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Hello,
My HTC Touch Cruise which I have used for tooo long, is slowly dying...
So, I'm looking for a new phone, my requirements being:
->Android
->Sim card (not sim-less! I regularly use 3-4 simcards travelling between countries)
->HTC (Sorry Samsung!)
Having done some research I have noticed that the main players are:
->HTC Sensation
->HTC Desire HD
Sensation, being a newer model, has higher specifications.
I would be grateful for help with some of my doubts:
1)Are there any other HTC models worth consideration?
2)Are you aware of any new models/developments worth waiting for (I don't mind waiting a month or two), like e.g. new Android series?
3)Are there any significant issues suggesting that getting HTC Sensation would NOT be a good idea?
4)Is there any difference between HTC Sensation models in UK and US?
Thank you for your help!
Best,
Theriel
You kiddin' right? Comparing Sensation to Desire HD?
Sensation belong to the new generation with dual core processor while Desire HD still belongs to the old single core generation.
The only problem with Sensation for being the newest flagship model is usual...the price...
If you can afford it, there is nothing which can beat Sensation.
Hi,
Thanks for the response, but... comparison between these two models has been only one of my questions. Also, not always newer = better, hence my question.
I still would be grateful if somebody could address other of my questions (especially 1,2,4)...
Best,
Theriel
Well, you could wait until HTC releases even better phones. I've got desire HD and it's a good phone, but sensation is much better (and worth more also). Of coure I haven't tested sensation but the specs says it all.
The Sensation is a much better choice than the Desire HD. If you are still interested in the older generation you should really look into the Incredible S2 as specs wise its identical to the Desire HD but has a better screen and much improved battery life. Also the Incredible 2 just received its root yesterday .
If you can afford it, get the Sensation. A dual-coure HTC phone with 1080p video recording, dual cameras and a qHD screen is an unbeatable combo I haven't used one yet, but it looks amazing.
I have the Desire HD and I love it, I upgraded from a BB Bold a few months ago.. If the Sensation was out then I would have bought it. It is definitely the more affordable option since it is older. Also, if you can do without the FF camera and super high resolution screen ( the one on the DHD is still good), then get the HD. There are several Sense 3.0 builds for the DHD out now (if you are willing to root the phone), so there really isnt a reason to buy the Sensation just for the software. I am running Virtuous Unity ROM with a leaked official build of Sense 3.0 scaled down for 800x480 sized screens and I have to say it is the fasted and most stable software I have ever used. But if you want the top of the line at the moment, go with the Sensation.
What I meant and what the others are trying to say :
Beside being new and having better specs especially the dual-cored processor, HTC Sensation is of cource more expensive.
I just feel it is a bit unfair to compare Desire HD with the Sensation, HD is a very good unit but Sensation is simply better...again with one note in mind that Sensation is more expensive.
How much are you willing to spend honestly?
HTC phone recommendations:
- Desire (cheapest)
- Desire S or Desire HD (somewhere in the middle)
- Sensation (most expensive)
I agree with "aaa" and I add to the list LG dual, with new processor.
hello
i want buy a new android phone in my birthday
is there 3 phones in my mind..SGS2,MyTouch Slide 4G and Sensation
which one have better camera ??
which one have better battery life ??
1GB stroge is that real problem ??
buy sensation
buy sensation
What do you expect from a sensation forum.
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What do you expect from a sensation forum.
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yep, another happy Sensation user.
With a few minor changes (New ROM) and JuiceDefender, my battery now last at least 3 times as long.
So, yes, buy a Sensation
Gooo Forrr itttt! Happy Flashing!
which one have better camera sensation or sgs2 ?
which one have better natural colors sensation or iphone 4 ??
Lol. The iphone screen is tiny. Sgs has slightly better hardware but touchwiz is even ****tier than sense and Samsung phones just feel cheap. Sensation feels like an executive phone. 1 gb is more than enough for all the apps you could want. I have about 100 apps installed and have filled less than half of it.
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which one is faster..1.2GHz Dual Core Snapdragon or 1.2GHz Dual Core Exynos ??
how much ram available in sensation ?? with and without sense 3.0
Hard to say what's faster without comparing them both on exactly the same ROM. I've heard that the Snapdragon has slightly more brute force than the Exynos (45 MFLOPS on the Exynos, compared to 46 on the Snapdragon).
If I can find someone with a Galaxy S2, I'm going to put both phones on CM7 and run a series of benchmarks on them. That'll really show us what's faster.
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Hard to say what's faster without comparing them both on exactly the same ROM. I've heard that the Snapdragon has slightly more brute force than the Exynos (45 MFLOPS on the Exynos, compared to 46 on the Snapdragon).
If I can find someone with a Galaxy S2, I'm going to put both phones on CM7 and run a series of benchmarks on them. That'll really show us what's faster.
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that's nice but sensation screen 540 x 960 !! CPU will take more from screen
Buy the upcoming Hercules. The galaxy s 2 is supposed to be the best android phone. The sensation is good, but the galaxy s2 is just flat out better.
i know SGS2 is better but for me i think sensation is better because i love the design and 540 x 960..but which camera is better sensation or SGS2 ?
Go for sensation
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which one is faster..1.2GHz Dual Core Snapdragon or 1.2GHz Dual Core Exynos ??
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Exynos is faster at the same clock speed, simply because the A9 is a better architecture than the Scorpion.
barondebxl said:
Buy the upcoming Hercules. The galaxy s 2 is supposed to be the best android phone. The sensation is good, but the galaxy s2 is just flat out better.
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The Hercules will have the same processor as the Sensation (well, all the info points to that so far).
Seriously?!?! You would ask that question in the Sensation forum. I don't believe any of us here would purchase a phone of this type without proper thought given.
Find an iPhone forum and ask them which they think is better, I'm sure you can guess what they would say.
In the end you have to decide which features are most important to you and then match that up with a phone that provides those features.
There's no such thing as a perfect phone although in my opinion the Sensation comes damn close.
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hello
i want buy a new android phone in my birthday
is there 3 phones in my mind..SGS2,MyTouch Slide 4G and Sensation
which one have better camera ??
which one have better battery life ??
1GB stroge is that real problem ??
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The camera on the HTC sensation is quite good in my opinion. And I'm very impressed with the 1080 p recording. Now I own a sensation 4g but I will sell it for the Hercules because, my personal experience, sense lags and considering this is a 1.2 Ghz dual core nothing should lag on this phone. Sense is very nice no question about that, but it's a heavy UI and it clearly slows down the phone. But the Qhd resolution on the phone is excellent, the build of the phone is unique and sexy and it is HTC so those are the pros for me. Cons are that the phone isnt as fast as other dual core smartphones, the speaker is pretty much useless and more ram would have been great considering sense takes a lot of it. But there's already S-off for the sensation so if you want to root and install custom ROMs than you should be fine, but then again you could do the same on the Hercules except you would have better hardware. I can talk all day, but at the end it's just a matter of what you're looking for. I want speed speed and more speed and unfortunately the sensation isn't speedy enough for me.
Buy the damn thing
Definitely buy a sensation, perfect phone since s-off is out.
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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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.
Hey guys, I might sign up for a contract after the recent death of
my beloved HD2, but I don't know if I should get the HTC sensation XE
pr the HTC One X, would it be worth waiting for the One X, or should
I just buy the Sensation XE?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/htc...ternet-only-31-per-month-mobilephones-1154717
Get the One X
If the Sensation gets a proper Sense 4.0 update, then the Sensation is more worth it unless you do heavy gaming. When it comes to poking around Android, a quad core offers little improvement over a dual-core.
go for the one x man the sensation unfortunately is already old
One S
The One S is similar to the Sensation. You need a big hand for One X's 4.7 inch screen . Apparently, that's why iPhones don't get any bigger. You're supposed to be able to reach the top left corner with your thumb whilst holding the phone.
If u want the latest & bigger screen, then go for One. Otherwise the S4G still rocks....
galaxys said:
If u want the latest & bigger screen, then go for One. Otherwise the S4G still rocks....
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I have everything Samsung, fridge, tv, air con...except phone. I just LOVE Sense.
Go the One X
The One X's screen is lovely.
A) Samsung makes CRAP
B) One X has no removable storage (nor do any of the new HTCs - which may force me to leave HTC despite being a huge fan of their products, generally )
Food for thought.
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Galaxy Nexus is an awesome phone but it's gotta be the One X - it's just not worth getting an old phone with such new awesomeness around the corner
scottspa74 said:
A) Samsung makes CRAP
B) One X has no removable storage (nor do any of the new HTCs - which may force me to leave HTC despite being a huge fan of their products, generally )
Food for thought.
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Isn't dropbox supposed to take care of that? I heard that on one of the new vids on youtube.
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Isn't dropbox supposed to take care of that? I heard that on one of the new vids on youtube.
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Yeah, that's supposed to be their solution for no removable storage.
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One X please.
chukis13 said:
Yeah, that's supposed to be their solution for no removable storage.
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Free for two years...that's HTC dropping you a hint.
For now I wait to know what are the possibilities of the dark side before you get into the purchase of one X.
Sensation has removable battery, microsd expansion, Dual core 1.2Ghz Qualcomm S3
Phones that dont have microsd or removable battery
Xperia S (Dual core 1.5Ghz S3) - no microsd, embedded battery
HTC One series - no microsd embedded battery (free 2 years dropbox) (X - Dual core 1.5Ghz S4 or Tegra 3)
Galaxy Nexus - no microsd (Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9)
Ask yourself what you do need
To be fair, the One X has 25gb of USEABLE storage, and I have NEVER used more than 16gb on my hd2( which was the size of my sd card)
I don't mind not having a removable battery, I'm sure that any 3rd
Party accessory producers can make a portable charger( they probs already
Have a few)
I think the Sensation is best for flash rom and so the removable battery is important for me and internal capacity ...
Hi Guys,
I am confused with two cell phones that actually i want to buy. HTC Desire S Vs HTC V. Which one should i buy as both seems as same.
Sedariya11 said:
Hi Guys,
I am confused with two cell phones that actually i want to buy. HTC Desire S Vs HTC V. Which one should i buy as both seems as same.
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One V does not have a front camera or a removable battery.
In a couple of days, the desire s will be running the same software as the one v.
The only thing going for the one v is probably the better screen.
Otherwise, the ds is still better in so far as hardware is concerned.
What... You never want to use video chat or face unlock...???!!!
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HTC Desire S is better
enigmaamit said:
One V does not have a front camera or a removable battery.
In a couple of days, the desire s will be running the same software as the one v.
The only thing going for the one v is probably the better screen.
Otherwise, the ds is still better in so far as hardware is concerned.
What... You never want to use video chat or face unlock...???!!!
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Agree with enigmaamit, but also few more details:
HTC One V ---------Desire S
Screen ppi 252 PPI vs 251 PPI
Sharp display of text, images and video
Screen type TFT LCD vs Super-LCD
The Desire S's screen is fantastic, while the One V's is pretty average
RAM 512 MB vs 768 MB
The Desire S has a lot of RAM for running apps, but the One V is average.
One V, if you are not into rooting your phone.
It is new and has a higher probability of seeing the next major upgrade.
Desire S while being a good phone, the display is not as good as one v
Desire S is slcd while one v uses slcd 2, hence the display sharpness and much better image quality
While you will get sense 4A on desire S shortly, it purely boils down to what you like more.
Better display or a bit more ram, front camera or no front camera, root it or not to rrot it...
Your call
For your budget also suggest to check Xperia u
Sent from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!
I have to agree with suku. However, personally I would go with the desire s just for the geekiness of the roms we have and the fantastic devs.
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HTC Desire is Good!
Thanks you so much for ur advice/suggestions guys.. I am in to rooting more..Is there a noticeable difference in screens between two of them. I really like customized phone so want more custom roms.. as i have Samsung galaxy s2, Moto Razr, Two sensations, defy, milestone.. and all of them are rooted with custom roms.. but this one i want to gift to my yonger bro and thats y i m confused..Thanks again..
It´s your choice
Hi guys,
i have a desire S, it´s a very good phone with a big and great community (there are very much custom roms) but the one V has some interesting specs i think, only the RAM (512 one V - 768 desire S) and the front cam is better at our lovely desire S but:
- Bluetooth® 4.0
- Bigger internal space 4GB -> Desire S only 1GB
- Better akku 1500mAh -> Desire S 1450mAh i think it doesn´t matter
- Screen is even better
so it´s your choice great community, front cam and more RAM or bluetooth 4, better screen, more internal space and android 4 with Sense 4 directly from HTC
Edit: you are right it's only sense 4 light...
Terriertheone said:
Hi guys,
i have a desire S, it´s a very good phone with a big and great community (there are very much custom roms) but the one V has some interesting specs i think, only the RAM (512 one V - 768 desire S) and the front cam is better at our lovely desire S but:
- Bluetooth® 4.0
- Bigger internal space 4GB -> Desire S only 1GB
- Better akku 1500mAh -> Desire S 1450mAh i think it doesn´t matter
- Screen is even better
so it´s your choice great community, front cam and more RAM or bluetooth 4, better screen, more internal space and android 4 with Sense 4 directly from HTC
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One V doesn't have Sense 4, it has a lite version of sense, which is pretty boring, no leap view, no home screen editing (there's only 5 and you can't even move them). Also it's 2D just like Sense 2.1, the widgets are less than Desire S, and lock screen, is horrible, it only shows weather in the morning. But Desire S will get (probably, I hope it will) Sense 4 full in the future.
Swiped with HTC Trace on Desire S using Endymion 3.5 with HTC Sense 3.5
I also have an iPad 2 iOS5.1.1, Jailbroken.
Regarding internal space - with about 80 apps installed I still have above 500mb left, so imho that's not an issue at all. I wouldn't trade off front cam for extra 3gb of space. Keep in mind, that heavy apps (like games) usually can be moved to sd card.
Sedariya11 said:
Hi Guys,
I am confused with two cell phones that actually i want to buy. HTC Desire S Vs HTC V. Which one should i buy as both seems as same.
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I'm almost certain that when you created this thread, a similar existing thread came up in the suggestions!
Search before you post!
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Get the Desire S!
Maybe as a non-user of Desire S, i could give a more just suggestion.
The HTC One V, though newer and have a more updated software, its specs are not as good as the Desire S. But the upcoming sense 3.6 update for the Desire S would probably be the last update for this line, while for One V, more updates are sure to come. But, if you root and all, Desire S is the way to go.
XtrKiL said:
Maybe as a non-user of Desire S, i could give a more just suggestion.
The HTC One V, though newer and have a more updated software, its specs are not as good as the Desire S. But the upcoming sense 3.6 update for the Desire S would probably be the last update for this line, while for One V, more updates are sure to come. But, if you root and all, Desire S is the way to go.
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The only way it is inferior is the lack of the FFC, and smaller RAM. But other than that, the One V is superior
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I suggest that DS is better.
The most of One V advances are low-weight and maybe the screen (very subjective).
Also I don't thik that HTC will make major upadates for it. Yesterday I installed ICS CyanogenMod9 on my DS and it seems to be perfect
kirri_le said:
I suggest that DS is better.
The most of One V advances are low-weight and maybe the screen (very subjective).
Also I don't thik that HTC will make major upadates for it. Yesterday I installed ICS CyanogenMod9 on my DS and it seems to be perfect
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Nope, the screen on the One V is definitely better. The camera is better too. The branding is better. The support from HTC is better. The design is nicer (this one is subjective, and my opinion)
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