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HTC's Sensation's battle it out as the Sensation XE takes on the Sensation XL

Here's another comparison for you to take your decisions........!

We compare HTC's new Sensation XL to the recently released Sensation XE. 

Form:-

HTC Sensation XL - 132.5x70.7x9.9mm, 162.5g
HTC Sensation XE - 126.1x65.4x11.3mm, 151g
We’re normally not a huge fan of HTC devices when it comes to visual design but in fairness the company seems to have pulled out all the stops on these two.
The overall shape is looking not quite as soft as HTC phones normally appear. There’s also a higher screen-to-bodywork space ratio going on which we approve of.
Both are very clean and minimalist which works well.
We couldn’t pick between the two: they both have their charms so we’re calling it a draw.
Winner - Draw
Display
For both devices HTC has opted for Sony’s S-LCD capacitive touchscreen technology which offers brighter visuals, more vivid colours and is kinder to battery-life.
The Sensation XE has a 4.3-inch screen with a resolution of 540x960 pixels, giving a pixel density of 256 pixels-per-inch (ppi).
The Sensation XL has the larger of the two displays at 4.7-inches. The resolution is a scratch lower at 480x800 pixels and correspondingly the pixel density is not as good as the Sensation XE’s at 199ppi.
Each handset comes loaded with the HTC Sense user interface along with accelerometer and gyroscope sensors for screen orientation. They also both feature multi-touch input and capacitive touch-sensitive buttons under the glass.
The Sensation XE wins this round by having a higher resolution and pixel density, so the images on-screen are going to be much more crisp.
Winner - HTC Sensation XE
Storage
With the Sensation XE the amount of onboard storage is oddly lacking when you consider the rest of the spec line-up is pretty good - the Sensation XE has 4GB of internal memory but only 1GB of this is user accessible.
However, with the Sensation XL HTC has upped its game and is offering much more in-built space to play with, a whole 16GB in fact.
Both phones have 768MB of RAM to give the processor a bit of a boost.
The Sensation XE has microSD card support up to 32GB but sadly card support has been neglected on the Sensation XL.
We have to side with the phone which brings more onboard storage space to the table, and that is the Sensation XL.
Winner - HTC Sensation XL

Processor
Both phones carry Qualcomm processors clocked at 1.5GHz running Snapdragon chipsets and fitted with Adreno graphics processing units (GPU).
However, they’re actually quite different setups when you get into the workings of each device.
The Sensation XL uses a single core Scorpion processor on the MSM8255 chipset and an Adreno 205 GPU.
The XE is much better equipped with a dual core processor on the MSM8260 chipset and a ramped-up Adreno 220 GPU.
When dealing with Android it pays to bring dual core and the XE is packing the right tools for the job here. We give the Sensation XE the victory this round.
Winner - HTC Sensation XE
Operating System
These are both Android handsets running 2.3 Gingerbread, the most recent smartphone build.
There’s not a lot we can say about Gingerbread that hasn’t been said before. It’s relatively stable and it’s slicker and more user-friendly than previous versions.Multitasking is also excellent.
There are a few areas we find lacking and Honeycomb for tablets has certainly shown the way to improve the system. We have high hopes for Ice Cream Sandwich to make waves in this regard when it hits in the next few months but until then Gingerbread is starting to look a little tired.
Winner - Draw
Camera
Each phone has an 8-megapixel primary camera at 3264x2448 pixels with autofocus, dual LED flash and geo-tagging.
The Sensation XL is capable of 720p video capture while the Sensation XE trumps it with 1080p capability, both support video calls.
The Sensation XE has some additional features including touch focus, image stabilisation, face detection, instant capture and stereo-sound recording for video.
The Sensation XL has a 1.3-megapixel secondary camera while the Sensation XE’s is only VGA.
Both are excellent camera setups but we think the Sensation XE has a more appealing feature line-up.
Winner - HTC Sensation XE
Final Thoughts
Both phones are decent offerings from HTC and it’s very difficult to choose a winner here.
The Sensation XE has a better set of specs in most areas. For instance, it has a much more powerful processor, a better camera and a sharper screen.
However, it is quite lacking when it comes to internal storage and this is a big blot on an otherwise great handset.
On the other end of things, the Sensation XL’s selling point is its larger screen size, but because you trade-off on picture quality it’s not really a compromise we’re in favour of.
For us the big draw of this phone is the storage space and even this is marred by the lack of a card slot.
Although good in their own right the processor spec, display and camera don’t come out well against the Sensation XE’s hardware.
Ultimately we’d pick the Sensation XE, but that low storage capacity sure does sting.
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