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HTC hopes to do a follow-up on the one a9 with a new edition that has a metamorphic design and some average specifications that are going to be optimized for the overall experience it's Josh the regard from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is our first look at the HTC One X design has actually changed quite a bit from the a 9 to the X 9 now while the people did think that the HTC One a9 was a bit of a let's say ripoff of the iPhone the x9 is actually trying to move a little bit forward from that design aspect and now we have the metamorphic design which basically means that there are smooth edges in the metal design all around and as HTT says it is supposed to be showing us and giving us a feel of the nature that is around us but still when you're holding the phone in the hand it is actually quite nice to feel even with this 5.5 inch screen making it a little bit larger than the conventional thin the conventional phone and a little bit tougher to handle in one hand going from side to side and from top to bottom but speaking of top to bottom the boom sound speakers actually return in the x9 and they are as close to the edge on the top and bottom as possible and they provide some good sound as we were able to test it just a little bit in the noisy room that we were in but we do like the design of these speakers and we are enjoying so far how they look on the top in the bottom now if you look on the bottom there we actually have a return of the capacitive keys as well as the x9 is going to use as they said hardware keys in order to navigate this version of Android marshmallow a small flap on the side actually a small flap on the side means that you have expandable storage available with a microSD card slot that is easily accessible now taking a look at the display it is a 5.5 inch Super LCD capacitive touchscreen that comes in at full HD 1080p resolution it does provide the kind of colors that we've expected from HTC's panels and at 5.5 inches it should be more than enough canvas to have some fun getting underneath the surface the 1x9 is powered by three gigabytes of RAM and comes with a mediatek helio x10 processor now this is not necessarily got the ring of the Snapdragon to it but that's perfectly fine because this more affordable mid-range affordable somewhat flagship device is going to give the kind of performance that should be just right for Android 6.0 marshmallow and as HTC has shown in the past already especially with the 89 they are looking to streamline the experience of their Sense UI overall we already mentioned the two main hardware features of the x9 including the two front facing speakers that are powered by Dolby audio and the expandable storage that said we can move into the camera which is a 13 megapixel shooter that is very similar to the one from the a9 but HTC did say that it is improved from the a9 s performance and also continues what the a9 started in better camera optics for the one line by HTC taking a look at the camera app it is still the same interface that we've seen before from HTC which is pretty easy to navigate by swiping on the viewfinder to get to the different modes and it is still a pretty simple shooter until you get to the pro mode or the or the manual mode rather in order to change the settings in a more finite way and finally in the software we still have these Sense UI the version that came in the 189 and it could be quite familiar but we do like what we see in sense in terms of it sort of streamlining its overall design it still has the blink feed over on the side which is still nice to use in order to get some quick headlines and from there you still have the app drawer and everything that you would expect from a sense powered Android UI so the One X 9 was originally announced at the end of last year and has been available in an Asian market but here at MWC they are announcing its availability here in Europe but we were not able to get any full concrete details on the pricing of the One X 9 and you can stay tuned to Android Authority for that information as it comes along so keep it tuned to Android 34 the One X 9 and even more from HTC here at MWC 2016