I mentioned that I’d upgraded my phone to the HTC Sensation XE – I’d previously had the HTC Desire.
I was toying with the idea of the Sensation XL, which has a huge 4.7 inch screen, but I was put off by the fact that Orange didn’t have it on pay-monthly (and they said there were no plans to), and a few reviews I’d read didn’t rate it as highly as the XE. Also, it didn’t have a card slot, so you couldn’t increase storage.
Then, when I got to thinking about it (after having checked out a few promo videos), the XL is simply too big. The whole point of phones is that they’re discrete, but I reckon the XL wouldn’t fit in my shirt pocket. It’s bordering on being a tablet rather than a phone.
The Sensation XE has a 4.3 inch screen – massively larger than my old Desire, but still small enough to carry around. It has a dual core processor, and is infinitely faster than the Desire. Battery life is better, and Android 2.3 is definitely highly responsive. Even HTC’s Sense interface is smooth and trouble-free (and rumour has it it will upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich – Android 4.0 – at some stage).
But the real reason I have written this article is that I just saw a TV ad for the latest Blackberry (the Bold). It made me laugh when I saw them using the “pinch” technique to manipulate the screen – which is only 2.8 inches!
It’s almost as big as my old Nokia 6600’s display.