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Xperia Play vs HTC Desire S (my review)
Ok so my girlfriend got a HTC Desire S yesterday so I thought it would be good to fully compare it and test it head to head against my Xperia Play!
Build Quality:
There is no denying the HTC Desire S is built very good, it feels great in your hand and fits in your pocket perfectly, the Play on the other hand feels bulky and the build quality isn't quite as good (although still very good)
Winner: HTC Desire S
Screen:
The Xperia Play has a 4" LCD screen, the HTC Desire S has a 3.7" (LCD?) screen, I hate to say it but the HTC Desire S screen blows the Plays out of the water on a grand scale
The brightness is amazing, the colors are so vibrant, everything looks so bright and crisp, holding the Play next to it makes the Plays screen look REALLY washed out, the colors look very faded and the brightness isn't anywhere near the same scale (although hopefully this is just the auto brightness that can't be turned off on the Play, this doesn't explain the poor/faded color though)
Winner: HTC Desire S
CPU, GPU & Ram:
Both devices have a 1ghz Snagdragon Processor and the Adreno 205 GPU, the Play has 512mb Ram while the Desire S has 768mb Ram giving it 256mb more than the Play.
Winner: HTC Desire S
Internal & External Storage:
The HTC Desire S has 1.1gb of internal storage and comes with an 8gb sd card, the Play has a tiny 400mb of internal storage (why SE why!?) and comes with a 8gb or 16gb sd card (mine had the 16gb card with it)
The internal storage on the HTC Desire S is excellent, you shouldn't run into any issues too quickly with filling it up, the Play on the other hand is REALLY lacking here with such a small amount of storage, 400mb just won't cut it, I have already faced a lot of issues with filling this up on my Play, in the end I rooted and altered the settings so the apps always save to sd card now, even with that I still only have around 150mb free.
Winner: HTC Desire S
Performance:
Although the HTC Desire S has the extra 256mb of ram it just doesn't perform as well as the Xperia Play, general use, apps, games, multi tasking, everything runs smoother and faster on the Xperia Play, the desire has a habit of stuttering with very small freezes.
Not sure why the desire with the same specs but more ram isn't performing as well as the Play, maybe the Play uses a faster type of ram or maybe HTC sense is slowing the desire down?
Winner: Xperia Play
Gaming:
The same can be said with gaming, the Xperia Play runs games much better than the HTC Desire, Cordy (the stunning platformer) really shows off the performance on both devices, the Play runs the game in the "HD Graphic Setting" from the menu as default and runs at a constant 30FPS with no slow downs at all,
The HTC Desire S on the other hand shows a warning when you first play the game saying the game will run best on "Simple Graphic Option" and sets this as default, I switched it to the hd setting anyway and yup, major slowdowns and stuttering running at 18-27FPS with a lot of drops.
Other games give the same result, NFS Shift, Asphalt 5, 6, Fast 5 and Angry Birds Rio, all run better on the Play although the colors looks much better on the Desire S.
Add to this the Xperia Play has a gaming pad and it really does own in the gaming department.
Winner: Xperia Play
Camera:
Both devices feature a 5 mega pixel camera, the Play uses the stock camera app and is really at a disadvantage because of it.
The HTC Desire has many features that are absent from the Play such as zoom, touch to focus, face detection and 720P Video Recording to name a few!
Both Devices take superb quality pictures, hard to tell any difference, the Desire has a better video recorder and because it has 720P means it is better quality.
Winner: HTC Desire S
Battery:
The play features a 1500mah while the Desire S has a 1450mah battery, both devices drain the battery at a fast rate while playing games or running any highly demanding apps.
Winner: Tie
SE Home vs HTC Sense:
Let's get this out the way right now, HTC Sense walks all over the buggy mess they call SE Home.
HTC Sense is full to the brim with features and customization, it runs fast and smooth, has loads of widgets, skins and even sound sets, SE Home on the other hand is horrible and has a lot of bugs, it can't even get the order of the apps right after a reboot, it refuses to acknowledge apps on the sd card for no reason but then works fine again until it decides to play up again.
SE Home lets the Play down big time, you do need to use another launcher on the Play to get the best from it.
Winner: HTC Desire S (HTC Sense)
OS & Software:
The Xperia Play runs on Android 2.3.2 while the HTC Desire S runs on Android 2.3.3, both run very well and have near on the same stock features.
The Xperia Play has a lot more content in regards to games, 7 free games, the Playstation app, the Xperia Play launcher, lots of links to more games etc, the HTC desire on the other hand has no games installed as standard and has one link which takes you to the Gameloft store to buy games.
The HTC does have a few cool little extras though, the HTC Hub, Pocket mirror and most of the standard apps (calender, alarm etc) have had a Sense makeover so look a lot better than stock.
The Play is aimed at gamers, the Desire is aimed at general everyday use, totally depends on what you want from your device!
Winner: Tie
Winner:
I hate to say it but the HTC Desire S is the better device out of the two, HTC certainly know how to make the software side of their devices shine and this is where the Xperia Play is suffering, the Play could be so much better if SE updated it with more features and if they fixed the bugs.
On the gaming side of things the Play is easily the winner outperforming the Desire on every level apart from the contrast/color, add to this the Plays gaming pad and you really do have a superb gaming device!
For me I am more than happy with my Xperia Play, I will be keeping it for now and will enjoy it for current and retro gaming, I just really hope SE improve it with some updates, the camera app needs urgent attention!
I think they are totally different
SE play are built for people who care about playing PS games
HTC DS are built for people who want simple, small and light powerful phone
I believe you should go with SE Play only if you really care about gaming otherwise DS is the best choice.
Thanks for your comparison
the slower game performance of the DS is probably because of htc sense or maybe because of less optimization...
but when it comes to gaming even if the two phone do have the same speed the xperia play will win because of its ability to playstation games & the physical keys which means that you dont cover the screen with your fingers providing more field of view & also because mashing hardware buttons feels safer than mashing the screen
nice overview
many other ppl who do reviews with a device they don't own are very biased towards their own phone, but you don't seem to be!
the reason the desire s has a better screen than the xperia, is because it uses
S-LCD (super lcd displsy) where as the xperia is standard lcd
there is a difference, better contrast, colours, battery management etc
Nice test, you should try to flash Desire S w/ no sense ROM and see if gaming experience gets improved
Maybe the reason of the little lag is because sense is not compatible with jit like the all other HTC phones. Jit makes Android smoother like in cyanogen.
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I've always thought that Gingerbread 2.3.3 wasn't really optimize yet on Desire S. We do need an immediate software update from HTC.
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Nice test, you should try to flash Desire S w/ no sense ROM and see if gaming experience gets improved
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or just install launcherpro? No need to be flashing ROMs to not use sense
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or just install launcherpro? No need to be flashing ROMs to not use sense
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I did that, same performance but i'm guessing sense is still running in the background as its built right into the os.
desire s rooles
Good wiew. But you can add any benchmark testing
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I own a Sony Xperia Play r800i I believed unlocked on T-mobile US and I also own a HTC Sensation 4G.
Now the Sensation of course has a slightly bigger screen at 4.3 inches and the screen is a bit darker being QHD vs the Play's LCD i believe.
But I am trying to decide which phone I should keep and which phone I should sell and i was playing with both phones at the same time and I noticed that my Sensation is sometimes right on spar speedwise and often times behind the Xperia Play.
Which is baffling b/c the Sensation is 1.2 GhZ dualcore vs the Play's 1GHZ single-core.
Example:
Launching both HTC Contacts & Sony Contacts, the Play always loads the same contact faster. Sense tends to have to "load" the contact for a second or two when the play automatically launches it.
I'm using Go launcher on both with the same theme and the rotate times on both phones is equal though at times the play tends to rotate faster and the app drawer opens faster.
But the Speed of the browser is what baffled me the most. Now the Sensation is 4G so i didn't use T-mobile network speed. I used my own wifi connection to test the browsers.
I went to 3 different sites with both phones at the same time and loaded the pages. Flash was enabled on both phones and the Play loaded faster. Granted the Sensation did start showing pictures and text first by the end of the load times, the play loaded faster.
So how is this possible that a 1GHZ phone can best a Dualcore phone? I wish I still had my Galaxy S2 to test it.
Have you tried your phone against Dual-core phones?
Personally i am a bit torn on which to keep.
The Play does work out of the box the way it should however the Cameras on the front and back are awful though the Sensation is only slightly better....
The Sensation is an attractive device with a slightly brighter and bigger screen but at the same time it can be slow and the call quality is not great at all tbh.
It's OKAY but eh.
I wish I could root them both to see which is better but no clue where to begin.
Have you tried your phone against Single core phones? Notice any differences?
Well on stock our Sennys do have dual cores but the phone does not utilize the second one until it's needed. It reduces the strain and battery usage. It's been stated in many different threads.
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Well on stock our Sennys do have dual cores but the phone does not utilize the second one until it's needed. It reduces the strain and battery usage. It's been stated in many different threads.
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Well given that I just got this phone and I only started frequenting this forum just last week or so, I didn't know that
SO to make sure I understand, essentially both my play and Sensation are only using 1 core until the Sensation actually needs to use the second One? If that is true, then would it have to "need" to use the second core.
If the day to day performance if the xperia play is only slightly behind (or maybe better?) than that of the sensation, then I say what the heck keep the xperia play.
I only say this because I'm a big fpse fan and the fpse experience on the xperia play is unmatched.
But that's just the opinion of a grown up gamer who is still trying not to let go.
rawrfische said:
If the day to day performance if the xperia play is only slightly behind (or maybe better?) than that of the sensation, then I say what the heck keep the xperia play.
I only say this because I'm a big fpse fan and the fpse experience on the xperia play is unmatched.
But that's just the opinion of a grown up gamer who is still trying not to let go.
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LOL i understand
The gamepad is unmatched really when it comes to gaming.
THe only thing really is the camera really of the play...it is utter crap.
Well, not crap really but i have seen much better 5 megapxiel camera and the Front Facing camera is even worse
Though the Sensation isn't the best either.
Such a tough decision and Idk what to lol
for gaming sensation will be absolutely better, a lot better!
consider that Sensation got a new cpu and games are to be optimized for it and for its dual core cpu, that use only 1 core if 2° not needed
For the pad, xperia own it, and there is no discussion, for gaming is better than touchscreen
But if you search for pure performance, Sensation is A LOT BETTER
Sensation btw, lacks on OPENGL driver, and sucks at that benchies.. But for sure it will be fixed by HTC soon, maybe with official ICS
Hi there, i want to buy a new phone and im having a hard time picking between the HTC Incredible S and the LG Optimus 2x.
My first android phone was the HTC Desire :
I loved it! was a very nice phone and i am a fan of HTC , loved Sense UI, loved the screen and everything. Really enjoyed flashing custom roms on it thanks to this site! i spent most of my time changing roms every 2-3 weeks lol (very friendly in that matter)
then i sticked to the MIUI rom towards the end
After a while i got fed up of this phone.
My second android phone was a Samsung galaxy S I9000:
This phone was notably faster and smoother than the HTC Desire! the screen was VERY nice, bigger, clearer sharper, more vibrant and despite it's size, it was still light and pocket friendly
the HD video was smoother than the Desire's one (no lag).
Customized it quite a bit but the phone didn't seem to like the custom roms as much as the HTC Desire did (MIUI would have problems like when i call someone, the other person can't hear me; when i put other roms they would work for a week and then start slowing down...) and didn't have much of a problem with it, battery life up to 3 days!!! until it fell from the 3rd floor and the LCD screen broke lol fml
I'm taking this opportunity to change phones and am thinking of these two
Galaxy S II is too expensive here and i can't afford any other phones atm.
I like the Incredible S because it's a much better version of the Desire which i fell in love with, it has a newer sense version and a lot more to offer (8mp camera etc etc). But im afraid i might get fed up of the sense again like i did for the desire... i can always change roms but i heard it's harder to do with this phone.
The LG optimus 2x also looks appealing because of it's dual core processor and 1080p video shooting ( which i heard lags quite a bit ).
The software is definitely a turn off and seems laggy... but i am hoping to fix that once i put a custom rom.
What are your insights about this? It would definitely help me a lot!
Oh and Battery life is also another important factor. I managed to pull almost 3 days most of the time with my I9000 with some tweaking. (no 3g network in Bangladesh).
Hey Dude KaFrEEkAbOom Here
Here are few reasons why you should Consider About Incredible s
1. Wifi hotspot
Share your phone's Internet connection with wifi devices
2.Bluetooth
2,1
3.Average speed max data speeds
HSDPA (14,4 mbps)
4.Vivid screen
Super LCD
5.Long talk time
9,6 hours
6.Average weight
136 g
Also Here are the Disadvantages of Incredible S
1. Poor video recording, 720p footage is pretty jerky
2. Uninspiring audio quality
And Also there are lot of bugs found on this device
Such like Camera issues,And there Was WCDMA issue, Siganal
I think this is a buggy device
Here are few reasons why you should Consider About LG Optimus 2x
1.Multiple processor cores
Dual core
2.Video output
Display pictures and video on TVs or other devices
3.Full HD
1080p
4.Lots of internal storage
7,8 GB
5.Fast download speed
7,34 mbps
6.Average standby time
16,7 days
7.Thin
11 mm
8.Average battery capacity
1 500 mAh
9.Average size
63x123x10 mm
10.Average latency
83 ms
11.Average web browser performance
1 253 ms
Here Are Disadvantages of 2x
No Camera Button
Anyway Optimus 2x have bugs too
Such like random device shut off's
handset got warmed while charging that those aren't affect on every handset
So I think You should Buy LG Optimus 2x Instead of Incredible S(Incredible BUggy )
I think this would be helpful If so Please click on Thank you button
I agree, go for the 2x
2x
Swyped From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
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Hi, I have dilemma, the time has come to buy new smartphone
I know this question was considered many times but let me describe my point of view.
My adventure with smartphones started with Nokia N82 and now I have HTC Desire Z. I was really happy having Desire Z and HTC made a real impression on me. Now I am considering to buy HTC Sensation or Galaxy S2. I really liked dev support for HTC and Cyanogenmod ROM and also other ones. I didn't use stock ROM. I am reading about many positives for SGS2 like display, camera, RAM and cons like Touchwiz, display resolution.
I would prefer to choose HTC maybe beacuse I know their product, I didn't have any samsung before.
My preferences:
For me the most important is performence, customization possibilities and dev support. I don't care about outside but only what is inside. I like sometimes to grab a picture or record a movie. For sure I am using the phone for multimedia: playing, web browsing and waching films. It would be nice if some newer games could be played smoothly. And I was really impressed by HTC custom ROMs (especially CM7).
Could you give me any view for situation repsecting my preferences? I wouldn't like to miss HTC and would like to have sure I will be satisifed if choose SGS2 (it said better performance/hardware).
I hope you understand my uncertainties.
Honestly, I think you'd be happy with either.
Both should be able to play new games smoothly e.g. Modern Combat 3.
Both seem to have a good range of dev support over here there's MIUI, Sense and CM ROM's so quite a few choices. Not sure about the GS2 but I'd expect there to be even more.
Overall, comes down to whether you want a Super AMOLED + Display or a Higher resolution screen, solid build quality or a slimmer phone and Sense.
Understand, but I have a little mess after all reviews I have seen and would like to know actually which differences are exaggerated and which are really negligible :/
For SGS2 in comparision to HTC Sensation I get known:
- SGS2 salmoled display better than LCD but worse resolution
- SGS2 1 GB RAM, for HTC left 200MB RAM free on stock ROM
- SGS2 pretty nice photos, better than for HTC
- SGS2 better movie recording
- SGS2 better movies playing
- SGS2 faster GPS sattelites localization
- SGS2 10 multitouch counted, HTC only 4
- SGS2 worse built than HTC (personally prefer HTC onecast built)
- HTC "death grip" issue
- personal - no experience with samsung products
- personal - fall in love with HTC - THE MAIN REASON OF PROBLEM TO MAKE CHOICE
- will CM ROM look and function similar on both phones?
So I am asking you to make some objective assessment of both phones.
Sebalos said:
Understand, but I have a little mess after all reviews I have seen and would like to know actually which differences are exaggerated and which are really negligible :/
For SGS2 in comparision to HTC Sensation I get known:
- SGS2 salmoled display better than LCD but worse resolution
- SGS2 1 GB RAM, for HTC left 200MB RAM free on stock ROM
- SGS2 pretty nice photos, better than for HTC
- SGS2 better movie recording
- SGS2 better movies playing
- SGS2 faster GPS sattelites localization
- SGS2 10 multitouch counted, HTC only 4
- SGS2 worse built than HTC (personally prefer HTC onecast built)
- HTC "death grip" issue
- personal - no experience with samsung products
- personal - fall in love with HTC - THE MAIN REASON OF PROBLEM TO MAKE CHOICE
- will CM ROM look and function similar on both phones?
So I am asking you to make some objective assessment of both phones.
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Saying SAMOLED is better is subjective. I don't find it's greenish hue all that tempting. Also S-LCD is actually legible in sunlight.
As for ram? Who cares, both phones have zero memory issues, so that in itself is a non-issue.
The Sensation is a decent phone, but it does have a known heat problem (Use it with the screen on for 15 minutes and it's noticeably warm, sometimes hot). Also, the speaker isn't too great. Performance and customizability is very high though. MIUI, that one WP7-esque rom, AOSP GB and 4.0, Senseless roms, and of course Sense 3.0/3.5/3.6. We have a lot to choose from.
Ok, but SGS2 isn't so much customizable and do you think the same ROMs probably except Sense couldn't be find?
I never said the Sensation is a better option - they're both wonderful phones, but two of your points were kind of off is all. Screen type is 100% subjective and RAM doesn't matter as long as the OS has enough. I don't care if the SGS2 has 1GB of ram if either phone can get away with 600-700MB.
Htc sense, camera, screen resolution. Build qualitu
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sshede said:
I never said the Sensation is a better option - they're both wonderful phones, but two of your points were kind of off is all. Screen type is 100% subjective and RAM doesn't matter as long as the OS has enough. I don't care if the SGS2 has 1GB of ram if either phone can get away with 600-700MB.
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The Sensastion does have memory issues. The only reason I rooted and flashed was because Sense kept force closing even when I opened the smallest of apps. Granted, the update to ICS and possible Sense 4.0 may help things but if you don't want to root/flash, I would definitely go with the Galaxy S2.
I love my Sensation right now but the Galaxy S2 has a really, really great screen and it has great performance as well because of the killer CPU/GPU. But if you can, I would really really encourage you to wait for the new HTC One X or S or whatever.
No point in choosing either option IMO after MWC. Wait it out, get used phone, or maybe play with another OS in the interim. Come back for quad core, better camera, bigger battery, and HD screen. Also some of the quad core phones may be Playstation certified by end of year.
Superamoled plus is definitely better than super lcd except resolution. But there is not a big difference between samoled and super LCD. This is the only difference. But think about the future of your phone. Because samsung is the worst company i have ever seen. They won't publish ics for galaxy s ,plus and others. But htc community is bigger so sensation has a future. But galaxy s2 s future will be end by galaxy s3 s release.
I choose htc because I have used samsung before. And they really really pissed me off...
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hi,
i know some of you wont bother looking at this "another comparison" thread and most of you will think "this is Sensation forum, what do you expect us to say" but i have opened the same thread to the sensation Q&A section too..
so my last phones were; HTC sensation XE and One X..
and my criterias are, in the using time order;
1) most of the time i ll be listening music,
2) checking my e-mail.
3) using GPS (i travel a lot and alos live on of the most cunfusing citys in the world)
4) web browsing
5) camera using for the places i travel
6) games when i sm not traveling with my car ..
7) messing with the phone, trying to OC (sometimes to get better everyday experience but to be honest most of the time just to feel the power for ego satisfaction and its not like buying the most powerful phone, its more like watching and making the phone grow stronger in your hands)
the 7 is very little time, ones the occupation occurs i am not playing with my phone anymore, i want it to remain as a good assistant and a journey-mate for me.
according to my needings i crossed out SG Note from the list due to its eMMC bug and screen burn problems.. a phone which is famous with its screen should not suffer from screen problems. and also crossed out nexus for not having FM radio and limited storage option (only 16 in my country), and i also crossed the SGS3 and the HTC One X for one being so ugly and having screen burns, and the other for having lots of problems to get over.. i have waited enough android to get mature and i wasnt willing to wait for a phone to do the same and catch up with its software on the quality side, not in 2012..
so let me get to the quick advantages and disadvantages comparison, this is where i want your help about what i list under and add your opinions..
This is %100 my opinions and please change them and advise me if you think any (or all) of them are wrong
Sensaiton XE over Xperia s
- expendable storage option
- good headphones comes with it
- since its the cuisin of the sensation, it has very big development out there and with the way we can S-off and S-on there is no risk of losing the warranty
- since adreno is not designed for fill rate like mali-400 but its good for effects and balancing the load it gives superp performance on the games with a qHD screen
- and the GPU is also OCable when i feel like the performance is not enough (it was alwasy enough, to be honest but still... you know)
- about the development, i am not talking about having lots of kernels and roms out. i have only used CM9 and ARHD so far. what i am talking about is having s-off and not losing the warranty, and having camera mods to have 1080p videos at 30 FPS/40Mbps and photos like 5 MB, and having bravia engine with ARHD etc..
Xperia S over XE
- XEs screen is almost unusable under sunlight and gets dust collected under, but sony has a perfect screen there is no doubt to that.. (but i am afraid of yellow spots, some people says its coused by heat and the S3 Soc is heating on average usage
- GLONASS GPS support. i never used it so dont know about the real life performance but it must be a good thing to have 2 different satelite type instead of one?
- 12 mp camera is better on the stock comparison but i dont know if it can race with the modded sensation camera
- the UI seems smoother overall and litgher then the sense but still i wonder; how is adrenoa 220 doing with that 720p screen? and will there be OC chance in the future?
- 1 Gb of RAM is sure going to be better than the 768MB one especially when it comes to the multitasking
so to sum up, my main concerns are about the camera and the GPU and the screen when it came to the Xperia S even though it is the newer one.. i feel like "ok sensations screen is not good but it will always be that bad in the future too but what happens if my sony's screen loses its quality everyday just because of regular heating of the device? i have given up from all amoled screens because of that thought.
and the camera, since the memory is constant i can understand sony wanting to reduce the image and size but i want less compressed video and photos, especially at night
and the GPU.. will i feel like i need stop one day admit that my device is not enough for playing the newest games just beause it can not handle the georgeus screen in a year? this really scares me. with the development support of sensation it gets 52-53 FPS on the nenamark 2 without OC with the last drivers but the sony is stock in only 37 (i know it will do every game unless it gets under galaxy nexus since it is the referance device for now but still...)
thanks to everyone who is bothered to read this.. and thank you for help..
so, you already have a Sensation XE and wanting to get an Xperia S? or looking into getting one or the other? Will you be purchasing the phone with an upgrade or straight up?
the external speaker isnt all that great on the Sensation, so if youre listening to music I hope its through some headphones or Bluetooth! E-mail, GPS, and web browsing are great also. I pretty much use my phone for everything, just as you are looking for. The camera, with the mod, is just amazing. Sometimes a bigger MP camera doesnt mean its better Ive never had a problem with running low on RAM so I think the 768MB is sufficient. The only thing I dont do really is game on my phone. I mean c'mon...with a PC and Xbox why game on cell phones?! lol But I can see if youre always on the go and hardly stationary that mobile games will come in handy. From what I have experienced, games run butter smooth once you OC the phone a bit. Oh and btw, youll love the dev community for the Sensation!
I havent messed around with any Xperias so this is experience only from the Sensation
thank you for quick answer. i had sensation xe and sold it. now i am looking for buying a noew phone and it will either be a sensation xe again or xperia s.
about the games; i play my games on PC and think gaming on PCs or consoles is professional hobbie but playing a game on a cell phone is just a good way to spend time but here in Istanbul i need to find many ways to spend my time because of the traffic and i travel between cities a lot.
sony is fooling me with its screen and the RAM.. on HTC the blacks are grey-ish a lot (not like a LCD-AMOLED comparison but still sony's blacks are better even though it does not have the auto brightness settings) and there is this dust under screen problem .. and i saw many times that my sensation XE had to reload the sense UI after i quit a game.
Haven't tried the Xperia S, but being a Sensation user I can say that it's camera is really good. I could get good pics in low lights too
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hi,
Xperia S over XE
- XEs screen is almost unusable under sunlight and gets dust collected under, but sony has a perfect screen there is no doubt to that.. (but i am afraid of yellow spots, some people says its coused by heat and the S3 Soc is heating on average usage
- GLONASS GPS support. i never used it so dont know about the real life performance but it must be a good thing to have 2 different satelite type instead of one?
- 12 mp camera is better on the stock comparison but i dont know if it can race with the modded sensation camera
- the UI seems smoother overall and litgher then the sense but still i wonder; how is adrenoa 220 doing with that 720p screen? and will there be OC chance in the future?
- 1 Gb of RAM is sure going to be better than the 768MB one especially when it comes to the multitasking.
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Please note the following:
a) Screen of the sensation has similar performance on direct light than the Xperia. I have no problem at all. Dust under screen was a problem on the first units, but my unit has no problem at all.
b) Glonass support is not really a plus. As per the info available both GPS systems are similar, the standard GPS has better accuracy.
c) agree, Sony has always very good cameras.
d) If you don't like Sense there is no sense to buy an HTC device.
e) agree
On favor of the Xperia, it has a HD720p screen.
On contrary of the Xperia, I never liked the Sony Android UI. it feels cheap.
At the end is just a question of price and taste.