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Sensation or One X?

Hey guys, I might sign up for a contract after the recent death of
my beloved HD2, but I don't know if I should get the HTC sensation XE
pr the HTC One X, would it be worth waiting for the One X, or should
I just buy the Sensation XE?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/htc...ternet-only-31-per-month-mobilephones-1154717

Get the One X

If the Sensation gets a proper Sense 4.0 update, then the Sensation is more worth it unless you do heavy gaming. When it comes to poking around Android, a quad core offers little improvement over a dual-core.

go for the one x man the sensation unfortunately is already old

One S
The One S is similar to the Sensation. You need a big hand for One X's 4.7 inch screen . Apparently, that's why iPhones don't get any bigger. You're supposed to be able to reach the top left corner with your thumb whilst holding the phone.

If u want the latest & bigger screen, then go for One. Otherwise the S4G still rocks....

galaxys said:
If u want the latest & bigger screen, then go for One. Otherwise the S4G still rocks....
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I have everything Samsung, fridge, tv, air con...except phone. I just LOVE Sense.

Go the One X

The One X's screen is lovely.

A) Samsung makes CRAP
B) One X has no removable storage (nor do any of the new HTCs - which may force me to leave HTC despite being a huge fan of their products, generally )
Food for thought.
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Galaxy Nexus is an awesome phone but it's gotta be the One X - it's just not worth getting an old phone with such new awesomeness around the corner

scottspa74 said:
A) Samsung makes CRAP
B) One X has no removable storage (nor do any of the new HTCs - which may force me to leave HTC despite being a huge fan of their products, generally )
Food for thought.
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Isn't dropbox supposed to take care of that? I heard that on one of the new vids on youtube.

tropical cactus said:
Isn't dropbox supposed to take care of that? I heard that on one of the new vids on youtube.
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Yeah, that's supposed to be their solution for no removable storage.
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One X please.

chukis13 said:
Yeah, that's supposed to be their solution for no removable storage.
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Free for two years...that's HTC dropping you a hint.

For now I wait to know what are the possibilities of the dark side before you get into the purchase of one X.

Sensation has removable battery, microsd expansion, Dual core 1.2Ghz Qualcomm S3
Phones that dont have microsd or removable battery
Xperia S (Dual core 1.5Ghz S3) - no microsd, embedded battery
HTC One series - no microsd embedded battery (free 2 years dropbox) (X - Dual core 1.5Ghz S4 or Tegra 3)
Galaxy Nexus - no microsd (Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9)
Ask yourself what you do need

To be fair, the One X has 25gb of USEABLE storage, and I have NEVER used more than 16gb on my hd2( which was the size of my sd card)
I don't mind not having a removable battery, I'm sure that any 3rd
Party accessory producers can make a portable charger( they probs already
Have a few)

I think the Sensation is best for flash rom and so the removable battery is important for me and internal capacity ...

[Q] Which phone should I buy for $550 max budget

I want to buy an Android phone and my max budget is $550(30,000 INR). In this range I have considered the Sony Xperia S to be the best followed by Htc One S.
Am I correct, or is there any other phone I should buy?
Thanks.

Galaxy Note.
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The HTC Rezound is a very solid phone if your on Verizon.

Defo Galaxy Note
I would say you should get the Galaxy Note. The screen is jaw dropping. I would wait until the major bug with the ICS update has been resolved tho.

Yeah the Note is awesome. But the reason I don't want to buy it is because the screen is too big in my opinion. I don't want a phone bigger than 4.3" screen.
The big 5.3" screen is awesome I must say but it doesn't make it a cell phone, somewhere between a phone and a tablet. And I would find it really difficult to carry it around.
The Htc One S is also good. But specs wise the Xperia S gives much more than the One S. That's why I chose the Xperia S. Any other thoughts?

HTC Sensation XE, better than the SXS I believe.
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exzibit7 said:
I want to buy an Android phone and my max budget is $550(USD). In this range I have considered the Sony Xperia S to be the best followed by Htc One S.
Am I correct, or is there any other phone I should buy?
Thanks.
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Did you thought about HTC ONE X, GALAXY NEXUS, in my opinion, they're great devices, superfast, excellent and HAVE big screens, THEY ALSO COME with stock ICS.

AnnoyingZlatan said:
Did you thought about HTC ONE X, GALAXY NEXUS, in my opinion, they're great devices, superfast, excellent and HAVE big screens, THEY ALSO COME with stock ICS.
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The problem is that I live in India. And my budget is 30,000 INR(approx 550 USD) and the Htc One X is around 37,000 INR which is out of my budget. And the Galaxy Nexus didn't launch in India.
But what do you guys think about the SXS? Is there something bad about it cause no one is even mentioning to buy it. Is it worth the price?

HTC one X

I've tested One S, One X, S3 and Xperia S...
Actually I prefer the One X...it's really nice!

superior1986 said:
I've tested One S, One X, S3 and Xperia S...
Actually I prefer the One X...it's really nice!
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But its out of my budget(37,000 INR) so can't buy it =\
Is One S better than Xperia S?

in case of the speed: definitely !
the screen resolution on the XS is really nice.
the only two things i disliked on the one s were the pentile matrix (but of course you have to look really close to the phone) und the free storage of 10gb - for me thats not enough

superior1986 said:
in case of the speed: definitely !
the screen resolution on the XS is really nice.
the only two things i disliked on the one s were the pentile matrix (but of course you have to look really close to the phone) und the free storage of 10gb - for me thats not enough
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The One S has Snapdragon S4 processor rather than the S3 of Xperia S. That's the main reason why the One S is faster I guess and the main reason I was opting for it before.
But later I heard the news that in India the One S is going to launch with an S3 processor with overclocked 1.7ghz!! (Source) But still its not an S4!
Really a shameful decision by Htc
The processor was the only place where it had outranked SXS, and now its not even that. That's why I am thinking of buying SXS rather.

exzibit7 said:
But what do you guys think about the SXS? Is there something bad about it cause no one is even mentioning to buy it. Is it worth the price?
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My opinion was to get the Sensation instead.
The sensation has a bigger screen,but manageable. People will tell you the bravia display is brilliant but there's a price, that screen is a battery guzzler. And Sony don't give much battery.
The Sony has fixed memory.
HTC are built solid. You'll have that phone forever.
Battery pull. I do it all the time when I mess up. You can't do that on a SXS.

Allanitomwesh said:
My opinion was to get the Sensation instead.
The sensation has a bigger screen,but manageable. People will tell you the bravia display is brilliant but there's a price, that screen is a battery guzzler. And Sony don't give much battery.
The Sony has fixed memory.
HTC are built solid. You'll have that phone forever.
Battery pull. I do it all the time when I mess up. You can't do that on a SXS.
There's no xLoud on the SXS.HTC has beats audio.
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Are you talking about just the Sensation or the Sensation XE/XL? And don't you think these devices are old now? I mean in some time they will become completely out dated.
And for the SXS besides the battery life and the yellow tint problem(which sony replaces for free) are there any other serious issues?

I would pre order the Samsung Galaxy III

I'd get galaxy note , International unlocked version as onsale on ebay for 459 USD over aweek ago. I would wait and catch the SALES.

exzibit7 said:
Are you talking about just the Sensation or the Sensation XE/XL? And don't you think these devices are old now? I mean in some time they will become completely out dated.
And for the SXS besides the battery life and the yellow tint problem(which sony replaces for free) are there any other serious issues?
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I was talking about the XE. It is a well clocked dual core phone,and was built as a flagship device. The XL has only cosmetic updates but if they matter to you, you can consider it.
These phones they'd like to make you think they're outdated, but they're not. HTC gave the XE ics,and $150 earbuds. I'm not an audiophile so I don't care if there's better buds in that price range coz again, they came free. Big discount. It has Sense 3.6 which is Stable(4.0 was something new and has issues) so only the one update when you open the box and your phone will be perfectly userble. Sony take forever to update,and sometimes not at all.(PLAY anyone?) And their phones don't stay flagship too long(arc-arc s-xperia s gap) and the original arc was abandoned to 2011 waiting list. Sense > Timescape.
I like using my phone abit before resorting to xda.So if I we're to suggest phones
1. Galaxy S2
2.HTC sensation XE
3.Galaxy Note
4.Sony Xperia S
5.Droid RAZR MAXX.

Sensation or One S with S3 chip

Hey, I just wanted your guys opinion on which phone I should get, the Sensation or the One S with the S3 chip
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one s with S3 chip is BS ..don't even go for it
S4 is awesome ..unless you get S4 not worthy to change (just for display ? meh)

Between the two, the Sensation. The One S with the S3 is probably going to get ignored when it comes to support from HTC and from us nice developers.
If you can get your hands on a One S with S4, then get that.

GazaIan said:
Between the two, the Sensation. The One S with the S3 is probably going to get ignored when it comes to support from HTC and from us nice developers.
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True this, no source code yet. Bit some development is yapping for it, recovery I think
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Sensation.
I have an S4 One S here and it's fantastic to be honest, but an S3 version... meh.

I have the one s with s4 and like it a lot, but if it was to have the s3 pretty sure I would prefer a sensation even though I've never had one. Why give up expandable storage and removeable battery for a phone with the same processor? Only real upgrade would be a phone so thin its hard to hold? Lol. Reason I'm browsing the sensation forum is the possible thought of selling the one s or trading for a sensation. I didn't realize how fast I would use up the 10gb of available space.
Long term the one s needs s off so we can change the internal memory partitions. I don't need 2gb for apps or 4 for the os. I keep all my music on the phone though.
That's my thoughts anyways. I had an extended warranty upgrade from an old HTC desire and was always happy with it, but 4.3" screen is about perfect I think.
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One comment I have is the Sensation's screen is better. OK it's not AMOLED, but it's sharper due to being RGB and not PenTile, and that's more important to me.

Should I get a Sensation?

I water damaged my old phone and I am looking to replace it with something better. My old phone is the Samsung Galaxy Gio and the new phone I'm looking to get is the best HTC phone I can find. I was told by a friend that the sensation is good and I'd like some more opinions.
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turner2914 said:
I water damaged my old phone and I am looking to replace it with something better. My old phone is the Samsung Galaxy Gio and the new phone I'm looking to get is the best HTC phone I can find. I was told by a friend that the sensation is good and I'd like some more opinions.
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Best HTC phone you can find is the htc one x, it depends on your budget. The sensation is most likely not going to get any more official support but here on xda that doesn't matter. Other than that if you want a good phone for a good price then yeah the sensation isn't that bad. If I were you I would get the galaxy nexus.

Well in that case, I narrowed it down to the HTC one x, the galaxy nexus or the galaxy s2 (I would get the s3 but its out of my price range)
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i respectfully disagree..
if we compare what we can do with them;
galaxy nexus is the best when it comes to the updates. and it is also the referance device so you don't have to worry if any ap will work on it or not.
but today i went to an electronic market shop and checked every top android phone and decided that i did not want to go for a amoled screen.. even though they give best colors even the newest galaxy s3 phones had screen burns and the phones were only there 1 month max.. normally i change phones in 3-4 months but this time i made a promise and i have to keep my new phone at least 1-1.5 year so amoled screen gives me the best blacks but every day i have to watch its leds degrade.. on the other hand sensations mid-quality black-good brightness screen will remain the same even after a few good years..
on the memory side, nexus gives us USB OTG, no way to do this with htc because they changed the frameworks but there is a memory card slot which is more useful until 64 Gb.. if you are willing to carry a external hdd and a cable with you and willing to sacrifise some battery juice then the nexus is good for you..
on the ram side; since the sense UI can remove itself from the background when it is not necessary and the screen is not 720p 768Mb is quite enough and not falling so short compared to nexus' 1 gb ram. (not so sure about this but months i used sensation XE and never got out of ram or had any problems)
there is a FM radio on sensation
sound quality is better on sensation (XE)
camera sensor is better on sensation (but need some software touch to unlock its full potential)
and the GPU is also better and more suitable for OCing if you are into OCing.. adreno GPUs are good at giving effects and fall behind the mali-400 when it comes to filling textures.. but at this resulotion, it is more than enough to play any game.. and you can gain %25+ with OC, this is about %10-15 on the nexus.. i was having 52-53 FPS on nena mark2 while the one x had 55..
and you can also buy a white or beats audio housing and change the way it looks whenever you want..
so, according to my fully subjective comparison is more fun to buy sensation (XE) than nexus..

Would the one x be better than the sensation?
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turner2914 said:
Would the one x be better than the sensation?
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Don't let anyone tell you otherwise: yes. What carrier are you on? Because an even better one x is coming out for T-Mobile soon that you might want to wait for if you decide on a great HTC phone
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Well I live in Canada and I am with Bell so I'm not sure if the one x is even compatible.
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Why should i decide to stay with one s?

Hello everyone, I would like to ask you a couple of questions. HTC ONE S is a beautiful phone,fast, the best to the touch and with a processor speed but ... But in the period where they are baked increasingly cheap quad core and even dual core as the new pro s4 are faster. In addition there is the problem that is not particularly supported by Community, stay with One S?
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If you want a dull vanilla android then yes ! But I would stay with one s or maybe shift to one x , one x+ or Samsung galaxy s3 ,try using a aokp/aosp Rom that's how a nexus device is,, very plain !! , if you got money to spent go buy some other quad cores like one x and sgs3 , people go with HTC and Samsung coz of their innovative ui ( sense for HTC and touchwiz for Samsung) . Android has only be rocking because of Samsung HTC and Sony , nexus devices are cheaper but not that enjoyable ,
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aditya. said:
If you want a dull vanilla android then yes ! But I would stay with one s or maybe shift to one x , one x+ or Samsung galaxy s3 ,try using a aokp/aosp Rom that's how a nexus device is,, very plain !! , if you got money to spent go buy some other quad cores like one x and sgs3 , people go with HTC and Samsung coz of their innovative ui ( sense for HTC and touchwiz for Samsung) . Android has only be rocking because of Samsung HTC and Sony , nexus devices are cheaper but not that enjoyable ,
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I would say opposite of what this guy says. Samsung and HTC throw crappy interfaces over stock android making it slower and only causing you to not get the updated operating system timely on your phone. Vanilla android is best and I'm planning to buy nexus 4 as soon as it's out. One decent reason to stick with one s is that you don't have money to throw around buying the latest and greatest phone.
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Tyler DeLarge said:
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Is the phone unable to do something that you need it to do? Are a few more megaflipflops of processing power really going to make your life better?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes then buy another phone.

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As @Troute said: Is the phone unable to do something that you need it to do?

I find support pretty decent depending on what you're looking for. There's a good variety of different ROMs available to suit your tastes. Even though there's faster phones available now, it really depends on what you need to make your phone work for you. If you don't notice any issues with lag, performance is good, and battery life is good then I think things should be ok?

Tyler DeLarge said:
Hello everyone, I would like to ask you a couple of questions. HTC ONE S is a beautiful phone,fast, the best to the touch and with a processor speed but ... But in the period where they are baked increasingly cheap quad core and even dual core as the new pro s4 are faster. In addition there is the problem that is not particularly supported by Community, stay with One S?
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I spent $285 on this phone I think I got a solid deal. Definitely don't get an iphone anywhere near retail value. If I had to get a phone right now I would buy the Nexus 4.

Well as it stands right now the nexus 4 is gonna be strictly worst than our phone cuz LG made it. Anyone one else confused on that?
I say go for a onex+ or a s3. imma skip out on this round of smartphones though cuz our one s is one of the top phones out. Everytime i pull it out ppl are like OMG what phone is that. pretty much once the wow factor is gone its time for an upgrade lol

I mainly need a really powerful camera to replace compact digital camera for daily use, I don't want to take two devices go out. So, I will stay with One S and not to go with N4 like everyone else here.
I will probably buy a new phone later when HTC or Sony introduces their new camera sensor. HTC is going to roll out 5" 1080 J Butterfly with 8M cam in Dec on Japan, wanna see if the sensor get improved and I might get one.

blackhartct said:
Well as it stands right now the nexus 4 is gonna be strictly worst than our phone cuz LG made it. Anyone one else confused on that?
I say go for a onex+ or a s3. imma skip out on this round of smartphones though cuz our one s is one of the top phones out. Everytime i pull it out ppl are like OMG what phone is that. pretty much once the wow factor is gone its time for an upgrade lol
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LG is guilty of terrible software, but with the Nexus 4 that's not an issue. The hardware of the Nexus 4 is patchwork. On one hand you have the quad core S4 pro, on the other you're stuck with only 12gb of accessible space. On one hand you have an amazing screen, on the other the battery life sucks and can't be upgraded. You have to decide what you can tolerate to decide if a Nexus is for you. I love AOSP, but HATE limited storage. I love the resolution, but HATE the battery life. So I won't be getting a Nexus 4.
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I may get the nexus 4 it will have a lot of devs working on it and I could just flash a sense rom onto the phone because I like sense. And I really want nfc
It's only 280 pound for 16gb and it beats the GS3 in specs
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I don't like the thing that they're delaying new updates too much and plus it's not that well made except the ceramic body ofc