HTC Sensation user reviews

Potties123 6 January 2012

Comment: Battery life could be better but we've all heard that one before.

Roman Heiman 25 December 2011

Comment: very good phone

Howard10000 3 December 2011

Good: HTC Sense User Interface. Speed. Best web browser in the business.

Bad: The Screen is appalling

Comment: I bought my Sensation to replace my beloved Desire.
This is potentially a great phone but is marred by the appalling screen.
It's an LCD type produced on the cheap.
Colours are muted contrast is limited and viewing angles both vertical and horizontal are quite simply dreadful. Putting it next to a Samsung Galaxy S2 made me feel sick.
Worse, putting it next to my 18-month-old Desire was an even more depressing experience as the Desires AMOLED screeen is in a different, incredibly higher league.
Why oh why would a manufacturer put such a cheap display on its flagship product?
I get very annoyed with sites like CNET which do not point out the incredible limitations of such a crappy screen and leave customers to waste their money on chronically flawed products.
Mines now on EBay - don't buy it.

sansh211 30 November 2011

Good: Good Styling, Large Screen

Bad: Fragile ! Camera just average..

Comment: I became a HTC fan when I bought the orginal Desire - which was a great phone 2 years ago - so I upgraded to the HTC Sensation, which was similarly priced to the Galaxy S2 - I chose the Sensation for its slightly classier look compared to the Galaxy - like its touch of chrome on the speaker cover and colume buttons. Performance was as expected - frankly speaking all the top Android phones are now more or less equal in performance give or take some..

So I was happy with the phone except that one fine day, just 3 months into owning it, the volume control button just dropped out - the phone didnt fall [ i'm very careful with it] and its always in a procetive leather case - I do however use the volume button at least 5 - 6 times a day - some people would use it alot more infact. I was actually holding the phone about to make a call when the buttong just fell straight out of its housing - the button itself is made of plastic thats so delicate, it's less than 1 mm thick at its thickest - so when I tried to slot it [ carefully] back into its place, the button broke as well.

I now have an expensive phone without any volume control - several phone shops do not have a replacement button - have ordered - have to wait a couple of weeks.

The Desire was a hardy phone - this one is just badly built - poor workmanship HTC : (

Secondly, the camera is just OK in performance. There's times I've noticed the lens just doesnt auto focus quickly enough especially when you photograph sometime at close range.

But I can live with this - but a phone falling apart right in my hands ..

I am a not a HTC fan any longer !

El Nopenyo David Dabla 23 November 2011

Good: Big screen, customization, speed

Bad: Battery life

Comment: I couldn't be happier with any other phone!

Squarby 3 October 2011

Comment: fghsdfzgf

Sudharshana Pradeep 22 September 2011

Good: Customization ,Linked Contacts, looks awesome

Bad: Battery Life, a bit bulky to hold

Comment: ~

John R 20 September 2011

Good: Flexibility

Bad: 6 hours battery life.

Comment: This phone is fantastic in every way except one, the battery life. Over the years I've been a very big user of smart phones and this is definitely one of the best I've ever had. But like a desktop computer you need a power socket. With moderate use ( 5 - 10 minutes every few hours ) my battery charges and discharges at a very similar rate. T-Mobile have advised me that this is perfectly normal for a smart phone. I've placed it in for repair anyway. A phone should last 24 hours without needing to be recharged, in case you're wondering this is with options like, Wi-Fi, Blue tooth, and gps turned off speaking of GPS it's so accurate it's down to inches not feet, but trying to use it for satnav in a car only works with the screen brightness turned all the way down. Unfortunately the drain on the battery is so much while using the gps that even while on charge the battery level drops. I am really hoping that this is just an issue with the power management on this individual phone if not the phone is the best I've ever seen but impractical to use as a Mobile phone/ PDA tool.

Henry Howard 14 September 2011

Good: AMAZING PHONE

Bad: BATTERY

Comment: I have always been set on nokias but when i went for the e7 i was told the hts was much faster, and it is id rate it better than the iphone, apps are sick easy to use and the pics and vids, well u couldn't ask for better,
but my god the battery is s**t , i thought i was unlucky and had a dodgy one but after seeing these reviews its clear im not alone!!

Jess Ware 11 September 2011

Comment: Love love love