HTC Sensation#HTC Sensation XE
{{Short description|Smartphone model}}
{{Infobox mobile phone
| name = HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XE
| codename = Pyramid
| logo =
| logosize =
| image = TwoHTCSensationsGrass.JPG
| imagesize = 225px
| alt =
| caption = HTC Sensation
| brand = HTC
| manufacturer = HTC Corporation
| series =
| carrier = Vodafone UK, O2, T-Mobile USA, Bell Mobility, Cincinnati Bell, Telstra, Vodafone AU, Crazy John's
| networks = GSM/GPRS/EDGE
850 900 1800 1900 MHz
UMTS/HSPA
850 1900 2100 or 900 1700 2100 MHz
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps
HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
| released = {{Start date and age|2011|05|19}} (Vodafone)
| price = US$199.99 with 2-yr contract (US$549.99 unsubsidized)
| available =
| discontinued =
| predecessor = HTC Desire HD
| successor = HTC One X (by range)
HTC One S (by size)
| related = HTC Amaze 4G, HTC Rezound
HTC Raider 4G
| type = Smartphone
| form = Slate
| size = {{convert|126.1|mm|in|abbr=on}} H
{{convert|65.4|mm|in|abbr=on}} W
{{convert|11.3|mm|in|abbr=on}} D
| weight = {{convert|148|g|oz|abbr=on}}
| os = Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.0
Upgradable to 4.0.3 with HTC Sense 3.6
7.1.2 with custom ROM
| soc = Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
| cpu = Sensation 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Scorpion
Sensation XE 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Scorpion
| memory = 768 MB RAM
| storage = 4 GB (1 GB user accessible)
| memory_card = 8 GB microSD 2.0, (up to 64 GB SDXC)
| battery = Sensation 1520 mAh internal rechargeable li-ion, removable
Sensation XE 1730 mAh
| input = A-GPS, ambient light sensor, digital compass, G-sensor, gyroscope, multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, proximity sensor
| display = {{convert|4.3|in|mm|abbr=on}} capacitive S-LCD Gorilla glass touch screen with qHD (540×960) resolution at 256.15 PPI
| rear_camera = 8-megapixel (3264×2448) with autofocus and dual LED flash, 1080p HD (only 720p HD on XL) video recording @ 30 frame/s with tap-to-focus and digital zoom (sensor: 1/3.2" Samsung S5K3H1GX){{cite web |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/4471/htc-sensation-4g-review-a-sensational-smartphone/9/ |title=HTC Sensation 4G Review - A Sensational Smartphone |last=Klug |first=Brian |date=2011-07-01 |work=anandtech.com |access-date=2013-01-01 |archive-date=2013-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217030403/http://www.anandtech.com/show/4471/htc-sensation-4g-review-a-sensational-smartphone/9/ |url-status=live }}
| front_camera = VGA fixed-focus color camera (0.3-megapixel)
| media_formats = Audio AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA
Video 1920×1080 (1080p HD) @ 30 frame/s - 3GP, .3G2, MP4, WMV, AVI, XVID
| ringtone = All compatible audio formats
Vibration, notification light
| connectivity = 3.5 mm TRRS jack, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, FM stereo receiver (87.5-108 MHz) with RDS, Micro USB 2.0 (5-pin) port with Mobile High-definition Link (MHL) for USB or HDMI connection, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
| other = USB and Wi-Fi tethering, HTC Sense v3.0 user interface (v3.5 on the XL edition)
| sar =
| hac =
| references = {{Sfn|HTC Corporation|2011}}{{Sfn|GSMArena.com|2011}}{{Sfn|phoneArena.com|2011}}{{Sfn|Wollman|2011}}
}}
The HTC Sensation is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC Corporation that runs the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software stock.{{Sfn|HTC Corporation|2011}} Officially announced by HTC on April 12, 2011, the HTC Sensation was launched by Vodafone in key European markets including the United Kingdom on May 19, 2011{{cite web |url=http://phandroid.com/2011/05/04/htc-sensation-vodafone-pre-order-gives-may-19-uk-ship-date/ |title=HTC Sensation Vodafone Pre-Order Gives May 19 UK Ship Date |last=Krause |first=Kevin |date=May 4, 2011 |work=Phandroid |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174506/http://phandroid.com/2011/05/04/htc-sensation-vodafone-pre-order-gives-may-19-uk-ship-date/ |url-status=live }} and by T-Mobile in the United States on June 12, 2011 (marketed as the HTC Sensation 4G).{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmag.com/htc-sensation-4g-price-release-date/18773/ |title=T-Mobile announces a price and release date for the HTC Sensation 4G |last=Hanlon |first=Tim |date=June 1, 2011 |work=gizmag.com |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114085305/http://www.gizmag.com/htc-sensation-4g-price-release-date/18773/ |url-status=live }} It was HTC's fifth flagship Android phone{{cite web|last=Nield|first=David|title=Path of the One|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/path-of-the-one-the-headline-hits-and-flagship-flops-from-htc-1236414#articleContent|publisher=TechRadar|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328083957/http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/path-of-the-one-the-headline-hits-and-flagship-flops-from-htc-1236414#articleContent|url-status=live}} and the first HTC phone to support the HTC Sense 3.0 user interface. At the time of its release, the Sensation XE was the world's fastest Android phone.{{cite web |url=http://thetechnoclub.com/google-ocean/worlds-fastest-android-phone-htc-sensation-xe-4g-review/ |title=World's fastest Android Phone | HTC Sensation XE 4g review | TTC | Tech-check | SEO | Reviews| Gadgets| Technology |publisher=Thetechnoclub.com |date=2011-11-16 |access-date=2013-07-10 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703001100/http://thetechnoclub.com/google-ocean/worlds-fastest-android-phone-htc-sensation-xe-4g-review/ |archive-date=July 3, 2013 }}
Software
The device shipped with Android 2.3.3 and includes HTC Sense 3.0 UI.{{cite web |url=http://www.itnews.com.au/Review/267316,review-htc-sensation-dual-core-smartphone.aspx |title=Review: HTC Sensation dual-core smartphone |first=Nic |last=Healey |date=August 19, 2011 |work=ITnews |publisher=Haymarket Media |access-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920025328/http://www.itnews.com.au/Review/267316,review-htc-sensation-dual-core-smartphone.aspx |url-status=live }}
HTC launched the Sensation as part of a new generation of devices with signed bootloaders. As a consequence, the phones were originally not rootable, denying users administrative rights to their phones.{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/HTC-Sensation-Comes-with-Locked-Bootloader-200347.shtml|access-date=May 24, 2011|title=HTC Sensation Comes with Locked Bootload|date=13 May 2011|publisher=softpedia.com|archive-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516103138/http://news.softpedia.com/news/HTC-Sensation-Comes-with-Locked-Bootloader-200347.shtml|url-status=live}} It was announced on July 10, 2011, that HTC Sensation devices would have their bootloaders unlocked due to overwhelming customer feedback after the release.{{cite web |url=http://androidcommunity.com/breaking-htc-to-unlock-all-bootloaders-20110526/ |title=Breaking: HTC to unlock all bootloaders [Update: Only on Future Devices] |last=Gunther |first=Cory |date=26 May 2011 |work=Android Community |publisher=R3 Media Network |access-date=27 May 2011 |archive-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013610/http://androidcommunity.com/breaking-htc-to-unlock-all-bootloaders-20110526/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://thisismynext.com/2011/07/10/htc-promises-unlocked-bootloaders-sensation-evo-3d-september/ |title=HTC lays out timeline for unlocked bootloaders on Sensation, Sensation 4G, and EVO 3D |publisher=thisismynext.com |access-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715192349/http://thisismynext.com/2011/07/10/htc-promises-unlocked-bootloaders-sensation-evo-3d-september/ |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}
On July 29, 2011, a tool named Revolutionary was released by amateur developers AlphaRevX and unrevoked, which enabled S-off, and subsequently, allowed permanent root.{{cite web|url=http://rev.alpharev.nl/|title=Revolutionary|website=Revolutionary|publisher=revolutionary.io|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317043941/http://rev.alpharev.nl/|archive-date=March 17, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2011}}
In August 2011, HTC officially allowed unlocking HTC Sensation bootloaders at the HTCdev.com website.{{cite web |url=http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader |title=Unlock Bootloader |work=HTCdev |publisher=HTC Corp |access-date=January 23, 2012 |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027141227/http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ |url-status=live }}
= Update =
In March 2012, HTC updated their devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).{{cite web|url=http://www.intomobile.com/2012/03/10/htc-sensation-ice-cream-sandwich-update-now-live-parts-europe/|title=HTC Sensation 4.0 Update live|date=10 March 2012 |publisher=Intomobile|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065655/http://www.intomobile.com/2012/03/10/htc-sensation-ice-cream-sandwich-update-now-live-parts-europe/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 10, 2012}} The ICS update re-locked the bootloader, but developers found a procedure that made it possible to obtain S-off.{{Cite web|url=https://unlimited.io/jb_pyramidlocked.htm|title=Unlimited.IO|date=2014-02-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216150553/http://unlimited.io/jb_pyramidlocked.htm|archive-date=February 16, 2014|access-date=2020-04-25}}
HTC decided to fork their Sense user interface, leaving Sensation owners who updated to ICS with the Sense 3.6 interface instead of getting Sense 4.0, which launched on newer phones.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/buyers-guides/htc/114967-htc-sense-3-6-vs-sense-4|title=HTC Sense 3.6 vs Sense 4.0: What's the difference? - Pocket-lin|last=Hall|first=Chris|date=2020-04-25|website=pocket-lint.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425201721/https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/buyers-guides/htc/114967-htc-sense-3-6-vs-sense-4|archive-date=2020-04-25|access-date=2020-04-25}}
The phone can be upgraded with a custom ROM up to Android 7.1.2, but the device is currently considered obsolete and development has ended.{{cite web|title=[ROM][Android 7.1] LineageOS-14.1 by ivanich [3.4Kernel]|url=https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-sensation/development/rom-cyanogenmod14-ivanich-t3478420|work=XDA Forums|date=11 October 2016 |publisher=XDA|access-date=2017-12-14|archive-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715144544/https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-sensation/development/rom-cyanogenmod14-ivanich-t3478420|url-status=live}}
Variants
= HTC Sensation XE =
On September 14, 2011, HTC released the Extended Edition (XE) of the HTC Sensation in Europe under the name HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio.{{cite web |url=http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-sensation-xe/#specs |title=HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio |access-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011135019/http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-sensation-xe/#specs |archive-date=October 11, 2011 }} The Sensation XE had a faster 1.5 GHz dual-core processor (up from 1.2 GHz on the stock Sensation), a larger 1730mAh battery, and shipped with Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) OS with HTC Sense 3.0. The Sensation XE featured a red speaker, buttons, rear camera, and the Beats logo to differentiate it from older Sensations. It included urbeats earphones, a renamed and redesigned iBeats headphone.
= HTC Sensation XL =
{{Main|HTC Sensation XL}}
On October 6, 2011, HTC released the Sensation XL with a larger 4.7-inch screen running HTC Sense 3.5 with Beats Audio.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
=Works cited=
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Sensation_id5188/fullspecs |title=HTC Sensation full specs |date=2011-04-12 |work=phonearena.com |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240525072916/https://www.webcitation.org/5xu6smBjS?url=http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Sensation_id5188/fullspecs |archivedate=2024-05-25 |accessdate=2011-04-12 |quote=Processor: Dual-core Qualcomm MSM 8260 |ref={{SfnRef|phoneArena.com|2011}} }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.htc.com/www/product/sensation/specification.html |title=HTC Sensation - Specification |year=2011 |work=htc.com |publisher=HTC Corporation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523015520/http://www.htc.com/www/product/sensation/specification.html |archivedate=2011-05-23 |accessdate=2011-04-12 |quote=Weight:148 grams (5.22 ounces) with battery |ref={{SfnRef|HTC Corporation|2011}} |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/12/htc-sensation-4g-official-1-2ghz-dual-core-qhd-display-and-th/ |title=HTC Sensation 4G official: 1.2GHz dual-core, qHD display, and Sense 3.0 |first=Dana |last=Wollman |date=2011-04-12 |work=engadget.com |publisher=AOL Inc |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624062537/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/12/htc-sensation-4g-official-1-2ghz-dual-core-qhd-display-and-th |archivedate=2012-06-24 |accessdate=2011-04-13 |quote=Before hitting the states this summer, the Sensation will launch in the UK, Germany, and the rest of HTC's "key" European markets in mid-May, with Vodafone scoring a Europe-wide exclusive for "a couple of weeks." |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.gsmpedia.net/-sensation-4066.html |title=HTC Sensation - Full specifications |year=2011 |work=gsmpedia.net |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602021530/http://www.gsmpedia.net/-sensation-4066.html |archivedate=2011-06-02 |accessdate=2011-05-13 |quote=HTC Sensation - first dual core HTC |ref={{SfnRef|GSMArena.com|2011}} |url-status=dead }}
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External links
{{commons category|HTC Sensation}}
- {{official website|http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-sensation/}}
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