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8.7 out of 10 based on 269 reviews.

HTC Sensation XE: Smartphone with 8MP camera, Touchscreen and 54 x 960 display. See full product description

Ease of use	8.9
Features	9.2
Battery life	6.3
Design	9.2
Value for money	8.6
Overall rating	8.7

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Chris, Banstead Music and entertainment lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Love this phone it does exactlty what you want Great sound and take fantastic pictues.
Bad points:: Non

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	6.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 24 Jul 2012

EILEEN, middle aged woman

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: stylish and looks good.
Bad points:: Not sure on costings yet as only just purchased the phone does need charging a lot though.

Ease of use	8.0
Features	8.0
Battery life	4.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Jun 2012

Beverley, Chopwell Style and looks come first

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Design is solid and strong and a good heavy weight makes you feel like your holding a good phone. very easy to use and just love the amount of things to do with the phone . Battery life quite good and processor very quick even using 3g internet access. Easy set up and love the quality of the pictures from the camera music sound has great bass and it looks good
Bad points:: None found.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 May 2012

Mark, Hampshire UK Phone, internet, navigation user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: This phone was a replacement for my HTC Wildfire S which suffered from poor battery life, a terrible camera, and a slow screen refresh. The Sensation is infinitely better, the camera is just great, the processor is very much faster and I have really quick internet access. The in car navigation is so much easier and safer too with the bigger screen, and overall I'm very pleased with it. I thought it might be too big, but not at all, it's big, but not too big for a pocket.
Bad points:: Unfortunately this phone was not available as an upgrade with my network supplier and as I didn't like the One S (which was) I had to buy it outright. I can't really fault this phone, it's not cheap, but overall I'm very happy with it.

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Jul 2012

colin, wellingborough Business or web user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: i found that the overall phone was good was good b easy to use features screen was easy to use as well .
Bad points:: none comes to mind

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 06 Sep 2012

Alan, Ipswich Business or web user

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Much quicker processor than previous phone (HTC Desire). Screen bigger without much increase in phone size. More portable than latest 4.7" phones.
Bad points:: Battery life is poor, as with most smartphones, but has interchangeable battery (unlike the HTC One).

Ease of use	9.0
Features	9.0
Battery life	3.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Jul 2012

David, Bristol Basic text and chat user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Photos are excellent
Bad points:: battery life

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Oct 2012

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Product Features

Operating system	Android
Software on which the device runs
Type of phone	Smartphone
Smartphones are phones with mobile computing systems and the ability to perform complex processes such as image and video capture and app downloads.
Shape of phone	bar
Mobile phones come in a variety of shapes: the most common is the bar (or ‘candy bar’) a rectangular block shape. Other common forms are the ‘slider’, which elongates when one section is slid out from the other and ‘flip’, where the two sections of the phone are hinged.
3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen or keypad	Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones do not have physical buttons, instead you can dial numbers and type texts using equivalent numeric and QWERTY keypads on the screen. Numeric and QWERTY keypad phones have buttons to allow you to dial number and write texts.
Connections	USB

Connections	WiFi

Connections	Bluetooth

Extra functions	Email

Extra functions	Flash

Extra functions	Camera

Extra functions	Satellite navigation

Band	Quad
Different frequency bands are used in different countries. Most phones can be used across Europe as they are Tri Band. You will need a quad band phone if you plan to travel to the USA.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	54

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	960

Camera resolution (MegaPixels)	8
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Talk time (Hours)	9.17
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Stand-by time (Days)	12.92

Depth in cm	1.13

Height in cm	12.61
The distance from the very top of the product to the very bottom.
Width in cm	6.54

Memory card slot	Yes
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Autofocus	Yes
Weight (g)	151
The weight of the product in grams.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
FM tuner	Yes
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom.
MP3 playback capable	Yes

HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)	Yes
Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Release date	2011-09-15
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: HTC Sensation 3G, HTC Sensation

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