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iPhone 4 vs. HTC One X Road Test
Molly Wood and Jeff Cannata try to debunk the HTC One X skydive
commercial by jumping out of a helicopter. Can they take photos from
10,000 feet? If so, which phone will reign superior?
11:39 /
Transcript
Right we're here with the road test of the HTC one X I -- I think it's more the sky -- -- -- kind of respect infected is literally a -- tests were gonna get a not helicopter right there are.
Go up try to recreate the one -- commercial where we do a little mini fashion --
In the sky but this is not the only phone or human jumping -- -- helicopter now I've got an iPhone and I'm gonna try to see if I can take a photo.
That's better than your photo swap plummeting toward the -- that is totally not gonna happen does not service -- --
But if what Amazon does going to be -- But it's on its on -- -- it's always I yeah.
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I've been practicing like my camera quick job.
I'm ready to go we do have some key differences actually for one thing --
There's a case on this phone and a wrist strap because my worst fear.
You're like me and didn't know until bunny -- a field -- -- cool yeah.
So I have like -- what is the mine has a ballistic and I think -- cases zero no rights on the off chance that we do drop let me -- like supplemented by tape taped.
And I was making front commercial convict I didn't have a phenomenon but I'm neither like -- --
He had gloves right we're not doing gloved hand because you can't operate the phone with gloves on now I have -- go probe right here.
It's going to be a lot of footage -- -- -- perfect and you weren't allowed and I share the always on crew -- taking side bets on who's gonna get the benefit.
It's past it's now it's gonna be me don't bet against manner boxes and a little bit.
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Has a good idea.
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It's totally -- I got to set up Baghdad.
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Senior I have to -- thirty uploaded the amazing.
Letting.
And now out of a helicopter.
Oh my god -- little.
That's what they're.
I don't think of it he guided a beautiful your -- -- -- now.
And -- and I are really I thought -- throw --
They didn't I believe I've already uploaded my pictures and -- FaceBook and Twitter whole.
Old ma AS gods you've got this is I got pictures on the -- and the friend then -- I think.
It totally uploaded has unbelievable how -- held it fast and flu like I did ID listed there.
Well I got that was unbelievable though that may think it's great.
How I was falling -- our.
An awesome thing to him.
The author indeed -- next I'm ready.
How you feel about the -- -- -- I'm really excited eyes it has relaxed and excited itself.
It's amazingly piece what they're really feels like we're floating just enjoy their I can keep your intensity -- -- -- -- of extreme you know --
You always a resume and you know I have a job to do in the sky though it's not just from content -- -- -- possible.
I get my body and -- you -- knew it -- CNN the flip side we'll see you on the ground.
There's a button -- thing and then take pictures.
Oh hi yeah wow yeah yeah oh.
Yeah.
It's. Hard to tell them it's. God you got it going again.
Oh my god.
Well it works it's.
Relatively elegant my phone right now.
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I am ready to build on habit don't mind is also odd years ago now has a glass -- guys and I.
I think a couple of good shot at night and -- -- -- -- you did as an.
-- like XXX. Although laid out in no way --
I live on my new -- and find a way to -- me I mean that commercial is actually proven to be true and now.
I was expecting not all the both phones did it -- both pretty was killed in the air and had surfaced yet.
Google service Italy -- Verizon AT&T. But I have AT&T also I Hannah -- gonna give them a solid link.
Endeavors that audio and you get a good signal is lovely boat -- dozen feet that's group that's politics yeah a simple they put the pressure like 5000 -- we're about -- -- there.
I half. Again so that -- -- upload -- ten different photos that.
So I I can call us when actually I know I think it's a tie its entire awesome yes it is.
Both jumpers performed well in the air and -- phones got the shots.
In this road tests -- -- sky test the iPhone came out on top by a hair but everybody landed a winner.
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