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Hello there.
Im not native english so if i do misstakes please don't be so hard with me.
I want to make a review of my first week after a long life with my HD2.
Prolog: Why change from HD2?
I was on HD2 on the first day it appeared. I liked it very much even with this old fashioned Windows 6.5. Before i was with an Orbit or known as P3300 which gets an free Winmo 6 upgrate after a long life with Winmo 5. I was told that HD2 would get a similar upgrade but as Microsoft changed their rules with the buttons it never came. So i found out that i can Upgrade it myselfe thx to this forum. First i got on WP7 but soon i feeled to much in a cage so i changed after 6 month WP7 expirience to Android Miui. After my Usb port brokes and i needed to use an external device to load my battery i looked around if there is a new phone upcoming to get an upgrade that satisfy me or if i will buy a used HD2 to flash it again. If the One X wasn't upcomming i totaly would have stayed on HD2. It's fast, stable and for what its needed its doing a good job and you don't feel that this old boy is already 3 years old. Maybe it was far beyond its time.
Buy it.
I went to a local media store which i was told get the device on the 4th of april. I was there on 2nd of april and surprise surprise i got one early for 579€ (round about 758 $). So i got home with my new gray One X. The box was smaler than i expected.
Finaly home with my baby.
Unboxing was fast and there i hold it in my hands trying to get in turned on. Didn't work untli I loaded it for about 5 min. But then i hat the first experience with the One X getting ready for its first breath. And it came up fast. I was glad that i could use my old Apps that i bought. As it is my second Android device i didn't know that and i didn't expect it. Set up was fast and easy and soo i got all my old apps and configurations on it. Sense makes still no sense for me but i don't care about it.
Tip for those who came from HD2 too: One X askes you if you want to get your old device data through bluetooth. If you want to make this say that your old tdevice is an HTC Desire. Then it works.
Apps
I hate apps that are preinstalled and not deinstallable. Most of them are usefull some of them are nothing more than an add. Apps i recognized as this and deaktivated them are soundboud and 7digital. Never need them and never will.
Some apps that seem to be a little glitchi on One X are like the Mathon browser. I think there are more glitchi ones and they glitch because of the new software menubutton that apears in some apps which need one. never will understand why they want to get rid of the menu hardkey.
Everything else flawless and smooth.
The feeling and the body.
I can't realy say why but my HD2 seemed to be much more precios. Maybe because of the full glas front and the metal back. I don't realy know.
Theres a little chink around the glas on my One X and espeacialy the one on the top of the displye seemes to be some kind of dirt gatherer. I have to use a little brush every day to clean it, also it looks cheap.
The One X is lighter than the HD2 but bigger. As its thinner too i have no problems to get it in my pocket. Feels good and comfortable as an everyday device.
No SD card sucks. My One X has already only 6gb left. Hope Dropbox will be usefull to compensate this incomprehensible mistake for not build an build in SD card slot.
No Battery exchange. I use myphone much and for everything. As my HD2 gets a lousy battery after 2years i was glad to be able to just buy a new one. I hope this battery has a propper technologie and will last longer than on my HD2. For the usage it lasts enought. I could get along a Day without load and with good usage. I use the atomaticly brightnesscontrol and 2 Hours musik, 2 hours gaming and 1 hour navigate while calling multiple persons din't make it sweat. In the evening it wants some juce with still 30% left. I think this is acaptable for a 4,7 device with 5 cores.
Multitouch
I tested this one because on HD2 it sucks that there is a second point recognised but after that you have to get of your fingers to recognize a new one.
At first i thought "**** only 2 points" but then i found an option whicht told me that its set on recognize just 3 fingers for better control. I turned it of and then i got 10 fingers regocnized. Whats realy nice is that you can touch outside the screen and even over the softkeys and it still keeps tracking your fingers.
Performance
Fast like hell.
Never hat such a fast device that size. Games, espeacialy tegra ones are awesome in there graphics but still there is no good one that impresses me with a good gameplay. Hope there will be more. Camera is fast and good. Pictures are good but not awesome. Flashlight is weak and round about half as bright as it was on HD2. Skype with the frontcamera is good and it was about time to get this usable.
Hot
I think this is normal but on intensive apps make the phone get very warm. It won't burn but never get my HD2 so warm. After taking a bigger video with the cam i realy feelt my One X in my trausers. Nothing to worry about but something you will regocnize too and think about.
Sound.
Good even with the headphones that where in the Box. I don't like that kind of headphones and im more used to inear ones oder that ones that go all over your head but the sound quality is realy good and much better than on the HD2. As the HD2 was good enought for me for hearing music outside this doesn'T realy impress me. But good to have.
Screen
Awesome. Perfect pixel ratio for me . I will never need more. Colours a good and not so overloaded as on the OLED ones. Movies, pictures and websites just look gread. Ebooks are perfect.
Thinks im looking forward to.
Dockingstation. Yes hell i will get one.
Medialink. I realy like to use that for presentations. Hope it will be available soon.
What i miss when i think of my HD2?
Flashlight. It was awsome to use the home button as flashlight. Ok i can use now an app but even then its still just half as bright as on my hd2.
SD Card. Yes that realy sucks.
Hardware buttons. I don't know why everyone likes this softkeys that are only an extention of the touchscreen. I love them when they make click sounds and you feel it clicking.
In the end.
I slowly get used to the One X. Its a great device and the price is worht it. I think going back would be hard. But if my HD2 would broke like that i think i would have stayed there minimum another year or too. I still will load the 3 Batterys i have and use my HD2 as navigation device when im on trekking tours. It's still an device with a right to live.
But now my new One X has a new challenge to show me HTC is still the best company for me when i think about smartphones.
I hope my english was acceptable.
Edit: Insert Hot to the performance part.
Thanks for taking the time doing the review. I would like to hear more from everyday users like you before making a decision. Why only 6gb left on your device ?
It comes with 32gb right ?
I have already have so much music on it and the bigger problem are movies with the native 720p. i only have about 2 movies on it and they are like 4gb each. As it was jsut to test the experience on a television they will not be there everytime but i like to keep 2 or 3 movies there for wasting my time while i wait for a train or something like that.
edit. Yes 32gb stock. But only 25 for data free. Rest is system and apps.
Thanks for taking the time to write the review, I pretty much agree with you on everything, except maybe for it looking cheap, but then I like a minimalist style.
No SD slot is a little frustrating, although in fact, i never actually fully used the 16GB card I had in my Desire, I really like to have the option.
Battery is a concern, my Desire battery survived the 2 years i had it without a problem but it is a worry that if this one does not then it will be expensive to have it replaced. For long journeys I will consider buying an external battery pack.
Thanks again for the review and your English is very good!
2 hrs of gaming?
I lost 20% of the battery just downloading Shadowgun let alone playing it. lol
Arthur Hucksake said:
2 hrs of gaming?
I lost 20% of the battery just downloading Shadowgun let alone playing it. lol
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I realised that the especialy the tegra 3 exsample games are very high draining my battery to. normal ones don't. the glowball demo also ist not very perfect jet. when you drain so much battery while downloading maybe some settings are different.
make sure you download it from wlan. it feels like to get much data from your LTE drains the battery faster.
i didn't only play this was a list what i did on a day normal usage without getting battery to 0%.
Thanks fellow HD2 owner.
I enjoyed your review, but can't agree with on the soft/hardbuttons. I'm so glad I'll have a device with soft buttons... I feel "guilty" when I press HD2 buttons because I always think that I'm wearing them out and that eventually they will fail.
You talked about ebook reading. My One X hasn't arrived yet, so please could you take a picture comparing HD2 and One X on a ebook reader app? I would like to see how much more text One X displays for page. Thanks!
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Thanks fellow HD2 owner.
I enjoyed your review, but can't agree with on the soft/hardbuttons. I'm so glad I'll have a device with soft buttons... I feel "guilty" when I press HD2 buttons because I always think that I'm wearing them out and that eventually they will fail.
You talked about ebook reading. My One X hasn't arrived yet, so please could you take a picture comparing HD2 and One X on a ebook reader app? I would like to see how much more text One X displays for page. Thanks!
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There you are. As you can see the normal PDF view has this software menu button so you can't realy make it fullscreen. think there will be a better app for ebooks but for showing this will be good enought. i tryed to scale both on a letter size i think i can read good. on hd2 you can meke it even smaller but the pixelating will get so high that its not so comfortable to read. even with this high ratio i like the letters bigger but they are sharper an thats the reason why i like reading on my One X. The difference isn't so hig as the HD2 had a very high resolution for its time too. 800x480 compare to 1280x720. still it's not as good as e-ink contrast but as it has a higher res than e-ink this is still a good alternative. Also that the contrast of the screen is more realistic than AMOLED ist good for reading.
The button thing is something that depents on taste. i liked them more but we will se if i get used to the soft ones. This was no real critic of me maybe more an experience i wanted to share.
ps.: yes there is dirt in (not on) my HD2 screen
Thanks lokiderelb! Not the best image though A epub would perhaps been better since there's no difference in zoom, only size letter.
Another question regarding screen size: is One X wider than HD2 or are they roughly the same size? When you go back to HD2 from One X do you think: «Hey, this is small», or it isn't that noticeable?
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Thanks lokiderelb! Not the best image though A epub would perhaps been better since there's no difference in zoom, only size letter.
Another question regarding screen size: is One X wider than HD2 or are they roughly the same size? When you go back to HD2 from One X do you think: «Hey, this is small», or it isn't that noticeable?
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I know. I hadn't install a reader now so i just wanted to show the pdf version.
When i hold both phones the feeling is better on the One X. Even if its bigger it feels lighter and the screen that shows no gap between glas and screen looks bigger. The X is about 2mm wider with i just don't feel or see. It's about 1cm longer which is positivly noticeable. It's up to 2mm thinner which i notice immensely. The X has not the metal felling which i realy loved but i think i will get used to it because polycarbonate is a much higher quality.
Your review has been very helpfull for all the prospective one x buyers...thanx
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The X has not the metal felling which i realy loved but i think i will get used to it because polycarbonate is a much higher quality.
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I love my HD2 and its build quality, but I tend to hold it long time with just 2 fingers for bed reading and I find the metal feeling and it's weight a little bit unconfortable, so I really hold high expectations for One X in this regard.
P.S.: THANKS for measuring HD2 and One X. I really appreciated.
thanks for the heads up.
I am also planning to migrate from HD2 to One X soon.
I am not so heavy user of internal storage so the microSD shouldn't be an issue for me but mostly likely I gotta buy a portable charger
Thanks a lot man for the great review. I guess that there are a lot of people migrating from the HD2 to the one X .. and this proves that they are both great devices .. but i honestly am gonna miss my HD2 , it is one of the best phones that HTC manufactured.
Thanks for the review lokiderelb, I was a happy HD2 owner for a couple of years myself but I did have a couple of newer HTC phones in between. The HD2 was ahead of its time and I feel the same way about the One X, I can't see another phone beating it out for best mobile phone on the planet any time soon
Are you guys going or have already sold your HD2?
I will only do it if besides One X I also get GNote/Titan. But I'll probably keep my HD2. It's just to great to sell.
I am like you moving from HD2 to One X. I am expecting my device after Easter. I don't use SD card much and I think lack of SD expansion slot not going to make much difference for me.
I hope we will have some instructions/videos to replace the internal battery before we go to that stage of every 6 hours charging.
I will keep my HD2. Also its a little broken cause of the not funktional usb port and the little dirt behind the screen, which comes from a not so lucky try to repair it by myselfe. I have 3 Batterys for the HD2 and i think i can take it for trekking tours. Its resistable and it s awsome for navigation and my new One X will be happy to stay at home when im going trought the dirt.
Hi all,
I just want to share my thoughts on the HOX. Having seen all those threads with supposed issues and defects I was almost turned away from the device but now I'm glad I bought it. Why? Because none of them exist with my phone. Comming from a Desire HD, my biggest concern was the plastic body but let me tell you it has nothing to do with the plastic toy-phone feel of the phones produced by the largest vacuum cleaner manufacturer in the world. Build quality is amazing. Easily one of the best HTC has ever achieved. The screen is gorgeous and the extra size compared to the DHD is negligible. Battery life is on par with the DHD, which means that with moderate use it can last a day. You can hook a car battery to a phone and there will still be people that complain it's not enough. If you actually earn your money to buy the HOX I doubt you have all the spare time to constantly play with it. And you probably won't be working in a corn field, so there will be an electric socket where you can plug your charger.
I have the black HOX made in Taiwan (I specifically looked at that before buying it) and of all the issues mentioned I only have the quiet rattling noise when I shake the phone like crazy near my ear. Well I don't intend to do it on a daily basis so it doesn't bother me at all. No gray flicker (at least not at the extend all those people posting here about how they have to return their phone 10-15 times make you believe), no yellow edges, etc. Camera is what you expect from a HTC device. Not the best in the business, but for an occasional shot here and there, and it will do. For everything else there are DSLRs.
The only complaint I have is that I can't watch episodes on southparhstudios.com for some weird reason. The commercials start but then there is no video. Not a deal breaker though.
My advice is to actually try the phone before buying and see if you like it. Don't let others (including me), to tell you what to think of the device, and you can wait for the S3 if messed up AMOLED colors are your thing (actually the only color they got right is the black). Oh and btw I got urBeats headphones with my phone as a gift for being one of the early adopters, and those make a difference when you turn the enhancer on.
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Yeah, good review. I love it as well and truly is a phone that set a new mark in design and build quality. I would much rather have polycarbonate than the iPhone's metal which adds weight and interferes with call quality. I did have the screen flicker which was a little dissapointing, but ever since I flashed the latest arhd rom it went away. That's the only issue that I've had with this phone and its fixed .
A couple things that people have complained about this phone which I disagree with is: solid unibody and no beats headphones. I much prefer a solid phone; the feel and look is way better than removable parts. Plus I'm getting 18-20 hours of moderate usage on battery life. The beats headphones is something that's kind of funny. For one they are overpriced and just because the audio equalizer is on the phone doesn't mean that the headphones are coming with the package. I'm perfectly fine with a company focusing on the phone rather than a package deal to buy.
This phone has definitely lived up to its expectations for me and sounds like for you. Definitely agree that people should try it out as opposed to getting turned off and saying they are going to the sg3. Also, there is lots of community attraction to a flagship device packing a quad core.
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I also think the beats headphones are overpriced. I'd never pay 90 euros for a set of headphones that won't last a minute if either my three years old daughter or my one and a half year old son get their hand on them. That said, the quality of the sound is really better than my phillips headphones, so I'm glad I had them as a gift.
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Have a bit more of a practice with the camera, it's really quite good.
good review
same as me apart from shadowgun crashing - but that will be fixed 1.28. I am delighted with my phone.
God isn't the plug just rubbish on this phone. It's awkward with the USB socket not on the "normal" side, and the cable is too short. Now the kindle cable, that's the right size.
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Congrats on your HOX!
If everything goes well I should get mine today.
The flickering issues concerns 1/3 of XDA Q&A section,80% of these users are here for problems reports so it's normal.
If I was in their shoes of course I would get mad,but I hate when some of them are saying that ''sooner or later all the HOX will have flickering'' for exemple...
It's like if they are sort of witches throwing bad mojo
Spinnerdcc said:
Have a bit more of a practice with the camera, it's really quite good.
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The problem is that I'm comparing with a DSLR. And HOX camera can never be that good. It's definitely better than the DHD and iphone4 but nowhere near a real camera. Probably the best HTC has ever done but still it's tiny lenses, tiny sensor and no full manual control point and shoot camera.
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The problem is that I'm comparing with a DSLR. And HOX camera can never be that good. It's definitely better than the DHD and iphone4 but nowhere near a real camera. Probably the best HTC has ever done but still it's tiny lenses, tiny sensor and no full manual control point and shoot camera.
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No phone will ever have a camera as good as a real camera with DSLR.Not even Nokia with the 808 Pureview isn't that much impressive compared with a Nikon or a Sony camera.
I have never had an single issue since o bought my phone 5 days back. I am just worrying about the battery life and I am really jealous of people having more than 18 hours of battery usage, how you guys getting that? Other than this I like my HOX.
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here is my latest quick review of the One X in case anyone missed it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25468262&postcount=3544
everything beside the build quality issues, its an amazing uber phone make me feel like i'm part of the Tron Legacy universe
just dump the sense launcher and you will never look back, i still find no reason to install a custom ROM, except for battery
also for those with some OCD among us, not ending up with flawless build One X is really irritating for now the One X is like a hand made product, samples differ
where are all those HTC robots!
forumhookersdotcom said:
I have never had an single issue since o bought my phone 5 days back. I am just worrying about the battery life and I am really jealous of people having more than 18 hours of battery usage, how you guys getting that? Other than this I like my HOX.
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install a custom rom that focuses on battery life
Despite what many may say, I know the OneX has it's issues but putting them aside I have got to seriously say this is one awesome phone and I've owned pretty much a ****load of tech over the years.
Some people have had some issues with screen or battery or whatever, but that's just the way these things are, whether its a phone or an xbox 360 or a tv screen or whatever, electronics aren't always perfect as much as we want them to be just like maybe your girlfriend or wife lol.
I can't put the phone down, my battery drains only because I'm always playing with it, the gorgeous screen, the beautiful white body, putting all the issues aside I just love this phone!!
I've played with the Galaxy S3 and I was disgusted at the UI (albeit innovative), it is fugly. when I look at the One X, god Sense is actually quite beautiful and innovative in it's own way. Not to mention the weak ugly back plastic cover which you could fold over a few times, all qualities that I dislike for some reason and I'm sure I'm not the minority here
Forget benchmarks, I've played Nova 3, Mass Effect, 9mm, Backstab, Asphalt, Modern Combat 3, GTA3 to name a few and all the games are gorgeous and run really well with no lag!
P.s. In case anyone is wondering, I'm using ChompSMS with a custom theme
I agree on the UI front. Having had previous Samsung devices and played a lot with the Galaxy Note the whole UI is fugly compared to Sense.
Albeit the Galaxy range of phones are great as well. Both UIs works well with each having their own unique features.
HOX is a lovely phone on it's own rights. Improved upon with custom roms.
The screen as well, not tried the SGS3 yet but compared to the Note I like the natural colours of the HOX and the whites.
I have to agree. If you have no hardware faults then this phone is amazing. I have one minor one that I will have to get used to. When actually using the phone its amazing.
How did you get Modern combat on you're one x ?
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i emailed gameloft and they sent me a modified apk, but apparently theirs ways to decompile apk to bypass checks that someone posted the other day
(do not message me asking for apk)
I'm hoping Nova2 and PvZ gets an update
Other than that I agree! It's a great phone! Just got my second one in and so far so good (got it unlocked and CWM restored the data from my old phone so I was up and running in no time!).
Right now it's updating all those apps and podcasts I missed while the new one was in the mail.
Not too concerned with the QC issues. Both Apple laptops I've bought with my own money and my N900 had to be sent back RMA'd. This is the first time I've been able to send it back to the retailer for an exchange so things are on the up and up! My old Nexus S should have been sent in (Dust under the FCC) but I just resolved myself to taking it apart every month or so and cleaning it out. Since then, however, I'm planning to resist the urge to dismantle my phones. Just not good on my blood pressure.
mox123 said:
Despite what many may say, I know the OneX has it's issues but putting them aside I have got to seriously say this is one awesome phone and I've owned pretty much a ****load of tech over the years.
I can't put the phone down, my battery drains only because I'm always playing with it, the gorgeous screen, the beautiful white body, putting all the issues aside I just love this phone!!
I've played with the Galaxy S3 and I was disgusted at the UI (albeit innovative), it is fugly. when I look at the One X, god Sense is actually quite beautiful and innovative in it's own way.
Forget benchmarks, I've played Nova 3, Mass Effect, 9mm, Backstab, Asphalt, Modern Combat 3, GTA3 to name a few and all the games are gorgeous!
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This 100%
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Absolutely.. 100% agree..
Have today played with SIII in my hands.. no need to argue, OneX is the undisputable winner, phone of the year / to date. Slightly better performance measurements in some benchmarks (besides some shows OneX better, and some SIII), or 2 hrs more battery time is nothing considering with the built quality and awesome look, especially look at the left side of the SIII, metal(!) frame and metal volume rocker on that side sounds like cheap, bad quality toys.
Will not mention on TouchWizz UI, just in short, menus look like gingerbread though it is ICS 4.0.4
Also IPS SuperLCD2 is way much better than SuperAmoled HD when it comes to being closer to real/natural colors. Why Samsung played with blue subpixels and made them smaller in SIII's pentile matrix? apparently upon listening to criticism they got from public (read as customers plz) + (still cold but a tad warmer in comparison to its predecessors)
check this...
http://pocketnow.com/2012/06/04/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-vs-htc-one-x-video/
Forget everything you have read abt those devices so far, benchmarks, comparisons, others opinions etc. even mines above and just think that you have OneX in one hand and SIII in another, compare these two badboys and say, which one you would prefer to go with? at least two years or even longer from purchase?
Used gs3 yesterday and disappointed with its performance and colour.
So far HTC is best in its user interface and style.
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Every phone has its issues.
The HTC One X is a very beautifull designed phone, the best you can buy right now to my opinion.
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Despite what many may say, I know the OneX has it's issues
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When I first played with the One X in a store I was blown away and soon bought one.
I went into a store and played with the SGSIII the other day and was left underwhelmed.
Yes, there are a couple of nice touches in Touch Wiz (I watched a long review on youtube) but the feel of it, the look of the device and the screen just left me 'meh'.
Just didnt feel right in the hand and looks like a kids toy TBH….cheap?
I dunno, maybe having a couple of HTC devices before (Hero and Desire S) and then a couple of Blackberrys conditioned me to liking well built and well designed handsets, not airfix models, lol
Steve
Got a link to that wallpaper? That looks fantastic
Shadowgun THD and Riptide both look fantastic on this amazing beast .
Get the Zedge app from store .some great wallpapers on there
i agree, I have also chosen HTC One X over SGS III, simply because of the beautiful build quality, and while I normally prefer Super AMOLED screens, the display used on the One X is just spectacularly good. SGS III was completely overhyped, and with the high expectations people had, it turned out to be "just another android phone"
I will stick with my One X, and Android Revolution HD
I agreed this is indeed beautiful phone. No regret
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I waited for the release of the SGS III before deciding which to go for--- SGS III or HOX.
HOX won me over. The Touchwiz UI was a huge turn off and so was the build quality. I hate companies who make up too much of a hype whose products are overrated. I was extremely disappointed with the SGS III.
HOX, on the other hand, impressed me by a far margin. It was like the company scrapped everything from last year and started anew.
HOX is exactly the flagship I've been looking for.
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I agree 100%
I have to agree, it took me a few days to get used to the HOX but I am extremely happy now!
I come from a Samsung Captivate and Samsung Galaxy S2 so my natural things was to upgrade to the SGS3 but I wanted so bad to try another brand. I was waiting forever for a decent Sony but their software suck badly.
Then came the HOX and I jumped in (white one Tegra). At first I have to be honest, I was underwhelmed by the level of blacks (coming from AMOLED and SAMOLED) but oh boy was I wrong, this has to be the most amazing display out there.
Also after a dose of Android Revolution, APM, 3 dot fix and UltraSmooth Rosie this phone flies!!!!
As a bonus I do like Sense very much, not feeling the need to run to ICS/Apex as I did with the horrible TW on my SGS2.
I just got my One X 5 days ago and like to give it a mini review.
Body and build quality: In my personal opinion, the HOX is the BEST LOOKING SMARTPHONE OF ALL TIME. Nuff said.
Screen: Never seen anything like this before on a smartphone, excellent viewing angles, nice warm and accurate colors, text very very sharp, outdoor visibility is incredible. Only complain is that it's easy to scratch the screen.
Call quality: pretty good but not the best
Battery life: it's ok, could be better. It almost doesn't use any juice when it's in idle but soon as you start using it you lose like 5% so I don't know. Wished HTC would have been more generous considering this is non removable ( razr maxx?) still after 5 days of using it, I can see the battery improving cause of calibration.
Performance: good, not mind blowing. Does stutter from time to time. Gaming is awesome, no complaints there, browsing is nice but again could be better ( SGSIII?).
Multitasking: not that much of a deal breaker as I thought, not the best obviously but i definitely can live with it. I do like the transition effect when you enter an app or when you press the recent app button and scroll though them, very slick. Just wished you could see more than one app at a time ( stock ICS?)
Audio and speakers: audio is good, beats does enhance sound but a little gimmicky. Speaker is kinda weak in my opinion, although its pretty clear.
Camera: I won't lie, I hardly use the camera on my phone so can't tell but from the few pics I took I love it. But I'm easy to please in that area that's just me
Sense 4.0: MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER than previous versions, less bloated, like how you manage widgets. Don't like the fact that there's a million clock widgets, a million calculator widgets. Wtf HTC?
I think that's pretty much it. The HOX in my opinion, is a fantastic device. I've never seen a better looking device in my life, the screen is amazing especially outdoor visibility. Performance is quite good and battery life is getting better. HTC is heading in the right direction after disappointing releases like the sensation and evo 3D. They've listened to people and toned down sense, which looks as gorgeous as ever by the way. I wish HTC was making their own SoC so they can match it well with android and sense and make it runs super smooth and give it excellent battery life. Still the one x is a fantastic phone and I would recommend it to anybody. Peace!
started the weekend buying the s3 then exchanged for another s3. extremely happy to be finally with a onex. the s3 was nice but felt very fragile. wasn't happy with 2g reception.wouldn't connect to the internet on 2g.may have been a carrier issue.decided to change carrier and phone. reception issue solved .still 2g but have internet connections albeit slow. 3g performance excellent. but most important the phone just feels right.i use a gel case on my phones and had one on the s3 also but the X just feels better. sense is still far better than touchwiz.had wanted to give the s3 a try as i have a tp2 and a titan but once again i find the user experience with htc just that bit better.
Hey guys, first of all I'd like to apologize for posting a question thread in a general section.
I've had EVO 3D GSM for almost a year (9 dec 2011 is a date of purchase) and now it is time to move on. Poor baby was a victim of numerous experiments, including dangerous ones. Evo 3D brought me into android ROM development and I really, really love this phone. But it has lots of marks and scratches, aluminium rim is bent, battery doesn't last longer than 4 hours, digitizer is almost dead, registering random touches while the phone is sitting on the desk not being touched by anyone, sometimes there's an opposite situation: you can lean your whole capacitive corpse on the screen and it wouldn't even suspect anything.
Recently I've got Nexus 4 16gig from my friends for a couple weeks of testing. I was excited as duck, brand new google nexus phone blah blah blah... It ended up being returned to where it came from. Surprisingly, I didn't like it at all. It looks very nice, the glass on the screen is very thin, the glass on the back looks classy, it weights like a solid phone not like a cheap-o toxic chinese toy (this is a perfect description for GNexus' weight IMO). But... Touchscreen responsiveness is awful. I mean, yes, it's better than my iPAQ PPC bought back in 2003, but come on, even the possessed digitizer on my e3d is capable of registering touches more accurately and hell of a lot faster. The glass panel on the back looks sexy, but it is ducking slippery! A couple days ago n4 just slipped away from my hands in the subway, it was saved by the god himself and by tight 3.5mm headphone jack. And, of course, 16gb is not enough at all.
Enough of that, I suppose. The question is, is the One X a good thing to switch to? Are there any problems with this sexy phone, are there any disappointments waiting for me after purchasing the One X?
And another question, is the One X+ that much better than OX? In my region the price difference is above $300, I don't want to waste any money on some useless stuff.
Thanks in advance, folks. My daily driver smartphone is a very important part of my life, and I don't want to rush.
And if you think that One X isn't a good thing to have, which android smartphone would you suggest?
It is onex forum. So yeah, I can definitely recommend this phone as I am using it since April and still love it, I don't even think about upgrading any time soon.
Some people may tell you wait till new phones are introduced which is happening pretty soon, just couple of months. But if wait for a phone you can spend all your life for waiting for a perfect phone without having one
Sent from my HTC One X
Adiost said:
Hey guys, first of all I'd like to apologize for posting a question thread in a general section.
I've had EVO 3D GSM for almost a year (9 dec 2011 is a date of purchase) and now it is time to move on. Poor baby was a victim of numerous experiments, including dangerous ones. Evo 3D brought me into android ROM development and I really, really love this phone. But it has lots of marks and scratches, aluminium rim is bent, battery doesn't last longer than 4 hours, digitizer is almost dead, registering random touches while the phone is sitting on the desk not being touched by anyone, sometimes there's an opposite situation: you can lean your whole capacitive corpse on the screen and it wouldn't even suspect anything.
Recently I've got Nexus 4 16gig from my friends for a couple weeks of testing. I was excited as duck, brand new google nexus phone blah blah blah... It ended up being returned to where it came from. Surprisingly, I didn't like it at all. It looks very nice, the glass on the screen is very thin, the glass on the back looks classy, it weights like a solid phone not like a cheap-o toxic chinese toy (this is a perfect description for GNexus' weight IMO). But... Touchscreen responsiveness is awful. I mean, yes, it's better than my iPAQ PPC bought back in 2003, but come on, even the possessed digitizer on my e3d is capable of registering touches more accurately and hell of a lot faster. The glass panel on the back looks sexy, but it is ducking slippery! A couple days ago n4 just slipped away from my hands in the subway, it was saved by the god himself and by tight 3.5mm headphone jack. And, of course, 16gb is not enough at all.
Enough of that, I suppose. The question is, is the One X a good thing to switch to? Are there any problems with this sexy phone, are there any disappointments waiting for me after purchasing the One X?
And another question, is the One X+ that much better than OX? In my region the price difference is above $300, I don't want to waste any money on some useless stuff.
Thanks in advance, folks. My daily driver smartphone is a very important part of my life, and I don't want to rush.
And if you think that One X isn't a good thing to have, which android smartphone would you suggest?
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@ the right price, I think you can't go wrong with the HOX. IMO the X+ isn't worth the price diference.
Comparing it to its arch rival (SIII), i think the HOX, with its amazing looks and Sense will always win the day. But thats in my case, I really like sense... (some love it, some hate it)
And now that I've bought a Tablet, the HOX battery is just right for me, since the everyday usage as dropped a little.
Adding that to being unbrickable (no S-OFF) and the absolutely awsome support here in XDA, its just great for a stock (or not to adventurous) folk like me.
Wrapping up, I think it is one of the best daily driver smartphone: great looks and feel, awsome Sense experience, and (at least in my circle) its really exclusive and as the WOW effect.
I upgraded from the EVO 3d to one x and I am disappointed its little to nowhere faster at most things, though the camera is miles better I think beats is a huge step down from srs equalizer too its not as good. Imho I'd wish I had stuck it out and waited for HTC's next big flagship, luckily I can pay for early upgrade lol p.s. iv had to send my one x for repair already too once as has my friend with his where as my EVO got thrown dropped dunked and all without any faults. The only things I much prefer are the hdspa speed increase, the great camera, the immense screen is great too, and the feel of the device is great. But deffo go one x + if your going to make it a one range
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lilvfr400boy said:
I upgraded from the EVO 3d to one x and I am disappointed its little to nowhere faster at most things, though the camera is miles better I think beats is a huge step down from srs equalizer too its not as good. Imho I'd wish I had stuck it out and waited for HTC's next big flagship, luckily I can pay for early upgrade lol p.s. iv had to send my one x for repair already too once as has my friend with his where as my EVO got thrown dropped dunked and all without any faults. The only things I much prefer are the hdspa speed increase, the great camera, the immense screen is great too, and the feel of the device is great. But deffo go one x + if your going to make it a one range
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Beats and SRS are just stock equalizers with fixed preset. Yes, there may be some good audio chip or something, but come on, I'm using PowerAMP atm and I have a custom preset for every song in my playlist. Idc about beats or srs. So despite that the only thing that disappointed you after switching from e3d is the fact that one x turned out to be less stress-resistable in a single occasion?
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@ the right price, I think you can't go wrong with the HOX. IMO the X+ isn't worth the price diference.
Comparing it to its arch rival (SIII), i think the HOX, with its amazing looks and Sense will always win the day. But thats in my case, I really like sense... (some love it, some hate it)
And now that I've bought a Tablet, the HOX battery is just right for me, since the everyday usage as dropped a little.
Adding that to being unbrickable (no S-OFF) and the absolutely awsome support here in XDA, its just great for a stock (or not to adventurous) folk like me.
Wrapping up, I think it is one of the best daily driver smartphone: great looks and feel, awsome Sense experience, and (at least in my circle) its really exclusive and as the WOW effect.
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Could you tell me a little more about HOX+? I'm aware of the fact that its CPU is overclocked a bit, and it has 64gig of memory (which is twice as much as I need), and it has some badass red styling, but despite all that, is there really any significant difference?
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Could you tell me a little more about HOX+? I'm aware of the fact that its CPU is overclocked a bit, and it has 64gig of memory (which is twice as much as I need), and it has some badass red styling, but despite all that, is there really any significant difference?
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I just used it for a little, and the main edge for me was the 4.1 in it. Now that the JB update is finally rolling out for the HOX, that edge is gone (I repeat, this is just my opinion). I prefer the HOX Styling (really disliked the red capacitive buttons).
And pairing that to the fact that the price diference is quite large, paying so much for an incremental update doesn't make sense to me.
The Tegra 3's newer version and the 64Gb of storage are not worth the extra cash IMO. As the real world tasks and usage are just as great on one handset as on the other...
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I just used it for a little, and the main edge for me was the 4.1 in it. Now that the JB update is finally rolling out for the HOX, that edge is gone (I repeat, this is just my opinion). I prefer the HOX Styling (really disliked the red capacitive buttons).
And pairing that to the fact that the price diference is quite large, paying so much for an incremental update doesn't make sense to me.
The Tegra 3's newer version and the 64Gb of storage are not worth the extra cash IMO. As the real world tasks and usage are just as great on one handset as on the other...
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Lol, the only thing that I could've been thinking of after seeing red capacitive buttons on Sensation XE was "WHYYY~"
Well that's enough for me. One X it is, just placed an order for a sexy white 32gig version
Thanks to everybody who answered
Adiost said:
Lol, the only thing that I could've been thinking of after seeing red capacitive buttons on Sensation XE was "WHYYY~"
Well that's enough for me. One X it is, just placed an order for a sexy white 32gig version
Thanks to everybody who answered
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Great. And, best for last, the screen... Its absolutely gorgeous...
Hi,
in MY OPINION, I think it's a good change, i've tooked the same path, owner of HTC EVO 3D for almost a year with almost the same problems as you, and now at 1 week ago changed for this ONE X, I did not went for HTC ONE X+, because it does not compensate the money, I'm very happy with the phone.
Go for it.
torres.sis said:
Hi,
in MY OPINION, I think it's a good change, i've tooked the same path, owner of HTC EVO 3D for almost a year with almost the same problems as you, and now at 1 week ago changed for this ONE X, I did not went for HTC ONE X+, because it does not compensate the money, I'm very happy with the phone.
Go for it.
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Well in that case, high five
Also guys, a very quick question: I've just heard that it is possible that white HOX comes in several finishes, including 100% gloss and 100% satin. Is it true? It doesn't seem to be true though...
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Beats and SRS are just stock equalizers with fixed preset. Yes, there may be some good audio chip or something, but come on, I'm using PowerAMP atm and I have a custom preset for every song in my playlist. Idc about beats or srs. So despite that the only thing that disappointed you after switching from e3d is the fact that one x turned out to be less stress-resistable in a single occasion?
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No not just the eq, it's more the whole package. Also I hate that YouTube stutters at times, no matter if the video is fully buffered or not, audio also stops when a notification noise comes on which is poor, don't get me wrong its great phone and I wouldn't have anything else but the one x+ at this present time, but from my view the jelly bean update adding USB otg and non moving wallpaper when moving screens is a big step forward, so it's a good choice if you need a phone at the present time and won't wait to get one
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Hello,
I am evaluating purchasing an used HTC M9. The price seems to be a real bargain (around 60€), but I am worried that it is still a too old device to be enjoyable.
I own an iPhone 7 Plus now and I said myself numerous times that I would never switch back to Android, but I had lot of fun with Android ROMs years ago and I feel like I would love to try again.
I had both HTC m7 and m8 devices and loved it (more the M7 than the M8 actually). How does the M9 feels like?
How would it work after these years? I will not use it to play games, but I will make phone calls, internet browsing, messaging and lot of normal-light usage.
What is your suggestion? How does your M9 feels like after all these years?
Well, by now, the HTC M9 still has respectable development here on XDA. the SD810 feels hot by the heavy use, but it's not dangerous... the phone doesn't have official updates anymore, keep in mind that, still the phone runs great and the Sense UI is one of the fastest UIs around... it has 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and you can put more space with the microSD, so storage wouldn't be a problem, you will find cheap cases on internet, even the Otterbox Defender is like $7 USD on ebay.
The HTC M9 is like a M8 with steroids...
I've just moved to this phone from a Google pixel after it's untimely death ( kid broke it :'( )and I'm happy with it. Performance wise it's fine and I've only noticed a drop in performance on one game. I also flashed a different ROM without sense and got it just the way I like.
Edit: I thought I would add I have always loved the build quality on HTC devices and this one is just as good. Mine is an old phone my wife used for years and she does not look after them. It's full of dints and scrapes and has been very wet and still works perfect. Even the screen is remarkably scratch free.
€60 is a good price, I've just paid €150 for one, although mine was in mint condition and came with s-off.
My wife is still using my M7 that's still going strong after I replaced it with a Sony Z3 (far too fragile for my lifestyle) and then a Moto X Force (lovely phone just has ribbon cable issues with the OLED)
Only slight gripes are the sound quality in Lineageos, so gone back to stock Nougat, a case is essential if you want it to keep it's sexy looks
All said and done, the 810 is a disastrous chip which gets very hot and has a pathetic on-screen battery life.
for me at that price is a good phone, powerful and fast.
There are no overheating problems (at least with last firmware) and the defined disastrous processor is very powerful even if energivorous.
certainly a disastrous purchase at full price but at that price in my opinion is not despicable
Better get a refurbished HTC 10 @ ebay.
Sure not to get M9 is 2018, the battery life, camera, S810 is nor very well. Maybe you can try other budget phone.
Camera is NO good on the M9!!!
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Hello,
I am evaluating purchasing an used HTC M9. The price seems to be a real bargain (around 60€), but I am worried that it is still a too old device to be enjoyable.
I own an iPhone 7 Plus now and I said myself numerous times that I would never switch back to Android, but I had lot of fun with Android ROMs years ago and I feel like I would love to try again.
I had both HTC m7 and m8 devices and loved it (more the M7 than the M8 actually). How does the M9 feels like?
How would it work after these years? I will not use it to play games, but I will make phone calls, internet browsing, messaging and lot of normal-light usage.
What is your suggestion? How does your M9 feels like after all these years?
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G'day mate,
I would give the M9 a wide girth if you have any interest in using it to take photos. It has an impressive 20M camera, but no ability to focus, and take good shots. Here is a post that I made some time ago on the subject.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/help/photo-quality-m9-poor-compared-to-t3385288
I have three beautiful daughters, and the inability of this phone to take good photos of them lead me to purchase an Oppo A77. There are may good Android phones in the AU$300 (~EU$180) range. Oppo is an excellent brand to start with, however if you take this path be aware that you need to tinker with it a bit to get standard notifications; check out my Oppo post here -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/enabling-push-notifications-oppo-a77-t3748639
Good luck mate, I would say "Happy Hunting", but as I believe in peace on earth I will settle with "May you reach your dreams, even if they encompass the stars themselves!"
Cheers
Davo
For that price and just to play around with it, totally.
But the first thing you should do if you get one would be to go to a service, open it up and clean the dust from the speaker grille.
Or try at home with a toothbrush and a vacuum cleaner. (This is what i personally do, but there is clearly still dust in there because the sound is still cracking at high volume. Plus, dust particles still fly away from the speaker, even after cleaning, if i turn the volume all the way up)
But if you clean it professionally, it has an incredible speaker setup.
Camera now. The Nougat 7.0 update made the camwra usable in low light. (You could try to find the link for SunDream's 7.1.2 S.ROM because is clearly the best Sense-based ROM around here. And also the only one that also raised the API level by 1 over the OTA limit.)
Like, is incredible how much right that one update did... But you lose the 9 seconds of exposure time from the "More Light More Fun" Mod (or something between those lines. Somebody posted the link in this thread anyway).
Anyway, (5.1.1 MLMF + Luma Denoise. What i currently use) in daytime and slightly less than perfect light conditions, the camera performs really good.
The bokeh effect is amazing, like the edge detection is on point. It detects those hair strings like magic.
I did a bokeh test on a moving pine tree branch, and it got all the pins right.
Not a single one got blurred over.
I tried it against the Note 8, the S9+ and the iPhone X (stuff that my classmates have) and beat all of them at edge detection from my personal tests.
The others struggle with reflective surfaces from what i observed.
Anyway, performance.
Good. Doesnt slow down over time.
Never cleaned dalvik, never zipaligned, never optimized databases, never installed a new ROM.
I challenged myself to use it with what it had installed (in my case, the update right before 6.0.1).
It can still play PUBG just fine on HD settings... For like 10 minutes because it heats up and throttles.
But older games work just fine on the highest settings.
Screen. If you can ignore the fact that black is some sort of very dark blue, is ok.
You can play VR with it just fine. You wont notice the pixels.
Also, if you set it on Automatic, it actually goes darker than the lowest brightness setting.
(Also, activating the brightness slider from the customization file still doesnt make it darker than Auto Brightness.)
IR is really useful, imo.
Headphone sound was really good for it's time, but it's still just a 24-bit DAC.
Bluetooth is just AptX and you can feel the compression.
But still enjoyable with Viper FX.
I think you can patch AptX HD tho...
Also if i remeber correctly there is a mod that makes the speakers louder.
And finally Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 is very realistic... If the speakers are clean.
Done. Would i recommend it in 2018?
As a secondary phone, totally.
Would a Butterfly 3 be better? Obviously, if you dont care that much about ROMs and customization. (It has water resistance and dual cameras.)
So... For 60$. Have fun. Install as many ROMs you want.
(Also a good time to buy one because MIUI finally got released, so you have a very wide sellection of ROMs.)