HTC One X+ Review

2. No_Nonsense posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:36 12

Relative to other Androids which have now started shipping with 2GB of RAM.

24. rizevnarastek posted on 02 Nov 2012, 11:24 12

Yeah others may use 2GB of RAM but the 1GB in One X+ is of a faster clock ;)

Phonearena also forgot to mention it now supports USB OTG and GLONASS as well as (A)GPS ;)

35. OptimusOne posted on 02 Nov 2012, 17:00 1

is 2 gb of ram really needed? I can run jellybean perfectly on 256 mb of ram

41. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Nov 2012, 20:19 5

Yes it is. For a quad core phone with a bloated UI, yes 2gb should be the bare minimum.

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55. networkdood posted on 03 Nov 2012, 08:17 1

You can't fix stupid...

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60. OptimusOne posted on 04 Nov 2012, 00:20 4

yes you can

its called "murder"

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76. Nathan_ingx posted on 08 Nov 2012, 09:11 0

Besides playing games or watching movies and doing some work side-by-side at one go...what do you do??? You surely won't leave a game halfway and decide to watch a movie and continue with the game later from where you left it! ...or vice-versa with 5-6 applications running in the background!!
Relation with the core and RAM can be minimal at times... They're not always tied together.

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59. darkskoliro posted on 03 Nov 2012, 19:36 1

you can? o_O what device

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16. hung2900 posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:55 7

With Sense it's exactly a con. My old One X cannot multitask normally due to 1GB of RAM.

42. Nadr1212 posted on 02 Nov 2012, 21:13 0

I think they meant that this phone is 2 good to only have 1 gig of ram.

54. PapaSmurf posted on 03 Nov 2012, 07:38 5

"We have 1 GB of RAM, compared to 2 GB in the competition high-ends, which means you won't be able to have the endless list of open apps they allow, yet we never felt the need to close anything manually, the phone did it for us. It only maintains running your last eight open apps chronologically, so if you open more in a short period of time and expect to return to the first where you left it, no go, you'll have to reopen it from scratch."

From those words, it seems as if the 1GB of super speedy RAM did not give him any trouble at all. So to put the RAM as a con is absurd. This speed demon deserves at least a 9.

PA is getting really biased and lazy with their reviews lately. The only reviews I actually trust is from Aaron on Phonedog.

4. Nathan_ingx posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:39 14

They must be thinking, "Hey, this should do".

12. bigstrudel posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:50 5

They were thinking that there is no reason to have 2gb ram in a phone right now. They are right.

14. g2a5b0e posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:54 12

This isn't the first quad-core phone with 1GB RAM, so don't sound so surprised. The international S3, the first One X, and Optimus4X HD all were too. For most users, it's more than enough. I know you're a big Apple guy, Mxyzptlk & that's fine, but don't pretend as if you know enough about the architecture of Android phones to make such bold statements.

39. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Nov 2012, 20:17 1

I don't pretend. I know. Why release a quad core phone with so a small amount of RAM? Don't get mad at me for pointing out the obvious flaw in design.

45. g2a5b0e posted on 03 Nov 2012, 01:50 5

I'm not mad about anything. 1GB of RAM is hardly a design flaw. Your ignorance only continues to show.

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63. Mxyzptlk posted on 04 Nov 2012, 01:01 0

It is a design flaw. Its ignorant to think its not. You have a quad core device but only 1 gig of ram to do anything. Sense is pretty bloated on resources.

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67. TMach posted on 04 Nov 2012, 11:48 0

Arrogance plus ignorance makes a lethal combination..........bet you've not even touched this phone much less use it! Boring is simply that, boring. My SGS3 runs just fine with 1gb of RAM and so does my HTC One X+ and some!

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48. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 03 Nov 2012, 04:23 2

HTC doesn't need anymore than 1GB because they have purposely limited multitasking. You can only have 8 programs running at once and the rest gets automatically closed out. This is an issue and annoyance for some who are ultra multitaskers while a blessing for others.

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49. rizevnarastek posted on 03 Nov 2012, 04:32 2

LOL as android always did... it shut apps down when the space run out. Here you know you have 8 apps open + n background tasks... At least the thing is so friggin fast it takes half a second to open an app again.

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20. xtremesv posted on 02 Nov 2012, 10:03 10

My Galaxy S III runs perfectly fine with 1 GB. More RAM will always be better but in the present time not needed unless you're a heavy multitasker and I mean hardcore.

21. rawkuss posted on 02 Nov 2012, 10:05 3

Only making the screen .33 of an inch taller? What were they thinking? Didn't your Iphone 5 only come 1 gb of ram?

22. tedkord posted on 02 Nov 2012, 10:56 6

They were thinking, "Well, at least we can sell it in Mexico..."

26. imkyle posted on 02 Nov 2012, 11:32 1

Nexus 4 with a quad core processor and 2GB of ram, PLUS stock Android gets around 4800 on quadrant, while this get in the high 6000's and even 7000's.

27. rizevnarastek posted on 02 Nov 2012, 11:44 0

And no lags at all.... with beautiful 3D animations...
let someone say Sense is (still) laggy :)

36. OptimusOne posted on 02 Nov 2012, 17:02 1

nexus 4 got 7600 in quadrant on stock kernel and stock overclock

32. GeekMovement posted on 02 Nov 2012, 13:45 0

Better question is why do you even care?

7. Mxyzptlk posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:41 4

I think the score needs to be lowered some.

10. Nathan_ingx posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:45 5

Well, atleast it has got some goodies inside that makes it sweet!

19. wassup posted on 02 Nov 2012, 10:01 14

why? I think the iPhone 5's score needs to be lowered some.
Luckily, your opinion doesn't matter, you are worthless.

23. tedkord posted on 02 Nov 2012, 10:59 4

I agree. With no multitasking and only one gig of ram, this thing is barely better than an iPhone. Thank goodness its at least got Android.

61. OptimusOne posted on 04 Nov 2012, 00:23 0

theres this thing called "rooting" and a thing called "custom rom"

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93. JasonJia11 posted on 01 Dec 2012, 20:46 0

There's multitasking, and 1 gig of ram is plenty for multitasking. stop being so greedy about getting 2 gigs of ram, unless of course, you truly were a VERY hardcore multitasker. some people are just so greedy these days, about: 2 gigs of ram, better battery life(2100 mah is enough, and that's the same amount the Galaxy S3 has...), 5 inch screen, 1080p display, 15 mp camera, quad-core processors, etc. just appreciate what you can get than what you had 5-10 years ago.

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50. rizevnarastek posted on 03 Nov 2012, 04:39 1

It should have been given at least 9.5

15. hung2900 posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:55 1

With Sense it's exactly a con. My old One X cannot multitask due to 1GB of RAM.

46. Berzerk000 posted on 03 Nov 2012, 03:06 0

No, it can't multi-task due to Sense. HTC made multi-tasking broken with Sense 4 on purpose, I don't know why though. They might have fixed it in Sense 4.1 or 4+, but I don't know.

18. g2a5b0e posted on 02 Nov 2012, 09:57 1

Not true. It is a mid-range phone & was therefore reviewed as & compared to other mid-range phones. The One X+ is a high-end phone is therefore reviewed to a higher standard.

30. Izzy_V posted on 02 Nov 2012, 13:22 4

Don't believe it too much, it's their way of saying, "We can't explain why the SGS3 Mini got a higher rating than several phones that deserve a 9(+) or a higher rating but we think having "SGS3" in the title is good enough."

PA has been ruining reviews for months now and they can't find enough reasons to deduct point from phones that are better than the SGS3 and iphone 5 but they do it anyway. And the ones they do point out are found on other phones they didn't deduct points from for having the same con(s). It's happened with the One X, now with the One X+, the Razr HDs, the Sony Xperia line (both mid-end and high-end), and almost any other phone that isn't Samsung or apple branded.

33. darkskoliro posted on 02 Nov 2012, 14:58 1

The scores from PA are always bs. That is unless you are a samsung or apple fanboy, you can embrace in the much higher scores compared to other phones.

53. PapaSmurf posted on 03 Nov 2012, 07:21 1

You should do the reviews for this site. Thank you for informing us on important things Daniel left out in the review.

+1

56. rizevnarastek posted on 03 Nov 2012, 09:51 0

Thank you. What can I say, I'm a geek enthusiast and I know a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff and I like to get the facts straight.

51. rizevnarastek posted on 03 Nov 2012, 04:41 0

Indeed +1

44. bigstrudel posted on 02 Nov 2012, 22:10 5

The camera on the One X is still very good. Especially its burst mode and basically instant shutter speed. I've never gotten a blur from this camera. People are just spoiled these days.

70. babyk posted on 06 Nov 2012, 12:46 0

ARE YOU KIDDING ME LUBBA? NEW DESIGN FIX SENSE UI? Theres nothing better than sense right now. Htc has made it even better with sense 4+. With regards to the design i wont even make a comment. SMH