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Editors' ChoiceHTC One X+ Review

19 Nov, 2012, 9:25 am IST | by Roydon Cerejo | Smartphones

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The keyboard is actually usable this time around
Still handsome
One of the highlights of the phone

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PRICE IN INDIA

40,190

TECH2 RATING

7.5

AVERAGE USER RATING

8.5

How we test

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Once a relatively unheard off OEM company tucked away in Taiwan to one of the top smartphone manufacturers today, HTC’s rise to fame (and fortune) is nothing short of amazing. It is now one of the key players in Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 platform and its selection of Android phones keep growing by the dozen. HTC really upped the game when it launched the One series. The design and choice of materials just screamed premium, and the One X continues to be one of the best built handsets in the market. HTC was so pleased with its success and response by the masses that it has decided to make it even better. Introducing the One X+, a beefed up One X with a more refined UI. Let’s see if this is enough to take away the top spot from the Galaxy Note II.

Video Review

 

HTC One X+ video review



Design and build
If we were to keep the old one and the One X+ side by side, there’s no way to tell them apart. The only clue that gives the new one away is the red backlit capacitive buttons and a red ring around the camera. It pulled off this style with the Sensation XE as well, so its not surprising the One X+ gets the same treatment. We won’t go too much into the design and build here since it’s virtually identical, but yes, the beautiful polycarbonate shell is back along with that gorgeous S-LCD 2 screen.

Still handsome

Still handsome

 


Connectivity remains pretty much the same as well. You get a microUSB port on the left while the right houses a volume rocker. The power and 3.5mm headphone jack take their rightful place on the top. While the One X+ hasn’t grown physically, it has become slightly heavier at 135g (as compared to 130g on the One X). Another small change is the addition of Gorilla Glass 2, which is supposed to be better than the first iteration.

One of the highlights of the phone

One of the highlights of the phone

 


Like before, the battery is non-removeable, but this time HTC has managed to squeeze in a larger 2100mAh battery, which they say should provide up to 50 percent more battery life. There’s no room for expandable storage, but you probably won’t feel the need since the One X+ doubles its internal capacity to 64GB, which is plenty. Even with just these additions, the One X+ already feels like a more complete phone. Doubling the internal storage and adding a larger battery was a smart move by HTC. But wait, there’s more.

Features
Interface
As if having four cores running at 1.5GHz wasn’t enough, the One X+ now features an Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC running at 1.7GHz. This isn’t just an overclocked SoC we found in the One X though. Instead, it is using the Tegra 3+ AP37 (predecessor was the AP33H) SoC that runs natively at 1.7GHz. Nothing has changed in this new one though, as the feature set remains virtually identical to the old one. Along with this new hardware, you also get Jelly Bean and the new Sense 4+ out-of-the-box. While it’s quite similar to Sense 4 in functionality and aesthetics, it feels smoother and quicker. It's not completely lag free though. Despite Project Butter, there’s this very tiny hint of lag that creeps up when swiping between homescreens. We can’t believe we are saying this, but TouchWiz on the Note II felt a lot more buttery compared to Sense.

Slick user interface

Slick user interface

 


One notable improvement you’ll immediately appreciate is the keyboard. It’s a lot more usable this time around and the annoying lag that was present in the old one is now gone. Word prediction and auto-correct also works very well. One thing that we still found missing was power toggles in the notification bar. HTC had this in its previous versions of Sense, so we aren’t sure why they would get rid of it.

Media
The music and video player are same as Sense 4, with the addition of DivX playback. The audio quality is good and Beats Audio does help enhance the low frequencies, but with the nasty tendency to drown out the others. HTC had some really good EQ presets before, which they’ve surrendered to Beats Audio.This is one area where we feel HTC could have done a lot better. The speaker is quite loud as well, which makes it easy to hear the phone even in crowded streets.

Music player is feature packed

Music player is feature packed

 


Video playback is simply superb here as Full HD videos playback without a hitch in the default player. The colours are rich and vibrant and more natural as compared to AMOLED displays. You can adjust the brightness of the video independently of the screen brightness as well as lock the controls or stream the video via DLNA to a TV. FM Radio is also present along with 7 Digital and TuneIn Radio.

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