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HTC One X unboxed, in the flesh

This little white box greeted me when I arrived home this afternoon. I knew HTC Philippines was sending us something but I didn’t not expect it will arrive looking unconspicuously as this. Check out our unboxing photos of HTC One X after the break.

The box of the HTC One X is relatively small and conservative considering the size of the phone. It’s almost the same size as the iPhone 4S considering that one is just 3.5″.

The handset’s pristine white color is evident right out of the box — the angelic-white, polycabonate body against a huge, curved and dark edge-to-edge display gives it that gorgeous, heavenly look.

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The HTC One line-up (minus the One S) was officially launched in the Philippines a couple of weeks ago. It’s also been sold in stores since then (some with the Beats earphones, some with just a stock HTC earphones).

You can read about our first impression of the One X here.

One of the things that got me interested with the One X is the built-in camera. Some of the earlier photos that pitted it against the Nokia 808 Pureview showed great promise. Historically, HTC handsets don’t carry really great rear cameras so the One X should change that perception.

I’ve ran a number of early benchmarks on the handset and so far the numbers are very impressive. Will not share it until the final review as I am seeing some more firmware updates that are coming up which might change the performance afterwards.

The combination of Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0 UI can still be a bit confusing if you’re coming from Gingerbread (or even from the stock ICS alone) but a few hours of tinkering might help to get you more comfortable with the user interface.

So far, the HTC One X has one of the most impressive specs in the local market (at least on paper).

HTC One X specs:
4.7″ Super LCD 2 display @ 720×1280 pixels @ 312ppi
1.5GHz quad-core NVidia Tegra 3 processor
1GB RAM
32GB internal storage
HSPA+ 21Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
NFC
Bluetooth 3.0
8MP autofocus rear camera, 1080p
1.3MP front-facing camera, 720p
GPS w/ aGPS support
1800mAh Li-Polymer battery
Android 4.0 ICS
134.4 x 68.9 x 8.9mm

The suggested retail price of the One X is Php32,990 — almost the same price range as the previous HT Sensation line-up from last year. Since this is the first and only quad-core Android smartphone available locally, we could not make any relative comparison against other handsets.

Interestingly, the Asus Transformer Prime tablet which runs the same processor is also priced at Php32,995.

More on this once we get acquainted with the One X and share with you our full review. I’m not sure if HTC Philippines will also allow us to do that scary drop test they showed during the launch but we’d be glad if they said yes.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

41 Responses

  1. Avatar for chieboy chieboy says:

    htc one x or wait for next iphone upgrade?

  2. Avatar for Enya Enya says:

    To stupid bel: again, read & pay attention! But then again i should say twice is enough for a wise man. You never learn moron!

  3. Avatar for bel bel says:

    To kamote:

    Hindi ibig sabihin you own an Iphone, wala ka ng alam sa gadget. Ikaw nga pangalan pa lang kamote na hahahahahaha!!!!!

  4. Avatar for bel bel says:

    to enya: I think ikaw ang stupid.you owned a HTC HD2 and according to you na-trauma ka then how come you keep on defending HTC.

    May note ba na bawal mag-comment not related to the topic. wala naman di ba? ikaw ba ang may-ari ng site na ito. If not then you don’t have the right to tell somebody not to pose.

    Ikaw ang stupid!

    • Avatar for Hazel Hazel says:

      It’s a given. Wherever you go, it will always be rude to butt in saying something not only boastful but also unrelated to the topic. Unless the subject of the conversation states that the topic is for people speaking about unrelated things (a.k.a. spam threads in a forum), then it is rude to do so.

      However, do note that in forums, posts in the Spam thread are merely for fun and do not add up to the user’s post counts. Why? Because what the user says simply does not contribute towards a fruitful and/or meaningful conversation.

      It’s not about owning the site. It’s about simple courtesy and common sense.

  5. Avatar for Zeke Zeke says:

    isa lang ang masasabi ko.. ampogi.. haha.. well.. i’m still waiting for SONY’s quad core.. sana malupet dn.. pro kung wla pa dn by the end of the year, mag HTC one x nlng ako.. anyways, SGS3 sucks, iphone 5, i know it sucks too.. pro sa price lng cguro.. :) haha..

  6. Avatar for Enya Enya says:

    Not enough reason to be pikon at all nor to have an iPhone! I have an iPad2 & iPod touch 4G. I also have a Galaxy Note! I like Apple as much as I admire Android! I just dont like people who doesnt know how to read and pay attention! Banat lang ng banat kahit wala sa lugar! Sheer stupidity…

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