HTC One S or Xperia P

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1. Budget?
Around 25k

2. Display type and size?
Good quality display with scratch and drop resistance

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
bar

4. Preferred choice of brand?
HTC or Sony

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
Any

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
Flash, front facing cam necessary

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
All possible

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
The more the merrier

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Gaming, msging, surfing, youtube, camera

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
HTC One S or Xperia P

12. Any other info that you want to share
Out of the above two mobiles... which one shd i prefer and why?
One has a great display but the other has amazing processing power. So pretty confused.

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Htc One S ...though it will cost around 28k i think..

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One S. But I don't know when will it launch in India.

wait for One S or at least pricecut on Xperia S.

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Thanks guys... Will wait for one s i guess... Also is xperia p not that worth it??

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Xperia P is not worth it at the current price. Wait for the price to go down to about 22k if you want the Xperia P.

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One S surely is better than Xperia P.

at 22-23k, Xperia P is definitely VFM

But who said One S will be around 25k ? It's a super high end device, will be priced at a minimum 30k IMO
One S and Xperia P are not even comparable. One S is a high end device whereas Xperia P is upper mid range device.

One S will be priced around 28k

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randomuser111 said:
But who said One S will be around 25k ? It's a super high end device, will be priced at a minimum 30k IMO
One S and Xperia P are not even comparable. One S is a high end device whereas Xperia P is upper mid range device.

And yet this super high end device doesnt sport HDMI port, Dedicated camera button and NFC which are present in Xperia P.

One S has MHL

So you can use MHL to HDMI cable and it works the same way as a dedicated mini HDMI port and also charges the phone at the same time as an added advantage.

Both the phones have not released. I dunno what are we discussing then.

Let the final price be known for both the devices, then appropriate recommendation can be made .

Edit : Seems like Xperia P will cost 24k still we must wait for HTC One S price.

check buytheprice and adexmart. looks like they have stock of P.

@shivindera

Why are you choosing between budget 1Ghz dual core with 1.5Ghz dual which that actually ruling on the benchmarks ? Xperia P will cost you 22.4k through buytheprice.com and HTC One S will come in the first week of june and would be priced at least 28k to compete with Galaxy S II and Xperia S.

Xperia P having some death grip issue check this

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Xperia P does NOT have deathgrip issue. This was confirmed by multiple sources. It was a one off issue, probably that guy had a defective unit.

Oh and if I were to mention Htc One S issues, this topic would probably grow to 3 pages

randomuser111 said:
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Xperia P does NOT have deathgrip issue. This was confirmed by multiple sources. It was a one off issue, probably that guy had a defective unit.

Oh and if I were to mention Htc One S issues, this topic would probably grow to 3 pages

Can you tell few major problems of HTC One S?

In some benchmarks, HTC One S (Global version) even beats the Galaxy S III

Richie Rich said:
Can you tell few major problems of HTC One S?

In some benchmarks, HTC One S (Global version) even beats the Galaxy S III

Well benchmarks aren't everything. It's the overall experience that counts and if the phone is (largely) free from issues and can provide a smooth user experience.

One S issues -

Weak Signal reception and signal loss, poor call quality
slippery grip on body
Wifi reception is weak, random reception loss
Minor build quality issues
Multitasking bug
Overheating
Screen scratches easily even with Gorilla Glass

You can read more in the One S forum over at XDA :wink:

randomuser111 said:
Well benchmarks aren't everything. It's the overall experience that counts and if the phone is (largely) free from issues and can provide a smooth user experience.

One S issues -

Weak Signal reception and signal loss, poor call quality
slippery grip on body
Wifi reception is weak, random reception loss
Minor build quality issues
Multitasking bug
Overheating
Screen scratches easily even with Gorilla Glass

You can read more in the One S forum over at XDA

Benchmarks can tell many things about the performance of mobile thats why all people qualify the power of smartphones. Xperia S has quadrant score of 3173, 6514 antutu score that is a big shame for sony.
as far as i know the build quality would be good as its uni-body aluminum designed whereas Xperia S is of plastic, it is one of the slimmest phone 7.8mm unlike bulky 10.5mm and if there is any slippery grip that can be solved by some good silicon cover. Weak wifi siginal is the problem of One X not One S. One S has advanced active noise cancellation with dedicated mic. It has new Gorilla Glass 2 SAMOLED display, whereas Xperia p and s have not even old gorilla glass, sony selling with ancient scretch resistant LED backlit LED screen with high resolution and poor viewing angles. :-o

One S much more actual RAM than Xperia S, so better multi-tasking.. even the camera is with best aperture in a phone yet and give me link of XDA page where people mentioned these problems?

rider said:
Benchmarks can tell many things about the performance of mobile thats why all people qualify the power of smartphones. Xperia S has quadrant score of 3173, 6514 antutu score that is a big shame for sony.

LOL Hahaha dude don't compare Xperia S with One S. Xperia S has s3 chipset and One S has s4 chipset. Compare Htc handsets with s3 against the Xperia S and see what a horrible job Htc do at optimizing. Xperia S scores much higher than Htc devices with s3 chipset and LOWER resolution.

as far as i know the build quality would be good as its uni-body aluminum designed whereas Xperia S is of plastic, it is one of the slimmest phone 7.8mm unlike bulky 10.5mm and if there is any slippery grip that can be solved by some good silicon cover.

You "think". Well we all "think" of so many things but our thoughts are not always the same as facts

Weak wifi siginal is the problem of One X not One S. One S has advanced active noise cancellation with dedicated mic. It has new Gorilla Glass 2 SAMOLED display, whereas Xperia p and s have not even old gorilla glass, sony selling with ancient scretch resistant LED backlit LED screen with high resolution and poor viewing angles.
One S much more actual RAM than Xperia S, so better multi-tasking.. even the camera is with best aperture in a phone yet and give me link of XDA page where people mentioned these problems?

No need for any link. Just go to the One S forum, its filled with numerous threads discussing issues I mentioned.

Those "paper specs" don't mean a thing if it doesn't perform as good as advertised in real world usage.

And leave One S, even One X cannot match Xperia S camera. And too bad the Htc One X with SCLD2 and One S with SuperAmoled Pentile can't beat Xperia S screen in terms of overall quality.

I know a lot of people with both the One X and Xperia S who think XS has the better screen. I am sure you heard of the developer DoomLord ??
He has both XS and One X and he said camera and screen are both better on XS than One X.

And I didn't mean to start no war here, I just mentioned the issues that One S users are facing. Someone else posted about Xperia P having death grip issues and I just clarified that it was one off issue and its not a real issue.

You could have done the same, but no ! You decided take it too personally.

I never intended to bash the One S, in fact you can see I have even recommended someone on another thread to consider the One S. I even said the Xperia P and One S simply don't compare. The One S is a premium high end device and the Xperia P is just a upper mid range device.

randomuser111 said:
No need for any link. Just go to the One S forum, its filled with numerous threads discussing issues I mentioned.

Those "paper specs" don't mean a thing if it doesn't perform as good as advertised in real world usage.

And leave One S, even One X cannot match Xperia S camera. And too bad the Htc One X with SCLD2 and One S with SuperAmoled Pentile can't beat Xperia S screen in terms of overall quality.

I know a lot of people with both the One X and Xperia S who think XS has the better screen. I am sure you heard of the developer DoomLord ??
He has both XS and One X and he said camera and screen are both better on XS than One X.

And I didn't mean to start no war here, I just mentioned the issues that One S users are facing. Someone else posted about Xperia P having death grip issues and I just clarified that it was one off issue and its not a real issue.

You could have done the same, but no ! You decided take it too personally.

I never intended to bash the One S, in fact you can see I have even recommended someone on another thread to consider the One S. I even said the Xperia P and One S simply don't compare. The One S is a premium high end device and the Xperia P is just a upper mid range device.

alright, i am checking in XDA forum about it, but in terms of screen display I seen in my hand.. that Xperia S has good quality display but having viewing angle issue, on the other other hand HTC One X has overall very premium screen, even better colours than my old Galaxy S and looks same from any angle. Both take extremely sharp photos via camera but HTC One X has better aparture, so more picture on the sides.

For what purpose would anyone look at their phone screen from a 90 degree angle is beyond me really.

Viewing angle is an issue with Televisions and other large displays where a lot of people watch the screen together. For a device that's meant for a single person I don't see how its an "issue".
But for what it's worth the Xperia P has similar viewing angles as the Htc One X.
Also better aperture doesn't mean better picture. GSMarena heavily criticized Htc One X/One S camera quality especially after how HTC made a big deal over the camera improvements.

Here's a video showing the "multitasking bug" that the One S and One X have. Demonstrating how multitasking is poor on both these phones even with stellar hardware.
*www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W7Uo5f2vSxo

The Xperia P even has better photo and video quality than One S/One X and is better than Xperia S in low light. You can see the Xperia P sample shots yourself to compare.

EDIT: HTC One S will be available in India from June 8th onwards. Price Rs.33k

*www.themobilestore.in/mobiles-tabl...7272273-cat.html#variant_id=31103-47773100277

randomuser111 said:
For what purpose would anyone look at their phone screen from a 90 degree angle is beyond me really.
Viewing angle is an issue with Televisions and other large displays where a lot of people watch the screen together. For a device that's meant for a single person I don't see how its an "issue".
But for what it's worth the Xperia P has similar viewing angles as the Htc One X.
Also better aperture doesn't mean better picture. GSMarena heavily criticized Htc One X/One S camera quality especially after how HTC made a big deal over the camera improvements.

Here's a video showing the "multitasking bug" that the One S and One X have. Demonstrating how multitasking is poor on both these phones even with stellar hardware.
HTC One X / ICS Multitasking Issue - YouTube

The Xperia P even has better photo and video quality than One S/One X and is better than Xperia S in low light. You can see the Xperia P sample shots yourself to compare.

EDIT: HTC One S will be available in India from June 8th onwards. Price Rs.33k

HTC One S, black - The Mobile Store: Buy Online at Lowest Prices in India - Mobile Phones, Tablets, Cell Phones, Accessories, Batteries, Bluetooth, Chargers and more

The second person who is looking from side would face problem in viewing, not the main person, and that video is of One X, having multitasking style remind me of my Apple iPhone 4. It is not a issue.

rider said:
The second person who is looking from side would face problem in viewing, not the main person, and that video is of One X, having multitasking style remind me of my Apple iPhone 4. It is not a issue.

u guys make me super confuse. :-D

@randomuser111 the price is above high that HTC guy told me. So, totally out of my budget.

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If u r not concerned with big sorage then definately HTC ONE S is the winner in recently lauched smartphones even it is better than SG SII.

@rider

LOL. One X runs on Android and not iOS. So yes it IS an issue. And both the One X and One S have the same issue.
@topic
EDIT: Apparently there is a fix released by HTC in some regions. Do check up with HTC India if the update is available in India or not.

@Richie

Well the price isn't final I guess. More info should be out by next week. Also going by mobilestore pricing, if 33k is indeed the price then it should be available in stores for about 30.5k-31k.

randomuser111 said:
@Richie

Well the price isn't final I guess. More info should be out by next week. Also going by mobilestore pricing, if 33k is indeed the price then it should be available in stores for about 30.5k-31k.

It should be under 30k, I love the reviews of battery backup of this device.