Walked into AT&T to buy the iPhone 4S... Walked out w/ One X!

[bruce.abbott2]

I went into AT&T yesterday ready to buy an iPhone 4S. While I was waiting I saw the One X on display and asked the rep if by some chance they were selling them a day early. Low and behold, they had just received training from the HTC rep and were authorized to go ahead and sell them early.

I couldn't be more happy with my purchase. The One X is a fantastic phone so far and I have the best of both worlds. Android on a cutting edge phone and iOS on my "The New iPad" :

 

[nokia4life]

thumbs up good choice i think its too late in the year to buy an iphone over any of the new androids now come oct thats when the shizzles will hit the fan you will have apple, wp8 and a new nexus along with all of those galaxy babies coming out.

 

[karmamule]

Just got mine today too, and like you straddle the two worlds with phone for Android and iPad for iOS.

So far the One X has been great!

 

[katamari201]

My AT&T store had it on display in the front with all the fancy beats accessories crowding around it. Almost missed the phone with all the giant headphones blocking the area and everything including the phone and display were white. I always have a hard time judging phones when there's a chastity belt stuck to it (the T-mobile ones literally take up half the phone). The screen looked pretty nice, but I didn't really see the punchy colors or the high contrast and brightness I was expecting from the videos I've seen. Maybe it was because it was in the front with all the natural light pouring in and all the other phones were hanging in the back in the dark. I'd like to hear what other people think of the screen compared to other phones in the store.

The phone looks nice, but I wasn't really blown away by the polycarbonate body. It seemed like a less ridged Droid Incredible to me. It definitely wasn't as solid feeling as the Lumia 900, which is super hard (haha...). You can feel a creak or a give here and there on the One X, but it doesn't pose a problem if you are just holding it normally and not forcibly squeezing it. The lightness kind of bothered me as well, even with the chastity belt attached, which usually adds some weight. It is also super-thin, which is probably one reason why it doesn't feel as good as the Lumia 900, since the thin and less rigid polycarbonate can't compare. The thinness kind of struck me though, since usually in pictures and videos it looks more substantial, especially the glass that spills off the sides. All of it seems more subtle in person. Same thing with the camera hump and facade around the lens. Not very shiny or anything. Maybe the natural light pouring from the windows was subduing a lot of the flair...

I did encounter some lag with tapping to the home screen or jumping to the app drawer, but this stuff really doesn't bother me too much.

I kind of thought the One S felt nicer, and looked nicer with the higher contrast screen (text seemed easier to read with the high contrast), but the super huge chastity belt kept me from really gauging how good it really felt in the hand.

 

[onesun43]

After having spent 2 years with the Samsung Captivate, I can assure you that the One X screen is superior to AMOLED inevery category except for black level. Subjectively, it has the deepest black levels I have ever seen in a backlit LCD, and in a dark room at 50% brightness, your eyes really have to be adjusted to see the blacks on the HOX. It also has much more accurate color reproduction than AMOLED. I loved the zero black level of my Captivate, but it seemed like it was at too great of cost to other important factors, like overall brightness, power consumption, the strange blue/purple cast at high viewing angles, and last but not least the Pentile pixel matrix. I still can't believe the SGS3 still has a Pentile display.

 

[Iamdunne]

Just got mine today too, and like you straddle the two worlds with phone for Android and iPad for iOS.

So far the One X has been great!

+ 1

 

[bruce.abbott2]

I couldn't agree more. Pentile is unacceptable in my eye (no pun intended) to those who have perfect vision up close. I found it very distracting on my Samsung focus and even my Atrix with the qHD display.

 

[Channan]

After having spent 2 years with the Samsung Captivate, I can assure you that the One X screen is superior to AMOLED inevery category except for black level. Subjectively, it has the deepest black levels I have ever seen in a backlit LCD, and in a dark room at 50% brightness, your eyes really have to be adjusted to see the blacks on the HOX. It also has much more accurate color reproduction than AMOLED. I loved the zero black level of my Captivate, but it seemed like it was at too great of cost to other important factors, like overall brightness, power consumption, the strange blue/purple cast at high viewing angles, and last but not least the Pentile pixel matrix. I still can't believe the SGS3 still has a Pentile display.

You've made up your mind that LCD is better than AMOLED because you've spent two years with a PenTile WVGA display and the RGB stripe 720p LCD display on the One X is better?

I'm going to disagree with you there. An RGB stripe AMOLED display looks a lot nicer than an RGB stripe LCD display at the same resolution IMO.

 

[bruce.abbott2]

You've made up your mind that LCD is better than AMOLED because you've spent two years with a PenTile WVGA display and the RGB stripe 720p LCD display on the One X is better?

I'm going to disagree with you there. An RGB stripe AMOLED display looks a lot nicer than an RGB stripe LCD display at the same resolution IMO.

I loved the RGB samoled plus on the Galaxy S2 but the burn in and overall sub pixel lifespan is what decided SLCD was better for my needs.

 

[katamari201]

AMOLED looks like crap when you set it to low brightness to save battery. Otherwise, I think text is much more legible on an AMOLED. The high contrast makes the text kind of glow and seem more solid. This is the whole AMOLED neon effect. On lower brightness, LCD is much better and the text looks fuller to me, colors also way more accurate on lower brightness. No blotches or streaks, which AMOLED have and is very apparent and ugly on lower brightness.

I've owned a ton of Super-AMOLED phones. Starting from the very first one, S8500 Wave. The Galaxy S phones like the Captivate didn't get very bright, but the S II and other phones like the Focus Flash (penTile) are much better.

 

[truthteller10]

So you've been an Android memeber since May 2011 why would you go to get the Iphon 4s?

 

[jsntrenkler]

I love the screen on my One X.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

You've made up your mind that LCD is better than AMOLED because you've spent two years with a PenTile WVGA display and the RGB stripe 720p LCD display on the One X is better?

I'm going to disagree with you there. An RGB stripe AMOLED display looks a lot nicer than an RGB stripe LCD display at the same resolution IMO.

And you've seen a 720p SAMOLED panel that is RGB stripe in the 4.5-5" range? Heck, in any screen resolution higher than 800x480?

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[Johnly]

I used to love Amoled screens.....Then I got to opening my eyes....unless they can fold in half, it isn't worth the headache.

 

[bruce.abbott2]

So you've been an Android memeber since May 2011 why would you go to get the Iphon 4s?

I tend to go back and forth between the two platforms.

 

[KoukiFC3S]

And you've seen a 720p SAMOLED panel that is RGB stripe in the 4.5-5" range? Heck, in any screen resolution higher than 800x480?

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The Tab 7.7 has one. 800p RGB SAMOLED

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

The Tab 7.7 has one. 800p RGB SAMOLED

Got me there! And that's probably the smallest they can physically make that display right now.