When it comes to buying a new smartphone for yourself, you might be in a tough situation of choosing in between almost-similar-specs phone. That’s especially true when it comes to Android platform, the most popular smartphone OS thus far. Recently, HTC and Samsung releases their flagship product; HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S II respectively. Both are the new top of the line Android smartphones released by the no.1 and no.2 smartphone manufacturers of yesteryear. Both sporting new dual-core chip with a chance of putting the 6months old nvidia Tegra 2 to shame. Both equally powerful and both sporting some specifications which missed from one to the other. This puts potentially new buyers in a dilemma in choosing between Sensation and Galaxy S II. If you’re facing the exact situation of what I described here, read on.

HTC Sensation

HTC Sensation

Specifications:

• 4.3inch S-LCD 960×540 resolution
• 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual-core SoC with Adreno 220 GPU
• 1GB phone storage
• 768MB RAM
• 8MP Dual-LED flash
• Front VGA camera
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
• Lithium-ion 1520 mAh battery
• HTC Sense 3.0

First off, lets look at the flagship phone from HTC. HTC Sensation sports a new dual core Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon SoC running at 1.2GHz. This chip is essentially the same architecture from Qualcomm last year’s 1GHz single core Snapdragon soldered in a dual core package. The big enhancement in this chip is the Adreno 220 GPU which is the new graphics from Qualcomm itself (Qualcomm has acquired Adreno). The rest of the specifications are pretty standard even compared to previous generation’s gadget. One notable upgrade is the HTC Sense 3.0 which looks awesomely cool. I have tested my ownself and was blowned away by the creativity of how HTC managed to take Sense to the next level. What’s new in HTC Sense 3.0 is the totally revamped lock screen, the 3D carousel and as well as newly designed widgets. Depending on how you look at it, HTC Sense 3.0 gives most users a better user experience. For most techie guys, HTC Sense 3.0 is mostly useless as they will flash the Sensation to Cyanogenmod or any other mod ROM.

Why is HTC Sensation better than Samsung Galaxy S II?

• Originality. User interface and physical design from Sensation guarantees HTC not getting any design infringement lawsuit from Steve Apple Jesus Jobs. Your friends won’t mistaken your Sensation as an iPhone.
• Sensation feels firmer on your grip. It has slightly bigger body and heavier by an ounce than Galaxy S II.
• Aluminium build makes HTC Sensation tougher and more likely to survive on a drop to the floor than Galaxy S II. Don’t do that on purpose though.
• qHD resolution on Sensation lets you view more stuff in a single page. Text and images will be slightly crispier as well. And since it is a quarter HD resolution, viewing HD video is much pleasurable compared to the 800×480 resolution on Galaxy S II.
• HTC Sense 3.0. This is a matter of personal preference. Personally, I would prefer HTC Sense 3.0 over Samsung Galaxy S II’s TouchWiz 4.0. Sense 3.0 is revolutionary and innovative while TouchWiz 4.0 is bland and nothing really awesome out of it.

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