HTC Butterfly X920d Review

Good connectivity options

The keyboard is still not the best to use and the word prediction could use a major update. For example, it simply wasn’t able to predict I wanted to type 'we'll' after typing the w and the e, given the context of the sentence. It gave me every other option but we'll.

Misc. Apps
Besides the usual assortment of Google apps, you get plenty of HTC centric apps like the Mirror (uses the front facing camera), a Task Manager to kill apps and services, Flashlight and Notes that syncs with your Evernote account to a Data transfer app that works between compatible devices. HTC’s Car setup gives you a landscape display with oversized icons that make it easy to access features on your device while you’re driving. 

Good camera interface

Camera
The camera sensors seem to have been lifted off the 8X as the Butterfly packs in the same f/2.0 front facing camera and rear facing camera. The camera interface and features are very similar to what we saw on the One X+, the only difference is that the quality of images is much better. The f/2.0 aperture gives you incredible depth of field effects for macro shots. The sensor is also able to pick up much more detail than before. Slow motion video is quite fun as well but you can’t get anything above 480p. The awesome burst mode also makes a comeback here. Take a look at some of our sample pictures and judge for yourself.

Crazy depth of field

Captures really good details

Slow Motion video test


Battery Life
HTC, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to fit the Butterfly with a measly 2020mAh battery. As expected, this gave us just 6 hours and 40 minutes in our video drain test, which is borderline average. The One X+ on the other hand gave us about 9 hours of video playback despite having a more power hungry SoC. The high-resolution screen seems to be the culprit here more than Qualcomm’s SoC. We don’t even want to imagine what effect a Full HD Super AMOLED screen will have.

Verdict and Price in India
With a price of Rs 45,990, the HTC Butterfly is officially the most expensive Android handset in the market and goes head on with the iPhone 5. All said and done, the Butterfly is another brilliantly-crafted handset from HTC and takes pole position in their Android fleet. It looks majestic (although we still maintain the One X was a better looker), feels comfortable in your hand despite the large screen, has a sharp and vivid display, very good multimedia features and excellent cameras. The poor battery life is our only real gripe with this phone and of course, its high price. This should very soon normalise as more 1080p screen handsets start hitting the market. As of now, we feel the HTC Butterfly outperforms the iPhone 5 in almost all departments, save for battery life and if you’re looking for an alternative to Apple, then there’s nothing better than this at the moment.