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Well I've been waiting 3 months to see how the HTC Sensation has faired, unfortunately I don't know anyone with one, only going off the forums.
I think I have come to the conclusion that I'm probably going to look for a different phone, I've has a HTC Wildfire for over 6 months and really wanted to go down the HTC Sensation route, problem is I'm reading nothing but problems with the phone, and more worrying is HTC's flippant disregard for accepting that there are some serious issues with this phone. Am mainly speaking about loss of signal and dust under the screen. Are theses issue as prevalent as described in the forums?
Would appreciate some feedback from someone whose had one for a couple of months or so.
Thanks in advance.
I haven't had any problems with my Sensation.
The problem with looking at peoples experience with the phone here is that they will most likely only post when something bad happens, you wont hear about all the times that it's worked perfectly.
Buy or not?
I like mine. No dust under the screen. This is the best phone Tmo has of this type. If I were going to buy a phone outright and unlock it I might consider another phone.
Nothing wrong with the phone. For me p personally I'm going back to my Desire HD as my main phone, but only because I'm a chronic hacker and the state of custom rom development on that phone is much more mature. In a couple if months as things advance here I will once again be putting the Sensation in my pocket every morning.
Overall I love this phone but I get better battery life out of the Dhd. The only reason is Cyanogenmod with aggressive undervolting. Once I can do the same to this phone I shall return.
Out of the box this is decidedly the bette phone.
Sent from my Leedroid Sensational Htc Sensation!
No problems here either.
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two words...thumbs up~
buy it.
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Hi, I was at the same position like you. And I bought Sensation. It is very good phone and I have no problems with it. It works just perfectly.
Buy it =)
go with it，HTC is good brand
I've had my Sensation here in Canada for 4 weeks now, and I have no complaints about the phone at all. Works great, looks great, and the battery easily lasts all day.
Many thanks for all your helpful replies, think I'm gonna bite the bullet.
Next question is where to buy it from... have had bad dealings with carphone warehouse, so looking like the internet
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There is most likely gonna be a problem with the phone if you buy it used.
I think it's a sin to sell a perfect Sensation.
Best phone I've owned so far, still waiting for US tmobile version of gs2(Hercules) but the sensation will do even gonna keep it as my back up once the gs2 arrives... Get it, its a awesome phone
If there's likely to be a problem with it I think I'll need to buy it from a store so returning will be easier, just don't want to use carphone warehouse as their returns policy is pants. May try o2 shop.
I was in the same boat as you but have decided to go for it. Just keep in mind that more people post on forums to get help with a problem rather than sing the praises of a device. Yes, the Sensation does has its share of issues but lots of people have no issues whatsoever.
That being said, definitely buy from a place that has a good return/exchange policy and get a device with an HTC warranty so you're covered if problems do arise.
Good luck!
Just get the sensation, you wont regret it
Sure!
If you don't like just sell it and lose a couple bucks, what's the big deal?
Do you guys think the sensation will have a pricedrop before the amaze 4g comes out... cause i've been waiting to get the sensation since it was called the pyramid... and it'd be great if it had a pricedrop...
Well T-Mobile might or might not drop the price since the Amaze will cost around 50 USD more than the Sensation.
From experience they usually drop price of their previous flashship after a new phone comes out.
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My guess is the Sensation price will stay $200 since the Amaze is going to be $260 and the Hercules is going to be $230.
Not much reason to drop the Sensation price since it will already be less expensive than the new phones.
Is there already a xda section for the HTC amaze?
Just found the spec @ T-Mobile and it looks like a spec the Sensation should have had ...
Best regards,
Dingolino
I like the Sensation because of its price, battery life, and its ICS ETA
But not sure if today it's the smartest choice when I can afford better CPU and RAM.
Few stuff concerns me...
1. How noticeable is the difference between 768mb/1.2ghz and 1gb/1.5ghz (Amaze/Galaxy S2 T-Mobile) ?
2. Whats about the difference between Sensation's "4G" card and Amaze/G2S's newer cards (42mbps) ?
3. Are there any known issues/bugs with the Sensation 4G right now?
Many thanks!
you have waited this long, might as well wait out a couple of more months and get the new htc one s.
Actually I'm looking for a new phone because mine bricked today, so I don't have time to wait.
i think at this time it would be better off to buy at craiglist unless u want to start a new contract. As info about htc sensation, I think it's a pretty decent phone, but like all android phone you need root to unlock the full potential.
Thanks for the fast replies !
I'm not concern about my contract or future phones on different carriers, my phone died and I really like to get a decent one on T-Mobile today (Monday).
I couldn't find any nice phone on craigslist, or in a reasonable price (usually not less than 80% of tmobile full price).
My dilemma is Sensation 4G (1.2ghz\768mb\14mbps) vs. Amaze\GS2 (1.5ghz\1gb\42mbps)
I'm not sure if those specs are just nicer on the chart or I can really feel the difference in daily use.
And the bottom line is the price tag, if it doesn't worth that, I don't want to pay more for that...
Sensation has a great community n dose the s2 the amaze is only in us also depends if ur rooting as at default the sensation is ment to run at 1.5ghz HTC underclocked it we have nice kernal to give the extra power
xxx best things come to those who wait xxx
thanks,
on stock configurations, are the amaze\sg2 noticeably faster ?
Get it right now. What are youwaitingfor lol
Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
Bear in mind that the 42 vs 14.4 are Max possible speeds, not necessarily what u will actually get. That's influenced more by the towers capabilities and network load around you. I'd get the amaze, its newer, has the better radio in case ur area has the high speed towers, and it has nfc which seems to be coming around now. I'm currently trolling Craigslist for an amaze, but people around here want a lot of cash for them.
jdelforge5684 said:
Bear in mind that the 42 vs 14.4 are Max possible speeds, not necessarily what u will actually get. That's influenced more by the towers capabilities and network load around you. I'd get the amaze, its newer, has the better radio in case ur area has the high speed towers, and it has nfc which seems to be coming around now. I'm currently trolling Craigslist for an amaze, but people around here want a lot of cash for them.
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agreed go with the amaze. it seem like everyone wants top dollar for their amazea
!!senseless sensation!!
Get a new HTC One series device!!!!!!!!!!!
For instance the One S. S4-Krait. It'll outperform every other device with a dual-core and sometimes Tegra 3 devices.
With that device, you are safe for about ~2 years.
Honestly I have to say Sensation, just because of the hardcore dev support... We already got a One X ROM (Virtuous S4X) and a tonload more awesome ICS ROMs, so why not? The Amaze is slightly more powerful but you won't see the same great dev support as the Amaze. More dev support stops me from getting jealous when a new phone is out (hence why I got the Sensation, the MT4G dev community is really slowing down). As for the GSII.. Eh. Not too sure about it. I honestly dislike the T-Mobile variant of the GSII because of the hardware differences and the screwed up screen. The T-Mobile Sensation is the exact same as the international, aside from the radios and T-Mobile logo.
I just left the gs2 to come back to the sensation. The gs2 is great in terms of battery and reception. Only reason I went back is because of the dev support for this phone. All the roms for the gs2 T-Mobile are the same all stock based touchwiz roms
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I original have the Nexus but they lock my web2go a month ago so now I am seeking new phone that can be used. From what I understood, Sensation non-tmobile brand and Sensation XE would work. Are they worth it and where can I find a good price on a international Sensation? I am also pondering on N9. Since you can add andorid on it and i am pretty sure tmobile will never block it but no ics support.
Another thing I am consider is that I will most likely receive a Titan II from the ms contest and I can unlock it and use it as 2g phone. Which is pretty tempgin as T2 is a pretty sweet phone.
well, from my personal opinion after being using Sensation XE for more than 2 months and with amount of time i've spent jumping from ROM to ROM, this phone is well-worthy for you to buy, even when i am not a phone-switcher kinda guy but when i want to buy something, i will researched and do comparison with my friends' phone.
as of for now, since HTC One is around the market, i would suggest you get that one
Well, keep in mind it need to work with web2go..... XD Now sure how MUCH will htc one uk version cost lol
Just checking to see if anyone is selling there Sensation or any other phone to get the GSIII, or just might be buying one and keeping there old phone? I know I been thinking about getting one lately since mobile network is so slow and sometimes I have no signal either . Other than that, I love my Sensation just tired of the hassel with the signal sometimes. Don't know if Im selling my phone or not but I might get one from T-mobile on release date I guess (June 21,2012), haven't heard about the price yet only specs.
Nope i think my sensation will do until the end of my contract which is in february 2013 ... And then ill see the phones available at that time...
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
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Anyways, I'm not selling my Sensation, I'll just do an upgrade on one of my lines.
Not buying til there's significant battery improvements
Not worth to change.
Mike
Keeping my Sensation... Not a big fan of Samsung!
Agree with some points - until there is not much improvement in battery life, I'll keep it.
Not just Yet
The Sammy is better phone than the Sensation, but it's not worth an upgrade, maybe if we got the quad core version. besides the HD screen, I'd be interested to see if anyone could name something the Sammy can do that the Sensation can't.
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I'd be interested to see if anyone could name something the Sammy can do that the Sensation can't.
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the Sammy is plastic fantastic!
lol
reddragon022 said:
Just checking to see if anyone is selling there Sensation or any other phone to get the GSIII, or just might be buying one and keeping there old phone? I know I been thinking about getting one lately since mobile network is so slow and sometimes I have no signal either . Other than that, I love my Sensation just tired of the hassel with the signal sometimes. Don't know if Im selling my phone or not but I might get one from T-mobile on release date I guess (June 21,2012), haven't heard about the price yet only specs.
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I sold my sgsII to buy a sensation.
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I'm not selling my Sensation, still happy with it and haven't started flashing it yet...waiting for a serious problem/delay/crash to start looking into better custom rom.
rio
I love trying new phones an all, but will probably wait a little after release date. Wonder, will it be a major difference in performance compared to the dual version and the quad?
NOPE, keeping my sensation until it's paid off then seeing what Android is available at that time. I'm on payment plan so at least a year. Then I'll look into what's new at that time. I'm really happy with my sensation! Especially due to xda and custom Roms, operating system upgrades, and wonderful forum support! Why ruin a good thing?
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Not getting the first "next gen" phones. Their the first, I'm just waiting to new phones
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I'm waiting on a Motorola nexus quad core. Til then will do!
Even though Google did buy Motorola I doubt that they will be making the hardware for it.
Google already said that they don't want to directly get into the hardware business.
Mainly they just wanted Motorola for their collection of patents.
Either way, (sadly phones are a expensive habbit for me lol), have a sensation, amaze, and one s. Due to the signal fluctuations and problems I have had with that phone I will be selling the one s and getting the GSIII. I will still probably keep the amaze and sensaiton. Mainly the sensation because I have alot of accessories and protection for it for when working on my cars and stuff which I haven't got for the Amaze which just has been a "good" not for work backup. Plus I flash the sensation too much to get rid of that phone.
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Even though Google did buy Motorola I doubt that they will be making the hardware for it.
Google already said that they don't want to directly get into the hardware business.
Mainly they just wanted Motorola for their collection of patents.
Either way, (sadly phones are a expensive habbit for me lol), have a sensation, amaze, and one s. Due to the signal fluctuations and problems I have had with that phone I will be selling the one s and getting the GSIII. I will still probably keep the amaze and sensaiton. Mainly the sensation because I have alot of accessories and protection for it for when working on my cars and stuff which I haven't got for the Amaze which just has been a "good" not for work backup. Plus I flash the sensation too much to get rid of that phone.
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They have a bunch of kick ass Verizon droid phones. It's only matter of time until they release a Motorola nexus, which at that point might be quad core. Companies tend to change their mind sooner or later! I had the amaze and in my opinion I enjoy the sensation more.
M9x3mos said:
Even though Google did buy Motorola I doubt that they will be making the hardware for it.
Google already said that they don't want to directly get into the hardware business.
Mainly they just wanted Motorola for their collection of patents.
Either way, (sadly phones are a expensive habbit for me lol), have a sensation, amaze, and one s. Due to the signal fluctuations and problems I have had with that phone I will be selling the one s and getting the GSIII. I will still probably keep the amaze and sensaiton. Mainly the sensation because I have alot of accessories and protection for it for when working on my cars and stuff which I haven't got for the Amaze which just has been a "good" not for work backup. Plus I flash the sensation too much to get rid of that phone.
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It's very possible, there are going to be 5 Nexus devices this year from different manufacturers
I would like to have a quad core handset. One X would have been my preferred choice (love sense) but I need a unit with a removable batt.
SGS3 is one option or maybe the new Huawei Ascend D Quad (http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_d_quad-4568.php) which is due to surface next month.
I have a feeling Huawei will soon become a major player. They are already a giant company in networking etc.
Nah I'm not a fan of quadcores full stop. My contract expires may next year and so I'm going to compare the octacore beasts there are roaming the jungle at the time. Probably a HTC but we never know maybe a s4 ( I say extremely hopefully ).
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