HTC Sensation XL Android smartphone review - 4.7 inches of touchscreen!

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Score

3.8 stars
"Good"

(How we score)

Large screen, attractive design, HTC Sense 3.0 user interface enhancements

Low pixel density, no expandable storage, very large, single-core CPU, mediocre camera

Summary

The HTC Sensation XL is yet another iteration of HTC's high-end Sensation handset. This time, however, the processor is single-core only, and the screen resolution has dropped to WVGA, despite being larger in size than the regular Sensation's display. The XL comes with Beats Audio integration, as I imagine most of HTC's handsets in the future will going forward. This pushes it towards music lovers, and suggests that it's a multimedia powerhouse, despite it lacking a microSD slot for expanding its storage.

Still, the Sensation XL is a handsome device, and hums along nicely with its single core processor and it comes with a decent set of Beats Audio earbud headphones for blasting out your tunes. The 4.7-inch display is also bright and colorful, and works well in bright sunlight. You even get a new back side illuminated 8 megapixel sensor in the camera, which offers up 720p HD video as well. So it's not all bad, but is it better than the other Sensation models? Read on for my full low down and impressions.

You'll find a video tour of the HTC Sensation XL after the Table of Contents, below.