With the market for the expensive smartphones possibly shrinking, here is a look at the Apple iPhone 4S and HTC One X. Readers who are considering buying one of the devices can make an informed decision from the comparison.

Display and Design:

The iPhone 4S comes with a 3.5 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 960 pixels resolution. The HTC One X comes with a 4.7 inch Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution.

The iPhone 4S comes with 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm dimensions and weighs 140 grams. The HTC One X comes with 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm and is slightly lighter, weighing 130 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The iPhone 4S is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor and Apple A5 chipset. It comes in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The HTC One X is equipped with a 1.5 GHz quad core processor and Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset. It comes in 16GB and 32GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The iPhone 4S runs on the iOS platform and comes loaded with the iOS 5 operating system, which can be upgraded to the iOS 7. It has 512MB of RAM. The HTC One X runs on the Android platform and comes loaded with the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which can be upgraded to the Jelly Bean version.

Camera:

The iPhone 4S sports an 8MP primary camera with features like auto focus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera. The HTC One X also sports an 8MP primary camera with similar features. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3MP.

Battery:

The iPhone 4S comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1432 mAh battery, which allows users a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours. The HTC One X comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1800 mAh battery.

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Price in Australia:

The iPhone 4S 16GB variant is priced at around AU $689.95 and the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $719.95. The HTC One X 16GB variant is priced at around AU $379.95 and the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $569.95 in Australia.