Anandtech Review: The HTC One X for AT&T.

[QueBert]

The sad thing is it's not even really 16GB, but about 10GB usable.

2 gigs for apps 10 for music, not great but better than 10 total. I don't understand why HTC and Nokia release these flagship phones and only offer them with 16 gigs. I'd gladly pay $100 more for a One X with 32 gigs, especially seeing how it has no SD. I'm confused at how a 16 gig phone only has 12 gigs free, ICS can't be taking that much room. I think my Lumia 900 had like 13.8 free out the box. The fact the Sprint version will have an SD slot really pains and puzzles me.

 

[matas]

how does this compare to Epic 4g touch? I will need to switch to ATT and wondering if I should get the skyrocket S2 or HTC One X.
Epic 4g touch has such a good camera, and it is really fast. One downside is that gps sucks, but it's probably sprint's issue.

 

[badb0y]

Not going to lie at this time this is the best phone on the market.

Sgs3 can change that in a few days though lol.

 

[matas]

hmm I just realized that ATT will be dual core. hmm

 

[badb0y]

hmm I just realized that ATT will be dual core. hmm

So what? That dual core is faster than the Tegra 3 Quad-core version.

 

[matas]

I'll probably get HTC one x since I rather get a something new than same.

 

[Phokus]

Is there an international unlocked version and is it compatible with T-Mobile's 4G?

 

[dagamer34]

Is there an international unlocked version and is it compatible with T-Mobile's 4G?

Yes and no.

 

[Phokus]

Yes and no.

GAH, damnit

 

[QueBert]

Played with one at the AT&T store, the screen size is sweet and the colors look fabulous. I'm ready to return my Lumia 900 due to the awful battery life for one. But it's not in stores until this Sunday. I'm burnt out on Android a bit, but the screen size + it not being a Pentile/Amoled is a big plus. I dug what I saw, HTC makes some killer phones.

 

[3DoubleD]

I thought I'd add this into the discussion:

http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/articles/dear-htc-can-we-have-our-phones-back-r709

Apparently the dev community is incredibly disappointed with the HTC Dev Bootloader Unlock and the complete lack of proper documentation for the One line of phones. Go ahead and read the article as I won't do it justice, but in addition to the tiny storage size (2 GB for apps is ridiculous for a phone that should be comfortable for at least 2 years (apps will get bigger) and I'd need to adjust the partition for sure) we can now add having trouble rooting the phone or devs having trouble loading their own kernels or properly flashing to the One (X/XL/S/V).

I had a Motorola Milestone (international version of the Droid) that had a locked bootloader and I'll say that I'll never buy a phone again that doesn't openly embrace the dev community. Never.

Thoroughly hoping the SGSIII lives up to the hype. Still hoping for an S4 version as quad core A9s are probably a waste of battery life (even at 32 nm)!!!

 

[kaerflog]

This is just another reason why Samsung Android phones are so much more desireable.
SAmsung has no problem with people rooting their phones in fact they encourage it by sending free phones to cyanogen.

 

[swilli89]

pre-ordered mine through amazonwireless for 150 shipped.. CANT FREAKING WAIT to get this beauty/beast.

 

[vshah]

This is just another reason why Samsung Android phones are so much more desireable.
SAmsung has no problem with people rooting their phones in fact they encourage it by sending free phones to cyanogen.

lol, they even hired steve kondik himself.

 

[Red Storm]

I thought I'd add this into the discussion:

http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/articles/dear-htc-can-we-have-our-phones-back-r709

Apparently the dev community is incredibly disappointed with the HTC Dev Bootloader Unlock and the complete lack of proper documentation for the One line of phones. Go ahead and read the article as I won't do it justice, but in addition to the tiny storage size (2 GB for apps is ridiculous for a phone that should be comfortable for at least 2 years (apps will get bigger) and I'd need to adjust the partition for sure) we can now add having trouble rooting the phone or devs having trouble loading their own kernels or properly flashing to the One (X/XL/S/V).

I had a Motorola Milestone (international version of the Droid) that had a locked bootloader and I'll say that I'll never buy a phone again that doesn't openly embrace the dev community. Never.

Thoroughly hoping the SGSIII lives up to the hype. Still hoping for an S4 version as quad core A9s are probably a waste of battery life (even at 32 nm)!!!

I thought it was going to be like the Nexus, no set limit for apps and stuff? That's stupid.

 

[vshah]

I thought it was going to be like the Nexus, no set limit for apps and stuff? That's stupid.

that's the tradeoff for being to mount as usb mass storage vs MTP

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

This is just another reason why Samsung Android phones are so much more desireable.
SAmsung has no problem with people rooting their phones in fact they encourage it by sending free phones to cyanogen.

Actually if you read development on XDA, there's a lot of issues with Samsung and working with developers. Sure they showed a few gestures which everyone talks about, but getting drivers and stuff to work on the SGS2 has been horrible.

Compare to HTC phones, where they get more things working quicker. The Sensation got ICS working much faster than SGS2.

 

[ew915]

2 gigs for apps 10 for music, not great but better than 10 total. I don't understand why HTC and Nokia release these flagship phones and only offer them with 16 gigs. I'd gladly pay $100 more for a One X with 32 gigs, especially seeing how it has no SD. I'm confused at how a 16 gig phone only has 12 gigs free, ICS can't be taking that much room. I think my Lumia 900 had like 13.8 free out the box. The fact the Sprint version will have an SD slot really pains and puzzles me.

So you don't take any pictures or videos?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

So you don't take any pictures or videos?

shrug, pictures don't take up THAt much space. It's the HD viedeo. I easily gobbled up 4gb by taking HD video. Glad I put a 32gb microSD in my SGS2.

 

[ImDonly1]

2GB for apps? Who thought that is enough?

Why does android partition the storage into 10GB for storage, 2 GB for apps?
Why not have it like the iphone where you have the whole amount of storage to use as you want for music or apps?

 

[vshah]

2GB for apps? Who thought that is enough?

Why does android partition the storage into 10GB for storage, 2 GB for apps?
Why not have it like the iphone where you have the whole amount of storage to use as you want for music or apps?

if you do it that way (see galaxy nexus), you won't be able to mount the phone as a usb mass storage device, and will have to rely on MTP/PTP for data transfer.

 

[Oyeve]

No storage upgradability and beats audio are serious deal-breakers for me. Especially the storage bit. Otherwise I would seriously consider this.

 

[QueBert]

No storage upgradability and beats audio are serious deal-breakers for me. Especially the storage bit. Otherwise I would seriously consider this.

why would Beats Audio be a deal breaker for you? You don't even have to have it enabled if you don't want to. It's a choice, and it add's zero dollars to the price. I can understand the no SD card thing being bad. But Beats Audio?

 

[ponyo]

2GB for apps? Who thought that is enough?

Why does android partition the storage into 10GB for storage, 2 GB for apps?
Why not have it like the iphone where you have the whole amount of storage to use as you want for music or apps?

Blame it on Mac users. HTC made the poor design choice to support 5% Mac users. 95% have to suffer because of the 5%. It's Android version of affirmative action.

 

[Dari]

Blame it on Mac users. HTC made the poor design choice to support 5% Mac users. 95% have to suffer because of the 5%. It's Android version of affirmative action.

What does that choice have to do with Mac users?