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HTC have just announced a thrilling new range of smartphones and we’ve been looking at each model in detail. Now, our attention finally turns to the flagship model, the HTC One X.

The HTC One X clearly leads the lineup with an enormously powerful processor. It’s equipped with a staggering 1.5 Ghz Tegra 3 quad core processor, a processing power only seen on high priced laptop/desktop computers. This gives the phone, lightning fast internet speeds and a flawlessly smooth Android experience even with apps, music, movies and books downloaded. The 720p 4.7 inch HD screen will help add to the all round immersive experience of the phone and at only 130 grams the One X is already proving to be a heavy weight knock out to the brilliant Samsung Galaxy S2.

Another glowing feature is the NFC chip which is capable of transacting payments via a mobile. This is a potentially exciting route for next generation mobile use as Google Wallet continues to expand its availability to a greater range of shops throughout the country. The other features are standard with all of the other bells and whistles you would expect from a high end premium smartphone from HTC.

The impressive 1GB of RAM will help retrieve data rapidly. Similarly the storage space allows 32GB of freedom; a clear sign of the increasing data people store into their devices such as movies and music. The One X’s massive internal storage will swallow most users’ demands. One dislike though – there’s no way of expanding it.

An 8 megapixel camera encapsulates auto-focus, smart LED flash alongside a BSI sensor – helping it to take enhanced photos at low light. Furthermore, there’s a standard 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for video chatting and self portraits. All of this mixed in with a 1080p full HD video recording capability matches the brains to the sleek beauties of the body. This is neatly tied in with the inclusion of Beats Audio and a micro-SIM to leave room for its large 1800mAh battery which dwarfs the iPhone 4S’s 1432 mAh offering.

Get the HTC One X from just £32/month with 500 minutes, 5000 texts and 250MB data

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Hot on the heels of T-Mobile’s Full Monty offering, O₂ have announced a new tariff that includes both unlimited calls and unlimited texts. Called the On & On tariff, it starts from only £26 a month.

However, unlike 3 and T-Mobile, the tariff does not include an unlimited data allowance. O₂ have long been infamous for having the most miserly inclusive data packages, and they claim that 1GB is a very large amount. We’re finding go that more and more smart phone users need much more than 1 GB to last them through the month. An additional gigabyte will cost you £5 on the plan. Luckily, O₂ do tend to send regular text updates on how much of your data allowance you’ve used so far so it should be easier to keep within your limits.

Despite this, O₂ is surely hoping to win over plenty of new and existing customers to this competitive new tariff. The unlimited calls can be made to any UK mobile or landline number and unlimited texts can be sent to any UK number too.

Sally Cowdry, director of marketing and consumer at O₂ said:

On & On gives our customers the most value we’ve ever offered in a Pay Monthly tariff. Whether they’re choosing to stay with us or joining O₂ for the first time, they’ll be able to talk and text as much as they like, while enjoying the internet on their mobile absolutely worry-free. And only O₂ has the added value benefits of priority access to 4000 acts a year with Priority Tickets and everyday offers and discounts with Priority Moments.

What you think of this new unlimited tariff from O2? Would you be tempted to sign up for it? And which is your favourite of all the unlimited plans currently available – O2’s On & On, T-Mobile’s Full Monty, 3’s All-You-Can-Eat or Giffgaff’s incredible goodybags?

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Continuing our look at the new HTC One range of mobile phones, we’re taking a look at the HTC One S today.

The One S does mimic many of its bigger brother’s features although some aspects have been downsized. The 4.3 inch amoLED screen is an ideal combination of large dimensions at a manageable size which is what many people would admire of the One S. Additionally, its super slick form factor and diet to 119.8 grams will feel breezy to hold.

The One S does away with two of the cores leaving it a still considerably commanding 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor. Screen resolution has taken a minor hit though with a resolution of 560*960 – just a tick behind the iPhone 4S’s retina display of 640*960 pixels . The internal storage has been halved to 16GB but this is more than enough for a vast collection of music and a couple of movies. Whilst the front facing camera has been converted into a VGA resolution but is still a decent offering.

The rest of the features stay the same so to summarise: Beats Audio, 8MP camera, 1080p HD recording, 1GB RAM, 1650mAh battery.

Get the HTC One S from just £29/month with 500 minutes, 5000 texts and 250MB data

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