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Really hot when using cm7

Anyone else's sensation getting quite hot while running cm7? Iv got no custom kernel running just the regular included kernel clocked at 1.2 :S it can get really hot sometimes and I'm not running anything intensive maybe just playing some music and browsing the xda app most iv done is play a 2D game
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Depending on the ROM and what your doing with the phone, it can get very hot. I'm now using Android Revolution HD, however with insertcoin, when I would use my phone a lot, the battery got super super hot.
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I hate to point out the obvious, but isn't the common denominator the battery? Maybe our batteries are faulty. I'm running a stock Sensation and my battery gets hot too when charging or when the screen is on for a little while.

mine is usually at the bottom of my screen. weird i know. i even read it happens to others to on the bottom of the screens

jonosono said:
I hate to point out the obvious, but isn't the common denominator the battery? Maybe our batteries are faulty. I'm running a stock Sensation and my battery gets hot too when charging or when the screen is on for a little while.
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While charging it is normal. Because now everything is getting slimmer and slimmer all the parts are getting closer and this is the result. Every battery gets warm when you charge it, some more some less. It is not a defect.

Powerskins

Has anyone tried out the powerskin for the sensation?
http://www.shop.power-skin.com/powerskin/htc/sensation

i have one. its nice but it gets really hot while using your phone. the heat doesn't disperse through the powerskin well. which seems to drain both batteries a bit. for instance the powerskin is almost empty if i use the phone after 30 min. even though it is much larger than my battery. somethings wrong. but having extra powers is nice and it doesnt touch the screen or mess up the screen protector.

Mod please move to proper section.
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Dolphinwigs said:
i have one. its nice but it gets really hot while using your phone. the heat doesn't disperse through the powerskin well. which seems to drain both batteries a bit. for instance the powerskin is almost empty if i use the phone after 30 min. even though it is much larger than my battery. somethings wrong. but having extra powers is nice and it doesnt touch the screen or mess up the screen protector.
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There is something wrong with yours. Mine last almost ten hours. I started a thread about it here a couple weeks ago.
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Is there any good case ? i get lost here

How's the size, thickness?

It's about 3/4 of an inch. If you have small pockets the size and silicon case might present problems pulling the phone out, but I have loose clothing so its not a problem. You do have the option to take the case off and use it only to recharge a dead/dying OEM batt.
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Btw I got mine for 45 shipped. Cellguru.com
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Literally got mine yesterday morning from the USA.
It's about as big as I expected, and thats pretty big. I already have an Anker battery, but in all fairness I haven't seen much of a difference in battery life with it over the stock HTC battery; that could be because 1) I didn't really test out the stock HTC battery. 2) I never calibrated it properly.
Anyhow, I am addicted to my phone, so I use it a lot and my emails are set to PUSH from the server. I have wifi on a lot e.t.c.. So when I use it a lot I expect it to last somewhere in the region of 5-7 hours.
Now back to the point, with this POwerskin, I no longer fear using my phone out and about, especially when I need to get in contact with the girlfriend! It lasts far longer, so I am pleased with it. I haven't really tested it fully yet, because I do not know whether to have my Powerskin charging my phone in the background, so it sort of trickle charges the normal battery. OR, turn it on when my phone gets really low :/
Good nonetheless!

Purchasing a Sensation?

Hi, I'm planning on purchasing an HTC Sensation now that I've gotten rid of my iPhone 4.
I do have some issues regarding the purchase. I've seen threads commenting on dust collecting under screen and a poor battery life. Are these issues common on the phone? And if they are, is it possible to clean out the screen when the issue occurs? I've heard about a 1900mAh battery so I guess that's a better fix for the battery.
I'm on a T-Mobile family plan with no data plan. If I purchase an unlocked Sensation, will T-Mobile automatically add a data plan to my line? This happened to me when I used my iPhone 4 I got as a present on my AT&T line.
Thanks!

Not had my phone for all that long so I can't comment on the dust under the screen issue yet. But for battery life there are a few things that can be done, if you root your phone you can get SetCPU and underclock your phone when it's screen is off to extend the battery life or get Juice Defender, which disables wifi and data when the screen is off but turns them back on every 15 minutes to allow it to sync and will then turn them off again to save battery.
But even without a rooted phone, although the battery life certainly isn't good it will just about get you through a long day. But obviously you can also get a 19000mAh battery or even a further extended one as well as an external battery that can charge your phone up providing you don't mind carrying one around.

Also, can the Sensation play flash videos natively? I've heard some mixed claims regarding that.

I have had the Sensation for quite some time now and I don't have one spec of dust under my screen. And battery life is good. It last me through the day but I bought the Anker 1900mAh battery because it is so cheap and so amazing lol.
I would recommend the Sensation to anyone.

Anker 10,000 maH battery......
I purchased the Anker 10,000 maH battery. I had to...... I use my phone all day long. So I really don't turn on my main computer everyday. Especially since I installed a terminal emulator on my Sense. Now I can correct code, and scripts on the fly. I can re-charge my phone 5 times with this brick. Fits in my shirt pocket, and it takes an hour from 10% battery to 100%. Not bad.....

UnixSlayer said:
I purchased the Anker 10,000 maH battery. I had to...... I use my phone all day long. So I really don't turn on my main computer everyday. Especially since I installed a terminal emulator on my Sense. Now I can correct code, and scripts on the fly. I can re-charge my phone 5 times with this brick. Fits in my shirt pocket, and it takes an hour from 10% battery to 100%. Not bad.....
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wow,
douche early?
to the op. just swap out the sim card and dont change a thing.. you will be fine.
picked up mine slightly used. no issues.. am running the 1900 battery.
great phone..
beers

I have an XE, great screen, no dust and good battery life.
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Dust under the screen is a common issue, but it's only a lot more common than it should be - the number of Sensations affected is still a very low amount. The safest way to take care of it is to go through T-Mo or HTC and they'll clean it out. Trying to do it yourself will definitely void the warranty cause you'll have to dismantle the phone.
Battery can be terrible, but a chichitec, anker, or mugen 1900mAh battery along with a good rom/kernel/clockspeed combo fixes that. I'm on Android HD 3.x gingerbread with the stock kernel, clocked at 1.5Ghz when the screen is on, 768Mhz when it's off, heavy user and I can make it through the day. The other thing to consider is how you use the phone. The Super-LCD looks crazy crisp, and it is, sunlight visibility is great and color reproduction is nice - although it's no SAMOLED. Here's the problem though, it's a mega power drainer. If you listen to a lot of music on your phone or maybe stream Pandora comedy, you shouldn't have any issues. If you're an all-day facebooker or constantly texting/emailing, that screen will destroy your battery and I couldn't recommend the phone, as much as I love it Don't get me wrong, you could do it, but you'll probably need a spare battery or a charger with you.
With the 1900mAh battery, I can have the screen on constantly and texting/emailing/browsing for about 3 hours straight. If I keep the screen on and play games, 2 and a half hours. Not much difference even though one is a lot more intensive than the other. The S-LCD panel is a huge battery drain.

I haven't had any problems with dust under the screen.
Battery life great for the amount of time i use the phone everyday (screenshot attached).
If you're up for it i'd suggest you flash a custom ROM to use the full potential of the phone. Personally i like Android Revolution HD, but it's all down to personal preference. Try a few different ones and use what you like the most.

Hi guys!
First things first:
Happy New Year to everyone!
I'm thinking of an upgrade (from HTC Vision & iPhone 4S) and looking at Sensation as an option and I've got a few questions regarding that.
My main concern is it not to late to jump to a Sensation? are there good developers still around? I remember RMK jumped from G2 to sensation, and he's still here, how about others? Any rumors or plans to abandon Sensation? I'd imagine alot of them getting the new GN, I can't really be bothered, rather have an option between Sense and AOSP.
My other question would be is the hardware acceleration fully functional on current ICS roms?

slovoflud said:
My other question would be is the hardware acceleration fully functional on current ICS roms?
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I'm running RVHD 5.02 and its still running at 1.2 GHz.. I haven't figured out why. I'm running super tuner, and setcpu. It's running quick, but not at the advertised speed.

UnixSlayer said:
I'm running RVHD 5.02 and its still running at 1.2 GHz.. I haven't figured out why. I'm running super tuner, and setcpu. It's running quick, but not at the advertised speed.
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uh, sorry I wasn't clear enough - I meant Video acceleration

slovoflud said:
uh, sorry I wasn't clear enough - I meant Video acceleration
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It's "there" but it doesn't run very well. Barely feels like its on. Just wait a month or two, and stable ICS will be released.

sshede said:
It's "there" but it doesn't run very well. Barely feels like its on. Just wait a month or two, and stable ICS will be released.
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thanks!
what abouts this?
any thoughts?
My main concern is it not to late to jump to a Sensation? are there good developers still around?

Despite having GNexus I would recommend the HTC Sensation. Had it before gnex and it's very good phone. Had two small issues :
1) battery under heavy use drain fast - bigger battery recommended.
2) random ringtone/notification change (this could be related to 2.08.401.1 ROM, which isn't officially released, but is a test ROM).
Other than this is VERY good device and won't let you down.

aspot72 said:
Despite having GNexus I would recommend the HTC Sensation. Had it before gnex and it's very good phone. Had two small issues :
1) battery under heavy use drain fast - bigger battery recommended.
2) random ringtone/notification change (this could be related to 2.08.401.1 ROM, which isn't officially released, but is a test ROM).
Other than this is VERY good device and won't let you down.
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Thanks!
on a side note, what's so disappointing with GNexus?

slovoflud said:
Thanks!
on a side note, what's so disappointing with GNexus?
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Disappointing? Nothing . Only issue I had, was the "volume ghost", but after flashing 4.0.2 all OK. It's different device and as I was hard addict to Sense, I'm surprised how quickly get used to GNex. Love it

i have no dust on my screen yet. i buy it 3 month ago.
ps:i come from China.hah

The dust problem is annoying, but it's no problem to get a new phone when the first one has dust under the screen. The Akku is okey for one day full use, when you load it every night. When you need better akku there are good ones with 1900mAh, on Amazon Germany for example the one by Anker.

Thanks for the input everybody!
Regarding the data plan. I currently have a family plan with no data. When I purchase my Sensation on ebay or any other auction site, and then use my T-Mobile sim, will I automatically be added a data plan?

[Q] wifi death grip issue, how serious is it?

I am looking to buy a used htc sensation. But I have read about this wifi death grip issue on the internet. I want to know from actual users how serious is it. Does the signal drop totally or does it just weakens?
Another query is about the battery. Is it really poor? Can we go 1 day with moderate use of the phone? Or do we need to charge 2-3 times a day?

Look bro, i even bought a used sensee, i can confirm that those after july pieces are free from any defect...especially wifi or any other signal drop issue...
Buy an anker battery 1900 mAh for 16$ at amazon...u will never feel any probs with battery life and Smartphones need more battery than normal cheapy fones
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

I've only had mine a month now but I haven't noticed it at all and I play a lot of games with the phone turned sideways.

i got my sensation in the 1st week of release and it has the deathgrip and its a pain in the arse

Got my Senny at the "pre-release" (thanks wally mart) and there is no 'death grip' on mine either. I play a lot of games and stream netflix all the time via wifi so no loss of signal for me.

No death grip and my battery lasts over a day with moderate use, using a Mugen 1950 battery.
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kpjimmy said:
Got my Senny at the "pre-release" (thanks wally mart) and there is no 'death grip' on mine either. I play a lot of games and stream netflix all the time via wifi so no loss of signal for me.
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Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.

Yea, it depends on your router. At home I don't get deathgrip with the crappy 2wire AT&T provides with their uverse. But at my brother's house, he has an old school linksys and I get deathgrip two rooms away. At work, we have a way old router that I don't even know the name of and I can get deathgrip sitting right next to it lol.

sarkar_007 said:
I am looking to buy a used htc sensation. But I have read about this wifi death grip issue on the internet. I want to know from actual users how serious is it. Does the signal drop totally or does it just weakens?
Another query is about the battery. Is it really poor? Can we go 1 day with moderate use of the phone? Or do we need to charge 2-3 times a day?
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1. so-called deathgrip:
If I try really hard to cover up that antenna I can get the signal to drop from -25dBm to -50dBm or from -50dBm to -70dBm. That means I have to wrap my two large hands around the exact sport of the corresponding antenna. I only notice this because I use a wifi analyzer.
Any normal way of holding it without noticeable effect.
2.battery:
It is on par with other smartphone batteries. I'm a mobile phone user for more than 17 years, over 20 models, over 5 operating systems, and current smartphone life cycle still sucks. I currently own and use 3 smartphones. With the correct choice of radio, ROM and setting they all survive 24h+ of normal usage.
If you buy an extended battery that can double.
My Sensation XE with the standard battery on ICS with the ICS firmware runs for 43h+ on average. Today I will have 'survived' for 68 hours without recharging but due to the festivities I have made hardly any phonecalls and had little or no mailtraffic ... so this is exceptional.
cheers

digiholic said:
Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.
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You are probably right. I have a repeater in the living room where the router is in the bedroom. I get full bars and also tick off the best wifi (supposed to consume more power) as well.
And yessss that old LONG a$$ thread. That was a epic one lol....Good times

digiholic said:
Ahhh that good old long Walmart thread we had going....
My "pre-release" Walmart one had the death grip issue as does my unit I bought on T-Mobile release day.
I have noticed with different wifi routers that better routers don't show the death grip issue. Makes sense with a better signal. Some people probably never notice any death grip problem because they have a decent or better router, or are always close to it, etc.
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No bro, some sensations are really free from this issue-
My sensation can catch wifi signals from around 15~20 metres while my friend's blackberry fails to do...
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I hardly notice it !!

Mine definitely has the death grip problem, signal drops drastically if my hand gets anywhere near above middle of the phone..

Ok, so that means a few users do get the wifi problem while most users dont. Lets see what my experience is. Will report back after I get the phone. Thanks for all your replies. Cheers!

The death grip only occurs when you hold top of your phone and it happens when you are using YouTube but if you hold it from bottom of the screen than you won't get any death grip issue.
As for battery the battery life is crap my battery last for 2-3 hours of full charge so from 100 to 5 percent goes down in 2-3 hours
Only thing that drains the battery is brightness because on 50 percent battery and WiFi on the battery will last 3 hours. But if your brightness is higger than 50 percent then battery will die in 2 hours. The reason my battery don't last long is because when I use my phone I leave my brightness around 70% with WiFi on and I use YouTube app and 3 overs of usage will kill the battery.
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Rarely notice it unless I purposely cover the whole upper back area of the phone.
However, if you plan to get a phone casing then try to test it first.
I'm using this "Mercury" casing for the phone and it definitely strangles the WiFi signal.

With the 10.59 radio I used to get it when I just touched the back of the sensation... But with the new, leaked it just happens when I touch the WiFi antenna mount... Just above the camera xD
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dexter93 said:
With the 10.59 radio I used to get it when I just touched the back of the sensation... But with the new, leaked it just happens when I touch the WiFi antenna mount... Just above the camera xD
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I too suffer from said deathgrip. My router is in the kitchen, my room is just off of there. Thanks for this, I'll look into it...
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Well, after using the phone for about a week I can say that if I am in the same room as the router then I don't have death grip issues. But when I am in another room and I hold the phone horizontally the wifi signal strength definitely drops.
As far as battery life is concerned light usage it lasts for more than 12 hrs but on heavy use the battery goes in less than 8 hrs.
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I never had any deathgrip or signal drop issues since I got my sensation from 3uk last September I tried all those things people describe around the web ,maybe a proportion of the early sensations have those defects/issues and HTC fixed them after the frustrated owners complained .
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Would you reccomend Sensation XE

I'm looking to upgrade my phone in the near future and the Sensation XE is one of the phones i'm thinking about getting. So basically anyone who has this phone would you recomend it??
Also there are a few things im interested to hear peoples opinions on about this phone
1. Is the beats audio actually that good??? ive looked at a lot of reviews and some people say its the best sound quality they've heard on a phone, whereas others say its not all that. so im interested to hear your thoughts on this
2. i know that currently only the headphones that come with the phone and the beats by dre solos are the only headphones that are supported with the beats audio (by this i mean they have a set profile for when you plug them into the phone). i have the beats by dre studios. so was wandering those who have tried the studios with this phone, do they sound any good???
3. and finally and possibly the most important question. What is the battery life like on the XE? ive seen many reviews about this and about 50% of people say the battery life is excellent and the other 50% say its poor. what are your thoughts on this? and also on average how many hours/days do you get out of the battery and is this with heavy/moderate/light usage???
And would also just like to say thank you in advance to anyone that helps me decide if this is the right phone or not

It's an improvement but I don't think it's a huge leap.
I just plugged some Klipsch Image headphones in and the Beats Audio was enabled so you should be fine with the studios.
It's decent. I've only had the phone a week so I'm probably overusing it and my battery life has been okay so when I use it less it should have good battery life.
Today it's lasted from around 7.45AM till around 8PM. That included surfing a little, some music, texting and an hour or so of gaming so not bad.

I have the normal Sensaton running a custom rom with Beats Audio enabled and using the stock XE Battery installed, with processors overclocked to 1.5GHz, so I guess you can say its pretty much an XE.
The battery life is awesome! Though my ROM and mods are pretty battery efficient.
It is a great phone so I definetly reccomend grabbing one.

I have had the phone since the end of December and I am very pleased with it.
To answer your questions:
1. I like the beats audio, I also have a HP TouchPad and you can tell the difference. Although the quality of your music should be at a good standard (i.e. 320 kbps).
To be honest, I think the headphones that come with it are very nice, but they are no different than my old Sony Ericsson headphones that came with the SE Walkman phone. I expected a microphone in the headphones to cancel noise, but instead it seems to be just the rubber things that you stuff in your ears that cancel noise, but I might be wrong.
2. Unfortunately I cannot answer this for you as I only have the iBeats.
3. I think the battery life is quite good compared to the iPhone 4 I had before this. I had to charge my iPhone 4 mid-day to last all day. With the Sensation XE it will comfortably last 16 hours.
As an indicator for usage:
- I have JuiceDefender installed, using the aggressive profile (this disables data connection when screen is locked and enables every 30 minutes);
- I text my wife throughout the day, we have a lot to talk about, so usually about 2 texts an hour;
- I use Kik Messenger often to chat with mates;
- I have a Facebook (every 1 hour) account, a gmail (push, every 30 mins due to JD) account and an exchange account (push, every 30 mins due to JD);
- I tend to play a game at work during lunch for about half an hour;
- Browse the internet here and there;
- When I get home, I diddle with my phone all night, android market, games, Kik etc.;
- When I go to bed at night I tend to watch a film (1 1/2 hour) or 2 millenium episodes (at 45 mins each);
- Then I turn it off and put on charge overnight usually with about 10% juice left.
During the week, I get up at 7 AM and I come home at 6/7 PM. I usually go to sleep at 11 PM.
Please note: reception in my house is rubbish (2 bars) and have no wi-fi at the moment, but will have it again at end of month. So data loads painfully slow and this also sucks the life out of the battery.
As a light usage example, last night I came home with 70% left. Awake time was about 3 hours, standby obviously 11/12 hours. I assume you can draw your conclusions from this, when the phone is idling the battery is fantastic and only seems to drain at about 1-2% an hour, when its awake (i.e. being used) the battery seems to drop at about 7-10% an hour for me at least.
At the moment its (with medium usage) 12:11 PM for me and battery has 80% left, so 5:11 on standby and 01:20 awake. pretty good
I myself went for the XE because of the headphones that came with it and also the larger battery.
Some people seem to go for the regular sensation and then flashing the XE rom onto it with an overclocked kernel and buying a better battery.
I hope this helps you to make your decision.
If you want to know anything else, please let me know.
BeatsByMessi said:
I'm looking to upgrade my phone in the near future and the Sensation XE is one of the phones i'm thinking about getting. So basically anyone who has this phone would you recomend it??
Also there are a few things im interested to hear peoples opinions on about this phone
1. Is the beats audio actually that good??? ive looked at a lot of reviews and some people say its the best sound quality they've heard on a phone, whereas others say its not all that. so im interested to hear your thoughts on this
2. i know that currently only the headphones that come with the phone and the beats by dre solos are the only headphones that are supported with the beats audio (by this i mean they have a set profile for when you plug them into the phone). i have the beats by dre studios. so was wandering those who have tried the studios with this phone, do they sound any good???
3. and finally and possibly the most important question. What is the battery life like on the XE? ive seen many reviews about this and about 50% of people say the battery life is excellent and the other 50% say its poor. what are your thoughts on this? and also on average how many hours/days do you get out of the battery and is this with heavy/moderate/light usage???
And would also just like to say thank you in advance to anyone that helps me decide if this is the right phone or not
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Thank you all so much for your views on this phone. I was originally 70% sure about getting this phone, just needed a few things clearing up but now after all your positive comments regarding this phone I think this is definitely the phone I'm going to get.
well I'm about 99% sure about getting this phone (obviously you never know what phones may be announced in the near future)
But again thank you for your replies, my decision has been made a lot easier

lu1gj3s said:
I have had the phone since the end of December and I am very pleased with it.
1. I like the beats audio, I also have a HP TouchPad and you can tell the difference. Although the quality of your music should be at a good standard (i.e. 320 kbps).
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Really? I can't tell the difference from my touchpad
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If I'm being 100% honest I wouldn't recommend the Sensation to anyone now I've got my Galaxy Nexus. I love HTC, have had 3 phones back to back until now, and still have my (currently bricked) Sensation but the GN just works and the battery lasts the day easily. I've not once had to worry about it running out.
With the same apps/usage as my Sensation I can go to bed on 60% battery whereas my Sensation would be <40%
HTC have their work cut out to climb back up the mobile ladder IMO

I was gonna write pretty much this exact post. My Galaxy Nexus is much better at battery than my Sensation ever was, even with the extended battery. I would literally not touch it until noon. Between 8am and noon without use it would already be at 70%. No bueno. I loved HTC, but I need a phone that I can rely on.
Beats is just an EQ setting that you can't change...most people don't really notice either. I noticed it was more bass-y, but at the expense of the mids which to me isn't worth it.