Apple has introduced their latest phone to the public. iPhone 4S, as the Apple’s iPhone 4’s successor has gained popularity and with its high quality of specification, the device has also been compared with some smartphones right after its publicity. iPhone 4S is the first Apple’s phone that offers a sensation of processing speed through dual-core chip.
As for today’s comparison, iPhone 4S is going to have to fight against the HTC’s upcoming Sensation XL. Some word on the street said that the Sensation XL will come to the market with offering various number of multimedia functionality wrapped in a good looking appearance. Which phone will come out as the winner in this battle? Is it the iPhone 4S that be able to maintain Apple’s good record in phone comparison? Or is it the HTC Sensation XL that successfully overcomes the iOS based phone in this comparison? If you wanted to see the final result, simply read on this article.
1. Form and Build Comparison of iPhone 4S and HTC Sensation XL
As usual, the Taiwan based phone manufacturer has a high standard for their product’s build and is represented in the form of HTC Sensation XL. HTC built the Sensation XL with high quality materials that lead the users feel an experience of holding a premium smartphone. Apart from that, the device will also offer a robust feel and well balanced in-hand. HTC Sensation XL is measured at 132.5×70.7×9.9 mm and 140g of weight.
Just like the competitor, Apple’s iPhone 4S comes with impressive construction. It offers a beautiful design and is quite comfortable in the user’s hand. iPhone 4S that is measured at 115.2×58.6×9.3 mm and 162.5g of weight, felt light and seems so slim. However, the weight and the shape offered by the phone to the users doesn’t represent the strength of iPhone 4S’s build.
Due to both HTC Sensation XL and iPhone 4S offer nice design and are built nicely, the battle goes draw.
2. CPU comparison of iPhone 4S and HTC Sensation XL
iPhone 4S is powered with a dual-core processor, 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. This specification will bring the users to the real excitement of phone performance. However, when the iPhone fans are thinking of Apple might decide to boast the RAM size in order to increase the iPhone 4S’s performance, the company has decided to plan standard 512 MB of RAM.
For the CPU comparison, the HTC Sensation XL trusts it to their weapons that are including a 1.5GHz single-core CPU and features an Adreno 205 GPU. And in order to increase the device performance, the Taiwan based company has decided to plan 768MB of RAM. Through such of specifications, the Sensation XL is believed to be capable to stand out when being compared with the other competitors.
There will be three versions of iPhone 4S on the market, they are the 16GB version, 32GB version and 64GB version of iPhone 4S. At the meantime, HTC Sensation XL will be only available on one version, the 16GB of storage.
As we can read the comparison, the iPhone 4S is coming out as the winner for the CPU comparison against HTC Sensation XL.
3. Screen Comparison of iPhone 4S and HTC Sensation XL
Previously, Apple armed their device with 3.5-inch LED-backlit IPS TFT and for the successor; Apple has also plant the same type of screen. This high quality display boasts a resolution of 640×960 pixels and has a 330ppi of pixel density.
The combatant refuses to give up this round with offering a 4.7-inch Super LCD display that operates at a resolution of 480×800-pixels and offers a pixel density of 199ppi. The screen’s specification of Sensation XL is actually pretty decent but it has to realize that its competitor offer way better quality of screen.
Again, the iPhone 4S comes out as the winner on today’s comparison by offering what has been titled as ‘best mobile display on the market’. The screen still becomes one of the best despite there was complain about yellowish hue on the iPhone 4 that may also occurred on iPhone 4S.
4. Software Comparison of iPhone 4S and HTC Sensation XL
iPhone 4S runs on the Apple’s latest version of operating system, iOS 5. This version, just like another update usually offers to the users, comes with slicker appearance and more user-friendly. For the new additions, this operating system also offers some new features that quite similar to what we can see on Android. They are Notification Center, iMessage and some other functionality that makes this the definitive smartphone platform.
Apart from enjoying the updates, eye candy and overall simplicity of the platform, the iPhone 4S users will also be given an access to the Apple’s App Store to satisfy their desire for downloading various applications.
At the meantime, HTC Sensation XL has been blessed with Google’s latest version Android OS, the 2.3.4 version. This operating system, offers more stability, fast mobile platform that has a potential for updates. Just like the previous version of Android OS, the Android 2.3.4 also has supported for downloading various applications through Android Market.
As for the user interface, HTC Sensation XL has been blessed by the manufacturer’s Sense UI. Through this UI, the user will enjoy good treatment from widgets, apps, social networking integration and other eye candy to the devices.
So, who is going to win this battle? For the software comparison, Apple’s iPhone 4S through its iOS 5 has sealed a victory over Sensation XL’s Android.
5. Camera Comparison of iPhone 4S and HTC Sensation XL
To those who frequently use their phone for capturing an unforgettable moment, camera becomes one of the must available features on their phone.
As for the camera comparison, HTC Sensation XL has put its pride at stake with trusting an 8-megapixel primary camera with autofocus, dual-LED flash, geo-tagging and 720P video capture. Actually, HTC does not has a good record regarding the camera feature, but we hope this time the camera that attached on Sensation XL is capable to snap nice image. Apart from offering the main camera, there is also front-facing camera available at 1.3-megapixel for video calling.
In this section, the competitor, iPhone 4S has been equipped with more powerful camera than its predecessor. The Apple’s phone features an 8-megapixel primary camera with LED flash, autofocus, touch-focus, geo-tagging, face detection and video stabilisation. Apart from that, there are also supports from 1080P video capture and a VGA secondary for video calling. The camera that is attached on iPhone 4S reportedly performs good quality in capturing both video and photography.
This time, iPhone 4S has maintained the Apple’s record. It comes as a device with good camera feature.
6. Final Result
There were many people thought that iPhone 4S will come with noncritical upgrade, but through the comparison we have read above, we can see that the iPhone 4S has been built to be the most tempting smartphone with complete ability.
In the meantime, despite suffering a big loss, HTC Sensation XL is still a decent device that offers various functionalities. Unfortunately, this decent device has just been compared to one of the real beast on the wild.
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