HTC Sensation 4G Android Smartphone – Price Rs. 30,499 in India

HTC Sensation 4G is a Google Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” smartphone whose highlight is a video-on-demand service.

The handset sports a 4.3″ quarter-high-definition screen and is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm.

The device features HTC’s new Sense 3.0 user interface and HTC’s new HTC Watch video service, which lets users choose to rent or buy movies and TV shows. Purchased videos may be viewed on up to five different HTC devices.

HTC Watch leverages “progressive download” technology so that users may watch videos without waiting for the content to finish downloading.

HTC Sense 3.0 introduces a number of new features to the UI. There is a customizable lockscreen, which displays social updates, photos, weather or stock updates when a user turns on the display.

Users may jump from the lockscreen to make a phone call, send an email, or take a picture via the gadget’s 8.0 MP camera, which includes an instant-capture feature to let users rapidly snap photos. HTC Sensation 4G also shoots full high-definition video in 1080p resolution, with full stereo sound at up to 30 frames a second.

Connectivity options of HTC Sensation 4G include GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Pre-loaded Social Networking apps include Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.

This 4G Android Smartphone is available in India and is priced Rs. 30,499/- approximately.

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Specifications

Network

• HSPA/WCDMA: Europe/Asia/T-Mobile US: 900/1700/2100 MHz
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Platform

• Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense

CPU Processing Speed

• 1.2 GHz, dual core

Physical

• Dimensions: 126.1*65.4*11.3 MM
• Weight: 148 Grams with battery

Display

• 4.3″ 16M colors qHD touch screen[advt]
• Screen Resolution: 540*960
• Gorilla glass display
• Multi-touch input method
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Gyro sensor
• HTC Sense v3.0 UI

Storage

• Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records: Practically unlimited
• Card slot: via microSD, up to 32GB(SD 2.0 compatible), 8 GB included
• Internal phone storage: 1 GB, RAM: 768 MB

Connectors

• 3.5 MM stereo audio jack
• micro-USB 2.0 (5-pin) port with mobile high-definition video link (MHL) for USB or HDMI connection

Sensors

• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Ambient light sensor

Multimedia

• Gallery, Music, and FM Radio
• SRS virtual surround sound for wired headphone
• DLNA for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to your TV or computer

Audio supported formats

• Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
• Recording: .amr

Video supported formats

• Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)
• Recording: .3gp

Power and Battery

• Battery type: Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Capacity: 1520 mAh
• Talk time: WCDMA: Up to 400 Minutes, GSM: Up to 495 Minutes
• Standby time: WCDMA: Up to 400 hours, GSM: Up to 350 hours

Camera

• Auto focus 8.0 MP camera with dual LED flash
• Front camera: fixed focus VGA camera
• Features: Geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection, instant capture
• HD video recording: 1080p HD video recording, Stereo sound recording

Internet

• 3G: Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed, Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed
• GPRS: Up to 114 Kbps downloading
• EDGE: Up to 560 Kbps downloading
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth 3.0
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
• PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit
• Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, MAP, SPP, SDAP

Social Networking

• Facebook and Twitter for HTC Sense
• Friend Stream
• Share photos/videos on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, or YouTube

Location

• Internal GPS antenna
• With Locations, explore maps with zero wait, zero dead spots, and zero data roaming fees

Tethering

• USB and Wi-Fi tethering

Recommended Windows System Requirements

• Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP
• HTC Sync

Messaging

• SMS(threaded view)
• MMS
• Email
• Push Email
• IM

Added Features

• Browser: HTML
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Games
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Java: Via third party application
• TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
• SNS integration
• Digital compass
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail
• YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
• MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player
• XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
• Organizer
• Document viewer
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Predictive text input
• Dual Microphones for Noise Suppression

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