HTC Sensation XL review: Music and the beast

22 November 2011
They say music soothes even the savage beast. In the case of the HTC Sensation XL, it just makes it cooler. The Sensation XL shares its design and mammoth 4.7" screen with the Titan, but the XL is part of the Android squad and packs a lyrical iBeats...

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  • Rose
  • t7X
  • 17 May 2015

Htc sensation xl is cool hovever for the time pastaybe due to new innovation my htc xl shut down it will never power on amd even charge it.. I tried some tech to fix it but unfurtunately theres none who will try to do it and there are no available service center for it.

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    • vijay
    • 7tx
    • 25 Jun 2013

    HTC term please tell me how to video call in HTC xl

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      • alex
      • Bqv
      • 08 Feb 2013

      How do u make video calls? I press video call, but says no recipients available or something...help!

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        • blackrain...
        • JbR
        • 20 Jan 2013

        Need One....xl..

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          • filbert Makala
          • fuZ
          • 12 Oct 2012

          I apprciate da phone..

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            • Raj
            • 2ZY
            • 20 Jun 2012

            HTC have kept the design of the Sensation XL very clean but Hts sensation have only white colour so not good if we get same handset with black colour so thats Rocks the world so try to launch the black colour Hts sensation for htc fansssssssssss

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              • Wind
              • p@B
              • 26 Mar 2012

              My Sony Ericsson Xperia ray (1GHz, Adreno 205) scored better than this phone in NenaMark 2: 20.5fps. Even my friend's HTC ChaCha (800MHz, Adreno 200) got 18.4fps and this phone got only 11fps. Weird.

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                • Anonymous
                • nUc
                • 16 Feb 2012

                Mobilemaster, 29 Nov 2011But how can it has only 8.8 GB?? The UI and OS need almost 8 GB??it has 12.8GB memory, even ask htc

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                  • prakash oli
                  • ttv
                  • 30 Dec 2011

                  Recently i bought htc sensation xl. phone is very good but i have one problem my FM dont turn off and Mobile network off frequently.
                  hope anybody help me

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                    • AnonD-34153
                    • fqm
                    • 14 Dec 2011

                    Single core? Way overpriced

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                      • AnonD-32703
                      • tUr
                      • 03 Dec 2011

                      HTC Sensation XL holds something unique and best than ever, Unfortunately, the phone as per my view has more cons than pros.but Dont you think price is too high...
                      http://www.techiecop.com/htc-sensation-xl-review.html

                        AnonD-32154, 29 Nov 2011The specs are incorrect on 2 points. - The other posters a... moreBut how can it has only 8.8 GB?? The UI and OS need almost 8 GB??

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                          • AnonD-32154
                          • PMr
                          • 29 Nov 2011

                          The specs are incorrect on 2 points.
                          - The other posters are right, this phone only has 8.8Gb of available storage out of the box. The reviewer has added in the 4Gb of application storage as user accessible, which it's really not.
                          - This phone is capable of 21Mbps HSDPA because i've had it downloading at 1917kbytes/sec - see screenshot here:
                          http://www.users.on.net/~jjcoolaus/2011-11-18_07-58-31.png

                          The audio output is better than the Galaxy S II, but the whole beats thing is a bit of a marketing furfy IMO - try plugging in some Sennheiser or Ultrasone DJ headphones and you will also get the "HTC Enhancer" profile which sounds a lot better than the beats one does. (for the included beats headphones, beats on is still better than beats off though)

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                            • AnonD-21645
                            • Gjj
                            • 25 Nov 2011

                            sameer, 23 Nov 2011its really getting boring nowdays samsung galaxy sequals ht... moreTotally and utterly agree...

                            Bring back the Nokia N93i (swivel phone) - or the SonyEricsson S700 (rotating phone)

                            I'd LOVE a phone that when you pull it out to use it someone says 'what the hell is THAT?!?!' (in a good way!)

                            HTC release a new phone and it gets 14 comments...
                            Just shows the apathy of the market to them (and why they're losing traction fast)
                            BORING HANDSETS...
                            If Sammy aren't careful, they'll go the same way...
                            Galaxy was 'okay' in the looks...
                            GS2 nice and slim and amazing screen...
                            The third version needs to scream PREMIUM..

                            SonyE have the right idea... Arc is a great looking phone.. it's just a shame it has 1989 specs!

                            Fingers crossed 2012 sees the fall of the rectangular boring handset and something a bit more imaginative!
                            Xpera Play 2 please!

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                              • sameer
                              • s8a
                              • 23 Nov 2011

                              its really getting boring nowdays samsung galaxy sequals htc sensation sequals lg optimus sequals its all same there were good old times nokia had n series e series different form factor sony had cybershots walkmans it was fun but nowdays its ultra boring

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PBJ
                                • 23 Nov 2011

                                The review seems to fail to mention that this phone's camera uses wide angle f2.2 len with BSI Sensor, that's why the photos come out looking quite well

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                                  • Tinku
                                  • PTS
                                  • 23 Nov 2011

                                  Lovely hanset

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Qu8
                                    • 22 Nov 2011

                                    awfull audio output

                                      AnonD-13875, 22 Nov 2011I owned one for a week trust meSo you say that Gsmarena is wrong?? They have tested the phone as well! It can't have 8.8 Gb, if the internal storage is 16 GB, and it lacks a memory card slot.

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                                        • phil
                                        • uWJ
                                        • 22 Nov 2011

                                        i like the variation in htc sensation smart phones