Abstract: Let's be clear about something: Windows Phone 7 was simply a warm up act for Windows Phone 8. It was the start of something big and different for Microsoft, a way for them to take a distinctive approach to the current smartphone exemplar. But Microsoft we...
Published: 2012-09-21, Author: Range , review by: technabob.com
Abstract: It looks like all the big companies now have got an 8 megapixel camera in their smartphones, and although I've had one for almost a year on my iPhone, I am somewhat disappointed that no one has released a smartphone with a better camera, except that PureV...
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Published: 2012-09-20, Author: Simon , review by: t3me.com
Abstract: Bringing the fight to the iPhone 5 and other great Android phones (One X aside) we take a snapshot look at the features that might tempt the money out of your pocket for the HTC 8X.Measuring in at 10.12mm thick, the 8X is substantially less slender than t...
While the design of the HTC Windows Phone 8X is flashy, we're not sure that the device itself is. Sure, it's more exciting than the Samsung Ativ S, but we don't think it can compete with the Nokia Lumia 920, which comes stuffed full of unique apps and inn...
Abstract: At an event today in NYC, HTC unveiled its first two Windows Phone 8 devices: the Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC. Similar to Nokia's next-generation Lumia stack, HTC's Windows Phone 8 lineup includes a high-end flagship and a more affordable mainstr...
Abstract: Nokia's Lumia 920 is expected to give the Windows Phone platform a significant boost when it hits the market in the coming months, but HTC is still committed to Microsoft's mobile OS, too. Its latest effort is the Windows Phone 8X, a unibody polycarbonate...
Windows Phone 8X Display and UI The 720p 4.3 inch display of the HTC Windows Phone 8X is very good. Colours are vibrant, whites are pure and blacks, while not as inky as on the iPhone 5 or the ClearBlack display of the Lumia 920 (there it is again), st...
8MP camera with f/2.0 aperture, Elegant, latest WP8 OS, Unibody polycarbonate design, Fantastic contacts integration
No removable battery, No expandable memory, Rubbish multiple calendar support, Mediocre battery life
When we reviewed earlier Windows Phone handsets, we were told the platform needed time to bed in. It's had that and it's evolved but we can't help feeling there are still a few areas it really is left lacking. Things like the poor media support are inexc...
OK, let's consider the Windows Phone 8X compared with its Windows competition — and then we'll look at the wider market. Personally, I haven't reviewed Nokia's Lumia 920 and 820 devices yet, but I have played with them during their Australian launch fes...
