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HTC One: specs, features, release dates, and our in-depth reviews

The HTC One X, One S, and One V made their collective grand debut at MWC 2012 in Barcelona this year. After only a month's wait, the two higher-end devices were out on the European market and announced for the US in various forms: a dual-core One X variant for AT&T, a similarly-specced but retitled Evo 4G LTE for Sprint, and the more or less unchanged One S for T-Mobile. This stream will help you track their progress to launch as well as cataloging our reviews as when new members of the One series become available.

  • Feb 26, 2012

    Vlad Savov

    HTC One S official: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 4.0, thinnest HTC phone ever

    htc one s
    htc one s

    Camera performance has been a real priority for HTC with the One series and all three of its newly launched Android handsets come with a selection of important optimizations. Firstly, a dedicated imaging processor has been added to allow the One phones to manipulate pictures before compressing them to JPEG format. HTC expects this to result in lower image noise, greater color accuracy, and higher overall quality.

    Most of the improvements in the One cameras actually relate to speed. Startup time of the camera app is said to be 0.7 seconds and autofocus takes a blistering 0.2 seconds, making it quicker than the blink of an eye. Holding down the onscreen shutter button (you'll find no physical camera keys on these phones) automatically flips you into burst mode, with an intelligent selection menu then allowing you to pick the best shot of the bunch and discard the rest. There's no longer any need to switch between video and photo modes — the software buttons for capturing stills and video sit right next to each other now, and HTC's neatest trick is that it also allows you to snap photos while recording video. And if you want to pull out a still from a video recording you've already made, HTC lets you do that too.

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  • Feb 26, 2012

    Vlad Savov

    HTC One X announced for April release with quad-core Tegra 3, 4.7-inch HD display, and Android 4.0

    HTC One X
    HTC One X

    Camera performance has been a real priority for HTC with the One series and all three of its newly launched Android handsets come with a selection of important optimizations. Firstly, a dedicated imaging processor has been added to allow the One phones to manipulate pictures before compressing them to JPEG format. HTC expects this to result in lower image noise, greater color accuracy, and higher overall quality.

    HTC has exited its design comfort zone with the One X by trying out a new material, polycarbonate, and a new microdrilling technique. While still constructed out of one chunk of material and thereby earning the unibody moniker, the One X is now a softer, more tactile device than its metallic forebears. It'll be offered in either white or grey hues, with the move away from aluminum allowing the lighter version to be white all over. By drilling the speaker openings right into the polycarbonate, HTC has shed another chunk of metal in discarding the separate speaker grille.

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  • Feb 16, 2012

    Vlad Savov

    HTC One X, One S and One V: the rumored names for HTC's MWC Android phones

    htc desire_640
    htc desire_640

    There's no shortage of information about HTC's planned Android handsets for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, but now we can flesh out those spec sheets and leaked images with what are expected to be the official product names: One X and One S. The HTC One X, reports Pocketnow, will be what we call the quad-core device known alternately as the Edge or the Endeavor up till now, while the One S, says SlashGear, will be the moniker attached to the Ville. An intricate little detail also emerging from the shadow sources leaking this intel is that the X and S will appear as superscript next to the One, emphasizing that as HTC's branding.

    If the name HTC One sounds familiar to you, that will be because we already saw an HTC 1 once. It was a concept phone design from 2010 that was so thoughtfully put together that we really felt a company should go ahead and build it. Maybe HTC took that to heart, maybe not, but if it does go with a simple naming scheme like One with a letter appended, we'll be grateful for it. It'd make headline writing a little easier, if nothing else.

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