If you’re looking for the high-end smartphone with 4G capability, then you may want to check out the HTC Sensation 4G from T-Mobile. This can be the very first Sensation series that comes with the 4G coverage along with a few other notable features and specifications. So now, let’s take a closer look at the below specs overview of this device for your personal consideration.
Design
The overall design of HTC Sensation 4G is rather similar with the original model. The device measures 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm and weighs about 148 grams. The phone uses the uni-body aluminum construction combined with the rounded curves which will allow for the comfortable grip. This is apparently a pocket-friendly handset and it has been built with the top quality materials too. The 4.3 inches screen found in this smartphone has been equipped with the S-LCD capacitive touchscreen technology along with the 16 million of colors and 540 x 960 pixels of screen resolution and 256 ppi of pixel density. With this display specs, this handset may not be good enough to provide the good viewing angles and the decent outdoor visibility under direct sunlight.
General Performance
In terms of hardware specs, this smartphone boasts the dual-core 1.2 Ghz Scorpion processor along with the 768 MB of RAM and 1 GB of built-in storage (expandable with microSD card up to 32 GB). Towards the operating system, the company has unluckily loaded the outdated Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) but on the other hand it’s actually upgradable to the latest Android Jelly Bean (4.1). In relation to the user interface navigation, users are able to take advantage of the intuitive and gorgeous HTC Sense 3.0 UI.
Camera
At the back side of this handset, you will see the main camera of 8 megapixels with dual-LED flash. This camera can capture image with the maximum resolution of 3264x2448 pixels and it has been furnished with auto-focus, geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection and instant capture feature. The camera can also be functioned as the HD camcorder so that users can record the 1080p videos (@30fps) and it has also been equipped with the stereo sound recording feature. At the front side and above the display, there will be the VGA front-facing camera which can be very useful for video calling.
Connectivity
Besides the phone has the 4G coverage, this smartphone also runs on the tri-band HSDPA network (900/1700/2100) with the data speed of up to 14.4 Mbps and also the HSUPA network with the data spedd of up to 5.76 Mbps. The default browser supports for HTML web browsing and also supports for Adobe Flash feature. There will also the complete Google services which include Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and the Picasa integration. For the wireless and local connections, users may utilize the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (Wi-Fi hotspot), DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 (A2DP) and the microUSB 2.0 (MHL).
Battery Life
As being the power supplier, the company has added the standard battery of Li-Ion 1520 mAh to this smartphone which will deliver the stand-by time of up to 400 hours on 2G mode or up to 350 hour on 3G mode. This battery will also provide the talk-time of nearly 6.5 hours on 2G mode or about 8.5 hours on 3G mode.
Price, Pros and Cons
The selling price of HTC Sensation 4G is around $218 (with T-Mobile contract). The benefits of this device are the huge display, pocket-friendly, good build quality, responsive touchscreen display and the 4G coverage. On the downsides, this phone comes with the below average screen resolution and pixel density. Also, the battery may run out fast especially when accessing the 4G network. [IS]
