[HTC One X] Garoto1973:
I had the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) then the international version of the Galaxy S2 (i9100) and now the Tegra 3 HOX. I used to be a Samsung fanboi so it was a gamble for me, plus my wife has an iphone 4S so I can compare agaianst that one too. Hi, here are my comments. Keep in mind that you are not switching from an old Motorola to a One X you are switching from one of the best smartphones ever made (Galaxy S2). Here are my comments.

1. First week: complete culture shock. I missed the deep blacks and punchy colors of my Galaxy S2. HOX looked ok more natural but kind of washed out colors, I missed those saturated colors of SAMOLED. Speed wise I did not see what the fuzz was about. Speedwise I did not see any differences. SGS2 felt more fluid, tiny lag on the HOX. I did like Sense though. Rooting the HOX was scary compared to the SGS2 but I got through it. Missed the SGS2 XDA community a lot. Dissapointed with HOX, wanted to return it, but I remember having the same feelings with the Captivate so I decided to give it a try.

2. Second week: either my eyes got used to the blacks and colors on the One X or my display adjusted itself. Now I am seeing what the fuzz is about, now the blacks seem fine on the HOX and oh my those colors and resolution!!!! I compared it side to side with the SGS2 (already sold to a friend) and it was a relief, even my friend seems jealous of the HOX screen. Facebook, ebay and Kindle look like CRAP om the SGS2 compared to the One X, those whites!!! Side to side with my wife iphone 4S, on par cant see much difference which is a good thing as the iphone display is superb. Looking at kindle with white background the One X looks better. Speed is fine its fast but still that annoying lag when turning homescreens. Camera is great if you fiddle with the settings as sometimes it chooses a high ISO and look grainy but look sharp with ISO100. Lowlight shots are great way better than SGS2.

3. Third week: Installed Charmeleon ROM, added transparent notification pulldown, great notification settings menu (EQS) and slide status bar to adjust brightness, things I missed on my SGS2!!!! Solved phone lag, it was just a matter of installing APEX Launcher and volia! My phone now feels faster and looks better than what I had on my SGS2!!!!! I made it!!!! I am in ecstasy! Only 2 problems!!!! MY WIFI IS BROKEN (known design flaw) and my battery still sucks when compared with my SGS2!!! SGS2 18 hrs use/4 hrs display time. HOX: 12 hrs use/2 hrs display time. Yuck!

4. Fourth week : The only 2 problems I had with my HOX (battery life and wifi dropping out) are now solved!!!! Solved the lousy battery life by decreasing brightness . I found out that if you decrease it at around 30% it still looks great you dont need it at top brightness and now I am getting 22 hrs/4 hrs battery life on average but for instance I am doing a movie test and it has been running for 5 hours and still has 37% left! The wifi issue, this one was tricky: I opened my HOX and adjusted the wifi contacts myself. Not that difficult but I was lucky I didnt damage anything. Now wifi works perfectly!

5. Ultimate test : SGS3 vs HOX encounter. So my friend went to a meeting and I borrowed his SGS3 for 2 hours and made comparisons like crazy. Let me tell you the SGS3 is a great phone I declare it a tie vs the HOX. The HOX screen still looks better specially the whites and it is more defined and clear. Design and materials on the HOX are better however the SGS3 also is a nice phone it is not the piece of crap some reviewers want you to believe. Plus there is the removable battery thing.

In summary I am delighted with my HOX, best phone I ever had. However, as you can see I had to make the following tuning:

1. Root

2. Installed Charmeleon / Faux Kernel

3. Waited some battery cycles (charge at 10%). It does improve over time!

4. Lower brightness

5. Installed APEX Launcher for turbo fast transitions!

6. Fixed wifi myself (as I am out of warranty anyways)

7. Definetely not having SGS3 envy!

I say go for it IF you are able to return it easily in case you have any out of the box issues. It seems you have better chance of getting a perfect SGS3 vs a perfect HOX.