[INFO] My HTC Sensation pics (post yours too!)

[kfgtboypsp]

No problems with sound either. Very clear, couldn't hear any background hiss or distortion.

But, is it loud?

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[kooljainatul]

dear sjgore,
can u upload some hd 1080p video if u can,
also is Sense UI smooth?

 

[umd]

Isn't it that smooth like on this video?

Thanks for all your feedback.

 

[sjgore]

But, is it loud?

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Yes, absolutely fine. About the level you would expect.

dear sjgore,
can u upload some video if u can,
also is Sense UI smooth?

I will try and upload something later today.

Sense 3.0 is smooth-ish, can be a little bit laggy and jerky in places. I'm actually using ADWLauncherEX instead of Sense 3.0, and it's super-smooth. Still got the cool lockscreen "ring" though. An added bonus is a transparent app drawer (can't believe this isn't part of Sense 3.0) and the ability to hide icons that I will never use.

 

[idesmond]

Dear sjgore,

How is the quality of the speakerphone? Is it too soft? Too loud to the point of sound being distorted?

many thanks in advance!

 

[kooljainatul]

thanks buddy

 

[kdahri]

Is there any cracking sound from the phone?

What is your evaluation of the build quality (Soft, Solid, Very Solid)?

 

[ronj1986]

How much memory does your phone have?

 

[Ernie89]

I thought 1,09GB available for the user to place apps and things like that. And 768 MB RAM.

 

[daSn00p]

could u say in which way it´s branded?

only some apps and settings? or also some kind of startup things,....

so is it possible do completly debrand it? and is the firmware version a special vodafone one? or will it be possible to get the future updates like the unbranded version?

thx!!!

 

[cwee477]

I'm jealous. I have to wait till june 8th for tmobile drop
I'm stuck using a cliq because I sold my vibrant

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[Ernie89]

could u say in which way it´s branded?

only some apps and settings? or also some kind of startup things,....

so is it possible do completly debrand it? and is the firmware version a special vodafone one? or will it be possible to get the future updates like the unbranded version?

thx!!!

According to Sjorge, who has the phone in his possession now, it shows a Vodafone animation/logo when the phone is turned off AND it has three applications from Vodafone installed on the phone (namely Vodafone 360 programs). From what I've heard it can't be deleted the normal way.

 

[brandi]

See the other thread I linked to above, they're all in there: Quadrant, Linpack, and SmartBench 2011.

Why don't you make a video of that for all of us waiting =)

 

[sjgore]

I thought 1,09GB available for the user to place apps and things

Yes, that's correct. With all my apps installed, I've still got 0.89Gb free!

 

[daSn00p]

@sjgore:
can u determine if ur firmware is a "special" vodafone fw.

i know there are the apps which cant be removed and the turnoff pic.

but is the version nr of the fw a "special" one so u cant install the coming updates for unbranded phones?

 

[Ernie89]

@Sjgore,

Everybody is talking about benchmarks, but to me that isn't that important. What matters to me is that the phone works without flaws and it runs smoothly trough the menu, homepages, apps etc. Now you've used it for almost 24h, what do you think about the smoothness of the Sensation? Does Sense 3.0 give lags or judders because it uses quite some 3D sometimes or does it all work fine now?

 

[brandi]

@Sjgore,

Everybody is talking about benchmarks, but to me that isn't that important. What matters to me is that the phone works without flaws and it runs smoothly trough the menu, homepages, apps etc. Now you've used it for almost 24h, what do you think about the smoothness of the Sensation? Does Sense 3.0 give lags or judders because it uses quite some 3D sometimes or does it all work fine now?

My HD2 also works... I want benchmarks =)

No you are right, but I don't see why noone can post a "State of the Art" Video somewhere... I can only find those stupid "Prerelease Devices"

 

[sjgore]

@sjgore:
but is the version nr of the fw a "special" one so u cant install the coming updates for unbranded phones?

It's a Vodafone firmware version (1.27.161.1) so no unbranded updates, I wouldn't have thought.

 

[Ernie89]

Watch the HTC Sensation unboxing & first-impressions [Video]

 

[sjgore]

@Sjgore,

Everybody is talking about benchmarks, but to me that isn't that important. What matters to me is that the phone works without flaws and it runs smoothly trough the menu, homepages, apps etc. Now you've used it for almost 24h, what do you think about the smoothness of the Sensation? Does Sense 3.0 give lags or judders because it uses quite some 3D sometimes or does it all work fine now?

To quote myself from a previous post:

Sense 3.0 is smooth-ish, can be a little bit laggy and jerky in places. I'm actually using ADWLauncherEX instead of Sense 3.0, and it's super-smooth. Still got the cool lockscreen "ring" though. An added bonus is a transparent app drawer (can't believe this isn't part of Sense 3.0) and the ability to hide icons that I will never use.

After over 24 hours of very high usage with the phone, it is certainly extremely stable. It hasn't crashed or frozen at all.

I keep going back to Sense 3.0 briefly, thinking that I might have been too hasty dumping it for ADWLauncherEX, but I always end up back with ADWLauncherEX because it's faster, smoother, and I'm a sucker for transparent app drawers and hidden icons (I've hidden all the vodafone stuff and most of the HTC "bloat" like Dice, HTC Hub, HTC Likes, HTC Locations, Mail, Mirror, News, News/Weather, Reader, Quick Lookup, etc etc).