Overview
We have seen HTC’s endeavor towards designing smartphones that target the right audience through an array of necessary features and leading edge technologies. After embedding devices with an enhanced audio experience, the company recently surfaced with a significant upgrade to their flagship Android smartphone – the HTC Sensation XE. Designed in collaboration with Beats by Dr Dre, the handset now intends to deliver enhanced audio with an outweighing performance level. The new Sensation XE, however, looks like a significant upgrade with minor changes. The phone has been endowed with a new third generation dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and a new color. Although the handset looks a great treat to music admirers, Sensation does manage to pack in some really great features to talk about.
Pricing and availability
The multimedia Sensation XE from HTC is anticipated to be made available through Orange UK in near future. Though the device will be available with certain plans from Orange, the pricing details for the handset are yet to be divulged.
What’s great?
The multimedia, mega-powerful smartphone has been meticulously designed to intrigue users across the globe. With powerful features wrapped in a compact 5.33 ounces body, the stylish device revamps the experience thoroughly through a huge 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen. By playing on the smooth display, users can effortlessly engage in richer movie watching and music listening sessions with virtual surround sound. The exquisite smartphone brings a whole new world of multimedia through Beats Audio, Gallery, Music, FM radio and DLNA for wireless streaming of media.
At the same time, users inclined towards cherishing good times can benefit from its amazing 1080p high definition video recording capability and 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and auto-focus. There’s also a VGA fixed focus camera. Powered by Android with HTC Sense and 1.5GHz dual core processor, the stylish Sensation XE delivers an immersive user experience and blazing fast performance. Users can also take advantage of the phone’s integrated support for Facebook and Twitter for HTC Sense and Friend Stream. The journey of staying knitted with closed ones further gets better with the ability to share pictures and videos on sites like Flickr or YouTube.
Some other highlights include internal GPS antenna, 1730mAh rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, total storage of 4GB, 3.5mm stereo audio jack, and sensors like digital compass, proximity sensor, G-sensor, gyro sensor, and ambient light sensor.
What’s not so great?
Although the smartphone deliberately zooms on delivering great sound, the quality of voice calling may look disappointing to some users out there. Also, since the device has been pranced as a major upgrade, the focus should have been more on the performance.
Things to watch out
The Sensation XE from HTC lays its foundation on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and provides access to Google Mobile Services. Users may look forward to experiencing an amazing shooting and picture quality through an 8 megapixel camera. The highlight of the phone comes as the ‘Beats Audio’ that offers incredibly clear sound for watching favorite flicks and listening to music. The lightweight smartphone also offers a striking 4.3-inch Super LCD capacitive touchscreen with a noteworthy resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. Besides its good looking aluminum uni-body construction, users can definitely anticipate a lot more from HTC’s this upgraded model.
Verdict
The gorgeous HTC Sensation XE smartphone certainly looks a great bet for users who need an inclusive multimedia hub while being on the wheels. Right from a stylish body to an interesting user interface to a high end 8Mp camera to the highly awaited Beats Audio, the Sensation XE comes as a complete package in the form of a smartphone. Users can definitely look forward to having an experience that’s hard to forget. The device will soon be marking its availability with some plans available through Orange UK – so let’s just start counting the days and wait for the final day.
Word around the web
Orange shares:
HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio comes with custom made Beats headset in the box, engineered to deliver extraordinary sound. The specially tuned software and user interface delivers the ultimate mobile audio experience we know you’ll appreciate. Featuring an aluminum uni-body construction and designed with touches of red, the phone feels premium and looks beautiful inside and out.
