Camera and multimedia
Desire X features a 5 megapixel camera at the back with an LED flash on top. Indeed, the placement of the LED flash appeared a bit off to us as well, but then we hoped for enough light during low luminance shoots. The camera app has been tweaked to be immensely responsive and sleek. The app offers a wide range of options to manipulate them for capturing an image in the way you want it. HTC has added fifteen image filter effects in the camera app itself so that users can check out the image filters and the effect they create in real-time. On the left side is the adjustment bar to expand or contract the center of the focus. Apart from that there are eight different camera modes - HDR, Panorama, Portrait, Group Portrait, Landscape, Whiteboard, Close up and Low Light, offered so that the users can engage them quickly without having to fiddle around the settings.
The camera app also offers the option to adjust white balance, ISO settings, image adjustments and several other settings to keep shutterbugs happy. The only pain lies in the absence of a dedicated camera button and one has to limit it by clicking the virtual camera button on the screen.
The image quality offers low noise loaded photos, but there are no fine details in it. Colour display could have been better, but in the end these photos are decent enough for sharing over social networks.
HTC has integrated Beats Audio in the phone's hardware to offer better audio output. Unlike last year's Beats Audio devices, the Desire X also enables the same with third party earphones. Sound quality over the headphones is quite nice. However, we found the speaker was feeble compared to the other Beats Audio integrated devices. There is also a built-in FM radio app, which requires the bundled headset to work as an antenna, and also brings Soundhound integration to find more details about the song being played on-air. HTC has not integrated a Near Field Communication chip inside.
