preface:

The relationship with HTC starts from a long time ago. The first HTC mobile phone is the G12 of the G series, which is my second Android phone. I still remember the situation of playing with the phone at that time. It was fun to play with the phone and the forum. At that time, the feel was my favorite. It was heavy and the size was appropriate. I just like playing with computers. I like the new and hate the old for digital products. Soon, I gave them away and started other products. But the G12 brings me a feeling of playing with computers. During this period, after a long time of not playing with HTC mobile phones, until the new HTC Desire 826 product came out, we started again and saw the familiar system and logo. Although the 826 body has been designed to touch the skin, it feels good, but we can never find the feeling in our heart. I know that the 826 is a midrange model, but I hope it can be better.

There seems to be a popular saying on the Internet, "God closes a door for you and will open a window for you", just like the experience of HTC. The former Android emperor, after experiencing great success, slowly fell behind when fighting with domestic brands. It not only worries people, but will it follow the same path as Nokia? However, in 2015, the rise of VR technology made HTC ignite a fire again. Is God going to close the door of HTC mobile phones and open the window of VR? I don't think so, because Aunt Xue has been working hard on the mobile phone business and never stopped.

It has been a while since I got the HTC ONE X9. I always felt that I wanted to share something with you, but I didn't know what to say. One day, I held two mobile phones, one was a new machine of other domestic brands, and the other was the X9, which was also a metal body. The feel was different. Of course, the feeling was also different. Talk about the reliable parts of X9, such as... cough, cough, spit and praise.

In this era, face value is the truth, which is a bit absolute, but there are facts to prove it. For example, when a little fresh meat made a mistake, fans cried and shouted for a chance; If you don't look at the current mobile phones, how can you get away without beauty settings? Therefore, there are more and more mobile phones with beauty features, which make many people shout that they are practical. Therefore, as one of the necessary tools for daily use, the appearance of mobile phones is in a high position.

As a midrange model, it needs to have a face, design and surprise to attract users. The previously released HTC A9, as the first test point of its traditional design change, has given fans a bright spot once it was released. Ouch, it's good. It's a little changed than before. The HTC ONE X9 has made great progress. For example, the double chin, once widely criticized by everyone, makes many people love and hate rice noodles, but there is no way. This time, the design of double chin has been completely eliminated. The Android three button user has changed from the previous virtual type to the capacitive touch type, and the physical sense of operation has been improved a lot. The dual hidden HTC BoomSound dual speakers also make many people like them. Is it because of the symmetrical design? Haha, maybe not, just because it is HTC, the former machine king, which brings us many memories.

As a stunning HTC phone, the X9 has changed a lot, and it is such a change that many people love HTC again. Its front adopts a 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1080P. It is visually delicate and covers the popular 2.5D curved glass, which improves the hand and touch. The design of the front logo of HTC is placed in the middle, and the identification is also high. The front camera's pixel is 5 million pixels. It is designed on the left side, which provides angle convenience for self taking. The sensor is near it. In actual use, there is a prompt light, but it is too small. If it is in the daytime, it can almost be ignored. It is good at night. When there are information phone prompts, you can see the flashing light, but this design is a bit weak, Either it is slightly larger, which can make good use of the function of the prompt light, but the fact is that the flashing light of the daytime prompt is too small, which does not achieve the expected effect, but it is better than nothing.

As for 2.5D curved glass, I was also worried about whether it would cause screen scratches, bruises and other problems. Fortunately, after using it for several months, it did not cause any damage to the screen, reducing my psychological pressure. The up and down concealed speaker design can significantly improve the sound effect in actual use. However, the gap in the middle of the speaker makes people worry about becoming a dust collector. As a person who cherishes the machine, I think it is better to clean it with a small brush from time to time.

Before, HTC Desire 826 gave me the greatest feeling. Although it was a plastic design, based on its skin friendly design requirements and concepts, it made the hand feel not as cheap as plastic, and the grip comfort was relatively high. The X9's all metal body was quite comfortable. Yes, I did not endorse the word "comfort". In actual grip, there was a smooth silk, It also feels cold and heavy in metal, and because its corners have been rounded, the grip feel and comfort have improved a lot. I also think that I am a more traditional person who thinks that men should be calm and low-key, so I like the feeling of combining heavy and smooth, so that I will rub my hands a few times when I am free, and feel the warmth brought by metal. All these feelings are due to the integrated metal back shell, whose surface has been sandblasted to provide a delicate and smooth feel while avoiding fingerprints. The rounded side narrows to a certain degree from both ends to the front, making you feel natural and comfortable instead of rigid metal.  

In order to ensure the signal output, the bottom of HTC X9 is designed with a white signal overflow band, while the top is also designed with the same design, but it is ingenious. A plastic strip with a color similar to the metal color of the back is added to cover most of the white bands, while the visual effect is more focused on the camera, which can avoid the monotony of the back design. In order to ensure the shooting effect, its rear camera is a 13 million pixel back lit main camera, and has F2.0 aperture and OIS optical anti shake technology. It also provides dual color temperature flash light, which improves the night shooting effect.

As for HTC's change from the former king of machines to the present, many people are either sad or distressed. Maybe it is all due to the puzzle of the elephant's difficulty in turning around. We won't discuss this for the time being, but only look at the changes brought about by X9, which still gives many people a little surprise. As the saying goes, thinking makes change, change makes sense, and the general rule lasts a long time. Yes, the reputation and holdings of users are the touchstones that most intuitively reflect the products. It is an indisputable fact that the confusion caused by the former invariance can only be seen clearly based on the change of the current situation, and the expected change of X9 is only a prerequisite.  

In terms of the change of HTC X9, what has changed is its appearance and material. The slots on the left and right sides of the fuselage have not changed much. There are still slots on the left and right sides of the fuselage in the traditional design. This has not changed with the overall change in details. It is a problem of process grinding tools? Or do you think this is better? I still have some doubts. Many mobile phones at present have designed the card slot as a combined card slot, a dual card or one card one memory card mode, which makes it more convenient for users. Although the previous mobile phone storage is mostly based on 16G, since 2015, the number of 32G and 64G models has increased, making the memory card slot more and more unsuitable. Therefore, the design of the card slot on the left side, as a whole, has damaged the beauty of the integration of the whole machine, which is a pity.

X9 has a SIM slot, volume increase/decrease button and power on button on the right side of the body. In order to improve the recognition of the power on key, a bump design has been added on the power on key, which can accurately press the power on key even in the dark, facilitating the use experience. This is also commendable. From this perspective, the transition at the corners is very natural, and there is no reason to improve the grip feel.

In fact, there is no redundant design at the top and bottom. The top is the headphone hole, and the bottom is the charging port.

In terms of sound effect of mobile phones, X9 is also excellent because it uses BoomSound dual front stereo speakers, which is its advantage. For example, in actual use, not only is the sound volume huge, but in the video playback process, the stereo effect formed by the two speakers is immediately displayed. The result of cooperation with Dolby can be adjusted by itself. It has two different preset sound effects. The theater mode allows you to experience the high-frequency effect of the theater mode speakers, and feel that the sound field is large and the volume is sufficient; The music mode can experience the low-frequency sound performance, and the voice heard is better. After this adjustment, it is more suitable for different people to choose different music.  

Extraneous remarks:

If VR has played a role in focusing on the eyes and improving the B grid for HTC in 2015, X9 will use practice to test the sentence "thinking will change, change will make sense, and all will make sense". Regardless of the layout of emerging industries, the mobile phone industry is still a big cake of HTC, and only by making it sweet and delicious can emerging industries become better and stronger. Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, it is one of the necessary ways to complement each other in the business sector.

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The design of HTC ONE X9 has indeed changed a lot. It has changed the double chin design for many years. The front hidden speaker perfectly integrates the 2.5D arc screen with the metal body, improving the grip and comfort; But we also see that the tradition of keeping details unchanged has not brought the X9 experience to an extreme. Maybe it is preparing for the updated model? Maybe it is just a trial trip for the change of aircraft type? For the fans, it is the most expected thing to experience the real change. By the way, my vermicelli friends, look forward to M10. Maybe it will really make you feel more different

For a mobile phone, the longest time to deal with users is its system. Therefore, no matter how good the hardware is, if the system is not applicable, it will get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, the system experience is the place where users are most likely to complain. However, although many Android mobile phone systems are based on the original Android ecosystem to create their own unique systems, there are good and bad experiences, They are different.

The HTC One X9 system still uses its own HTC Sense 7.0 system. After various optimizations, some details of its own characteristics are added to make the system operation easier to start, new users can also be familiar with the interface and use the machine faster.

The key change in the secondary development of the Snese 7.0 system based on Android is the optimization of the system and APP, for example, the smart home screen function, and the system will recommend applications according to the differences in the user's use scenarios. Three different location modes are available: home, work and going out. In addition to manual switching, users can also set the location of home and work in Sense, so that HTC One X9 can automatically switch scenario applications, saving effort and effort.

In terms of function operation settings, HTC One X9 retains the Motion Launch induction startup, which allows users to double click the wake-up/lock screen, slide up to unlock, quickly start the camera or Blinkfeed, etc., making the operation practical and convenient. It also optimizes third-party applications. If you often use it, you will find that many of its small details have been localized for domestic users, which is simpler and more practical. For example, there are theme stores, app stores, security assistants and other APPs reserved to make users more accustomed to practicality.

HTC security assistant, one of the APPs of other brands, also has the functions of self start management, harassment interception, traffic monitoring, memory cleaning, etc. But what is more practical is that it can limit the network access of applications. Users can set whether a certain software can connect to the network under Wifi or data network, monitor data, and eliminate some problems of software stealing traffic.

When it comes to photography technology, HTC has always been high profile and technical, but it is conservative in X9. The rear camera uses a 13 million pixel camera, which is equipped with the second generation OIS optical anti shake and dual color temperature LED fill light. The optical anti shake feature is that it can automatically detect the slight shake of the lens within 0.125 milliseconds to ensure the stability of the image.  

In terms of function settings, HTC One X9 provides RAW output, which allows children's shoes who like to take photos to complete more post-processing work. By the way, while taking RAW, the system will also retain a JPG photo. In terms of video, 4K definition video shooting is provided, but the system has limited the shooting time to a maximum of 6 minutes, while the conversion to 1080P resolution is not limited. It can be seen that space is still considered.

It also provides other playability in camera applications. For example, in professional camera mode, it can support independent manual adjustment of white balance, sensitivity and exposure compensation, such as self portrait puzzles.

The samples are as follows:

The HTC X9 is not a machine that focuses on performance, so the score is just to tell everyone what its actual score is, and the score of more than 50000 points is not high. However, based on its balanced hardware configuration, the MediaTek Helio X10 processor and 2GB running memory can still enable you to handle applications and manual operations without problems, and there is no problem with daily applications. If you are a game party, it is inevitable that large-scale mobile game operation will have some impact for a long time.

As a metal body, the heat dissipation of the X9 will be the focus of attention. In use, after about half an hour of watching movies and playing games, the temperature of the X9 has risen, but it is still acceptable.

Mobile phones have become a daily part of many people. Heavy users pay attention to the endurance effect. In fact, the endurance is still powerful. Because it is equipped with a non detachable 3000mAh large capacity battery, and its system has built-in cloud intelligent power saving technology, which can be manually set. For example, after starting, the system can set some APPs to sleep only, or clear these APPs out of the background under the lock screen interface. If you use this power saving function, you can achieve one and a half day or two days.  

Finally:

HTC, as the former machine king, has brought us many products with high fun, which are classic and beautiful memories. Now, the rise of new mobile phone brands has put a lot of pressure on this mobile phone king. This is the magic of the market. The survival of the fittest is cruel and realistic. However, as a user, HTC's products have attracted many people. The change of HTC One X9 makes users more attractive. The change is not only due to the change of its double chin, touch keys, design style, etc., but also the expectation of users. HTC needs to try to make more changes and return to glory again. Presumably, this is the real meaning of HTC One X9 as a pioneer of product exploration.

By the way, if you don't care about the hardware level of the product, but only care about your own experience and feelings, X9 is worth a try.