HTC Sensation Unboxing

The HTC Sensation (previously rumored as HTC Pyramid) comes in a ordinary looking box and there's nothing surprising about its contents. A compact charger connects to the provided microUSB cable to fill the battery. There's also a nice single-piece headset with music controls.

The only real perk in the package is the 8GB microSD card, which comes inserted in the phone.

There's no MHL dongle in the package - you'll have to buy one yourself if you want to enjoy streaming HD video. Other MHL-enabled devices don't come with MHL dongles either, so this didn’t surprise us much.

HTC Sensation key features:
* Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.0
* 1.2 GHz dual Scorpion CPUs, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 chipset
* 4.3" 16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen of qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels); Gorilla glass
* Accelerometer, proximity sensor and an auto-brightness sensor
* 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
* Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
* 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; face detection and geotagging
* 1080p and 720p video recording @ 30fps
* Front facing camera with video calls
* DivX/XviD video support
* Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
* 768 MB RAM and 1 GB storage for apps
* GPS with A-GPS
* Stereo FM radio with RDS
* microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)
* microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
* MHL TV-out (requires MHL-to-HDMI adapter)
* Smart dialing, voice dialing
* Office document editor
* Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)
* HTC Locations app
* HTCSense.com integration
* HTC Portable Hotspot
* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

Main disadvantages:
* Performance not quite as convincing as other dual-cores
* Serious "death grip" issue with Wi-Fi radio
* Less than impressed with the screen's outdoor performance
* microSD is under the battery cover
* No unibody construction as advertised
* No dedicated camera key

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# HTC Sensation pictures
# HTC Sensation specs
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# HTC Sensation review: Front-page stuff - GSMArena.com