The Nightline consumer test lab had 2 products to consider.
iPhone 4S
RATING: 4
Magnus reviewed the phone, for a week, and these are his notes.
RATING: 4
Magnus reviewed the phone, for a week, and these are his notes.
Faster than iPhone 4, nothing dramatic but clearly noticeable.
Same design, same display.
Camera is awesome, better pics in low light, more detail.
Video is awesome, stabilization helps a bit.
Siri is surprisingly good, yet to really find regular use for it.
Yet to be officially introduced, gray market at Jadopado for 3,200.
iCloud is great, syncs across (can get that with other devices on iOS 5 though), I bought extra space 50GB, now iPhone and iPad completely backed up to iCloud.
Supposedly double antennas, not sure I’ve noticed any difference, great reception, no problems there.
Apparently in Saudi from Dec 16 http://www.saudimac.com/2011/12/stc-mobily-iphone-4s-official-saudi-launch-on-dec-16/
One thing that struck me when buying the 4S was that I didn’t care about calls and SMS, like how much was included and what they cost, it was all about data.
HTC SENSATION XL (Beats are still Great!)
James, Max and Dex reviewed the product.
Rating: 4.3
James, Max and Dex reviewed the product.
Rating: 4.3
The buyer experience is super as you open the box the phone has the beats listening!
Easy enough to get the back off to start the battery and place SIM.
The back is plastic a bit of a let down it feels cheap and I was worried about breaking it.
beats are a bonus 2 of the reviewers loved them! I like Beats but the ear buds bothered me.
4.7 inch screen is AWESOME according to me! The other 2 reviewers felt it was maybe a bit too big!
Charger is branded and lots of HTC tags to remind you who makes it.
4 minutes to have all my cloud settings done.
Music button easy access is on the left not under the thumb if holding in your right hand.
Too sensitive when scrolling was another complaint, imagine!
So far battery life is great and it is sexy!
I love the screen size and would consider switching my iPhone!
Size
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132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm
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162.5 g
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Display
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S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
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480 x 800 pixels, 4.7 inches (~199 ppi pixel density)
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Yes
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Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
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- HTC Sense UI 3.5
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Multi-touch input method
- Gyroscope sensor
- Touch-sensitive controls
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Sound
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Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
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Yes
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Yes
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Memory
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Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
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Practically unlimited
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16 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
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No
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Data
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Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
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Class 12
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HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
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Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
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Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
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Yes, microUSB v2.0
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Camera
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8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, check quality
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Geo-tagging, face detection, touch focus, HDR, auto-upload
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Yes, 720p, slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA), check quality
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Yes, 1.3 MP
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Features
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Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
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Qualcomm MSM8255
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1.5 GHz Scorpion
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Adreno 205
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SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
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WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
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Stereo FM radio with RDS
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Yes
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White
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Yes, with A-GPS support
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Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
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- Beats Audio
- Beats headset
- Digital compass
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Document viewer/editor
- Adobe Flash support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
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