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[General Questions and Answers] grlddawkin:
just my experience but after the vibrant, i just felt htc makes a better phone. gps, reception and software upgrades. i also like sense better than samsungs ui.
[General Questions and Answers] spokey:
... and weight is the same? ... as a block of steel?

I prefer to pay for performance, not feeling it comes,

everyone has the choice, some prefer weight pockets ;)
[General Questions and Answers] g1user101:
s2 is light. samsung has poor build quality
[General Questions and Answers] :
Horrible experience with the old vibrant and my wife's sidekick in terms on rooting and flashing. WTF with all of this Odin talk, I wanna be able to download a rom and flash it with CWM. Easy and simple. Never had any issues build wise with my G1, N1, or MT4G at all. Those are all still going strong. Donated to my younger siblings and they love them as well.
[General Questions and Answers] flamechamp:
the simple reasons why I chose Sensation over a Galaxy S2 are:

- Sense UI vs TouchWiz = SENSE WAY TO GO!

- body = I prefer the curved HTC style rater than the hard-edged Samsung style

- body material = I prefer the 'metal' casing than plastic casing

although I must admit that SGS II has a better screen (SUPER AMOLED PLUS)
[General Questions and Answers] Zehlek:
Sense UI. Enough said
[General Questions and Answers] Ndokami:
Sense Ui

Super Awesome Camera

4.3 QHD screen

Last but not least i had a upgrade burning a whole in my pocket and the GSII had no release date in sight. it was either i stick with my magic for who knows how long or i Get the super cool sensation that has everything i want besides Stock google Bluetooth stacks and dedicated camera button.

the answer was easy for me :)
[General Questions and Answers] barondebxl:
I bought the sensation because the GSII wasn't available in the states. Now that its coming for tmobile I will sell my sensation for the GSII. I was disappointed with the sensation.
[General Questions and Answers] SDT:
I bought the Sensation because

- the SGSII is too light (feels cheap)

- the screen colors of the SGSII make me dizzy

- the menus are virtually unreadable (white letters appear with some pinkish halo)
[General Questions and Answers] joslicx:
I played with a S2 for a few mins at a local store. I really fail to understand what the fuss is all about!!! It seemed no faster or slower than the Sensation, the screen also, to me, didnt feel all that "out of the world" or something much much much better than the SLCD of Sensation!

On the other hand, S2 is ugly and very inconvenient to hold in the hand. Its really too thin for my linking. I am happy with my Sensation! Wouldnt trade it for S2.
[General Questions and Answers] adamlayzell69:
I totally agree. HTC for life.
[General Questions and Answers] glensta:
Only because the gs2 wasn't out in the USA at the time. I'm still very interested in switching up
[General Questions and Answers] boulder_boy:
Pro Sensation all the Way!!

I got mine because:

+ qHD

+ 16.9 aspect ratio

+ Strong & sturdy Build quality (not weightless and cheap knock off feeling like GS2)

+ Aesthetically pleasing (GS2 is skinnier but it still looks like it was hit withan ugly stick)

+ Sense UI (i've rooted and flashed Android Revolution HD - most sense features are the best in the business)

+ 1.5ghz dual core cpu (after rooting) - Sensation was deliberately underclocked
[General Questions and Answers] broedschroed:
I bought the sensation (after i have compared it with SGSII in my office), because it is really, really fast with CM7 alpha 5 - that's pure fun :)

...and because i used a galaxy S before and i used a

HTC TyTN

HTC TouchPro

HTC TouchPro II

HTC Desire

HTC Desire HD

and i know, that HTC implements the user-feedback and tries to make good usability
[General Questions and Answers] Markus700:
Because of:

- Better display colors and qHD

- metal case

- sense

- bigger developer community

- Finally, because it´s an HTC :)
[General Questions and Answers] Gasman2:
Style

Build Quality

Galaxy feels / looks cheap

Not much to choose performance and specs wise in real life use.
[General Questions and Answers] SoFaKiNgStOkeD:
The GS2 is not yet available here in CA, and I own the Vibrant as well, and honestly the Samsung screens all look too blueish to me, it seems real unnatural. Samsung phones seem very cheap and plasticy to me as well. In the end, it's a matter of preference.
[General Questions and Answers] taxus13:
I chose the Sensation because of:

- the higher resolution

- the better case

additionally it was a bit cheaper here in gemany.
[General Questions and Answers] kazprotos:
Because Chelsea are a bunch of wankpots and I'd rather catch ebola than buy a Samsung product when ALL their advertising here involves Drogba, Essien and Kalou.
[General Questions and Answers] ak29:
Better build quality

Higher resolution

Fit better in the hand

Sense 3.0

Better email client - samsung didn't have universal inbox and mark all as read

Better browser - samsung didnt have a way to switch to desktop browsing mode

Didn't like side power button

Led notifications

Dedicated search button

Sensation was cheaper
[General Questions and Answers] PaulGiz:
All of the above EXCEPT the last -- they were the same price at TMoUS.

I actually went in with the intention of buying the Samsung, but handling it changed my mind.

The upcoming one (Code Hercules) looks nicer, but money doesn't grow on trees. This phone will have to last a while.

P
[General Questions and Answers] dfairlite:
Build quality and sense UI. Also, the screen seems much more brilliant to me.
[General Questions and Answers] corona10:
Price, Screen resolution, screen size. Duo core. Looks. The GS2 wasnt available and havent liked their build quality til the US versions without the big home button in the center. To me the Euro versions and all the versions that have that physical home button in the center was the thing that made me decide against a GS2. I didnt know the US versions would be without that home button. Now they look more like original designs than that other device.
[General Questions and Answers] triStateMindgate:
I'm a tmous user/employee at the time the sensation dropped obviously s2 wasn't available.

-great build quality on sensation

- high reso is awesome

- dual led! (Although I could care less)

- its HTC so future support is great, Samsung kinda fails at updating their products. I always had to depend on the great xda community when I had the s1.

Now about the s2 tmous version launching next month... which I will be getting hands down. Only question is if I'm going to sell my sensation or keep both.

- s2 will have a 4.52 inch screen SAMOLED plus

- its gonna run qualcoms SoC instead of samsungs exynos. = (Hspa speeds higher than sensation at up to 42Mb, I don't think you can get more than 14.4 on the sensation)

- 1.5ghz out the box, which is what the sensation is, don't know why they underclocked it, as if they're apple (**** apple, they can go play in traffic)

- HTC sense if the worst UI out of all. I'd go with touchwiz before sense. I use neither vanilla aosp for me..

Bottom line both are top of the line devices. What it falls down to is personal preference .....
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Sensation!

Leaving aside my loyal obsession for HTC, the design is much superior, not even talking about the inside:cool:
[General Questions and Answers] ak29:
I wanted the sensation but thought I would try the samsung too see what all hype was about. With my carrier the sensation was $50 cheaper than the samsung.
[General Questions and Answers] B_A_BARACUS:
No question

Htc is more durable. Just the feel of the two in your hand is clear witch one can take a punch, witch one will not make it till the end of the contract.
[General Questions and Answers] ak29:
Forgot to mention. The sensation has better audio output from headphone jack than the galaxy. I found the galaxy to be flat sounding.
[General Questions and Answers] idavid_:
Still not sure... I would like to try SGS 2 sometime, to see if it's really that good

Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
[General Questions and Answers] serpicoUK:
i have just got myself the sgs2 but it gets very hot so may send it back and go for this phone.

What is the camera like on the sensation?
[General Questions and Answers] Babydollll:
I have a Sensation, Nexus S (Samsung) and a Galaxy Tab10.1. I also had a Nexus One previously....I really do prefer the feel of the HTC built products versus the Samsung ones.
[General Questions and Answers] tonnytech:
althought the samsung is a fast phone to use , samsungs build quality is utter garbage ive had 6 galaxy s2 all with faults some worse then others but the difference in quality between each phone was shocking.

Yes the amold screen is nice but try moving a page in the web browser and watch the trails of the black text , almost makes you feel sick. Anyway im still considering getting a sensation but i can tell you now i will never touch a samsung product again.
[General Questions and Answers] VolanteDB9:
are you sure? i find the audio output with or without phones so lacking on the Sensation...
[General Questions and Answers] ak29:
Im just comparing the audio quality of the samsung galaxy s2 with the sensation. Ofcourse it may just be my opinion. There are also a number of reviews online claiming the same thing.
[General Questions and Answers] hurleyint2000:
Its not out in the US yet =(...not going to jump on it like I did the last Galaxy...I actually like the sensation alot but am more fond of the SAMOLED screen...we'll see how the T-mobile unit stacks up...and too bad no Exynos (sp) processor...I may just wait for the new Quad Core +1 phones that were outed on engadget recently.
[General Questions and Answers] Flippin_Sweet:
The main reason was that the galaxy s2 is fugly as **** compared to the sensation. And its too light, the s2 could fall out of your pocket and u wouldn't even notice! S2 technically is a better phone, it seems to be becomming the next iPhone.

If your looking for a new phone I'd suggest the Hercules/sg2x looks like it could be a winner!
[General Questions and Answers] celelivada:
HTC has the previously stated qHD screen which is perfect for watching video, the camera is great, i my opinion better than the samsungs, but it's my opinion. Love the new sense 3.5 UI, very very smooth with alot of small options which makes the phone more fun. The speed is may be slower than the GS2 but nothing noticable, since everything runs very smooth on the sensation (n64oid, snesoid...)
[General Questions and Answers] alien502:
I'm new to this forum. I traded my streak for a sensation. And while I do like the phone, I will be giving it to my wife and getting the gs2 when it comes out on tmobile.
[General Questions and Answers] Jedi2011:
I chose the HTC Sensation because of its build quality, and because I knew the CPU could run at 1.5ghz with a custom ROM - ARHD 3.6.1 in this case. So now I have a better built and faster phone than the GS2, with all the lovely Sense 3.0 eye candy, a much clearer screen, and Beats audio.
[General Questions and Answers] rischi383:
I first bought sgs2 n at the same time ma friend bought htc sensation... Wifi signals reception was a major issue so i exchanhed that with htc sensation. But it has a volume prob.. i wish i cud exchange it with sensation xe :-( but its too late...
[General Questions and Answers] aznrick08:
i like htc because of built quality. SII is tooo plastic!
[General Questions and Answers] tsekh501:
Agree. Although the plastic on GSII is much more pleasant than those on the original GS, the Sensation still feels so much better on hand. Furthermore, while I like the brightness, contrast, view angle, and color of the GSII monitor more, qHD is just so much sharper. (I do look forward to the coming wave of 720p monitors!)

I know people keep saying how GS II gets much higher quadrant score and has more memory and stuff. But benchmark means virtually nothing to me. The Sensation is fast enough for me, and honestly for all people who don't look at benchmark. The reason why GSII feels a lot faster as many has claimed, has to do with Samsung putting graphical hardware acceleration support in the TouchWiz UI and browser, so things feel more fluid generally. I have to give Samsung credit for that. But other than that, you won't really find the GSII much faster than the Sensation in other Android apps.
[General Questions and Answers] Ladicx:
Touchwiz is beans. Looks like a bootleg iPhone. Sense is awesome. Nuff said

Check out my website/blog Creatorstar.com
[General Questions and Answers] F-Styla:
For me it was Sense 3.0 and the screen resolution. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Splder:
after useing HTC diamond, HTC HD, HTC HD2, especially HD2 i had to go with HTC

likes about sensation

looks better

feels better

built quality

1.5ghz cpu

qHD screen

camera

sense (depending on my mood i will use or not)

i got my sensation cheap

likes about GSII

better contrast

16GB internal memory(app to sdcard)

2mp front camera(but i don't really use font camera)

so that's why i picked Sensation over GSII

i think they are very close to one another and they both have there advantages but i guess you got to pick the one that works for you
[General Questions and Answers] ItsDace:
Exactly this
[General Questions and Answers] barondebxl:
I literally sold my sensation 3 hours ago and I'm super happy. The phone was a disappointment to me, but thanks to the Android Revolution HD Rom the phone was pretty good. However I like to have a phone right out of the box that pleases me. So I will be purchasing the tmobile GS2 in a couple of weeks and I'm very excited.
[General Questions and Answers] Mrplennium:
I think I am going to sell my phone as well. I am a bit disappointed with the sensation. How much did you sell it for? And what site did you go on to sell it?
[General Questions and Answers] Sujiero:
My brother has the SII and I honestly hated how the phone felt in my hands, and I've come from a touch pro 2 and that phone fell in water and mud countless times, and down a flight of steps and still worked brillantly. The So HTCs solid build quality is what drew me in, and aswell as the phones good looks lol. Speed wise after you rooted and set your phone to 1.5ghz (which is the chips default clocks). It really does well against the samsung plus my battery life is alot better. With my anker batter I get 24+. With low to general use. I bought two for those for days I'm away from home and might have forgotten my charger(which happens alot more than I'd like to admit)

If people compare both phones and had a chance to really use it I can't see them choosing the samsung.
[General Questions and Answers] Macklessdaddy:
I didn't know any better
[General Questions and Answers] gamba11:
Mostly beacuse of the price in which was very comfortable. but after holding both the build quality of the sensation is no match for any phone
[General Questions and Answers] stroobach:
i simply hate samsung :P

i had a tv made by samsung and it was showing dead pixels not even a week of unboxing..

on my d500 and D900 both vibration broke camera broke and the D900 battery died in a year..

and the htc's i had.. never had problems.. only with my 3 year old hero.. the search button broke.. who cares never use that one xD

so thats why i bought the sensation.. because HTC makes good stuff
[General Questions and Answers] lloyd_turkey2:
I tried to "future proof" myself a little with the qHD of the Sensation rather than getting the soon to be outdated WVGA.

And after owning the Samsung I8910HD, I refuse to buy another Samsung phone for quite some time.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Hey guys,

Just for a little advertisement I'm trading my SGS2 for a HTC Sensation if anybody is interested here is the forum link.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] emzed:
I've had the HTC Sensation for a couple of months. I dropped it once, had the glass fixed (voiding warranty!) and the touch screen bug appeared. For me it was too annoying to continue using it.

So now I got myself a beautiful SGSII.

Can't say anything else but it's the better of the two. Only drawback is the resolution, but everything else is better: speed (no HTC Sense!), Amoled, weight, build quality, battery life.
[General Questions and Answers] daman215:
because the galaxy s2 is cheap plastic
[General Questions and Answers] jjdoctor:
I was about to buy GS2 but once I held it in my hands, the build quaility was not worth the price.. these gadgets are really for Show off.. nothing else..

I dont think gadgets are meant to play 3D games.. I normally play those small puzzle games and for that a dual core is more than enough...

Noone plays with Bnchmarks .. it is the UI that u interact with most of the time... and thats what a phone is for...

Moreover like Sensation over Gs2 bcoz

1) better build

2) Sense UI.. that raelly makes a third perosn say wow...

3) higher resolution

4) better development support than GS2.. the gs2 has too many kernels and much complicated modding.. even developers of HTC are much bettr than samsung ones.. they hav really class roms..
[General Questions and Answers] shorty87:
I got the Sensation because it came out first. This is my first Android phone and I have been very pleased with all aspects of it. I love the qHD screen and Sense is pretty good looking althought it can be a bit laggy. Just flashed CM7 last night and am loving how fast and slick it is now.

But I am planning on getting the Samsung Galaxy S2 once it releases for T-Mobile.
[General Questions and Answers] Fihlvein:
I owned Galaxy S II for a few months, but now have sold it and got Sensation instead.

Why? Well, biggest factor was actually quite minor to some of you: physical home button. Over time it started to collect dirt and grease of some kind and started to make little extra "clicks", I mean pressing it wasn't clean any more. Also I hated all along how hard you had to press it and also the noisy 'click' it made.

Another factor was that Bluetooth most likely won't ever work on SGS II with CyanogenMod. I'm a huge fan of CM, and I'm also a huge fan of BT.

I'm also not keen at all for CWM Recovery combined to kernel, so it'll always change when flashing new ROM. HTCs way of having a seperate recovery partition is great!

When I noticed Sensation was starting to get CM7 alpha builds, and Bluetooth worked on it, I got this crazy idea to sell my SGS II with it's beautiful display and switch to S-LCD Sensation. To my surprise, it's not so bad. And it's absolutely funny to go back to 800x480 after using Sensations larger resolution. Cannot do that anymore!

I have to say though, SGS II is blazing fast, even running TouchWiz. Sense on the other hand cannot be said being 'smooth', especially app drawer lags so bad. Well, that I knew and that's why there is LauncherPro and GO Launcher. :)
[General Questions and Answers] monkeytown:
i have the same decision to make.....looks like most of the people here got the sensation just because it was released earlier?! doesn´t look too convincing for the sensation :/
[General Questions and Answers] dedepene:
I fell in love with Sense ever since I got my Hero :)
[General Questions and Answers] The Radius Kid:
Not at all.

I got my Sensation five days before the official release because I liked what I saw.

The SGS2 came out two weeks later and I could have traded,but I didn't like the Sammy.

I just didn't feel right.

I'll agree the Sensation has it's short comings,but so does the Samsung.

No phone is perfect....not yet anyway.:)
[General Questions and Answers] Dav3y001:
I have both.. for now i will be selling the SGS2.

Touchwiz sucks sense is MUCH better,

Feels to light and breakable,

The sensation with a custom rom just feels right

although im not complaining the SGS2 was free :-D

also to those sgs2 fan boys i have also noticed a death grip on wifi for the s2
[General Questions and Answers] newter55:
Because I owned a captivate.
[General Questions and Answers] Xylane:
I understand your pain, I did the same(had it since it came out)

I choose it because of the build quality but also it took forever for the Galaxy S II's to even get a U.S release and their specs were unconfirmed up until recently (I got my Sensation at the end of July) I got tired of waiting on the what-ifs and choose..the only thing that the Galaxy S II has that I want was the additional RAM but i'm very glad I choose the sensation.
[General Questions and Answers] calyco:
Loved my desire and really like HTC design, build quality and sense. That and I don't like the plasticky feel.
[General Questions and Answers] PTG:
i dont have the Sensation yet, but i am very shure it will be soon mine :).

Why not the SII:

- i dont like the super AMOLED screen - colours are too much

- resolution is lower

- i dont like the Samsung interface

Why the Sensation:

- its available

- its from HTC :) :) :)

What i generaly really dont like about all new dual-core phones is the screensize.. i would really prefer a screen with maximum 4" - thats good to hold the device in one hand
[General Questions and Answers] ak29:
The sensation is very easy to hold in one hand.
[General Questions and Answers] kayosinc:
+1
[General Questions and Answers] Babydollll:
I like the build quality/feel of the Sensation. I also like being able to run Sense (when I get bored with CM)

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[General Questions and Answers] tguy188:
I love HTC and it was the best phone on t-mobile, plus I HAD to get rid of my Cliq XT that thing was horrible!
[General Questions and Answers] sorcerika:
I hate Samsung itself. That's all.

Samsung rules our domestic market with its monopoly power, and just I don't like that.
[General Questions and Answers] Michael_Mcr:
I came from an HTC HD2 to Android and tried both the S2 and the Sensation side by side - had a long play and decided:

1) S2 seems to respond a little quicker, but Sensation didnt feel slow. Both felt like powerfull devices

2) the S2 AMOLED screen seemed a bit "in your face" - too bright and too over coloured for me.

3) S2 felt a bit cheap and plasticky build wise and the Sensation felt solid.

The decider for me was that the battery cover fell off the S2 as i picked it up and it was just a slip of plastic. The guy in the shop replaced it and said it had happened before on other S2's.
[General Questions and Answers] CB620:
I'm choosing the SGS2 over my sensation

I'm just upgrading in my eyes I like to keep the most current phone. The sensation was fun has a lot of dev support but what I like mainly and what made my decision easier was the 16gb onboard and I have a 16gb sd card and soon a 32gb.

I respect some people when they say it feels cheap but I felt that way about the vibrant but when I finally tested one it was a great phone to have and very reliable/powerful.....this is prettty much a part 2 and I'm excited that I will be getting my hands on one and seling my sensation on here.

My sister had the nexus s for a week and than upgraded to the epic touch and I played around with it....why wouldnt u want a SGS2 is the question....

It's sexy fast bright colors louder and more memory.

Touchwiz can be replaced so that shouldnt be a dealbreaker.

Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
[General Questions and Answers] dimitrie:
I'm about to return my sensation to get the galaxy s2. I've have had nothing but problems with the sensation, I'm already on my 3rd one in 3 weeks.
[General Questions and Answers] pakraider:
With the GS II variant now on T-Mobile, the only thing keeping me with the Sensation is having a qHD display. 800x480 on a 4.5" screen, are you kidding me?!
[General Questions and Answers] dimitrie:
The crappy resolution beats having a cracking case and dust under the screen imo.
[General Questions and Answers] moshe22:
Just to find out that the S2 will have a creacking sound after a week of use.
[General Questions and Answers] dimitrie:
I haven't seen any problems with the galaxy s2 case while looking on the internet.