HTC One X+ Brings Quad Core and Jelly Bean to Flagship Phone
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It's official: the HTC One X flagship phone is getting a refresh for the holidays, but it's bringing a lot more than a fresh new coat of paint -- matte black -- to the table. The cleverly named HTC One X+ swaps out the HTC One X's dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for a beefier 1.7GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 and ups the ante even further with a 2,100 mAh battery, 64GB of included storage and the faster, better Android Jelly Bean.
Additionally, the front-facing camera can now tap into the dedicated HTC ImageChip formerly reserved for the main camera alone. HTC tweaked its Sense 4+ skin to improve the photo gallery and expand the phone's capabilities to include "Tap and Go" functionality that seamlessly transfers audio output from the phone to a Beats-branded speaker, presumably via NFC. Speaking of Beats, HTC has added an audio amplifier monitoring output to the One X+'s speaker, boosting the Dr. Dre-powered bass even further.
The rest of the phone pretty much stays the same across the board; hopefully, the HTC One X+ won't include the same spotty Wi-Fi issues we ran into with the original.
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HTC's press release says that Europe and North Asia will receive the phone this month, while South Asia will get the phone in November. The Verge reports that the HTC One X+ will hit stateside sometime in October as well. No pricing information is available.
Original HTC One X and HTC One S owners won't be left out in the cold now that there's a new kid on the block. Those phones are slated to start receiving a delicious Jelly Bean update later this month, as well.