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[Q] Which phone should I buy?

Well I have used phones like HTC G1 & G2, they were good phones but a little less performing. Which is a good Android phone right now that has pretty high specs.
I am looking to spend upto £250/$500 (for a used phones). And I am looking for a smooth running phone like good graphic ability and stuff, so hit away...

HTC Desire HD!

Desire HD or the upcoming motorola atrix? But you'll have to rise your limits a bit.
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Thanks guys, looked up the Desire HD, looks kinda expensive =/. Motorola Atrix, how much are we looking at?

Well off contract it might be cheaper since its moto. Id say around 550<600. Not bad nowadays.
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A few questions you should make your self:
What operating system you prefer?
WP7-WM-Android-Rest
Keyboard or not?
Size?
Said that and based on your 1st post I would consider the HTD Desire Z

orb3000 said:
A few questions you should make your self:
What operating system you prefer?
WP7-WM-Android-Rest
Keyboard or not?
Size?
Said that and based on your 1st post I would consider the HTD Desire Z
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Wise man speaking. Or G2! Amazing piece of phones
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I'm kind of disappointed about HTC. They making 10 new android phones per quarter.
Mytouch 4G looks cheap to me. G2 nothing new, except the keyboard. I bet there would be G3 soon, or some other kind of phone better than G2.
I think HTC should slow down a bit and create a Master phone that would kick ass of all phones around.
Samsung - I don't feel confident with them. Had a lot of troubles in the past with their cell phones. A friend owns Galaxy S, which glitchis like hell (could be just a bad phone though).
Motorola - Maybe, but issue with Cliq update and Motoblur make me reconsider the choice.
There are new LGs comming soon. With Tegra 2 processor. I had no experience with LGs at all. Lets wait and see how it will go.
PS: Just personal point of view. I too want to buy a phone, but I keep telling myself to wait a bit longer to see what it will be like in a month.

Yeah true, I personally only like HTC.
Well lets see, checklist:
Android
Keyboard if possible then better but not needed
Minimum display size 3"
I just hate windows mobile, just never liked it.
Need to check out the desire Z now.

So, who's getting a Sensation, and why?

I've had my G2 since the day it came out and its the best smartphone, and Android phone I've ever had. Despite the little quirks the G2 has that somewhat bother me,I love the look and the fact that the keyboard is amazing. BUT, I'm going to be making the switch to the Sensation when it comes out.
1) I've always wanted a large screen phone. I envy people with a Evo despite my phone will out perform it anyday. I feel like with a 4.3 inch ill be happy no matter what. Playing games will be better especially with the large screen, and the dual core of course will be great too. Eventhough the G2's keyboard is amazingly awesome, I know the larger screen will make up for not having one and ill finally be able to get really handy with Swype.
2) the hardware on the phone is amazing. The dual core is going to be amazingly fast and I feel the phone will gather a large dev community and the roms, kernels etc will be be vast. Not to mention Sense 3.0 is beautiful and will be great to use evenwhen other roms are available.
3) I work for best buy, so the discount will be enough for me to buy outright (or else I wouldn't buy haha).
What about you?
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I'm not sure.. I just came from the G2x and was really in love with it minus the F'ed up screen. I'm thinking about holding out for a similar G2 with Dual Core or even Quad Core capability. This G2 is so nice after fixing the hinge. I'm very satisfied.

Coming from an N900 I've always thought I had to had a keyboard and but after using Swype, HTC IME and every other onscreen keyboard featured I end up using the onscreen 90% of the time anyway.
Now on to the reason I'm getting the Sensation.. my best bud and gadget rival got a Thunderbolt and the G2 looks puny compared to it! Haha.

I'm a big fan of 4.3" form factor after having my HD2. In fact at 10 months was the longest I ever owned a phone. I still consider it ergonomically the best phone I've ever used (for me). I've been waiting for something similar in Android form to come out to Tmo for quite a while. G2 was really a stop gap for me waiting for a 4.3" Tmo phone.

I'm tempted by the Sensation...
I find myself only using the desire Z keyboard for long emails, otherwise the onscreen keyboard does the job nice.
I already have a Bluetooth keyboard and as the Sensation supports the Bluetooth HID profile, i'm hoping that I would be able to use that with the Sensation.
The big screen is definitely appealing!

you have tot think its not only a 4.3 incher, but it has a qhd screen. for seem this seems like this could be as big as when the evo launcher. just because its the first phone with sense 3.0 and all of these yummy specs. and someone referring to having a phone with dual core, and a slide out keyboard i think youll probably be in luck. though its not the next g2, it is the mytouch 4g slide and it has alot of the goodies the sensation has plus a slide out. i can imagine a g3 will be in the works considering how fast phones are developing these days.

Wonder when we can expect the g3 if possible...i would probably pass on the sensation atm.

I am interested in it, but I will wait for a few weeks to get it because there are bound to be glitches and problems with it.

Locked bootloader = no dice
HTC was once a great but SE is looking the best for Android now. HW isn't much currently but hell, they give you the option to unlock the bootloader and even instructions to make your own kernel.

KCRic said:
Locked bootloader = no dice
HTC was once a great but SE is looking the best for Android now. HW isn't much currently but hell, they give you the option to unlock the bootloader and even instructions to make your own kernel.
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exactly. as soon as I see that they locked the bootloader, I just have nothing else to say... I wish they would continue doing what they did way back when and not worry about what rom we put on our phone. it's not like we're reverse engineering the phone to create a clone of the actual device and software to sell for profits.

This forum is only now starting to hit it's stride. It will be ages before the sensation forum can even come close to what our devs have done here. And for someone like me, that is just as important as the actual phone hardware itself.

xsteven77x said:
This forum is only now starting to hit it's stride. It will be ages before the sensation forum can even come close to what our devs have done here. And for someone like me, that is just as important as the actual phone hardware itself.
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Have to agree, but even though the Sensation will come all locked up, it's still the first dual core HTC phone. There will be a lot of people with it.

ericc191 said:
Have to agree, but even though the Sensation will come all locked up, it's still the first dual core HTC phone. There will be a lot of people with it.
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Did anyone ever crack any of the motorola locked bootloaders? Last I heard no one ever did and genius's have been working on that for years with bounties worth 1000s. If this is anything like that its gonna be a dead end. Nothing but roms based on the stock with slight tweaks. Not interested.
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xsteven77x said:
Did anyone ever crack any of the motorola locked bootloaders? Last I heard no one ever did and genius's have been working on that for years with bounties worth 1000s. If this is anything like that its gonna be a dead end. Nothing but roms based on the stock with slight tweaks. Not interested.
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We should wait and see what happens with the Incredible S.

i def know what youre saying with the sign bootloader. from what ive read, its not nearly as bad the moto bootloaders. i know there was an issue with the thunderbolt being locked..but whadda know! its unlocked, and roms are being flashed, etc. the g2 took quite some time before it was officially rooted. i have high hopes for the sensation being unlocked and from what ive read throughout websites that others do too. regardless of the bootloader ever being cracked, the phone is amazing with everything it offers and ill be getting it anyway. the new sense is going to be AMAZING, and itll hold me over until the phone is rooted.

Which of these two phones to buy?

I'm searching for the best replacement for my good old "Super" HD2.
I'm trying to decide between HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy S2.
Anyone can help me decide?
They are both very good phones and i'm thinking of trying the SGS2 because i have been a Big fan of HTC and Sence, but now I starting to get curious about SGS2.
Please give me some help decide.
I'm going to post this same question on the SGS2 forum to compare the answers.
Thanks

RRibeiro said:
I'm searching for the best replacement for my good old "Super" HD2.
I'm trying to decide between HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy S2.
Anyone can help me decide?
They are both very good phones and i'm thinking of trying the SGS2 because i have been a Big fan of HTC and Sence, but now I starting to get curious about SGS2.
Please give me some help decide.
I'm going to post this same question on the SGS2 forum to compare the answers.
Thanks
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I think from this thread you will get everyone telling you to get the sensation and the one on the SgS2 forum they will be telling you to get that
I say try both and decide for yourself, after all it's you that's using it

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From all the reviews and tests I read on the net, SGS2 wins all the most important ones, but I'm thinking that HTC is always a better phone for the future becose developers tend to turn to HTC devices more that others.
So I think that with Sensation I will get more costume Roms and more unofficial develepment.

For me the most important is not the present speed of the phones, because I know that will change in the future with new roms and costume roms.
The most important for me is the Costume roms support and unofficial developers support.

RRibeiro said:
I'm searching for the best replacement for my good old "Super" HD2.
I'm trying to decide between HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy S2.
Anyone can help me decide?
They are both very good phones and i'm thinking of trying the SGS2 because i have been a Big fan of HTC and Sence, but now I starting to get curious about SGS2.
Please give me some help decide.
I'm going to post this same question on the SGS2 forum to compare the answers.
Thanks
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Got my Sensation yesterday unlocked on Vodafone upgrade. I have to say that after using SGS2 for 4 weeks Sensation is little bit disappointment. Available memory out of the box with no apps installed is about 140MB (compared to 520MB on SGS2). Can't get used to new Sense UI but I've loved it on my old Hero. SGS2 also is much faster out of the box. Sensation feels nice in the hand, it's more "solid" compared to plastic SGS2 but seems to be a little bulky and not as sleek as SGS2. One thing i've found better on Sensation is wifi signal strength which is really good. As i am quite impatient person i don't wanna wait for unlocked bootloader too. I'm sorry HTC, but Sensation goes on sale. :/
Bear in mind that is my personal opinion.
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SGS is very easy to flash, you can even unlock it to sim free with no hassle. Regarding custom roms Samsung gave free SGS2 to Cyanogen team, so soon we should expect some CM7 love. Also MIUI port is coming soon.

bconover93 said:
Phonedog did a dogfight between them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc4_LsNxoZY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Like the phonedog said, htc had done a good job on customization. Its have 3D!! WOW!!!..compare to SGS2, no 3D..bored same as my LGO2X which I already sold

Again, why can't these people use the search button to search for a "asked for not once, but more than a million times question"? Dude, this is really getting from irresponsible to stupidity... Please, use the search button...

LittleMerc said:
Again, why can't these people use the search button to search for a "asked for not once, but more than a million times question"? Dude, this is really getting from irresponsible to stupidity... Please, use the search button...
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Thank you for your verry helpfull post...

Well, I made up my mind and just bought the SGS 2 because of the better Hardware.
Thanks for the tips.

I'm searching for the best replacement for my good old "Super" HD2.
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But without using any search buttons, it would seem.

I think there's another thread about that question somewhere.
I went back and forth on the spec for hours and hours. However, once I got to play with both phones in the store the answer was clear in a matter of seconds.
While you can't buy a bad phone between these two, you can certainly buy the wrong one for you. Optimized ROMS will find their way to both phones sooner or later, so I wouldn't worry about performance too much. How the phone feels in your hand or how you experience qHD vs SuperAMOLED+ is hard to change though. I highly recommend you go out and try both phones.

In all honesty, The Galaxy S II may have slightly better hardware, but TouchWiz ruins it. I know that you've already decided, but as far as overrall phones, no one beats HTC.

Hardware isn't slightly better, it's much better. Only metal casing, wifi strength and screen resolution (but not a screen quality) is better in Sensation. Personally as soon as I rooted my SGS2 I started using ADW Launcher. Now I'm using Regina 3D Launcher and really love it!

I don't care how good the hardware on the Samsung is compare to Sensation,I'll go with HTC everyday. All Samsung phone is a piss of ****, it feel like a toy ,cheap plastic, it'll breakdown in no time. Samsung always want to be ahead on tech and rushing their release making their phone plan rubbish.

RRibeiro said:
Well, I made up my mind and just bought the SGS 2 because of the better Hardware.
Thanks for the tips.
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I would have done the same thing if I could. I am with T-Mobile so I wouldn't get 3G from it so that would make it basically worthless to me. I am also a big HTC fan, I have only ever owned HTC Android phones since the G1 but the SGS2 does have better hardware specs. I am jealous of their ram and 21mbps data speed. If the Sensation came with those two things it would make it the perfect phone to me.

New phone after Desire S

Hi all,
My father got my Desire for quite some time now and he's very happy with it. But now he is possible to extend his contract and want a new phone with it.
But there is one problem: he doesnt want a larger screen but he also wants a "better" phone. I cant remember any phone with better specs then the Desire S with this screen size, does anyone of you guys know what could be the best phone for him?
The Galaxy Nexus is too big for him but i said its a good one, but he thinks its too big
Can anyone advice me to advice him ?
Thanks in advance!
Greet Patrick
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Tell him to hang on. There's no point him upgrading now. The Desire S IS approaching a year old now.
Just wait till Feb, at MWC, and the successor to the Desire S may he likely to come out.
IMO, its not much of a significant upgrade from the Desire
What is he finding wrong with it? What parts font satisfy him?
Perhaps you could introduce him to the rooting/custom ROM world, and it will improve his experience on his Desire while he still currently owns it
Hopefully that will keep him happy for a few months before upgrading
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Nice answer! Thx for ur advice. He is running the virtous unity rom atm so he is already running a custom rom.
Actually there is nothing that he isnt satisfied about. But now he can upgrade his contract and was curious for a new phone.
Maybe he can get a new phone for my mom, who got the original Desire now she finds that one a little bit too slow so what could be a good upgrade for her?
Anyway i will tell my dad to keep his Desire S for quite some time
Thx for ur nice advice!
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Yeah
or why don't he put the contract money towards a new android tablet?
they are suprisingly useful!
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:O
that is a really nice idea! I got a ASUS Transformer and he likes it
Maybe he wants to have one too!
But there is maybe one problem. Is it possible to get a Tab instead of a Phone with a Phone contract? (in The Netherlands) I've never seen that, so that's the question if its possible :O
It would be very nice for him!
If the possibilities are there I think i would advice him the 8,9 Tab of Samsung, what do you think?
I guess the Transformer Prime is a bit overkill for him (+ i will get jealous on him :$)
Thanks for your answer again, you are really helpful man!
Greets Patrick

No problem mate
I'm glad to help people as long as they show the appreciation like you do
Yeah, there are several great Android Tablets in the market At the moment.
I can't comment on the new 8.9 Galaxy Tab.
I currently have the old 7" Galaxy Tab. And it can make phone calls.
However. There is now a newer 7.0 plus galaxy tab (can make calls too) and has similoar top end specs as your transformer (dual core etc)
Perhaps you could consider that?
Or even the newer 7.7" galaxy tan which may be released some time soon!
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Galaxy S2 would be another grate android phone option...

talktoraj83 said:
Galaxy S2 would be another grate android phone option...
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I got that one, but the problem is that my dad doesn't want a bigger phone. Well not big like the SII.
Thats why i am trying to get some more info about other phones with almost the same size as the Desire S.
If he didn't care about a bigger phone, i would suggest him the Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy SII idd.
Thanx anyway for your input.

HTC EVO 3d??

If you want to stick with HTC (or Samsung), then maybe you'd want to wait until MWC at the end of Feb. Both company didn't announce any new phones at CES.

amonrei said:
If you want to stick with HTC (or Samsung), then maybe you'd want to wait until MWC at the end of Feb. Both company didn't announce any new phones at CES.
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Yeah I was a bit disappointed at that. All HTC banged on about was the Titan 2, which is a Windows Mobile phone (washes mouth out with soap).
Not sure what my next one will be. Starting to loose faith in HTC (from a build quality and support point of view) and see no real need for dual/quad cores at all yet. Still haven't found the limits of my single core DS. I don't do any HD gaming. Have Xbox for that.
Now that Google own Motorola, will be interesting to see if the next Nexus is in their camp. As long as there are no silly locked down bootloaders that is.
For the first time I can remember, there are no devices on the horizon that are making me start thinking about saving up for an upgrade. Long live the DS!

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Yeah I was a bit disappointed at that. All HTC banged on about was the Titan 2, which is a Windows Mobile phone (washes mouth out with soap).
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Not only that, the Titan isnt worthty of '2'.
Its EXACTLY the same, except the '2' has a 16mp camera, and the original only 8mp.
IMO. I think HTC are cheaping out, with support and hardware
That's why they lost profits last Q4
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HTC is too busy unlocking bootloaders.
Sony Xperia S looks pretty though.

galaxy nexus too big ? maybe... try to convince him ;-)

After the Sensation what?

So, the Sensation has been out for a while and for me it has not lived up to my expectations. ICS is right around the corner for me but I'm sure it will make things somewhat more bearable until I do upgrade.
What is everyone planning on replacing their Sensation with?
Yesterday, I got to mess around with the Galaxy Note. All I have to say about that phone is that it is obscenely big. I love it. It's the only phone out now that is something truly different. Too bad it's AT&T.
The only other thing that is currently for sale is the Galaxy Nexus. Other than the fact that it's running ICS there isn't much to get excited about. I think I'm going to just keep my Sensation till the New Nexus phone is released and get on that one early.
I'm not a fan of Samsung's phones or touchwiz but I feel like HTC is just making phones while Samsung is experimenting with new forms and new ideas. If Cyanogemod 9 was out and if it were available on Tmo I'd be all over the Note.
What are you hoping to replace your Sensation with?

after so much Android, I'd like to try an iPhone or a WP7 device. then again I have my XE since one week only so I'm still in love

Replacing it now with Galaxy Nexus, ordered international version on dailysteals. I do not need the latest and greatest but want to have no skins and reliable software. I had custom ROMs since G1 but want to see how reliable is original Google software on hardware they test it with.
Sensation will go to DW who will replace her Vibrant.

Galaxy Note.
Or it's future WP7 equivalent because I can.

I'd go for the next iPhone only if it will have a 4" display. I really want to get myself an iPhone and see for myself what's all the fuss about.
But if Jellybean will be as innovative as ICS was when it launched I will definitely stay with Android and go for the next Nexus.

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I'd go for the next iPhone only if it will have a 4" display. I really want to get myself an iPhone and see for myself what's all the fuss about.
But if Jellybean will be as innovative as ICS was when it launched I will definitely stay with Android and go for the next Nexus.
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Same for me.

22VIN said:
I'd go for the next iPhone only if it will have a 4" display. I really want to get myself an iPhone and see for myself what's all the fuss about.
But if Jellybean will be as innovative as ICS was when it launched I will definitely stay with Android and go for the next Nexus.
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lol there is no fuss, limited close OS with ugly tiles and SMOOTH UI.
Just go and grab am iPod Touch if you really wanna how it looks and acts

I really love the look of new Sony xperias....specially the bottom strip....but i think i need to sacrifice on performance and available rom options if i wanna go with Sony.

Im keeping my sensation for a good while the nexus doesn't worth it 3hours screen on time max bad reception camera isn't great however great display and i have ics on my phone so the gnex isnt so special ...
Will get xperia s once it comes out for canada
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Next one is gonna be a SGS3, hopefully in summer

Ironzey said:
So, the Sensation has been out for a while and for me it has not lived up to my expectations. ICS is right around the corner for me but I'm sure it will make things somewhat more bearable until I do upgrade.
What is everyone planning on replacing their Sensation with?
Yesterday, I got to mess around with the Galaxy Note. All I have to say about that phone is that it is obscenely big. I love it. It's the only phone out now that is something truly different. Too bad it's AT&T.
The only other thing that is currently for sale is the Galaxy Nexus. Other than the fact that it's running ICS there isn't much to get excited about. I think I'm going to just keep my Sensation till the New Nexus phone is released and get on that one early.
I'm not a fan of Samsung's phones or touchwiz but I feel like HTC is just making phones while Samsung is experimenting with new forms and new ideas. If Cyanogemod 9 was out and if it were available on Tmo I'd be all over the Note.
What are you hoping to replace your Sensation with?
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Holding out for quad core. Sensation is a great phone for me, minus the dust issue that I'm about to solve with some gasket goo... I'm on phone 4. There really isn't anything spectacular out there for me.
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Want a phone with a camera as good as the iphone camera, let's face it the camera is the only thing it has that's better.
Never had a Sony Xperia phone but have heard that they have some of the best optics and Sony is developer friendly. Too bad the good ones hardly come to the US.
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dam already lol, ima hold out for a bit, dont really see the point of quadcore one my other phones that has a single core proccessor runs just about everything fine
plus dev on this phone seems better than most other phones

alireza_simkesh said:
I really love the look of new Sony xperias....specially the bottom strip....but i think i need to sacrifice on performance and available rom options if i wanna go with Sony.
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On the contrary! As someone else said, sony have become very dev friendly and seem committed to updates. Most xperia phones are getting CM builds too.
That being said I'm loyal to HTC for now - sense is the best skin IMO and AOSP also sick and I have the option of both! While the one series looks sick, I think the sensation will do me fine for at least another year. As of right now quad-core isn't a necessity for me... but we'll see

Quad core ? I hope you guys gonna hold whit you 20 extra batteries during your day ! dual core isn't good imagine quad core
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I love HTC and I love Sense and I will be getting the One X on Sprint. The Galaxy Nexus looks appealing but the camera is garbage and since I have a 4 year old the camera is very important to me.
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On the contrary! As someone else said, sony have become very dev friendly and seem committed to updates. Most xperia phones are getting CM builds too.
That being said I'm loyal to HTC for now - sense is the best skin IMO and AOSP also sick and I have the option of both! While the one series looks sick, I think the sensation will do me fine for at least another year. As of right now quad-core isn't a necessity for me... but we'll see
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nice...
yea i guess u would need a heat sink or some kinda fan on the back of a quad core device too cool it down....

Wherever the developers go, and some of the best stick with HTC phones. Prolly gonna end up with the ATT One X if TMo doesn't get it.

I just got my sensation. To be honest, in my opinion, companies comes out with every new versions of everything. But all in all, they're all the same. I was gonna wait for the HTC One S, but I figured, .3 difference on speed, just a little better on screen res. and beats? Not much of a difference, the sensation alone is fast and snappy, there is no reason for me to get anything high end because the sensation itself is a good device that pretty much do all the work. That's just me though AND, the sensation has a lot of love from the DEVs.

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Want a phone with a camera as good as the iphone camera, let's face it the camera is the only thing it has that's better.
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My personal experience is contrary.
My colleagues at work have iphones 4s. They often take photos for documentation. Their pics are generally ok for a phone camera but nothing special.
From what I see on a nearly daily base in real world, iphone photos are in no way superior to the pics I took with my X10i or take with my Sensation, which I think look remarkably clear.
Iphones produce exactly the same amount of crap as other phone cameras do.
Be warned ;-)