Name: Sensation
Brand: HTC
SKU: 97179
Rating: 4.2 (40 reviews)

HTC Sensation - Pros & Cons

good weighting and an attractive design
Lovely ui and a really perfect body quality
The device hums along quickly and has plenty of UI tweaks
has proven to have remarkably stable and long battery life
Performance is exceptionally good
sharpness of the text is impressive
Everything feels quicker zooming in and out of web pages is lightning quick
It feels incredibly well built and solid
dominant market-share and increasingly polished handsets
Excellent Web browsing performance
excellent phones
and two terrific Android choices
useful
attractive features to Android
Voice quality is good enough to pass
nice
warm-looking colours and sharp focus
better-looking and easier to use than the standard Android apps
It feels wonderfully study in the hand
The build quality is just that good
speedy processor renders information so quickly and smoothly
grippy
solid
and confident
played back smoothly and looked great on the Sensation 4G's display
the quicker speed in my hands-on tests
Photos taken indoors also looked pretty good
quality over T-Mobile's network was fairly good
Sense 3 was nice
Web videos played smoothly and looked great
bright with natural colors and great resolution
display is very pleasant to look at
narrow bezel and slim profile
The camera is great for taking pictures on the go
makes makes browsing the web and switching between applications a breeze

uninspiring design
lacked both a dual-core processor and Honeycomb
No cutting corners
no compromise on features
impossible to single out the ultimate best
plasticky Galaxy S II sorely lacked
the phone seems weak and exposed without it
times due to how low the unlock ring is placed on the screen
pixelated and blocky on the big screen it was
The sound is a little harsh at top volume
had murky shadow areas
the Sensation can mirror all of its activities on an HDTV
Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth
It symobilizes a website link url
phone's software wants to reduce artifacts and noise in your pictures
lack of a hard lip of any kind at the edge
HTC phone with a hardware keyboard based
Netflix Android app is not yet available for the Sensation 4G
the display completely fades
There are a lot of hot phones available
T-Mobile does not have a very strong 4G signal
Sensation 4G did not seem to slow down
none of these will get in your way too badly
nor does it auto zoom out on large Web pages
also quite tricky to see in bright sunlight
ever so slightly pink and off-angle viewing
Video editing is limited to trimming tracks
the chassis lacks the premium feel of rivals
Sensation lacks a physical camera button
video calling app still missing-in-action
No more drab colors or middling detail
though lacks the clever annotation support of the Flyer
curved glass could make quickly flicking the notifications pane
XE does struggle in low light
visible noise
soft focus and washed-out colours and contrast
The Solo headphones are the more expensive of the two
Sensation XE tends to get a little warm in the hand
seen considerable battery drain with the screen turned off
pricing dependent on tariffs
pictures become noticeably noisier and detail is quickly lost
far slower than Verizon's LTE network
Video quality suffered quite a bit in low light
Video becomes shaky when the phone is moved
It was difficult to read in bright light
lack of image stabilisation means it

HTC Sensation - Technical Overview

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Screen size	4.3 in Best: Asus FonePad 8 Screen size: 8 in
Battery capacity	1520 mAh Best: Doogee BL12000 Battery capacity: 12000 mAh
CPU clock speed	1.2 GHz Best: Motorola Moto G100 CPU clock speed: 3.2 GHz

HTC - Video Reviews (9)

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HTC Sensation - Full Specifications

Operating system	Android 4.0
CPU clock speed	1.2 GHz
CPU cores	Dual-core
CPU model	Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260
GPU model	Qualcomm Adreno 220
RAM memory	768 MB

Primary sensor resolution	8.0 Mpx
Video recording	yes
Highest video resolution	1920 x 1080 px
Autofocus	yes
Geo-tagging	yes
LED Flash	yes

Colour of product	Black
Material	Aluminum Plastic Rubber
Water resistant	no
Shock resistant	no

Accelerometer	yes
Proximity	yes
Gyroscope	yes

Dual sim support	no
Sim card size	Mini-SIM
DLNA certified	yes
Bluetooth	yes
Bluetooth version	3.0
Bluetooth profile	A2DP AVRCP
Bluetooth codec	AAC SBC
NFC	no
Charging connection	USB
Headphone connection	3.5 mm
USB version	2.0
Video output	MHL

Replaceable battery	yes
Battery capacity	1520.0 mAh
Standby time	400.0 h
Talk time	8.25 h
Fast charging	no
Wireless charging	no

Screen size	4.3 in
Touchscreen	yes
Number of colors	16.7M
Panel type	LCD
Resolution	540 x 960 px
Dual screen support	no
Scratch resistant display	yes
HDR	no

Internal storage	1 GB
Memory card reader	yes
Maximum card storage	32GB
Types of memory card supported	microSD microSDHC

Height	4.96 in
Width	2.57 in
Depth	0.44 in
Weight	5.22 oz

FM radio	yes

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)	yes
Wireless networking standard	802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
Data transmission	HSPA+
Navigation system	A-GPS
2G GSM	yes
3G UMTS	yes
4G LTE	no

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HTC Sensation HTC - Editorial Reviews (19)

4.3

Based on 19 reviews

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TechRadar

Published: 10.06.2011

HTC Sensation review

4.5

HTC's dual-core wonder finally arrives - let battle commence!

T3

Published: 01.04.2012

HTC Sensation review

4.0

Dual-core HTC Smartphone with updated HTC Sense

CNET

Published: 22.11.2011

HTC Sensation XE

The Sensation XE delivers as many other HTC handsets have this year, and is made cooler by its Beats Audio colours and the great headphones bundled with the handset.

HTC Sensation HTC Sensation 4G Review: Beautiful and Powerful, but Its Antenna May Be Weak

pcworld.com_techhive.com

Published: 08.06.2011

HTC Sensation 4G Review: Beautiful and Powerful, but Its Antenna May Be Weak

4.0

The Sensation has a gorgeous display, a beautiful design, and dual-core power, but holding the phone in certain ways seems to degrade reception significantly.

Alphr

Published: 24.02.2012

HTC Sensation XL review

5.0

With so many handsets in its range, HTC seems to have given up rebranding each new release, instead tacking on suffixes to indicate subtle updates. Thus, we have the HTC Sensation XL, which is just like the original Sensation but

HTC Sensation HTC Sensation vs. Galaxy S II vs. Optimus 2X: Head to head

GSMArena.com

Published: 16.06.2011

HTC Sensation vs. Galaxy S II vs. Optimus 2X: Head to head

Time to lace up the gloves and step inside the ropes again. A new dual-core competitor, the HTC Sensation, is challenging the current crop of flagship...

Phone Arena

Published: 01.06.2011

HTC Sensation Review

4.5

With arguably better handsets and tablets being offered by other manufacturers, HTC needed something better than good to ward off the competition, they needed something sensational. So here it is, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor with a qHD screen and HTC Sense 3.0 atop Gingerbread – the HTC Sensation...

TechSpot

HTC Sensation Review

The HTC Sensation is the latest handset to show up to the dual-core Android smartphone party, boasting a 4.3-inch qHD touchscreen and an 8 megapixel camera to...

Digital Trends

Published: 06.07.2011

HTC Sensation 4G Review | Digital Trends

The HTC Sensation 4G leverage powerhouse specs and sleek software tweaks to deliver one of the most likeable Android experiences available today.

SlashGear

Published: 23.05.2011

HTC Sensation Review

Once, Android's primary challenge was the iPhone: proving that Google's open-source platform - and the devices that ran it - were good enough to share…

businessinsider.my

Published: 10.06.2011

HTC Sensation 4G Review

whathifi

Published: 05.10.2011

Home review

4.0

The feature-packed  HTC Sensation sounds better than it looks

HTC Sensation HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) Review

PCMAG

Published: 07.06.2011

HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) Review

4.0

The touch-screen, Android-based HTC Sensation is T-Mobile's biggest and best smartphone yet.

HTC Sensation HTC Sensation Review: This Is The Android Phone You Want

Gizmodo Australia

Published: 17.08.2011

HTC Sensation Review: This Is The Android Phone You Want

I got into the office one morning a couple of weeks ago and found the HTC Sensation perched on my...

HTC Sensation HTC Sensation review: Front-page stuff

GSMArena.com

Published: 10.06.2011

HTC Sensation review: Front-page stuff

HTC burst right onto the dual-core scene with a phone that's set to be an Android sensation. They've gone all out with the design of that one - from...