Below Ill try to compare this
Sensation XL phone with
Samsung Galaxy Note that also carry big screen as its flagship.
Dimension
HTC Sensation XL has a distinctive design touch screen smartphone with aluminum cover on the back. This phone sized 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm and weighs about 162.5 grams (including battery). While its rival dimension 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm in height, width and thickness.
Samsung Galaxy Note also has an overall weight of about 178 grams. For this round,
HTC phones come out a winner because of its size is smaller and lighter.
About the screen, the
HTC Sensation XL has a 4.7 inch screen with the technology S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and a resolution of 480x800 pixels. Its screen is featured with an accelerometer, gyro, and proximity sensors. While Galaxy Note has 5.3-inch screen, 16 million colors, Super AMOLED technology, Gorilla Glass (scratch resistant) and a maximum resolution of 1280x800 pixels. In this case, the
Samsung Galaxy Note is considered superior because it has a higher screen resolution than its rival.
Performance
Both phones using Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) as the operating system. Related to performance, Galaxy Note is carrying TouchWiz 4.0, while HTC is proud with HTC Sense 3.5. Processor speed: Galaxy Note is more advanced with dual-core 1.4GHz processor with 1GB of RAM, while Sensation XL comes with a single-core 1.5GHz processor with 768 MB of RAM.
Camera
Both HTC Sensation XL and Samsung Galaxy Note are equipped with 8 MP camera and supporting for HD video recording. However, Galaxy supports 1080p-quality video footage while Sensation supports 720p. The difference also lies in the Notes front camera of 2 MP and Sensation with 1.3 MP. Thus, it can be concluded Galaxy Note is superior in terms of front camera and video quality.
Battery and Memory
HTC Sensation XL is available in a 16GB version only and can not be upgraded with microSD, while Galaxy Note is available in 16 GB and 32GB versions and also supports a microSD slot. And for the comparison of the batteries, the Galaxy Note is superior as 2500mAh supports, while battery, while Sensation XL is comes with a 1600mAh battery.
Conclusion
From the above comparison, it turns out the
Samsung Galaxy Note is still superior in terms of screen size, screen resolution, processor, RAM, front camera, video, memory and battery.
HTC Sensation XL could be an alternative for your
big-screen smartphone because it has smaller dimensions and lighter.
