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well hey this is Chris with The Verge and today we're looking at the HTC One X I won't pull any punches this is one of the best design phones I've ever used and you get the immediate impression that this is designed to be a premium device which is exactly the image that HTC is going for here the gentle curve of the shells reminiscent of the Galaxy Nexus but the similarities and their HTC has better materials and has likely draw more attention on the street particularly in the standout white that we tested some buyers will be disappointed that the 1800 milliamp hour battery in the One X isn't removable but I wouldn't worry about it too much getting through a day on a charge wasn't an issue and I wouldn't be surprised if 18 T's model shipped with a slightly larger cell to accommodate the LTE radio and besides sealing the battery is what allowed HTC to put together this gorgeous seamless plastic shell seriously everything about this design is meticulous the micro drilled grilles for the loudspeaker near piece this smartly placed dot contact pads that are aligned in such a way that they become a design feature on their own looking at the software since for the latest version of HTC's Android skin is debuting on the 1-series and it's obvious that HTC has been listening to complaints from customers and people like us there's still some sense trademarks here like the ring lock screen that gives you shortcut access to four apps and of course the instantly recognizable flip clock widget but a bunch of things have been cleaned up the homescreen dock is now fully configurable which means you're not stuck with a permanent personalized button and the recent apps list has been removed from the notification curtain which makes more room for you know notifications since four is also based on Android 4.0 which means you've got the Roboto font throughout the system access to Chrome for Android and the test switcher though HTC has mixed it up a bit unlike stock Android HTC switcher is a full screen app it isn't overlaid on the screen it only lets you see one app thumbnail at a time it seems a little wasteful to me particularly considering this gorgeous 4.7 inch display it's not an exaggeration for me to tell you that this is the best display I've ever seen on a phone it's nearly perfect the 312 PPI pixel density puts it into retina territory the color reproduction is absolutely superb and is laminated meaning you can tilt it 90 degrees in either direction and it literally looks like it's at the surface of the glass and because it's an LCD colors don't look blown out it's not pencil and you don't run into as much trouble in direct sunlight as you do on some amyloids the only complaint anyone could possibly have about it in fact is that it's too big four point seven inches might be a bit large for smaller hands or people who are used to something like an iPhone three and a half inches or an original four inch galaxy s the One X isn't without its flaws though I actually don't think since four goes far enough toward toning down the experience gotten really used to stock ICS on the Galaxy Nexus over the last few months and since still seems overwrought and over designed by comparison with unnecessary transitions bright colors and feature tweaks that don't really do the user any good and they make a pixel camera a headline feature on this phone produce surprisingly soft images that I could instantly pick out as coming from a camera phone rather than a point-and-shoot I'd really high hopes for the sensor on the One X so that was a big disappointment would I recommend the One X though absolutely without hesitation especially now that HTC is really embracing the hacker community and making it easier for folks to replace the ROM if they like this hardware with a less in your face you I would be close to the perfect Android device the only question is whether you want the One X is great display or the One S is ultra thin shell