HTC's first dual core device from the Taiwanese company and good size screen, 8Mp camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the latest HTC Sense user inteface. The company was unknown manufacturer few years ago now is one of the biggest one with a brands of the leading Android smartphones. The desire was a landmark phone fighting against iPhone and now the technology has moved up level and we are hoping HTC will stay at the sharp end.
The Design
HTC Sensation will definetely fit in a pocket at 126 X 65X 11mm with curving sides, the handset weigh 148g with 4.3in screen which is standard four touvh sensitive Android buttons. It has the volume button, micro USB, 3.5mm headphone jack on the side and power/sleep button on top.
Measuring 4.96 by 2.57 by 0.44 inches, the Sensation 4G is quite thin as well. And because the display is slightly concave, it won't get scratched if you place it face down on a table.
The Display
The Sensation 4G's 4.3-inch Quarter High Definition display has a resolution of 960 by 540 pixels arranged in a 16:9 aspect ratio. That resolution is one-quarter of a full-HD 1080p frame (hence the name), or three-quarters of a 720p frame. The HTC EVO 3D for Sprint, which we saw at CTIA last month, has a qHD display, too, but it uses a parallax barrier to create 3D images.
The screen on the Sensation 4G yielded spectacular images: Colors were bright yet not oversaturated, details looked sharp, and animations in the user interface--and native video--played back smoothly. In bright sunlight, however, the display completely fades
The Engine room
Sensation has dual core processor runs at 1.2 GHz (just like Samsung Galaxy S II), with 768 MB of RAM (slightly less that Galaxy SII). The Sensation in includes HTC's new store where you can watch or download films ( average £9.99 to buy or £3.49 to rent)and watch TV Shows.
The Design
HTC unibody phones look and feel, but it's getting hard to distinguish one from another, with their solid gray or black battery covers. Thankfully, HTC has mixed up the color scheme with a tritone paneled battery cover for the Sensation 4G.
You'll also feel a change in design when you hold the Sensation 4G. Despite having a 4.3-inch display, the phone doesn't feel oversize.
Camera
The Sensation has a back-facing 8-megapixel camera and a front-facing camera for video chat. HTC says that it has tweaked both the hardware and the software to improve the back-facing camera's shutter speed. I noticed and appreciated the quicker speed in my hands-on tests. It doesn't matter how good a camera's image quality is if the device suffers from shutter lag, since the delay makes snapping photos of people or animals incredibly difficult.
You can shoot video in 1080p thanks to the dual-core processor, but I was disappointed with its overall quality. Playback was choppy, and the colors had a strange cast to them.
HTC Sense
Sense is a collection of software improvements that HTC has done on top of Android. Not every single thing in HTC Sense is super-useful, but overall it adds enough value to give the company a significant edge in terms of user interface and user experience.
Battery Life
Up to 22hrs battery depletion with the basic usage, means . With moderate usage (see “context” paragraph), I can get about 1.5 to 2 days of battery life (with Push email and Facebook updates in the background). I typically don’t worry about running out of battery in at the end of the day. Obviously, this can vary depending on your own usage, but this is one of the best battery life among the phones that I have tested in the real world.
Tip: if you want to extend the battery life, I found that disabling the “Account Sync” feature helps tremendously. I’ve seen this phone go beyond 48 hrs if I don’t synchronize my email/Facebook data. Also, I’ve compiled a list of things that you can do to extend your android battery life.
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