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HTC 8X Windows Phone 8 UK Sim Free Smartphone - Blue

by HTC
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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  • World-class camera - new ultra-wide-angle front and back cameras
  • Perfect-fit design - the most comfortable phone you’ll ever hold
  • Exclusive built in amplifier for Beats Audio - Enjoy high-def, uncompromised sound for all you do
  • Tough, lightweight, scratch-resistant 4.3" super LCD Gorilla Glass screen
  • Windows Phone 8 with Qualcomm® S4 1.5 GHz, Dual-core processor
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  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1 x 6.6 cm ; 91 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 907 g
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  • Item model number: c620E
  • ASIN: B009E3RST0
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 19 Sep 2012
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,187 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
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Product Description

Product Description

Windows Phone 8X by HTC: Powerfully personal. Amplified by Beats.

Windows Phone 8X by HTC World-class Camera
World-class camera for the photographer in you

It’s here: A new, iconic design that keeps you connected while also reflecting you. Unique colour options, a seamless look, a screen to personalize—all serving up people and passions that matter most.

World-class camera for the photographer in you. Capture twice the picture with the ultra-wide-angle front camera lens

How many times have you wanted to take a picture of you and your friends in front of somewhere cool, but the photo just captures your head and nothing of the background. Or, you don’t really get your friends in the shot, either. Get more people in the shot, including you! Now, easily fit more people in the shot with an exclusive 88° ultra-wide-angle front camera that captures nearly triple the area of most other front cameras. Enjoy more people, more background, more memories.

Physical Camera Button
Capture the moment forever with instant activation (even from the lock screen).

Take amazing photos—even in low light

HTC ImageChip ensures you capture the highest-quality, crisp, true-to-life photos. The camera features our best-in-class f/2.0 lens, optimizing the experience for low-light, so your pictures will be great even when the lighting isn’t, such as dimly lit restaurants, indoor gatherings or at sunset.

Quickly capture every picture with the physical camera button

Capture the moment forever with instant activation (even from the lock screen!) with the distinctive external camera button. Instantly point, shoot, share.

Brilliant display in any viewing condition

Images look better than ever—even in direct sunlight or at off-center angles—on the HTC laminated display screen with its brilliant color and crisp contrast. The tough, lightweight, scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass screen fends off every day wear and tear so you enjoy a long-lasting beautiful, clear display.

Exclusive built in amplifier for Beats Audio
Exclusive built in amplifier for Beats Audio

Amplified by Beats Audio

The 8X has a dedicated amp built right into the phone, so it pumps more power to your headphones than ever. Plus, Beats Audio is coming to Windows phones for the first time ever. Take that combination and transform your listening pleasure with deeper bass, crisper vocals and detailed high notes for music, games, movies and videos.

Your world delivered live

These days information is constant and updates are non-stop. Live Tiles let you arrange your Start screen just how you want it and make it easy to see everything that’s going on with the people and passions in your life in real-time. You can make a Live Tile for anyone and almost anything, and pin it right to your Start screen. Pin a person or an app and you instantly know what their latest updates, deals, changes just by looking at your phone. Resize, rearrange and recolor for easy access to what matters most to you.

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32 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb phone at a very competitive price 11 Nov 2012
When the iPhone 5 is on sale for £550 or whatever it was on release, it baffles me that people actually bought it over this beauty of a phone. I have the black version of the HTC 8X and it's lovely. I would have bought this over the iPhone 5 even if they'd cost the same.

The hardware on HTC's Windows Phone range has seen a healthy bolster, and now it sports dual core processors, and notably much higher resolutions. The screen on this phone is excellent, making it a joy to use. App loading is quick and everything on the phone is much faster than it used to be for me.

Holding the phone feels amazing, although the sides are so thin sometimes it's hard to get a firm grip!

In terms of software, I really really like Windows Phone 8. People criticise its Store for not having 'enough' apps. But what does this mean? It means games that go global are produced on either Android or iOS because they have much larger user bases - it's impossible to go global with a Windows Phone exclusive app - and people then have a go at Windows Phone for not having said apps even though it is inevitable that they will initially be produced for the other two platforms or they would not have been huge successes.

Furthermore, the Windows Phone Store is more than enough for most users. No Instagram, I hear you ask? This is the only main app the Store is missing, and even then I don't think it's that important. All the useful ones are there. If you're aggrieved that the latest timewasting game isn't available (yet) then maybe you should have a portable games console instead of a phone.

I moved from an HTC Mozart, whose battery life had deteriorated severely by the end of its life, so it's hard for me to judge the 8X's battery life independently. However, I can say it lasts me well over a day with average use (even though I charge it daily, just in case), and with heavy use it should last too. Gaming was always the thing that drained battery for me in the past, but it's not been too taxing with the 8X (yet).

Windows Phone 8 is a brilliant upgrade from 7, and it adds a few great features that the OS has missed. It's now quicker, easier to use and much more functional, and works well with a Windows 8 PC.

I dare you to try this phone and not want it.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Iconic 9 Feb 2013
By Pacey
The only way you can start a review of this phone, is to talk about how well designed it is. It looks are sleek, its curves are beautiful and I can honestly see every new smartphone on the market in the next 24 months taking some inspiration from it. I've had the phone nearly two months now and it always draws admiring glances.

Apart from the phones glamorous looks, it also packs a hefty punch underneath. The first thing you will notice is the display is very clear and I enjoy looking at the Internet more on the 8X than I do on my HTC One X despite the screen being smaller, the touchscreen also responds to every touch well.

Although the WP8 music system is not the best I have seen on a phone, the sound quality on the phone is very high quality, especially through the loudspeaker which I use a lot to entertain my daughter!

HTC have also looked hard at the front camera on the phone, something which almost seems like an afterthought on many smartphones, in an age where we seem to be taking more pictures of ourselves with friends (admit it, we've all done it, or at least seen them on Facebook!) it is good to see phone designers thinking of how we use a phone. The clarity you get from the front facing camera is like nothing I have seen, this is also true of what you can fit into the pictures I guess due to the wide angle lens. (My current record was taking a group picture of 10 of us in a pub!)

The tradition reverse camera is adequate, although I do have a few concerns over indoor pictures.

If you have made the decision to migrate to Windows Phone 8, or you are looking at your first smartphone I couldn't recommend this innovate phone enough. Its ease of use is a big plus point, you could hand it to your dear old Mum and she would be able to customize it to her tastes without any problems.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars What a fantastic phone... 8 Feb 2013
What can I say? The 8X is light, pretty, fast and tough. It feels good in the hand - grippy without being sticky and a perfect shape. The lines aren't spoilt anywhere and the colour is a bold statement. Let me walk you around the phone.
The power button is at the top right; and while it's sometimes difficult to hit perfectly it doesn't irritate much. The SIM card slot, volume controls and camera shutter button are down the right hand side; made flush with the edge but easy to find and use. (Sometimes the camera button can be a little TOO easy to hit, but there are options in the settings to help). Charging is at the centre of the base (BIG plus point for me) and the left side of the phone is unadorned. The headset socket sits at the top left.
The display is simply stunning; the clarity and sharpness of just about everything it shows is delightful; and it's bright and strong too - even in sunlight it's easily visible. Accompanying the display on the front of the phone are the front-facing camera lens (top right), the earpiece (centre) and at the bottom the three Windows Phone keys back, start and search.
The main camera and flash LED are near the top of the back surface, and the loudspeaker is near the bottom in the centre. Mentioning the speaker brings me to playing music: this phone's built-in speaker is LOUD - and some of the best quality reproduction I've heard from a phone's internal speaker. That doesn't mean it'll rival even a small docking station - duh - but for a phone speaker it's excellent. Plug in some headphones and it is INCREDIBLY loud - you will very rarely need full volume on this beast.
Using the phone, I'm struck by the speed. Transitions are completely free of lag, stutter or slowness - everything feels extremely slick and responsive. Lots of pretty little animations are built into Windows Phone to provide feedback on what you do on the display, and even these don't faze the processing speed at all. Response of the network is adequate on Edge, excellent on 3/3.5G and WiFi.
Battery life is great; with moderate use I'm getting about a day and a half - light usage keeps it going for two days easily.
The cameras are brilliant - I'm really impressed with both (for different reasons). The main camera is FAST. Press the button and the pic is done; no lag (or at least, not more than 1/10th of a second). All the normal "Effects" and camera settings are present, and the flash is good and bright. Photos are great quality with good colour reproduction and pin-sharp focus. The front facer isn't quite as fast, but the difference compared to other phones is immediately obvious when you look at the display... it's INSANELY wide angle, with a viewable area of almost 90°. This means that you can fit in an awful lot of stuff, even when the subjects are only at arm's length. Snaps are by default at 1920x1080 on the front cam which is very reasonable. Videoing with both cameras is great, too!
Downsides? Well, there are some minor irritations but the phone is seriously good - they really are acceptable. Firstly, the power button, as mentioned above, could be tilted back a tiny bit away from the display to make it easier to find. With the front camera, it's very easy to get camera shake in anything less than daylight. It is impossible to charge the phone with the power off; as soon as you plug in power, it switches itself on and won't switch off (it restarts instead).
That's it - I hope you find it useful!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the negatives
This is a great phone. Beautiful, sexy, functional.

The range of apps available is fine - sure, you have less than Apple, but I have yet to find anything I needed/wanted... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Jamest
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely phone
This phone is just lovely. HTC have set the standard when it comes to making Windows Phone 8 handsets. Read more
Published 18 days ago by MR LC
5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth, slick and beautifully made
I've had an iPhone and various Android phones but this is my favourite to date.

Windows phone 8 isn't as 'all singing and all dancing' as Android and there aren't as... Read more
Published 1 month ago by LindaLoo
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic mobile phone
I got this mobile from the network I've been with for years, and couldn't sing its praises enough.There are so many good points i would have trouble writing them all, so i will... Read more
Published 1 month ago by marc
5.0 out of 5 stars A winner
I love the Windows 8 interface with nice big, clear screen and decent sized icons..... Much better screen and interface than the iphone although not as slick and fast... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anthony J. C. Graham
3.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, poor execution
There seems to be a common theme with HTC phones ever since the Desire HD.

Great specs, great feel and design, shocking battery life. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fiv
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful gadget
gorgeous screen, beautifully crafted, nice colour, light and thin, elegant OS, very smooth and responsive... a very nice experience overall
Published 3 months ago by florian dhimitri
4.0 out of 5 stars First time Windows Phone User
I've had the 8X for about a month so I've really had time to play around with it and I have to say it is a stunning device and a joy to use. Read more
Published 3 months ago by gotomanners
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent handset,polished perforner
Really enjoying the phone. Needs more apps for windows but the phone is fast and intuitive. I need to buy a case and since phone is new there are limited ootions
Published 3 months ago by bearlyalive
5.0 out of 5 stars FantastIc Phone
The HTC 8X is by far the best looking phone that I have owned, the design is beautiful , I have the Californian blue coloured one and it is a real head turner, lots of people stare... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Martin Wilson
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