HTC One X review: HTC's 2012 quad-core polycarbonate flagship — the One series begins.
Where the HTC One series began.
HTC One X launched the One brand in 2012 with one of the first quad-core chips (Nvidia Tegra 3) and a sleek polycarbonate unibody. It set the template HTC perfected a year later with the aluminium One M7. A historical milestone in the quad-core era.
01Display
68/10068/100 puts it above the 65-point average for legacy phones of 2012.
02Camera
56/10056/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.
03Performance
56/10056/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.
04Battery
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker battery results among legacy phones of 2012 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
80/10080/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.
06Value
56/10056/100 — right at the average for legacy phones of 2012.
- One of the first quad-core phones (Tegra 3).
- Polycarbonate unibody was sleek for 2012.
- Dedicated ImageChip for fast capture.
- Beats Audio branding (HTC era).
- Discontinued — stopped at Android 4.2.2.
- 1 GB RAM + non-removable 1,800 mAh.
- Tegra 3 ran hot.
- No microSD.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of legacy devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .