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What did you switch from?

I had the HD2. I thought I would never have a phone that would take it's place.
But I love the Sensation.
I was just wondering what phones did everyone have before the Sensation.
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HD2, same thinking as you

great minds think alike this was the ONLY phone i was considering to replace my superphone HD2!

Yet another ex-HD2 user here. And I too believe the Sensation is the only phone, worthy of replacing the HD2.

Hello,
had a Nexus One before getting my Sensation, love the screen size/resolution and the device is quite faster, the camera is also better but I don't use it much
too bad the battery drains a lot faster (almost twice actually)

iPhone 3GS. Big difference but I'm loving it so far.

Nexus S
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Bold 9700. The OS just got really boring for me and I wasn't taking advantage of the $30 I was paying per month for data. Really liking the Sensation so far, but there are some kinks that need to be worked out.

LG Optimus M. I traded it in for a $50 rebate and consider myself lucky. That phone was very frustrating - I went through three exchanges between February and April, it was very slow, and I could never get a Metro PCS representative on the phone when I had issues.

Motorola W755... My learning curve is steep.

Coming from the G2X

Switched from Touch HD

Same
Same as OP
from HD2 superphone to Sensation
And because I just loved the Gingerbread rom with Sense 3.0 ^^

Nexus One for 15 months, G2X for 2 months >>>>Sensation 4g

I came from the Nexus S as well and i love this phone wayyy better! and the NExus S has a like no development what so ever and that was supposed to be a 'dev phone'

thebowers131 said:
I came from the Nexus S as well and i love this phone wayyy better! and the NExus S has a like no development what so ever and that was supposed to be a 'dev phone'
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Yes I too came from a Nexus S. I bought the Nexus S thinking it would have the support that the Nexus One did.....boy was I mistaken.
Anyway, sold the Nexus S and and couldn't be any happier with the Sensation.

daveaep said:
Same as OP
from HD2 superphone to Sensation
And because I just loved the Gingerbread rom with Sense 3.0 ^^
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HD2 and it was the sense 3.0 that got me on board but must say I run Miui/froyo/sense 3.0 all still on the hd2 --Love the sensation can't wait till we can actually open er up

Nexus One. Hopefully we'll get lots of good devs for the Sensation like the N1 has!

Mytouch3G 1.0
I have a headphone Jack now lol
Nah but seriously it like going from a mini van to a sports car... Huge difference.
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Coming from a Vibrant (had iPhone 3G for 2 years before switching to Android). The Sensation is what I expected from an Android phone (the Vibrant fell far short of my expectations).

[Q] Should I get the Desire S coming from HTC wildfire??

Hi,
What is everyone's opinion on the Desire S, i've got a HTC wildfire that is coming to the end of its contract, and the desire S looks like a phone i can afford, any good/bad things i should know about it? Bit worried about the battery life...
Cheers

Its brilliant. Maybe slightly outdated now if you're talking about a 2 year contract but I'm sure you'll burn your wildfire after using this. There is a lot of support from devs which is just amazing. I find the screen size the perfect size to use with one hand like I'm doing now. Battery life is pretty good for a smartphone. Not sure how it compares to wildfire, probably about the same.
Also believe me when I say that the desire s has the best community out of any phone on xda.
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I'd wait it out if I was OP, considering the next line up of handsets are only three months away.
dan-fish said:
Also believe me when I say that the desire s has the best community out of any phone on xda.
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During the launch to october period I'd agree with you, since then its slowly gone downhill.
But if you want a real experience the Nexus forums are all "BAAAAAAAAWWWWWW", "I EEENSTAWLED A RAWM NOW STUFF NO WORK, WUT DO?", "WAAAAAH NO GORRILLIAARR GLASS ME WANTT REFUND". Basically most posts are over spilt milk, which the OP has literally forcefully spilt.

No, i HIGHLY recommend you against buying a Desire S. Don't get me wrong, this is a great device. But, it was released almost a year ago.
In the next 2 months, CES and MWC are coming up. Desire S was released at MWC last year, and i'm sure something great will come up this year too. Just wait till the end of feb and you'll get something much better for the same price.

yeah probably worth the wait, I want an upgrade
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Yes, Desire S is an upgrade compared to wildfire but wait for few months and you should get a better device.....but New phones will always come up....for now wait for the new launch compare it with others...I would say quad cores will make it and the dual cores should be cheaper and getting a dual core device would make more sense now...
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I hate the way phones get outdated quick I love my DS but I'm sure I'll hate it after the next 20 months of my contract
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The desire s is a great phone. I previously had a wildfire. The desire s is much better in almost every regard. But I agree with the other posts wait till CES and mwc see what's avaliable. That's what I did last year Ans went for the desire s. Its such a good phone. For me anyways
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I'll probably upgrade next year around may time. After mwc. By the way battery life is great but 3g always drains battery
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Some cons with the desire s. Cameras not very good. Gpu is getting somewhat out of date the new 3d games lag just a little and the wi fi reduction if you cover the top and the paint comes off a little if you have a black model. But these are minor worries. Overall smashing with a lot of developer support
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Big step up from the Wildfire
You won't regret it.
But as everyone else says,its old, and the successor will be likely announed at MWC.
My contracts up in August too, so id probably be upgrading in then.
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yeah its actually time to buy a dual core smartphone!!!single core phones r about to get old!

That's why I hate contracts.

djsubtronic said:
That's why I hate contracts.
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I'm not too mad at my contract . Mines only 1 year, and up in August. Only a couple of months.
And I'm very satisfied with my Desire S. I think I will still be happy with it in a few months time. Then in August, I can upgrade.
Whereas last time on my Toshiba TG01 I was ripping my hair out in frustration that i couldn't upgrade!
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Hmm very jealous. as of august I still have 12 months hopefully by then I'll have a fully working ics rom and can shut myself of from the world of xda for 12 months.
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goatimus said:
Hmm very jealous. as of august I still have 12 months hopefully by then I'll have a fully working ics rom and can shut myself of from the world of xda for 12 months.
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Hehe... I'm hoping for a stable ICS release too to drive me through from now till July!
I'm gonna be real busy soon with exams
The best thing about my phone is I got it dead cheap too
I got it for a 12 month contract for £25 a month... and the phone just cost me £14.99
Also I got £50 quidco cashback, and under my dad I got 40% of total price NHS discount
For that I get a decent amount,
300 minutes, 1000 texts and 1GB data...
All that and the phone cost around £210 in total after all the discounts
I'm chuffed with the deal and best thing, its only 12 months!!
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Good deal!
I'm on £21 a month with O2, til next August :\
Ah well, I love this phone, the form factor is perfect (I really don't like big phones) and stable ICS is getting closer every day. It's probably best to wait now, but really, I couldn't recommend it higher.

I been with vodafone so long i got it for 10 quid a month with 200 mins 500 texts and 40 quid for the phone but for 24 months
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I always check mobile phones on GSM Arena's Phone Finder
You can see and filter all hard facts about actual models, rumoured and upcoming phones.

Get a Sensation XL

HTC to release Ice White color HTC Sensation with Ice Cream Sandwich

According to a press release published by HTC Netherlands, company is going to release an updated ice white color version of HTC Sensation. Here updated means this mobile will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The device will be available on sale from March 1 in the country..........
http://mirolta.com/2012/02/02/ice-white-htc-sensation-with-ice-cream-sandwich-coming-to-netherlands/

I hope this is true, can't waitttttt

HTC Stated they were going to only release a couple of quality devices a year. Don't get me wrong, the Sensation is quality, but the specs are a year old now. I'm not too excited about this, I want to hear more about the Edge or Ville.
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Knucklessg1 said:
HTC Stated they were going to only release a couple of quality devices a year. Don't get me wrong, the Sensation is quality, but the specs are a year old now. I'm not too excited about this, I want to hear more about the Edge or Ville.
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Be excited that this basically means we will have a complete ICS rom very soon.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/2/27...nching-in-white-with-android-4-0-on-march-1st
Reconfirmed on The Verge. Only 1 more month max for an official ICS rom.
Knucklessg1 said:
HTC Stated they were going to only release a couple of quality devices a year. Don't get me wrong, the Sensation is quality, but the specs are a year old now. I'm not too excited about this, I want to hear more about the Edge or Ville.
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Have you looked at the HTC Ville specs? It's essentially the same specs as the Sensation but slimmer. The Sensation is a great piece of hardware.

The ville is a step backwards

The Ville will be mostly for people that doesn't have the Sensation and are planning to upgrade.
But the HTC Edge is a huge upgrade
No phone in a long time excited me as much as how the HTC Edge is exciting me.
Tegra 3 Quad-core power house!!!
I had a Tegra phone and speed was never a problem, that thing was lighting fast!
http://androidandme.com/2012/02/news/mobile-world-congress-2012-aka-the-quad-core-phone-show/
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Spr33y said:
Reconfirmed on The Verge. Only 1 more month max for an official ICS rom.
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Probably earlier than that. Official Roms usually leak a couple weeks before they are released.

The same thing with the Amaze, it's the same thing with an extra 256MB of ram, and new housing and better camera.
I still love the Sensation, I can confidently say this is the best Android/HTC phone I've owned since the G1, and I've went through a bunch of Android phones since Android.
@Moshe, Oh Tegra phones are quick, no doubt about that. The G2x I got is amazing. GTA3 with full graphics plays much smoother on the G2x than it does on the Sensation. Just the fact the nvidia won't give the source code so dev's could develop ICS for it, kills the whole experience.

moshe22 said:
The Ville will be mostly for people that doesn't have the Sensation and are planning to upgrade.
But the HTC Edge is a huge upgrade
No phone in a long time excited me as much as how the HTC Edge is exciting me.
Tegra 3 Quad-core power house!!!
I had a Tegra phone and speed was never a problem, that thing was lighting fast!
http://androidandme.com/2012/02/news/mobile-world-congress-2012-aka-the-quad-core-phone-show/
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Yea, and battery just for 3h IMPRESSIVE!
Update: HTC just wrote us to say that its original press release was incorrect — it'll actually ship with Android 2.3 and be upgradeable to 4.0 down the road, just as its other Sensation versions will be. In other words, don't expect an ICS-equipped Sensation on March 1st... but you can expect a white one with Gingerbread. Furthermore, the white Sensation is already available in select markets, so the PR is simply announcing its upcoming availability in Benelux. Now, the question becomes: how much longer is the wait for the upgrade?
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muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahah -_-

Who cares, leak Sense 4.0 already so dev can port it to Sensation.
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What will be your next phone?

Hey guys,
I was just wondering what kind of phone you'll get after the Sensation (XE).
I think I will go a HTC Endeavour, because of the nice HD-screen, big intern memory and it has a good SoC (quad-core Krait will beat this so that's why I find this SoC just 'good').
I'd like to hear yours!

I'd probably upgrade to that as well. But I'll wait till I get tired of this one, after all ICS isn't officially implemented for us yet.
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I will see what will come out in MWC but I think I won't buy another phone till the end of 2012
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I've only just picked up the sensation xe and have been busy trying out all the different roms, so i'm gona be keeping this phone for a good while yet, though the endeavour does sound real nice.

Probably HTC One X (Codename: Endeavour or Razor)... 4core soc tegra3

When I bought the Sensation 4G back in Aug. I told myself that I would keep it for at least 18 months. With a new car to play with and spend my extra money on, it looks like I will keep that promise to myself.

All the new and upcoming phones don't seem that great or that much better than the sensation. Also, they are all so big. The size of the sensation is the biggest that I can withstand. The galaxy s 2 is about the same size but I prefer the qhd screen on my sensation.
Until they make a phone with minimal bezel, on screen buttons, and same size of the sensation, I will be keeping my sensation.

Hehe, drooling over the HTC Zeta concept device for a while now. Damn thats a sexy design!

Nokia 3310 period. Nothing less nothing more!
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creator2456 said:
When I bought the Sensation 4G back in Aug. I told myself that I would keep it for at least 18 months. With a new car to play with and spend my extra money on, it looks like I will keep that promise to myself.
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yep, sensation already a highend device anyway

I have my Sensation since December, i'm pretty sure it will last till the end of 2012! When i bought it I didn't look in here and i retain myself lucky with all this DEV stuff going on.. So next time i'll buy a phone, apart from tech specs, i'll take a look at the forums here since i won't get a phone unable to be unlocked and customized as the Sensation!
By the way, the Endeavour looks damn good with that quad-core

To me, the Sensation with Sense 3.0 and 2.3.4 and the Sensation with AOSP Android 4.0 are two different phones. I flashed Virtuous Inquisition beta1 last night and as far as I'm concerned, I got a brand new Sensation since then.

Personally I've had enough with dust under the screen (this is my 4th HTC phone with this issue) and HTC's leisurely attitude towards releasing updates--not to mention forcing Sense on us. I had made peace with holding out for HTC to release their ICS update (so the devs could put together a complete AOSP rom), but then I noticed the dust after just 3 HOURS of carrying it in my pants pocket. Seems minor, but it was the last straw for me.
I finally broke down and bought a Galaxy Nexus from Expansys. So long HTC.

daewond3r said:
Personally I've had enough with dust under the screen (this is my 4th HTC phone with this issue) and HTC's leisurely attitude towards releasing updates--not to mention forcing Sense on us. I had made peace with holding out for HTC to release their ICS update (so the devs could put together a complete AOSP rom), but then I noticed the dust after just 3 HOURS of carrying it in my pants pocket. Seems minor, but it was the last straw for me.
I finally broke down and bought a Galaxy Nexus from Expansys. So long HTC.
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HTC can't force you to do anything.

sshede said:
HTC can't force you to do anything.
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Why would you bold my comment and then misinterpret what I wrote to make a pointless reply? You would think that in the process of bolding a phrase you'd actually read it.

deletedeletedelete

Keeping the S4G for now, since it rocks with ICS 4.0.3 cooked roms! And waiting on Official ICS soon...

creator2456 said:
When I bought the Sensation 4G back in Aug. I told myself that I would keep it for at least 18 months. With a new car to play with and spend my extra money on, it looks like I will keep that promise to myself.
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Same here. (although I am a phone wh&$e!, lol) but the new car also, took the funds for the phone.

as for the topic, i may get a quad core phone from HTC if its not like the sensation that heats

All I know is I ain't buying something which won't fit in my pocket or run Cyanogenmod.
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HTC Sensation XE, JellyBean....Yes/No ??

Hello Guys,
I have the same old Sensation XE problem of WiFi, Hotspot and Bluetooth which i took to HTC Customer Care only to get a reply "I tried downloading your update but our servers are down so the download gets terminated in between...please visit tomorrow".....same thing since more than a month. I have grown tired by that and i have stopped visiting.
Anyways, my question....do you think the XE will get a JellyBean update sooner (India) ? If yes then i would like to wait for it. But it not....i just downloaded recently uploaded stable CyanogenMod 9 and i am so tempted !!!
Thank You
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I saw on internet some rumors that, htc will not update anymore our sensations.
Here is the source http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...ean-release-date-when-will-you-get-it-1087344
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razvanwin95 said:
I saw on internet some rumors that, htc will not update anymore our sensations.
Here is the source http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...ean-release-date-when-will-you-get-it-1087344
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Perhaps you should read it again?
HTC has announced it will be bringing Jelly Bean to at least three of its models
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It doesn't say only 3.
The Sensation may still get it.

xaccers said:
Perhaps you should read it again?
It doesn't say only 3.
The Sensation may still get it.
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We should have no problem getting it running on the sensation ....seeing that the one s is similar to our phone
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xaccers said:
Perhaps you should read it again?
It doesn't say only 3.
The Sensation may still get it.
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At least three.
Remember how many phones were released after the Sensation:
Two One X
One S
Two One V
Desire V
Desire C
Droid Increditble 4G LTE
Evo 4G LTE
Rezound
Amaze
Vivid
There are more, but I forgot/don't care to remember.

I don't think they will because updating the sensation means they have to update Sense 3.6 AND Sense 4 to JB. I don't think they will want to go through the trouble

I don't need the crap stock....
Any way it will be ported as sense 4 did.....
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SyaoSakuCouple said:
I don't think they will because updating the sensation means they have to update Sense 3.6 AND Sense 4 to JB. I don't think they will want to go through the trouble
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The One X has Sense 4, so if Sense 4 needs updating to work on JB then they'll be doing that anyway, and we know the Sensation can run Sense 4 so it's not going to be that difficult for HTC to release a JB update for the Sensation.

xaccers said:
The One X has Sense 4, so if Sense 4 needs updating to work on JB then they'll be doing that anyway, and we know the Sensation can run Sense 4 so it's not going to be that difficult for HTC to release a JB update for the Sensation.
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I agree but in terms of support HTC would have to support multiple versions and will probably choose not to do that as it == $$$$ in costs. It's just cheaper for them not do so and get us mugs to just buy newer phones.
Or, go to something like CM10.

I think if the Sensation will get the 4.1 update, you will know about in a few months. Remember that the first 4.0 update was available for Sensation & XE.

I think XE will get Jelly Beans, but maybe not sense4. Sense4 includes burst and HDR camera functions needing the image chip which XE doesn't have.
Sense 3.7 with android4.1 is most possible I think.
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ddizzy81 said:
We should have no problem getting it running on the sensation ....seeing that the one s is similar to our phone
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I guess the One S has 1GB RAM if i am not wrong ? which would make a difference i guess...but rest otherwise you are absolutely right all of the things are same

gol_n_dal said:
I agree but in terms of support HTC would have to support multiple versions and will probably choose not to do that as it == $$$$ in costs. It's just cheaper for them not do so and get us mugs to just buy newer phones.
Or, go to something like CM10.
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Yeah, considering they took so much time rolling out update outside europe i am a bit skeptical about it. More that that Desire HD which i used, got its 2.3.5 update (from 2.3.3) got its update after 2 months of ICS release and i am hopeless about them releasing udates on time.

i see the desire hd saga all over again from htc ,im sure htc wont update sensation to jb ,but im curious what will be the excuse

Short HTC Support Cycles?
So what's the support cycles on HTC these days? Six months? Seems upgrade support is dropped after six months because HTC are falling in to the Nokia trap. Release a bewildering array of phones to 'meet every market niche', spread themselves thin and drop support for last seasons 'bewildering array of phones' after only six months.
Samsung seem to be offering longer support cycles now?
This is where Apple just keep beating Android hands down. Imagine the uproar if Apple dropped upgrade support on an iPhone 6 months after release. Their support is more like two years?
Not happy HTC. I fear you will go the way of Nokia!
I love Sense but with HTC's build quality brand damage last year and ever shortening support cycles, I'm struggling to understand why I shouldn't just go Samsung like everyone else.
How far HTC has fallen. They were once the de-facto Google partner. Now even Google won't touch them.