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.

Samsung Galaxy S4 review

Introduction

The introduction of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S4 is a polarizing release recently of the Android Smartphone manufacturer. On the one hand, Samsung has set the Galaxy S3 and added some 160 + new features of the S4 of the Galaxy, including the additions welcomed as a bigger battery, fine grinding, large and high resolution and a faster processor, large blooms can follow. On the other hand, are mocking, some in the tech industry despite all changes, describe the Galaxy S4 S3S of the Galaxy, a name, which draws 4 to 4 S iPhone, not enough has changed between the generations and the S4 Galaxy, a Galaxy S3 with a little more under the hood is basically in the course of the iPhone Apple marketing as. In this report, we examine both sides of the equation and see if the Galaxy S4 would like an upgrade for current Galaxy S3 owners force, as it is an alternative to Apple in the room for those.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the most powerful phone that we have ever tested and its fat, full HD display is the best in the industry. A drawback is its plastic construction and some of you may find it complicated to use, but there is no doubt, it seriously is a good phone.




Main features

Full HD Super AMOLED screen, 5 inches; Qualcomm-1.9 GHz, 2 GB RAM, air supply and gesture; smart scroll stop; infrared remote; sensors temperature and humidity; 13 mega pixel camera
Manufacturer: Samsung


Storage

Samsung said that the phone can be 16, 32 or 64 GB of storage, but at the time of writing this report, the 16 GB model was offered for any network. If you want a larger capacity models, you will most likely go directly to Samsung or expect to see retailers who offer this SIM free.



It is important to remember that Samsung huge additional phone that takes up a lot of space. 16 GB storage, only 8 GB used. Samsung defended it, arguing that it needed space for all the new features, but still raised some indignation Facebook page, writing one commentator "wemisadvirtising it's a scam."

The root path you can delete all the phone Samsung software, editing, lots of space, but it will void your warranty and may cause damage to the phone, if you do it wrong. Another commenter stated "for £ 550 you shouldn't be void your warranty and potentially brick your phone, simply declare the space".

And there's a microSD card slot under the counsel so that you can at least expand storage to make room for all of your photos and videos. Annoying, Samsung does not allow apps to install on the SD card so players want to keep an eye on how much the games installation-3 shiny real racing requires approximately 2 GB of space.


Display


5-inch screen is one of the S4 Galaxy, a massive 1, 920 x 1, 080 pixel resolution characteristics of the title. Full HD for me and you. Stunning 720 p Galaxy S3 display advertising, but in most cases, probably will not notice much difference.

The screen of the S4 sharpness, icons and text will be no haze, the edges at all. To read a long text Web pages are perfectly comfortable, and of course high resolution images nicely crispy.



The one from HTC has that same resolution, but the slightly smaller screen size means that the pixels are more closely packed. That is 468 pixels per inch (PPI), which is closely 441ppi bat, the S4, but I really couldn't tell the difference between them, even when looking at close quarters. More pixels mean a sharper picture, but still above the threshold of 720 p S3 have little interest to choose-there are simply not enough of a difference.



What matters is how well it displays images, videos and apps. Fortunately, the S4 is also an excellent job here. The screen is, the utility can be found in some of the Super AMOLED Samsung phones, which makes it incredibly vivid.

The colors are rich and fatty, almost on the point of being a bit saturated. If it's too conspicuous, then you can choose different color profiles from the options menu. This light too, but not enough of the retina-burning level. My colleague, Jessica Dolcourt struggled a bit on the basis of the ideas of Sun, San Francisco, although they do not have the same issue-the grey skies of London unfortunately. He easily countered with the lights, however.


Camera



S4 zoom camera Samsung Galaxy and Galaxy have learned from the brand with S4, Samsung could be the first camera phone.

Galaxy S4 zoom a camera phone, with no LTE rumored as an integrated camera. The difference zoom Galaxy S4 calls and texts just like a regular phone will be able to send as an important means.That would mean

Lake will offer Galaxy S4 zoom zoom does not distribute money. The camera features a 21X optical zoom Samsung Galaxy. Most smartphones only crop primarily by zooming in on the image, a digital zoom offer. An optical zoom camera to zoom without sacrificing quality allows. To add a camera phone with an optical zoom will no doubt bulk. It is a day to be called as Samsung Galaxy camera and more slimmer expect anything.

We as a smartphone cameras have seen an increasing attention and iPhone 5, while a HTC and Samsung Galaxy S4 are pushing forward mobile photography, instead of a high-end point and shoot with optical zoom There are very few devices can.

Samsung Galaxy Camera with 4G LTE download the Android camera offering last year, debuted but without the ability to make calls. The first generation device performed well, but was not definitely room for improvement.

Zoom Galaxy S4 rumors are true, we have combined a phone and pocket capacity in a form factor, with a much better camera and optical zoom can be waiting for device to a Samsung Galaxy S4


Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

More programs from Samsung, the overall interface is not very different from what you find on S3. You will find six home screens where you can extract to the bottom of your applications and widgets. There are four app icons at the bottom, there is some matter that the home screen you to provide quick access to most frequently used applications.



Android interface is not very different in the interface of S3.
Ask the new Widget, you can press on and hold the menu to appear on the home screen or go to the list of applications, where you will see a graphical tab. These are a few ways to accomplish the same thing through quite often phones Samsung and is not necessarily a good thing.There are two ways to install new widgets. It is up to you to know what is the best.
Samsung bundles organized its phones from your own Web browser and e-mail client, pressing your own app store to the front. As an Android phone, the phone also comes with the browser Chrome, Gmail and of course play in Google store, which means you can find several options for an instrument on board as standard.



Two browsers, e-mail clients, and app stores are installed as standard. This phone is far from simple.
For experienced of you tech junkies, it is perhaps not a problem. Those of you who want a simple and elegant interface that allows you to perform basic hassle perhaps too happy however. The interface is easier to understand.

Now both the phone and software settings that Samsung had split into three separate tabs in a menu.
Using the drop-down list of notifications home bar with quick access to options that develops in a list of 20 parameters of multiple functions. Some of them are obvious - Bluetooth, silent - but some keys are probably also wrong that the big carrier aircraft in the aircraft cabin. Without leaning on the manual, you should be aware that disabling the 'Sync' button will do? What is synchronization? And where?

There are 20 different settings on the shortcut menu. It is confusing, even for a phone smart veteran.
Go into the settings menu, you will see that Samsung has so many individual settings, it should be divided into three separate menu tab. The most important parameters change means now, where exactly the Samsung store. You want to change the date and time? Now as "more", of course. It would be too easy to put in the 'my device '.

If you delete the apps, you do not want and do not play with the settings too, you can facilitate the S4 to everyday use. If you prefer the simplicity of the iPhone out of the box, however, you can also find themselves overwhelmed by the wealth of options open to you. I do not recommend you play with the settings tab too, either - you can accidentally disable a critical and wonder why you can't connect to the Internet.

Android call for many, however, is the ability to customize almost everything what a phone can do. If it is you, you will find fun to work with, and the S4 it will serve good trends tinkering.

If you want an easier experience, you would be better off looking at the iPhone or Windows Phone 8 on Nokia Lumia 920. Even the new HTC Sense on a easier to face.

Samsung Galaxy S4-fast


There is no getting away from the fact that this phone has more noise surrounding any Android device had preceded it. Fortunately, Samsung has backup much of that anticipation, offers well-rounded, very strong which, although lacking something on the front aesthetic, and is sure to impress the masses.
View Samsung Galaxy S4 near look identical to S3 and some hardware updates mill, some will say that the phone Samsung Galaxy S3S more in the vein of Apple's incremental updates from behind S3 is true. However, the phone is in fact and practice, a whole new beast, which exceeds what has been, so far at least, the most successful Android Smartphone in the world.
To compare a S4 against rivals, take a look at our best mobile phone in 2013.