 64-bit ARM Mali-T860 graphics chip. Four processor cores are more productive, the other four are energy efficient. This solution extends the operating time of the smartphone without loss of power.
The HTC One X10 has 3 GB of RAM. Of course, this is enough not only for quick work standard applications, but also for launching the latest games, simultaneous operation of the browser, instant messengers, navigation and several other applications.
The volume of permanent memory is 32 GB. This is more than enough for applications and music, but if you don't have enough space, there is a slot for microSD cards volume up to 2 TB.
Separately, we note the HTC BoomSound sound processor. It provides high quality sound when playing music of any style, both through the built-in speaker and headphones.
The cameras on the HTC One X10 are very decent. The resolution of the main module “OmniVision OV16880” is 16 megapixels, aperture – f/2.0, matrix size – 1/3.06 inches. Fast and accurate phase autofocus is implemented - what you need for shooting children and animals. The bright dual LED flash will improve the quality of shooting indoors and in the evening. Fully manual configuration mode is supported.
The results of photo and video shooting are at a high level. During the day there is no noise in the frame, color rendition is natural at any time. In terms of night photography quality, the HTC One X10 also outperforms other smartphones in the “up to 25 thousand rubles” category.
By the way, video can be shot in FullHD resolution at speeds of up to 30 frames per second and, thanks to three built-in microphones, with stereo sound. And HTC One X10 allows you to save photos in RAW (DNG) format for subsequent professional processing.
Communications
HTC One X10 received a hybrid slot - you can install either 2 SIM cards or a SIM card and a memory card. The HTC One X10 chipset integrates a third-generation 4G WorldMode modem with support for Cat.6 LTE networks and frequency aggregation. It will provide stable communication and fast Internet access even in areas of poor reception.
In addition, the smartphone has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Dual Band and Bluetooth 4.2 modules, as well as a GPS adapter. “Cold” navigation start takes about 30 seconds, “hot” - 3-5 seconds. So you can connect accessories to the HTC One X10 without any problems, and it will replace the navigator.
Software
HTC One X10 works under Android control 6 in the proprietary HTC Sense shell. The system is convenient to use - everything is at hand, the menus are logical, the Russification is good. By the way, Android 6 works effectively with hardware, saving memory and battery power. Additionally, the Boost+ system is used, it optimizes the consumption of smartphone resources.
The smartphone supports proprietary HTC Connect functions. Swiping three fingers across the screen will play music or video on the screen. external device. When you pick up your smartphone, the ringer volume automatically decreases, and if you turn HTC One X10 over, the call volume is muted.
Autonomy
The battery capacity is 4000 mAh – 1.5-2 times more than its closest competitors. It is enough for 25 hours of calls mobile network and 20 days standby time. The smartphone will allow you to continuously watch videos for 10 hours, surf the Internet or play for 6 hours. With average usage
Introduction
The past year hasn't been the best for HTC. Despite the fact that the manufacturer was moving, as it seemed then, in the right direction, financial performance by the end of the year was unsatisfactory, and the development of several model lines led HTC to a dead end. Collaboration with Beats Audio, the release of products with the same name on the body and high-quality headphones included gave some hope, at least it was clear that the company was trying new ideas and development paths, and we should have seen what would happen next at the beginning of the new year .
And now this moment has come, at MWC 2012 the Taiwanese manufacturer demonstrated three new products, two of which are in the “above average” segment, and one falls into the lower middle class models. The company has really changed a lot, as it seems from the outside. This is a new principle for naming smartphones; now they are families, the first of which is called HTC One. This is design work that is clearly visible in the new flagship. This is a change in the construction principle model range, and much more. I want to talk about all this with you in this review. HTC smartphone One X, which should help HTC regain its shattered faith in the company or, on the contrary, sow even greater doubts about the correctness of the direction chosen by the manufacturer.
New naming system
From beautiful and memorable names like HTC Legend, Desire or Sensation, the company decided to move to simpler names, or rather, to using just letters. This direction was chosen even before the introduction of the HTC One line, because the Sensation smartphone received two sequels, the Sensation XE and XL devices, and earlier the company released a continuation of the Desire model with the S index. Now HTC is moving to families, devices released around the same time and united by a common name. The first line is HTC One with three smartphones: the flagship X, a simpler device - S, and the most affordable of the line - V.
In the future, this family will be replenished with models and operator versions of these smartphones with similar characteristics. The first variations have already been announced, for example, HTC One XL, a complete copy of HTC One X, but for the American market, with support for LTE networks and based on a dual-core platform from Qualcomm instead of NVIDIA Tegra 3.
I still can’t decide whether I like this move by HTC or not. On the one hand, I was very attracted to old names, they were bright and memorable, emotional. Now HTC has followed the path of other companies in terms of names, so the market will be filled with variations of XPERIA S, One S, Galaxy S and others.
Positioning
As a flagship, the HTC One X replaces the company's previous device in this class, which was HTC Sensation and its variant, Sensation XE. The smartphone will have to compete with the not yet released Samsung Galaxy S III, as well as with LG Optimus 4X HD and possibly Sony XPERIA S. It’s too early to say who will be stronger; it will depend on prices, the start of sales of a particular model and many other factors. You just need to understand that the HTC One X will be the company's most expensive smartphone for the first half of 2012.
It can also be assumed that starting with the One family, the company wants to smoothly change the approach to the production of devices and the principles of their promotion, taking Apple’s ideas as a basis. This is indirectly confirmed by two features. Firstly, the new flagship does not have a slot for a memory card; there is only 32 GB of internal memory for data storage. In the future, the company will logically come to the conclusion that the same device will be presented with different amounts of memory, as is now happening with the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S II.
Secondly, with the start of sales of HTC One X, the company plans to start selling branded accessories specifically for this model. For HTC, the issue of accessories is a painful one; in Russia the company does not pay any attention to this topic, although accessories for HTC can be found on sale. In the history of the manufacturer, there have been examples of smartphones for which a series of accessories were produced; we can say that for almost every HTC device they made their own accessories, sometimes there were fewer of them, sometimes more. In the case of HTC One X, the company itself focuses on the fact that sales of branded accessories for it will begin along with the device, this will be: Car Holder HTC One X Car Upgrade Kit (CAR D110), Handsfree Kit HTC One X Car Mic Bluetooth Speakerphone (CAR V100), Transfer Adapter streaming video from a smartphone to a TV screen, HTC Media Link HD Adapter for HTC One X (DG H200), as well as original cases and a docking station.
Contents of delivery
In its entire history, if my memory serves me correctly, the company has only once offered a device with a rich package package, and that was recently, in the HTC Rhyme. The HTC One X smartphone is offered in a standard minimalist package for the manufacturer; along with the device, the user will find in the box a microUSB-USB cable, a charging block, a pair brief instructions and earbuds with thin wires, the same as those included with HTC Rhyme. Despite the fact that the body of the smartphone is decorated with the Beats Audio inscription, the included headphones are simple, not from Beats, although they do have a microphone and a conversation control remote (a button on the wire).
Design
Initially, it seemed that the company's new flagship would look like this:
Closer to the announcement, a photo slightly closer to the original appeared online, in which the device looked like this:
In this picture there are three keys instead of four under the screen, but overall the device is identical to the one in the first picture. And only a day before the official announcement of the smartphone, renderings of the final design appeared online. This design seemed to me the most successful of all three that “floated” on the network.
However, questions remain. The company says that the design changed shortly before the release, and initially the smartphone was really close in appearance to those pictures of the HTC Endeavor, which you can see above. On the other hand, this is not easy to believe, because the bodies of these two devices are completely different, in the first case it is metal, in the second it is plastic, in the first case inserts and removable parts were used, in the second case it was a unibody design.
You can call the HTC One X a plastic remnant, and if you are a metal lover and you don’t like the ideology of a monolithic plastic body that came to the mass market not so long ago with the Nokia N9, then you’re unlikely to like the design of the HTC One X. But for me, this device turned out to be literally a breath of fresh air among the recent HTC products of the same type. Its appeal lies not so much in the interesting shape of the case with curves, in two classic colors or curved protective glass, no. The device is attractive because it differs from all previous flagships of the company. It turned out to be unexpected from a design point of view, and this, it seems to me, is its advantage.
Housing materials
The front side of the smartphone is scratch-resistant tempered glass Gorilla Glass 2, which protects the screen. This model is not yet listed on the Gorilla Glass website; it will be added later. It is very easy to remove marks and fingerprints from the screen.
The body of the smartphone is white, made of smooth plastic (polycarbonate, like in Nokia N9), the edges and ends are glossy, the back is matte. The material is pleasant to the touch, marks are invisible on it, however, the smartphone slips a little in your hands. If you scratch something on the surface of the case with a ballpoint pen or pencil, it can be easily wiped off with a damp cloth.
Assembly
Until a certain point, I had no complaints about the build quality of the device. In addition, the smartphone has only one removable part - a “tab” for a microSIM card, and the rest of the body is monolithic, there is nothing creaking or loose, so it seemed that everything would be fine in the future.
However, after about two weeks of use, I began to notice that when I touched the screen in the left area, it flexed a little. In the end, it turned out that on the left side the screen had moved a millimeter away from where it should be, that is, it had simply come unstuck or something similar. I tried to show this in the video, because I cannot convey the effect in the photo. Now when I tap on the screen in the left area, I can see it move back and forth by about one millimeter. From the point of view of using the smartphone, this has so far led to only one problem: dust gets clogged into the gap that has formed between the left area and the edge of the screen, technically the screen does not work worse or process presses more poorly, all its characteristics remain unchanged, but the very fact of this marriage or problems, of course, are not encouraging.
Dimensions
In terms of dimensions, the HTC One X is closest to the Sensation XL, it is slightly narrower and slightly taller.
- HTC One X– 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm, 130 g
- HTC Sensation XL– 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm, 162 g
- Samsung Galaxy S2- 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm, 116 g
- Apple iPhone 4S– 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm, 140 g
The device lies comfortably in the hand, it is not difficult to hold it during long conversations, I personally felt comfortable carrying it in all sorts of different pockets, but it would not be very convenient in a breast pocket. However, people wear their iPhones this way, so the HTC One X is also possible.
Controls
The smartphone runs on the fourth Android versions, and all the controls in it have been redesigned in accordance with the requirements imposed by the Quartet. This means that the company abandoned the traditional four keys under the screen for HTC until recently, including the search button, and switched to three buttons. From left to right these are the “Back”, “Home” keys and calling up the “Recent Apps” menu.
The touch keys are spaced apart, their layout is simple and clear, and the white key backlight turns on only when there is insufficient lighting. The keys are comfortable to press; when you touch any button, the device vibrates slightly. This is where the advantages end. To me new block I don't like the buttons for several reasons. First, the call button context menu replaced by a dubious useful key with Recent Apps. Secondly, there is no longer a search button familiar to HTC. Thirdly, but this is already a feature of all devices on Android 4.0, most programs from the application store are now displayed with a black bar that takes up significant space, which is nothing more than a context menu key.
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In addition, while previously some of the four touch keys performed two actions, touch and hold, this luxury is no longer available. Accordingly, it is no longer possible to quickly call voice search or open the keyboard where necessary (the keyboard is hidden by a key on it).
On the right edge of the smartphone there is a key for adjusting the volume, which is moderately long, although in my opinion it does not protrude enough above the surface of the case.
On the left is a microUSB connector, on top is a power button, a 3.5 mm mini-jack and a slot for a microSIM card. To remove a slot, you need to insert a needle or other thin object into the hole near it and press down.
When you hold down the power key, a menu appears with the option to turn off the smartphone, put it in airplane mode, and reboot.
On the front side, in the upper part, there is a speaker, inside on the right there is a light indicator, and below and to the left there is a light sensor and a proximity sensor. Just to the right of the speaker grille is the peephole of the front 1.3 MP camera.
The indicator light flashes green if there are missed calls, unread texts or mail messages or other notifications, lights up green when connected to a PC or when the battery is fully charged (when the smartphone is still connected to charging). When the battery level is low it flashes red, when charging it lights up red.
Screen
The smartphone uses a “SuperLCD 2” display. Some sources indicate the type of matrix, IPS, others nothing except mentioning that it is a classic TFT. One way or another, in terms of characteristics such as viewing angles, brightness and color rendition, I really like the screen. And what is even more important is that it is good in terms of the combination of all these characteristics, it is pleasant to look at, the picture from the display is pleasing to the eye, it seems very three-dimensional and alive.
Perhaps the role in this is played not only by the screen itself, which is certainly not bad, but also by the protective glass through which we see the image on the screen. In the case of the HTC One x, the protective coating, if you will allow me this expression, improves the picture on the screen, making it just deeper and more voluminous. But there is also a drawback: in the sun, the glass glares and makes the image from the screen difficult to see, and in general, the display surface can be compared with glossy monitor screens; if you don’t like them, then the display in the HTC One X will evoke the same feelings.
Now about the screen characteristics. Diagonal 4.7”, physical dimensions 103.5x58 mm, pixels per inch ratio ~312 ppi (data from gsmarena.com), resolution 1280x720 pixels (HD). The screen displays 16 million colors, has maximum viewing angles and a good reserve of brightness.
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Photos of HTC One X with three glowing keys below the screen
The display surface is protected by Gorilla Glass 2, the glass used here is slightly curved, towards the edges of the surface on the left and right it is slightly concave, and the frame around the glass made of a similar material creates the feeling that the surface protective glass closer to the edges it is strongly curved. The glass is scratch-resistant, or more precisely, it does not scratch from light and accidental touches with a sharp object, such as keys, for example. If you set out to leave scratches on it, then you can do this by just picking up a pair of stationery scissors and running them forcefully across the surface of the screen.
In the screen settings you can choose the font size for menus and programs; there are four options.
Below are screenshots with different font sizes:
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The screen supports multi-touch technology, and the response to finger presses is excellent. Initially, the display settings enable the option to process a maximum of three touches; if you uncheck it, the screen is capable of processing up to 10 touches simultaneously. Tapping three fingers from bottom to top of the display launches the “Media Link HD” application.
Still, my overall impressions of the screen are positive. Despite the fact that it can be scratched, despite the fact that the screen is glossy and HTC did not use the new “super-duper-pro-amoled plus two squared” display in its flagship, the smartphone screen is really good and produces high-quality, clear and juicy picture, it’s just nice to look at him. However, it should be noted here that some may find the screen too contrasty, this is especially noticeable when compared with the display in the HTC Sensation XL (right/top), for example, in which the colors look calmer and more natural.
Here I can only note that in the photographs the contrast looks higher than in reality; in practice, the screen is simply juicy and bright, but not excessively contrasty, in my opinion.
Screen comparison
For a quick assessment of the quality of the screen (it is best to evaluate it by picking up the device yourself), you can look at the comparative photos below, they show HTC Sensation XL (top), HTC One X(center) and Samsung Galaxy Note (bottom).
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Camera
At the HTC One X presentation, the camera received the most attention. Main characteristics of the camera: 8-megapixel module, BSI sensor, F2.0 /28 mm, LED flash. Among the main features of HTC, they noted a very high shooting speed, the ability to take photos during video recording without stopping the recording, as well as a “neat and correct” post-processing mode for pictures with the HDR effect. In this chapter, I will try to talk about all aspects of the camera, as well as its pros and cons. I would like to note in advance that what I had in my hands was not the final sample, but very close to it, with non-final software, but, again, quite stable.
The camera eye is located at the top of the device on the back, the flash is located next to it on the right. The camera module is raised relative to the rest of the body surface.
The camera interface has changed slightly compared to previous models; now there is no photo-video switch, and the keys for shooting and starting recording are simply located next to each other.
Above these keys there is a button to call up a menu with a selection of effects, below there is a button to go to the gallery, and on the left there are three icons: flash operating modes, calling up the settings window and below - selecting a shooting mode.
A total of 10 modes are available for shooting:
- Slow motion video
- Panorama
- Portrait
- Group portrait
- Landscape
- Whiteboard
- Close up
- Low light
The following standard and widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) resolutions are available for photos:
- 8 M – 3264x2448
- 5 M – 2592x1952
- 3M – 2048x1536
- 1M – 1280x960
- Small – 640x480
White balance:
- Incandescent
- Fluorescent
- Daylight
- Cloudy
In addition to the described settings, you can change the level of sharpness, saturation, contrast and exposure, you can turn off the shutter sound, the grid in viewfinder mode on the screen, the timer, and also enable shooting with geotags using GPS. The ISO value varies from 100 to 800.
There is a continuous shooting mode, shooting with face detection, as well as automatic smile detection.
Using the front camera you can take self-portraits.
Below you can evaluate the quality of the photos in different modes; I will only briefly comment on the pictures, leaving you to evaluate them yourself.
Photos during the day:
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The first block of pictures (top) was taken in the first days of testing, the second recently, the difference between them is only in weather conditions. The same device with the same firmware was used. Pictures taken on a sunny day (the first block was taken in the evening, the second in the afternoon) look better, in my opinion, although the photos are still noisy, this is clearly noticeable in pictures where there is a lot of snow or sky. There are also problems with determining white balance, although in such good weather they are less noticeable and the electronics do not make mistakes as often as in cloudy weather.
Macro photography:
Here I personally have no complaints, the text is clearly captured literally in the first or second frame, and it can already be recognized, and this is in in this case The main thing.
Below are examples of pictures using different effects. New effects have appeared, known from various programs for working with the camera in smartphones, such as Instagram, for example.
Effects:
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The smartphone stitches photos together into a panoramic frame with surprisingly high quality. Panoramic shooting is easy; you see the line along which you need to move the camera, and the points at which you need to stop for the device to take the next photo in the series for the panorama.
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Video. Video is recorded in mp4 format (h.264 codec) with variable recording speed, from 10 to 31 frames per second. In FullHD resolution, video is recorded at a variable bitrate (on average 9,661 kbps, data from Media Player Classic). Sound recording is carried out using the aac codec, in stereo mode, quality 128 kbps.
The following resolutions are available for video:
- FullHD – 1920x1080
- HD – 1280x720
- High – 640x480
- Low – 320x240
- MMS – 176x144
For video, you can enable or disable audio recording, and enable image stabilization during recording. During video shooting, you can change the focus manually by indicating a point on the screen; in addition, tracking autofocus works during shooting. At any video resolution, you can zoom right during shooting. You can also take photos while recording; below you can see several of them.
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You can evaluate the quality of the video using the examples below.
Camera comparison
In order for you to get a more complete picture of the camera quality in the HTC One X, I took sample photos with several smartphones for comparison. Also taking part in this mini-test is my old digital point-and-shoot camera, Canon Ixus 70 with a resolution of 7.1 MP.
The following devices took part in the test:
HTC One X, HTC Sensation XL, Samsung Galaxy S II, Canon Ixus 70.
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Examples of crops (From left to right: HTC One X, HTC Sensation XL, Samsung Galaxy S2, Canon IXUS 70):
In my opinion, the quality of the photos in this comparative HTC test The One X is in last place, slightly behind the HTC Sensation XL. I don't know if comments are needed here. Of course, now everything can be attributed to pre-production samples and dampness of the firmware, but my experience shows that the company’s final devices are almost no different in terms of camera from what they give to journalists for reviews, even when it comes to engineering samples. The picture that emerges is not the most rosy; the component of the flagship to which the company pays the most attention, on which the public’s attention is focused, is very poorly executed in the smartphone.
The camera really has its strengths, it is a very high shooting speed, at the level of the best samples Sony Ericsson, in terms of rate of fire, HTC One X is generally one of the fastest smartphones. This is also an opportunity to take photographs, even if not of yourself High Quality, during video recording. In addition, the video player in the smartphone allows you to receive frames from an already filmed video or any video being played with one button.
However, the main thing is the quality of photographs, and it is in this component that the camera of the new HTC flagship, in my opinion, has not become any better compared to the company’s current model range, that is, the One X takes pictures no better than the Sensation XL or an ordinary Sensation. At the same time, the comparative test shows that the same SGS II allows you to take better pictures, although the device is already a year old.
Autonomous operation
The smartphone uses a Li-Pol battery with a capacity of 1800 mAh. On the one hand, One X has a new platform from NVIDIA, which the developer calls very economical, on the other hand, there is a huge display with high resolution. Overall, the One X's battery life isn't too different from recent HTC models like the Sensation n Sensation XL.
My smartphone usage pattern was as follows: listening to music 2-3 hours a day, push-mail function enabled for two email accounts, Internet via Wi-Fi and EDGE/HSDPA (about an hour), 50-60 minutes of calls, as well as sending and receiving about 20-30 text messages. In this mode, the HTC One X “lives” until the evening, and is discharged closer to 20-22 hours. The indicator is typical for an Android smartphone, nothing extraordinary, and this is what disappoints. Considering how many words were said by NVIDIA representatives about the new platform, its incredible savings, the use of a special core for ordinary tasks and only in extreme cases activating four cores at full power. In practice, I personally did not notice any increase in operating time compared to the current generation Android devices.
When watching a video, the charge lasts for 4-6 hours, it all depends on the quality of the video being watched and the selected screen brightness level.
Performance
The smartphone is built on new platform NVIDIA Tegra 3 with 1.5 GHz quad-core processor. This is the company's first device based on Tegra 3 and, probably, one of the few, because even the carrier version of the flagship, HTC One XL, runs on Qualcomm. In the case of the One X, the choice of a quad-core platform, frankly speaking, was probably determined primarily by the opportunity to present the device in the best light as a top-end device on the fastest, multi-core platform. In practice, I absolutely cannot feel the difference in operating speed between HTC One X, for example, and Sensation or Sensation XL. The speed of menu operation, scrolling through windows with programs, unlocking time - all these actions on a smartphone of the new generation and the previous one are performed equally quickly. The device has 1 GB of RAM, this volume is enough, there is no shortage of RAM.
To work with running programs and free up some RAM, your smartphone has the Task Manager program. With its help, you can end selected processes or close all running programs at once.
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The smartphone has 32 GB of internal memory for data storage, of which approximately 26 GB is available to the user. There is no slot for a memory card. 26 gigabytes is more than enough for me to store music, a couple of movies and software, but still a question free space and the required amount of memory is very individual; for some, 32 gigabytes may not be enough. It is unclear why HTC decided to follow in Apple's footsteps and release a flagship without a slot for a memory card, but with a fixed memory card capacity. Moreover, the company does not yet offer modifications with more or less memory, there is only one version with 32 GB and that’s it.
The speed of the smartphone is excellent, there are no delays or slowdowns in the menu, flipping through windows with programs occurs smoothly, calling the system line goes smoothly. It takes a matter of seconds to launch applications, and with a large number of running programs The smartphone does not start to work slower. In a word, everything is great. Just in case, below are the results. HTC testing One X in various benchmarks.
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AnTuTu Benchmark v2.7
Quadrant Standard
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The HTC One X runs great games, including games from the Tegra Zone. Moreover, this is one of the few current smartphones, on which Grand Theft Auto III runs without any problems and dances with tambourines. I can't say that the game is on The device runs perfectly, there are jerks and sometimes delays, but, in my opinion, in general, GTA III runs quite smoothly on the device, and if you want, you can play the toy on the HTC One X without throwing your smartphone on the floor from anger and glitches every half hour.
Below is a video with a fragment of the game in GTA III on the HTC One X smartphone.
With HD video playback, not everything is as straightforward as we would like. On the one hand, it is clear that if you take an average quality HD video or movie, it will run on the device without problems. However, this is a flagship, moreover, based on one of the most powerful mobile platforms with a quad-core processor, so it is quite natural that the buyer of such a device would want to watch exclusively HD and FullHD videos in high quality.
Below I will give the main characteristics of the videos that I launched on the smartphone and describe how they played on it. I used trailers for various blockbusters from late 2011, downloaded from various sources. MX Video Player Pro was used to play the video.
Trailer for the film "Chronicle". 720p quality. Mkv (H.264 codec), resolution 1280x688 pixels, bitrate 6,431 kbps.
The video comes with delays and jerks, there is a noticeable audio delay (2-5 seconds). It's impossible to watch.
Trailer for the film "Chronicle". 1080p quality. Mkv (H.264 codec), resolution 1920x1056 pixels, bitrate 10,100 kbps.
Everything said is true for the video in 720p quality, although the delays and stutters are even more noticeable. It's also impossible to watch.
Trailer for the film "The Dictator". Quality 1080p, Dub (H.264 codec), resolution 1920x796 pixels, bitrate 6,211 kbps.
The video runs smoothly, without the slightest delay or stutter, and the sound is on par with the video. You can watch the video without any problems.
Then I tried to play several movies on my smartphone.
Video in 720p quality. Mkv (H.264 codec), resolution 1280x720 pixels, bitrate 5,829 kbps.
The video runs smoothly, without delays or slowdowns, the sound runs without problems or delays. The video can be watched comfortably throughout its entire duration.
Video in 1080p quality. Ts (H.264 codec), resolution 1920x1080 pixels, bitrate 12,700 kbp.
The video runs relatively smoothly, but there are jerks and delays in the sound, and frame drops. It is impossible to watch the video.
In general, it all depends on the selected bitrate; with a relatively low bitrate (up to 7,000), even FullHD video in a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels runs more or less smoothly on the HTC One X, and you can watch it comfortably. At high bitrates, the picture begins to twitch, the sound lags, and it is no longer possible to watch such a video. Video in HD quality (720p) runs smoothly and without problems on the device, in my case there was only one exception - the first trailer from the list (“Chronicle”), I don’t know how to explain this, probably the trailer was simply unsuccessfully converted into this format. The rest of the HD video that I launched on the HTC One X played without problems or delays.
All of the above applies, first of all, to fast films, action films, where there are many scenes and moments that quickly follow each other. A quiet movie, even in FullHD quality and with a high bitrate, can be watched on a smartphone without noticing the small lags and signatures that will appear during playback; such a video itself, it seems to me, is less demanding on the device’s performance.
It should also be noted that the smartphone’s memory module uses file system FAT32, so not every FullHD rip of a movie lasting an hour and a half will fit into the device, because this file system does not support files larger than ~4 GB. And if you try to format the media, say, in NTFS, then immediately after disconnecting the smartphone from the PC, it will again reformat the system to FAT32.
Interfaces
The device operates in GSM (850/900/1800/1900) and UMTS (900/2100) networks. Both high-speed data transfer standards are supported - EDGE and HSDPA. Enabling and disabling different communication modules can be done in the settings menu or using widgets. Unlike Sense 3.0, which also had a tab on the system tray with interface control keys, Sense 4.0 does not have this.
To synchronize with a PC and transfer data, the included microUSB cable is used. USB interface 2.0. When connecting to a computer, a menu appears in which you can select one of five connection types: Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk drive (visible inner memory), Internet modem (using the device as a modem) and connecting to a PC to access the network via a computer.
Built-in module Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP.
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n). The Wi-Fi module works flawlessly. On your smartphone, you can configure rules for Wi-Fi to go into sleep mode, use only a static IP address when connecting, and add security certificates. There is also a mode maximum performance Wi-Fi. When the module is operating, the device practically does not heat up.
When this option is enabled, you can connect to the Internet, for example, from your laptop via routing to HTC One X, and use the GPRS/EDGE or UMTS/HSDPA connection that is pre-configured on your smartphone to access the network. This function can be used, for example, in the country or on business trips, in a hotel where for some reason there is no Wi-Fi, but there is a local SIM card with relatively inexpensive 2G/3G traffic.
DLNA, HDMI. The smartphone supports DLNA technology, so if you have a DLNA-compatible media server and other devices at home, you can use HTC One X with them. For example, output audio or video from the device directly to your TV.
In addition, the device has HDMI support; the connector is combined with microUSB (MHL), so in order to use HDMI, you will first need to buy a special cable.
NFC. The HTC One X has NFC support, but I had nothing to test it on; there was no other device with NFC support at hand.
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Navigation
The smartphone has GPS support. When you first start navigation, it takes about 30 seconds to search for satellites, then this process takes 10-15 seconds. For navigation, the device has a navigation program HTC Navigation based on Route 66, as well as Google Maps And Google Navigation. At Google help Maps allows you to get directions, search for addresses by street names or places. With Google Navigation you can use navigation with route guidance and voice guidance.
The HTC Navigation application is launched using the Locations program. This is a full-fledged navigation software with support for points of interest (POI), a route log and the ability to plot routes. The device provides an overview map of Russia and a 30-day demo map of Russian cities. You can buy any of the available cards for the program; the purchase is made directly through the program interface using a bank card (VISA, Master Card, American Express, Diners Club). You can also buy cards online on the developer’s website, and then simply enter a special voucher code into the device and download the already purchased card. It’s nice that you can choose one of several license options when purchasing, for 30 days, for a year or perpetual. You can estimate the price range yourself using the example of the cost of Russian cards (5.99 USD for 30 days, 24.98 USD for a year, 37.99 perpetual license).
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The “Car” application switches the smartphone to landscape orientation. This is a set of links to special versions of applications with larger fonts and icons for more convenient operation while on the move. The program is intended for use in a car, as is clear from the name.
In addition, I tested the Navitel Navigator navigation program on a smartphone to evaluate the speed of full-fledged Navi software and the ease of working with it on large display. For the test I downloaded trial version program that can be used in this mode for 30 days.
You can install the application in two ways: from Google Play or by downloading the program in *.apk format (link) from the official website. The same with maps, they can be loaded directly onto the device if you have Wi-Fi connection, this method is convenient because you don’t need to throw the card anywhere, they download themselves and are immediately indexed. The second option is to download maps from the site. , for example, a 1.8 GB file, a map of Russia. If you use this method, download maps from the site, then you next need to create two folders in the device’s memory: “NavitelContent” and “Maps” inside it, and then copy the downloaded file rus20111024.nm3 there. The program downloaded from the site in *.apk format is installed on the device using Explorer. Next comes the process initial setup, you need to select the language of the interface and maps, the type and language of voice prompts, as well as the gender of the commentator.
And a little about the work of Navitel Navigator on HTC One X. After the first launch, all online services were turned on: traffic jams, events, data exchange, weather and “online information”. They require about 1-2 MB of traffic to operate, which is not that much.
Search in the program is available by different types data, for example, by address. You need to select a city (usually it is already selected automatically), a street and a house. When entering letters, extra characters are eliminated, so when I type an address like “Tverskaya”, with each subsequent letter entered I see fewer and fewer available options, this is convenient.
Building a route takes less than a second, and the same amount of time will be required to rebuild the route in the event of a traffic jam or other unpleasant situation.
There are two map display modes, three-dimensional and flat (2D), the second one seems more convenient to me. You can select the color scheme (night and day) manually or leave them switching to the conscience of the “auto” mode. When guiding along the route, the program notifies you of all maneuvers and important points along the route with voice prompts.
The program on the smartphone did not slow down at all, it worked smoothly and without delays. Navitel Navigator seems to me to be a reasonable choice as the main Navi software, especially considering the fact that you can download the application and use it for a month full version for free. During this time, you will definitely determine whether you need such a functional navigation software and whether it is worth buying it for further use.
Sound, audio player
I can compare the sound of the HTC One X with previous models, for example, with the HTC Sensation XL. My bear-damaged hearing finds no difference in sound quality between these two smartphones; in both cases I used the same Marshall Major headphones.
The music player in HTC One X has been redesigned, or rather, the logic for working with music in a smartphone has changed. Now, when launching the Music icon, the user sees not only a list of artists and a library, but icons for all music-related programs are displayed at the top of the player.
Initially, there is a “My Phone” icon for going to the smartphone’s library, the SoundHound application for determining the currently playing music, the TuneIn Radio program and 7Digital, an application for purchasing music. The user can add to this block any programs that he needs, not necessarily just music ones. The first thing I did was add FM radio, it makes sense that it should be here.
Now about the player itself. The player has the ability to download album covers manually or automatic mode, for a selected album or for the entire music library. In the library's main screen, music is displayed as album art. This, of course, is beautiful and impressive, but personally I don’t like the fact that you can’t change the type of presentation. If I have a hundred albums downloaded, then scrolling through the list is much more convenient and faster than scrolling through a matrix of large album covers.
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In playback mode, the album cover, artist name, track name, and music control keys are displayed. You can change the playback queue of tracks within an album, as well as the playback mode (in a circle, one track, one track in a circle).
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There is an equalizer, you cannot configure it manually, only pre-prepared options are available. When you scroll inside a track, you see the timing.
In lock screen mode, album art and music control keys are displayed. If you drag this element to the lock ring, you will be taken to the player window.
There is also a playback line in system menu, here you can pause the music.
The device has an FM radio with manual and automatic search radio stations, also found stations can be saved under specific names. There are several widgets for radio.
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Text and voice input of text
The HTC One X uses a modified HTC proprietary on-screen QWERTY keyboard. This is still one of the best implementations of on-screen keyboards among all Android devices, and among smartphones in general. The only drawback that persists over time is this. When entering in Latin, additional characters can be entered simply by holding down one or another key (symbols are drawn directly on the buttons with letters and are entered by holding), and when entering in Cyrillic, in order to enter some not-so-common character, you must first go to the character input menu , which is not very convenient.
The original message read like this: “A little boy was wandering through the forest, tripped over a stump, fell and died.”
You can hide the on-screen keyboard by pressing a key on it. In order to move the cursor within the text, you just need to touch any letter, after which something like a magnifying glass appears, as well as a special “green thing” for moving around the text. There are also four directional keys at the bottom of the keyboard for moving around within text.
Double-tapping an individual word in text will highlight it, and you can then select other parts of the text to copy or cut.
In the keyboard settings there is an option Trace keyboard. If you turn it on, you can enter words with one movement of your finger, without having to look up to enter the next letter, this is analogous to the Swype keyboard. In the settings you can change the line color for the Trace keyboard.
The keyboard has a personal dictionary, where the device saves new words that you often use. The dictionary can be edited and also synchronized with backup copy on the memory card.
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As for voice input, this is one of the basic functions of Android. Using voice input, you can search for information on your phone or on the Internet, enter addresses for Google Maps or Google Navigation, and dictate text messages, which is very convenient. For example, when I voice input text message The system recognizes about 80 percent of words correctly, and often the entire text.
HTC Sense 4.0
The smartphone runs Android 4.0.3 OS and HTC Sense 4.0 is used as the interface. With review new version You can familiarize yourself with the proprietary interface.
Below I will briefly talk about the most important, in my opinion, changes to the shell. The main window and virtual desktops have undergone almost no changes. The clock widget has changed, now it is more sophisticated (in the literal sense of the word, the fonts have become thinner), and also changes depending on the selected skin. The bottom panel with program icons has been changed, now you can place any icons there (up to four pieces), as well as folders.
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The system panel called from above has changed a little. There is no longer a second tab with wireless interface control buttons.
The settings window has been seriously redesigned; now there is quick access to different types of wireless interfaces, and the remaining settings are divided into Personal and Phone. True, the presence of certain settings items within these submenus is not always obvious.
Contacts are still displayed with pictures in the list, but the contact card window has been changed, now the photo takes up a noticeable part here.
They should look something like this, although, of course, the system somehow manages to spoil and compress even these images:
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In groups, the type of display of contacts has changed; previously it was a list, now it is a tile with pictures of contacts. It looks impressive, but using such a presentation system for groups in which you have hundreds of contacts will be, to put it mildly, inconvenient.
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Some changes have occurred in the browser. So, in the new version of the browser installed on HTC, they introduced an option that, if you turn it on, the screen backlight will fade while pages are loading, this was done to save energy. There are also disadvantages, the main one of which is the inability to quickly call address bar. Previously, on HTC devices, it was enough to press the Menu key under the screen to bring up the address bar field and browser control buttons. The HTC One X, as you remember, does not have a Menu button. It is impossible to call up the address bar exactly at the moment when you need it. If you are somewhere in the middle of the page you are viewing, you can try scrolling up and down a little, sometimes after this a menu will pop up. Sometimes not. A partial way out of the situation is to enable side menus, which are called up by touching the left or right area of the screen, but they do not always work as needed.
In general, the browser works well, is fast, you can open many tabs in it, there are convenient window for working with bookmarks and history, but the lack of a convenient tool for calling up the address bar personally just baffles me. It is impossible to fully use the browser without this function; you are reading a page and want to open a new site. How? It’s very simple, I open Recent Apps, remove the browser tab from there, and then open it again, and in this case I will 100% get a browser window with an address bar. Otherwise, even if you close the browser and go to it again, you will see an already loaded page without an address bar, and again you will have to dance with a tambourine, poking your finger on the screen and trying unsuccessfully to bring up the address bar. In theory, the address bar can be called up with the plus button on the sidebar, but, as I wrote above, side panel in the browser it is called every other time, so you can’t rely on it yet.
Now let’s briefly go through the programs installed on the smartphone.
Programs
Mirror. The program allows you to look at yourself using the front camera.
Movie editor. An application for adding simple effects to videos. You can stitch together several videos, add selected music and one of the templates with effects to them.
Dropbox. New devices from HTC are equipped with an application of the same name, and in addition, users get 25 GB of space in dropbox.com for two years. Just log into the program from your HTC One X and register new account, after which you first receive a letter confirming your registration, and then a letter notifying you that you are receiving an additional 23 GB of space on the service (in addition to the existing 2.5 gigabytes).
Notes. A program for taking notes, with its help you can create text, voice and handwritten notes, and also synchronize them with the Evernote service.
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Polaris office. A program for viewing and simple editing of documents in MS Office formats, allows you to read files and tables, as well as make simple edits to them. The application is very simple, it doesn't even allow text to be aligned to the width when changing the scale, so all it's good for is quickly viewing documents and making a few edits to them. You can view files from your smartphone’s memory, as well as from dropbox and skydrive services.
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Tasks. An application for taking notes, its main benefit is that it “can” synchronize notes with MS Outlook, which Android system initially cannot do it. So, if you use notes in Outlook, the Tasks application will come in handy.
In the new version of Sense, the “clock” and “weather” applications have been improved, the weather now has more detailed forecasts, and the clock has a globe that displays the weather for selected cities, it looks impressive, and the globe can be zoomed in/out. There is no practical benefit from this innovation.
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About standard Android applications, such as client for Google+, Youtube, Google Search I won’t talk about others, I think you’re already familiar with them.
One last thing to say. By and large, Sense of the new version is not very different from the previous one, although there are a number of unsuccessful, in my opinion, changes, which I wrote about above, this cannot spoil the overall positive impression of the shell. So Sense is still an advantage for HTC, even with Android 4.0. became much friendlier and prettier previous versions systems, Sense is still better and more convenient to work with a smartphone out of the box.
Conclusion
I have no complaints about the signal reception quality in the test sample, although, of course, I don’t like the company’s transition to microSIM cards. The volume of the speaker in the device is at an average level; in most situations I could hear the interlocutor, although not always well if the conversation took place in a noisy room. The ringing speaker in the sample that I had in my hands is below average. Standard ringtones They sound even more or less loud due to the fact that they are loud and selected in such a way, but if you put your own music on the call, you may not hear it incoming call, even if you are in one room of the house and your smartphone is in another. I didn't like the volume of the ringing speaker at all. A vibration alert is a small and frequent beat; while walking you may not even notice it; if the device is lying on a table and starts to vibrate, you will most likely hear it.
The device should go on sale on the day the review is published, that is, April 2, the cost of HTC One X at the start of sales will be 30,000 rubles for Russia. We are not talking about gray deliveries yet; price tags there will be formed a few weeks after the launch and the difference between the official price and the cost of “gray” devices will already be visible.
The time has come to sum it up, and, unfortunately, in many ways I have to admit that the HTC One X turned out to be not at all what I personally imagined this device to be. What would I like to see in the new HTC flagship as a user and fan of the brand? Firstly, significant improvements in the camera department, and such changes were announced by the company itself. From the sample that I had in my hands, I can say that the quality HTC cameras One X not only did not move away from the manufacturer’s previous models, but in some ways it even became worse. Secondly, I would like the new flagship to become more flexible and open, in the sense that when buying a phone for 30,000 rubles, I would get a high-quality and highly customizable tool. However, the HTC One X does not have a banal slot for a memory card, so the flagship volume is limited to 25 gigabytes; it uses the not yet most common microSIM format, which also does not add points to the smartphone. Thirdly, over the summer of last year, HTC taught its users that if the case has Beats Audio and the smartphone costs 30,000 rubles, then you will definitely find high-quality headphones from Beats in the package. This is not the case here.
Of course, the smartphone has many strong points, off the top of my head it’s an excellent display, high-quality plastic and, to my taste, a simply chic device design that’s fresh for the company. In addition, we should not discount HTC Sense 4.0, although the company “improves” this interface is also not entirely clear, it still remains the strongest link of the company’s devices, providing HTC users with convenient phones out of the box for making calls, working with mail and much more.
With all the disadvantages described above, I must honestly admit that I like the HTC One X. First of all, by its design (I’m talking about a white device), secondly by the still convenient Sense, and thirdly by the fact that in terms of its totality of qualities this smartphone stands out at least a little from the background of dozens of monotonous Android clones. Simply put, I see the zest in it, there is a feeling that they put their soul into it, even if it turned out to be such an ambiguous product. But if you try to answer the question of whether I would buy an HTC One X or wait for the Samsung Galaxy S III, the answer will be clear: you need to wait for the release of the flagship from Samsung and only then draw conclusions. New flagship HTC was a success from some points of view, but from others it was not good enough; there is potential in this device, but the company was not able to fully reveal it. I would like it to be like in a fairy tale, HTC took into account the problems and mistakes made during issue One X (no memory card slot, frankly crude camera, I don’t know what’s wrong, in the module itself or in the software) and then offered users an updated version, say, HTC One X2 or something like that. But is this possible in modern world commerce and the endless race of technology?
Description:
- Class: smartphone
- Form factor: monoblock
- Competitors: Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S III, LG Optimus 4X HD, Sony XPERIA S
- Case materials: matte plastic (white device)
- Operating system: Android 4.0.3, HTC Sense 4.0 proprietary interface
- Network: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100
- Processor: Quad-core 1.5 GHz based on nVidia Tegra 3 platform
- RAM: 1 GB
- Memory for data storage: ~26 GB, as well as 25 GB of space in the dropbox.com service
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n/), Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP), microUSB connector (USB 2.0) for charging/synchronization, 3.5 mm for headset, HDMI (via microUSB), DLNA
- Screen: capacitive, SuperLCD2, 4.7” with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels (HD), automatic backlight level adjustment
- Camera: 8 MP with autofocus, video recorded in 1080p resolution (1920x1080 pixels), LED flash (works as a flashlight), 1.3 MP front camera for photo and video shooting and video calls
- Navigation: GPS (A-GPS support)
- Additionally: accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor, FM radio
- Battery: non-removable, Li-Ion, capacity 1800 mAh
- Dimensions: 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
- Weight: 130 g.