At MWC 2012 HTC announced a new line of smartphones – the
One, which includes three phones at the moment – the One X, the One V and the
One S. All three devices have different specs and appearance, and, naturally,
come with different price tags.
The HTC One X is the most powerful one among all three, so
it’s expected to be the main flagship of the company this year, unless HTC
released something even cooler in the second half of the year. It’ll be
released soon, most likely in the second quarter of the year.Can this smartphone stand against the best devices released in the end of 2011? In this article we’ll try to find out if the HTC One X can compete Apple’s current flagship – the iPhone 4S.
Looks
It’s not really a good idea to compare the iPhone 4S and the
HTC One X in terms of design, since some people like the looks of the first,
and some others clearly prefer the second.
The iPhone 4S has a classy and
recognizable design, but a rather small 3.5-inch screen; those who love the
Apple brand and want everyone to see they’re holding an iPhone in their hands
will no doubt choose the iPhone 4S. And those who prefer bigger screens will
love the 4.7-inch display (with 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, by the way,
promised to be very bright and detailed) of the HTC One X. By the way, the One
X is lighter, too, even though it’s bigger, and this can be a good argument for
many.
Specs
The iPhone 4S has a rather fast dual-core processor clocked
at 1GHz. Almost all high-end phones had similar processors, so Apple’s device
was rather competitive in the end of 2011 and in the beginning of 2012.
However, everything can change with the release of the HTC One X with its
quad-core CPU clocked at 1.5GHz – it’s going to be much faster and much more
responsive than the old dual-core ones. Plus the amount of RAM in the One X is
twice bigger than in the iPhone 4S, which will also play its role when it comes
to fast performance.
Though the HTC One X will have a cooler processor than the
iPhone 4S, the other specs of these two flagships are rather similar. They both
have 8MP cameras that take 3264x2448 pixels photos and shoot 1080p videos at
30fps, but the One X uses HTC’s ImageSense software and can take many, many
continuous shots in just one second, while the iPhone 4S has access to a number
of photo sharing apps that are Apple’s exclusive.
The HTC One X is also famous for its good-quality sound
(after all, it uses Beats Audio just like all latest phones manufactured by
Samsung). But anyway, we can’t say it’s a big advantage over the iPhone 4S,
since Apple’s smartphones have always been famous for their great sound even
without any Beats Audio.
Platform
The HTC One X will run the latest version of Google’s famous
OS – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which looks great and is expected to feel
great, too, thanks to the HTC Sense user interface. The iPhone 4S runs the
good-old iOS5. I don’t really want to speak much about these platforms, since
none of them is really better than the other. Both have their fans, and both
have a number of shortcomings and advantages. Let me just say that iOS is
usually more intuitively understandable and easy in use, but Android is much
more customizable, and it’s open source, too.
So what do we have here? Most specs and features of the
iPhone 4S and the HTC One X are similar, but the more powerful CPU (with a
bigger battery to support its work) makes the One X look a bit better. If the
HTC One X doesn’t come at a sky-high price, maybe they’ll be a sense in buying
it.
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