*** The official HTC One X thread ***

[sarge78]

Good for a comparision against other phones though, I.E the One S. Doing the same tests will give you an idea how it compares to another phone.

Nope, not really.

The 'web browsing' test is defined by the screens power consumption showing ~90% 'white on' at 50%/medium brightness and the cache/rendering efficiency of the browser. (a website is reloaded every 10 seconds, all you'll see is white background for the most part with the html being loaded off the cache)
Swap to a ~30% 'white on' website, maybe like ocUK, at an equal brightness candela, not the phones generic percent value, say 150-200nits for indoors use and the results would be very different. OLED phones with full caching would 'win' or set a low brightness @ 50%/medium and your phone will 'win' too (HTC Radar)

The video playback is dodgy too, they just loop a dark SD Xvid video. This tests the generic video player format support and the screens power consumption with <20% 'white on' at 50% brightness.
They even converted the Xvid to .m4v for the iPhone 4S test, otherwise it would've got 7 hours with a 3rd party player... Mmm, consistent. Some of those results have probably been defined by software decoding fall-back too, (HTC Radar again, over 1 hour less than its 'web browsing' result lol)
So OLED with great Xvid support wins.

 

[TheCenturion]

The advantages I felt that iPhones had over Android devices were:

battery life
screen quality
loudspeaker

It seems this device has awesome battery life and the screen is amazing. But how are you guys finding the loudspeaker? I noticed that it's still on the back of the phone But how is it quality wise?

 

[Robbo]

The advantages I felt that iPhones had over Android devices were:

battery life
screen quality
loudspeaker

Now it's really just iOS vs Android. Both have good and bad points.

But how are you guys finding the loudspeaker? I noticed that it's still on the back of the phone But how is it quality wise?

It's perfectly fine, not amazing, but very good.

 

[TaKeN]

This looked like an amazing deal to me but I'm not sure... I'll let you guys judge for yourself

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/fre...s-unlimited-texts-1gb-mobile-internet-1193426

This appears to be the best deal going round at the moment then?

The only thing that puts me off is how you have to send off stuff every few months to get your 'Free 6 months'

 

[Dunks]

This appears to be the best deal going round at the moment then?

The only thing that puts me off is how you have to send off stuff every few months to get your 'Free 6 months'

Yeah, redemption sucks.

 

[Yas786]

Ok well finally decided to do an upgrade on my tmo £10 per mth line that ive been using my iphone4 with.

So just got off the phone to tmo and i have to say im bloody shocked at what they offered me on the One X.

£10 p/mth over 24 mths
£40 outright for the phone itself
100mins of call time
Unlimited texts
500mb of internet useage.

Ermmmm ***ing result dont ya think lads??...have to say im absolutely gobsmacked at the result i got from tmo...wasnt expecting anything like that, if anything was expecting to pay £200-£300 outright for the phone on such a low tariff but the guy said to me that im one of their very valued customers as i have another line with them and have been with them for quite a few yrs now.

Go Tmo go!!!

Will have to wait till Mon to pick the phone up instore...just hoping that i like the phone...if i do then ill be selling the iphone4 asap.

 

[Robbo]

Ok well finally decided to do an upgrade on my tmo £10 per mth line that ive been using my iphone4 with.

So just got off the phone to tmo and i have to say im bloody shocked at what they offered me on the One X.

£10 p/mth over 24 mths
£40 outright for the phone itself
100mins of call time
Unlimited texts
500mb of internet useage.

Ermmmm ***ing result dont ya think lads??...have to say im absolutely gobsmacked at the result i got from tmo...wasnt expecting anuthing like that, if anything was expecting to pay £200-£300 outright for the phone on such a low tariff but the guy said to me that im one of their very very valued customers as i have another line with them and have been with them for quite a few yrs now.

Go Tmo go!!!

Will have to wait till Mon to pick the phone up instore...just hoping that i like the phone...if i do then ill be selling the iphone4 asap.

Good lord that's excellent! Hopefully they haven't confused it with the Sensation.

It's a great phone and showcases Android very nicely, if you're going to like it, this is the best shot it has at impressing you.

White or grey?

 

[Dunks]

£280 total cost, they must be making a hefty loss on that surely

 

[Begbie]

How the hell! I spend a fortune with T-Mobile and they refuse to give me the phone for free!

I mean I literally spend 90 a month, sometimes more. Outrage.

 

[smokedog]

Ok well finally decided to do an upgrade on my tmo £10 per mth line that ive been using my iphone4 with.

So just got off the phone to tmo and i have to say im bloody shocked at what they offered me on the One X.

£10 p/mth over 24 mths
£40 outright for the phone itself
100mins of call time
Unlimited texts
500mb of internet useage.
.

A good deal if you just want the phone, not so good if you plan to use it. 100 mins and 500 mb is very low.

 

[Yas786]

Good lord that's excellent! Hopefully they haven't confused it with the Sensation.

It's a great phone and showcases Android very nicely, if you're going to like it, this is the best shot it has at impressing you.

White or grey?

Grey sadly...hopefully i wont have that issue where the paint comes off as someone earlier in this thread mentioned :/.

Hopefully i will be impressed by it...my only real concern is the size of it seeing as im coming from the iphone4...the One X is an inch bigger isnt it??. Honestly Robbo do you find the size to be an issue??

£280 total cost, they must be making a hefty loss on that surely

Indeed and i did mention that to the upgrades guy and he said yep but we dont want to lose you. Im still rather shocked at the deal i got it for...guess my loyalty means something to them. As i said i wasnt in any way, shape or form expecting to get the phone at such a stupidly low price but id be an absolute idiot for not taking it...i think i literally said to the guy that ill bite your arm and hand off for that deal.

How the hell! I spend a fortune with T-Mobile and they refuse to give me the phone for free!

I mean I literally spend 90 a month, sometimes more. Outrage.

Well i dont know why that is mate, i do have 2 lines with them, this one im paying £10 a mth and my other which is £63 a month so i spend around £70ish a month with them.

Perhaps i just got lucky today with the upgrades guy...if you want to try your luck, maybe ask for Stuart as hes the one who did the deal for me.

 

[Yas786]

A good deal if you just want the phone, not so good if you plan to use it. 100 mins and 500 mb is very low.

Which is why i didnt go to a higher tariff...i only use this line for whatsapp, skype and downloading apps on my iphone at the moment...maybe the odd text and odd phone call here or there. I have another line which gives me unlimited calls, texts and internet.

 

[Nexus18]

SAMSUNG/dp/B006O871LS"]This one[/URL], two came free with my case.

Hmm, not sure what they are like, never heard of them.........

You can always just take the protector off and give it a try and decide what you like best then

 

[mrk]

The Verge review stated that the X was superb screen wise, the laminated filter meant that stuff on the screen looks like it's on the surface from 90 degree viewing angles but the reviewer stated images still looked soft and as if it came from a camera phone. He said it was a disappointment in that department. Also the samples I have seen don't put the quality of images above that of the Galaxy S2, at least the quality of images I'm getting from my S2 anyway. Whether that's down to settings used or not I don't know.

The only flaws they noted were SenseUI being too much colour bound and not enough polish to represent what ICS is all about (paraphrased) but did note about custom ROMs so an AOSP/AOKP based ROM would be perfect on it.

If..a big if, the S3 is not as good as the X then I'm gonna be looking at the X I think. It will run AOKP no problem and battery life can get a day of usage after reading around and I do like the shell design too.

The next 4-8 weeks are going to be quite interesting!

 

[Dunks]

Spawn, I'm guessing they're probably making a hefty profit on the other line you have, which lets you have this awesome deal! Do want.

 

[Nexus18]

But mrk...........blacks aren't black!

 

[mrk]

That's the only downside really but that's not an issue if the S3 is all it's rumoured to be!

Edit*
Hmm the camera even with HR mod still has that 'HTC' stuttery metering that all HTC phones had before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpjoYgnAoqA&feature=player_embedded

Tick this off my list then, lol.

 

[Yas786]

Spawn, I'm guessing they're probably making a hefty profit on the other line you have, which lets you have this awesome deal! Do want.

Probably i guess...at the moment thats all i pay £63 a month as i dont get even close to maxing the line internet wise. But come Sept ill be looking to probably downgrade that to about £30-£40 a mth as £63 a mth is a bit too excessive and now that i have married my missus...i hardly need the unlimited calls, texts etc. Saying that the £40 full monty plan will give me unlimited calls, texts and internet as well but ill be saving myself £20 a mth.

 

[Robbo]

Grey sadly...hopefully i wont have that issue where the paint comes off as someone earlier in this thread mentioned :/.

Hopefully i will be impressed by it...my only real concern is the size of it seeing as im coming from the iphone4...the One X is an inch bigger isnt it??. Honestly Robbo do you find the size to be an issue??

It's certainly a good bit bigger. You'll notice it. It's also a little bit slippery so you'll have to be mindful of that as well.

No problem with one handed use for me though.

 

[Yas786]

It's certainly a good bit bigger. You'll notice it. It's also a little bit slippery so you'll have to be mindful of that as well.

No problem with one handed use for me though.

Good to hear...ill have a chance to play with it instore on Mon as the guy said that i should have a play with it for a good few mins and also will be checking to see if there are any defects on the phone...i doubt it but doesnt hurt to look.

Said im under no obligation to take the phone if i dont like it...hopefully that wont be the case but if it is then ill just hang fire for the S3 when that comes out...just means ill have to wait a bit longer and may not get such a great deal on the S3 as i have with the One X.