HTC Windows Phone 8X

HTC being a loyal user platform Windows Phone (WP) since two years ago when Microsoft announced WP7. WP7 phones including the HTC 7 Trophy, HTC 7 Mozart and HTC HD7. Then, when Microsoft launches WP7.5 Mango in september last year, HTC launched the HTC Radar participate.

When Microsoft launched into one of the top three operating systems in the mobile market with WP8, HTC is one of the four co-mentioned hardware. Not to be outdone by Nokia, HTC and Microsoft simultaneously announced two special phones for Microsoft's new mobile operating system - Windows Phone 8X and 8S.

Windows Phone 8X is a high end HTC phones, which will compete with the Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Ativ S. How HTC severity compared WP8 phones with the same operating system? Here's a brief description of the specification and its comparison with three other WP8 phones.

 

Known as the HTC Hub, which was later renamed the "HTC", this application provides access to weather information, statistical and share news. In addition to these three categories, users can add more countries or cities (for the weather), the index (for stocks) and subscriptions (for news).

The main features of HTC Windows Phone 8X

•      Windows Phone 8
•      4.3-inch Super LCD 2/1280 x 720 pixels
•      Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.5 GHz
•      RAM 1 GB
•      16 GB internal memory (no memory card slot)
•      8 megapixel camera, auto focus / lens F2.0 / BSI / HTC ImageChip / 1080p video recorder
•      2.1 megapixel front camera / Ultra-wide-angle / lens f/2.0 / HTC ImageChip / 1080p video  recorder
•      Hardware and software Beats Audio
•      1800 mAh battery (non-removable)
•      132.35 x 66.2 x 10.2 mm
•      130 grams

As WP8 phones have been marketed, HTC WP8X features three touch navigation buttons (Back, Home, Search) under a 4.3-inch Super LCD. The camera is located at the front left corner of the screen, which seems unusual since most phones put the camera in the middle front or right of the screen.

Though charming design, ease of access to the Power and volume controls are not we found on this phone. Both of these buttons are too deep and does not stand out at all from the phone body, causing difficulties when pressed. This is quite disturbing considering the design of this phone spends a long time, regardless of the aspect of usage.