HTC One S Snapdragon S3 to come out in Europe

Earlier this month, it became known that the world will see yet another version of the HTC S One , which is different from the basic look, but now has a slightly different filling. One S from Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 instead of S4's new within the first predicted for the Taiwan market . But the last to stipulate that the European buyers also will soon have to be careful when choosing this smartphone - One S with the "obsolete" the chip will appear on store shelves in some countries of the European region.

 

Publication of The Verge said that officials have confirmed HTC - HTC One S with Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 goes on sale in some Asian markets, but in addition, he will be in Europe. Specific country has no declared and it is unlikely this list will be officially on the web.

 

The frequency of the processor in these smartphones will be at 1.2 or 1.5 GHz and 1.7 GHz. Apparently, HTC are trying to increase this level the difference in performance with the Snapdragon S4, the standard frequency is 1.5 GHz. But it is worth remembering that the difference between the last and the penultimate generation of processors from Qualcomm is huge, and it is doubtful whether such a slight increase in frequency will fix anything. First, the S4 uses a completely new kernel Krait, which are made of 28-nm process technology and its capabilities closer Cortex-A15. In addition, the accelerator Adreno 225, which are equipped with latest processor Qualcomm, according to official data several times faster than its predecessor.

The rest of this HTC One S is no different from the standard, the same AMOLED-display with a diagonal of 4.3 inches and a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. The same 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of built-in recording data. Of course, the smartphone set the main camera with a resolution of 8 megapixels, wide angle lens and the BSI-backlit display. Powered by Smartphone Android 4.0 with the latest proprietary shell HTC Sense 4.0.

According to reports by representatives of HTC promises something special to mark a smartphone, so it can be distinguished from the standard version. According to the assumptions, the occurrence of HTC One S from Snapdragon S3 on board due to the fact that Qualcomm does not have time to create the right amount of new processors.  [Via The Verge ]

Download First update v1.78 for HTC One S

There's always a first time and is today HTC touch One S receive the baptism of fire on updates: thus controlled in the information system of your smartphone to see if an update from about 60 MB is there ready to expect and maybe in the meantime, equip yourself with Wi-Fi to download a quick and painless.

Do not be easy illusions, however, you will be still stuck in the ancient Android 4.0.3 because the 4.0.4 is still a prerogative of a select few.

The most obvious change is perhaps the removal of the menu button with three dots to some Google apps, but really hope is that there is much more under the hood, such as a fix for the problem of disconnection from wireless networks do not talk about the web browsing certainly not optimized.

In the absence of an official changelog then, why not tell us what have you noticed different on your phone after the update?

Problems with Wi-Fi from HTC and One X One S? Try this solution

Late last week, was a rich and interesting by the fact that the former owners of the new HTC smartphones euphoria of the past purchases, and the Web began to appear about the problems they found. Of course, some problems can be attributed to far-fetched, but there are those that are really serious spoil the appearance or disruption to normal working capacity. The latter type of problems and is not quite correct operation of Wi-Fi on your phone. Which, however, we can easily solve yourself.

Some users HTC One S and One X said about the problems in working with networks Wi-Fi. According to reports, after leaving the sleep mode Wi-Fi on your phone is turned off and is restored only after the exit from this mode. Interestingly, this happens even if the transfer takes place through a network of data that violates the normal operation of some applications. Empirically it was found that this problem only occurs when making automatic settings on the access point / router. Certainly HTC is preparing a patch to solve the problem, as long as the network configuration manually. If you do not know how to do this, follow the instructions below.

1. First go to Settings> Wi-Fi and "delete" your Wi-Fi
2. Now reselect your network and enter your password
3. Click on "Show Advanced Options" and select "IP Settings", then choose "Static "instead of" DHCP "
4. The address IP : enter the IP address you want to assign to your phone. Take it from the list of available IP assigned via DHCP (check your router configuration page if you have doubts). For example, if your router is 192.168.0.1, from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254, then you should be fine.
5. Gatweay : The IP address of your router.
6. IP Prefix Length : usually the "24" standard should be fine
7. DNS1/DNS2 : The primary and secondary DNS of your ISP. If you are not sure you can use Google's public DNS, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, as shown in the screenshot.
8. Click " connect "and eventually everything will work normally. 

If you still have problems after this operation with Wi-Fi, try to enable "Best Performance Wi-Fi", Wi-Fi settings in Advanced. If you have problems to connect, or you can connect but not access to internet, check the settings, especially the gateway and DNS.

In case of failure even after changing the settings properly Wi-Fi, continue to connect via DHCP and IP expect the new firmware that contains the fix.

HTC One S and One X: a claim to the material

Last week kicked off the European sales of smartphones series HTC One. HTC One V, One S and One X aroused great interest of the public before the sales, but some want to first time buyers waiting for reviews to those experienced in real smartphones, and identified problems that may occur during prolonged operation of devices.

 

Unfortunately, the reviews of owners One X and S suggests that the problem really is and some of them can not be solved by simply updating the firmware.

According to European users of black HTC One S, so much touted ceramic coating obtained by plasma treatment of aluminum billets , has one defect - it starts with case in respect to the "critical" areas . As proof that there are photos from one of the visitors to the forum XDA. He argues that the smartphone it is used quite carefully and not fall to any significant height. Incidentally, plasma electrolytic oxidation, as is sometimes translated Micro Arc Oxidation, does not protect against attacks, but only from scratches, corrosion and weather factors. I would like to believe that these are isolated cases or a marriage party, so what are waiting for feedback from you, our readers.

The problems are not spared and flagship smartphone HTC One X. According to Paul O'Brien (Paul O'Brien), known as the founder of the portal for developers MoDaCo, covering the plastic cell phones  easily scratched during normal use . This is due to the fact that he did not recessed inside and touches the surface on which is placed a smartphone. By the way, about this issue speaks not only Paul, but other users of this smartphone. The described injuries lead to problems with focusing. If you, our readers, as well faced with covering up scratches on the plastic chamber, then ask you to write about it in the comments.

The only smartphone Series One, about the structural problems which have not yet conducted discussions on the web - HTC One V. Really, the most accessible of the series turned out, and the most successful in terms of design? If you can point to some problems with the device, we ask in the comments. Remember, your message can help make the choice to another person.  [VIA MoDaCo ]

One HTC S Beats headphones with Audio: new details of the offer Vodafone

Vodafone, as we reported a few days ago , has chosen to enrich the standard specification of HTC One S making including the excellent Audio Beats in-ear headphones. For details have emerged previously added new information that might be useful to those who are planning to reach the nearest Vodafone store to take advantage of the interesting promotion. Currently Vodafone is the only operator who has chosen to make available the Audio Beats in-ear headphones, which we know, could no longer part of the standard specifications of the HTC device . This initiative is undoubtedly appreciable taking into account the official price of the device than that applied in other European nations.

To avoid confusion and misunderstandings, we present the information as we received them from official sources. Offer HTC Audio Beats headphones with S One of Vodafone shall be used only under the following terms:

• Buy rechargeable online from now
• Buy online with subscription from April 16
• Purchase in the physical store with subscription from April 16

In other words, the package One S + HTC Audio Beats headphones can be purchased in the physical store of Vodafone only in conjunction with the subscription , while those wishing to take advantage of the offer without constraint subscription will purchase online.

[HTC One S] Qualcomm S4 shows the muscles in multitasking and gaming (VIDEO)

The last day was devoted in large part for the arrival of the new flagship of the Taiwanese, or HTC X One , but it would be wrong to overlook the fact that along with the top of the line has begun to reach store shelves also HTC One S . This is a smartphone that, as we know, would be simplistic to say the least considered mainstream.

The Taiwanese manufacturer with the new line-up has moved even higher quality level of the high-end device, but HTC One S falls rightly in this unique market segment that it could be considered more than a "little brother" One of HTC X, a real alternative . We continue to discover the qualities of the device with an interesting video that focuses on the management of multitasking and gaming .

One S HTC as HTC X One can count on the new section of the interface Sense 4 dedicated to the management of multi-tasking that uses a new style coverflow menu not only functional but also very nice graphically. The good amount of memory the device should be sufficient to quickly manage multiple applications in memory. Even HTC S One does not give up then to have its own dedicated application launched by the supplier to the gaming platform SoC. If HTC X One draws on Tegra Zone for games optimized for Tegra 3, HTC S One can count on Game Commander developed by Qualcomm .

Without further delay we leave you the video that touches on multitasking, gaming is on HTC's One S. Among the titles shown in addition to GTA III, Riptide GP and the inevitable Angry Birds, figure Bunny Maze, a game platform optimized for Qualcomm.

Probably many people will be wondering which of the two new high-end smartphone is the one to choose. A winner we have not and probably does not mean that you're forced to find considering that HTC and One X One S are both very good and able to keep up with the higher performance of the smartphone market. The winner so far seems to be same as HTC, intelligently, has chosen to diversify the offer is not binding to a single manufacturer's hardware platform. Nvidia and Qualcomm, antagonistic to each other, seem to become great allies of HTC. source   by

[One S HTC] Unofficial released ClockworkMod Recovery Touch

One of the most interesting topic for the new smartphone HTC One of the line, as well as hardware and software, about the reception given to the terminals by the community of developers. We have already had occasion to highlight the possibility of finding the root of smartphones HTC One before beginning to market, as well as the presence of the first dedicated Custom ROM for HTC One X. The community these days certainly has not slowed the pace of release of new tools dedicated to modding and recently made ​​available the first ClockworkMod Recovery Touch for  HTC One S waiting for the official. Recall that the custom recovery is an essential tool for installing custom ROM. The ' author of the recovery is always on Paul O'Brien .

Paul himself defines recovery "interim", pending the release of the official profit dedicated tool for developers and fans of custom ROM. As the author points out the installation of the modified recovery is risky to those who do not assume the risks involved. The recovery goes through flashdata or fastboot started directly. For more information about this topicwe refer to the official .

Pending the issuance of ClockworkMod Recovery Journal is interesting to note that the developers have been granted since the new smartphone HTC confidence. Another encouraging sign that bodes well for the future of modding One of the devices on the presence of new custom ROM dedicated to them. Among the most interesting projects, and certainly one to keep under control will signal the RevolutionAndroid ROM for HTC HD 1.1.0 One X developed by mike 1986.

How fast is HTC X One? One benchmark S vs HTC, Samsung, GS II, Nexus, and Notes (VIDEO)

HTC X One has already begun to flex its muscles with the first benchmark of which we had occupied a few days ago regarding the S4 version with Qualcomm . New tests begin to trace the divide between the version of HTC X One with quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 and other dual-core smartphone which also include team-mate HTC One S. The benchmark results obviously do not always translate into a similar performance boost noticeable in real life of the device, but we must admit that if the premises are those that are going to show you, even in the daily performance of HTC X One might be very convincing and true Top of Range.

Let's start off from a challenge HTC X One plays at home, defying HTC One S , equipped with S4 Platform Qualcomm dual-core architecture. The frequency of each core is substantially similar for the two smartphones (1.5 GHz), but HTC X One has a double number of cores (4 versus 2). An impact on performance is not only the frequency of operation but also the efficiency of the architecture and from this point of view also has HTC S One of the trump cards from the manufacturing process 28nn Qualcomm S4 which makes it very efficient.

Regarding the results of the tests reported below, we clarify that the version of the software used by HTC One D is not yet definitive, the results may therefore be subject to further improvements. For testing we used the well-known benchmark AnTuTu that expresses a single synthetic value the performance of various components of the smartphone (CPU, RAM, GPU, etc). Following are the complete results:

One HTC X:

• Total Score: 10 597
• RAM: 2280
• CPU Integer: 3495
• Float-point CPUs: 2617
• 2D Graphics: 141
• 3D Graphics: 1194
• Database IO: 525
• SD Card Write: (24.1 MB / s) 150
• SD Card Read: (35.2 MB / s) 195
• CPU Frequency: 1500

One HTC S (software version is not final)

• Total Score: 6458
• RAM: 1166
• CPU Integer: 2069
• Float-point CPUs: 968
• 2D Graphics: 296
• 3D Graphics: 1248
• Database IO: 365
• SD Card Write: (24.1 MB / s) 150
• SD Card Read: (35.2 MB / s) 196
• CPU Frequency: 1512 MHz

As you can see, at least with the benchmark used, the performance gap compared to the solution of dual-core Qualcomm is consistent.

A similar scenario superiority recurs when you switch to compare the performance of HTC X One with those of three smartphone Samsung widespread, popular and powerful, or the S Galaxy II, Galaxy and Galaxy Nexus Notes . We propose the following chart with measurements made ​​by Nvidia itself:

Starting from a value of 100 which corresponds to the performance of the Nexus Galaxy, HTC X One would result in an increase in performance ranging from 111% to 186% more depending on the benchmark used. Obviously this comparison test, made by Nvidia, and not by a third entity entirely, or not be refuted by further benchmark the community and we will do when we start to use the copies of HTC X One for the usual tests. At the same time we felt it appropriate to refer you to begin to quantify the benchmark, albeit with some margin of error, which will be the performance boost provided by the solution quad-core Nvidia over existing dual-core.

We were aware that a quad core compared to last generation, to be released next week, with dual core always top range but already on the market. But this is precisely the point, given the criticism that we often face the Integra 3. If our Galaxy Nexus have more than 6000 points benchmark and HTC super X ONE is part of the 10,000 already a remarkable achievement, important, and if we hope for future enhancements directly from nvidia, HTC or community of enthusiasts, we can certainly hope that the product is durable and at the top.

ONE HTC S, a VIDEO to show the official super-resistant shell

HTC's one , as already explained in a previous post, using a ceramic metal unibody chassis built with a special technology called micro-arc oxidation (MAO). This process, originally designed for use on satellites, makes it extremely lightweight and super durable smartphone.

In addition to ultra-resistant body, then we find a beautiful AMOLED display super gorilla glass. In follow htc video shows and explains briefly the importance of this production process.

These are the words used by HTC to describe this video:

To create the extremely durable, premium finish for HTC One S we use a micro-arc oxidation process Called. Originally designed for use on satellites and race cars, the process starts with aircraft aluminum. Ten thousand volts of electricity hit the metal, Almost like lighting strikes, causing a microscopic transformation Which crease super-strong ceramic houses That Is the end times stronger than aerospace aluminum.

HTC One S flagship faster One X

Despite the fact that each of the new series of smartphones One is an ultimatum, among them is still the flagship release. After an ultimatum of each device is defined only in terms of different target audiences. HTC X One is clearly the flagship of the series, but One S smartphone called the middle segment is very difficult.

In design and appearance, he even has some advantage over the leader. But what would be the results if you compare what is a smartphone, "under the hood" ?

Recall characteristics of smartphones that somehow affect the performance. HTC One X has a display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 (720p) and a diagonal of 4.7 inches. Inside the flagship quad set (4-PLUS-1) processor NVidia Tegra 3 with a frequency of 1.5 GHz and accelerator. Display size HTC One S is 4.3 inches, and resolution - 960 x 540 (qHD). The smartphone is set to dual-core Qualcomm MSM8260A with a frequency of 1.5 GHz and accelerator Adreno 225. The amount of RAM in each of the devices - 1 GB.

Our French colleagues managed not only to twist in the hands of HTC One X, and run it several popular tests. Of course, the first smartphone to run a credible Quadrant. One X easily passed all the tests and received as a result of 4560 points. Other tests showed slightly better results, so that we can say that HTC One X in Quadrant receives from 4500 to 4750 points . Next Smartphone tested in the measuring speed of the processor with floating point benchmark Linpack. One X It showed about 62 in a single-mode MLOPS and 112 MLOPS in operation in several streams. MFLOPS - million floating-point (point) in the second. The next set of tests was young, but already gained popularity AnTutu Benchmark. It has HTC One X 10 112 points, a stunning result. Finally, the completed test Newmark2, where the Tegra 3 in One X showed 52 frames per second .

Unfortunately, HTC One S test on such a wide range of benchmarks was not possible. While we can say that with the Quadrant subflagman copes well without any problems and it gets 4828 points . It is also known that in the instance of the exhibition Newmark2 showed 60.6 frames per second . We must publish detailed test of the device as soon as it comes out.

As you can see in all the tests that have been passed by both devices, HTC One S dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 slightly ahead of the flagship smartphone with quad-core monster inside . Of course, it is necessary to take into account that different smartphone display resolution, which clearly affect the outcome, and the software can be optimized in different ways. We can only say that the performance of chips is very similar, despite the difference in the number of nuclei.

PS: it will be interesting to see tests HTC One XL, the operator version of its flagship smartphone with a new dual-core Qualcomm Tegra instead of 3.

HTC One S plus high-speed shooting test

Less than a week ago, HTC has introduced a new series of smartphones - One. While the series consists of three devices: the flagship HTC One X, the sub-flagship of HTC One S and HTC One V medium segment. Smartphones have a beautiful design and decent stuffing, if we consider each of them as the ultimate solution for their class. But there is a factor that unites these devices - the new great camera modules and functional software, which is 100% advantage of cameras.

One of the interesting features of the new HTC camera - "a high-speed (fast) shooting" . This feature allows you to shoot video at 100 frames per second. When playing a video obtained by an interesting effect of slow motion of objects. This effect has long been used in films about nature and in music videos. High-speed photography first appeared on the Android-smartphone devices in the series is One.

The video was published on the product manager of the HTC, Evgeny Pavlov, in his tweet. According to him, it was filmed on HTC One S using high-speed shooting. Roller also allows us to estimate the quality of video, which takes 8MP camera HTC One S from BSI-backlit wide-angle 28mm lens and aperture f/2.0. Given that the lighting in the room was rather weak, the new HTC camera coped quite well - anywhere on the video is not visible noise.

HTC One S - a new smartphone HTC. It is equipped with Super AMOLED display with a diagonal of 4.3 inches and a resolution of 960 x 540 (qHD). The heart of the smartphone is a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with a frequency of 1.5 GHz. The RAM is 1 GB and the memory for recording data - 16 GB. Can expand the memory, the HTC One S no slots for memory cards. All this is packaged in a beautiful stuffing unibody-building, made of metal on a completely new technology, which at times increases its security.

HTC and One X One S: excellent results with the first benchmark (video)

One X One S and HTC have begun to capture the public's attention at Mobile World Congress with excellent standard equipment and the building particularly cared. The choice of hardware platform made ​​by HTC for the two devices was different: One HTC X uses the processor Nvidia Tegra 3, while HTC uses S One solution to the dual-core Snapdragon S4.In both cases the performance is superior to the products seen so far, as also reflected in the two videos that we propose below.

HTC X One, the top model of the new line-up, scores 4712 points in Quadrant

One HTC S, despite "only" 2 core is able to obtain well-  Quadrant 4860 points, surpassing even HTC One X ,  and 60 fps in Nenamark 2 :