HTC Desire X review: Needs and wants

11 November 2012
For one reason or another, the One series failed to live up to their potential in terms of actual sales, so HTC turned back to the time-tested Desire line to fill up the coffers and secure some time to regroup. A new attack on the high-end market takes...

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  • Paddie
  • IWQ
  • 12 Nov 2012

The lockscreen shortcuts can indeed be customized. They are linked to the 4 shortcuts at the bottom of the home screen, and whatever you change those to, the lockscreen shortcuts will follow.

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    • Falkao
    • snQ
    • 12 Nov 2012

    Anonymous, 12 Nov 2012Its capable? So outperformed by the cheaper Galaxy Ace 2 an... moreHTC Desire X looks much better than Samsung Ace 2, its maybe old HTC design, but still it's compact and better design than Ace 2. It has biger and better display and it has "impressive audio quality".

    Only real disadvantages are low resolution of video recording and lack of front camera.
    Really very nice phone.

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      • Disappointed
      • LHf
      • 12 Nov 2012

      This cell phone shows perfectly what is wrong with HTC for more than a year. Good luck selling poor speced phones with high prices.

      No wonder that HTC sales, revenues, and profits are going down very fast.

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        • 7q5
        • 12 Nov 2012

        I am an ex iphone 3gs owner & I am going to buy this phone. I have a very tight budget & I really don't remember any other mid range phone whom gsm arena praised for churning out perfectly clean & impressive sound quality.

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          • Anonymous
          • vaN
          • 12 Nov 2012

          Uddated list of disadvantages

          1. It does not have 720p video recording
          2. Cortex A5's at higher price than the A9's in Ace2, Sola and U.
          3. HTC Sense to assure lags and hiccups.
          4. NO COMPASS (a chipset limitation i guess)
          5. No front cam.
          6. Very old 2010 Desire series design

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            • Anonymous
            • vaN
            • 12 Nov 2012

            sonnymd21, 12 Nov 2012It's so HTC, releasing a capable midrange without front fac... moreIts capable? So outperformed by the cheaper Galaxy Ace 2 and Xperia U and Sola, and the only problem you see is the front cam, ok...

            1. It does not have 720p video recording
            2. Cortex A5 at a higher price than the A9's in Ace2, Sola and U.
            3. HTC Sense to assure lags and hiccups.
            4. No front cam.

            Very clear win for the Ace 2 here, cheaper and better. Im interested in phones in this class coz my wife is changing her phone, all the research and reading i do points us towards Galaxy Ace 2, or Xperia U if she can live with 6GB storage.

            Design: Ace 2 has very rounded shape, unlike the Galaxy S Advance it does not look like a cheap iphone3 copy. Desire X design is typical old boring HTC design, outdated. Only advantage i see with Desire X is its display, SLCD is very good.

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              • x-rounder
              • XMi
              • 12 Nov 2012

              gsmarena, desire x has a notification led. it's located on top right corner.
              I'm using kakao talk and notification led will blink when new message arrived.


              I agree with that back metallic plate surrounding camera & flash, it's too out of place, and beware tho, it can deliver small electric current.

              if I connect my htc dx to my old pc using usb cable, then I touch that back metallic plate, sometimes I got small electric shock. yea my old pc has bad grounding, that's why I always avoid phone with metal housing..




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                • sonnymd21
                • tCQ
                • 12 Nov 2012

                It's so HTC, releasing a capable midrange without front facing camera. Are they not aware of skype, tango, google hung out, etc..... they never made a complete midrange phone. Go Samsung!

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PVV
                  • 12 Nov 2012

                  The fickleness that HTC shows towards its own products is mind boggling. How do you expect your customers to take you seriously? Instead of spreading yourself so thin, maybe you should concentrate on making existing customers happy.

                  I have been a strong supporter for a long time and it pains me to see all your potential being squandered like this. Wake up and smell the roses. Samsung would not be where it is if you do your homework.

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                    • alexvr
                    • ajT
                    • 12 Nov 2012

                    4 inch screen? Really? This is.so 2010.

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                      • Manish
                      • Fum
                      • 12 Nov 2012

                      Quite agree.. A very good phone overall (well for me no front cam is not a big deal)..
                      Priced a little higher..

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                        • Spicoli
                        • t7P
                        • 12 Nov 2012

                        high price + low specs = htc

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sSN
                          • 12 Nov 2012

                          Anonymous, 12 Nov 2012I bet this will have poor battery life. HTC phones prefer ... moreNo my friend. I own this phone and it has a decent battery life which is way better than the Galaxy S Advance's. Lets wait for the battery review. :)

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                            • Redback
                            • 7sa
                            • 12 Nov 2012

                            The Galaxy S11 leaves this for dead and how old is that!

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                              • rafaelluik
                              • LpE
                              • 12 Nov 2012

                              I liked this phone and thought it was cute until... I saw by your review the shortcuts on the dock / lock screen aren't customizable, nor it has the different HTC innovative lock screen styles, and what happened to the Call/People app? On my EVO 3D they're integrated into a single tabbed app, much simpler. Where's the quick settings tab in the status bar / notifications area? The recent apps list it displays there in Sense 3.6 are also great for unlocking the phone directly into them (you call pull the status bar before unlocking in ICS), it's actually a killer feature I find myself task-switching from it more often than holding the home button on my current device sometimes. Also no HD resolution video. :/

                              HTC is going backwards with Sense, sadly, and this make me like less this company that I used to...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • n%0
                                • 12 Nov 2012

                                Lumia 920 review please :D

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                                  • Cholkorn8
                                  • LKK
                                  • 12 Nov 2012

                                  I'm i still living in 2011 or what? I don't get it...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 2Am
                                    • 12 Nov 2012

                                    I bet this will have poor battery life. HTC phones prefer thinness even if it means sacrificing battery.