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HTC One X review: HTC's 2012 quad-core polycarbonate flagship — the One series begins.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2012·$549 (launch)
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#2 of 2
Tier
Legacy
Buy?
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The verdict, up front

Where the HTC One series began.

HTC One X launched the One brand in 2012 with one of the first quad-core chips (Nvidia Tegra 3) and a sleek polycarbonate unibody. It set the template HTC perfected a year later with the aluminium One M7. A historical milestone in the quad-core era.

01Display

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.

TypeSuper LCD2
Size4.7 inches
Resolution1,280 × 720 px (312 ppi)
ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.

Main8 MP, f/2.0, BSI, dedicated ImageChip
Selfie1.3 MP
Video1080p @ 30 fps

03Performance

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for legacy phones of 2012.

ChipsetNvidia Tegra 3 (40 nm, quad-core)
CPUQuad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9
RAM1 GB
Storage32 GB

04Battery

50/100

50/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for legacy phones of 2012.

Capacity1,800 mAh, non-removable
Wired5 W

05Build

80/100

80/100 is one of the weaker build results among legacy phones of 2012 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

06Value

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for legacy phones of 2012.

What works
  • One of the first quad-core phones (Tegra 3).
  • Polycarbonate unibody was sleek for 2012.
  • Dedicated ImageChip for fast capture.
  • Beats Audio branding (HTC era).
What doesn't
  • Discontinued — stopped at Android 4.2.2.
  • 1 GB RAM + non-removable 1,800 mAh.
  • Tegra 3 ran hot.
  • No microSD.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of legacy devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .