Review: HTC 8S smartphone

It is challenging to look for a intelligent phone at a cost below Rs 20,000. In the high-end section, there are gadgets like Universe S III, HTC One X+ and iPhone. But if you are not willing to spend lots of cash on a cellphone, your options are rather restricted.


The situation has enhanced in the last six months and we have started seeing some decentAndroid mobile phones that are also cost-effective. Yet, there is no one champion in this industry. The port for the best cellphone under Rs 20,000 is still start. And this is the port that HTC is focusing on with 8S, the organization's cost-effective Windows Phone 8 system.

Does it succeed? Yes, but partially. HTC 8S is a very excellent system at its cost and is a deserving option over many Android os mobile phones that dot the industry. But it is not without its jeopardises. Read on to know more...

Bright colors, excellent style, quick performance
Just like the 8X, the leading Windows cellphone from HTC, the 8S has a intelligent and vivid character. The style language is also similar. The 8S too has pointed sides, at the same time a bit wider in comparison to those on the more costly cellphone. Remarkably, this gives the 8S a more healthy style and creates it a better fit in the hand.

Other than the difference in width, the 8S and the 8X vary in the excellent of build content. The body of the 8S has a more plastic material feel, though not in a cheap way. The only grumble that we have in terms of style is the difficult-to-open cover on the end of the cellphone where SIM and microSD cards spots are placed.

Even by its great style requirements, HTC has done a wonderful job with the 8S. The trendy colors - in Indian the product is available in red and red - go well with the shiny and vivid Windows Phone 8 user interface.

Despite its relatively small size -- something that also creates it portable and easy fit in hands - the 8S features in some serious components. It is operated by a dual-core processor processor running at 1Ghz and 512MB RAM. The design are managed by Adreno 305, which is a very able processor. The cellphone has 4GB inner storage along with support for a small SD cards of up to 32GB. The primary digital camera can capture images in 5 mp. The 4-inch display sports a quality of 800x480 p.

The mixture of excellent components, a shiny and precise display, and the liquid user interface of Windows Phone 8 managing software creates HTC 8S a quick cellphone. This gives it an advantage in comparison to similarly-priced Android os mobile phones, which seem slowly or experience from lag during use.

In our use, we found HTC 8S to be a very able cellphone. Call excellent was clear and web surfing around was sleek. The digital camera isn't the best we have seen in a mid-range cellphone but it generates reasonable photos that are useful on websites like Facebook or myspace and Tweets. However, video clips that are taken in 720P quality are below regular in excellent. The cellphone power supply continues around 15 hours on single charge when cellphone used mainly for making calling, some surfing around, e-mails and social media.

So what are the compromises?
Despite all that is excellent in HTC 8S, the product has its restrictions. The Windows Phone 8, which abilities the product, is its durability as well as its weak point.

We have written about the os previously but here is a quick conclusion. Windows Phone 8 is quick, user-friendly and wonderful but it is not as efficient or versatile as Android os. The OS does not have a appropriate alert center and appropriate multi-tasking. While some customers may not thoughts it, people who use their mobile phones to keep in touch with the real-time world through solutions like Tweets will look for the encounter missing. Deficiency of applications for Windows Phone gadgets is another problem. It is particularly an issue if your digital life moves around Search engines solutions like Youtube. com, Googlemail,Google Charts and Search engines Talk. There are some third-party applications that access into these solutions but the encounter is substandard in comparison to what Android os, which is made by Search engines, offers.

The last bargain that customers will have to create with HTC 8S is absence of movie talk. The cellphone doesn't have a front digital camera so you can't movie talk with your family with it.

Good cellphone for the price
If you are out in the marketplace tracking for a intelligent phone for less than Rs 20,000 HTC 8S should be on your candidate. But before you pick it create sure that you do not thoughts what it does not have. Apps are not as numerous as what Android os mobile phones have, encounter with Search engines solutions is inadequate and if you are a large Tweets customers, this is not the product for you. In the same way, you cannot create movie calling with it.

But if these restrictions are not a deal-breaker for you, 8S is a good option. It is not in the group of costly Android os mobile phones or iPhone but it doesn't have to be. At a cost of Rs 19,260 it is a strong system that is better than similarly-priced Android os mobile phones because of its quick performance, very excellent display and a great style. 

Source: Htc.com/Techgig/Technorati

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