ATT version hands on.

[ccw1134]

Would that happen to be the one across from wal-mart? if so, i'll be stopping by there soon

It is the one across from Walmart. If you need to talk to a rep for any reason ask for TJ. He left me alone to play with the phone and didn't hover. I respect that. He was a really nice guy and he preordered the gray yesterday so I can go back and check it out if I want to compare colors.

 

[jdot104]

I really hope that when I go to pick it up, the sales rep doesn't try to set it up for me. I want to experience taking it out of the box myself! I'm wondering whether or not I should have ordered from Amazon though. They would have delivered a little later but Target seemed to only have the white model.

 

[nyc_rock]

Oh come on, that is simply ridiculous.
This phone fits fine in any normal pocket. Ok, it might not fit in my grandson's pocket, but he's 11.

Fits in a standard size shirt pocket, back pocket, men's front pocket, wife's skinny purse, jacket pocket, suit inside breast pocket, anywhere.

I'm tired of the 4-inch-maximum crowd trying to make this phone (or any phone bigger than some magical 4.2 or 4.3 "deal-breaker" line out as some kind of monster big phone.

Its just not that big.

As for needing two hands, I need two hands on my old Nexus One. You simply can't do much with any touch screen one handed, other than crash your car.

Easy big boy. In the very next sentence I said it wasnt a deal breaker and I use a GS2 with 4.3 inch screen so I wouldnt consider myself part of the "4 inch maximum crowd".

 

[ccw1134]

As far as the physical size goes for anyone wanting to quickly cross it off your want list, I would strongly urge you to at least go check it out. It feels good in my hand and I swore I would never go larger than a 4" screen. I currently own the EVO 3D but the One X feels smaller in my hand and is only a fraction wider. I think the thinness of the phone helps. I struggle sometimes when typing with one hand getting my thumb successfully to the the other side of the keyboard. My palm wants to hit the search button. I had no such problems on the One X.

 

[skyndroid]

Nice phone here's the score from store phone.

 

[randyw]

Less than 10GB of storage should not be acceptable on a top of the line phone.

 

[calvin35]

The at&t store in burbank has one on display. I spent about half an hour with it and it is as good as advertised. Slapped Nova Launcher and ICS Browser Plus on there and I was ready to walk out the store with it. It is surprisingly light.

 

[garrim85]

I played with one today as well at AT&T. One word: DAMN. Screen is incredible, much better in person than the pics/videos I have seen, just don't do it justice. The phone feels great, seems constructed well, love the matte. No issues using it with one hand (5'11", average sized hands). Actually the only issue was the stupid theft protection thing that takes up half the friggin' back of the phone. Cannot wait for this thing to arrive here.


RE: 10GB Capacity:

I dunno, I think it's fine honestly. On my iPhone (16GB) right now: 856 songs (all of them are 320kbps MP3), 6 videos, 503 photos, 105 applications, Capacity: 13.7GB (I guess the OS takes like 2GB *shrug*), Available: 4.3GB. So that gives me 9.4GB of stuff I have on the phone. Seeing that now, I could get rid of some apps on here, especially ones I literally never use except when I first installed them lol. My entire music library on my computer is like 200GB+, I only put stuff I know I will listen to on the phone, no sense in having everything. And besides, Google Play will allow me to stream a ton more of the tracks I don't have on the phone but have uploaded to that service. Also, I have way too many pictures hahaha...

My point is, 10GB + 25GB of DropBox is plenty for me. YMMV, of course.

 

[RoboWarrior]

Now I think of it, most people probably have another device where they can load their music/video in. The only problem is that AT&T is advertising this phone, HTC One X, as the ultimate media device with a paltry 9.4 GiB of space. If the Inspire updates with beats audio if it gets ICS like the Vivid then it shouldn't matter to me too much...

Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[icebike]

More regarding Storage...

There is an item in Settings / Storage
called "make more space".

One of the things it offers to do is to move apps from "internal storage" to "phone storage".

After moving some Large things like Google Play books, Documents to Go, etc, there was actually more "Internal Storage" freed up. (Sort of app2SD under Gingerbread). In fact you can accomplish this same move to phone storage from the Apps screen in settings. And some apps just seem to end up there by themselves when you install them.

The thing is, since its all the same type and speed of memory, those apps load just as fast from phone storage as they do from internal. There is no apparent speed penalty for loading them there like there was with microSD card storage.

Admittedly that cuts into your Media storage. But it might be a nice feature for those big game apks. But the day will come when we complain about not being able to fit all of our apps in 2.11 gig.

 

[tohio]

Like any other Android. Hold Power and volume down.

You can also just hold power long enough and will put up a note saying "Continue to hold power for 3 more seconds to power down".

Look, stop worrying about this issue. I have 4 android devices that have non removable batteries, and forcing a power off has never been a problem.

Holding down the power button shuts the phone down? Wow that's amazing. Don't do much rooting huh? I would like to know how I can go into download mode or fast boot, etc. Some phones need a battery pull, button push and cable insertion to go into various booting options. This phone is getting less and less desirable the more I hear about it. Won't waste my time looking at it.

 

[icebike]

This phone is getting less and less desirable the more I hear about it. Won't waste my time looking at it.

Do you think HTC just produced their first Android phone and totally forgot about this?

There are a lot of phones with non-removable batteries these days.

Somehow the developers all managed to reboot them or get them into any mode they want.

Its just not a problem.

It tells you everything you need to know in the directions app."ShowMe"

 

[tohio]

Do you think HTC just produced their first Android phone and totally forgot about this?

There are a lot of phones with non-removable batteries these days.

Somehow the developers all managed to reboot them or get them into any mode they want.

Its just not a problem.

It tells you everything you need to know in the directions app."ShowMe"

The phone is a non starter for me. No removable battery and minuscule storage. Even the Android Central review listed those two things as bad. HTC strikes out on this one.

 

[Chex313]

I think... with the phone only giving you 10GB... I might have to reconsider. I'm almost PISSED off that they decided to gimp this phone SO MUCH with the storage space. The iPhone gives you the option to get 64GB... 32GB... and the LOWEST tier is 16GB. Honestly... this is 2012, and the phone is supposed to last 2 years.

Seems that every phone that has come out lately has had a few deal breaker features that make the phone completely undesirable.

I'm considering importing one and paying a mega ton for it. It's ridiculously expensive that way but I want a phone I can actually use. I just have no experience not buying a phone directly from a carrier. What do I need to do... have it shipped to me and then take it into an AT&T store?

I think the carriers direct the manufactures to gimp the storage. Less storage means cloud, more cloud means more data, more data, more money for carriers.

If your sim card fits that will get some of the radio's working(edge,maybe Hspa)and Wifi should work right off. You can google Apn settings for At&t HTC one X to get the others working. If you have a sim that supports Hspa+ you'll be good. If not make sure Att doesn't try to charge you for one. They should give you one and provision it for free. I would try to get it working myself before letting the kids at At&t touch it.

Google search gives this:

Name: can be anything
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: leave blank
Port: leave blank
Username:WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password:CINGULAR1
Server: leave blank
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC:310
MNC:410
APN Type: leave blank

 

[Chex313]

Do you think HTC just produced their first Android phone and totally forgot about this?

There are a lot of phones with non-removable batteries these days.

Somehow the developers all managed to reboot them or get them into any mode they want.

Its just not a problem.

It tells you everything you need to know in the directions app."ShowMe"

HTC has been purging money for a year...the One phones are their last gasp....They still can't get it right. I don't trust them to know anything...16GB of storage, non removable battery, the battery that's in it not big enough, and the camera will get scratched in one day because it sticks out.

Any one of us could have made this phone better! Of course these Manufactures are idiot's How do they get every phone wrong to some degree...

Oh yeah thats right, a tiny majority of us(mostly in these forums) know what a great phone should be...the millions of other folks...the majority...buy what ever the carriers push on them, when they walk into the store. They don't know 16GB of storage from 1GB of RAM. Or why they shouldn't get a free iphone 3GS, when its a 3 year old phone.

 

[garrim85]

Holding down the power button shuts the phone down? Wow that's amazing. Don't do much rooting huh? I would like to know how I can go into download mode or fast boot, etc. Some phones need a battery pull, button push and cable insertion to go into various booting options. This phone is getting less and less desirable the more I hear about it. Won't waste my time looking at it.

The thing is he told you the answer in the first line of his post:

Like any other Android. Hold Power and volume down.

That was your answer on how to reset it without removing the battery. What you responded to was his other remark: "You can also..." Just wanted to point that out, for the sake of future sarcastic, condescending replies.

 

[tohio]

The thing is he told you the answer in the first line of his post:



That was your answer on how to reset it without removing the battery. What you responded to was his other remark: "You can also..." Just wanted to point that out, for the sake of future sarcastic, condescending replies.

I guess you don't feel Mr. icebike can defend himself, but that's your assumption, not mine. You were doing pretty well in the "Can't we all just get along" department until you accused me of being sarcastic and condescending. The phone is lame and I'm surprised that AC has invested so much ink in telling its readers that it isn't. The main complaints about the phone are storage and non-removable battery and AC agreed they were bad things. The camera lens issue is just too obvious to ignore. Remember you are reading an enthusiast web site and these problems are well known here. The average person who buys this phone won't have a clue as to its shortcomings until they run into a storage, camera or battery life issue. I'm surprised that supposedly knowledgeable phone guys would consider buying this weak sister.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Back on topic. Let's have a good discussion.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

I guess you don't feel Mr. icebike can defend himself, but that's your assumption, not mine. You were doing pretty well in the "Can't we all just get along" department until you accused me of being sarcastic and condescending. The phone is lame and I'm surprised that AC has invested so much ink in telling its readers that it isn't. The main complaints about the phone are storage and non-removable battery and AC agreed they were bad things. The camera lens issue is just too obvious to ignore. Remember you are reading an enthusiast web site and these problems are well known here. The average person who buys this phone won't have a clue as to its shortcomings until they run into a storage, camera or battery life issue. I'm surprised that supposedly knowledgeable phone guys would consider buying this weak sister.

Out of curiosity what phone do you currently use? And are you looking at upgrading to something coming out in the near future? What is an issue for some people isn't an issue for others. I'm personally perfectly ok with a non-removable battery and no expandable storage. I never use more than 10gb anyway. I'm currently only using 6gb now. No media storage for me, except for pictures and videos, which can be uploaded and removed from the device if I need more space.

 

[Clcross18x]

I guess you don't feel Mr. icebike can defend himself, but that's your assumption, not mine. You were doing pretty well in the "Can't we all just get along" department until you accused me of being sarcastic and condescending. The phone is lame and I'm surprised that AC has invested so much ink in telling its readers that it isn't. The main complaints about the phone are storage and non-removable battery and AC agreed they were bad things. The camera lens issue is just too obvious to ignore. Remember you are reading an enthusiast web site and these problems are well known here. The average person who buys this phone won't have a clue as to its shortcomings until they run into a storage, camera or battery life issue. I'm surprised that supposedly knowledgeable phone guys would consider buying this weak sister.

Aren't most of those supposed cons completely subjective based on the user of the phone though? The shortcomings you listed really don't bother me that much. I've had a good 10 Android phones since the G1 and I would consider myself fairly knowledgeable. And I haven't been this excited for a phone since the Nexus One.

I don't use my phone as a hard drive for my entire music collection. I rarely ever have to take the battery out of my phone. In fact, I'm using an iPhone and the Nokia Lumia 900, so it's not even an option. And for what it's worth the demo unit in our store went about 1.5 days before it died. This is with all of us going to the back room to play with it and learn about the device. So I think the battery life will impress. If it doesn't then I'm near a charger anyways.

As for the camera lens issue. I'm sitting here with a Galaxy Nexus, iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia and all of the camera lens are in an area where they can be scratched now that you bring it up.

Anyways, there is a phone for everyone. Doesn't make this one lame. What work's for you, might now work for me. And vice-versa.