Now that most people have had their 8X's for around a year, how do you owners feel about the device?
In my personal experience it has been the best phone I have ever owned. The big plus for me is the design. I love the way the phone feels and looks with the matte soft touch finish and slightly curved glass screen. The curved glass on the edges seems like such a simple design choice but I feel as though it is what makes the 8X such a great phone to use. I still get people stopping to ask me what kind of phone I have! The phone isn't without it's faults though. While the screen is a fantastic resolution the colors could "pop" a bit more and in typical HTC fashion the black levels are pretty terrible. Another thing that really troubled me was the fading my first 8X suffered on it's corners. I think it may have been a manufacturing mistake because the phone's outer plastic layer eventually started to peel off and underneath it was the wonderful blue. My second 8X hasn't had the same issue. I really hope HTC makes a second generation 8X. An increase in screen size to perhaps 4.7-5.0 inches would be great and if they reduced the bezels they could probably keep the phone's footprint about the same size. I don't really care about the resolution (720p looks plenty sharp for me) but I would like to see improved saturation and immensely better black levels! Finally, a slight bump up in megapixels and OIS would be a great add on!
In my personal experience it has been the best phone I have ever owned. The big plus for me is the design. I love the way the phone feels and looks with the matte soft touch finish and slightly curved glass screen. The curved glass on the edges seems like such a simple design choice but I feel as though it is what makes the 8X such a great phone to use. I still get people stopping to ask me what kind of phone I have! The phone isn't without it's faults though. While the screen is a fantastic resolution the colors could "pop" a bit more and in typical HTC fashion the black levels are pretty terrible. Another thing that really troubled me was the fading my first 8X suffered on it's corners. I think it may have been a manufacturing mistake because the phone's outer plastic layer eventually started to peel off and underneath it was the wonderful blue. My second 8X hasn't had the same issue. I really hope HTC makes a second generation 8X. An increase in screen size to perhaps 4.7-5.0 inches would be great and if they reduced the bezels they could probably keep the phone's footprint about the same size. I don't really care about the resolution (720p looks plenty sharp for me) but I would like to see improved saturation and immensely better black levels! Finally, a slight bump up in megapixels and OIS would be a great add on!