HTC has announced this week their first Beats Audio technology smartphone. This is an upgrade made to the Sensation with a faster processor and an improved battery life. Also it will arrive with a Beats headset, their value being somewhere at 100 USD. Most important technical details are:
-- DISPLAY: 4.3-inch Super-LCD capacitive touch QHD 960 x 540 pixels screen
-- CPU: Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz processor.
-- MEMORY: 768 MB RAM.
-- STORAGE: 1GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.
-- CAMERA: Primary - 8MP dual-led flash camera, video recording up to 1080 (MPEG-4/H.264).
Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.
-- CONNECTIVITY: 3G/4G WiMax, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, MHL port (micro-USB & HDMI), 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.
-- SENSORS: Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.
-- BATTERY: Li-Po 1730 mAh
-- MULTIMEDIA: touch sensitive buttons, SRS virtual surround sound, Beats Audio.
-- OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.0 UI, Adobe Flash 10.2 support.
-- APPLICATIONS: Google Apps, social networking, HTC Watch.
The price will rise a little due to the Beats headset but the good news is that Sensation XE will be in stores at the end of this month. I am already thinking in buying it but I will decide after I see the phone in reality.
