HTC One X Review

 The HTC One X offers a 4.7" super LCD screen, an 8 megapixel camera, and Android 4.0 software on AT&T's 4G LTE network. Find out from Kevin Pereira and Matt Mira if this smartphone makes the cut on Gadget Pr0n.

What You Need to Know

• The HTC One X has a great design, and we're finally seeing something different from the typical black plastic smartphones.
• The body has a matte finish that feels really good in you hand.
• The smartphone has pretty much the same size specs as the Galaxy Nexus.
• The buttons are really simple: there's a power button on the top and a volume rocker on the side.
• All the other buttons are capacitive.
• The rear camera really sticks out in this design, and there's a front facing camera as well.
• We feel like a lot of work went into making this phone look different from the rest, and we think the effort paid off.
• The HTC One X packs a lot of power with a dual-core Snapdragon processor and Android's Ice Cream Sandwich OS version.
• This phone is very fast with little to no Android lag.
• We compared the HTC One X with the Droid RAZR Maxx and it was noticeably faster.
• The smartphone also runs HC's latest skin, the Sense 4.0.
• Sense is one of the very few things that we didn't love.
• It's pretty much the same with improvements like the home screen customization and a new app switcher.
• We just prefer the stock Android that we loved on the Galaxy Nexus.
• Sense 4.0 felt like bloatware on a phone.
• Overall, we liked using this phone a lot.
• The HTC One X has an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video.
• We don't think anyone would be disappointed with the photos but it's just not on pair with the great cameras we see on smartphones like the iPhone 4S and the Nexus.
• The 1080p video looked pretty good but not on part with the elite smartphones. 
• The battery life was pretty good and we got a full day of heavy use out of it.
• It doesn't have the best battery life but we think that's because of the screen.
• The screen is pretty amazing so we think it's an alright compromise.
• We tested the AT&T 4G LTE model which has a bigger battery to compensate for the LTE hardware.

Price

• $199 with a contract.

Rating

• 4 Seals of Approval out of 5.  (How do we rate gadgets?)
• We were very impressed by the unique design.
• The screen is up there with the best on the market.
• Ice Cream Sandwich makes this phone fast with a pleasant experience to use.
• HTC's Sense 4.0 and camera hold this phone back from being a 5 out of 5. 
• If you're an AT&T customer looking to get an Android phone, the HTC One X is the one to buy.

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