The challenge
For most of the smartphone users, the top priority is an Android based operating system. Today, we have various operating systems available in the market; however the popularity of Android-based Smartphones is ever-increasing. You can consider buying smartphones manufactured by HTC, as when Android and HTC join hands, you are sure to get some exciting options. After a huge research, we provide you with two best smartphones from HTC, which are: HTC Sensation XE and HTC Amaze 4G. In this post we have added the detailed comparison between both of these products. Read on to know which one is better than the other.
Comparison attributes
HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation XE are amazing 3G smartphones introduced by HTC having some similarities and differences. Let us now compare both the smartphones in five major categories:
Size
With 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm dimensions, the amazing HTC Sensation XE is hardly 151 gms in weight, while HTC Amaze 4G has dimensions of 130 x 65.6 x 11.8 mm, and this smartphone weighs around 172.9 g.
Display
HTC Amaze 4G has a 16M colors capacitive touchscreen display. With 4.3 inches screen, it has a screen resolution of 540×960 pixels. The smartphone allows multi-touch input and has an accelerometer sensor, especially for UI auto-rotate. In addition to this, there is a proximity sensor that supports auto turn-off. The smartphone has touch-sensitive controls and the amazing and renowned HTC Sense UI.
While HTC Sensation XE has 16M colors capacitive touchscreen display. With 4.3 inches screen, it has a screen resolution of 540×960 pixels. The smartphone allows multi-touch input and has an accelerometer sensor, especially for UI auto-rotate. In addition to this, there is a proximity sensor that supports auto turn-off. The smartphone has touch-sensitive controls and the HTC Sense UI. You would have noticed that both, HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation XE, have same display specifications, however HTC Sensation XE has an addition of Gyro sensor.
Storage
For HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation XE, memory available is 16 GB and 4 GB respectively; and RAM of 1 GB and 768 MB respectively. You can expand the storage capacity of both smartphones up to 32 GB via microSD card.
Processor
HTC Sensation XE and HTC Amaze 4G operate on Android Operating System version 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). However, HTC Sensation XE 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, while HTC Amaze 4G .5 GHz Scorpion dual-core processor. HTC Sensation XE has Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon, while HTC Amaze has 4G Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 chipset. HTC Sensation XE also sports an Adreno 220 GPU.
Battery
HTC Sensation XE and HTC Amaze 4G have a standard using Li-Ion battery of 1730 mAh, which provides a stand-by of 310 hours on a 2G network and up to 540 hours on a 3G network. Also, it provides the talk time of more than 9 hours on a 2G network and more than 7 hours on a 3G network.
Camera
HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation XE, both have an 8 mega pixel camera with the resolution of 3264×2448 pixels. Various features of the camera are autofocus and the dual LED flash. You can record Video at1080p@30fps using both the cameras. HTC Amaze 4G has a secondary camera of 2 mega pixel, while HTC Sensation XE has a VGA secondary camera. Various camera feature offered by both smartphones are geo-tagging, face detection, touch-focus, smartshot, image stabilization, sweepshot, burstshot, instant capture, clearshot, etc.
HTC Sensation XE smartphone comes with interesting additions such as Beats Audio, TV-out, Beats headset, SNS integration, Google Search, Digital compass Google Maps, G-mail, Google Talk, YouTube, Picasa integration, MP4 player, Organizer, MP3 player, Voice memo, Document viewer, etc. HTC Amaze 4G sports active noise cancellation and dedicated mic, Digital compass, NFC support, TV-out, Voice memo, Google Search, SNS integration, Google Maps, MP3 player, G-mail, Google, Document viewer, You Tube, MP4 player, Picasa integration and an Organizer, etc.
The Verdict Winner
There are no points for guessing that both, HTC Amaze 4G and HTC Sensation XE, have almost same specifications. Thus, selecting either of them as a winner is a little difficult. You can select one of the smartphone based on your personal preferences.
But, after having a detailed comparison of both the smartphones, HTC Amaze 4G would surely be as the winner due to some extra provisioning. It has a better internal memory and has a 2 mega pixel secondary camera that has been very useful for video calling.