HTC held an event this morning, at said event they launched to brand new Windows Phone 8 devices: the 8X and the 8S.
I've never been a Windows Phone kind of guy, but these guys look sweet.
The 8X(pictured above) has a 4.3" Super LCD-2 720p display, a 1.5ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1gb of ram, an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with the same image sense technology as the One series, a 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and enhanced speakers with with Beats audio for music playback. It even comes in all these funky colors!
Sounds awesome, right? That's what I thought, until they announced that it would be powered by an 1800mAh battery.
This might be where HTC and I part ways. They just don't seem to get it, which is really disappointing considering their track record for fantastic build quality.
The 8S is like the baby brother in this release. It has a 4" Super LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 800, a 1ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU, 512mbs of ram, a 5 megapixel shooter with image sense, and it has 4gb of on board storage with the option to expand with a micro-sd card slot. It comes in the colors above. Oddly enough, this guy doesn't seem to come with a front-facing camera. Either way, the downfall with this device would, again, be the battery; only 1700mAh.
The best thing about these guys is that they are launching on Verizon, AT&T, and T-mobile!
This release was exciting and disappointing at the same time. I just can't get past this battery issue. But what do you think? Are you gonna grab one, or are you jumping the HTC ship?
Im gonna grab one for sure. Dont let the battery size in these phone fool you. Windows phone is not as demanding on the battery as Android is. At that size I know the phone will last all day.
ReplyDeleteGood point. I will have to check out the reviews when this these guys ship.
DeleteWindows phones are actually quite amazing on battery due to the simplicity of the OS. We'll have to see what happens with 8 though since they're adding a ton more to the core OS and also doing a huge app launch this fall.
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