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HTC Sensation XL Reviews

Thinkdigit

04/2012

6.0/10

HTC Sensation XL

The HTC Sensation XL is the second phone, with the HTC Sensation XE being the first, to come with the Beats Audio branding. And is targeting an even more unique demographic - one that doesn't want a traditional smartphone with a 4-inch display, and neither do they want the mammoth 5.3-inch goodness of the Samsung Galaxy Note. How successful that approach will be, only time will tell. But we should state this straightaway - the bigger the display, the more convenient it is to use a touchscreen. It is a big phone, and quite clearly feels that way. HTC have smartly thinned the bezel on the right and left side of the display, to shave off that precious mm that could make all the difference between comfortable and unwieldy. Below the display are four touch sensitive keys - Home, Options, Return and Search. While a lot of phone manufacturers are doing away with the dedicated Search key, HTC retains that. And we believe that is a convenience thing we wouldn't want to let go of. Flip the phone over, and there is a dual toned finish - silver combines with the white flowing over from the rest of the phone. The Beats Audio logo clearly gives away its alliances. Battery opening mechanism is simple, thanks to the press to flip up mechanism.

DigitalVersus

01/2012

8.0/10

Phone Reviews: Mobiles and Smartphones

Given its 4.7'' display, the Sensation XL, HTC's new multimedia-heavy smartphone, is rather aptly named. Along with the HTC Sensation XE, it's one of the first two handsets to feature the Beats Audio technology snapped up by HTC. It promises unrivalled sound quality on your mobile, and like the XE, it comes with Beats by DRE in-ear headphones. But does it deliver the goods? Let's take a closer look—and listen. In many ways, the Sensation XL picks up where the HTC Titan left off and joins a form factor that leaves smaller, 4'' phones, looking puny by comparison. It might well be the perfect choice for people who spend their day surfing the web on their phone, or use it for playing video games and taking photos, but anybody who's looking for a handset that slides easily into a pocket might be disappointed: it's a whole centimetre thick and weighs in at 163 g. It's also tricky for those of us who write our messages with our thumb, holding the phone in just one hand; using both hands is much easier. It's shorter, but wider, than the Galaxy Nexus, and you can really feel the difference.

GSMArena

11/2011

HTC Sensation XL review: Music and the beast

They say music soothes even the savage beast. In the case of the HTC Sensation XL, it just makes it cooler. The Sensation XL shares its design and mammoth 4.7" screen with the Titan, but the XL is part of the Android squad and packs a lyrical iBeats headset. The Sensation XL uses almost exactly the same hardware as the Titan - the major difference is that the XL packs four Android capacitive keys and there's no hardware shutter key, but that's about it. The single Scorpion core in the Snapdragon chipset runs at 1.5GHz again and the camera is an 8MP unit that records 720p video. Even the screen is the same 4.7" WVGA S-LCD unit, not the qHD resolution of the Sensation XE. Here's the list of pros and cons to sum up how well the merging of Titan hardware and Sensation software went. One major addition to the Sensation XL that the Titan lacks is the Beats setup. It includes a Monster iBeats headset in the box (those are rather pricy if you have to buy them separately) and special audio processing done on the inside tuned by none other than Dr. Dre. Compared to the other Androids by HTC (or in fact most other phones), the bigger screen of the XL is more accommodating to web browsing, watching videos and reading ebooks.

SlashGear

11/2011

HTC Sensation XL Review

Seldom has the name of a phone been so obviously related to its proposition as with the HTC Sensation XL. Bearing a supersized 4.7-inch touchscreen along with Beats Audio, this “extra large” Android smartphone should arguably be the pinnacle of HTC's multimedia range. However, cost-cutting and some frustrating design decisions could undermine all that. Read on for the full SlashGear review. HTC hasn't had to stretch much to come up with the Sensation XL. Ignore Android for a moment, and you're basically looking at the HTC Titan only in white rather than black: the XL and the Windows Phone share the same 4.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, the same 1.5GHz single core MSM8255 processor and 8-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording support. There's more RAM in the Sensation XL - 768MB versus 512MB - but unfortunately the missing memory card slot and miserly 16GB of fixed storage (of which 12.64GB is available to the user) remain: unimpressive when you consider HTC has included Beats Audio functionality and is pushing the handset as a multimedia maven. Connectivity includes the usual triband HSPA/WCDMA and quadband GSM/EDGE, along with WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0.

TechRadar

11/2011

7.0/10

HTC Sensation XL review

When the HTC Sensation arrived, HTC made it clear that it considered it a high-end flagship product. It packed specs to make the Samsung Galaxy S2 look nervously over its shoulder at number one in our list of the best mobile phones, mixed with that ol' HTC software magic.Only a few months later, we've got two new Sensation handsets. The HTC Sensation XE, which beefed up the processor even further and added Beats Audio. The HTC Sensation XL (try to keep up) instead offers a larger screen than the original Sensation, but with a 1.5GHz single-core processor, 16GB of built-in memory, and Beats Audio (like the XE).Though the Sensation XL's screen has been increased to 4.7 inches from the Sensation's 4.3 inches, the resolution is actually lower. Here, we've got a 480 x 800 display, compared to the 540 x 960 qHD screen in the Sensation and Sensation XE. However, that screen is still S-LCD, meaning that it's bright and vibrant, with excellent viewing angles.The HTC Sensation XL's 16GB of onboard storage is slightly unusual for HTC, who's default is usually to stick in just enough for the operating system and to let you add whatever else you want with a microSD memory card.

CNet UK

11/2011

7.0/10

HTC Sensation XL review

The HTC Sensation XL is the manufacturer's second Android phone, after the Sensation XE, to come equipped with Beats Audio and a matching set of headphones. It's pitched firmly at the tune-obsessed crowd who want more from their mobile than merely acceptable sound quality. There's a mammoth 4.7-inch screen too -- so could this be the Holy Grail of music phones? The Sensation XL is available now for free on contracts starting at £26 per month, or on pay as you go from £450. There's no doubt about it: out of the box, the HTC Sensation XL is one of the best music phones to ever squirt audio into our ears. Stuff it with your favourite albums -- MP3, WAV, WMA or even OGG files, it's not fussy. Then jam the garish, heavyweight earbud headphones into your ears and you're in for an auditory treat the likes of which your average smart phone can only dream of delivering. Much of this is undoubtedly down to the fact that this is one of the first mobiles to feature Beats Audio, a sound profile straight from the lab of NWA founder and G-Funk pioneer Dr Dre. The rapper and producer has already launched a range of headphones with Monster and crowbarred his tech into HP laptops -- mobiles were the next logical destination for Beats. Nice earphones but are they worth the extra outlay for the HTC Sensation XL?

phoneArena

11/2011

7.0/10

HTC Sensation XL Review

We have a new entrant in the Sensation line of HTC phones, people, and it comes with Beats Audio as well. The HTC Sensation XL differs from its other peers in the lineup with the huge 4.7” LCD display, and the lower hardware specs. HTC made it with a single-core chipset, no memory card slot, and lower screen resolution than the other models. This should have helped to keep costs down, but can big screen lovers settle with less than stellar hardware? Read on to find out…If we had a say on how large can a smartphone screen go before it gets unwieldy, we’d say it depends on the bezel. The HTC Sensation XL is graced with a 4.7” display, but has a quite narrow side bezel, and the space above the display is very thin, too, making the handset shorter than a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, for example, which has a huge 4.65” screen in itself. The phone is also 0.4” (10mm) thin, which seems to be the threshold for scoring the adjective “slim” on the smartphone catwalk these days.Size Visualization ToolBecause of those design achievements, in large hands the HTC Sensation XL fits pretty well, although there’s still about a quarter of the screen your thumb can’t reach with one-handed use. The phone allows for a comfortable grip, as the corners are rounded, and the chassis shell is tapered towards the edges.

3G.co.uk

11/2011

8.0/10

HTC Sensation XL Review

If you liked the look of HTC's Titan and its features, but didn't want a Windows Phone handset, the good news is that HTC has thought of you and launched the Sensation XL – which runs on Android's latest offering – Gingerbread 2.3.5. It has a few benefits that Windows Phone doesn't offer, although does have the WP7 limits of no removable memory card and a single-core processor. The Sensation XL is a tad bigger than the Titan, and has the same huge screen, but it looks rather different. With its white glossy front, matte aluminium reverse and edge-to-edge screen, the XL is very different from the Titan's dark, brooding, business-like style. In fact it is reminiscent of HTC's 7in tablet, the Flyer. The addition of a metal back means the handset feels more solid and classy – but the metal can make it difficult to get a decent signal. Good news then that HTC has included its trademark pair of pinholes that helps to send through data and voice signals. We found signal reception strong at all times and the call quality was good too. Other things the XL has in common with the Titan include the fact that it has no memory card slot – a bit disappointing considering its musical accomplishments (more of which later).

GSMArena

10/2011

HTC Sensation XL

Today HTC introduced the second member of its Beats droid family, making both geeks and audiophiles tremble with excitement. The HTC Sensation XL is one multimedia beast with its Dr. Dre-inspired audio, impressively spec'd camera and huge display and it's also keen to give users the proper smartphone experience with the tried and tested Gingerbread and Sense combo. The versatility of Android and the sexiness of Beats will be the Sensation XL's key selling point, but if you look carefully you will notice that there's so much more to it than that. Just check out that specs sheet: Granted, the single-core CPU won't give you boasting rights with your geeky friends and screen density could be pushed a bit higher. But with this one it's not so much about having the best specs on the market - it's about having specs that make sense. It's a statement that the company values user experience over PR material. The Sensation XL processing power should be enough to handle 99% of the Android market apps seamlessly and even if it's not the best of multi-tasker around only a small portion of the users will actually feel the difference. So why not put something in there that everyone will see and appreciate - like a larger screen, for example.

CNet UK

10/2011

HTC Sensation XL

We've already become acquainted with the HTC Sensation XE, a 4.3-inch Android mobile that packs Beats by Dr Dre audio tech, but HTC is following it up with another Beats-packed Android phone, the Sensation XL. And as you might have guessed from the name, it's absolutely enormous. We've gone hands-on with the Sensation XL, so watch our video and click through our photos above to take a gander at it from every angle, and read on to discover what you can expect from this mammoth mobile. The Sensation XL has a 4.7-inch screen, which makes this phone almost big enough to be a proper tablet. It feels totally massive to hold in your hands, and if you're cursed with short fingers, you could well find your digits struggling to squeeze around this epic device. It's a whopper and no mistake. Is 4.7 inches too big? If you'd asked us a year ago, we probably would have said yes. But since then phones such as the 4.3-inch Samsung Galaxy S2 have pushed the boundaries in terms of screen size, and actually holding the Sensation XL we don't think it's too big at all. It's not as gargantuan as the Samsung Galaxy Note, for example.The Super LCD screen appeared bright and colourful during our hands-on, and we suspect this display would be perfect for watching movies on public transport.

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Htc X315e Sensation Xl White 16gb Unlocked S-lcd 8mp 1.5 Ghz Android Cell Phone	$476.95	See it
HTC Sensation XL X315E with Beats Audio Unlocked Android SmartPhone (White)	$479.99	See it
HTC Sensation XL X315E with Beats Audio Unlocked QuadBand GPS WiFi HSDPA Cellular Phone White	$479.99	See it
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