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hi I've lambda Virge and this is the HTC One S as the middle child of HTC's new one family of Android phones but he wouldn't know it to look at it the 1s is enough about it to justify being another company's flagship phone having recently reviewed Sony's Xperia S I can say that this handset easily held does it in terms of industrial design and ergonomics and it actually ships with Android 4.0 onboard the 1s is also thinner the most phones of the market today measuring 7.8 millimeters in thickness and it's actually very difficult to tell difference between that and the a point 9 millimeter profile of the larger One X although that's another thin phone and the real difference you're going to feel is compared to older and fatter handsets both the 1s in the One X for effortlessly to boast pockets and are enjoy to handle as thanks to the curved back which is echoed by the glass screen upfront sloping of the sides where the One X gains an advantage over the other one model isn't having an aluminium unibody shell treated with micro arc oxidation that's a process of dipping the metal into a plasma bath and blasting with 10,000 volts of electricity turning it into a ceramic between that and the guerrilla girls display the one eyes should withstand most physical threats posed by daily smartphone use the new treatment also makes a 1 a surface feel unusual it isn't rough as such but has a lot of friction to it the internals of the one has a right up to date it has a dual-core Snapdragon s4 processor gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes of storage however there's no microSD card slot or user replaceable battery it also used a micro SIM card and opening the compartment to access that is a bit of a nightmare a big reason why HTC have been able to fit the 1s into such a thin body is a Super AMOLED display up front although it has two major show comes firstly it's pencil so you see an Pleasant color fringing on high contrast edges and secondly it has qHD resolution which is stepped behind a pulsating 720p resolution if you had to pick up fatal flaws of this phone the pentile matrix sub pixel arrangement would probably be it it's one of those quality issues that you can't unsee you once you've noticed it everyone who's seen this phone has asked me about the Beats Audio branding on the back and what it actually means basically it's a gimmick Beats Audio boost the bass and volume on whatever you listen to but doesn't actually make it sound any better and if it's not better why bother to does a question also have to ask about sense for HTC has cleaned up the new version of his androids can dramatically but I can find no addition to the interface that actually adds anything to Ice Cream Sandwich the skins more tolerable now but HTC won't be the reason you find the software desirable it will be the underlying Android 4.0 which gives you access to new apps like Chrome for Android beta and refresh Cheever plans and it also makes for fast performance all around one bit of software that HD does add value to is a camera app which now has the video and still capture buttons on the same screen and also allows the shoot still photos while capturing video there's an automated burst mode as well which lets you pick the best photo out of a bunch and the whole thing feels more like camera suite rather than a basic app image capture is lightning quick as well although image quality is part of the f 2.0 lens an 8 megapixel sensor is on average much as with their thickness the HTC One S and One X are difficult to separate in terms of performance both are incredibly fast and if there's any advantage for the Tegra 3 inside the One X is a Tegra zone that's a growing library of games that come with table specific graphical upgrades which you won't find with the dual-core snapdragon and the 1s there you will start playing Angry Birds or whatever COCOMs game command a competitive Sega razón ends up offering later on during the year if was to choose between the 1s and the 1x adult 1x simply because we superb display it's a shame that HTC couldn't match in the 1s which is still fantastic second choice broadening out your options beyond HTC the Galaxy Nexus remains the best Android experience you can have today the iPhone 4s offers an even better app ecosystem and superb camera performance and the Lumia 900 is the only phone to match the 1s in terms of screen size and design quality you