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Hi, I have dilemma, the time has come to buy new smartphone
I know this question was considered many times but let me describe my point of view.
My adventure with smartphones started with Nokia N82 and now I have HTC Desire Z. I was really happy having Desire Z and HTC made a real impression on me. Now I am considering to buy HTC Sensation or Galaxy S2. I really liked dev support for HTC and Cyanogenmod ROM and also other ones. I didn't use stock ROM. I am reading about many positives for SGS2 like display, camera, RAM and cons like Touchwiz, display resolution.
I would prefer to choose HTC maybe beacuse I know their product, I didn't have any samsung before.
My preferences:
For me the most important is performence, customization possibilities and dev support. I don't care about outside but only what is inside. I like sometimes to grab a picture or record a movie. For sure I am using the phone for multimedia: playing, web browsing and waching films. It would be nice if some newer games could be played smoothly. And I was really impressed by HTC custom ROMs (especially CM7).
Could you give me any view for situation repsecting my preferences? I wouldn't like to miss HTC and would like to have sure I will be satisifed if choose SGS2 (it said better performance/hardware).
I hope you understand my uncertainties.
Sebalos said:
Hi, I have dilemma, the time has come to buy new smartphone
I know this question was considered many times but let me describe my point of view.
My adventure with smartphones started with Nokia N82 and now I have HTC Desire Z. I was really happy having Desire Z and HTC made a real impression on me. Now I am considering to buy HTC Sensation or Galaxy S2. I really liked dev support for HTC and Cyanogenmod ROM and also other ones. I didn't use stock ROM. I am reading about many positives for SGS2 like display, camera, RAM and cons like Touchwiz, display resolution.
I would prefer to choose HTC maybe beacuse I know their product, I didn't have any samsung before.
My preferences:
For me the most important is performence, customization possibilities and dev support. I don't care about outside but only what is inside. I like sometimes to grab a picture or record a movie. For sure I am using the phone for multimedia: playing, web browsing and waching films. It would be nice if some newer games could be played smoothly. And I was really impressed by HTC custom ROMs (especially CM7).
Could you give me any view for situation repsecting my preferences? I wouldn't like to miss HTC and would like to have sure I will be satisifed if choose SGS2 (it said better performance/hardware).
I hope you understand my uncertainties.
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I have got the SGS2 and will be going for a HTC or Nexus next time as the devs seen to have more freedom with htc and definlty Nexus. Also if rumors are true then smartphone compinies like samsung, sony e.t.c are going to be making their phones harder to root and more closed except for googles own phone range.
Thanks for your reply. Can you tell me what is your feeling and comments about SGS2? Did you have before any HTC smarthphone?
It is a powerful phone, but no more powerful than the HTC sensation XE. The s2 fells like it could break at any moment, it would be broken by now if my wife owned it. The camera is ok, their are a lot of custom roms for the galaxy s2 as it is a popular phone, although. I do like my phone, but next time try nexus. I have has a HTC desire before and they are very solid phones.
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Hmmm to be honest, both Sensation and Sensation XE have the same type of processor and also the same amount of RAM, the only difference which I have noticed in specs is clock value 1.2 MHz and 1.5 MHz but 1.2 can be overclocked to 1.5 MHz. In that case SGS2 is winning by 1GB RAM. Hmmm hard choice.
How can comment below
For SGS2 in comparision to HTC Sensation I get known:
- SGS2 salmoled display better than LCD but worse resolution
- SGS2 1 GB RAM, for HTC left 200MB RAM free on stock ROM
- SGS2 pretty nice photos, better than for HTC
- SGS2 better movie recording
- SGS2 better movies playing
- SGS2 faster GPS sattelites localization
- SGS2 10 multitouch counted, HTC only 4
- SGS2 worse built than HTC (personally prefer HTC onecast built)
- HTC "death grip" issue
- personal - no experience with samsung products
- personal - fall in love with HTC - THE MAIN REASON OF PROBLEM TO MAKE CHOICE
I've used a Sensation and quite honestly prefer the S2. Not sure what more can be done to this phone than whats out there already, runs fast, battery lasts long, has a nice camera, has a great screen. I used to have a HD2 and I loved it (And also thought nothing could beat HTC phones) theres nothing wrong with the sensation but the S2 tops so many top 10 lists and for good reason. The CM range is nice but my S2 is pretty much perfect without it so I have no strong urgency to run it
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I've used a Sensation and quite honestly prefer the S2. Not sure what more can be done to this phone than whats out there already, runs fast, battery lasts long, has a nice camera, has a great screen. I used to have a HD2 and I loved it (And also thought nothing could beat HTC phones) theres nothing wrong with the sensation but the S2 tops so many top 10 lists and for good reason. The CM range is nice but my S2 is pretty much perfect without it so I have no strong urgency to run it
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It seems you know my dilemma It is pretty convincing in case as you'r writing you also had HTC phones, I am getting more for S2
My wife has sensation.I have SGS2.
HTC wins in raw resolution, but the s2 screen is truly gorgeous. The s2 also has far better camera and is much much slicker (faster) on the ui..
the screen is the MOST used part of the phone
so choose between best colors vs best resolution
I prefer the S2. Makes all other screens seem ancient
Tomorrow I have to decide in case I am going for new phone but I've already made decision thanks to your comments, thanks. S2 won.
If you are going to go for a custom rom then you will free up most of the Ram for the HTC, as sense is the ram killer. How about going for the HTC phone and then induldge in a Samsung Galaxy Tab, or go for a the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
The case that I am going to extend standing charge in Tmobile and they have special offer galaxy s2 or htc sensation for 0.25 E , there are some more phones but these ones are the best ones.
Was in the same dilemma. Decided on S2. Screen and better mic is why it won out. Only thing I will miss from a HTC phone is Sense. Which as above uses ram but personally I like the UI.
Sebalos said:
Tomorrow I have to decide in case I am going for new phone but I've already made decision thanks to your comments, thanks. S2 won.
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welcome in our club
If you buy S2 I suggest to use custom luncher like go luncher ex
because touchwiz is a bit too stock by means of customization.
and for sms -> handsend sms
all the other stock bits are very good, you may never bother with custom roms
(in the first months at least)
since we are XDAers not just stock phone users, how is dev support for the Sensation compared to the SGS2? I imagine its easier to develop drivers for the Sensation even though the SGS2 is more popular overall in sales figures...
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since we are XDAers not just stock phone users, how is dev support for the Sensation compared to the SGS2? I imagine its easier to develop drivers for the Sensation even though the SGS2 is more popular overall in sales figures...
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Actually I'm not stock user but as well custom Roms, now I have Desire Z and I really apreciate all devs support and it is also for me one of the key points.
That's why I'm also asking whether support for Sgs2 is as well developed as for sensation?
I think the dev support here is fine, have no idea what the sensation section is like. But as I said before, what things can't we do with our phone due to lack of dev support? Only things I can think of are source drivers for things like ICS but tbh I wouldn't buy a phone just because it can run an update possibly 2-3 weeks early. On the whole, to me anyways the SGS2 is simply the better phone overall hence why I chose it.
Good answer thanks I am already convinced about SGS2. I was going to get it today but there was no black one in the store, only white Tomorrow I will have my SGS2
htc wont be getting that much dev support since they lock bootloaders
gs2 or galaxy nexus would be the best option for you
you can check the development section
we have cm7, cm9 , miui ggbread, miui ics, B2geeko and many others project
I am due an upgrade and I dont know weather to take the HTC One X or wait for the Galaxy S3... I have the s1 now, have done for last 2 years. Before than had Omnia HD. I like Samsung, specially their display and they always seem to be ahead of the competition when it comes to displays. Their battery life has always kind of sucked though.
Anyone in the same boat?
I really want the One X but sadly im in canada so itll be tough and expensive for me to get it i think S3 will be slightly better hardware-wise but One X better software-wise. Im running sense 4 (light version but still) on my Desire Z and its REDICULOUSLY smooth! And that image sense is super impressive.
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i would also wait for the s3. samsungs displays are really impressive.
When will the S3 be released?
Well I am sure you have Heard of the launch of the HTC one X and Samsung Galaxy SII a couple of days ago but which is better?
Need some good research
One X is sexy period and the S3 isn't.
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One X is sexy period and the S3 isn't.
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Not everyone has the same taste. I personnaly prefer the s3.
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I like both phones, and both have their ups and down.
I like both companies new iterations of their proprietary skins, Sense 4.0 looks great and TouchWiz (5?) has a bunch of new helpful features (and I like old ones such as swipe a name to call/message). The One X definately wins in the looks department but I don't think the SGS III is as ugly as most make it out to be. However I hear the battery life isn't so great on the One X, and a portion of the screen is wasted for an onscreen menu button due to HTC basing it on the layout Google set out (which is stupid I think, there's no reason to have a seperate multitasking button when holding down Home for 1-2 seconds works perfectly fine.)
All in all I think the SGS III offers more benefits to the user, even if HTC does win in certain areas (better looking, better camera, more refined interface). If I were actually buying one of the two I'd like to try them out side by side before making a final decision, but at this stage I'm going to say Galaxy S III.
S3 cuz of us storage mode and lte
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I think htc is better software and design wise but the s3 might have better battery life and camera also samsung tends to have phone really lightweight but it just depends what you prefer : sense or touchwiz?
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After using the sensation for about a month I had to get rid of it because of sense. I seriously do not like sense.. It really annoys me for some reason. I know that you'd probably be able to root it and custom rom the One X but to be honest i would much rather just go with the s3.
I would say the S3. I like every spec that it have. Im not going to say that the X One is a bad phone because it isn't, its a great great phone, but i just like Samsung more.
running_penguin said:
After using the sensation for about a month I had to get rid of it because of sense. I seriously do not like sense.. It really annoys me for some reason. I know that you'd probably be able to root it and custom rom the One X but to be honest i would much rather just go with the s3.
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I used to hate sense until i tried the sensation meh its not that bad it got some great widgets ...
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
I like how Samsung is focusing on Software, why make a super pocket computer if you dont have good apps to exploit that power?
S-voice is something that should have been present on Android earlier...
The good thing is that is very probable to see all that software ported to other devices
I'm still very happy with my HTC Sensation XL, but if I would buy a new phone now it would definatly be the One X.
I was really looking forward to the Galaxy S III, but the plastic keeps me away again.
I think the design is just too bad and I've always loved the HTC devices so it wouldn't be a though choice for me.
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Recent trends say the s3 will be a better phone
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hi
one X man its sexy man well i cant afford both out of my reach for now
but if got the money id buy the HTC one X Even if the SG3 is better a few specs wise it looks ugly man why such Sh**t looking plastic on such a costly phone
one look at the one X and u want it man
Hybbie said:
I'm still very happy with my HTC Sensation XL, but if I would buy a new phone now it would definatly be the One X.
I was really looking forward to the Galaxy S III, but the plastic keeps me away again.
I think the design is just too bad and I've always loved the HTC devices so it wouldn't be a though choice for me.
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+1 my exact same thought. except i would never get caught holding a samsung phone.
Hello guys.
This is something I'm wondering about as I'm planning to buy a new device soon. I love HTC's build quality and the Legend was the best looking phone I've ever owned.
On the other hand, I'm currently using a Galaxy S i9000 which I absolutely hated out of the box but fell in love with once I discovered the great work by developers on this site.
Development for i9000 and Samsung in general is very active here. Could an HTC owner please tell me how it is on the other side of the fence? My decision will eventually come down to the availability of custom ROMS from XDA.
ashwathravee said:
Hello guys.
This is something I'm wondering about as I'm planning to buy a new device soon. I love HTC's build quality and the Legend was the best looking phone I've ever owned.
On the other hand, I'm currently using a Galaxy S i9000 which I absolutely hated out of the box but fell in love with once I discovered the great work by developers on this site.
Development for i9000 and Samsung in general is very active here. Could an HTC owner please tell me how it is on the other side of the fence? My decision will eventually come down to the availability of custom ROMS from XDA.
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hi
till recently and even now i have one HTC phone which is being used by my wife(very low end one) I can give it to u guaranteed their will be great development for any HTC phone u buy in fact to my knowledge XDA was and still is Famous for HTC development support . so cool man go buy any HTC phone ull have fun here
Another S3 vote here.
The only thing the HOX has over the S3 is the screen, and that's debatable depending on whether you prefer LCD or AMOLED and their accompanying traits.
Both great phones, but the S3 wins on processor/GPU grunt and software innovation.
The slight camera advantage that the HOX had has been demolished by Samsung copying it's main features and bettering them (burst mode, best shot, voice activated capture) - and Samsung cameras have always been pretty good hardware-wise anyway.
SD card support, removable battery, probably better battery life (than the Tegra 3 HOX), the list goes on - and that's even before you get into the software side of things which I won't bother with as I assume you have/are capable of looking all that up.
Hybbie said:
I'm still very happy with my HTC Sensation XL, but if I would buy a new phone now it would definatly be the One X.
I was really looking forward to the Galaxy S III, but the plastic keeps me away again.
I think the design is just too bad and I've always loved the HTC devices so it wouldn't be a though choice for me.
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2nd times 10. Samsung phones feel so dang cheap you forget about what a good phone should feel like. I hated my GSII and went to the HTC One S and it is just night and day for me. I get signal in places I didn't before. The slim form factor and the build quality and just so superior. Never say never but I doubt I will be grabbing another Samsung. (Vibrant owner and GSII)
Obviously there is no perfect phone as I am not a fan of where they put the volume buttons and how large they are in contrast to the wake\sleep button but overall outstanding device. My good friend keep on about his One X and I see why. Sense has some really nice things about it. Twiz is the devil. Add to that Samsung's update issue and industry worse no looking back to support devices and that is enough for me. I am not saying they are wrong it just doesn't work for me going forward.
I really like the design & build quality of HTC One X.. Both are polycarbonate plastic but HTC did the right thing! But SGS III beats One X in almost every single category.. So SGS III for me.. I don't care about the design anyway since i will use casing.. lol
TheBrandonWRX said:
2nd times 10. Samsung phones feel so dang cheap you forget about what a good phone should feel like. I hated my GSII and went to the HTC One S and it is just night and day for me. I get signal in places I didn't before. The slim form factor and the build quality and just so superior. Never say never but I doubt I will be grabbing another Samsung. (Vibrant owner and GSII)
Obviously there is no perfect phone as I am not a fan of where they put the volume buttons and how large they are in contrast to the wake\sleep button but overall outstanding device. My good friend keep on about his One X and I see why. Sense has some really nice things about it. Twiz is the devil. Add to that Samsung's update issue and industry worse no looking back to support devices and that is enough for me. I am not saying they are wrong it just doesn't work for me going forward.
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hi
one thing u like it or not we have to agree samsung has gone a long long way
as per the many surveys i read Samsung is the leader today im max Mobile sale and also Max Adroid mobile sales hes in the 1st pace and sorry to say as much as i am a HTC Fan HTC has gone very very down on the table
hope it will improve this fin yr
Hey guys. This is like my 2nd or 3rd topic about this kind of thing but i've had a series of doubts. I ordered a HTC Sensation XE that was used but when i got it they didn't put the guarantee with it so i send it back and got my refund. A now i saw a better offer and decided to go for the SGS2 but even knowing they say it's the best phone at the moment (or atleast of 2011) I really dislike it's outside looks and TouchWiz interface. I know that in terms of technology it's better than the HTC Sensation XE, but looking at some speeds tests it's like the XE reacts a lot faster atleast for me.
So my questions are:
1. Can i put HTC Sense on S2?
2. Does Cyanogen for S2 look like what it would for Sensation XE
3. Which has a bigger SCREEN, i know sensation has better resolution
4. How does the outside of the S2 look to you compared to the Sensation XE
Smileyz0r said:
Hey guys. This is like my 2nd or 3rd topic about this kind of thing but i've had a series of doubts. I ordered a HTC Sensation XE that was used but when i got it they didn't put the guarantee with it so i send it back and got my refund. A now i saw a better offer and decided to go for the SGS2 but even knowing they say it's the best phone at the moment (or atleast of 2011) I really dislike it's outside looks and TouchWiz interface. I know that in terms of technology it's better than the HTC Sensation XE, but looking at some speeds tests it's like the XE reacts a lot faster atleast for me.
So my questions are:
1. Can i put HTC Sense on S2?
2. Does Cyanogen for S2 look like what it would for Sensation XE
3. Which has a bigger SCREEN, i know sensation has better resolution
4. How does the outside of the S2 look to you compared to the Sensation XE
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1. No you can't use sense with Samsung , only some themes will make your phone look like HTC sense btw sense ui has very good features but also it make the htc phone heavy some how, i had experinced this with more than 3 htc android phones "hero,legend,desire hd"
But without sense functions
2.yes it is the same in all phones
3. I remember that the screen size of HTC sensation ce 4.3 like s2 but for sure the s2 screen is better in all ways , Bec of the super amoled plus technology vs LCD
4.s2 is lighter and thinner than sensation but you may see the HTC build is better but I think the s2 plastic is very strong and perform well if the phone dropped and also in scratch
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evaworld said:
1. No you can't use sense with Samsung , only some themes will make your phone look like HTC sense btw sense ui has very good features but also it make the htc phone heavy some how, i had experinced this with more than 3 htc android phones "hero,legend,desire hd"
But without sense functions
2.yes it is the same in all phones
3. I remember that the screen size of HTC sensation ce 4.3 like s2 but for sure the s2 screen is better in all ways , Bec of the super amoled plus technology vs LCD
4.s2 is lighter and thinner than sensation but you may see the HTC build is better but I think the s2 plastic is very strong and perform well if the phone dropped and also in scratch
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I went with the S2 becouse it was the better deal ( promotion ) and i'll put cyanogen on it to lose that ugly TouchWiz ****. somehow i still like sensation's sexy curves more but i guess S2's slim back parts are good too. You know what they say, it's what's on the inside that counts.
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I went with the S2 becouse it was the better deal ( promotion ) and i'll put cyanogen on it to lose that ugly TouchWiz ****. somehow i still like sensation's sexy curves more but i guess S2's slim back parts are good too. You know what they say, it's what's on the inside that counts.
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for sure you will be happy with your s2 , i was in your situation 8 months before , and i choosed the s2 over sensation , while i was holding htc desire hd and it isn't that easy to switch from sense to any other ui , but when i get my s2 and used it , customized it , i say thanks god for buying this and not sensation , enjoy your master phone dear
samsung devices beat htc devices and market of htc yyy?
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samsung devices beat htc devices and market of htc yyy?
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Was it necessary to create a new thread just to ask this??? Don't we have enough pointless threads already?
If you are referring to "Beats Audio" and trying to be clever in title, then Samsungs sound is amazing and much better than my Sensation XE
or If you are asking why samsung is better than HTC heres my opinion.
HTC do nice premium devices (as from 3 years ago), materials etc feel expensive and very premium. However being with HTC for the last 10 years, they always fail on software on performance and I have always needed to root them and put a ROM on them to make it better. I do like Sense though.
However as this is my first samsung smartphone I can only say they case is nice not as premium feel as HTC but the software is very good, the phone is responsive and the interface is quick and nice.
Are we talking about Beats Audio or Samsung just being better than HTC?
I've been an HTC customer for years, way before Android when they were making iPaq devices. I like(d) HTC so my first Android phone was an HTC but I think they're just having trouble competing properly because the hoi polloi don't know the name, so HTC undercut competitors and sacrifice on build quality.
Almost everyone I know has an iPhone or Blackberry. They scoff at "that HTC thing" I had, they think Android is the poor man's smartphone. The majority of people like to copy others when they don't understand the choices available to them so they naturally go with Apple, Blackberry and the more adventurous ones who are willing to try Android will opt for Samsung, Sony and Motorola.
I picked Samsung this time based on spec and my perception of HTC failing to build functional, reliable devices.
My eXperience about htc n samsung.
I had got htc sensation after using battery is horrible
.sound quality is horrible.very low sound.Then sold out after 1 day.
Then got samsung s2 .with this i m satisfied.
After some days i got htc sensation xe .i feel same thing sould quality not so much good as samsung.battery is horrible.i sold out then got s2 white .at third time i didnot buy one x .coz i knw iit is useless for me now i got s3 n m satisfied
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If you are referring to "Beats Audio" and trying to be clever in title, then Samsungs sound is amazing and much better than my Sensation XE
or If you are asking why samsung is better than HTC heres my opinion.
HTC do nice premium devices (as from 3 years ago), materials etc feel expensive and very premium. However being with HTC for the last 10 years, they always fail on software on performance and I have always needed to root them and put a ROM on them to make it better. I do like Sense though.
However as this is my first samsung smartphone I can only say they case is nice not as premium feel as HTC but the software is very good, the phone is responsive and the interface is quick and nice.
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Same can be said for Samsung mate. I've had GS1 for two years and we also had a GS2 too. I wasted so much of my life flashing so many betas, rc's, finals on those two devices.... And we all know why.. **** stock roms with performance to match. All I ever wanted was a sense Rom. Never happened.
Tried a GS3 and One X and kept the One X. All Virgin stock and working so well. No need to flash a thing. No more titanium backups failing. No more bootloops. And. Got my life back.
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I'm a Samsung Man (TV DVD wise). My first Samsung phones are the S series. I love them truly awesome phones i want for nothing with them..
But i got to say i'm so proud of HTC and their One X phone. It's their first true brand phone that sits above all their others for the first time. When you want the best from HTC, you now know it's the One X. In the past i couldn't tell you what their hero phone was.
HTC makes great phones, but they lost their edge. On my next device, I don't want to do a htcdev bootloader unlock, nor do I want to wait around for my phone to die. Since, I can't do a battery pull because of the built-in batteries. When it comes to Android it is either Samsung or HTC. Sense was fun, Touchwiz sounds like fun. Besides there's even going to be some new development taking place on the Sprint/possibly Verizon CDMA sides.
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I almost got myself the One X... such a great phone untill... I noticed the BEATS (Tm)
I immediately went for the S3.. as I don't want overpriced logo c*** on the back of my phone
I'm a user of HTC. Used to use HTC Hero, now - Sensation. Their smartphones has many software bugs. The percentage of hardware bugs is very high. Though their repairing service is ****. They can repair your phone for months...
They will cancel your guarantee because of root automatically (htcdevs). In the same time the smartphones' quality is very poor, the telephones can be cracked from time to time. And not-warranty repairing can cost you the price of a new phone.
The antenna and sound are awful at all HTCs beginning from Sensation. And finally their battery is a piece of ****. Now it's built-in, so can not be replaced by 3rd party one.
NEVER buy HTC smartphones.