Recently I replaced my iPhone with a Galaxy S3 and my iPad with a Galaxy Note 10.1. Both devices seem to be great alternatives to their iOS counterpart, so far I neither missed the iPad nor the iPhone. The design of the Galaxy S3 however is far from a “high class” phone you would expect. Another thing that bothers me a lot about the S# is the way Samsung localises some of the applications. For example they have their own version of the App Market ont he S3 (and the Galaxy Note 10.1) which refuses to change language to English. It stays in Thai no matter what I do. I had to insert a foreign sim card to get it into English.
I also got an HTC One X Plus. It’s design was appealing to me from the first moment I saw it, but that was pretty much all I liked about that phone. For some reason however I want to like it so I decided to give it a fair chance. I will use the One X Plus for a week and then the S3 for a week. At the end of each week I will (if laziness does not get the better of me again) write a short review of my experience. I must admit that I am not a power user. I am a developer, use my phone to make a few calls, send a few messages, sometimes browse the web a little. That’s about it. No constant connection to Facebook, Twitter and what not. Yes, some may say:”Giving a smart phone to Michael is like giving a condom to the pope.” (Useless)
Now I can’t speak for the pope, but in my case I can say that – even so I don’t use the device to its full potential – it’s still nice to have it and play around with it from time to time.
Well, that’s all for the moment. If all goes as planned, next week my review of the HTC One X Plus will be here.
and after the first week, how does the htc one x plus handle daily tasks compared to the s3? i am to decide tomorrow which one to get, and i am starting to read that htc has some problems with heating (maybe) when playing games, and that the tegra cpu on the htc has more lag than the one on samsung. could you confirm or infirm any of these things?
thanks,
Noni.
Hi,
I am certainly not a user who can give you advice on those issues. I also heard of heating issues when gaming due to quad core CPU, but my average usage of a smart phone is to deal with a little email, sometimes play simple games to kill boredom, but that’s pretty much it. That said – I had no issues with any of the devices.
Both phones are absolutely great. Samsung seems to have better support for developers and the gestures are nifty feature. The HTC feels better and I really liked the way the camera works.
If you’re in Thailand and consider buying – leave me a note.
Both devices are up for sale at the moment if you’re interested.
Thank you for the thoughts, in the meantime i managed to buy an s3, and i hope it isn’t a mistake. i must say that android is still far behind ios in terms of instant screen response.
Both devices are up for sale? Is that to say you ended up liking neither, and are going back to the iPhone? Or perhaps something else entirely? I’m curious why you’re not keeping at least one of them. I’m in the process of switching from iPhone after years of being a user (I’d like a larger display than the iPhone 5), am currently experimenting with an S3, and am about to try out a One X+. It sounds like you may have followed a similar path, and I value greatly the ione who has done (or is doing) the sam
I went back to the iPhone.
At heart I am just an Apple Fanboy I guess.
But both devices were excellent – just when it comes to android, I always find myself spending more time updating with custom firmwares than actually using the phone.
I kept the One X Plus for a while because I really liked it.
Sorry for those typos. My phone (the S3 in this case) or your page is completely mangling my text! That last bit was supposed to have read “I value greatly the ideas of anyone who has done (or is doing) the same”.
I bet it was my site that messed stuff up since I am not very good at maintaining or even keeping track of comments.
My thought was buying one x not one x plus. Please tell me,which one should i go for.i don’t want to make a mistake. Thank you.
I have no experience with the One X, but I think the One X Plus is just a bit more powerful. If you are looking into customizing and need S-OFF, then the One X Plus is probably not a good choice. If you don’t care too much about it, then I would highly recommend the One X Plus. It’s a nice device.
Hi michel ..how much HTC ONE X+ cost in Thailand, Bangkok?..
thanks
I’m not sure how much they are now, but a few months ago they were about THB 20,000
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