HTC One X AT&T Pro Reviews

With a couple of small tweaks, HTC could have delivered a five star handset in the form of the One XL. Unfortunately, battery life just wasn't up to the standard it needs to be. Still, short smartphone battery life is nothing new, so if you're keen on accessing Telstra's LTE network with a stylish device running Jelly Bean, this is easily one of the most enticing products on the market. Sure, the 4G Samsung Galaxy S3 pips it at the post when it comes to versatility thanks to its MicroSD card slot and replaceable battery, but it also lacks HTC Sense, which is easily a much nicer experience than TouchWiz. If LTE isn't a must-have, the One X is still a very worthwhile option though. It also struggles from battery life issues, but not to the same extent as the One XL. Either way, you're going to end up with a very nice, functional device.

A new chipset for an already excellent handset makes it a great 4G alternative to the mighty Samsung S3 LTE

The HTC One X has certain advantages before the Galaxy Note II, like a brighter screen and a beautiful, light and compact unibody design, but in most other aspects it gives way to Samsung’s giant. If looks are your thing, you are probably wondering how are people appearing in public with something like the Note II anyway. Samsung’s handset has a large, beautiful HD Super AMOLED screen, too, and its way larger battery ensures much better battery life than what you will get with the One X, plus you can swap the battery, or put a microSD card in it, unlike the sealed unibody design of HTC’s phone. When we add the number of extra functions brought around by the S Pen stylus of the Note II, it becomes a more complete package compared to the HTC One X, but only for users who are willing to go all the way up to its size.

There's a lot to love about the HTC One X, and hardly anything to hate (except perhaps the battery meter and the dirt-grabbing back cover). The device is a good size and comfortable to hold, with excellent performance and a lightning fast web browser that is particularly great thanks to the automatic reading view. Though voice performance was slightly disappointing, you might not have the same issue if AT&T service is strong in your area. Add in a great camera, a gorgeous display, fast performance, and a slim profile, and the One X is one excellent phone. It has a few minor shortcomings, but if I were in the market for a new Android smartphone today, the One X would definitely be at the top of a very short list.

The AT&T version of the HTC One X has plenty going for it. The smartphone is just as beautiful and well put together as its global sibling, yet still manages to outperform it on almost every occasion. Comparisons aside, the Sense UI 4.0 offers top-notch user experience and the camera is a joy to use with its simple interface and a slew of available features. Feature-wise, one could barely ask for more than the AT&T exclusive smartphone can already offer. Out biggest complaint about the AT&T HTC One X is the extremely limited built-in storage capacity of the smartphone. With only 13GB of available memory, quite a few users might find themselves being overly careful about the number of apps they install, or amount of multimedia they have on the One X. The limited storage may have worked fine for Apple and the iPhone, but Android users are a different crowd. The 25GB of free Dropbox storage are not a complete solution to the abovementioned problem. After all, you still need to download the files before opening them on your One X. Not to mention that you might need to use you data plan for the exercise too.

By now you're probably asking yourself, is AT&T's One X really better than the global model? Yes, absolutely -- assuming you can live with the carrier's software tweaks and bloatware. At $199, this is the best subsidized Android phone available in the US today. It arguably dethrones Samsung's mighty Galaxy Note as AT&T's flagship device by combining Ice Cream Sandwich, a faster processor and a more efficient LTE radio. The only alternative, if you can afford it, is to import the unbranded, unlocked Canadian version of the One X, which is also compatible with AT&T's LTE bands.

The HTC One X performed very well throughout our entire battery of benchmarks and in all of our real-world testing. The responsiveness of the device is top notch, the screen offers excellent viewing angles and image quality, and battery life is more than acceptable for such a high performing device. The benchmarks show the 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM 8960 dual-core SoC at the heart of the HTC One X easily outpacing other dual-core chips thanks to its more advanced architecture and graphics performance was very good as well. The camera in the HTC One X was also very fast and produced nice images in a variety of lighting conditions.

In AT&T's sea of interchangeable Android smartphones, differentiation isn't that hard. Samsung did it by blowing up a Galaxy S II to huge proportions and adding a digitizer-stylus combo to create the Galaxy Note. With the One X, HTC has taken a different route, crafting a truly elegant piece of hardware out of unique, high-quality materials and loading it with software that, while not perfect, is certainly among the best out there. Those imperfections are very real; the inability to escape Sense's remaining heavy-handed touches, the awful keyboard, and the paltry 16GB of storage have all cost the One X a perfect score. But when it comes down to it, if I were shopping for an Android smartphone on AT&T, I'd be hard pressed to pick something else. HTC has created something very special here, something that stands out from the crowd and which, to me, deserves the "flagship" appellation more than any other Android device on America's number-two carrier. This one's going to be hard to give back.

The HTC One X is a fantastic phone, providing you can overlook its flaws. For some, the below-average call quality will most likely be a deal-breaker. For others, the One X's weak audio recording capabilities and inclusion of bloatware will be what drives them to another handset like the Nokia Lumia 900 or Apple iPhone 4S (also both on AT&T). But for those who want a truly superior Android experience in a premium design and can look past these problems, the HTC One X will be a phone that you can proudly show off to your friends.

The one caveat is that you must like big phones. They're not for everybody, and that's a totally respectable position. If you do like big phones, though, this is easily the best Android phone on AT&T, and very possibly the best Android phone period (the other current contenders are the HTC Evo 4G LTE and the Samsung Galaxy SIII). You could argue that the HTC One X is better than the iPhone 4S. Yeah, you heard that! The screen is most definitely better, the rest comes down to personal preference. Also, at $200 on contract, this thing is a steal.

The HTC One X from AT&T is a whopper of a phone. It takes every feature to the Nth degree in hopes of attaining smartphone perfection. It comes close. I like the hardware a lot. It is solid, light, and resistant to the trials and tribulations of daily life. The screen is colorful, bright, and rich. The radio performance was good across the board. The camera software is amazing, and the results match the experience of taking the pictures. The messaging tools are great, but the calling and contacts tools are still too much like they were in Sense 3.0. Neither Android 4.0 nor Sense 4.0 are perfect. They never will be. Overall, the One X is an excellent effort from HTC. It's easily the best hardware to come from HTC in the last year. The One X clearly jumped to the top of the smartphone hill at AT&T's stores. It's "the one" to get if you're an Android fan.

The HTC One X is quite simply the smartphone we wished Google had launched Ice Cream Sandwich with. It has an amazing display, arguably the best balance of performance and power efficiency in an SoC and a truly outstanding design. In a sea of Android devices that mostly look the same, the HTC One X definitely stands out. It really is the best Android smartphone on the market today. The industrial design and build quality are easily the best HTC has ever put forward. The One X feels incredibly solid and just looks great. The slight curve to the front surface lets you glide your finger smoothly over the display without hitting an abrupt edge as you approach the end of the device. The back of the One X is distinctly HTC, but obviously more modern. Of anything that has launched thus far, it's probably our favorite looking Android smartphone.

The One X is as large as mainstream phones should be. To some of you, it will definitely be too large to comfortably hold. We’ve managed to get used to it and it isn’t any harder to hold than the Galaxy Nexus, so we aren’t going to punish it, but if you’re looking for a more reasonable size, the One S on T-Mobile is almost the same phone, but a bit smaller. We really like the direction HTC is going with its One series. Everything about this phone is top of the line, from its battery life to its 4G LTE connection, camera, and construction (polycarbonate). If you’re on AT&T, there is no doubt that this is now the phone to have, and at just $200, it’s a lot more affordable than the $300 price we’ve been seeing for top-notch Android devices.

AT&T has made waves this year with a few very prominent smartphone announcements. Though only a handful of devices actually have made it to market, the carrier's customers face a tough choice. In one corner, of course, is the $99 Nokia Lumia 900. If you ache for a Windows Mango smartphone, or simply a well-designed and affordable device on AT&T, I wholeheartedly recommend it. And in the other corner is the $199.99 HTC One X. It's fast, it's modern, and it boasts LTE, all of which at the moment makes it the best AT&T Android available.

When 2011 came to a close and 2012, all signs were that Android might be facing its first big shakeout, with HTC facing a rough fall and winter after being bruised by the iPhone 4S and carriers skewing rapidly towards Samsung. The year was proof that Android wasn't a guaranteed ticket to success, even for the company that made the originating T-Mobile G1. One year's worth of an overpopulated lineup with rushed or at times simply unnecessary devices was all it took to reverse years of gains. Never have we seen a company adapt so quickly. Although there's no doubt the switch would have been in planning for months, HTC has gone from thick, uninspiring devices with buggy new technology and overweight software to slim, distinctive hardware that both exudes polish and a sense of very thoughtfully considered additions or subtractions. HTC has understood that "differentiation" by itself doesn't matter. The only thing that matters on any phone is making a better device, even if it means leaving Google's features intact rather than imposing your own stamp. Here, that means bolstering apps that needed improvement and providing hardware features that realize their full potential in the software, like a high-quality and very responsive camera.

We fell hard for the European HTC One X, and with the addition of LTE the AT&T version is even stronger. The slick physical design, excellent display – visible indoors and out, even when wearing polarized sunglasses – and solid audio quality, when paired with 4G data speeds, add up to a fantastic smartphone and a fitting flagship for HTC’s 2012 range. Our one remaining quibble is HTC Sense, covering up what – after a fair few Android iterations – is in Ice Cream Sandwich a highly usable platform in its raw form. Sense is much improved, yes, but so is Android 4.0 and we’re still not convinced that HTC’s customizations are necessary any longer. Still, Android’s flexibility means there are plenty of third-party launchers to choose from – we’re particularly keen on APEX and Novo – without demanding that you root your phone. Is the HTC One X the best phone on AT&T’s network? It undoubtedly has some very strong competition from Apple’s iPhone 4S, though with the two handsets targeting different extremes in terms of screen size we’d think there’s room in the line-up for both to coexist. If you’re an Android fan and you live in an area with LTE coverage then the AT&T One X is a no-brainer.

With Ice Cream Sandwich, a stunning screen, and fast AT&T LTE, the HTC One X takes its place as the king of all Android smartphones—for now, at least.

Let’s be serious here people! Should be lament that AT&T’s version resorts to using a dual-core processor instead of wielding a quad-core one like its international sibling? Of course not, mainly because this version of the HTC One X maintains the same excellent level of performance. And if that’s not enough for you, it’s been outfitted with 4G LTE connectivity to really round out its feature filled arsenal, but more importantly, it’s the one distinctive and usable feature that makes this version stand out apart from its sibling from across the big lake. There’s no arguing about the HTC One X being a top-shelf smartphone, but unlike the Samsung Galaxy Note LTE, it’s not flaunting a price point that’s overblown to proportions. Rather, customers are truly in for a treat considering that it’s sticking to that usual golden price of $200 on-contract, which seemingly makes it a great buy in many ways. Sure, it’s not perfect in all categories, but as a whole, it delivers enough of a bite to really get consumers in the US excited. Arriving on May 6th for the 2-year contract price of $199.99, the modified HTC One X for AT&T is already shaping out to give its closest ...

Nothing is sweeter that pulling a victory out of what seemed doomed to be a defeat. That's what the HTC One X on AT&T is. We expected to miss the quad-core processor of the European version and instead have found that we're glad to have ended up without it. Not that the NVIDIA Tegra 3 is a bad processor - it's not - it's just that Qualcomm's S4 is faster, cooler, and more power efficient in our tests. That, and the fact that it supports LTE data connections, means that AT&T users come out of this exchange looking, and feeling, like winners. And they should, because the HTC One X for AT&T is a real winner. Great camera, blazing speeds in all regards, and a damned sexy design. Samsung's impending Galaxy S III will have some competition this year.