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Hi guys. I am planning to buy one of those phones listed above. Please help me decide. I dont know what to buy. I love Samsung google nexus S but ive seen so manyy nega feedbacks about it. what are the pros and cons of HTC desire HD and Samsung Google Nexus S. Please help me guys. About the software, is there any issue on google nexus S? and is google nexus S gonna get every update on android? and how about desire HD?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!
CHEERS!
For me the Nexus S is the more desirable of the two because it is stock Android. I just don't see the need for Sense bloatware...but that's just me
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For me the Nexus S is the more desirable of the two because it is stock Android. I just don't see the need for Sense bloatware...but that's just me
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yes but the desire is very easy to root and S-off so you can get it to stock pretty easily using a rom like cyanogen 7
my friend has a nexus S and i still like my DHD better even if it is from a purely aesthetic point of view, performance is pretty much the same @ stock but i think the nexus responds to overclocking better than the DHD thats if you actually plan on overclocking.
The HTC Desire HD has HTC Sense HD.... its great!
And you have SOFF and Root so you can put plan Android on it.
U can do this at the Nexus S too but i think the Desire HD is the better Phone! Just because of Sense and its look
thats a touph decision, they are both great phones.
buy them both.
I cant afford to buy them both.. im still a 16 yr old student andd i have two phones. i am planning to sell them and buy nexus S. andd have another with a black and white screen :|
Im thinking rly hard for these, i like the design of Nexus S and its pure android. i can get each and every update that will be released on the next months. i also like DHD but its design is a no no for me.typical rectangular shaped phone and im also worried about its updates because DHD might not get future updates.
Naaah, im really confused.
Thanks for your replies sir *salutes*
EDIT: and also ive heard that the battery of the HTC desire HD sucks. what should i do? help please. thanks!
Nexus S = no sd card
Is it true that the Nexus S has no SD Card slot? That would be the deal breaker for me to not get that phone.
Get a Hd2, the most customizable phone going, you can then use a desire or froyo or gingerbread rom, or even wp7 if you fancy it.
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If I could choose between Nexus S, DHD and HD2, i would definately take the HD2! Hardware of the DHD and HD2 are nearly the same and it costs only half of the DHD. You can choose out of many OS's and the Android-feeling on the HD2 is native.
If you want a short answer:
There is no big difference between these phones, only the price matters.
First I wasn't sure if I should by the DHD or HD2 and I took the latter. A used HD2 but in very good condition for 180€ is a fair price. And DHD for 450€ is too expensive for me as a 17y old student ;D
Please help I'm jet another one due an upgrade can't decide what to get my mind is set on either the Samsung galaxy s2 or the HTC Sensation. I know the the Samsung is a better phone spec wise but I love the HTC set up and build quality and currently have the the new sense 3 rom on my desire and do love it along with HTC widgets. The thing I do hate is the small amount of storage the sensation offers compared to the sgs2 please help me decide.
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I'd stick HTC. You'd probably get better performance out of a Sensation compared to the Samsung anyways. Rooted or not
HTC of course and then enjoy it on the wonderful XDA forum!
I really want the HTC but not sure 1GB is enough space don't want to have to keep uninstalling apps cuz the memory is full this is my only worry.
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Check this active thread for a lot of scoop comparing them here
Rooted phones can move most apps to the SD card. 1GB should be more than enough internal space.
Besides, you can always try one for a few days and if you don't like it you can get the other one.
like Sumsung.
HTC, my first smart phone, give up for battery issues
Having been lucky to be able to use the HTC Sensation and the Samsung Galaxy S II
Mind you this is my own personal choice on the matter not related to any reviews being currently done.
HTC Sensation has a nicer and flowing concept feels more natural to hold and use. The mechanics of, and I agree is not on the same specs level as the GS2, but definitely well worth it.
Like most have said if you do root your phone you can easily move most of your apps to your SD. With an SD of 32gb you won't have to worry about carrying to many apps.
I on the other end tend to carry only the required apps and off time RPG's I play from Gameloft.
Either phone right now are a great buy but I'd stick with the HTC Sensation.
Cheers mate.
Galaxy S2 for me it is a no brainer. I just wish I was up for a new phone in July when it is coming
Definitely the HTC, it's just better quality and there is so much you can do to enhance the phone from rooting to flashing new roms, that storage will be the least of your worries.
With the newer HTC phones you do not need to be rooted to move your apps to the SD Card. HTC vs Samsung should not even be a comparison. HTC all day!
This is not based on a comparison but I am really liking the speed, screen and camera (1080p recording!) of my SGS II.
For me it's the king of smartphones.
SGSII is the fastest/best smartphone in the world right now, hands down.
Its not even a competition.
Thanks for all your thoughts most have given me the answer I wanted the HTC but after some serious thought I'm am still being pulled towards the SGS2. I once was a big believer that when you buy a phone you you should just be able to use it and not have to mod it for it to be useable. After having 2 HTC's the hero and the desire and their customer support not great (how long should you really have to wait for an update) I can see the same thing is going to happen with the sensation. I had to root both of them just to get the latest updates and now I am rather into the whole tinkering thing and as it stands the HTC is not rootable ( I know its coming BUT WHEN HTC) and the Samsung is ( VERY EASILY). So with much regret I'm going to say good bye to HTC and the much loved sense3.0 at lest for my 2 week trial. And if I learn to love it then hate it, it will only be for 18 months until my next renewal.
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Of course HTC.
Now days such hardware like S2 isn't support by software yet.
S2 is faster, and so.....? S2 is not that UI friendly as HTC.
So I prefer HTC!
You all preffer phone you would like. But it really depends on what you want to use your phone. Productivity ? Gaming ? And now you know what you want...
Productivity > HTC
Gaming > SGS2
We dont even need to talk about it, I think gaming on HTC Sensation really Suck i had it in my hands and like me O2X still more. But i would preffer SGS2 bcuz i play Dungeon Deffenders, And every new level its more laggy So i need something really strong. But both are.. You must Choose Productivity<Gaming or Productivity>Gaming
Thanks that sums it up even more I want the ability to play more games.
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Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?
i would get the moto atrix fingerprint + dualcore ownz
Don't get Moto due to locked bootloader. I had to choose between Galaxy S, Nexus S and Desire S.
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get the moto atrix!
Well Desire S has a locked bootloader too. And up to now, there are no updates about the unlocking announcement of HTC
Thanks for the advice.
Ive checked out the atrix a little on youtube and it does look nice and responsive. Seems lag free and that will be strange comming from winmo 6.5 on my htc touch pro 2 lol. The games on the atrix run very well too.
I suppose its more furture proof being dual core and I am a nvidia fanboi lol.
So the Desire S and Atrix both have locked bootloaders? So no flashing on either device untill either of the companies provide an unlock or someone hacks one?
I'd say go Desire S....(in fact I did, and I also came from a HTC WM device - topaz)
You're used to HTC phones, you obviously like the Sense look and feel and you'll get a head start with the conversion to Android having the already familiar Sense as you user interface.
Currently Desire S and Moto both have locked bootloaders but Desire S can be unlocked with XTC and will hopefully be software unlocked either by XDA Alpharev or HTC.
Good luck picking!
Yeah I do like the sense look and feel, and have been sick of trying to run android on my touch pro 2 only to have it sleep of death on me after 20 mins
Im wondering how much difference the dual core vs single core cpu in these phones would have on phone lag, especially when it comes to web browsing/navigation etc. Are most of you Desire S users happy with the power under the hood, so to speak?
Also I work in a pretty rough environment and my old touch pro 2 has dents and scratches all over it, its survived being dropped from 3mts in the air down onto concrete lol. It wont die.
Ive read the moto atrix seems plastic like, that worries me. Do you think the desire s would be pretty tough?
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Yeah I do like the sense look and feel, and have been sick of trying to run android on my touch pro 2 only to have it sleep of death on me after 20 mins
Im wondering how much difference the dual core vs single core cpu in these phones would have on phone lag, especially when it comes to web browsing/navigation etc. Are most of you Desire S users happy with the power under the hood, so to speak?
Also I work in a pretty rough environment and my old touch pro 2 has dents and scratches all over it, its survived being dropped from 3mts in the air down onto concrete lol. It wont die.
Ive read the moto atrix seems plastic like, that worries me. Do you think the desire s would be pretty tough?
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Desire S seems plenty fast for me, I don't play games on the device and browsing speed is mainly determined by the network speed as oppossed to CPU power.
Screen protector and a case should be a must, even though Desire feels like a strong well made device you won't want to wreck it and it will still be smaller than your old device.
anyway u still don't know what apps for android are coming and how much cpu they'll need, so with a dual core u are more future proof than with a single core
On my opinion, I recommended to buy desire s, I moved from touch pro 2 as well , MOTO atrix's screen is bull****, don't buy it , you will loss money, galaxy s2 is best one, but price is too high at momnent, just wait couple weeks
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hmm thanks for the advice guys, ill go to a store tomorrow and compare the 2 phones builds. I am thinking ill probably go with the desire s.
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Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?
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I am more or less on the same boat, but I'm torn between desire s, galaxy s2 and iphone 4. (the dark side is tempting a bit )
Coming from hd2 with desire rom (lost it... ) I know I will love d.s, also it is the cheapest of those above so more likely I'll get one as soon as I will leave the bath.
I had a Atrix for a while but ended up sending it back. It is a really nice device, super fast and pretty good build quality (although i'd say the Desire S is better).
The negative for me were:
1. Battery Life sucked (although the Desire isn't amazing in this area either)
2. Motoblur sucked: Really disliked the interface although Sense is also showing its age (Launcherpro ftw)
3. Apps: I've found a total of 2 apps where I can see the benefit of a dual core processor; Dungeon Defenders and Google Earth (noticeably smoother on the atrix)
4. Cost: Total cost of phone over the contract was 1/2 that of Desire S, In a few months I'm pretty sure I could pick up a dual core tablet for the difference.
One thing, I am playing the lastest gameloft games (The games that have the best graphics) and they work perfect... i dont see why i need a dual core phone?!?!
BTW Its Dungeon Hunter 2... an AWESOME game xD
Between Galaxy S and HTC Desire S I’d go for the second cause 1st I personally don’t like Samsung’s implementation of UI and menu and 2nd HTC has a more solid build.
Ive had a SGS and had nothing but problems.The phone spent more time in the repair centre than i it was with me so eventually i sold it and bought a DHD and now also own a desire s.apart from the screen size the desire s is a better all round phone imo.sgs had the motherboard changed 2 times,screen turned dull and maps was miles in accurate plus no camera flash
yagermaster said:
Hi im in the process of looking for a new upgrade from my touch pro2.
I was intending to get a Desire S, due to its aluminium body and 1ghz processor. But my provider has the Motorola Atrix and Samsung Galaxy S on offer too.
All 3 phones cost the same monthly fee when bundled with the same phone plan.
What would you get? HTC Desire S, Moto Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S. My last 2 phones have been htc and Ive been very impressed with the build quality of them. I maily use the phone for web browsing, watching movies, and occasional games and do enjoy loading roms etc.. Anyone have any advice on what to get or what not to get?
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YES! I have been offered a desire s or sgs as a backup phone.. and 'm in a dilma on which to get. i have never owned a android htc, so dont really know much about sense. on the other hand i own 2 samsung android devices (sgs2 + sgt) so i'm familiar with touchwiz etc.
i want a phone with better battery prefably... desire s or sgs?
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YES! I have been offered a desire s or sgs as a backup phone.. and 'm in a dilma on which to get. i have never owned a android htc, so dont really know much about sense. on the other hand i own 2 samsung android devices (sgs2 + sgt) so i'm familiar with touchwiz etc.
i want a phone with better battery prefably... desire s or sgs?
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I'd say go Desire S, but then I'm biased, I think that you'll love Sense over TouchWiz in no time.
Well thanks for everyone's input. I ended up with the desire s, the atrix looked good, but I didn't like the MOTO theme. The HTC sense is much nicer looking and I'm familiar with it. So far the fone is great. I'm missing my touch pro 2 keyboard, but ill be use to the onscreen kb soon enough.
Thanks again, time to learn as much as I can about this new world of android.
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desire s 其实还是不错的
摩托罗拉 4G 其实优缺点，别看他应配置牛逼，是TFT屏幕的，不灵敏
你们外国人买iphone4 算了，反正都那么有钱的。。。擦
I have a Desire and i do love the phone and i have no problems with it other than the internal memory being too small for apps but with a new rom this has not really been a issue and with the coming official 2.3 upgrade i didn't really see any reason to consign the phone to a dusty shelf just yet....
However, today Orange rang me and offered me 1400 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited internet, unlimited landline calls to U.K. numbers and the new HTC Sensation for £25 per month as my contract is up. (I get £15 credit as a long time customer hence £25 per month)
This offer is only for today and as i've not seen the Sensation in the flesh, i'm wondering is it worth getting or waiting until the next gen of phones comes out, as some review i've read put the Sensation behind the Galaxy S2 and there is no way i'm having one of those.... it looks too flimsy for me.
what do you guys think??
I have just (lunch time) received my Sensation from Orange as an upgrade to my Desire. So far? I love it. The SGSII may have a slight edge on speed, but the build quiality on this thing surpasses it by a country mile. The deal they have offered you is for how long? 2 years? whatever, i'm sure you'll be pleased by the difference. Makes my Desire seem like something ancient. The changes in the Sense interface are remarkable. I rooted my Desire some time ago, running CM7 & Open Home 6. Sense blows this away. I'm busy downloading app after app after app with no sign of running out of space (yet). Though I was disappointed to find only 1Gb onboard compared with 1.5Gb of the Desire HD. The Orange handset came with an 8Gb microSD card in, so i've just swapped it out with the 16Gb I had in my Desire. Now to fill it up.....
I made the same move and wouldn't go back. HOWEVER, do NOt get it direct from Orange as they pre-load it with more crap than any other Carrier. Get it from Carephone Warehouse as they do unbranded handsets. This also means you'll get updates quicker than Orange users
The handset is a definite step up from the Desire, the screen alone makes it worth it. You won't regret it
my upgrade was from Desire to Sensation...i loved my little Desire, never had problems with it, but the Sensation blows it out of the water...it's a beautiful phone and a pleasure to use
I agree with n7of9.
Desire was the perfect phone and I didn't sell it (my rescue phone) but Sensation is outstanding. I'm just wainting the free bootlaoder and instal custom ROM and hope sure you will never regret to own it
see ya
i personally don't give a **** about rooting...the only reason i rooted my Desire was for more app space (oh ok, and to get rid of twatface crap)
Coming from desire as well, 100% happiness here.
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my upgrade was from Desire to Sensation...i loved my little Desire, never had problems with it, but the Sensation blows it out of the water...it's a beautiful phone and a pleasure to use
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Bump....
Nice use of solid words......cool "HE Said all in one line"
Gap between Desire and Sensation is incredible !
New Sense is huge !
Waiting Sensation will be rooted in order to uses Titanium Backup !
i come from the desire, too... it was the greatest step!
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i come from the desire, too... it was the greatest step!
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I came from the Hero, now THAT is a step up!
My Wife has a Desire and when I use that now, it actaully feels dated (bit like my Hero did when I used her Desire). Sensation's just on another level!
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Gap between Desire and Sensation is incredible !
New Sense is huge !
Waiting Sensation will be rooted in order to uses Titanium Backup !
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You can temp root now and use titanium. Look in the dev section
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Gap between Desire and Sensation is incredible !
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do you know that you just made a funny? Sensation > Incredible S > Desire
..the gap between...get it...get it?
i was a little disapointed, i have the oled version of the desire, and it's screen is way better than the sensation (except the resolution ofcourse) also the screen of the desire is more responsive then the sensation, after a few days i returned my sensation to my phone provider as faulty because i think the touchscreen is defective.
I have the latest AceSmod007 cm7 rom so i am already very pleased with the latest sense version on my desire.
To the OP: I presume you don't mean that Orange only offered this upgrade toyou for today only, and that the upgrade has been available from today onwards?
As to whether or not the Sensation is worth it, as I've said in another thread on here (HD2 vs Sensation), for basic use, there is going to be very little difference in terms of performance. So if you don't mind your currently smaller display, and only surf the web, check your email etc., don't bother with the upgrade; it simply won't make that much of a difference.
Otherwise, you have to ask yourself, is your current Desire really too little for your needs?
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i switched to the sensation from a desire to, realy great improvement, speed!
the only thing I miss is my AMOLED, the LCD is not as good as AMOLED, bad viewing angle, not as sharp
My upgrade was from Desire to Sensation.I loved my Desire I had no problems before with.I have a Sensation for Two weeks and I love her a little marvel!!
He has a big difference between the two and is worth changed.
just Wonderful!
thanks for the many reply's...
i nipped into my local carphone warehouse and had a quick play with the phone and i was impressed and i think i'm going tell orange send me the phone asap as i can't really see another phone coming from HTC before christmas which is going to be better??
if i'm factually incorrect here, please feel free to correct me!!
orange me gave a bit more time to think it over, as i told the woman in retentions i was not signing up to 18 more months without seeing the phone first. And after thinking about it i could wait forever for the next "great" phone coming soon and never get anything as i'm constantly waiting...
I just switched form the Desire to Sensation, for a week now. Here are some observations:
- I thought I would miss the hardware buttons on the Desire. I don't.
- It has a bigger screen, but size it's much bigger. Perhaps just as thin.
- Battery life is much better. In fact, you can put EVO 3D's battery (which has even larger capacity) on it to get even better battery life.
- Camera is a lot better.
- qHD resolution rules.
I do miss the super deep black, super wide view angle, and super quick response time of Desire's AMOLED screen however. Pentile never bothers me, although some people hate it. It takes a few days to adjust to going back to LCD screen, but qHD resolution is worth it. And Sensation's screen is pretty good to start with.
Don't expect everything to run much faster though. Both the Desire and the Sensation uses the same CPU core - Scorpion, although the one on Sensation is running at 1.2Ghz and it has two of them... What I mean is, on single threaded applications that are CPU bounded, you will see at most 20% speed improvement. The Scorpion is somewhere in between a Cortex A8 and Cortex A9 core, so on CPU power alone it is not as fast as other Cortex A9 equipped SoC like the Nvidia Tegra 2. If you constantly run a lot of apps and switch between them often, you will see significant speed improvement though. That's the virtue of being a dual core phone. However, the GPU on the Sensation is much faster, so if you game a lot you will see big improvement.
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thanks for the many reply's...
i nipped into my local carphone warehouse and had a quick play with the phone and i was impressed and i think i'm going tell orange send me the phone asap as i can't really see another phone coming from HTC before christmas which is going to be better??
if i'm factually incorrect here, please feel free to correct me!!
orange me gave a bit more time to think it over, as i told the woman in retentions i was not signing up to 18 more months without seeing the phone first. And after thinking about it i could wait forever for the next "great" phone coming soon and never get anything as i'm constantly waiting...
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HTC seems to refresh their line up every 1-2 quarters. It is very likely that they will have something around Christmas time. Not sure whether it will be before Christmas or after though. Word is that Ice Cream Sandwich will launched before the end of the year, so the next high end HTC phone may well be a Ice Cream Sandwich phone (may or may not be Nexus branded). But that's half a year away... I wouldn't wait if I were you.
As title suggest, has anyone upgraded to a Sensation from a Desire, If so what are your opinions/views?
I have and im slightly underwhelmed by the Sensation Maybe I was expecting too much but the only advantage i can see is a larger screen and a faster phone.
Maybe i need to give it more time?
How about a massive improvement on internal storage?
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Hey, nice to see you again 325i
Yes, there are quite a few of us who came from Desire.
I felt the same as you, underwhelmed. After some time you realise, yes, you were expecting too much. Sensation is a better phone, but not THAT MUCH better. Desire is one of the most supported phones by devs, and it had s**t load of ports which is great. Sensation is not going to he like Desire unroll there are a lot newer phones out, like another 10 months I reckon, with newer sense version. Sensation is going to have a lot longer life than Desire due to hardware being on par with newer phones longer than Desire was. Quad core is not going to change much. And I'm sure that Senny will support next Android version easily, and probably one after.
Just enjoy using it, it a good phone, but far from groundbreaking as much as Desire was.
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325i. said:
As title suggest, has anyone upgraded to a Sensation from a Desire, If so what are your opinions/views?
I have and im slightly underwhelmed by the Sensation Maybe I was expecting too much but the only advantage i can see is a larger screen and a faster phone.
Maybe i need to give it more time?
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What were you expecting?
I did the same as you some time ago. The desire was very stable and the sensation has severel minor problems but the adequate on board memory of the sensation was, in itself, enough for me!
Hi, I've just got a Sensation xe. I came from a HTC HD2, then a Desire, then a Desire HD. As I always pass the handsets to my completely non tech' savvy family who are not delicate with their technology, I've never rooted / flashed and always remained on stock just in case of warranty requirements. I love the extra on board memory of the Desire HD / Sensation Xe and look at each phone as step in the right direction. They're always familiar and do everything I could possibly want of them (except last 2 or 3 days on the battery) so I'm more than happy with both build quality (and warranty work by HTC, can only speak form experience but very slick when I needed to use it) / Sense etc. The only thing and it is minor, is I just wish I could get the Desire HD keyboard onto my stock sensation xe and despite what all the figures suggest, the screen in the xe definately "seems" skinnier than my Desire HD.
Evolution not revolution as they say and each small step is one in the right direction. (For me anyway). Each to their own but I can understand your feelings if you expected to go from Space shuttle to USS Enterprise!
Yeah dude, I get what u're saying. the desire is the same sort of device as the sensation, can run the same software. So not much of a scope for improvement in the user experience.
Let's see what's up for grabs in 18 montths when my contract expires.
I came from a Desire too, my XE has plenty of internal storage and a larger screen which is good. On the down side though, my phone signal is pants in comparison.
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tinky1 said:
Hey, nice to see you again 325i
Yes, there are quite a few of us who came from Desire.
I felt the same as you, underwhelmed. After some time you realise, yes, you were expecting too much. Sensation is a better phone, but not THAT MUCH better. Desire is one of the most supported phones by devs, and it had s**t load of ports which is great. Sensation is not going to he like Desire unroll there are a lot newer phones out, like another 10 months I reckon, with newer sense version. Sensation is going to have a lot longer life than Desire due to hardware being on par with newer phones longer than Desire was. Quad core is not going to change much. And I'm sure that Senny will support next Android version easily, and probably one after.
Just enjoy using it, it a good phone, but far from groundbreaking as much as Desire was.
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Thanks for the reply, as you say hopefully ill get used to it.
Cheers
I also came from the Desire and feel a bit underwhelmed. At first the biggest disappointment was the screen, that seemed washed out compared to the Desire's amoled screen. After about seven months with the Sensation these things are a bit of a let down:
- There is not enough RAM. Ever so often I get the white htc screen when pressing the home button. Anyone know if ICS / Sense 3.5 will consume even more RAM?
- The phone hangs from time to time - mostly while installing / updating apps ( Also RAM related?).
- Radio signal seems to be very unstable, jumping constantly between 1 - 5 bars ( even when on GSM only). It will also often skip between 3g and H, which never happened with the Desire (always either E or H).
Another issue is that there is a spot (~1x2 mm) at the center of the screen that is brighter than the rest. It's most visible on black/dark/medium dark screens, but also appears as a grey speck on a white screen. Its not visible on light grey background.
I'm consider sending the phone back for service/repair, but I'm not keen on restoring all my apps and settings either.
My friend got a Sensation on upgrade and intended to sell it to get a new turbo for his scooby but made the mistake of playing with mine before selling it.Now he has sold his desire and says that the sensation is way better than his desire ever was.Runs games sooo smooth and being the XE he loves the headphones included
A 4 months ago i passed my Desire to my GF and get Nexus S... in 5 days I changed with Sensation.
I never expected something revolutionary .. but it`s better phone next generation.
With more memory, faster dual core CPU, more adequate battery life (I used my Desire as a second phone due the need of changing 2 batt`s during the office hours. Now my Sensation`s battery is lasting about 10 business hours... and 2 days @ weekend)
There is still a tons of ponts that can be upgraded.. but it`s a technology/pricing, marketing, sales .. and so on decision.
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but the only advantage i can see is a larger screen and a faster phone.
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and you don't consider those as major improvements? i do
the Desire was sexy, the Sensation is sexier
I was like this :
lg optimus one > desire > incredible s > sensation.
liked incredible the most, but sensation is much better regarding the dual core and bigger display. better memory performace, better cpu and graphics
(ICS is also promissing)
I'm not so sure, in hindsight I think I was happier with my Incredible S. The 4" screen was just the right size for me, the camera was much better out of the box, although the HD recording was only at 20fps and not 30. But to be fair, what phone has a good HD camera?
I've just come from the trusty old desire to sensation.
Rooted, s-off, ICS Rom etc etc added within an hour of
it being delivered
First impressions are looking good, nice to have a bigger
screen, feels a lot snappier, internal memory is a major
plus point.
Sitting the desire and sensation side by side you can clearly
see its an 'upgrade' not in massive ways, but an upgrade
non the less.
I've just put the desire back to stock to send away for a fix
before selling it, and to be honest I hate what it was out of
the box, how people ranted and raved about the thing ill
never know.
Think ill be sticking to HTC from now on, the desire was a
workhorse, solidly built, unlike other brands which feel like
toys, the sensation feels the same in that regard, feels solid,
looks good, specs that will no doubt be fine for the next year
or maybe 2, seems to be a good community behind it, like the
desire.
Yes the sensation hasn't left me thinking wow, what great phone,
but let's face it, coming from the desire, which is still an excellent
phone and is still holding its ground, I really don't know what could
be added to a phone at this point in time that would give the same
'wow' factor as the desire gave.
I think the 'smartphone' has come of age, anything from now on will
just be gimmicky, and slight upgrades to this and that, I don't think
anything is going to be 'groundbreaking' in the next few years atleast.
So IMO desire > sensation is a worthy 'upgrade' when you look at the
whole package and compare it to what else is available at the moment.
But I guess only time will tell..
I also came from the desire, then desire HD, now the Sensation.
I will usually wait until about a few months after a new phone has come out and then buy it on ebay or craigslist, then sell my old one. It usually only ends up costing me about $40 to upgrade.
While I am really happy that there are ICS roms for the Sensation, i'm not as blown away as when I first moved from the desire to the desire HD.
I do prefer the quality of screen on the sensation compared to the dulled out desire hd, and love the multi touch capabilities of anything above the Desire. Though HTC will have to up their game a bit as my next phone will be coming with a contract renewal, and if samsung puts out anything like the Galaxy SII X again with a quad core I might be jumping ship.