Although not as popular as other more established device brands, HTC is slowly but surely gaining a larger share of the international smartphone market. In keeping with its “Quietly Brilliant” tagline, this manufacturer is quietly taking over the smartphone and tablet market by offering its customers affordable yet brilliant products. One of the brilliant products of HTC is the HTC One S, a smartphone with a sleek design, lightweight and quite complete features. With a 4.3-inch touch screen, the overall dimensions of this phone are 131 x 65 x 7.8mm and it weighs just 119.5 grams including its 1650mAh battery.
This smartphone is one of the thinnest HTC phones, yet it offers you sharp image display, great for those who like to capture and view images on a smartphone. Its responsive 8 MP camera allows you fast and continuous captures, making sure you won’t miss any important moment. While other phones often require you to choose between recording video and capturing images, you can end this dilemma with the HTC One S. Its Video Pic feature lets you do both at the same time. The camera is also equipped with autofocus, smart LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm lens, 1080p HD video recording, and an imaging chip. For shooting in low light conditions and getting great images, the camera also has a BSI sensor. Other features that enhance the images and videos captured by the phone include video stabilization that eliminates shaky motion, automatic flash determined by the distance from the subject, and multiple snapshot modes. Apart from the main camera, the phone also comes with a VGA front facing camera for video calling activities.
Another outstanding quality of the HTC One S is its excellent sound. You can expect rich, authentic sound thanks to HTC’s Beats Audio feature. With Beats Audio, watching movies, playing games or listening to music will definitely give you satisfaction. The Beats Audio feature supports AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MID, MP3, WAV, and WMA audio formats, as well as 3GP, 3G2, MP4, WMV, and AVI video formats. With its integrated multimedia applications, you can simultaneously listen to Internet radio and other music content from the same location, which is very convenient. Do you want more fun? Equip your phone with the HTC Media Link HD portable accessory to view video content on the big screen.
HTC One S comes with a microSIM slot that can work on 850/900/2100 MHz HSPA/WCDMA networks in Europe and Asia, and 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in other parts of the world. world. world. As phone connectivity in different countries may differ, you should first check with your carrier to find out if the phone is compatible with your preferred service. It also supports IEEE 802.11b/g/n WiFi connectivity for easy Internet access. Other connectivity options supported on the smartphone include Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX enabled, DLNA for wireless media streaming from the phone to a compatible computer or TV, micro-USB 2.0 port for HDMI or HML connection, and 3-pin stereo audio jack. 5mm for a better audio experience.
HTC One S uses the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform that supports HTC Sense 4 at 1.5GHz, dual-core CPU speed. For fast performance, the phone also comes equipped with 1 GB of RAM. For great sensitivity, the 4.3-inch 540x960p touchscreen uses multiple sensors including an ambient light sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor, gyro sensor, and G-sensor.
If anyone complains about this smartphone, it could be mainly because of the limited storage capacity. HTC One S only comes with 16 GB of internal memory (which cannot be fully used as some programs and applications will definitely occupy part of this storage). With brilliant sound and video production, one might expect to save more audio and video content for entertainment. Consequently, the lack of additional slots for external memory may be one of its biggest disappointments.