Kuleli sonto besikhuluma ngesinqumo sokuthi HTC de ungabuyekezi i I-HTC One S a I-Android 4.2.2 Jellybean, into ethi uma ezokwenza nomfowabo I-X eyodwa kanye namanye amalungu omndeni owodwa njenge-XL noma i-X +, phakathi kwamanye. Hhayi-ke, ukusabela kwabasebenzisi akuthathanga isikhathi eside ukufika futhi isicelo esiku-inthanethi sesivele siqhubeka sicela umenzi waseTaiwan ukuthi acabangele kabusha indawo yakhe yokuqala.
La isikhalazo, osekuvele kudlule ukusekelwa kwe-3.000, kudalwe yiBritish Dylan Richards, umnikazi we-HTC One S othi uzizwa "ecindezeleke kakhulu" ngesinqumo senkampani ezinze eTaoyuan yokungaqhubeki nokusekela i-smartphone, njengoba lo makhelwane weLeicester onolaka uveza ukuthi akafiki ezinyangeni ezingu-18 ubudala.
Ngendlela efanayo, umgqugquzeli wohlu lwezikhalazo ugxeka i-HTC "ayinikezanga incazelo esemthethweni" mayelana nokuthi kungani i-One S ingeke ithole isibuyekezo esifanayo ne-HTC One X ngenkathi igqamisa ukuthi amadivayisi avela kwezinye izinhlobo, njenge-Samsung Galaxy. S3, uma zizobuyekezwa ku-Android 4.2.2 Jellybean.
Encwadini yakhe ayibhalela inkampani yaseTaiwan, uRichards uthi "ungumsebenzisi ojabule" we-HTC One S futhi ubonisa ukuthi uma isizathu esingenzeka sokuphela kokusekelwa kwemodeli okukhulunywa ngayo kungenxa yokungafinyeleli izibalo zokuthengisa ezilindelekile. Ngalo mqondo, weluleka i-HTC ukuthi ibambisane nabaqhubi abathandwa kakhulu, abangamaketha lesi sikhumulo ngamanani angabizi kakhulu njengoba, ngokubona kwakhe, amaphawundi angama-430 abiza kakhulu - ama-euro angama-504,50 ngenani lokushintshana lamanje - alihambisani nokusebenza. yemodeli yebanga eliphakathi, ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho ibamema ukuthi bayeke ukuncintisana nabakwaSamsung ngokwenani lamamodeli abawathengisa ngonyaka ofanayo futhi babeke kuqala kumakhasimende nakubasebenzisi bama-smartphone abo.
Ngesinqumo se-HTC sokungayibuyekezi i-HTC One S, imodeli ephambili yefemu yaseTaiwan futhi ekhiqizwa ngocezu olulodwa lwe-aluminium, ngeke nje yamukele i-Android 4.2.2 Jellybean, kodwa ngeke ibe nezinye izinto ezintsha njengokuthi I-HTC Sense. .