Showing posts with label one. Show all posts
Showing posts with label one. Show all posts
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The Google Nexus 4 versus the HTC One X 16 GB
I already did a comparison between the Google Nexus 4 and the Samsung Galaxy S III, and each offers good value for money. The HTC One X has been playing second fiddle to the Galaxy S III all year, but a newly released 16 GB model made it a good value for money proposition at Php21,590. Now, it faces a direct challenger with the Google Nexus 4 priced just a few hundred pesos more at Php22,240.
The Google Nexus 4 and HTC One X 16 GB are easier to compare. Both are priced at the same level, both have 16 GB of non-expandable storage and both do not have user replaceable batteries.
Display. The Google Nexus 4 has a 4.7-inch HD IPS Plus LCD screen with a WXGA (768 x 1280) resolution. The HTC One X uses a 4.7-inch Super IPS LCD2 display with a HD (720 x 1280) resolution. Both are fine displays user similar technology, but the Nexus 4 is a bit sharper. So I have to give it to the Nexus 4 by a hair.
Winner: Nexus 4 by a hair
Power. Behind the display, the Google Nexus 4 uses a Qualcomm APQ 8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with a quad core Krait, which is what I like to call a "second generation" quad core processor. The Nexus 4 also has the new generation Adreno 320 GPU. Backing up the CPU and the GPU is 2 GB of RAM.The HTC One X users a Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset with a quad core processor based on the older ARM Cortex-A9 architecture, has ULP GeForce graphics and 1 GB of RAM.
The Google Nexus 4 is the more powerful of the two. Looking at benchmarks will show a rather different picture. The Nexus 4 either performs exceptionally well, or exceptionally bad. This really is more an issue of the Android Jelly Bean operating system not being optimized yet for the new Qualcomm APQ 8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset.
In the real world, both are fast enough but the Google Nexus 4 but HTC Sense UI really pushes the 1 GB of RAM on the HTC One X to the limit, and multitasking suffers.
Winner: Nexus 4
Endurance. Battery life. Well I will let the comparison speak for itself:
Talk time
- Google Nexus 4 - 14 hours 17 minutes
- HTC One X - 9 hours 57 minutes
Web browsing
- Google Nexus 4 - 4 hours 34 minutes
- HTC One X - 4 hours 18 minutes
Video playback
- HTC One X - 5 hours 45 minutes
- Google Nexus 4 - 4 hours 55 minutes
Source: GSM Arena
The Google Nexus 4 has much better talk time and slightly better web browsing time. The HTC One X will give you 50 more minutes on video playback. The Google Nexus 4 has a 2100 mAh battery, and should do better. An operating system update, should give it a boost in battery life. The HTC One X does pretty well considering in only has a 1750 mAh battery.
Winner: Nexus 4 on the chance it will improve with an OS update
Camera. Okay, the Nexus 4 has a decent camera, the HTC One X camera captures detail a bit better and with a F2.0 lens should do better in low light. I will give it to the HTC One X, but many will disagree. Best you decide for yourself too. You can compare shots using GSM Arenas photo compare tool.
Winner: HTC One X, but its debatable.
Software updates. The Google Nexus 4 is already at Android 4.2 or 4.2.1 depending on your region and will be updated till 2014 most likely. Given HTCs recent track record on updates, it is likely that the HTC One X will get its last update sometime middle of 2013, to Android 4.2 or 4.2.1.
Winner: Nexus 4
Verdict. If you look at the win/loss column is looks close. But where the HTC One X does better, it does so slightly. The 2 GB of RAM, Qualcomm APQ 8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset and a longer life before the Google Nexus 4 stops getting updates means it will be "relevant" for a longer period of time. Basically, you will be happy with it longer. For me it is a no brainer. I would pick the Google Nexus 4.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Good sales of HTC One lead to a second month of sequential growth for HTC
HTC hit the bottom low this February with revenues dropping and that’s when it announced the HTC One, its 2013 flagship. The HTC One still faces an uphill battle against heavyweights like the Samsung Galaxy S4, but initial sales are good and in March HTC rebounded, and now in April HTC grows sales once again by a healthy 26%.
The Taiwanese phone maker recorded sales of NT$19 billion (around $642 million) in April which is still way down compared to the NT$30 billion the company had in April of 2012. But those yearly comparisons aren’t really very indicative given the company’s troubled state. What matters right now for HTC is to make maximum use of the momentum with the One.
Those two months of continuous growth have analysts hopeful the company can start a comeback.
There are a lot of hurdles in the way but HTC’s own target of NT$70 billion for the second quarter of the year now seems realistic.
source: Unwired View
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The Taiwanese phone maker recorded sales of NT$19 billion (around $642 million) in April which is still way down compared to the NT$30 billion the company had in April of 2012. But those yearly comparisons aren’t really very indicative given the company’s troubled state. What matters right now for HTC is to make maximum use of the momentum with the One.
Those two months of continuous growth have analysts hopeful the company can start a comeback.
There are a lot of hurdles in the way but HTC’s own target of NT$70 billion for the second quarter of the year now seems realistic.
source: Unwired View
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Google Ten Best Apps of the Year One more should be added to the list
Google had named its ten best apps of the year. You will find the list at this link (will take you to Google Play). There is one app I think should be on the list, Tasks by Team Tasks.
Ironically, Android does not have a native app for its tasks list which is part of Google Calendar. I use tasks a lot, and when I got an Android the first thing I tried to do was find a great tasks app, which synced with Google Tasks. After over a year of jumping from one app to another, most of which I found too busy, I found Tasks by Team Tasks. It is a well designed app that does not overcomplicate the function of maintaining a task lists and really feels like a native Android app. It brings 100% of the functionality of Google Tasks to your phone with a a nice Holo themed user interface. It even has a option for a tablet optimized interface. I think Google should have placed this on their best ten apps list.
Anyway, give it a look yourself. Tasks by Team Task has a ten day demo, and the full version costs just a bit more than a dollar. Task users have give this app a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
HTC One Taking Risks
It is no secret that HTC is not in great shape these days. HTCs market share in 2012 was half of what it was in 2011. It has been a long time since heady days of 2010 and the HTC Nexus One and HTC Desire, when were considered by some sectors to be the best smartphones in the world. What does HTC do when its back is to the wall? Take risks.
HTC Sense was once considered the best Android overlay, and back than, we used to laugh at Samsungs TouchWiz. Things have changed a lot since than. With the new HTC One, HTC takes a bold step forward with Sense 5, leaving behind the Sense that was its staple since the days of Windows Mobile. In one Sense, the new Sense 5 UI is minimalist. The old Sense clock and colorful weather display is replaced by a more toned down clock and weather display. In another sense, Sense 5 is radical, with BlinkFeed.
BlinkFeed turns your home screen into a Flipboard like interface which can display contentfrom 1,400 HTC media partners. BlinkFeed aggregates the content from different sources all in one place, without the need to switch between multiple applications. BlinkFeed is in a HTC new take on FriendStream. It looks like FriendStream on steroids.
HTC is taking risk in other ways.
The HTC One has what you expect from a flagship Android phone. a Full HD display, a quad core processor in the form of Qualcomms new S600 chipset with a 1.7 GHz Krait and 2 GB of RAM. HTC goes back to its roots by building the HTC One with an aluminum unibody case, instead of the polycarbonate used in the HTC One X.
But that HTC One, throws caution in the wind and truly innovates at the risk of being misunderstood by the average Joe. Instead of engaging in the meaningless megapixel war, the HTC One comes with a modest 4 MP camera. What it does is used larger pixels, or Ultrapixel technology to improve the picture quality, especially in low light conditions. The Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III have among the best cameras in the smartphone world. These phone sport 1.4 micron pixels. The well regarded camera on the Nokia N8 was equipped with 1.75 micron pixels. The 4 MP "Ultrapixel" technology on the HTC One utilizes 2 micron pixel technology. This is still a far cry from the 4.8 micropixels in a DLSR or SLT, but its the best ever on a smartphone.
The HTC One also has an odd looking set of grills at the top and bottom ends. This odd look is designed around the new front facing stereo speakers which push out an impressive 93dB of sound.
Unfortunately, HTC has not brought back the microSD card slow and a user replaceable battery. With the HTC One you get 32 GB or 64 GB of storage and a good sized 2300 mAh battery.
HTC seems to have done a good job with its HTC One. In one months time, we should be seeing the Samsung Galaxy S IV. Only than we will find out if HTC did enough with its One phone.
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