Introduction
The HTC makes debut at this year's Windows Phone, which is also its great mobile operating with the Microsoft. Changes in operating not been apart from adding a few small applications from HTC, such as the operation of the flash as a flashlight and a unit converter, so having it enjoyed an authentic experience of Windows Phone 8. Let's see if it's worth giving the 600 euro needed to put it in your life.
Appearance and Quality
Seeing for the first time mobile impressed by the beautiful silhouette. Being thin and lightweight and conveniently fits easily in the palm, something that helps the curved back. The mobile is made of polycarbonate materials that give it a matte appearance and texture with the result that you want to let your mobile from your hand, but to embrace it and caress anytime.
Tremors and other assembly problems naturally and there is nothing that is partly due to the lack of detachable sections, feature which lets you without the ability to add micro SD card or change the battery. In contrast, light signs will stay in the back if you scratch with moderate force to an object. The front occupied by 80% the screen with the remaining 20% to be completed by the capacitive buttons on the headset. On the sides are 3 physical buttons, this camera and the change of sound, while the upper part is the sleep / wake button and the jack of 3.5mm. However, the placement of these keys is not the best. It seems that HTC believes that mobile will buy left-handed, because the sleep button is in an excellent location if you use it with your left hand, while extremely inconvenient when you have the right. Furthermore, both this and the Volume Rocker not protrude sufficiently from the frame to be pressed easily. Especially the latter has no slot to give the user to understand at what point presses. So, to get used to your hand the exact location of "+" and "-" will make some little mistake.
Screen
The mobile screen is one of the very strong features. With 4.3-inch diagonal, resolution High Definition, ie 1280 × 720 pixels and the latest technology Super LCD 2 will offer a premium experience in every aspect, from the navigation menu to view your favorite videos and games, while large viewing angles will enable you to use it on any .
Windows Phone 8
Social networking is an area that Microsoft has shed enough weight to be concentrated in the application People. The App this is quite a collection of updates from your social circle. In this contribution the excellent integration of social networks in this application, which makes them useless applications, which causes smiles when talking to Facebook, whose application and leaves the best impression. This social gathering facilitated by the application of the messages, which incorporates your social services, which proved very handy.
Mobile probably has the best navigation so far as there is no trace delay all flowing as it should with the black background is very relaxing. Impressive is the keyboard, which is probably the best stock keyboard I've tried. He understands perfectly what letter I want to push and the errors I was always the right correction. For the first time ever, a keyboard has a sound that is not annoying.However, things are not so good on the usability of OS. The absence of any shortcut is something we host any Android User. On a personal basis I found particularly disturbing the process of activating Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile data, because each time had to get into the settings menu. Moreover, the lock screen is almost useless, because through it you can not pass in any application, as it is on Android, and you can reply to an email without going through the menu, like in iOS. Finally there is an annoying problem with Wi-Fi, which turns off the screen when closed, and does not turn fast enough, and the LED notification only used to indicate low battery. But why?
Finally, one area that the Windows Phone 8 lacking the competition is that the applications.The online store of Microsoft, being relatively new, has a small number of applications. It will cover you for the basics, but will surely come a time when you will look for something specific and you will not find something worthy of your expectations. Hopefully the developers to catch fast work!
Performance and Camera
Finally, regarding the autonomy of the device, it reaches about 20 hours with everything off except 3G which worked 1-2 hours a day (the 2G is always open). This is an average performance. By comparison, the Galaxy S III with the same usage reaches 30 hours.
Conclusion
THE HTC 8X is an honest proposal. An excellent workmanship and a beautiful functional will satisfy the not so discerning user. Few customization options compared to Android, considerably smaller number of applications from the iOS. However, you can bring to your operating with live tiles and make your HTC 8X a part of you and not just your cell phone, something that contributed excellent integration of social networks. Ointment may be the price. Without having an outstanding feature at the top of his tariff range with price of 600 euros.
