[HTC Sensation] BlueGoldAce:
How does this make any sense? Why would a company sacrifice the inside for the outside? HTC has sense nailed down, and it is arguably the best android interface, so I don't see why they would have to sacrifice anything to run sense.

Again, we don't know the capability of qualcoms new processors, so you can't say that samsungs is better based of premliminary benchmarks.

Now the idea that this is all based off of benchmarks is ridiciulous. Benchmarks mean nothing. I currently and running an Evo 4g with a sense 2.2 rom. Now if I wanted the best quadrant score, I would run cm6 (yes 6 not 7, applies to the kernel) with snap-turbo kernel...and I would achieve quadrant scores near 2,000. Benchmarks mean nothing,a great example is the iphone's or the WP7s. The last generation is nothing compared to the new dual core android phones, but the two metioned OSs run ridicuously smooth (you know the smooth we hope for in android 2.4). A quadrant score means nothing, plain and simply. Samsung is not an idiot, and realizes the value of a quadrant score to the tech geeks out there....people like to brag about these pointless scores. I could run cm6 with the turbo kernel, have my super high quadrant scores and all, but the smoothness and functionality of my phone would pale compared to (for example) Mikfroyo 4.62 (sense, android 2.2). Samsung has, based on theory and specs alone, had the best android phones out last year, yet they were buggy and woeful for the consumer. Compare and epic to an evo, or the At&T galaxy phone (captivate?) to an htc inspire....and you will see which one runs the best.

Yes you may be able to mod the galaxy S and S II, but that is not applicable to the average consumer. Plus, there has to be something to say about having a good base to work with (exluding cyanogen mod).

Plus, this idea that samsung had the best hardware in the galaxy phones....really? How many bugs can you have? I don't care if it the software (or more likely a combination of software and hardware), the phone is what it is...and it wasn't that great. Maybe some of you loved you galaxy, but a lot of people didn't.

Now again, we don't know the capability of the new HTC phones hardware. Honestly, they have great predacessors. The Thunderbolt is a generation behind, processor wise, and it really is a quick, outstanding phone (battery life excluded...HTC has not done well here, I won't argue with that). The sensation will have the next generation snapgragon X2....it is going to be plenty fast...with plenty of power for the most skilled dev to harness. Qualcom is used by some major phone manufactorers for a reason. Samsung can toute its high benchmark processors...but if the device doesn't perform outside of quadrant...who cares? Honestly, what is with the lag on the homescreens in the galaxy SII reviews? Is it due to the number of widgets....if the phone is so powerful....the widgets shouldn't phase it. I can stack my "outdated" evo full of widgets and it is smooth as butter. The lag is the result of poor software/hardware integration (unless samsung intended for this...which then is not for my taste).

I could say a lot more...I could get into the technical reason's the computer science world believes the new qualcom processors will be "outstanding"...but I have already said enough. I don't know if the sensation will be worse, better, or equal to the SII, and hoenstly there is no way we can know.

I promise you this...both phones will be ultra powerful....and outdated in six months :)