HTC 8x announced

     HTC announced their Windows phone 8 flagshp the HTC 8x.HTC 8x is a very capable phone,its made of a rigid polycarbonate shell. HTC 8x is very different from typical HTC design surprisingly it looks similar to a Nokia Lumia ,Will we get another lawsuit? Apart from that HTC 8x is a good device having all the top end gizmos

Main hardware Features of HTC 8x are

•     Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 DualCore processor clocked @ 1.5 Ghz
•    Adreno 225 GPU
•    1 GB RAM  (Dual-channel 500 MHz LPDDR2)
•    16 GB inbuilt memory  

Very identical to the direct competitor Lumia 920 and Samsung ATIV S sans the memory options 920 is only available in 32 GB while ATIV offers both 32 and 16 GB

Physical dimensions

LxWxT          132.35 x 66.2 x 10.12 mm

Though not the thinnest ,Its quite a slim phone considering its features

Camera

•     8 megapixelcamera with auto focus and BSI sensor for better low light  capture 
•     Dedicated HTC ImageChip 
•     F2.0 aperture and 28mm lens
•     Full HD (1080 p) video capture
•     LED flash

Very same unit we saw on HTC One X,HTC one S etc…produces good sharp pictures

Display

•    4.3 inch HD (720 x 1280) 
•          Super LCD 2 technology
•          IPS
•    Pixel Density 342 PPI
•    Gorilla® Glass 2

A good display with great pixel density thanks to its comparatively smaller size

Sensors

•    G-Sensor
•       Digital compass
•    Proximity sensor
•    Ambient light sensor
•   Internal GPS antenna with GLONASS

Data / Connectivity

•    EDGE
•       GPRS
•        HSPA
•        LTE 
•        Wifi (WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n )
•         Bluetooth  2.1
•         Micro USB
•        NFC
•         USB 2.0 High-Speed

  

Audio

•    Studio-quality sound with Beats Audio™
•        Buiilt-in amplifier for headhones
•    3.5 mm stereo audio jack

Perhaps a deciding factor for many especially for the beats  lovers

An unlocked HTC 8X is priced at 400 Euros or $650 which will roughly transalates to 36000 INR