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Hooked on sense but dunno if to change?

Hi, my upgrade is in 3 months and I'm stuck at what to get, the phone i have at the moment is a HTC desire hd, so am used to sense UI, basically I'm stuck between 2 handsets either HTC sensation or xperia arc??
I like to put custom roms on my device and play around with it a lot, but the sensation bootloader is locked and I've also looked through arc dev forum on here and didn't find much by way of roms.
So am really stuck between the 2??
Just wondered if anyone could give some advice as to which one to possibly go for, if they got experience with the handset or just what they've general heard or know?
Thanks in advance to anyone that could help
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dazza_84 said:
Hi, my upgrade is in 3 months and I'm stuck at what to get, the phone i have at the moment is a HTC desire hd, so am used to sense UI, basically I'm stuck between 2 handsets either HTC sensation or xperia arc??
I like to put custom roms on my device and play around with it a lot, but the sensation bootloader is locked and I've also looked through arc dev forum on here and didn't find much by way of roms.
So am really stuck between the 2??
Just wondered if anyone could give some advice as to which one to possibly go for, if they got experience with the handset or just what they've general heard or know?
Thanks in advance to anyone that could help
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I would stick with the DHD. its an really good device. C:
Otherthan would i take the arc since the screen of the sensation is crappy in my eyes.

Would the dual core play a major part to getting the sensation over the arc??
I don't really know much about dual core and wondered how much better it would be over a single core?
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Suggestion for a new mobile

Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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csakthikumar said:
Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.

s2 will be better then sensation, sensation battry really sucks!! AND my suggestion is XPERIA S!

Don't buy a sensation, buy a Sensation XE. Better battery, 1.5 GHz processor. The ROM's you flash will be the same though.
S2 is a wonderful and fast phone, but I personally don't like is design. It has 1.2 GHz....but I guess it's a little above your budget around 27k I presume..unless you get a nice deal.
Evo 3D and Xperia P are 25k in the market. Both are pretty awesome. Xperia P just looks so elegant though
Best of luck
Although I wanna know...how did you manage to break a gorilla glass display ?!?!
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Kavrocks said:
If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.
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Galaxy Nexus isn't available 'officially' in India
But you can easily get one through eBay.
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Kavrocks said:
If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.
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I can grab sensation xe and s2 for around 24 k.. But dunno which has a very good dev community
Nexus is very much big for my hand that's why haven't got it into picture.
Since I have been using Desire S for the whole time Build quality and ui of s2 worries me a lot but it's development forums are more than just healthy compared to sensation xe so tooo confused on which one to select
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glacier1122 said:
s2 will be better then sensation, sensation battry really sucks!! AND my suggestion is XPERIA S!
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Thanks for the suggestion dude but em not sure whether Xperia s has a very good dev community
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Echo237 said:
Don't buy a sensation, buy a Sensation XE. Better battery, 1.5 GHz processor. The ROM's you flash will be the same though.
S2 is a wonderful and fast phone, but I personally don't like is design. It has 1.2 GHz....but I guess it's a little above your budget around 27k I presume..unless you get a nice deal.
Evo 3D and Xperia P are 25k in the market. Both are pretty awesome. Xperia P just looks so elegant though
Best of luck
Although I wanna know...how did you manage to break a gorilla glass display ?!?!
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Galaxy Nexus isn't available 'officially' in India
But you can easily get one through eBay.
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You are also in the same mind set as mine build quality and the ui is the only thing that makes me lean towards sensation xe but htc is having a bad time releasing source codes so em a little bit worried as if after some 2 good years I will loose my help from dev community
I like Xperia P a lot but dunno how for their dev community is????
My colleague did a drop test of my gorilla glass and now em ended with a broken edge
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csakthikumar said:
You are also in the same mind set as mine build quality and the ui is the only thing that makes me lean towards sensation xe but htc is having a bad time releasing source codes so em a little bit worried as if after some 2 good years I will loose my help from dev community
I like Xperia P a lot but dunno how for their dev community is????
My colleague did a drop test of my gorilla glass and now em ended with a broken edge
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Yeah, there is no better UI than Sense. And is just looks so good. If you get XE for 24k then is wonderful !
Although I'd like to point out that HTC of its really slow with updates. I got ICS mid easy through July. On top of that there was some problem in the update and I don't have a working Bluetooth and WiFi. You'll have to go to the service centre and install a 'solution' to get it fixed. This however hasn't happen to all XE's. Only to some unfortunate devices. (For more information on this check my thread about it on my profile...I don't want to troll too much here)
About Xperia P...Sony devices don't have rapid and consistent development as far as I know...my brother had Xperia Arc S and its kinda slow.
About the screen now I know what not to do I punch my wildfire even often :banghead:
Don't mind I'm travelling and I'm bored so I made this long
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Get another desire s, muhahaha

csakthikumar said:
Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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Hey, I had the desire s for just over a year too and I've just got the one S. I recommend it. Takes a while to get used to the super amoled screen but when you get used to it, it's a fantastic device. It's got a great size screen. 4.3 inch is much better than 3.7 and I think 4.8 is a bit too big. It's also the same size screen as the galaxy s2 and it's a super amoled display so you're getting the greatness of the sgs2 screen on an HTC. It's got a fantastic processor as well the snapdragon s4 is incredible powerful. im getting quadrant scores of about 5000 which is higher than the quad core one x! So get the one s and then you're staying within the HTC community. I've picked up the sgs2 and I just don't like the build quality of their phones. It's like they have expensive hardware chucked in plastic! Doesn't make sense to me and touch wiz is horrible, no problem if like you say you are a "flashoholic" I'm not sure if it's in your budget but it can't be too far off considering it's dual core and the s3 model is cheaper I think

He is right, I guess if you can manage getting One S at even 28k buy it blindly...I didn't recommend this because it's above 30k in the market.
Something I learnt is never by a flagship phone if you are after the next flagship phone is announced or out. I got Desire HD in august '11 and sensation was announced in September. One X was announced as soon as I bought my XE. They just ditch the older one and concentrate upgrading the newer.
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superkid said:
Get another desire s, muhahaha
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I would like to but need to consider alot for htc's release of updates.. Without dev community this phone is nothing
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Echo237 said:
He is right, I guess if you can manage getting One S at even 28k buy it blindly...I didn't recommend this because it's above 30k in the market.
Something I learnt is never by a flagship phone if you are after the next flagship phone is announced or out. I got Desire HD in august '11 and sensation was announced in September. One X was announced as soon as I bought my XE. They just ditch the older one and concentrate upgrading the newer.
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I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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csakthikumar said:
I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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Don't bother looking !!! Just buy .!!!
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csakthikumar said:
I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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i think 22k is a very good price
other alternatives are s2 & galaxy nexus
but before you buy it..are you aware that the one S sold in India is different from the international version?

kartkk said:
i think 22k is a very good price
other alternatives are s2 & galaxy nexus
but before you buy it..are you aware that the one S sold in India is different from the international version?
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Em gonna import...
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csakthikumar said:
Em gonna import...
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Still, is it the s3 or s4 version, because with the s3 you would got more or less just a overclocked sensation without sd and removable battery.
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Tectas said:
Still, is it the s3 or s4 version, because with the s3 you would got more or less just a overclocked sensation without sd and removable battery.
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Yeah yeah em well aware of it I have asked my friend to check the back of the box before buying
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I'm leaning towards the One S myself!
Hopefully it's mine very soon
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Woah I'm glad i've swayed you towards my device! If you want to know a bit about performance and battery life. Look at the 2 screenshots that i've taken from my device attached to this post the benchmark was taken before I got the 4.0.4 update, now I get scores of around 5000

Droid Razr vs. HTC Sensation?

Hi guys and girls!
I would like to know from you which you think is the better phone and which one you would chose if you could pick.
The options are the Droid Razr (XT910) and the HTC Sensation (z710e).
So I need to you to tell me what phone you think is best overall: development, camera, screen, memory etc.
P.S
Thank you and no bias answers! :fingers-crossed:

Jeanjacq said:
Hi guys and girls!
I would like to know from you which you think is the better phone and which one you would chose if you could pick.
The options are the Droid Razr (XT910) and the HTC Sensation (z710e).
So I need to you to tell me what phone you think is best overall: development, camera, screen, memory etc.
P.S
Thank you and no bias answers! :fingers-crossed:
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compare
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_droid_razr_xt912-4101.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_sensation-3875.php

I guesa if u want battery life and extra memory go for the droid razr but if u want a great camera phone go for the htc sensation although it doesn't have 1gb of ram it goes head to head with its successor htc amaze i have both and tested them 1on 1 and cameras on htc happen to be the best so depends on what u want battery and extra memory pick razr if u r like me and love taking pics and will buy extra battery go for htc sensation
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These aren't on the same network?
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There is a verizon sensation
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Really I'd like to see that sensation is gsm not CDMA I don't think their are any variants for the sensation how ever the razor comes international version
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What do you think about the sensation?

Hi all, I think the htc sensation have much time to be at the top or at least in the top half of Android devices. Having a good dual core processor at 1.2 gigahertz with a good GPU Adreno 220 make it one of the best middle-fa terminals. Even if we look we can see how ferrules brand like Sony xperia s use the same GPU and even the htc One s3 s has its version with the same processor. I think the sensation is at the height of xperia S, htc one s, galaxy s2, galaxy foolish, Optimus 3D ... etc. what do you think? a hug

In terms of power lg's optimus 3d destroys our sensation. I'd say we have the best unofficial support though the s2 is probably more popular, followed by the xperia s. HTC didn't do a very good job on this phone, which is why they released the HTC amaze soon after to correct their mistakes.
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I totally dislike it.
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sy224048 said:
In terms of power lg's optimus 3d destroys our sensation. I'd say we have the best unofficial support though the s2 is probably more popular, followed by the xperia s. HTC didn't do a very good job on this phone, which is why they released the HTC amaze soon after to correct their mistakes.
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Are you sure? I had a Optimus 3d and lags...
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It does lag but its interface seems even more bloated than HTC sense. Also, the 3 d requires more power.
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I love my sensation. I have no issues with it and have never had. Development is amazing too! The only let down is the company itself and their support towards their phones...

oblikas said:
I totally dislike it.
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Dislike what?
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My Sensation XE
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oblikas said:
My Sensation XE
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Why you buy?
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I was thinking that 1.5 ghz CPU is good
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I think the phone is good. Though its pretty outdated with all the new phones being released with better stats. But with the custom roms we get here it still manages to keep in the fight.

oblikas said:
I was thinking that 1.5 ghz CPU is good
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I think is good, better than the galaxy s2
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Phone is good.would be better if jellybean update would be granted to us sensation owners
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I think my sensation xe was good, fast, and reliable with the original Rom it came with ,as soon as I updated to ics it became slow unresponsive , what Anoys me much is when you press menu and select settings ,the setting option remain highlighted for 2 seconds than you'll get setting menu ,where in gingerbread its instant ,for me gingerbrad was way faster than ics ,it still is .I downgraded to gingerbread ,I think HTC are amateurs when they update their phones not pros at all ,don't know how they manage to make a dual core phone with 750mb ram run slow..... On ics

I really love my Sensation XE... but only with custom ROM
Stock battery life is really great for me: about 20 hours with 1:30 hours screen on. I'm also satisfied about CPU performances.

Sensation is good phone..only the battery suck!!
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Phones update all the time. I remember when the GS2 just came out. Now we have S4. The point is, if you have a good phone, keep that good phone til it dies. Or, keep things fresh, flash new Roms and have it live forever.
I love my Sensation even after a year, and despite it's issues, (proximity sensor issues) I still use it daily.
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The BAD:
*Dust under screen flaw
*CPU draws too much power/runs too hot (Bad impact on battery life)
*Screen draws too much power (Bad impact on battery life)
*Lack of official updates from HTC. (GS2 got JB, we should have at LEAST have Sense 4, ICS)
*Generally poor signal strength.
The GOOD:
*Everything else

raz0rf1sh said:
The BAD:
*Dust under screen flaw
*CPU draws too much power/runs too hot (Bad impact on battery life)
*Screen draws too much power (Bad impact on battery life)
*Lack of official updates from HTC. (GS2 got JB, we should have at LEAST have Sense 4, ICS)
*Generally poor signal strength.
The GOOD:
*Everything else
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Thinking about another phone
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EfrainTrejo said:
We did get sense 4 officially from htc
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No we didn't.

Help me out to get new phone

ok guys i need an advice about this
i have 2 phones in mind HTC Sensation XE or Sony Xperia ARC S
i only have those 2 option so please which is better to get and have best performance i heard that htc have laggy situation and it's battery ran off real quickly so i'm confused right now , and i need help :angel:

The HTC Sensation is a really great phone. It is not laggy at all. Fast processor. If there is a battery drain, it has everything to do with the apps and the ROM that is being run on the phone and not about the phone's quality.
DarkoHunter said:
ok guys i need an advice about this
i have 2 phones in mind HTC Sensation XE or Sony Xperia ARC S
i only have those 2 option so please which is better to get and have best performance i heard that htc have laggy situation and it's battery ran off real quickly so i'm confused right now , and i need help :angel:
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AW: Help me out to get new phone
I would also recommend the HTC Sensation.
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