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http://phandroid.com/2012/04/27/t-m...erformance-during-wifi-calling-patch-inbound/
An interesting article.
An interesting article.
Battery life sucks, but oooooooo, look how thin the phone is! Can't have both, people.
Ya I've always heard bad things about HTC battery life. Usually they have some pretty crazy extended batteries though.
you're right. The numbers aren't as big as on other phones, so it's very disappointing.
*sigh* the A5x is going to perform at crazy levels on an iPhone. Its graphics chip may be the best one yet on a mobile device. The reason it didn't seem impressive on the new iPad is because it's driving 4x the pixels as the A5...on an iPhone, it will be driving the same (or maybe slightly more, if they move to a different screen size) number as the A5 does on the 4S, so the upgrade will be very noticeable
Hi,
UK buyer of the One X here. In the UK its 32GB quad core. Think the US variant is different.
I currently have this and the 4S sat on the desk. The original plan was to sell the 4S and go with the One X. So far so good, I seem to have a decent handset with no defects (screen flicker etc).
Battery life for the first couple of days was not great, but that was probably down to me fiddling with it all the time with it being my new toy. Seems to be settling down now after a few days and charges. Still not sure I'd make I fully through the day without a bit of a top up though.
As nice as it is, I'm debating sticking with the 4S after all. I just have this feeling that I will be missing my iPhone after a few weeks without it.
Feel free to ask any questions if you have them.
UK buyer of the One X here. In the UK its 32GB quad core. Think the US variant is different.
I currently have this and the 4S sat on the desk. The original plan was to sell the 4S and go with the One X. So far so good, I seem to have a decent handset with no defects (screen flicker etc).
Battery life for the first couple of days was not great, but that was probably down to me fiddling with it all the time with it being my new toy. Seems to be settling down now after a few days and charges. Still not sure I'd make I fully through the day without a bit of a top up though.
As nice as it is, I'm debating sticking with the 4S after all. I just have this feeling that I will be missing my iPhone after a few weeks without it.
Feel free to ask any questions if you have them.
The model we are getting in the States is dual core and 16 GB. (10 GB usable for media, 2 GB dedicated for apps.)
Surprisingly, the talk at XDA is that the LTE One X coming to North America actually has better battery life than the international edition. I'll be keeping a close eye on reviews to see if there is any truth to that. If the One X has solid battery life (and the screen flickering issue isn't prevalent) then I might take a chance on it. But not until after the WWDC keynote.
That's... not really what the article was about, per se. Did you read it? (I am talking more than just the headline).
Turns out not every AT&T has it on the floor. The store I went to two days ago let me use it (sales rep had one) but the second store that I just visited said they didn't have one (maybe they were lying) and that they would not put it on the floor until the official release date. (May 6th.) If I want to demo it again I'll just visit the first store, but it looks like every AT&T store will differ from their policy of allowing consumers to test out a phone before the release date.
had one for about 2 weeks and ended up returning it and going back to my 4S. Didn't really have a reason for buying one but was mostly just tempted; never tried Android before. Overall, thought the software was interesting, but the iPhone is more straightforward (and i think of myself as a tech-savvy person) and i still feel like the iPhone apps are better designed aesthetically speaking. the battery life, though, was the big kicker. My iPhone 4S can get me from 6am to about 9pm before dying with heavy use (i.e. 7h of use, 90% of which is 3G data and the remainder a mix of texting, voice calls, and some music for my 30 minute commute). the One X was dead with this kind of usage by 3pm, which was astounding (but in hindsight, not unexpected given all that i'd heard about android battery life). hardware was nicely designed but i definitely would have missed the seamlessness of my iPhone after a month; it was already starting to happen after one week.
TMO version? T-Mobile? Don't you mean AT&T?
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I have no idea if this is true, but the early reports from the XDA forum is that the North American One X (LTE edition) has better battery life compared to the international model. Waiting to read the official American reviews to see if there is any truth to this.
I didn't think that AT&T version was out yet, and he mentioned he had one for two weeks, hence my confusion.
I didn't think that AT&T version was out yet, and he mentioned he had one for two weeks, hence my confusion.
No worries mate. TMO has the One S. My guess is that he/she had the international model. (Which does appear to have crap battery life.)
Function over form IMO. Who cares how thin the phone is if it won't even hold a charge for an entire day.
I didn't think that AT&T version was out yet, and he mentioned he had one for two weeks, hence my confusion.
It was the international one.
I don't think I'm going to try the AT&T model. 32GB was already too limiting. 16GB is worse.
The lack of storage space certainly sucks but it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. (Potentially) poor battery life is probably the only thing that would stop me from making the jump at this point.
Is the expectation with the ATT model that the dual core processor is less of a battery hog than the quad core? But will the LTE radio not cancel it out?
"Still, HTC has said the 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU and supporting chipset provide better battery life without sacrificing performance." - CNET.
Who knows if HTC is just BS'ing. There are people at XDA (I'm guessing AT&T employees with training devices) that claim that the Snapdragon processor actually provides superior battery life (even with LTE) compared to the Tegra 3. Who knows for sure. Confirmation will come once the embargo is lifted and we start getting official reviews sometime in the middle of next week.
Two reasons (and this is up to your preferences):
Battery life and storage space. Neither will be as good as the iPhone.
I can't really answer this properly unless I know what country you live in.
I'll just assume you live in the States for now. The reasons to stay with your 4S:
1. Battery life (most likely) will be superior on your 4S. You'll be able to all but confirm this once we get official reviews in the middle of next week. (When the AT&T One X embargo is lifted.)
2. Fragmentation is still a huge issue with Android. Yes you'll be running ICS when you get your One X but you'll be totally in the dark with respect to updates moving forward. There is a serious chance that you won't get Jelly Bean when it becomes available in the future or you'll have to wait a very long time. As long as your device is compatible, Apple does a great job of giving their customers the latest versions of iOS.
3. You might have buyer's remorse when the next iPhone hits the market. (Most likely this fall.) If you live in the States, and re-up your contract for the One X, then you'd have to pay an early upgrade fee (or break your One X contract and pay the ETF to move onto another carrier). A somewhat safer move is to wait until the WWDC keynote to see what iOS 6 will offer. Then it's just a matter of wondering what exactly the iPhone 2012 will entail with respect to hardware.
Those seem to be the main 3 reasons not to get the One X right now. I'm probably going to wait until after the WWDC keynote (and read all the LTE One X reviews).
* Forgot to mention the storage. LTE model only has 10 GB available for media. The apps are stored by default in the internal storage (2 GB).
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