[HTC Sensation] jpc0480:
Ok let me try and explain... Here is what you said:

You may have gotten a lemon. This is a really nice phone and I'm sure that not everyone who buys a Ferrari is happy. There is a margin of error. Send it back under warranty and you should be happy. If it comes up again, send it back. Keep sending it back until they make it right. Its a pain in the a** but it's not something that HTC is known for. It's also not common for a PS3 to go bad, had mine for 4 years and nothing has been wrong. A friend of mine has had to ship his back to Sony 4 times. He's still in love with a PS3 over the Xbox and I don't think he is contemplating a switch.

How many versions are there of the iPhone? Or even the Galaxy? It's common to release a phone and then revamp and add additional options. Just like cars. Not sure if you're big into Dom/Import, but every car model has several different lines. They don't make us a phone for good, they make one to appeal to a general audience and then through feedback and testing groups release a new model with additional functionality. Happens all the time.

See the issue isn't with the phone or the MFR, the issue is when you bought your phone. We all knew ICS was coming. It's been a topic of discussion, since February? So how recently did you buy your phone? You, everyone with an HTC Sensation, and I bought the phone knowing that the tech was going to change and that there would be a new OS around the corner. If you were smart though you got a phone with dual-core so it would be in the lineup for ICS. Imagine if you had an Incredible or any other single-core phone. You would be SOL - FORGOTTEN. Doesn't matter if you have a Galaxy II or an iPhone, point is the phone will work best for others, the OS will change, and they will release additional phones with different options. For me the XE is a waste, could really care less about Beats and that came out a week after I purchased mine. The difference for me was I didn't have to pay a dime for my sensation, it was free with a contract. XE would have cost me 150 bucks and for that price I could have bought my own headphones and saved 50 bucks. There are plenty of roms that offer the Beats software.

My point was you are just complaining to complain. I just bought a new LED TV, now there is a bigger one available for the same price... It is a vicious cycle. I read up on tech sites and check MFR blogs and see what is available now and what is coming soon. If something is coming too soon that peaks my interest I wait to make a purchase.

Bottom line: The Sensation is a great phone, in fact it is by far the best Droid I have had to date. It's fast as hell, the battery lasts, and I've dropped the phone like 15 times with no case and I have no scratches whatsoever. To answer your question about ICS: YES this will make our phones even greater. Just wait for a stable rom and flash. Its exactly what I'm doing. I don't want to wait until May or whenever HTC actually decides to work on the project of porting it for Sense. The devs here are great and I'm pretty sure that we will have a fully functional version of ICS by the end of the year if not first part of Jan.

I don't think any battery gauge is that effective. I don't think it would matter if you were using a Samsung, Moto, or an iPhone. I use mine as a guide and nothing else. Mine seems pretty accurate though. I would assume after a reboot the gauge may be off. Maybe its similar to like taking the batteries out of a dead remote and then replacing the same dead batteries and for some mysterious reason it still powers on the TV one or 2 more times. :)