Had the opportunity to spend some time with a friend’s brand new HTC Windows 8X.
My first impression:
- Wow! What a sleek and nifty looking device.
- Screen a bit small for my taste.
- Hmmm, can I hold it?
Upon careful examination and brushing aside my undeniable affection and admiration for my own S3, here are the features I was impressed with:
- Good hold, feels solid
- Has a great soft-touch finish on the back
- Screen is solid and doesn’t require a protector
- You can match your windows tiles with your choice of phone
- You don’t require an additional case/cover as the build is sufficient
Coming to the Windows 8 part:
- Tiles didn’t look too bad. Husband hated them. Thinks they look childish. I’m OK with it.
- I like that all your social networking apps are grouped into one tile called “People” for example, so u receive instant live updates/feeds.
- Not too thrilled about Bing. Dunno how their TellMe voice app rates. Couldn’t try that out.
Other:
- The camera is quite basic, not as many features as I’d like.
- Simple interface
- Not much in terms of available apps at this time as compared to Android.
- Separate kids corner with a locked screen with parent approved apps. Like this!
- NFC, yes! However no back to back syncing like in the S3.
- What I really liked: wireless charging feature! Think that’s pretty cool.
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