HTC Sensation Reviews
The Taiwanese manufacturer released a new top range model equipped with what is best in component. Screen S – LCD 4.3 inches, dual-core processor at 1.2 GHz, camera 1080p… Does this HTC Sensation well bears his name? First elements of response in this overview.
HTC Sensation attempts to impose as the best new smartphone top Android range with its components on the edge and the cooling of the wrapper HTC Sensation which already has a good reputation.
The new flagship of HTC will be available first from May 12 on the site of SFR. It will be proposed from 149 euros with the subscription of a package Illimythics 5 + Webphone 2 H. Pro for their clients will benefit from the HTC Sensation at 229 euros HT with a subscription Business and Mail.
It is known ?
HTC Sensation is very similar to the HTC Desire with a rounded aluminium shell. Three shades of grey add a little shine to what remains just a shell of smartphone among many others. A design repeatedly operated by HTC and lack of originality… The screen is positioned slightly below the frame, which protects it and give your fingers a little back when you start to drag the touch area.
The screen of the Sensation is the same size as that of the HTC Desire HD: 4.3 inches. But because of the different design, refined, and round corners the Sensation gives the impression of being more compact than the HD Desire in hand. A compactness of also to its delicacy. A good point so to the imposing Motorola Droid but it also equipped with a screen 4.3 inches. Remains that the Samsung galaxy S 2, its main competitor, the Sensation is more heavy (148 g on balance against 116 g) and thicker (11.3 mm against 8.49 mm).
A high-end equipment
The screen resolution is 540 x 960 pixels, corresponding to a format 16: 9 wide. Maximum.
It is an MSM 8260 dual core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor that propels the HTC Sensation. This type of processor is able to turn very hungry Android apps, and the Sensation in direct competition with the Samsung Galaxy S2. Same class of processor, same size screen with each respective technology (for Samsung AMOLED) and Super-LCD for HTC, the Sensation and the S2 Galaxy are clearly position face to face in the high-end large screen segment of Android smartphones.
It remains at the top of the basket with other characteristics: 768 MB RAM, 1 GB of ROM and a graphic chipset Adreno 220. For storage the Sensation on-board 4 GB of internal memory via a slot microSD (8 GB provided). The battery capacity is slightly lower than the Galaxy S 2: 1520 mAh against 1650 mAh for the Samsung smartphone.
On video, high range always with 8 megapixels camera capable of filming in Full HD 1080p 30(i)/s. A frontal VGA camera is also present.
HTC Sensation 3.0 and Android 2.3
It is one of the best surcouches Android that has been updated with this Sensation. The user interface HTC Sensation takes advantage of the full power of this new smartphone.
HTC Sensation brings not only superbly realized widgets, it also adds very practical functionality to Android. Example include the application that centralizes Facebook and Twitter Google address book contacts in a single place. The new lock screen is also particularly well thought with the integration of four shortcuts. A tap without having to unlock the HTC Sensation, it is thus possible to use the camera. And it is now possible to customize the shortcuts.
In addition to improvements to all floors, widgets have been redesigned, even the weather widget which was already unanimity. Version 3.0 of Sensation is enswathed of 3D animations. Passed from one application to another and you’ll see a particularly well done effect. The transitions between each screen seek elsewhere much the processor. Sensation 3.0 seems therefore not appropriate to smartphones HTC processors less rapid.
Under Taiwanese it is Android 2.3.3 which rotates, the latest version of the Google mobile OS.
To discover the interface more in detail, look at our gallery of images of the HTC Sensation
HTC Watch
Not content to refine a wrapper which was already by his aesthetics certainly tape – to-eye but effective and practical, the taïwannaise firm adds its VOD HTC Watch service, fruit of the acquisition of Saffron Digital. Available in 3 G and Wi – Fi, this service provides the ability to view a program being downloaded, programs that can be shared on 5 terminals HTC. Should now see the extensive catalog of films and its freshness.
HTC Sensation promises to be a success story with a large screen and a very fast processor. Its design is not revolutionary, it looks a lot like what HTC could already do in the past, but it has the potential to supplant the S Desire. This HTC Sensation, a genuine sensation? Response in our full test soon.
