I'm coming from a Nexus one and currently using an international sensation (w/ edge speeds only ) and am looking for new phone b/c I can't take the slow speeds anymore. I'm mainly trying to decide between the HTC Amaze and HTC sensation 4g, but open to other phones as well.
I haven't personally used the Amaze before, so I figure it would be a good idea to ask you all for your personal opinions of why you chose the Amaze. I generally prefer the HTC build quality over that of Galaxy S2's. However, the sensation seems sleeker than the Amaze and is a more popular phone, which means more development activity (also, I read something about how Tmobile is taking it off their shelves but keeping the sensation..??). On the other hand, the Amaze has 42mbps data capabilities while sensation is only 14.4 or something =/.
Well I cannot say for certain whether max data speed has much affect on average speeds or not but max I've gotten on my amaze is about 13mb/s but anything above 5 is pretty good imo. Now as far as preferences... I like the feel and sleek design of the sensation much better, it felt better without a case or anything but I was always paranoid without it having a case and I had dust under the screen a lot... I've had possession of about 4 sensations and no matter what rom I ran. The amaze was smoother and faster out of the box. That's saying a lot imo and the camera is great in my opinion. This phone also seems more consistent and less prone to issues. That's just my 2 cents
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If you care for custom roms, the Amaze is not for you. Frankly, the ones available suck, if you're looking to ditch Sense. They still have large elements of sense remaining.
But if you don't care... the Amaze is a nice phone. Good build quality with an amazing camera.
go with the amaze if you want the upgraded camera, HSPA+, and the increase in RAM + CPU.
go with the sensation if you want more dev support, and the increase in battery standby time.
i've never seen 42mbps personally, but i often reach 20 mbps on 4g.
imho you can't go wrong either way.
First of all, if you care about speed which location are you on.. it all depends where you are or how the draft of 4g is on your place.. yeah they say it @42 mbps but in reality you can't reach that speed.. again it depends on your location for the speed..
The Amaze has a 25% faster processor, 33% more RAM, 4 times the internal storage (16GB vs 4GB), an NFC chip, dedicated camera and camcorder buttons, a wider aperture F2.2 camera lens, a better front camera (2 MPix vs VGA), supports HSPA+ 42, 802.11a WiFi (in addition to b/g/n), and AT&T's UMTS freqs in addition to T-Mobile's.
best ive ever gotten on my amaze is ~9 mb, but then again, it all depends on network load, signal strength etc. if youre rom flasher, the only thing youll miss is lack of roms. hopefully that will change soon, im already sick of bloated ass sense...
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Having owned the nexus one and now the amaze I can see where you're coming from. If you like the size of the sensation, then the amaze should feel perfect for you. I think its a little too big, but it seems like it's impossible to get a phone with decent specs that isn't gigantic. But here's just a quick overview:
The camera software on the Amaze, is just simply spectacular.
Amaze has some pretty sweet download speeds I think I've hit like 13-17 a few times.
Better specs that the Sensation.
I think both the sensation and amaze were posted as being end of life phones over on the tmonews site. If you can wait a little longer maybe you can hold out til the HTC Ville comes out.
i just got my htc amaze and let me you man, i do not regret getting it at all! its amazing! its so fast! and hopefully X will get ICS to work for our phones!
Both are great phones, the only thing IMO the Sensation has over the Amaze is OVERWHELMING Dev support
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Both are great phones, the only thing IMO the Sensation has over the Amaze is OVERWHELMING Dev support
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This is the only advantage Sensation has over the Amaze. The Amaze wins in every other regard. Faster, better hardware specs, awesome camera and nicer screen. That said, Bulletproof ROM is quite nice and I can't wait for ICS to hit.
I also come from Nexus One and I absolutely believe Amaze is HTC's best phone to date. Nexus One was fantastic and Amaze is a worthy sucessor. Of course, it you want to wait, I'm sure HTC One X with its quad core will be great as well.
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This is the only advantage Sensation has over the Amaze. The Amaze wins in every other regard. Faster, better hardware specs, awesome camera and nicer screen. That said, Bulletproof ROM is quite nice and I can't wait for ICS to hit.
I also come from Nexus One and I absolutely believe Amaze is HTC's best phone to date. Nexus One was fantastic and Amaze is a worthy sucessor. Of course, it you want to wait, I'm sure HTC One X with its quad core will be great as well.
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Maybe a good poll idea? The Nexus One will always have a soft spot in my heart too. It's the OG in my book. The MT4G in my opinion may still be the best phone. I get same speeds running CoreDroid (which is a sense ROM btw) on MT4G as I do with my Amaze and it's a single core CPU. I do love my Amaze though. More pleasing to the eyes, and a bigger screen. Not to mention the AMAZING camera
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Maybe a good poll idea? The Nexus One will always have a soft spot in my heart too. It's the OG in my book. The MT4G in my opinion may still be the best phone. I get same speeds running CoreDroid (which is a sense ROM btw) on MT4G as I do with my Amaze and it's a single core CPU. I do love my Amaze though. More pleasing to the eyes, and a bigger screen. Not to mention the AMAZING camera
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I do believe thats because gingerbread doesnt fully support dual core
Sensation is only good for its dev support. But its also bad because you won't make up your mind on which ROM to use because there are so many of them!
Go with the AMAZE...once ICS and CM9 comes, dev support should pick up really fast.
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Sensation is only good for its dev support. But its also bad because you won't make up your mind on which ROM to use because there are so many of them!
Go with the AMAZE...once ICS and CM9 comes, dev support should pick up really fast.
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CM is not coming. No S=off
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I do believe thats because gingerbread doesnt fully support dual core
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Bingo! When ics drops, it will be very nice
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CM is not coming. No S=off
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My understanding was that you don't need s-off in order to get CM
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My understanding was that you don't need s-off in order to get CM
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They would be here by now. Unless XBoarder and Binary get it cracked, I don't see CM coming over. And the task at hand is a mighty tall task. Enjoy the devs we have, they're all we got.
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They would be here by now. Unless XBoarder and Binary get it cracked, I don't see CM coming over. And the task at hand is a mighty tall task. Enjoy the devs we have, they're all we got.
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im bringing our own ics over they will come people or i will just have to make 10 user accounts to be 10 dif devs lol
okay, so i also have been looking to upgrade to an amaze. my last android phone was the mt4g, i traded that for a hd7 to try windows phone as i had gotten a little tired of the current batch of roms that were around and my screen was dying. i am not a fan of sense, i really would never use it, which is driving me away from this phone. is there any chance of an aosp rom in the future, cm7/9, anything non sense. i have read your reasons for why its better than the sensation 4g, and while i would love to have a god camera and a slight amount more of ram, the increased data doesnt effect me in arizona where we dont get real 4g. the sensation is sounding like the better choice atm cuz i like the idea of having a aosp rom and a possible chance of seeing cm9 on my phone. so again if anyone could tell me if there is a chance that aosp will someday (hopefully soon) be on the amaze it would be helpful in helping me decide between the two phones. thank you.
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I know I am actually IN the 3D forums lol so it might be biased but I just would like an honest opinion on it. Plus I know a lot of people here were from the 4G forums so they have a better comparison.
I have an opportunity to basically get a free 3D and I can either give my g/f my Evo 4G or give her the 3D. The 4G community on XDA is fantastic and booming right now with ICS and all things Sense 3.0 and 3.5. The phone itself is a beast for being so old too.
How is the community here as far as being on the pulse of new stuff and ICS ect...? I like having options for flashing that are stable and updated. I also didn't really see a solid WIP project for ICS unless I just missed it. I assumed something of that nature would be on the 1st page with the new discovery of hardware acceleration.
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The EVO 3D is better than the EVO 4G in virtually every single way, except for the development. It is quite slow and nothing compared to the 4G. The 4G is also older and has matured more as a phone, so I would expect its development community to be better.
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The EVO 3D is better than the EVO 4G in virtually every single way, except for the development. It is quite slow and nothing compared to the 4G. The 4G is also older and has matured more as a phone, so I would expect its development community to be better.
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i second what freeza says. to tell you the truth, im a little dissapointed with the development of the evo 3d, at least as far as AOSP roms go. i feel like we have plenty of sense roms though, so if thats your thing, then great. I was a former cm7 user though and we still don't even have a beta of CM7 and havnt had an update since like october for cm7.
The phone itself is great, I am not completely upset about development because the e3d handles sense with ease. It is much more smooth and fast then my evo 4g ever was even with cm7 and over clocking.
to be clear. i do suggest you take the 3d, it is definitely a better phone. heres why
-better camera - yes less mp, but the flash works 100x better and it just wor3ks better. plus the camera hardware button is awesome. o ya, too. lol
-faster, smoother
-higher resolution screen.
-i think it feel better in you hand. personal preference i guess though.
The only real complaint I have about the 3D is the camera button. I actually prefer having a physical button, but it looks and feels tacked-on like an afterthought -- it should've been more like the volume buttons in shape and height. Otherwise, it's got a great feel to it, not as heavy-feeling as the 4G, but not cheap-feeling like some Samsung phones. The 3D camera is a gimmick that you'll soon get over, so thank goodness it's a great phone in every other respect.
I use CleanROM on mine after using Deck's AOSP on my 4G, and I don't notice any slowdown. I prefer HTC's calendar, dialer, contacts, and clock apps, so I was glad to be able to go back to Sense again (I use LP as my launcher though).
If the EVO 4G had a dual core processor I would say stick with it. While both screens are 4.3" the EVO 4G screen appears larger because of the 16:9 ratio used on the EVO 3D.
The EVO 3D screen also appears dropped down in the phone and not as flush with the bezel. You do get a better resolution on the 3D but HTC needs to step up the quality and colors of their screens to stay competitive.
I found the camera button to be a waste on the 3D as you had to push down so hard for it to take a pic that you would end up moving the whole camera. The pictures are def. better on the 3D but the camera still has a long ways to go to catch up to the competition.
Bottom line, knowing that quad core devices are around the corner, you will def. want to go with the dual core phone so you do not get left to far behind in the dirt...
Well, I now on the 3D. Only problem is it's hboot 1.5 so it seems I have a bit of reading to do to get some custom goodness going.
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@hockey4life the AOSP has really been stepped up over there btw. Most of it is obviously Cyanogen based but the custom Roms are solid and nice. MIUI is pretty popular and solid as well. ICS just today is in Preview 3 with hardware acceleration and for what it is is pretty stable as well.
When the 3D hardware becomes obsolete the value of the device will plummet, and the development will completely cease, I would predict. Where as the 4g will hold its resale value, and development might actually continue after the 3D dies. Also, the 3D will never have the size and speed of development that the 4g does and will.
The hardware is clearly superior though, and will still remain relevant after new devices come.
Your all leaving out the fact that the speaker on the 3D is terrible! Evo 4G's wasn't spectacular to begin with, but it puts the 3D's to shame!
Itt: ooh look at me, I have an amazing phone and all I do is hate on it
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I predict in June of next year, you're going to see a dramatic drop in the number of Evo 4G users ...
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Itt: ooh look at me, I have an amazing phone and all I do is hate on it
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What the hell man? The freaking title even says HONEST opinion. The only way to answer his question with the least amount of bias is to include the pros AND cons of the device. You would never see a review online that doesn't include the high and low points, so why should this thread be any different? So you believe your device is great, but the thread asked for opinions, and that is what he got.
Hey, some people get a phone and hate it but are stuck with it. Lord knows i have gotten the "next best thing" and had to sit on it awhile so definitely good to get both sides.
I'm just shy of 24 hours into it and am enjoying it. I saw a lot of good points about the EVO 4G development and the 3D development. One thing I will say about the 3D that i am liking is that it is native Sense 3.0 and it runs SOOO smooth. 4G dev right now is hot but it's all beta and hacked 3.0/3.5 and ICS, no 4G no fully functioning camera, sms past 160 ect... The devs are absolutely amazing for what they do but compared to what I am seeing 3.0 should be running like it's like putting on that shirt you like that just quite doesn't fit anymore.
Don't flame me for this but it still is my opinion that this is a gimmick phone, 3D just wasn't very well thought out. I was literally over it about the 2nd picture lol. It's unfortunate that the 3D aspect is what prevents the devs from really digging in and blowing this thing up because dual core, EVO, and HTC all just equal greatness.
Ah well, thank you guys for the ups and downs, please if there is anything else I should know post up. I have been doing some non stop reading so far. Currently I am already HTC Unlocked and running Vipers Rom. I'm still learning about my limitations with hboot 1.5 but it seems to be just a few extra steps. I'll probably run this rom for a bit, any decent kernels out there? I'm not ready for the OC or undervolting yet but would like a decent kernel. My 4G was undervolted(is that a word lol) but this is a different beast.
All in all it was a free phone so I can't beat that with a stick.
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Hey, some people get a phone and hate it but are stuck with it. Lord knows i have gotten the "next best thing" and had to sit on it awhile so definitely good to get both sides.
I'm just shy of 24 hours into it and am enjoying it. I saw a lot of good points about the EVO 4G development and the 3D development. One thing I will say about the 3D that i am liking is that it is native Sense 3.0 and it runs SOOO smooth. 4G dev right now is hot but it's all beta and hacked 3.0/3.5 and ICS, no 4G no fully functioning camera, sms past 160 ect... The devs are absolutely amazing for what they do but compared to what I am seeing 3.0 should be running like it's like putting on that shirt you like that just quite doesn't fit anymore.
Don't flame me for this but it still is my opinion that this is a gimmick phone, 3D just wasn't very well thought out. I was literally over it about the 2nd picture lol. It's unfortunate that the 3D aspect is what prevents the devs from really digging in and blowing this thing up because dual core, EVO, and HTC all just equal greatness.
Ah well, thank you guys for the ups and downs, please if there is anything else I should know post up. I have been doing some non stop reading so far. Currently I am already HTC Unlocked and running Vipers Rom. I'm still learning about my limitations with hboot 1.5 but it seems to be just a few extra steps. I'll probably run this rom for a bit, any decent kernels out there? I'm not ready for the OC or undervolting yet but would like a decent kernel. My 4G was undervolted(is that a word lol) but this is a different beast.
All in all it was a free phone so I can't beat that with a stick.
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its not really the 3d thats holding it back at all really. the only problem with the 3d is that feature will just be omitted on any roms that aren't built off the stock rom (like cm7 or sense 3.5, but i think they just figured out 3d on 3.5.). the chipset, or the low popularity of the chipset is holding it back. I dont believe there our any stable cm7 releases on our chipset family.
also want to add, none of the modded roms even feel as fast as the stock rom; therefore, since the phone is free, i dont see any reason not to upgrade. I kinda forgot about the whole hboot issue, i know they have some workarounds but i have the old one so i have never dealt with it.
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also want to add, none of the modded roms even feel as fast as the stock rom;
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Orly?
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Speaker is quiet. Overall I like the phone. I came from an epic 4g, and this community has 10x the development. I like the rom's and options everyone is putting out. I like the qhd screen and the dual core. The 3d is cool to show off to people. I think 3d takes better pictures than 2d as far as lighting goes. It runs very smooth stock, and that was the biggest reason I got it. Flipped the screen, it started the carousel thing, extremely smooth, and I bought it.
I forgot to mention. I got a free evo 4g a few weeks before the 3d, and I think the 3d is 5x better. It was a solid decision in my book getting the 3d.
Evo 3D taking it to Redline V2!
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Orly?
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i mean none of the modded evo 4g roms feel as fast as the stock evo 3d rom. i should have clarified.
hockey4life0099 said:
i mean none of the modded evo 4g roms feel as fast as the stock evo 3d rom. i should have clarified.
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Oh ok. I was like, Oh no, the system will fail if Hockey is tripping balls
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i mean none of the modded evo 4g roms feel as fast as the stock evo 3d rom. i should have clarified.
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Yea they weren't designed for the 4g. Hell native sense is still 1.0. The 2.1 rooms are dam smooth but when you have that 3.0 goodness why settle.
I like my choice so far. About the 3d holding it back, I'm clearly going on stuff I have read. I have seen both sides of the fence on that.
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freeza said:
The EVO 3D is better than the EVO 4G in virtually every single way, except for the development. It is quite slow and nothing compared to the 4G. The 4G is also older and has matured more as a phone, so I would expect its development community to be better.
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Exactly. This phone bores me.
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blizzard1017 said:
Yea they weren't designed for the 4g. Hell native sense is still 1.0. The 2.1 rooms are dam smooth but when you have that 3.0 goodness why settle.
I like my choice so far. About the 3d holding it back, I'm clearly going on stuff I have read. I have seen both sides of the fence on that.
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I can accurately tell you with confidence why the evo 3D development and popularity isn't there. You are right, the 3D is just a gimmick. Until glasses free 3D technology hits HD resolution, vibrant color depth, doesn't hurt people's eyes, and more devices can display 3D it will just be a feature that is nearly irrelevant, not a selling point. So, if you take away the 3D you are left with a phone that has hardware that is not at all revolutionary. Don't get me wrong, it performs well, but none of the technical specs were "never before seen".
Now, the 4g was revolutionary when it came out. First Android device device with 4g, in the world. Hdmi, 8mp camera, 1ghz snap dragon processor. All those features made the thing real popular. The number of people that own the device is therefore much higher. The hardware isn't the best out anymore but still very well preforming for current software trends.
Hi all,
I have won an iphone 4 16gb from a lottery and i think i'll get it in second half of january. As you imagine i'll sell it and buy a high end android device. I absolutely want to buy evo 3d because of its ram but here someone offers me sensation. In Turkey, evo 3d is about $100-150 cheaper than sensation. I know evo has more ram than the other. So it should be faster because they have the same cpu and gpu... But why is this cheaper and why does somebody say it isn't really that fast? Please help me to persuade myself to get an evo
By the way, goodbye desire z
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I don't know who told you the Evo 3D "isn't really that fast" but...
1.2ghz dual-core cpu stock (mine is OC'ed to 1.5ghz) Snapdragon S3
1gb RAM
And the Adreno 220 GPU
Although those are just specs that anyone can look up, they're on par with almost every other highend smartphone out there right now. I'm running an experimental ICS rom and it's smooth as ****. It's not even in the final stages yet, so that says something.
It's cheaper because it didn't sell as anticipated.
I've gotten 4500 quads and linpack scores topping 108+ so yeah not that fast.
Wtf.
No its fast as hell and will do some serious multitasking with a gig of ram. Most evo 3ds can handle an overclock up to 1.782ghz the fact alone that the factory1.2ghz clock speed is actually detuned from the factory specs of 1.5ghz so technically "overclocking" to 1.5 is pretty damn near not overclocking.
I would say go for the 3d if you want the better phone.
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With Root and OC cpu I get around 95-105 mflops on cpu and if I really crank it up around 3300+ on quad standard scores. It is super fast
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It's cheaper because it didn't sell as anticipated.
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Thank you all to reply but i wonder why it didn't sell too much? It seems evo 3d has better sprecifications than sensation...
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And because gsm phones sale more then cdma
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The sensation is much more thin than the 3d
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The sensation is much more thin than the 3d
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Is this a reason to buy a sensation?
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Is this a reason to buy a sensation?
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Works for apple.
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Sensation has a much better camera, and is thinner. But the extra ram does make the 3d feel much faster. Atleast when I played with them both I didn't think the sensation felt any faster than my epic 4g, but I noticed quite a difference when I used the 3d. Both stock of course when I played with them. If you need a really clear camera then its the sensation you need. Other than that the 3d is the way I went because I have sprint, and because it seamed so much quicker.
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Sensation has a much better camera, and is thinner. But the extra ram does make the 3d feel much faster. Atleast when I played with them both I didn't think the sensation felt any faster than my epic 4g, but I noticed quite a difference when I used the 3d. Both stock of course when I played with them. If you need a really clear camera then its the sensation you need. Other than that the 3d is the way I went because I have sprint, and because it seamed so much quicker.
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I can't remember when i used camera of my desire z last. So it is not problem if a device has only a vga camera. But i want to play games smoothly as it can be. Yesterday i visited a technology market a had a chance to try evo 3d. Unfortunately i couldn't find a wifi network so couldn't install any 3d game to play... Everything was ok with its stock rom but i want to have a red back side although they have yellow back side
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Having both of these phones myself, I have to say that at this moment in time the sensation has better rom's which give better performance than the EVO3D, which is a shame because i always thought the evo would spank the sensation, and on paper it does, but the user experience so far with the evo has been disappointing on the evo when compared to the sensation, i don't do benchmarks because quite frankly it doesn't mean ****, the user experience is everything and from what i've seen the evo has a little bit of catching up to do.
I've still got 11 days to return my evo and get either a galaxy nexus or an XL, I'm a fan of HTC Sense so i am dragging my heels on switching devices, i just hope the dev's can pull out the roms which the guys doing the sensation have.
I'm running Insert Coin at the moment, probably the fastest sense rom on the sensation, alas it doesn't seem to cut the mustard on the EVO, my DHD is smoother than this with only one core.
I've unlocked both cores and i'm using the anthrax kernel v2.
If you want to know what i mean, then just swipe the carousel around and right at the end you will see jitters and stuttering, the sensation doesn't do this, if the evo was as smooth as the sensation is then it would be a no brainer, but at the moment it's just not the case.
Oh and for anyone about to say putting a senseless rom on their evo is smooth, well yea it is, but i didn't buy the evo to live without sense, i could have got a galaxy nexus for that.
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Having both of these phones myself, I have to say that at this moment in time the sensation has better rom's which give better performance than the EVO3D, which is a shame because i always thought the evo would spank the sensation, and on paper it does, but the user experience so far with the evo has been disappointing on the evo when compared to the sensation, i don't do benchmarks because quite frankly it doesn't mean ****, the user experience is everything and from what i've seen the evo has a little bit of catching up to do.
I've still got 11 days to return my evo and get either a galaxy nexus or an XL, I'm a fan of HTC Sense so i am dragging my heels on switching devices, i just hope the dev's can pull out the roms which the guys doing the sensation have.
I'm running Insert Coin at the moment, probably the fastest sense rom on the sensation, alas it doesn't seem to cut the mustard on the EVO, my DHD is smoother than this with only one core.
I've unlocked both cores and i'm using the anthrax kernel v2.
If you want to know what i mean, then just swipe the carousel around and right at the end you will see jitters and stuttering, the sensation doesn't do this, if the evo was as smooth as the sensation is then it would be a no brainer, but at the moment it's just not the case.
Oh and for anyone about to say putting a senseless rom on their evo is smooth, well yea it is, but i didn't buy the evo to live without sense, i could have got a galaxy nexus for that.
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You made me confused, thank you
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You made me confused, thank you
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In short, the EVO is a better phone, however if you plan to flash a rom, which i think you will, then at the moment the sensation is ahead, but that will probably change.
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In short, the EVO is a better phone, however if you plan to flash a rom, which i think you will, then at the moment the sensation is ahead, but that will probably change.
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I think I will buy an evo 3d...
Hardware wise, Evo3D trumps Sensation. It's just how it was marketed.
During that time, this section was flooded with assholes who were arguing newer phones like the sgs and other non-related phones with superior specifications and ROM support that it kind of killed it's tractions here (not excluding the babies who kept killing dev support here because of there constant demands for things they had no right to push since they weren't helping with the code).
On the outside, it was the best at release, but the competitors were selling their latest phones that weren't even available, and the end results was that people waited for them.
So now you see them trying to get rid of there stock in preparation for the next big thing. I still love my phone. I came from the Hero and knew what specs I was looking for. If we could get ICS running on that little machine, my horizon for this phone was, and still is, grand. It's capabilities will last me well into the next phase of phones until I'm forced to get a new one that will accommodate the new change in cellular frequencies.
the Evo 3d would be great coming from the DHD, IMO,
I just got my 3d a coupole months ago, upgraded from the original EVO 4G, I could have gotten any phone, or even waited for some of the new ones im sure sprint will release in the next 3ish months, and I am completely satisified, I find my phone to be rediculously fast, It takes whatever i throw at it with ease, especially when I have anthrax kernels.
And I feel like once the 3D officially gets ICS, things are just going to get faster and smoother..
I had a G2 then it broke so for now I'm on a G1, when its time for my upgrade should I get the Amaze or Sensation?
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rickyiswhite said:
i had a g2 then it broke so for now i'm on a g1, when its time for my upgrade should i get the amaze or sensation?
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amaze get it
rickyiswhite said:
I had a G2 then it broke so for now I'm on a G1, when its time for my upgrade should I get the Amaze or Sensation?
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Haha, almost in the same situation as you, dropped my Sensation from 50ft, had to go back to my Nexus One for two months and hated it after having a big screen, front facing camera, and dual core proc. I recently got an Amaze off insurance and man, this thing kills the Sensation feature wise. The only difference is about 256MB more ram (which really helps), NFC, and a 1.5GHz stock speed (instead of the stock speed of 1.2GHz on the Sensation, but you could overclock without any ill effects to 1.5GHz). But if you can shell out the extra cash, get the Amaze. The only gripes I have right now are some light bleeding from the capacitive buttons but you can turn them off with screen filter, and it's a little bit bulkier, but barley noticeable.
Amaze.
Amaze goes up to 42MB with HSPA+
Sensation goes up to 14.4MB. It doesn't have HSPA+.
Amaze has a 1.5GHz Dual Core
Sensation has a 1.2GHz Dual Core
Amaze runs really smooth. My brother has the Sensation and my phones runs better.
Plus hes running my old rom he will want to come here
I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
Here is a review video I did of the Amaze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWV7xLPBwmk
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I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
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sensation has been out longer than the amaze. amaze has only been out for about two months where as the sensation has been out for six months...we are getting more roms, themes and support as time passes...My gf has the sensation and I'll tell you the Amaze feels much better, besides the flash bleed into the camera (easy fix), you are getting the best camera on the market...doesn't even compare to the sensation camera, I've played with both...I don't like the feel of the sensation...Overall amaze is a much better phone with some downfalls...like the screen bleed which I didn't even notice until people started mentioning it...and the camera flash bleed which is fixable with electrical tape...we have faux and xboarder and I think three other developers working on roms etc...I'm will talk to koush and see if he is willing to invest a little time in our community...I want to appreciate all the developers for their help.
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I say if you like roms, get sensation, amaze forums are a ghost town comparatively my gf sold her sensation to get an amaze, and that lasted only a week, it was a downgrade
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The Sensation will be a year old 4 months, the Amaze is pretty new for all the devolopment it has. It will get better over here once we get CM fully working and ICS rolling. The Amaze also is more future proof with HTC updating it and has a much better camera. the RAM helps a lot too, that was one thing that bugged me about mine. i hated only have about 120mb of ram with just fb open or something
Ahh ok I'm deff gonna get the amaze then.. and what do you guys mean by bleeding? And yeah xboarder I liked your roms a lot when I had my G2, one of the most stable roms so ill deffinetley try yours firste when I get it my only thing is on the T-Mobile sit it didn't say anything about the Amaze having hotspot?
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rickyiswhite said:
Ahh ok I'm deff gonna get the amaze then.. and what do you guys mean by bleeding? And yeah xboarder I liked your roms a lot when I had my G2, one of the most stable roms so ill deffinetley try yours firste when I get it my only thing is on the T-Mobile sit it didn't say anything about the Amaze having hotspot?
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The capacitive buttons underneath the screen (home, menu, back, and search) when they light up the bottom of the screen is noticably brighter. So if you have a black screen and the buttons are lit up then for an inch or so at the bottom it will gradient from a lighter shade to actual black. There are some pictures in a thread called screen bleeding on the second or third page of this forum that show it.
I just downloaded Screen Filter which disables the light to the buttons like the previous poster mentioned which stops the screen bleeding.
And yea get the Amaze for sure, best phone I've had. Battery is a little lacking but with this ROM + perhaps an AceSoft battery (2 for $30) you may get decent life.
The amaze is a better phone to the sensation in every I can't use my amaze right now and I'm using the sensation and I hate after using the amaze even with ics the amaze is just smoother and a better phone. The camera, processor speed, data speeds, build quality, front cam, storage, nfc, and battery for me are all better then the amaze. The only advantage of the sensation is that it has more roms but x here does some great stuff and slowly more devs may get this phone as its still a pretty spendy device.
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Mt friend got a Sensation and we noticed the Mic was not working well. Sound quality on voice calls were noticably bad. Maybe it was specific to that unit, idk?
My Amaze doesn't have that problem or any others for that matter.
Just short battery life!
Other than that, it is hands down the best smart phone I've had yet, it actually does everything, simultaneously.
I stream music, surf and make/receive calls or use Google nav., all at the same time. With little or no hiccups.
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I'm thinking of switching to an Amaze. Does it have a bitrate selector for 720p video? (I'm not too interested in 1080p video at this time.)
Thanks
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I'm thinking about getting an Amaze.
I have been plagued with the dust issue on the Sensation.
I am only unsure because of the lack of development.
But there are many familiar faces here.
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gustav30 said:
I'm thinking of switching to an Amaze. Does it have a bitrate selector for 720p video? (I'm not too interested in 1080p video at this time.)
Thanks
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Yes it does.
Full HD (1920 x 1080)
HD (1280 x 720)
QHD (960 x 540)
High (640 x 480)
Low (320 x 240)
MMS (176 x 144)
Online (HD, 10 minutes)
Online (High, 10 minutes)
The sensation is a fantastic phone, the Amaze is just newer and better, doesnt mean the Sensation is crap, youd be pretty happy with either
seriously??
mikeschevelle said:
The sensation is a fantastic phone, the Amaze is just newer and better, doesnt mean the Sensation is crap, youd be pretty happy with either
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Agreed. Both are great phones! It just depends on the user.
DevinQuigley said:
seriously??
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what great insight
What you think wich one is the best???i choose the amaze one in america but i think htc sensation is more popular and it is getting more updates and is getting developmnet faster for example there are many ICS roms for them but nothing on AMAZE...
gogjhan said:
What you think wich one is the best???i choose the amaze one in america but i think htc sensation is more popular and it is getting more updates and is getting developmnet faster for example there are many ICS roms for them but nothing on AMAZE...
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Apples and oranges.
You're going to get a lot of different feedback because not everyone likes to even root their phones. In that case they will probably favor the Amaze. The die hard members with ORD will likely favor the Sensation. You're question is quite vague. What do you plan on doing with the responses? Are you considering purchasing one or the other or do you want this to turn into a heated discussion where members are going to be flaming eachother?
depends what you're looking for!!! my GF has the sensation I have the amaze. If you're not a picky person they're both good phones...
main advantages of amaze are
-better camera with dedicated buttons
-faster data speeds up to 42mbps
-faster processor
disadvantages:
-light leak from capacitive buttons (which I could really care less about myself)
-leak from flash into camera lens (a big one for me, but there's a cheap fix on the forums
-no s-off
-battery hog
Advantages of sensation
-more developemen (however amaze is catching up very quick)
- lighter and thinner phone
- no cpacitive button light leak
- no camera light leak
-better battery life then amaze, not by much
- you can probably buy it cheaper now
disadvantages
-slower processor
-camera not as good as amaze
-not as fast data connection as amaze
others can add more I don't remember, this was from the top of my head.
Binary100100 said:
Apples and oranges.
You're going to get a lot of different feedback because not everyone likes to even root their phones. In that case they will probably favor the Amaze. The die hard members with ORD will likely favor the Sensation. You're question is quite vague. What do you plan on doing with the responses? Are you considering purchasing one or the other or do you want this to turn into a heated discussion where members are going to be flaming eachother?
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I predict a unnecessary flame war of opinions......
They're both great phones, i would think the main thing you'd look at would be do you want to spend the extra money for the increase in the specs.
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Chance Ill said:
I predict a unnecessary flame war of opinions......
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It's exactly what I'm predicting and NOT looking forward to.
I can't be here 24/7 to clean threads so if it goes that way I guess I'll just collect reported post reports, issue infractions then lock the thread down.
Pst! That's a warning to the OP by the way.
Feel free to let me know when you want it closed or deleted though. Sooner the better in my opinion.
Now that I think about it... aren't there a couple of these opinion threads anyway???
Let's stay positive!!!
I say amaze . Better specs!
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I vote apples, no wait oranges.
to the guy who posted advantages and disadvantages.. you forgot one of the most import things!! RAM difference.. i noticed a huge difference.
I love having over 200mb RAM free when i am not doing a thing.. it makes me feel more comfortable to use bigger apps and install a lot of apps. with the sensation it seems to slow it down. well that was my experiance.
I upgraded to the Amaze because it will be updated by HTC longer (1 year they have to update it im sure) MUCH better camera, more RAM, high clocked CPU, better FFC for video chat and self portraits, much better built quality, etc.
One thing you and a lot of other people should take note of: a phone working out of box is WAY more important than a phone that isnt, even if it has "better developement". we arent that far behind really now that we have another dev
Can't I love BOTH my phones equally?
I couldn't choose even if I tried....but I agree with Binary, the Amaze has a better experience out of the box (unrooted) and the Sensation has an amazing development section with TONS OF ROMs. (not that the Amaze doesn't have excellent development, it does...there are just more variants of the Sensation and it's been available waaaay longer)
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i dont wont here to be something like every body saying their opinion and fighting,,,i want too here the opinion of others,i have bought htc amaze and i was thinking and i couldnt choose wich one to buy but then i decided to buy amaze for its procesor ,,,and now i want to know am i choosen right???because it is interestg for me to know am i right or wrong,,,!
It depends what you care about. The camera alone sold me on the Amaze.
Mhm I think amaze. Xe is cool because it has 3.5 right out of the box if I'm not mistaken and we here in the amaze don't have a fully working one yet. The camera on the amaze is just phenomenal
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Babydoll25 said:
Can't I love BOTH my phones equally?
I couldn't choose even if I tried....but I agree with Binary, the Amaze has a better experience out of the box (unrooted) and the Sensation has an amazing development section with TONS OF ROMs. (not that the Amaze doesn't have excellent development, it does...there are just more variants of the Sensation and it's been available waaaay longer)
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exactly, out of box experiance is very important as well.
also, why would you pay more for the XE when the amaze is cheaper? lol, international phones are expensive
Thank you everybody))
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The faster processor, faster data speeds, and increased RAM are what sold me on the amaze. I personally like the form factor more on the amaze. It's a little bigger but that is strictly opinion. The data is faster on the amaze, I went from getting 2mb down in the town I live in with a mytouch 4g to around 5-6 with the amaze. I can't speak for the sensation on data pes however.
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Welcome and hope you enjoy your stay lol
Enjoy our wonderful community! Make sure to read the Amaze Bible to understand what we have to offer
Hey welcome buddy!
Amaze vs Sensation?
Perfect person to ask my question to.....
I'm busy buying phones to switch family lines over to T-Mobile. I bought one like-new sensation. Debating between a new Amaze or another pristtine like-new Sensation for my son. Amaze has a faster processor, more RAM. But it weighs more. Is battery life worse?
Basically the same price for either one. Are there any other factors I should be considering? Your recommendations from using both?
Thanks...
cz9h3d said:
Perfect person to ask my question to.....
I'm busy buying phones to switch family lines over to T-Mobile. I bought one like-new sensation. Debating between a new Amaze or another pristtine like-new Sensation for my son. Amaze has a faster processor, more RAM. But it weighs more. Is battery life worse?
Basically the same price for either one. Are there any other factors I should be considering? Your recommendations from using both?
Thanks...
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I sold my amaze to go back to the sensation, as I understand the amaze and the sensation have the same snapdragon s3 only that the amaze comes with higher clock, witch with a custom kernel it doesnt matter, another thing I loved the amaze but Im always flashing roms and all the stuff and the sensation have more to offer, if HTC ever release the needed drivers i might go back but as the sensation being a worldwide (more devs) phone I dont know,
I've had the Amaze going on 10 days now. Got it as a insurance claim after my G2x felt like checking out the toilet water. Seriously, compared to the G2x, this device is light years ahead.
Haven't rooted and the only reason to do so is to delete some of this T-Mobile crap. The stock rom is excellent. Of all the Android phones I've owned, this is the closet to 5 stars as I've seen.
The G2x is vanilla Android. Simply it's just too vanilla. I prefer HTC's Sense. Some color. Some spice. There are a lot of apps on the market the mimic Sense but they don't come close. From weather widget to stocks, nothing on the market compares. Beautiful Widgets? HD Widgets? They have their shinning points but they can't compare to Sense.
All and all there is no comparison between LG and HTC when it comes to device build - HTC makes a better device no questions asked - I haven't had one FC since I've had it. The G2x would force close two to three times a day. That was with the stock rom. With custom roms, because of Nvidia's total lack of support with releasing the needed drivers for video, video was terrible. No Netflix and no video recording unless you used 3rd party apps.
This is a fantastic device. I'm pleased.
gypsy214 said:
I sold my amaze to go back to the sensation, as I understand the amaze and the sensation have the same snapdragon s3 only that the amaze comes with higher clock, witch with a custom kernel it doesnt matter, another thing I loved the amaze but Im always flashing roms and all the stuff and the sensation have more to offer, if HTC ever release the needed drivers i might go back but as the sensation being a worldwide (more devs) phone I dont know,
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Lol please don't compare the amaze to the sensation
The amaze has a much better screen, waayyyy better camera, 1gb of ram and has 16gb of internal memory, not to mention 3x the data speeds, and the better front facing front camera, and dedicated camcorder button
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EclipzeRemix said:
Lol please don't compare the amaze to the sensation
The amaze has a much better screen, waayyyy better camera, 1gb of ram and has 16gb of internal memory, not to mention 3x the data speeds, and the better front facing front camera, and dedicated camcorder button
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Agreed. Sometimes it's annoying we don't have everything to have a full blown dev community like the sensation, but then I remember how awesome this phone is and I feel good about my decision again.
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eliasadrian said:
Agreed. Sometimes it's annoying we don't have everything to have a full blown dev community like the sensation, but then I remember how awesome this phone is and I feel good about my decision again.
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Well, talking about hardware, Amaze is far more advance than Sensation. Only thing I miss is CM9/AOKP that fully functioning on this device. I love to have less eyes candy for more battery and ram performance.
camapghe said:
Well, talking about hardware, Amaze is far more advance than Sensation. Only thing I miss is CM9/AOKP that fully functioning on this device. I love to have less eyes candy for more battery and ram performance.
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It's 5 a.m. go to sleep. lol
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