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Like it says and I am sure a million people have asked. I have done the research but now I am just looking for others opinions. Would you leave the iPhone 4 for this phone? I am seriously debating it because of the customization options. One thing I like about the iPhone is ease of use. What are your opinions?
I've had the Inspire for about a week now. I switched from the iPhone 4 for the same reasons you are thinking of. But now I'm seriously thinking of switching back. The Inspire is really cool but the battery life sucks and the ringer is barely audible for me. I work in a warehouse and it pretty loud in there but with my iPhone I had no problem hearing it. And it's aggravating to me to have to take my charger with me to work. I use my phone for about a hour and a half surfing the net through out my work night (breaks and lunch), and if I don't charge itwill almost be dead when I get home. On a good note the display is killer and you can customize it to fit your wants and needs. My favorite part of the phone is the weather annimation. My friend at work has the Evo and this was the closest thing to it that AT&T offers. If they could fix the battery and ringer on it it would deffinatly be a keeper for me. But that's just my 2 cents.
I left the iPhone 4 32gig for the inspire 4g. I haven't looked back. Messing around with an iPhone is like child's play compared to the inspire. (Speaking in terms of rooting vs jailbreaking)
I love this phone. Not to mention 4g.....
I left an iPhone4 for the HTC Inspire. The Inspire is on a another level, makes the iPhone look like a go phone. I am having problems with the "4G" in my area. Phone is switching back and forth between service and causing it to not work that well. If AT&T's 4G works well in your area, I say go for it! It takes a few days to get used to Android, but IMO it is superior.
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I've had the Inspire for about a week now. I switched from the iPhone 4 for the same reasons you are thinking of. But now I'm seriously thinking of switching back. The Inspire is really cool but the battery life sucks and the ringer is barely audible for me. I work in a warehouse and it pretty loud in there but with my iPhone I had no problem hearing it. And it's aggravating to me to have to take my charger with me to work. I use my phone for about a hour and a half surfing the net through out my work night (breaks and lunch), and if I don't charge itwill almost be dead when I get home. On a good note the display is killer and you can customize it to fit your wants and needs. My favorite part of the phone is the weather annimation. My friend at work has the Evo and this was the closest thing to it that AT&T offers. If they could fix the battery and ringer on it it would deffinatly be a keeper for me. But that's just my 2 cents.
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I agree inspire's battery sucks but for me it's OK. With average usage, I could get 12-15 hours per charge. On the other hand, I see people selling 1600mAh battery on ebay for like $11. Not sure if it helps?
I think it depends on what you want. I've been on iOS since the beginning, and I got to the point where I was bored with it. I like the Inspire because I can tinker with it and play with different things. The Sense really helps complete the package. Battery life is a big one. If you have access to power throughout the day, not a big deal. However, having to constantly worry about battery life sucks.
Other things I miss.
- Apps/games. So many more games out there for the iOS.
- Push notifications - Granted, I can use yahoo mail to get my push, but really, I wish there was a good email app for both gmail and yahoo where push would work correctly. Push for facebook. If you use facebook a lot, you'll miss the push notifications. Yes, there is flow and you can work around it, but it's not simple. And half the time, I can't access some pages in flow which directs me to the web version.
- In general, apps on both platform tend to be a little better on the iPhone. ex. Facebook - Can't tag friends in native app. Navigon GPS - Can't have the maps in storage. Yes, I know google maps is there, and it's nice, but it's not quite on the same level.
All in all though, I've already sold my iPhone 4. If the 5 makes some huge strides (and it has to be in the OS, not the hardware) I might switch back. As for now, I'm enjoying my Inspire and it's widgets and integration w/ google. I got an iPod touch for all my iOS games though
Thanks for the responses guys!!! I said the exact same thing to myself, I have my iPod touch for the games I will miss out on hahahaha!!!
Had the 3gs, iphone4 before this inspire. Never looked back. Im with you on the ease of use on the iphones, but because of that not much customization is available. Before my iphones, i had the touchpro, played around with roms and stuff but still not quite satisfied, then went on to apple. My inspire is not rooted/flashed but much more fun and intuitive then the iphones and the winmo. It should be a while before i decide to change again.
Good luck
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colbur87 said:
I left the iPhone 4 32gig for the inspire 4g. I haven't looked back. Messing around with an iPhone is like child's play compared to the inspire. (Speaking in terms of rooting vs jailbreaking)
I love this phone. Not to mention 4g.....
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This.
If you enjoy tinkering with your phone, you'll love the inspire/android.
and if you have an ipod touch, I don't see any reason not to switch anyway.
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Thanks for the responses guys!!! I said the exact same thing to myself, I have my iPod touch for the games I will miss out on hahahaha!!!
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Yup... I have iPod 3G to satisfy IOS needs while Inspire to satisfy Android needs
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Like it says and I am sure a million people have asked. I have done the research but now I am just looking for others opinions. Would you leave the iPhone 4 for this phone? I am seriously debating it because of the customization options. One thing I like about the iPhone is ease of use. What are your opinions?
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Me and my buddy both came from iPhone 4 to Inspire HD (After both buying the Atrix on release day and returning them).
My honest opinion is that I like things about both, I don't find either one a "clear" winner. However I am bored with iOS and Jailbreaking and it is a really nice change of scenary. Android is a lot more fun to play with. The phone itself is great.
With it rooted, overclocked, and rommed the phone runs blazing fast. The stock ringtones/notifications are too quiet but if you download some it can be plenty loud enough. Battery life is perfectly fine depending on the Rom and how you manage it. I have no problems making it through a day with the phone. (6am to 11+pm) but I have made a conscious effort to optimize for battery performance.
If you are going to get in to the root/rom side of things I think you will be very happy with the change.
The iphone 4 is predictable day in and day out.. you know every app works for it and the simplicity in the system is a major buying point..
with that being said.. i find it really boring. I went from the iphone 4 to the inspire 4g and even in its stock form, you cant help but be impressed with the HTC Sense system. For example, the integration of social network and daily agendas was nicely implemented in the form of widgets.
The real reason that i bought the inspire though was the ability to root the phone therefore customizing the phone to my needs, the iphone 4 jailbreak can do it but to a lesser degree. For instance, the battery on the rooted inspire can last a whole day of moderate; without me worrying about bringing a powermat portable charger.
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Thanks for the responses guys!!! I said the exact same thing to myself, I have my iPod touch for the games I will miss out on hahahaha!!!
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It's a no brainer if you have a Touch. To be honest, I'm still baffled by people who own both an iPhone and a Touch. My recommendation is to buy the Inspire off contract. Costs $400, the next iPhone will be double on eBay (I save my upgrades for this reason).
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I don't know about the iPhone 4, but last weekend I was showing off the Inspire to some friends who have 3 iPhones in their family and they were all drooling over my phone.
IMHO the only thing the iPhone 4 is better at is the camera.
I know another one of these threads but im super torn between the two. I've read through the forums and done my research on both even though the sensation is new and the locked boot loader we don't know its true potential yet
I know the issues with the g2x ie. screen bleed, battery drain, overheating and random freezes. The sensation with the bad angle and high contrast washed out screen, the death grip and some minor touchscreen issues.
I guess what it comes down to is i want a fast phone and the scores show that the g2x is faster but reliability is a key issue with the g2x maybe GB will fix it (hope so) but don't know. With sense vs stock vanilla do you think that’s the reason why the HTC sensation has a low quad score compared to g2x? I know people say it’s the screen size but if they both were running stock do you still think the 1.2ghz snap vs 1ghz tegra would still be in favor of the g2x?
I was leaning towards the g2x just the fact that it has a unlocked boot loader which is definitely a big plus for me because i definitely want to mod the phone. Now that HTC has said they will unlock the boot loader which phone would have the most developers behind it?
Sigh, so torn between the two the lag between apps is a pet peeve of mine and i believe there are currently more developers backing up the tegra nvidia chip so it kind of leans me towards the g2x but the sensation does have a neat screen and really is untapped potential I think.
Let me know what you guys think.. what phone I should go for!!?!
THANKS
P.S. if GB fixed the random reboots and battery issue would u still give it up for the sensation? Seems most people are giving up the g2x for the reliability of the sensation
I'm in the same boat as you. I think the safe thing to do, and what I'm thinking about doing, is waiting for an update for the g2x. If nothing comes out soon, I'll end up getting a nexus or even a mytouch 4g.
Oh, if only people weren't complaining about the g2x, it would be a no-brainer.
I believe that the tegra 2 chipset has new architecture compared to the snapdragon. Also, it seems that game developers are really supporting tegra 2 fully because tegra has their own games store. If gaming on your phone is something that appeals to you, definitely go for the G2x, you will not be disappointed. I recently played Riptide GP, a tegra optimized game and I was blown away to say the least.
I don't really know much about the sensation, but if you do end up buying the G2x, I would suggest buying a used one in excellent condition from ebay, rather than a new one because you never know if it will have problems. I personally bought from gazelle store (30 day return period) and like the description said, it was in excellent condition, not a single scratch and no issues such as battery drain or rebooting.
If you like taking pictures a lot though, I heard that the sensation's "instant capture" is pretty awesome to take quick photos, not that the G2x's camera is slow, just not instant
Just personal taste...
I had the G2X.
As soon as I laid my eyes on the 4.3 qhd display, I was sold.
The amazing thing is that it truly does not feel or look like a 4.3 display. The 16:9 aspect ratio + the thin bevels around the screen make it "seem" smaller.
Truly a fantastic...crisp display. I knew it's what I wanted for the next 2 years of my contract +/-. I don't have the money to buy a new device every 6 months
Also keep in mind the Sensation records audio in STEREO. The G2X and GS2 only record audio in MONO. Something to consider that most people might not think about.
Either way in real world use...it's had to wrong with either one. Just make sure ya get a G2X with no screen bleed and a Sensation with no dust under the sceen...
My G2X had a good battery and didn't reboot a single time in the 2 months I used it. I gave it up for the Sensation because in my OPINION, the Sensation is the all around better phone. If you want a speedy UI, go with the G2X. Some things are faster on the Sensation while others are faster on the G2X. The only game I play (HomeRun Battle 3D) is smoother and looks better on the Sensation.
You have to make up your own mind. My advice would be to use both devices for a couple hours a piece and then make your decision.
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I believe that the tegra 2 chipset has new architecture compared to the snapdragon. Also, it seems that game developers are really supporting tegra 2 fully because tegra has their own games store. If gaming on your phone is something that appeals to you, definitely go for the G2x, you will not be disappointed. I recently played Riptide GP, a tegra optimized game and I was blown away to say the least.
I don't really know much about the sensation, but if you do end up buying the G2x, I would suggest buying a used one in excellent condition from ebay, rather than a new one because you never know if it will have problems. I personally bought from gazelle store (30 day return period) and like the description said, it was in excellent condition, not a single scratch and no issues such as battery drain or rebooting.
If you like taking pictures a lot though, I heard that the sensation's "instant capture" is pretty awesome to take quick photos, not that the G2x's camera is slow, just not instant
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QFT about the gaming aspect. I think the Tegra store has some cool games, especially Riptide GP like you mentioned. To the OP. If gaming is important to you then go with the G2X like this guy said.
That being said. The only game I play which is Home Run Battle 3D runs smoother and looks better on the Sensation. I guess it has to do with the game getting along better with the Snapdragon processor over the Tegra processor but I'm not to sure.
Neither phone is truly gonna reach its potential until ice cream sandwich
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Neither phone is truly gonna reach its potential until ice cream sandwich
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This. As of now you may as well get a Nexus S as that is the only phone guaranteed to get Ice Cream Sandwich.
datboililp said:
I know another one of these threads but im super torn between the two. I've read through the forums and done my research on both even though the sensation is new and the locked boot loader we don't know its true potential yet
I know the issues with the g2x ie. screen bleed, battery drain, overheating and random freezes. The sensation with the bad angle and high contrast washed out screen, the death grip and some minor touchscreen issues.
I guess what it comes down to is i want a fast phone and the scores show that the g2x is faster but reliability is a key issue with the g2x maybe GB will fix it (hope so) but don't know. With sense vs stock vanilla do you think that’s the reason why the HTC sensation has a low quad score compared to g2x? I know people say it’s the screen size but if they both were running stock do you still think the 1.2ghz snap vs 1ghz tegra would still be in favor of the g2x?
I was leaning towards the g2x just the fact that it has a unlocked boot loader which is definitely a big plus for me because i definitely want to mod the phone. Now that HTC has said they will unlock the boot loader which phone would have the most developers behind it?
Sigh, so torn between the two the lag between apps is a pet peeve of mine and i believe there are currently more developers backing up the tegra nvidia chip so it kind of leans me towards the g2x but the sensation does have a neat screen and really is untapped potential I think.
Let me know what you guys think.. what phone I should go for!!?!
THANKS
P.S. if GB fixed the random reboots and battery issue would u still give it up for the sensation? Seems most people are giving up the g2x for the reliability of the sensation
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I had mentioned in an earlier thread that my son purchased a Sensation on Thursday afternoon. He came to visit today for Fathers Day, so we had the opportunity to have them side by side.
Both phones are pretty. The Sensation is wider and heavier. The Sense overlay is nice to look at and the unlock ring is cute. The Sense worked fairly well after I got used to it. I've always liked my stuff plain, and my son likes to customize to the max.
Performance wise, holding them side by side, the G2x was faster in some things...The Sensation in others. Browsing the web....it was a toss up.
The sound, the Sensation sounded better. Not only did I prefer the HTC ringtones, they just sounded better.
Intangibles....things like practical settings...were almost the same for both devices. G2x had some settings the Sensation did not. Nothing critical though.
Signal strength....side by side, the G2x carried a better 'visual' signal. where is hit 4g, he only had 2g. Switched on WiFi, the Sensation aquired the signal faster, but the G2x appeared to have more bars of strength. Speedtest was relatively the same.
Battery....this is the big one. He walked into the house at 100%. In less than 30 minutes he was looking at 81%. He did NOT have GPS on. But did have LIve Wallpaper. The rest was default actions. During this same period..same amount of browsing, same amount texts, my G2x lost about 5%.
Both phones are nice. Both feel good, both look good. The Sensation is a bit wider and a bit more bulky....but his hands are bigger than mine. In my mind the edge is slightly to the G2x. In his mind its the Sensation. I think the devices are that close. If he wanted to trade with me, neither of us would be disappointed.
I think this battle comes down to how those intangibles work for you. How it balances in your hand, how you view movies or games, or websites. Its that close....so the choice is personal.. Like someone said earlier....get the phone in your hands...they out. Your choice will become evident.
I agree with everything the above poster said. It really comes down to personal preference between the two.
@alodar1...Your son might have a defective battery because even if I am playing HomeRun Battle 3D for 30 minutes straight online against someone in match up mode, my battery doesn't even drain 10%. I thought my battery on my G2X was pretty good but without a doubt, my Sensation lasts a couple hours longer. I would get a easy 12 hours from my G2X on moderate use but I get over 15 hours on my Sensation with moderate use. There's actually quite a few people who own both devices and say they get longer life from the Sensation and here's why. The Sensations CPU can throttle back to one core but the G2X's CPU cannot so it is constantly running 2 cores. That's just wasted power and poor design. Maybe an update can fix it.
Ok... I just sold my G2x for the sensation, and I'm not looking back.
The g2x was nice, then 1 week ago I started getting 3 day reboots , I'm sick of waiting for fixes and gb. Yes the sensation has It's issues but is a better device...
I sold my G2x for 340 just to sell it quick. I then used my upgrade to get the sensation. Spent 268 on sensation, then get a 50$ rebate.. so I made it with like 120$ and a sensation...
Just can't wait for fixes, reboots made me want to leave, everyone going to the sensation made up my mind.... Htc updates ...
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Ok... I just sold my G2x for the sensation, and I'm not looking back.
The g2x was nice, then 1 week ago I started getting 3 day reboots , I'm sick of waiting for fixes and gb. Yes the sensation has It's issues but is a better device...
I sold my G2x for 340 just to sell it quick. I then used my upgrade to get the sensation. Spent 268 on sensation, then get a 50$ rebate.. so I made it with like 120$ and a sensation...
Just can't wait for fixes, reboots made me want to leave, everyone going to the sensation made up my mind.... Htc updates ...
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Bad decision bubba.. I'll letcha know when everyone jumps off the bridge u can go jump too lol
Yea I think so too.
CM7 just fixed the battery driver, enabled the dual radio (doubled cellular speeds), and has kernel-based LED notifications enabled in #54.
This beast just got beastier!
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Ok... I just sold my G2x for the sensation, and I'm not looking back.
The g2x was nice, then 1 week ago I started getting 3 day reboots , I'm sick of waiting for fixes and gb. Yes the sensation has It's issues but is a better device...
I sold my G2x for 340 just to sell it quick. I then used my upgrade to get the sensation. Spent 268 on sensation, then get a 50$ rebate.. so I made it with like 120$ and a sensation...
Just can't wait for fixes, reboots made me want to leave, everyone going to the sensation made up my mind.... Htc updates ...
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bro what happened?? didnt u start the never again lg thread? thought u were fighting for the g2x not leaving it, lol idk whatever makes u happy, so do u like?
Don't do sensation... the internal memory is so small it can never reach it's full potential. With everything on an SD card, you have no hard wired storage. Its like your operating drive in a computer being already full, it slows everything down. I think ill ask for a replacement when Gb comes out if my phone doesn't fully fix itself. I'm afraid of HTC, always seems like a hard case with poor tech inside.
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I have zero loyalty to any brand...just came from a BlackBerry 3 weeks ago....which I hated for the last 2 years. It worked as a phone and that was good enough.
I had the G2X for 13 days before I exchanged it for a Sensation.
I'm sooooo happy I made the switch.
I could not live with the screen bleed at the top corners of the G2X.
Then I started looking at the specs that matter to me most.....
The biggest one being the (imo) gorgeous qHD display and far better resolution. There really is no comparison.....the Sensations display is beautiful and I knew its the one I wanted to look at everyday for the next 2 years of my contract. Also it doesn't feel any bigger than the G2X....with its 16:9 aspect ratio and super thin bevels around the display...it doesn't feel or look too big....its just perfect.
What seems to be a sticking point for some people is the internal memory. Personally, I could care less about internal storage as I will never have the need to put hundreds and hundreds of apps on it. I would think that It is a very small % of users who would ever have more than a gig of apps on their device. Right now I have about 30 apps and still have exactly 1 gig of internal mem.
The other really big thing for me wanting to switch was when I discovered that the G2X only records in MONO. The Sensation records audio in STEREO. If having an HD camcorder is at all a selling point for you...you really should consider that.
Also, I guess I'm one of the people that like eye candy and Sense 3.0 is gorgeous and ultra quick enough for me.
That's my humble opinion
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bro what happened?? didnt u start the never again lg thread? thought u were fighting for the g2x not leaving it, lol idk whatever makes u happy, so do u like?
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I know man. lol I was gonna fight for it, but then I though about the vibrant, and how I just dont want to any more, and not to mention I started to get reboots after a month of perfection and didnt do anything different, any rom.
With the sensation there is no need to fight. It just works.
So, yes the sensation is better, My first one was weird, and I had to return in, had this weird piece of something, like dust, dead pixel line or something. lol I think the rep didnt like me and game me the defective one purposefully, so I went today and exchanged it..
speed, just as fast as g2x, just turn off animations and dump the widgets. The shortcuts in the drop down are nice, the extra stuff on sense is really nice also.
screen, face on the sensation is awesome, slight angle, it gets washed out. I give screen to g2x.
battery: I had good battery on my g2x but the sensation does a lil better.
build: about a tie, but the design of how the back cover is, is awesome IMO. Like taking half the phone apart. lol looks sweet. So Im giving hardware to HTC.
GPS: sensation is fast as ****, g2x would need like 1 min to lock, sensation like 4 seconds. My tracks were dead on. Almost like gps got worse on the g2x.
call quality is a tie: they both sound great.
I dont know what else, that dont sound much, but its just a all around nicer device, I dont want to wait it out for LG to come up with something, when the sensation has it already.
Have a good g2x no issues besides not being able to use cyanogen mod because data doesn't work .
Using gb update zip, very smooth and no issues as of yet. Phone is nice but battery is a killer for me, barley lasting 6 hours , of moderate to heavy use. Tempted to sell and wait for the nexus to come out or an iphone if on tmobile. Have offer of $200 plus a mytouch 4g for the g2x.
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all that i've seen on these threads are some of the issues with the sensation, i am one who really likes this phone. i guess every phone has its issues and a few bad apples, but this is by far the best i've tested so far. is there anyone else who likes this phone.
I don't think so. We all pretty much hate it............
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I don't think so. We all pretty much hate it............
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yeah, I cant stand it... it's a POS If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you
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yeah, I cant stand it... it's a POS If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you
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lol do i hear manhattan, $.25 to the first bidder?
This is the best phone I've ever had. No problems at all......I'm coming from the Droid Incredible. Which was also best phone ever for me. Until now.
I love mine. I am on my second one due to a bad USB port but other than that its the best phone I've had.
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OP: I'm glad you like the sensation.
The majority of the new purchaser haters, are kind of 'weak newcomers to the Smartphone ' genre.
They have to appreciate that the majority of these phones have faults. None so bad as the secondary MT4G screen, and even then some, none so bad as the N1 touchscreen, with still patriotic N1 followers such as myself .
Edit: Pardon the noobs.
I love the phone too I switched from evo 3d sprints data is terrible. Yea I had with evo random spurts of 12mbps but majority of the time I got the weak 500kbps on sprints weak 3g. Yes I live in a 4g area but its so spotty. I go 1 mile and have 4g then don't have it then have it and don't have it. When it switches from 4g to 3g the phone lost data for 20 seconds. Not worth ot. With tmob I consistently get 7mbps down and 1.5 up. No loss of data and same buttery smooth ui. Yes buttery smooth without a live wallpaper I have no lag issue in sense 3.0. This phone is sexy and a monster of a phone.
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Now that my touchscreen is working, I say this is the best phone in the world
I just got mine over the weekend and love it so far. I came from a nexus one which was one of the best phones I ever had. Seems like it takes forever to charge though. Is that just me?
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I just got mine over the weekend and love it so far. I came from a nexus one which was one of the best phones I ever had. Seems like it takes forever to charge though. Is that just me?
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First one I had had a defect battery, took me a little 8 hours to charge(and about 4 hours with 2 hours display to completely drain). The one I have now charged in 5 hours before the FOTA, and somewhat around 4 hours after the FOTA. I also noticed that the battery of my first phone tended to get extremely hot, while this one gets a little warmer at well, but not at the battery but more at the bottom.
Also noticed change in batterylife, first phone as mentioned couldn't make it through the day, this one managed 20 on first charge-cycle, and now around 25 hours with medium use. (2,5 hours displaytime)
It would be a great phone, if they fixed the known issues. Luckily I don't have the touch screen issue, but I have death grip and lag. Death grip is hardware, and can only be fixed by a new back cover.
i love my phone's guts! and my 2 bff's who touched it loved it instantly and are selling their Desire and Galaxy to get this
Thanks to all for the POSITIVE feedback on the phone and to the OP for starting this. Yeah I guess most of us prefer to point out problems. I've had this phone on the radar for months now (since first announced) and as I'm due for an upgrade at the end of the month, I have been getting very nervous with all of the death grip, dust under screen, unresponsive screen posts etc. Since I definitely don't want to go the alternative duo core plastic route, it is good to see some positive experiences.
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it is good to see some positive experiences.
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you need to put what you read on the forums into perspective...though there are people from all over the world here, we are a very small cross-section of the market - the geeks, the ones who would see a teeny issue and freak the fck out because we want DA BEST!!!!11
so 50 people have a problem, i very much doubt htc gives a crap!
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I love the phone too I switched from evo 3d sprints data is terrible. Yea I had with evo random spurts of 12mbps but majority of the time I got the weak 500kbps on sprints weak 3g. Yes I live in a 4g area but its so spotty. I go 1 mile and have 4g then don't have it then have it and don't have it. When it switches from 4g to 3g the phone lost data for 20 seconds. Not worth ot. With tmob I consistently get 7mbps down and 1.5 up. No loss of data and same buttery smooth ui. Yes buttery smooth without a live wallpaper I have no lag issue in sense 3.0. This phone is sexy and a monster of a phone.
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This was my experience with Sprint too, and the main reason I didn't go with the Evo 3D. Sprint signal at my house is one bar on a good day, and every Sprint phone I've ever had has had problems just *connecting* to data. I had a Touch Pro 2 before I got my HD2 & I had to toggle airplane mode practically every few hours just to get the damn data to connect. I have full signal & full 4G with T-Mo, no data problems, and my speed is about 6-8mbps on a BAD day(and I've gotten up to 14 at times!).
Yes, this phone has it's share of problems but what phone doesn't? People will ***** about a negative before they gush about a positive, don't think that the Sensation is a POS because some people don't like it(which, IMO, user error/inexperience with smartphones in general is a big cause of). I absolutely love it. Great battery life, great sound, great screen, great speed, FANTASTIC camera, etc. It's a winner in my book.
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you need to put what you read on the forums into perspective...though there are people from all over the world here, we are a very small cross-section of the market - the geeks, the ones who would see a teeny issue and freak the fck out because we want DA BEST!!!!11
so 50 people have a problem, i very much doubt htc gives a crap!
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This is true. I doubt the average consumer is worried about having an AUO or a Sharp panel, haha.
I love this phone! I'm coming from the tp2. I have the creek problem with the bottom right of my screen but honestly it doesnt bother me. I love the keyboard that it comes with and coming from the wonderful hardware keyboard on the tp2 I was a little worried about going all touchscreen but I've had no problems with it! Truely an amazing phone!
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Every problem I had with my prior Sensations is gone now except for Sense reloads but I never see that from LauncherPro. Battery life is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy on this new one! I go all day without recharging now. I can't even believe it. Used it all day yesterday and still had 37% 20 hours later. Took it off the charger today. Didn't use it for 8 hours and still at 100% even while receiving texts and emails. 13 hours later and some usage photos, G+, etc and 86%. Both other phones would have been dead by now.
I have an AUO panel now and it's great. I prefer the Sharp I had originally because the viewing angles seemed better.
Camera is fantastic with sharpness and saturation turned down.
Only probs I have are with Sense 3. Biggest bother is built in apps2sd feature telling me I dont have space on my sd card if i try to move more than a few at the same time. I don't really care much though. I have 90 something apps installed and 870mb free.
Almost forgot - my speaker is either a different component than the others or something. Maybe the default hardware settings are modified. Sounds much better than on the units I had to return. Don't have to use Volume+ at all.
First time writing here... hi all!
I've been reading these forums for month at least...checking SGS2 and Sensation. With all those troublesome posts I decided to bite the bullet and get myself HTC Sensation. Been using it for 2 days now and everything is working absolutely perfect, smooth and fast! No dust under screen, working flawless while unlocking in every possible situation (on the desk, on the floor, while charging, in my hands), no death grip no matter how hard i try though i can fell some small glitches while typing an sms or a message (maybe it's my sweaty fingers...it's horribly hot here)...but that's about it.
I asked the guy who sold me a phone if people are returning phones with anomalies or bad stuff happening but he answered (like we can believe that ) that they didnt have any of those big issues mentioned here. Guess we are lucky in Croatia
Not sure if phones were manufactured much precisely in the last weeks but this is really a fresh looking phone. Although I must mention there was no WOOOOOW factor as when I bought Desire last year (Maybe cos it was my first Android ).
Nevertheless I'm enjoying the phone and so far I'm glad that I didn't take SGS2 (didn't really fit in my hand, although it's faster and I'm not into gaming).
That's about it...good luck with your phone, it's a nice piece of hardware!
What do you think about the phone now? and What did you thought about this phone when you bought it?
Average phone, definitely not top of the line performance.
Software features (sense and all) are good, but the device lacks the performance punch that it should have.
Hardware quality is above average as well.
After ICS, although the overall UI feel is less sluggish, the phone has lost its performance, specially while playing HD videos.
I would say, not that well supported by the company, specially in India.
Final word: Not buying again from HTC.
better than the iphone 4s.
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the Sensation is a good phone, no doubt. the only thing I dislike about it is the way the antennas are built into the back case...
A phone that was underspecd from the start. Less RAM than the competition, unbelievably lacking in storage, and S3 was the worst SoC of the 2011 dual core generation. Lag city. Many people avoid new S4 phones just because their experience with an S3 phone was so bad (which sucks, because S4 is actually a good SoC aside from the GPU). The mono block design turned out to be a sham, and instead we got a completely removable back that led to radio issues and a death grip problem worse than most phones. Add to that power button problems and dust under the screen, and I'm wondering where this HTC build quality is that I based my decision to get this phone on.
The good? The camera is pretty good. The qHD resolution was above average at the time. I find the 4.3" format factor perfect. Visually I think the Sensation is one of the best looking phones of all time. I would enjoy it if I didn't have high standards, and I simply can't stand how much it lags and how hard the screen is to see outside.
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Screen is hard to see outside I agree but the worst issue for me it's speaker sound is horrible...
Camera does a good job in daylight low lights aren't so good however,
At the time I bought it, it was indeed a good phone but I think that now there are much much better phone's out in the market..
I think it still does a decent job performance wise and I don't face laggs
Now I think this phone is getting old and I should buy something new but the development is quite good so I'll stay for a while.
Last thing : battery is sh*t even whit extended battery's..
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I got this phone a few weeks ago because it was cheap and has a removable battery/sd card (as opposed to the newer ONE series).
What I like about it - Feels good in my hand (weight, robustness, etc), the haptic feedback is much better than the competitors', a large community and many ROMs to explore, battery life (with an aftermarket battery).
Don't like - Screen viewing angle is narrow, a bit too big (I prefer screens 4 inch and under for a phone).
All in all - It's a decent phone for it's price.
That's my opinion.
There are some better ones now, but it holds up well against many others!
It's a cool phone. S3 is a decent processor, I don't find it to be the worst of 2011 though. From experience, I would say it goes Samsung's Exynos 2011 > S3 > Whatever the hell OMAP was out at the time > Tegra2.
Sense is just too slow, that's the problem. I don't mean a bloat issue, I've debloated Sense - removing about 200MB of uselessness out of Sense and it doesn't speed up. Forget Sense 4 being "much lighter than previous versions" too. It's not - it's just that the first phones to have it feature S4 processors that keep up really well. Check out a video of the One V - same old Sense.
Take the S3 processor and slap on some AOSP like CM or AOKP, and the phone flies.
The best phone in the world imo.
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Not buying again from HTC
(less battery, RAM...)
Its a cool phone, then the custom roms made it cooler..
I actually got this phone as a replacement for mytouch 4g out of warranty so i only paid $5 for it. I gotta say i really love it, I don't have battery issues (lasts me a full day), no lag (senseless), its fast to me. Definitely not the best with new phones coming out every month, but i like it
When I first got this phone, I was completely underwhelmed. It lagged hard on stock gingerbread, had zero aosp support, signal was poor, wifi deathgrip was almost a deal breaker and battery life was crap. Add in sense restarts every other day and I was ready to return my phone for... a G2X. Lol!
Nowadays, ICS has improved the battery life a lot and our devs have come a long way in making the Sensation smoother and more attractive. So I guess I don't hate my Sensation like I used to, but I rather like it now. It's not the fastest phone out there, but it does what I need it to do. Poor signal and deathgrip are still there, but meh whatever. I like my Sensation enough to stick with it until my contract is up.
Not the best phone, but has a wealth of rom support. I have a Samsung galaxy s2 that's just sitting on the shelf because I enjoy the Rom support on the sensation more than actual hardware difference.
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its a good phone overall but the things that make me hate it are the antennas because of the deathgrip issue and also the speakers are too quiet.
Thanks to the roms and mods available I still love my sensation! I get bored with one thing I just change it! Love the fact It's highly customizable ! After rooting I really started to love it again thanks to the developers !
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If you compare with Iphone 4s:
Advantage: Bigger screen, Rom customization, multi tasking. Awesome HTC interface!!
Disadvantge: Battery is not good, back cover problem.
Comparing to any android phone out there, Sensation is top notch.
I've waited 4 months for this phone to come out after hearing/seeing rumors everywhere that finally an 4.3in Android phone is coming out on T-Mobile.
I love it, still till this day after using it for 1 year, I love this phone. The battery is awesome if you install custom roms/kernels plus the anker battery.
Love the screen size and resolution. Form factor; love it, slim and tall.
It's still not as smooth as Samsung phones, but **** with AOSP roms, and overclocked kernels and custom roms, you'll get there.
Cons, RAM ****ing seriously HTC? 768MB of ram meanwhile the GalaxyS2 has 1GB? The dust underneath the glass.
Other than that, love the fact that the whole back cover is the housing for the phone, if it ever gets any deep scratches, all I need to do is swap out the back cover.
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Looking to get new phone. Options are SGS2, Sensation 4g or LG Optimus L9. Buying used, shooting for the galaxy first but is the sensation a good fa back? Hoping to get something that could last me a year if I don't get the next IPhone. I know, bad word sorry. Ill get the soap
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still is a good phone. I have chosen the Sensation over the used SGS2 and Iphone 4 last xmas.
I think its still good but i would personally would choose a gs2 over this phone reasons arent many though i would because i need a bigger screen for my thumbs, its actually a little faster than sensation and i can make it look like a galaxy s3,,, downside is that screen is lower than the sensation, build quality feels cheaper, camera seems better on sensation.... over all gs2 will win with speed, buy a case for your phone makes it feel better, camera is still good and lets be real we dont use all the roms out there so we just need a few developers that can work on a few roms like cm10.1, the gs3 rom that works on s2, and it is a great phone if u dont wanna spend on an s3 since the s4 is right around the corner
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Sensation all the way! I think it's still a great phone, although the S2 is getting an official JB update.
I don't need official jelly or ice cream or kitkat. Ill put a custom rom on whatever i buy, offical roms tend to get bogged down with bloat and take forever to come out.Yea IDk about the s4 even, that would be like 600 dollars and in 6 months I won't have that so I'll stay under 300. If i could i'd be getting the nexus but just low supply and just over my budget. Want a good camera, speedy enough to play a handful of games, not going to tackle GTA, stuff like cut the rope, angry birds or songpop. I casual game on phones, got a console for hardcore gaming.part of me likes to tinker with all the roms and stuff but a bigger part of me is annoyed at that and would just like a stress free phone but I have to deal with it for now
I miss flip phones they never broke down at least not any of the ones i ever owned... remember when a phone was for phone calls and text and the sometimes web browsing for myspace or google
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I recently bought my Sensation XE for £130. The way I looked at it is that it is not worth spending more than £150 on a second hand phone because the Nexus 4 is only £240. The SGS2 at the time was selling for about £190 second hand. So I decided to save some money and have a play with the sensation.
I've found that premium accessories for the sensation are very cheap when compared to the SGS2. I guess they are trying to flush out stock for the sensation as the SGS2 is still available new.
Rom development on cyanogenmod is a bit further behind on the sensation if that is important to you. There is a wealth of roms to play with on the sensation and that situation should get even more interesting with the asian htc one s recently getting updated to jelly bean. The ICS roms work the best so far but JB 4.1 roms are solid for use. JB 4.2 is on the horizon.
I can't say which phone is better but the sensation is not bad.
Hope this helps.
yea i think that does help. I may just save some coin and go with the sensation.guess If it last 9-10 months, I can look at my options then.
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I was doubting between sg2 and sensation over a year ago. Still regret my choise (going for sensation).
well here's what I'm looking at. galaxy is 244, and the price fluctuates a bit. the sensation is 178. I want to shoot for the galaxy but I would like to save the 66 bucks, but I think what if I need to stay with the phone I get for a year, what will hold up best in terms of use. I want it to be speedy, doesn't have to be quad core speedy but I'd like it to not hang when I select and app or unlock the screen. 3g, 4g doesn't matter, as long as its decently fast to stream Pandora. If i do any uploading of vids it'll be on wifi mainly. Think screen washout in sunlight and camera quality both front and rear are my big concern. I have read some issues with gs2 getting bootloops without being rooted or rom-ed, i also worry about scratches on the glass buying used. guess my worries are the same as buying a car. want it to get me through without worry but not cost me my life savings (or lack of),
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well here's what I'm looking at. galaxy is 244, and the price fluctuates a bit. the sensation is 178. I want to shoot for the galaxy but I would like to save the 66 bucks, but I think what if I need to stay with the phone I get for a year, what will hold up best in terms of use. I want it to be speedy, doesn't have to be quad core speedy but I'd like it to not hang when I select and app or unlock the screen. 3g, 4g doesn't matter, as long as its decently fast to stream Pandora. If i do any uploading of vids it'll be on wifi mainly. Think screen washout in sunlight and camera quality both front and rear are my big concern. I have read some issues with gs2 getting bootloops without being rooted or rom-ed, i also worry about scratches on the glass buying used. guess my worries are the same as buying a car. want it to get me through without worry but not cost me my life savings (or lack of),
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I have the sensation, wife has the s2. She likes it, I don't. I like mine, she don't
I was thinking of getting a Nexus 4 recently mine was doing some random **** (slow, homescreen reloads etc). Not really anything huge just annoying. But after thinking about it, I couldn't afford to drop that kind of money on a phone when I could be putting it towards other stuff.
I was wanting to root it for ages so finally did it. It improved a crap load! I did notice my battery wasn't really lasting through the day though. Again, I wanted to get a decent one for a while so I thought, new battery = cheap "new" phone.
It's working a treat.
The wife is starting to get annoyed with the s2 now as well - can't help with the specifics but I think it's just doing little annoying things as well.
We've both had ours for over 2 years. They're both running strong but after giving the sensation a freshen up, it's got a new lease on life. I think if you rooted etc the s2 you'll get similar results.
Personally, if you're looking at saving money and only want it to last a year - Sensation. I don't think it'll be that much slower than the s2 (in fact I think mine is faster than the wife's). And you can put the $60 towards the new beast. I really don't think the s2 is $60 better.
The Sensation has a terrible battery life. Stay away!
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The Sensation has a terrible battery life. Stay away!
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Actually mine is pretty good !
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lg 9
No one has talked about the lg 9 I would suggest looking at reviews and the forums here. I've played with it. It was nice, not too cheap feeling. Pretty snappy, but it was new and few apps installed. The camera has never impressed me on m sensation. The lg is only a five mega pixel so I would guess they saved money here, though tmobile is offering it for around 200 new,
it still is a pretty good phone, and running pretty smooth with a custom rom
I have a sensation 4g (lot of battery drain) but I have a new battery that is 1900mAh.
With custom rom, its blazing fast. But i'd recommend SG2 anyway because I'm korean.
Will you be tethering or otherwise requiring faster data? SGSII is HSPA+42. Sensation is HSPA14.
For me, the difference at home is 2-3mbps vs 7-11mbps, and in the city, can be 4-6mbps vs 12-18mbps.
Still a good phone but with a reasonable price, or I'll save more for a Nexus 4
no tethering. Nexus 4 would be nice if there it wasn't sold out and I had another 100 bucks for it
bought the S2