Review: HTC Sensation XE

Perfect as the first dual-core superphone, Sensation, Sensation brings HTC XE. At thissuperphone HTC increases up to 25% clockspeed of the processor that automaticallymakes Sensation superphone XE as one of the best current processor. Not only that,Superphone this is the first product of a collaboration with HTC Beats Audio, a premiumbrand audio device that was developed by musicians as well as renowned hip hopproducer Dr. Dre.

design

Dimensions: 12.61 x 6:54 x 1:13 cm, 151 grams; full touchscreen; metal materials,plastic and glass gorilla; 3.5 mm audio port, the power / lock, microUSB port, volumerocker (around phones from the top). 4 capacitive buttons below the screen (home,menu, back and search)

HTC has always displays an elegant design on each device besutannya. Sensation XEhas the exact same formation with the HTC Sensation, but it proved just a little extraaccents can add charm to the design of a mobile phone. Sensation on the XE, HTCadded red accents on earpieces, capacitive button, the lens periphery, and audio beatslogo on the phone so it adds a backdoor premium on this phone

Backdoor phones connect to the side and some of the front side, so that when the battery cover is removed the phone will only leave the gorilla glass-covered display.HTC Sensation XE also put antenna on the back cover so that the phone will lose signaland wifi phone as removable back cover ..Display

S-LCD touch screen capacitive, 16 million color QHD (540 x 960 pixels), 4.3 inches (~256ppi pixel density), multi touch, Gorilla glass

In this sector Sensation XE looks no different from its predecessor Sensation. Gorillaglass lining the concave display designed to protect this part of the direct contact withanother object in a state when the phone is placed face down. This also adds to the beauty of the facade of Sensation XE.

Just like its competitors in the class superphone, XE Sensation screen dominates the front of the vast stretches of the phone, promising satisfaction when used playing videocollection stored in the phone or surfing. Responsiveness of S-LCD screen of this phone is guaranteed to meet the needs of users for fast typing or browsing menuinstantly.

The quality of the display brightness level, including both and found no problems when I had to be used under exposure to sunlight, so even with the contrast and colorsaturation.

Operating System and UI

Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), HTC Sense UI 3.0

In the new version of HTC Sense UI is pinned on the Sensation XE, is pretty much a givenupdate HTC. Starting from the lockscreen, HTC Sense v3.0 UI has an active lockscreenwhere you can choose what features you want displayed on the lockscreen animatifcomplete with effects. Not only that, at the bottom of the screen is also provided 4 pieces of the shortcut icon that you can unlock as well as to certain features quickly.

Displacement on the homescreen panel was made more attractive with effects similaranimatif carousel.Pada notification tray, HTC Sense UI presents two tabs namelynotification and quick setting. On the tab displays the notification in addition to notificationof this section also shows recent apps. Being quick setting provides a setting for enable or disable important functions such as WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and other more easily andquickly.

hardware

Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8260Snapdragon chipset, RAM: 768MB, Internal Storage: 1GB, battery 1730mAh

Sensation XE given extra clockspeed 300MHz or 25% of seniors HTC Sensation. It is certainly XE mejadikan Sensation as dual-core Android superphone with the fastestprocessor on the market today homeland. Will be more perfect if HTC pinning 1GB of RAM as the Galaxy S II superphone competitors, or even more.

Beats Audio Technology

Beats Audio sound processing, headset iBeats by Dr.Dre

The sector became the most important points of Sensation XE besides of course the processor clockspeed increase. When used to play audio, Sensation XE will runprossesing sound developed by Beats Audio. This technology works in such a way thatenhances the sound quality through the headset iBeats issued are included in the salespackage.

Without this technology is also an audio output device Beats Audio is known to have highquality in terms of sound reproduction. Users will feel every detail of the sound trackplayed on. Beats Audio features presented in the form of an icon that appears at the top of the screen, and users can disable them through the notification tray.

camera Photo

8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection, instant capture.

Do not rely solely on the resolution, the camera feature on the Sensation XE also featuresa variety of supporting features. Users for example, can apply one of 13 effect providedand will be displayed directly on the viewfinder before the image perpetuated.

Although classified as feature-rich camera in the sector and are able to produce imageswith resolution up to a big, shots Sensation XE can not say special. The phone stillkesulitas find a focal point when used for photographing objects at close range (closeup), except that the images show a slightly reddish color (reddish) than the original state of the object.

Video Recorder

Maximum resolution of Full HD (1920x1080), zoom, effect, video light

Such as Sensation, Sensation XE is also capable of recording video in full HDresolution. In a state of minimal lighting, video cameras running Sensation XE featuresnoise reduction even though it has not really reduce the noise in the video. But when needed, dual LED ready to provide additional light to illuminate objects located not toofar from the lens.