HTC Sensation XL

Following the success of HTC Sensation XE, HTC has teamed up again with Beats in the release of the HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio integration. Unlike its predecessor, Sensation XL comes with slimmer (9.9mm) design, enhanced HTC Sense experience and a bigger 4.7-inch Super LCD display taking mobile entertainment to a new level.

The HTC Sensation XL features unique lightweight urBeats headphones, designed solely to integrate with the Beats’ audio profile on the device. Its built-in microphone makes hands-free calling easy and the on-cable remote control allows users to pause, advance or rewind, and to answer a call mid-track.

Users can maximize their viewing and listening experience with the preinstalled HTC Watch app which allows users to stream their favorite TV shows and premium movies to their device without waiting for a huge file to finish downloading.

The HTC Sensation XL is equipped with an 8MP camera with f/2.2, 28mm wide-angle lens with BSI sensor for better low-light performance. While in video mode, the HTC Sensation XL enables users to record a high resolution video with spectacular stereo sound.

Like its predecessor it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread (planned to be upgraded to v4.0 ICS) platform but features an improved HTC Sense 3.5 UI. It loses its card slot but gain more internal storage of 16 GB. One hurting downside of this handset is it loses one core, it now runs on a single-core 1.5GHz Scorpion processor with its RAM retains at 768 MB.

Technical Details

	HTC Sensation XL
General	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
Form Factor	Touchscreen bar phone
Dimensions	132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm, 162.5 g
Display	4.7 inches S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 800 pixels, HTC Sense UI 3.5
CPU	1.5 GHz Scorpion
GPU	Adreno 205, Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset
RAM	768 MB
OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.x
Memory	16 GB internal, no cardslot
Camera	8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, face detection, touch focus, HDR, auto-upload, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA), Secondary 1.3 MP
Connectivity	GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps, EDGE Class 12, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, microUSB v2.0
Battery	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1600 mAh, Stand-by up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G), Talk time up to 11 h 50 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)
Misc	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, Stereo FM radio with RDS, with A-GPS support, Beats Audio, Beats headset, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic