Orange prematurely leaks details of HTC One X and One S

by Alistair Lowe on 26 February 2012, 19:16

Tags: HTC (TPE:2498)

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After we reported on LG's Optimus 4X HD, many of our readers voiced out their dissatisfaction over the performance of LG software on past devices. Well for those readers, fear not, as a premature website posting by Orange UK and subsequently other firms, has unveiled full specifications of HTC's latest front runner, the HTC One X and its slightly lower-end brother, the HTC One S and, great news, the One X also features Tegra 3 quad-core and a 720p display, as with the Optimus 4X HD.

Other features of the One X are a back-side illuminated 8 megapixel camera with an incredibly wide angle 28mm F/2.0 lens and adjustable power-level LED; the camera will use a dedicated image processing chip that will enable pictures to be taken whilst filming and enables 5 fps rapid capture. The device also sports a new 4.7 inch Super LCD2 1,280 x 720 Gorilla Glass 2.0 display, support for NFC and wireless HDMI, 21Mbps HSPA+ 3G connectivity and of course, Android 4.0 ICS.

The smartphone ships with 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and will offer 25GB of inclusive storage from DropBox for two years. It's also looking likely that the retail package will include some form of Beats Audio earphones.

Full device specifications are as follows (there is a little debate over the actual CPU frequency and some minor specs, these are leaked figures after all!):

CPU 1.5GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A9 (Tegra 3)
GPU Tegra 3 ULP GeForce
RAM 1GB
Internal Storage 32GB
Other Storage MicroSD
Camera 8MP 28mm f/2.0 auto-focus with flash + 1.3MP front-facing
Connectivity BT 3.0 + HS, WiFi b/g/n, NFC, 3.5mm Ear Jack (Beats Audio)
Display 4.7 inch 1,280 x 720 Super LCD2 Gorilla Glass 2.0
Dimensions 134.36 x 69.9 x 9.29mm, 130g
Battery 1,800mAh

Exact specifications for the One S are still unknown, but it's looking like it'll be the following:

CPU 1GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9
RAM 1GB
Internal Storage 16GB
Other Storage MicroSD
Connectivity BT 3.0 + HS, WiFi b/g/n, NFC, 3.5mm Ear Jack
Display 4.7 inch 540 x 960 Super LCD2 Gorilla Glass 2.0

We can't confirm how this will translate to the UK, however the One X is expected to retail, SIM-free, at €699.90 and the One S at €599.90. No doubt we'll learn more as the week unravels but HTC is clearly looking to regain lost ground in mobile market shares by throwing some real contenders into the mix. Meanwhile, with other firms such as Huawei also announcing quad-core devices, it looks as though quad-core SoCs will be reaching mass-market penetration much sooner than expected, despite early reports that dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 devices can perform just as well but under less wattage.

EDIT: It has now been revealed that the HTC One X in the US will instead be equipped with a Snapdragon S4 series CPU with integrated LTE, whilst world-wide models will utilise the Tegra 3.



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excellent, with HTC backing Nvidia it means that LG devices will have better custom ROMS as most likely source codes will be released and obviously HTC will back their devices like they normally do!.

Interesting device though, id say 4.7 is to far though but there is a market :).
I really like the sound of that spec, I think it's going to give the Galaxy S3 a run for attention in my head when they are both out. I didn't think HTC would come up with anything to tempt me, their recent handsets have been very uninspiring. Only criticism I have is the 32GB instead of 64GB, but that's probably just me being picky. Would love 64GB built in with the option of a potential 64GB microSD card in the future, I really wouldn't need my iPod Classic if I had that.
Wonder what the screen quality will be like… Don't think I'll go back to HTC until they start using AMOLEDs again. The Sensation/Evo 3d screens were pretty bad quality imo

Also, I'm pretty sure the S3 will have a much faster cpu/gpu
I don't think I would notice any difference in CPU/GPU as long as the interface is smooth. I can't see me using anything that will require a reat deal of processing, I certainly don't at the moment, and never have, games don't interest me.

BTW, following the live bog of the HTC event over on Engadget. It's a very interesting handset.

F2.0 lens, 0.2 second focus and 0.7 second shutter time. continuous shooting and the ability to take stills while shooting video. nice!
SiM
Wonder what the screen quality will be like… Don't think I'll go back to HTC until they start using AMOLEDs again. The Sensation/Evo 3d screens were pretty bad quality imo

Also, I'm pretty sure the S3 will have a much faster cpu/gpu

I'm sort of hoping Samsung will pull off a dual-core A15, performance and battery life.