Taiwanese manufacturer HTC may have skipped the Consumer Electronics Show this year, but it was certainly back with a bang for the Mobile World Congress. The company showcased three very important smartphones as part of its One series at the event - its flagship One X, mid-range One V and it's thinnest smartphone till date, the One S.Despite being just 7.8mm thick, the HTC One S packs in some power. It comes with a 1.7GHz Qualcomm S3 processor and 1GB RAM. Will this sleek smartphone be able to catch the fancy of Indian consumers? We will find out in this review.
HardwareThe HTC One S is one of the few phones that grab your attention instantly. It looks fresh and quite different from HTC's yesteryear phones. The company seems to have put in quite a bit of thought in the making of this smartphone - the aluminium unibody shell is now much thinner and the speaker grills have been micro-drilled, similar to the One X.
The top and bottom parts of the back are still plastic and the top comes off to reveal the micro-SIM card slot. Similar to the One X, the battery of the device remains inaccessible.
Thanks to the not-so-huge 4.3-inch display and thin profile, the One S fits nicely in the hand and feels right.
Coming to the specifics, the sides of the One S are pretty clean apart from the Micro-USB port on the left and volume rocker on the right. The primary mic is present at the bottom, while the top houses the secondary mic, power button and 3.5mm headset jack.
Overall, the smartphone's industrial design is a nice departure from company's smartphones till now.
DisplayThe HTC One S features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with qHD resolution (960x540), which might not be as crispy as an HD display but is definitely decent. It offers great viewing angles and rich colour reproduction. However, the AMOLED's blue tinge is also present on the phone.
While, the screen looks bright and vibrant, it has its own set of issues because of the underlying technology - Super AMOLED and the PenTile pixel arrangement that makes some colours look grainy on careful observation.
CameraThe smartphone shares the same camera system as the HTC One X, which performed