HTC Sensation XE review
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HTC rarely impresses with its smartphone cameras, which is more than a bit of a pity, so it comes as no surprise to find that the HTC Sensation XE grabs decent stills in perfect lighting, and then promptly drowns in noise at the first sign of dimming. The eight megapixel shots aren’t bad, don’t get us wrong, but they’re nothing to worry the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S as Android camera phone numero uno.
On the video front, 1080p video is crisp, though perhaps a little washy compared to the sumptuous footage shot by the Galaxy S 2. In a nice touch, you can trim your footage before uploading to YouTube and the like, though it’s still not comparable to the powerful iMovie app for iPhone .
HTC as usual doesn’t rock the boat with format support: MP3 songs, MP4 videos, that’s about it. But the HTC Sensation XE is a little different to most Android phones, because of Beats.
In the box, you get a pair of custom iBeats head phones with an added in-line remote (rare for Android, and extremely useful for skipping through tracks, even if volume controls are still absent). They look the part and simply refuse to tangle. Whether you’ll like the sound quality though is up to you: Beats have a habit of boosting the bass just to make your tracks sound impressive, rather than authentic, which works for some musical genres more than others, and that certainly seems to be the case here. But! They look amazing.
Source: FoneHome.co.uk