HTC one review

Introduction

HTC one X brings better processor and a high resolution screen and the structure of sublimely thin while the Taiwanese company looking to re-create the original's success.

One X is a phone that had us intrigued for a while – running a quad-core CPU (Nvidia Tegra 3) plus one of the largest screens in any HTC. And that without the name of a giant like Titan.

It is clear from the outset HTC what you are trying to do with x one: get rid of the doom and gloom surrounding the slight fall in profits, and highlights the slick, powerful, and most importantly, usable phone that has now fallen to prices of about £ 30 a month contract.

Check out the HTC X one video below to see key features is in that body.

With ice cream sandwich run from the beginning (now promoted to Android 4.0.4 and 4.1), this is the phone that HTC takes to the next level-but is it really a case of too much, too soon for a brand that is still really only a decade old?

Design

Instead of the aluminum unibody design that we have come to know in the HTC phones, the HTC X reduces weight with a polyurethane finish This is similar to  Nokia Lumia 800. While the back cover is matte and glossy on the sides of HTC, which gives the camera a look incomplete. Despite the bright edges, not an X does not slip out of our hands. In fact, I felt the helmet comfortable to hold and use. All about the soft curves and X has no sharp edges to dig into the palm of your hand. 

Measuring just 0.35 inches, and X is one of the last generations of superslim Android devices that are currently on the market. And thanks to its polycarbonate frame, the phone weighs only 4.7 lighter than the smallest HTC Sensation XE ounces and 0.74 ounces. Large 4.7-inch 720p One X (1280 x 720 pixels) on the screen is what attracts your attention, and text look sharp on the high resolution screen. Instead of software buttons that appear on the screen, HTC has chosen to use three touch buttons at the bottom of the screen. This is supposed to give you more real estate offers, although I do not think it makes much difference. For comparison, the Galaxy Nexus uses the program keys. The battery is removable, so there is no coverage. There is also a microSD card slot. One X and comes with 32GB of onboard storage, which should be enough for the average user. Multimedia files can be addicted to carefully manage their own media to avoid running out of space. In the upper part of the phone is where the power button, 3.5mm audio jack and a slot for mini-existing SIM card. Play the right side of the host for the volume controls, was found on the mini-USB port on the left. The rear camera has a backlight (BSI) sensor Goal 8 mega pixels with a maximum aperture of F2.0. On the front is a 1.3-megapixel camera is located just above the screen. Next some holes Speaker, instead of iron bars that were found on older HTC models. HTC said that these holes are part of the polycarbonate structure and small enough that water droplets will not be able to infiltrate them.

Screen

HTC One is equipped with a 4.7-inch Full HD 1080p display sports 468ppi laughable. When you first see the true effects underwhelming thanks to large expanse of black, yet, BlinkFeed unused, however, take some pictures or head over to YouTube and you will soon realize the error of your judgment.

This is an amazing panel that produces dazzling contrast levels and color reproduction and whilst we know the current trend is to go bigger, we would argue that HTC has really nailed it by offering 4.7.

Camera

When HTC introduced the One, was shot through a lot of what looks like an important feature. Yes, it's big and beautiful and has a nice screen. Whoop-de-do. Did we tell you about the camera?

Camera is a feature in which a person sales force and ultimate success may depend. It's called "UltraPixel" camera, and although it is almost entirely a marketing term, it indicates a different approach for HTC. Instead try 8 megapixel iPhone 5 camera best, or compete with the 13.1-megapixel sensor in the Sony Xperia crazy Z, HTC went the other way. This one has a 4 megapixel camera, but HTC promises it's a good thing: the larger pixels can take up to three times more light, which should improve the low light performance substantially. Because it collects less data points per shot, the camera can also shoot faster, applying filters faster and faster internet to share.

 

Actually, all the claims are true. One does not catch a lot of light, and took a surprisingly candid images (16:9 aspect ratio instead of 4:03 by default, which you should change) in which the iPhone 5 captured only darkness, and thanks to the optical image stabilization can basically see the dark and take a steady picture. It's also very quick to apply a filter or switch scene modes, and shot so fast I sometimes can not believe it's really been taking pictures.

Speed ​​also allows for a cool feature called Zoe, who took a few seconds of video before you press the shutter and three seconds after - it's actually shooting video and stills simultaneously, and then stitching them together so you can scrub through the video, but then take full-res still from whatever place you want. It is a cool tool, and helped me get some action shots are really great I definitely would have missed otherwise, although I must have forgotten to turn it off a few times and ended up with about forty photos of buildings when I just meant to shoot one. Less useful is the Share tool HTC, which lets you upload a soundtrack and "highlight videos" from Zoes, video, and still shots to the web - it's cool, but it's kind of like the Vine, unless you clip only lasts a few months and there is no would ever use it. Of course, you can also upload it to Facebook and the like, and it is a much better choice.

That's all nice to have, but it does not change the fact that the pictures I took one just does not look very good. Sure, the shots are bright and good color, but obviously the noise reduction process that runs heed all the photos you take, leaving them soft and mushy even in good lighting. It does not look sharp or crisp, no matter the situation. It looks good on Facebook or Instagram size, the HTC clearly betting is all you need, but when you zoom in or crop, lost much of their luster photo. I like the picture I can get the camera One - I've started taking pictures darker restaurant, or on the street at night - but I'm not always impressed with the shots that I got.

1080p video recording is more consistent beneficiaries of the new technology, because you never really going to enlarge the video. One shoots clean, bright video even in low light, and although there are some problems with the softness and noise is much less noticeable here. It's quick and responsive while recording, only lasted about half a second to switch modes and start rolling - autofocus tends to hunt a bit while you shoot, but all in all I am pleased with the performance of video on one. 

Performance

Under the hood you'll find a 1.7GHz quad-core processor along with 2GB of RAM, which combined make HTC one of the fastest smartphones on the planet. While we would question the need for such a blatant amount of power that must mean that the navigation This one is really smooth without any lag while gaming, playing videos or through heavy multi-tasking.

One thing we would note is that one does not get hot enough when downloading large apps from Google Play or while playing high resolution games like Real Racing. Although certainly not as bad as the Xperia Z certainly seemed to be a trend emerging as smartphones get more and more processing grunt.

Battery

While HTC has not given an official battery for HTC what we learned is that the experience can be wildly different. We have had a few comments complaining that the poor battery life miserable while others described it as equivalent. In fact we are going to differ with all of this and say that it's actually not bad at all.

If you are going to spend your day, especially texting, tweeting and browsing then you will get comfortable with one daily use finally began to complain to the end of the night. However, if your trip is filled with Real Racing, heavy data usage and a serious dose of YouTube then we probably would recommend having a charger at work.

Wrap up

I really, really like the HTC One. I'm a sucker for beautiful hardware, and this device is one of the smartphones with the best designs I have ever used. HTC previously completed major hardware, though, and ruined it with crappy software and problematic - this time, it is managed. Not great, not as good as stock Android, but manageable. Here, the problem lies in the camera. Maybe I'm in the minority when I say I care about the quality of my cell phone pictures, but I did, and One just does not deliver. Battery life is also disappointing, although I do not care about it - it's just a fact of life at this time.

In my quest to find the perfect Android phone, I was still left wanting. I want hardware One, but I want the software update Nexus 4 and appointments on time - I have been saying for a year that HTC Android phones have to offer stock, and I'm still confident the company can save themselves with one plus pure Android. I also wanted a better camera - this one is not bad, it's just mediocre, and I've seen better from an Android phone. To date, the list of Android phones worth buying is two items long: 4 and the Nexus One. Personally, I would buy one if I had to pick right now, but with the Galaxy S 4 came just a few days, I was lucky I did not have to choose now.

Even if Samsung can not be the best one this weekend, though, the most important question is still unanswered: HTC can find a way to sell the phone, even a great phone, while Samsung has so dominated the Android market? Until that happens, it will not matter how good this one - but for the sake of consumers and HTC, I hope the company figures it out.