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hello folks this is April and you're watching the android authority channel on youtube HTC has been fighting a long and hard battle of the Android ways though a few months back the company vowed to stay closer to the high-end phones market that in means staying out of the mid-range phone's market in fact I have here a new mid-range HTC phone the HTC Desire X is it desirable as its name suggests it to be find out in the rest of this video review the HTC Desire X looks pretty much like the HTC One X as you can see it is a small phone the screen diagonal is only four inches it is a very pocketable phone and it's also very easy on the hand because it is very light the Desire X follows the minimalistic design of the HTC One series with the HTC logo over here and the capacitive buttons here the LED notification light is right here and just like most mid-range Android phones there's no front camera this trimming here is aluminum it runs along the top and bottom of the front and the left and right sides it adds an air of elegance to the phone actually I really love how I can easily reach the physical buttons with one hand the width and height are just right the power button is over here on top and on the left is the headphone jack the volume keys are here on the right a quick note about the volume keys they are a bit unresponsive to light tapping you'll need to press harder to lower or increase the volume it's probably a good thing it can guard against accidentally increasing or decreasing the volume as you use the phone the microUSB port is found here on the left side the microphones over here at the bottom at the back is a very beautiful matte white cover it's not glossy so it doesn't catch fingerprints easily this was the 5 megapixel camera accented by a metallic blue green border this phone also has Beats Audio as indicated by its logo down here this back cover appears non removable because you don't find any notch or lock anywhere but if you take your fingernail like this here and pull gently the cover can be removed let's see what's underneath here's the removable battery it has a capacity of 1650 mAh but should give about 10 hours of talktime on a 3G connection here's the SIM tray and here's the micro SD card slot for up to 32 gigabytes of additional storage this phone has only 4 gigabytes of internal storage and only about one gigabyte of it can be used let's return the battery and cover now so we can fire up this phone as you can see the back cover snaps into place so make sure you snap all locks firmly now let's check the display here's the familiar HTC logo and moto with the Beats Audio logo at the bottom as you can see here the phone is still booting up now here's the lockscreen with HTC signature lock ring this phone runs the latest version of Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 point four with HTC Sense 4.1 the same user interface as that on the HTC One X sadly no jellybean for this phone yet drag the rain tail unlock the phone here's the home screen here's the HTC standard clock and weather widget it's actually one of the most beautiful we've ever seen this home screen is pretty much a smaller version of the HTC One X home screen as you can see swiping between home screens is very smooth and fluid but I noticed that the capacitive button sometimes takes some time before responding to touch input the display itself is very sharp as I've mentioned the screen diagonal is four inches display resolution is 800 by 480 of 233 pixels per inch with such density that displays very sharp and crisp as you can see here the contrast is also great however I noticed a bluish tint on the display regardless it's an amazing display for a phone that's considered mid-range the Desire X is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon MNZM 8 to 25 chipset with a dual-core 1 gigahertz CPU it comes with 768 megabytes of RAM and 4 gigabytes of internal storage storage expansion is possible up to 32 gigabytes more courtesy of the microSD card slot underneath the backplate as for the camera it surprisingly is snappy I particularly love how fast it out of focuses on the subject though there's some slight delay after you press the shutter photo and video quality is quite ok - especially those taken outdoors though it cannot record HD videos neither can it stock media player play HD videos as for sound quality Beats Audio does make a difference especially when you plug in your headphones sound from the loudspeaker is loud enough though a bit too high on the trouble as for the rest of the interface it's pretty much stock HTC Sense 4.1 with it's very beautiful themes lots of personalization features and eye candy and some the HTC Desire X is a great mid-range phone it has a decent build with a touch of classy design the HTC has become known for well it doesn't have super powerful hardware after all this is just mid-range it gives you sharp display on a 4-inch screen acceptable performance for everyday use a fast-enough camera with acceptable photo and video output quality and an overall fast and responsive user interface most of all its size is perfect for the pocket and for easy grip what do you think of the HTC Desire X does it have the X Factor that makes you want to desire it share your thoughts in the comment for more android news and reviews visit our website at android authority comm remember to subscribe to our youtube channel this is April from Android Authority until next time may the light side of the Android force be with you