htc sensation , samsung galaxy s2 picture quality

[tonnytech]

Hi,

I been looking at reviews videos comments etc over the space of the past month , and im having a hard time deciding what phone to grab. Im coming from htc desire so idealy id like to stay with htc and sense.

Anyhow ive been into a couple of shops over the past few weeks and comparing the features of both phones. One thing that struck my attention as well as my gf who was with me was when i was comparing photos via the gallerys and the pre loaded photos that come with both phones , the sensation compared to the galaxy seems to be slightly blurry and not as crisp with the image thats being displayed.

This really puzzles me as the sensation has a higher screen resolution so i would have thought the sensation should be the winner here. I tryed checking brightness on both devices to ensure they was equel , which they was.

Have i overlooked something here any views / feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I like the galaxy s2 it has a nice screen and is quite snappy however im no fan of touchwiz or the plastic back its just nasty.

I also like the sensation and luv sense + the android developement community so i would like to stick with htc however the more i read about it the more worryed i get ie touchscreen issues deathgrip , dual core not being used properly (im aware this should be sorted with ics).

But yeh back on point is there anything i may have missed on the sensation in regards to the picture quality / detail looking better on galaxy ??

 

[xaccers]

The SGS2 has a better screen (for me it's the only thing it beats the Sensation on), however I can't comment on the quality of the photos it's camera takes.
I was playing around with getting my phone to stream media to my LCD TV last night and the photos taken at maximum size are crystal clear, the quality is awesome, you'd think they were taken with a decent DSLR.

Comparing the two phones to decide which one to go for, as you have already done, you need to really play with both, they are very close in performance so it comes down to personal preference.
I can't get on with android without Sense, and Sense 3 is lovely.
If you do however go for a Sensation and find Sense to be laggy, take it back and demand an exchange.
The more people who refuse to accept, or self resolve by installing a custom ROMs, phones that aren't working as well as they should the sooner the message will get up the supply chain and phones made laggy by iffy carrier ROMs and bloat should start to be a thing of the past.

 

[austendale9]

For me the photo and video quality is much better then my step dads GS2
Much better actually..

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

 

[onno11]

I do not agree samsung s2 has much more detail in picture then sensation.
I own both sensation and s2 !
also video is better of samsung s2.
but hey sensation is certainly not bad!!

there is a camera mod for the sensation so that might be boost the camera performance up in detail , look here !
havent tried it myself yet.
sensation on the other hand feels better in yr hand .. only the glass of the s2 has a better touch ( better feel ) then sensation.

so decide yrself

 

[Nonsensical86]

could it be the SGS 2 screen that makes the picture quality better? Most of the reviews mentioned that SGS 2 has superb imaging quality. which i think is bull ****. htc build is definitely better and is nicer to hold imo. SGS2 is just a replica of iphone 4 with a 4.27 inch screen. Sense > touchwiz. though custom roms will solve a lot of problems but i once own a Samsung phone and after that i told my self. THATS IT!

seriously, its ur choice. go for the one which u prefer.

 

[tonnytech]

thank you for all the replys / feedback so far , i have to say its very much appreciated i gotta be honest i do prefer the look of the galaxy and it`s ui seems to work well , i just cant stand touchwiz

I really would like to get sensation as i prefer the sense overlay that being said im still not sure lolz , ill take a look and a read at the camera mod posted thank you hopefully i can make my mind up soon.

I gota say i will be routing the phone , and one thing thats clear to me is that the android development thread is a lot beter then the samsung one its just a mess with android developement (mostly themed roms) and original android development.

I think i need to play with both phones more as well never have i found it so tougth to decide which phone to upgrade to.

 

[nawoa]

The SGS2's screen uses superior technology, but Samsung's software/driver for it causes the display quality to be, IMO, far inferior to the Sensation.

There are a few different display modes included that you can switch between, but when I tried mine out, I found that none of them resolved the main issue: Samsung is so anxious to show off the black levels that they severely increase the contrast, especially at the low end. This may just be how AMOLED looks, but it should be easily correctable with very basic calibration, something that's easily within Samsung's capability. My Cowon S9 had excellent color reproduction and it used a first-generation AMOLED display, so it's not impossible.

I also noticed some really nasty lag, ie, when scrolling through menus with a black background and gray text. AMOLED is supposed to have NO lag whatsoever, but this clearly isn't the case. Some of the newer Sensations also have this problem to be honest... but it's really surprising to see it on AMOLED of all things. Maybe it's because the black pixels are completely off and require a few milliseconds to power back on? Anyway, whatever it is, it's made a much greater issue due to the excessively high constrast/saturation settings which make anything of a luminance of roughly ~16 or below not just dark but actually completely black.

What really made my decision to stick with the Sensation was the qHD resolution. Unlike the qHD Motorolas, it uses a regular RGB pixel layout, so it's as sharp as a regular screen. It makes browsing the internet a much more enjoyable experience, almost like a laptop. It also seems to have more developer activity, which resolves the #1 problem, that Sense more often than not makes it slow as hell.

I was planning on waiting for the Nexus Prime, but I don't think anything's going to make me regret going with the Sensation any time soon. It's an awesome phone with great hardware. Soon it'll even have great hardware too, since a Cyanogenmod port is in progress.

Edit: I should mention I'm in Canada so my opinions are actually based on experience, not second-hand or from videos/reviews.