***The Official HTC Sensation thread***
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Soldato
Why do companies do this exclusive rubbish
I really want this phone but I'm not going anywhere near Vodafone. Any idea when it'll be available on Orange or o2 ?
GSM Arena said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_london_2011-review-586.php
Soldato
Welcome back to the dark side, hope you enjoy your stay.Is it stupid that I kind of want to buy one of these, even though I think the Galaxy S II is better?
I could use both, for err... some stuff!
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One of the main things that always pulls me towards the HTC devices is I prefer the UI to the samsung's.
Definitely not a reason to buy HTC, stock Android can be modded into a Sense-like experience anyway. HTC hardware is the reason I am never pulled towards HTC.
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I know you can mod them to what ever you want, I used to do it all the time but now I just want it to be what I want out the box, whats wrong with HTC hardware?
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Doesn't the Sensation have a higher resolution screen?
I'd take this over extra ram that would be un-noticable. What else does the Galaxy II have?
I'd take this over extra ram that would be un-noticable. What else does the Galaxy II have?
For me, unexciting and overly functional styling (despite generally solid build quality) and crap cameras compared to other big brands.
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Camera's do tend to let HTC down, I was hoping they would have got their act together by now.
Man of Honour
Thinner, lighter, AMOLED screen, higher quality screen, Corning Gorilla Glass, no backlight bleed (obviously), better phone design, non locked bootloader, source code freely available so now the possibilities are endless, etc!
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You like the samsung then?
Phone design is a personal thing!
Things like bootloader etc aren't really an issue with HTC devices either though are they? If you know were to look!
Can't comment on screen bleed as its not out yet!
Sensation also has Gorilla Glass & Higher Res Screen!
No AMOLED but unless things have improved they are useless in bright light!
Really down to personal preference!
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Man of Honour
I was hoping HTC would have kept up the pace a little, yeah the 1080p in the camera looks great, comparable to the SGSII but with zooming!! but if it isn't AMOLED it isn't in my hands
AMOLED = Spoiling you majorly
I imagine it will be very difficult to get custom ROMs on it too due to HTC's locking down methods of late so I wouldn't expect them to out the source code any time soon (if it all)....who knows.
AMOLED = Spoiling you majorly
I imagine it will be very difficult to get custom ROMs on it too due to HTC's locking down methods of late so I wouldn't expect them to out the source code any time soon (if it all)....who knows.
HTC have now begun to hardlock the bootloaders... so no, not entirely down to personal preference sadly.
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Man of Honour
Hopefully yeah but currently there's no confirmation! Paul @ Modaco said the bootloader security remains unchanged from current strategies so so far no good CM Team haven't even been able to do anything yet and as mentioned on XDA, if they can't then who can!?!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033635&page=3
The only reason that some recent HTC phones were unlocked was because HTC accidentally released some as S-OFF or some employee handsets got out it seems...
Samsung have confirmed unlocked bootloaders for all future phones by comparison.
I think HTC had their good run, and a good run it certainly was!
CM Team haven't even been able to do anything yet and as mentioned on XDA, if they can't then who can!?!http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033635&page=3
The only reason that some recent HTC phones were unlocked was because HTC accidentally released some as S-OFF or some employee handsets got out it seems...
Samsung have confirmed unlocked bootloaders for all future phones by comparison.
I think HTC had their good run, and a good run it certainly was!
It took another well-known hard-locked bootloader phone months to get unlocked.... I would now not, ever, buy a phone that came with a locked bootloader.
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Do you think that Sense 3.0 will get converted for the SGS2? I actually like the look of the Samsung but just thing the UI is a bit pants. Screen Resolution also making me think twice, coming from an iPhone 4!
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Does that just mean that custom ROM's are out of the question then? Or is there other drawbacks?