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galaxy s2

Is it worth getting. I never owned a Samsung phone but I'm considering it. I'm tied of htc and the craps quality jobs they do with their phones. The dust, the reception, death grip, sense slowing down the phone and also keeps reloading everytime I hit the hone screen.

no dont do it!! now the prime that might be something that could draw your interest

If you have the sensation getting the s2 is a downgrade.
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You're asking this question in the HTC Sensation forum because...

aNYthing24 said:
You're asking this question in the HTC Sensation forum because...
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+1 ?
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because i own an htc sensation and im very unhappy with it and i know if i ask this in the gs2 forum their just going brag about how good the phone is. So id prefer to hear it opinions from someone who owns the sensation also

For your sense issue, you might want to try another launcher like launcherpro or adw

remus82 said:
For your sense issue, you might want to try another launcher like launcherpro or adw
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That doesn't mean it will remove the sense from your phone.
I suggest using aosp roms from xborder or cm7.
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im already using launcher pro but its very upsetting that i buy htc phobes because i like sense but yet it slows down the phone and having to reload sense every tine i hit home key to get out of an app gets quiet frustrating

My is not slow at all
Running stock everything 2.3.4
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My advice would be to go to a store and try it out for about an half hour, then take a decision once you tried it.
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Don't get the s2 wait to see what happens with nexus prime
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My two previous sensations weren't but with this dust issue I have had to keep getting them replaced and now I'm stuck with this one which is slow. I wish we had gotten that 1gig of ram like the Evo 3d did

ariel123 said:
because i own an htc sensation and im very unhappy with it and i know if i ask this in the gs2 forum their just going brag about how good the phone is. So id prefer to hear it opinions from someone who owns the sensation also
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If you are unhappy, sell it, return it, whatever. No one should decide for you.

immunityx said:
If you have the sensation getting the s2 is a downgrade.
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No it's not.
Going from the Sensation to the Galaxy S II is in fact a huge upgrade.
I'm not saying the Sensation is bad, i'm just pointing out that the Galaxy S II is pretty much better than the Sensation in almost everything.

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If you are unhappy, sell it, return it, whatever. No one should decide for you.
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not asking anyone to decide just asking for opinions on the s2 and if its worth it

my sensationwith ARHD 4.1.3 is running perfect.

Please explain only upgrade is the 4.5 screen which isn't that much of a upgrade because its wvga with lower resolution then sensation qHD
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The NVIDIA chip has a better video system than the Qualcomm.
The LG GX2 has faster graphics than a sensation.
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immunityx said:
Please explain only upgrade is the 4.5 screen which isn't that much of a upgrade because its wvga with lower resolution then sensation qHD
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its a super amoled plus screen, 1gig of ram,, 2mega pixel front facing camera, 1.5 dual core, i dont much about the phone im just going by the specs on the site but so far it seems to have better specs then the sensation.

[Q] Which phone should I buy guys?

Guys I am planning to buy a new phone. I want your suggestions about choosing the right one. I am relying on good battery life and phone which has a good amount of development going on (custom roms, kernels, miui, cyanogenmod, ics etc.) coz I love to fiddle with devices a lot. My current choices are :
Samsung galaxy R
Samsung galaxy S plus
HTC Desire S
HTC Incredible S
These are my options but senior members can suggest me phone in range of 23000 INR ($475).
Thanks in advance guys
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Gs2 !!!
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Isn't Galaxy Nexus coming to India soon? It definitely has those things (though battery life preferred with custom kernel) and is probably of choice (until the new quadcores come out in a few months anyway) for tinkering. But I'm not sure you can get it for $475, unless they offer it more cheaply there. I got mine for $550ish, and that's considered cheap here.

DeshTwo said:
Gs2 !!!
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GS2 @ $475???
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thebobp said:
Isn't Galaxy Nexus coming to India soon? It definitely has those things (though battery life preferred with custom kernel) and is probably of choice (until the new quadcores come out in a few months anyway) for tinkering. But I'm not sure you can get it for $475, unless they offer it more cheaply there. I got mine for $550ish, and that's considered cheap here.
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Yup. But $550 is costly for me. Already pushing my limits for my said price range
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Umm.. If you look for design and Sense UI, go for HTC. But if you want a performance device then I would suggest Samsung R or S Plus.
Thought for 23k you can even get Optimus 2x or Optimus 3D.
But if your just gonna stick with Samsung and HTC. I would suggest Samsung for the performance. No wonder HTC's Sense UI is far better than any other device out there but its just your decision whether wanna go with Design and Looks or Performance and Built Quality!

have a look at the new Htc series One,
HTC One X, HTC One S and HTC One V

DEFINITELY GALAXY S III!!
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hikarugo said:
DEFINITELY GALAXY S III!!
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very good phone but i'm not fun with the 4,8 inchscreen!!

Niklaus82 said:
very good phone but i'm not fun with the 4,8 inchscreen!!
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2 years ago, I prefer 3.7" phones to 4.3" phones. But now, 3.7" and 4.3" seem too small for me. Just try it first and you'll like it and even want a bigger one. Anyway, the 4.8" screen was rumoured to have a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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Yup. But $550 is costly for me. Already pushing my limits for my said price range
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I see. For that price, you might consider the HTC Sensation. I think the HTC Rezound occasionally gets that low (say with special promotions), but I can't find any at this moment.
I'm not familiar with any of the "cheaper" manufacturers (Huawei or the like) but it might be something to look into.

If your not in a hurry to get a phone. I would suggest you too wait for like till April or May. There are like 20+ phones getting launched by then.
HTC's One series are gonna be available globally by April. Even LG, Samsung, Sony has launched some new phones and they all comes with ICS 4.
So you may wait for sometime and I bet its worth waiting for.

Akzey said:
If your not in a hurry to get a phone. I would suggest you too wait for like till April or May. There are like 20+ phones getting launched by then.
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That's actually a good point. Old phones usually take a price dip when their successor comes out. The HTC Rezound is sure to take one when the One X comes out, for instance, similarly for the Samsung Galaxy S2 when the S3 comes out.
So if you can wait, I'm going to speculate that those phones might dip down into your (OP's) price range. (But you should allow for a margin of error ).

If I were you, I would check the forum on what phone has the most development ... That way, you can have a lot of Rom choices hehehe
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Stay away from HTC
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Lol. Why so negative towards HTC? Ever have an Htc sensation on ics? After that you should come back and judge
Android311 said:
Stay away from HTC
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Swyped From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
Virtuous Inquisition 3.0

i use a HTC Desire S. the performance is good. i like the 3,7inch screen. not too short, not too big. it costs about 270bugs.
The support from the devs are very good. at the moment i use android 4 and wait for android 4 and sense 4
greets

Android311 said:
Stay away from HTC
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I'd like to know why too.
I've got my HTC desire for ~two years and never had any problems. + there are a lot of roms for the device.
Among your choices I'd go for the HTC Desire S.

Guys... which is good Sensation or SAMSUNG Galaxy SII?

Guys I just want to know which is the best device to go for next? SGSII OR SENSATION? what say?
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It would be more logical if you asked between the Amaze and the SGS2, since the Sensation is older. Anyways, I prefer the Amaze because of the higher pixel density. The SAMOLED+ is great, but a 4.5 inch screen with 480x800? Ill pass.
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theking_13 said:
It would be more logical if you asked between the Amaze and the SGS2, since the Sensation is older. Anyways, I prefer the Amaze because of the higher pixel density. The SAMOLED+ is great, but a 4.5 inch screen with 480x800? Ill pass.
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Ty... good reply!!!
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It honestly depends on what your looking for
If you like the sensation UI or Touchwiz UI, whether you want the extra horsepower or not, etc
I own a Galaxy S2, and I LOVE the thing to death!
It is EXTREMELY HARD to break it via flashing ROMS and Firmware, it has lots of support, it's powerful, has ICS support already, and has many benefits over the Sensation IMHO, the screen is better too, I played with a sensation and it felt laggy and slow at the Telstra store, even when I tweaked it a bit, everyone is going to have different opinions, but so far Samsung have won my vote
(I use to own a HTC Desire and HTC G1 (Dream))
and I prefer Samsung at the moment
I will be getting the Galaxy S III!

Honestly...none...
I would prefer htc one x..if you can wait more surely s3...:beer:
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Depends which galaxy variant
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i own both sgs2 and a sensation, after using sensation for about a week i gave it to my wife and went back to s2. It's heavy and the screen is narrow and a few other things i didnt like about it. As far as sense goes i got over it in a week.
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Yeah I agree the screen on the Sensation is stupidly narrow...I just cannot type on this thing (I actually had to download a iPhone default keyboard so I can type).
But I think the Sensation becomes a much better phone than the GS2 with the official ICS. On GB, the GS2 destroys the Sensation is terms of speed and smoothness, but on ICS its more or less even.
I mean seriously, do you want to buy a phone from a company than makes washing machines...or do you want to buy a phone from a company that invented the first touch screen smartphone?
And the end of the day as long as its not an iPhone or WP7 buy what you wish!

Honestly, I just switched from the i9000 to the Sensation XE recently, and you'd be crazy to buy a Samsung. Nothing on the i9000 worked properly, and one thing I learnt from the experience is that because Samsung develops a wide range of electronics, they will select inhouse electronics which clearly aren't designed well, over competitors whenever possible. (Just a short list, it was incredibly laggy, GPS was useless, their OS used too much ram, and the system reserved too much ram, and there wasn't near enough to actually use the phone without it crashing, it would crash regularly when browsing, etc). Oh, and then my flash memory died (like every other i9000's, and the flash seems to be a Samsung component).
That isn't likely to change. I now own a Sensation XE, and the only problem is occasionally reception. Just remember that the main problems with the Galaxy i9000s weren't immediately evident. HTC might be the better choice, because, HTC isn't a hardware company, so isn't forced to use controllers which are crap (ie, ones designed possibly designed inhouse) simply to avoid embarrassment.
Honestly, with the i9000's, there should be a class action lawsuit. The only good thing about them is that they were unbreakable

I'd stick with a Sensation over a Amaze. Amaze has a 1.5 dual-core and worse battery life. Only differences. Get a Sensation.

check out my bench mark results.
I have the regular Sensation

I think comparing to battery life sensation is better ryt?
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swift2fly said:
I have the regular Sensation
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Don't show benchmark... coZ benchmark might show power bcos of kernel development and tweaks....
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lolx OP comparing a new device with a old device.

cwk_and said:
lolx OP comparing a new device with a old device.
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The Sensation and the GS 2 are the same generation phones! They were introduced in early 2011 (mwc) and released about 2 months later (in Europe the gs2 was released earlier than sensation)! So what are you talking about?
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panjaby said:
i own both sgs2 and a sensation, after using sensation for about a week i gave it to my wife and went back to s2. It's heavy and the screen is narrow and a few other things i didnt like about it. As far as sense goes i got over it in a week.
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"after using sensation for about a week i gave it to my wife and went back to s2"
Yet underneath your comment it says
"Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710a using xda premium"
HAHAHAHA XD

"after using sensation for about a week i gave it to my wife and went back to s2"
Yet underneath your comment it says
"Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710a using xda premium"
HAHAHAHA XD
Thats right gave it to the wife not sold it or destroyed it. When i did that post i was using my wifes phone.
Lets just keep it to the point, give ur views and ur expriences to help this guy decide which phone he wants to buy.
There is no need for littlr detective comments or starting samsung/htc war.
If you want to start android/apple war im with you. LOL
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panjaby said:
"after using sensation for about a week i gave it to my wife and went back to s2"
Yet underneath your comment it says
"Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710a using xda premium"
HAHAHAHA XD
Thats right gave it to the wife not sold it or destroyed it. When i did that post i was using my wifes phone.
Lets just keep it to the point, give ur views and ur expriences to help this guy decide which phone he wants to buy.
There is no need for littlr detective comments or starting samsung/htc war.
If you want to start android/apple war im with you. LOL
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Haha, yeah i'm with you too on an Android vs Apple war =D
I'm not nit picking at you or anything, I was just pointing out something i found funny
Take it easy buddy

Well I have Sensation XE and everything is stock and I absolutely love this phone, represents Android perfectly, not bashing Samsung here but touchwiz is a bit boring and too simple much like iOS (and I wonder why).
And as far as sense being a ram hog... Well good (better) things come at a cost so if you want something fun HTC is the way to go.
The aesthetics of the phone are amazing, feels like a proper phone in the hands and I absolutely love the back, the build quality is amazing as well. As far as death grip and issues of that sort go I haven't noticed much.
The display is amazing to and as far as the outside visibility goes I put my friends SGS2 along my XE and both were equally visible (same brightness). I'm not saying sAMOLED+ isn't a good display but there isn't much difference outdoors.
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sam razzy said:
Don't show benchmark... coZ benchmark might show power bcos of kernel development and tweaks....
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i know lol.
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Is anyone else not a big fan of sense?

Or is it just me? I love the inquisition rom for this exact reason. IDK, I just don't like it very much. Am I in a lone group with this? What's everyone else's take?

i wish hTC makes their phones as simple as the galaxy nexus, that's why i will flash a "senseless" ICS ROM.

I love AOSP ROMs, not de-sensed ROMs as they contain parts of sense still in them. E.g OpenSensation, nice AOSP ROM...
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Oops, double post...

Are senseless Roms quicker ? Better battery life ?
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I agree....I hate sense....its just not my stlyd which is why I have virtuous inquisition as well
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bstylz911 said:
Are senseless Roms quicker ? Better battery life ?
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that's what i've noticed on my previous HD2...i didn't try on my sensation yet, but i guess yeah, it's quicker

Sense is just a battery hog

I love sense... Probably because ive never owned an HTC before, and i really like how different it is to other android devices....
I dont think battery is that bad TBH, I can easily get 1-2 days use out of it....
Is there an HTC that doesnt come with sense (except windows phones) ??? If not why buy the HTC if you dont like sense ??

if you dont like sense you could install the aosp roms or install a third party launcher
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arabology said:
i wish hTC makes their phones as simple as the galaxy nexus, that's why i will flash a "senseless" ICS ROM.
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But then what would attract customers to buy a HTC device instead of a Galaxy Nexus?
OEM's can't compete on hardware differentiation alone IMO.

baste07 said:
install a third party launcher
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That won't change the horrible Sense apps. Yes, you could root your phone install an AOSP rom, but you shouldn't have to do that to make your phone work like it's supposed it.
HTC/other OEMS should just give an option to de-sense the phone somehow. If I had a pure-Google experience I wouldn't even need to root my phone.

Again why buy HTC then. The hardware specs are available in many other phones. IMHO.
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Ruus77 said:
Again why buy HTC then. The hardware specs are available in many other phones. IMHO.
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Not many other phones have 1.5GHz stock, only on the XE. And the build quality is better, so is Android Development etc.

Ruus77 said:
Again why buy HTC then. The hardware specs are available in many other phones. IMHO.
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I didn't buy it, TMO gave it to me for free cause my MT4G crapped out multiple times.

Ruus77 said:
Again why buy HTC then. The hardware specs are available in many other phones. IMHO.
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i bought it because of the qhd screen, also i like my devices to have some weight and feel sturdy something which other manufactures seem to not understand how to do

I like sense ...its gives the brand of HTC...I prefer look/feel and performance both so HTC with custom roms is perfect for me
Coming from iphone4 I used to have cheap opinion of android (yeah I know I'm little over my head when I had iPhone4) but once I got this little beast on my hands I'm baffled (the rich looking HTC sense and powerful beast inside)
I'm more than amazed ..may be I'm liking sense coz this is my first android phone but right now I feel like sense is a must for a HTC phone....when others look at my phone they'll just know its HTC
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Normally I'd take AOSP over Sense any day, but these AOSP ROMs always have some large turnoff that I don't want to mess with. I've been pretty fine with Sense 4.0 though.

Is the one-s worth it ?????

So I am on the TMobile USA network and it looks like there new flash ship phone will be the one-s but looking at the specs I don't see much improvement yea a little more Ram and slightly better display and some internal storage but besides that it doesn't offer much more than the sensation and since I have Android 4.0 and sense 4.0 is it worth the upgrade our should I move and get the one x or wait for the s3 maybe I'm asking cause I trust this forums community thanks in advance
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dislplin01 said:
So I am on the TMobile USA network and it looks like there new flash ship phone will be the one-s but looking at the specs I don't see much improvement yea a little more Ram and slightly better display and some internal storage but besides that it doesn't offer much more than the sensation and since I have Android 4.0 and sense 4.0 is it worth the upgrade our should I move and get the one x or wait for the s3 maybe I'm asking cause I trust this forums community thanks in advance
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The S4 processor is a HUGE, HUGE leap in performance. It's faster than a Tegra 3.

Product F(RED) said:
The S4 processor is a HUGE, HUGE leap in performance. It's faster than a Tegra 3.
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I didn't know that hmmmmm ok I am a little disappointed in the screen size tho but that's good to know I will keep it I mind
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dislplin01 said:
I didn't know that hmmmmm ok I am a little disappointed in the screen size tho but that's good to know I will keep it I mind
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To be fair, it is an AMOLED screen though.