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Oct

Editorial: Did HTC Drop The Ball With The One X+?

Posted by David Ruddock in Editorials, HTC, One X (Endeavor), One X+

Last Updated: October 26th, 2012

Even as the proud owner of an HTC One X, sometimes I find it difficult to defend the company whose handsets I really do love. The One X is a truly gorgeous piece of hardware - a unique and interesting design among a sea of relatively similar (or extremely boring) shiny plastic rectangles. It's the first Android phone design I've looked at and thought to myself, "Wow, that's really inspired." Call me a fanboy if you must, but I really do love the look of this phone. I have since I reviewed it, and I still love it now.

As such, you can guess that I love the look of the One X+.

Oct

AT&T Will Get The HTC One X+ Exclusively In The US, Also Adding The One VX To Its Roster

Posted by Cameron Summerson in AT&T, HTC, News, One VX, One X (Endeavor), One X+

Last Updated: October 26th, 2012

Well, the long-awaited (and rumored) HTC One X+ is official. HTC took the wraps off this not-so-secret handset earlier this morning, stating that it would be available in several different regions. Now, AT&T has announced that it will be the exclusive carrier of the device here in the US, and it will hit stores "in the coming months."

For those who may not have caught the news this morning, the One X+ is essentially the same as its predecessor on the outside, but is an entirely different beast on the inside:

4.7" 1280x720 display
1.7GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor
1GB RAM
64GB internal storage
8MP rear shooter, 1.6MP front camera
LTE
2100mAh battery
Android 4.1 with Sense 4+

Also announced by AT&T today is the HTC One VX, a nice mid-range smartphone with decent specs:

4.5" qHD Super LCD2
1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4
1GB RAM
8GB storage, microSD card slot
5MP rear shooter, VGA front camera
Android 4.0 (will be upgraded to 4.1 "shortly after launch")

Much like the One X+, there's no certain date when the VX will be released.

Oct

HTC Announces Sense 4+ With Camera Enhancements, Easy Device Setup

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in HTC, News, One X+

Last Updated: October 26th, 2012

In its One X+ announcement, HTC also announced some changes to Sense. While none were groundbreaking (so don't expect a visual overhaul) and not a lot of details were revealed, the company did mention a few things were being upgraded.

^{Protip: the image on the left is gigantic when full-sized. Apparently HTC's target date was September 24.}

The camera software seems to have received the bulk of the changes, starting with the front-facer, which now includes Self Portrait mode (previewed below, left). As you'd expect, it makes taking self-shots easier by "detecting the human face at various angles and applying subtle enhancements to skin and eyes" - in other words, it auto-'Shops you.

Oct

HTC Unveils The One X+ With Sense 4+, Jelly Bean, Tegra 3 With LTE, And Improved Specs

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in HTC, Jelly Bean 4.1, News, One X (Endeavor), One X+

Last Updated: October 26th, 2012

The worst kept secret in HTC's recent history, the One X+, was finally officially announced this morning by the Taiwanese manufacturer. Let's take a closer look at what has changed.

Hardware

The updated One X variant features:

A beefier Cortex-A9 NVIDIA Tegra 3 AP37 processor running at 1.7GHz (up from 1.5GHz)
ULP GeForce NVIDIA GPU, running at 520MHz (up from 416MHz)
64GB of internal storage (up from 32GB)
2100mAh battery (up from 1800mAh), which HTC says may give you up to 6 hours of extra talk time
1.6MP front-facing camera (up from 1.3MP)
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Sense 4+
135g - slightly heavier but only by 5 grams (up from 130g)

The rest of the specs remain the same, including a 4.7" 1280x720 display, 1GB of RAM (a real bummer considering Samsung's and LG's latest offerings contain and really benefit from double that), Beats Audio, and an 8MP rear-facing camera.

Sep

HTC One X+ For T-Mobile Shows Up On Blurrycam, But Is It Just Giving False Hope?

Posted by David Ruddock in HTC, Leaks, One X+, Rumors, T-Mobile

Last Updated: October 26th, 2012

The now-infamous @evleaks has leaked yet another upcoming smartphone today, this time a T-Mobile-branded version of what is dubbed the HTC "One X+." This phone has been rumored for some time, and even shown up in some Incredible-esque regalia, adding to the rumor that it's headed for Verizon.

This phone, though, looks exactly like a standard One X, and without any sort of scale, you probably can't tell the difference.