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hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and today we're taking a first look at the HTC One V X 480 this handset costs a very affordable 49 99 and it's available now for purchase if you're anything like me you may not expect much smartphone for under 50 bucks but the HTC one VX actually offers quite a bit of hardware and capabilities for not much cash upfront powering the handset is a respectably fast 1.2 gigahertz dual-core Snapdragon processor and decently large one gigabyte allotment of RAM sure it's not a blazing quad-core chip you'll find in more expensive devices it does however have enough chops to drive the phones Android for dotto Ice Cream Sandwich operating system with agility that's right I said ice cream sandwich and not Google's latest and greatest version of Android jelly bean still you do get HTC's well crafted sense for you I which sits on top of Android the one VX may not have as premium a look as HTC's other handsets either such as the one x+ or 1s while those phones are molded from a single piece of polycarbonate or anodized aluminum the one VX is chassis is ordinary plastic even so it doesn't feel cheap is thin and has an attractive silver and white color scheme above the 4.5 inch qHD resolution screen is a VGA front-facing camera below are three capacitive buttons for Android functions the right side holds a long trim volume bar while up top is a headphone jack and power button on the back side is the phones 5 megapixel camera and LED flash underneath the battery cover our slots for micro SD and SIM cards plus and embedded 1810 milliamp battery other features on the one VX include beats audio processing technology and connection to 80 s 4G LTE data network while the HTC One V X is 5 megapixel camera has a comparatively low resolution it uses a backside illuminated sensor shoots pictures quickly and has plenty of features and shooting modes such as an HDR mode panorama continuous shooting and the ability to snap shots while recording video when you add it all up the HTC one VX seems to offer a lot for its low price check back soon at cnet com for a full review I'm Brian Bennett and this has been a first look at the HTC One V X