HTC One S

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Hardware design

HTC One S also uses unibody aluminum casing like the HTC One V, but with one difference: the aluminum casing of this phone is undergoing HTC called “micro arc oxidation”. In this process, the shell of the One S was put into high-energy environment of up to 10,000 volts causing its surface change, look slightly roughened, increasing the hand grip and durability 4-5 times more than normal aluminum. HTC One S does not recommend that users need buy case because the shell is resistant to scratches.

The design of our One S is really impressive. Not only have beautiful form, size 4.3-inch screen, slim (7.8 mm), oblong and beveled design on the back side of HTC familiar telephone help get the feeling comfortable. Moreover, although use but monolithic aluminum casing of the machine is very light weight, only 119.5 g including battery, slightly longer than the LG Optimus L7 (uses the same size chassis entirely of plastic).

HTC One S has two color options: matte black and blue.

Similarly HTC One X, this phone uses instant battery, removable plastic cap only on the back side to open the microSIM tray. It also does not have a microSD card slot to expand capacity when needed. HTC One S has 16 GB of internal memory,(half the HTC One X). However, those who prefer to listen to music or watch movies on phone will find peace of mind knowing that this phone is the manufacturer bundled a free account 25 GB of storage charges on online storage service DropBox.

The camera on the back of the One S has the same parameters as the One X but not as high as the One X. The camera is located in the front right corner of the screen, next to the speaker slot and has a small LED lights under the slot speaker call notification, a message … Below the screen are three touch keys familiar (Back , Home and open applications).

HTC One S only 2 port (3.5 mm headphone jack on the top and a microUSB port for charging / data transfer on the left side) and two hardware buttons (volume control button on the right side and the power button / lock opens screen at the top of the machine). Two hard buttons also very responsive and easy to press emerged.

Inside the aluminum shell of the machine is monolithic processor 1.7 GHz Qualcomm dual core and 1 GB RAM. This Smartphone supports a full range of connectivity including 3G, the standard Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot with the proximity sensor, light, accelerometer, gyroscope, digital compass and sensors near space. One S battery of 1,650 mAh capacity.

Screen

HTC One S uses a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED screen HD resolution (540 x 960 pixels), equivalent to 256 pixels per inch (ppi), lower than the HTC One X (312 ppi), but higher than HTC One V (252 ppi).

If you look closely, you can see the screen of the One S is not smooth as HD resolution screen of the One X but still bright colors and deep black levels. The display text and images look crisp. Viewing angles are also quite good, the color depth is still looking at a significant angle. This phone may look quite well when used outdoors due to Gorilla Glass protective layer of glass coated with an optical anti-glare layer.

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Camera

The camera of the One S has similar parameters One X: 8 megapixels, LED flash light support, BSI sensor (supports shooting in low light conditions), F2.0 and 28 mm wide angle lens, capable of shooting full-HD resolution 1080p and fast shooting speed.

The camera app has many similar functions HTC One X include continuous shooting mode up to 20 images by holding the shooting button touch hands at once, take pictures while recording or watching videos, supports 5 flash mode to reduce risk of fire and light to the subject, many shooting modes (HDR, panorama, portrait group, low light …) and various effects like color to process your Instagram. However, a small restriction in this phone is no dedicated shutter button.

Although software HTC One S camera’s many features but all the cameras are evaluated by the quality of the image. In this respect, the One S to achieve good results. Quality photos look bright and true color in suitable lighting conditions. At the One S and One X, HTC also included features intelligent flash automatically reduce brightness when shooting subjects at a close distance to the subject. In fact, we see it operate efficiently, close-up images of the evenly lit, no fire or luminous phenomenon caused by flash.

However, there is a point you should know is that apparently the image processing algorithm priority HTC phone’s display, so viewing images on a very smooth, lively and crisp, but if you up the computer when quality is more significant decline.

With filming video, the HTC One S is capable of 1080p video at 30 frames per second (fps). Similar to image quality, the video display is quite sharp.

Sound

One S with Beats Audio logo on the back, which means it is integrated software improves sound quality like many HTC phones launched. In tests with a number of products such as HTC One X, HTC One V and HTC Sensation XL, we found the sound quality improvement can be seen most clearly when the headset comes with Beats Audio.

After attaching headphones Beats Audio, the sound becomes more vibrant, stronger bass and clear music. Beats Audio software also works when you plug headphones sound different but not significantly improved except the volume is pushed up higher, a little more lively.

In terms of call quality, we did not see any significant problems in the process of using phenomena such as dropped calls. Speaker phone is also quite big enough to clearly hear all incoming and outgoing calls.

HTC also very clever use of sensors (accelerometer sensor machine, gyroscope, near space, light and digital compass). HTC One S has selected immediately reduce ring volume of an incoming call when you pick up the phone or increase ringer volume when you put the phone in a bag.

Software Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4

Similar products in the line One, HTC One S to install the operating system Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4. The presence of Android 4.0 means you can unlock the screen using facial recognition. Unlike the One V, One S has a front facing camera for users to implement this feature. You can also download the Chrome browser is currently available for Android version 4.0.

Performance and battery life

In tests the overall performance Quadrant machine reached 3843 points, just below HTC One X (5007 points) and tablet Transformer Prime (4181 points), but much higher other smartphones. And in the performance test web surfing Vellamo, the One S achieved unexpected results, 1890 points, higher than HTC One X (1648 points) and tablet Transformer Prime (1374 points).

HTC One S uses 1,650 mAh capacity battery.

During the test, we use high intensity (3G or Wi-Fi enabled to receive emails constantly, occasionally surfing the web, on Facebook, take a few shots, record a few short clips, play a few minute game), the One S has enough battery used from 7 am to 8 pm. With the use of lower intensity, battery life can be longer but generally still have to recharge daily.