HTC Dives Into Windows Phone 8 With 8X and 8S Phones

HTC unveiled its first Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the 8X and 8S, at an event in New York City Wednesday. The naming scheme mirrors the company's One X and One S phones.

Calling the 8X and 8S "hero" products, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and HTC CEO Peter Chou unveiled the two new phones together. The 8S is slightly smaller than the 8X, but they both have "personality," Chou said, with striking primary colors similar to Nokia's Lumia phones.

The 8X has an HD 4.3-inch screen and a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. The 8S is smaller and less capable, with a 4-inch screen and a dual-core 1GHz S4 chip.

The 8X brings the One's 8-megapixel camera to Windows Phone, wit…
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