Who will win the contest when two giants meet at the same field? We believed that the stronger will win the contest, but are they the real giants? Just don’t worry by asking that question as both devices that we will compare today are top tier devices, so they could be called as the real beasts at their class. The devices that we will compare today are Samsung Galaxy S2 and the HTC Sensation XE. Both of them come with powerful specifications and good design too, but, once again, we need the winner here. So, read on this article to find which device will come out as the winner.
Let’s start with comparing the CPU of the two devices.
As it has been written before, both Samsung Galaxy S2 and the HTC Sensation XE come with powerful specifications and one of them is CPU.
The South Korean manufactured phone, Samsung Galaxy S2 is armed with Exynos chipset, which incorporates a 1.2GHz CPU and a Mali-400MP GPU. Aside from being equipped with speedy CPU and a GPU, there is no doubt about the speed or an existence of lags as the device is also supported by a 1GB of RAM.
As for the comparison, the competitor, HTC Sensation XE trusts its performance to on a 1.5GHz Snapdragon CPU with an Adreno 220 GPU on-board. Unfortunately, the Taiwan manufactured phone, the Sensation XE is not the real competitor to the Samsung’s phone as it only installs a 768MB of RAM.
So, which phone comes out as the winner this round? The answer is draw as the HTC Sensation XE offer more speedy processor but powerless on front of the Galaxy S2 as for the RAM term.
For the next stuff we will compare are body and build of both devices.
HTC Sensation XE is measured at 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm and 151g of weight. The device comes with nice built and through its high grade materials which bring good durability as well as a nice balance in user’s hands, Sensation XE seems to be a handy device even though it is pretty though to be handled on one hand as it brings a larger screen than the competitor.
At the meantime, the competitor, the Galaxy S2 is measured with 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm and 116g of weight. It is built with advanced plastics that light yet quite though. For the device that is included to high class level, the material makes it feels so fragile and toy like. But, those will never affect anything about it as they are quite strong and durable. Just like the Sensation XE, the Galaxy S2 is hard to be operated with single hand, but you soon adapt.
By looking to the material, Sensation XE seems to offer more durability than the competitor. So, we give this round to HTC Sensation XE.
Let’s continue to the next comparison, it is the software they offer to the users.
Both Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Sensation XE are running on Google’s Android 2.3.4 version. This operating system, as so many people know, will offer so many excitements that are expected by the Android fans.
HTC Sensation XE is equipped with the manufacturer’s excellent Sense UI that brings s many advantages to the device. Due to this factor, the device could be on the top of its class.
HTC Sensation XE offers slicker appearance than so many smartphone through its custom widgets, applications and eye-candy. Apart from that, it also features social networking stuff, along with messages and emails at a glance.
Pretty similar to the competitor, the Galaxy S2 comes with the manufacturer’s custom UI, TouchWiz 4.0. Despite the fact that it is such of good addition to Android, the user may feel bored of the appearance of its Play Mobil and ask something more contemporary.
At the moment, the TouhcWiz 4.0 of Galaxy S2 can’t beat what are offered by the HTC’s Sense UI but we believe that the developers behind Samsung’s UI will bring something more. Let’s wait for it.
So, the winner of this round is HTC Sensation XE.
The next round, let’s compare the features that are offered by the devices.
As a smartphone, it is no wonder that both Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Sensation XE feature so many extras. In terms of features, the South Korean manufactured phone boasts support for DivX & XviD, TV-out and the software that allows its user to access all of the device’s data on home PC, KIES software.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S2’s competitor, HTC Sensation XE defends the pride with packing a new software enhancement which allows the user to save presets, adjust levels and generally milks the very best sound possible out of the device, ‘Beats’ audio.
By being supported by ‘Beats’ audio software enhancement, it is also got a support from ‘Beats’ headphones too. Apart from being equipped with ‘Beats’, the device also features boasts XviD & DivX support and TV-Out support.
As we can read, HTC Sensation XE has what is the Galaxy S2 offered to its users, but ‘Beat’ audio is the difference. So, again, the Sensation comes out as the winner this round.
Let’s move on to camera comparison.
In this round, HTC Sensation XE trusts an 8-megapixel primary camera that features autofocus, dual-LED flash, geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection and 1080P video capture. It also features a VGA camera at front.
In terms of camera performance, the Sensation XE unfortunately performs what the other HTC has performed to their users. The camera sometimes captures washed out or blurred pictures. Frankly, it is not bad to capture the unforgettable moment with its camera, but you better find another device with more powerful camera than this.
What’s about the Samsung phone’s camera? The Galaxy S2 features the same size of camera, an 8MP camera that is equipped with some features such as geo-tagging, touch-focus, face & smile detection, image stabilization and 1080P movie capture. If we compared the secondary camera, the Galaxy S2’s secondary camera is better that the competitor’s camera as it offers a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
Samsung Galaxy S2’s camera is reportedly giving better performance than the competitor by capturing clearer and sharper images, besides it also offers more intuitive interface and smoother video.
There is no doubt for camera comparison; the Galaxy S2 comes out as the winner.
Final Result
Despite scoring good result in some sections of comparison, the HTC Sensation XE is failed to seal the victory over the South Korean manufactured device. Samsung Galaxy S2 has proved that it is still to be the better device money can buy than Sensation XE.
However, if you chose the HTC Sensation XE, your choice is good too. The device is still capable to satisfy the users through its nice features that fail to be performed by Galaxy S2.
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