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  • I wish HTC would start using SAmoled and bigger batteries. The HTC Sens software is almost on par with Apple for ease of use and style.

  • Samoled and s-lcd I had both but still I prefer samoled. And on direct sunlight its a huge difference.

  • are u a cat horder

  • SAMSUNG -3

  • it's not Haych teeh Seea. It's Eich tee Cee... get it right ;D

  • Samsung better and faster

  • HTC phones are awesome!!! But I dont know why use, LCDs screen, little bit ROM memory, poor battery...

  • does the htc have gorilla glass?

  • @jlmknight yes

  • @arse0003 BEANS!

  • Samsung Galaxy S2 the winner

  • The s2 is great ... Although i like the sensation better the s2 has better quality im getting my s2 this sat. Thanks for this wid :D

  • go with the samsung

  • Sensation is the best.

  • good review... I have a Nokia n8, and now looking for a more powerful android phone... but it always kind of gives me a bad flavor in the mouth to get a new phone, better in general, to pay more but then losing on camera quality (video and picture), no FM transmiter, no HDMI port with 5.1 sorround output. Why can't I have everything? =(

  • Can I have that wallpaper? :3

  • Wishy washy.

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  • I prefer to not be able to see the screen from the side... what if you're writing a personal text, the person next to you can see everything you're writing, and when do you EVER look at your phone from the side? lol

  • wow your sucking the galaxy 2's dick dude

  • @pbd2677 How does one suck a phone's male genitals?

  • How true are the colours on both phones as I don't know your cat ?

  • Sam, what is that wallpaper and where did u get it from??? on the samsung galaxy s2??? it's cool

  • Sam, what is that wallpaper and where did u get it from???

  • first-galaxy s2

    second-sensation

    third-optimus 2x

    fourth-xperia arc....

    1000.-iphone 4

  • @GT5CroatiaMan more like 99999999 iphone 5 xD

  • @GT5CroatiaMan youre just as bad as apple fanboys

  • galaxy s2 is the best phone,sensation is the second and optimus 2x is the third

  • Safety Is Priority For Everyone, Galaxy Has 16GB Built In, Hence If D Phone Has Password, And Is Lost, If Found By Some1, At Least Data Is Safe. However, HTC, The Data Is Not Safe If Lost, As Memory Card Can Be Taken Off And Data Can Be Easily Stolen, All Your Personal Photos, Videos, Personal Info, some things people upload on the net to disgrace the phone owner. So Remember, Safety Is Priority No Matter What Phone.

  • versee the areas that the htc excel in, as well as, misinform your viewers of the areas where the sensations' sacrifices htc/google have made, in order to make the gs2 seem a far more superior device. no disrespect for im not sure if this is an intentional flaw or a misinterpretation.)

  • in my opinion, the sensation is better overall. it has a unique software, unlike the gs2, which seems a cheap rip-off ios built phone. from what i've experienced, the htc has an all around better build, but is lacking the up-to-date ram, which the gs2 provides. so all in all, i'd definitely give it to the sensation. (my interpretation is a general response to the few videos i've seen in your comparison of the two phones. i feel as though you give excellent reviews, but i've noticed you tend to o

  • honestly, i feel also as though this is slightly biased. from all the research i've done and videos i've seen, the gs2 has better internet speeds, in given areas, better viewing angles, and better dark color definitions. if thats what you're looking for in your phone, by any means get the gs2. it's better for your preference. honestly, the sensation does provide a more realistic and better overall picture, with the possible exception of darker colors, and the sensations has better build quality

  • @kaliq17 The iPhone 4 has the best(arguably) build quality(basically not feeling "plasticky"), and yet look at what happens when it faces a drop test. And lets be honest here, both of the picture looks almost the same. The average consumer isn't going to be able to differentiate nor do I think it is the major factor in deciding between the two

  • Samsung lag at 4:23

  • @arse0003 his cats name is beans

  • COntinued. Also during the movie of avatar you will notice the color of both phones shows a major diference. During the fog parts in the clip on my HTC it comes up as a natural white foggy appearance where as on the Galaxy s2 it shows up as a greenish coloured fog. PLus many of the other colours like the water is a dark unrealistic blue, and the picture is not as clear. Just a few points before buying. Waisted $600 on galaxy s2. Not as good as people and websites say. Dissapointed....

  • HTC sensation is better screen display. Bought Samsung Galaxy S2 last week on most comments made from many posters to my dissapointment. Did several test between the 2 and found HTC had much better and realistic picture quality of the 2. The best test and one everyone can do before they buy the Galaxy s2 is to go onto YOU TUBE yourself and load the AVATAR HD trailer on both phones. The things that stood out for me was the brightness quality between the 2 phones in dark parts of the movie.

  • @thanasi1978 But you can switch between different "screen modes" on the GS2, and if you choose "movie mode" it reduces the over-saturated colors, and by using screen color adjustment apps you can do an RGB and contrast balance and have really natural looking colors on the GS2, while still having better darks and viewing angles.

  • @crypticpest wait, what? they have screen color adjustment apps?! :D non-root?

  • Which has a bigger screen? :3

  • ShOW ME The Cat ThEn Ill Tel U WhiCh Has BeTTer DispLAY!!!

    :D!!

  • the htc looks wayyy better i had both fones in my hand and from my view htc ftw

  • Please say wishiewashie again

  • The only advantage of SGSII over Sensation is its Super AMOLED + display , which only on videos looks that much better , in real the difference isn't that huge.

    HTC Sensation has 100 times better disign . SGSII looks like BIG,sharpened Iphone.

    HTC SENSE 3.0 is 1000 times more beautiful , functional , interesting , innovative than ugly , 2D , iphone look touchwiz 4. Also HTC S3.0 interface is completely 3D . Widgets, videos, gallery, homescreens - everything looks better than TW4.0

  • allright this has decided i'd rather have the galaxy s2 over the sensation, now i just have to decide between s2, optimus 3d, desire s and xperia arc

  • Hey can i have the wallpaper of S2.....

  • BTW you should really just go through scrolling the screen contrast ; so in the end you can really see what the "BEST" of each phones performance can be...cheers

  • LOL i love your reviews...you're a good kid...it's great saying there is no difference even though better phone is the SG2 and even on this side of youtube i can see it.

  • is that htc sensation a 4g??

  • @Sahuu7 Yes.

  • @arse0003

    Beans, clean your ears.

  • Pixels/resolution make a difference and you can see it.

    Do a white screen test, no doubt the S2 has better blacks but the HTC has whiter whites. Looks like the S2 defaults with more vibrance also. Do a real test with text, that's what people see most often. I will probably buy the HTC.

  • @1951abcd So htc is for test and ebooks and s2 for photos and videos ;D

  • Thumbs down for the add >:D

  • "in terms of actual quality....there is none" best line ever :)

    Im pretty sure the zoom difference is due to the software.

  • so when do we get the non biased review?

  • @tankadin1000 accept it, htc sucks rofl

  • sgs2 screen looks so mutch better

  • sensation is still better

  • @zfranciscoz NO

  • @zfranciscoz

    HaHa! SAmoled + is the best Display.

  • @Lyricsmaker321 Hey Smug galaxy s2 owners give it 3 months ENJOY YOUR SCREEN BURN :D smug bastards looks like the Slcd wins in the end doesnt it lmfao.

  • @whitefangex hahahaha u funny 

  • @Lyricsmaker321 im funny but dead on corrrect so yup brah enjoy that screen burn AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA doubt it? too bad its still amoled super or not , actually.. being super amoled those blues burn faster sadness broham that sucks. and no it uses more power then normal screens because wait in reality websites are usually white right? and ummm last i checked supermaoled uses 2x more power displaying white oh that is sad :D too bad lol

  • @whitefangex Super AMOLED display is the best ... no matter what you say go and take your shit S-LCD. I do not care what you say, but Super AMOLED is and remains the best.

  • @Lyricsmaker321 lol im sure it is , another person who dosnt think ahead or actually analyzes things thoroughly oh well its as stupid as samsungs 4.5 inch screen phone WITH A 1500 MAH BATTERY EPIC EPIC FAILURE

  • @whitefangex You're so stupid! 1st Is there 4.3inch 2nd It is 1650mAh! Inform yourself or leave it you noob!

  • @Lyricsmaker321 plese take time to REINFORM yourself retard samsung is releasing a 4.52 inch Galaxy Variation that has a (gsm arena corrected itself lol) *1800 mah battery jesus you are a retard gsmarena >>>/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_epic_4­g_touch-3956.php

    and i didnt say the i9100 read and udnerstand two diffrent things i said (SAMSUNGS) lol holy shit you fail harder then anyone i know.

  • @whitefangex ok...

    I do not argue with "people" like you!

  • @Lyricsmaker321 its ok its because you officialy lost when you thought i was talking about the i9100 lost like a boss ... LIKE A BOSS

  • @whitefangex Haha, dream on. But you do not want to even admit it 1st SGS is faster second 2nd Has better hardware. (RAM processor.) 3rd Super AMOLED is better. And not to forget how thin it is. ;)

  • @Lyricsmaker321 i wasnt even saying the sensation is better lol i know the sensation is crappy. battery to screen ratio is crap. i know the gs2 is faster because its an arm9 processor, qualacomm uses arm8 and compesated by going 1.2 ghz . hoping that the gs2 would stay at 1 ghz but unfortunatly samsung caught on and pushed it ahead at the cost of more battery life lol. ram well anyone who can read knows that the sensation has less ram along with sense the biggest recource hogs.

  • @Lyricsmaker321 and 3rd , see that blue applications drawer opener in the bottom right? go ahead and give that 3 moths , then start viewing dark pictures of grey or switching to a diffrent launcher , enjoy the first signs of screen burn by 6 months its all over so im sure super amoled is better. and like i said i never said the sensation was better its crappy tbh.one of the best phones currently is the atrix except for 2 flaws , crappy camera and pen tile screen like gs1 but 1920 mah.

  • i like the wallpaper on the Samsung Galaxy S2 how did u get it

  • WTF MAN....Did people in the UK start growing up in JAMAICA!?

    Wannabe Blacks!

  • the sensation will zoom deeper if you try another gallery app

    i use quickpic on mine.the zoom is better

  • @MrShark214 =_= for fair comparison, i think stock gallery must be use for this

  • Could you post videos of the actual size of the screens one vs another plz

  • I have SGS and SuperAMOLED is perfect... SGS2 is my favorit.

  • Please share your red and bleu android guy wallpaper ;)

  • LOL! eyes dont lie, Galaxy SII screen is way better than the sensation despite of the "qHD" screen.. its not preference but reality..

  • Dude I love your accent :D good vid : )

  • It's the weirdest thing, despite the fact the myTouch 4G has a Super-LCD it does not wash out when you put it at an angle. I wonder if their is some thing wrong with the Sensations S-LCD panel?

  • @dexxapi not true the sgs2 has problems with text's especially from the website's in the browser, they have to run "anti aliasing" to make the words look more round & to keep the edges from looking blocky. but its still noticeable, people are complaining about this & it might be fixed with a kernel upgrade since the galaxy browser is the only one that comes straight out using the gpu for processing web pages.

  • HTC fanboys get so angry hahaha

  • ur my hero, :D

  • I've seen both in a store and I personally can't tell difference between sensation and gs2 in terms of resolution. But the gs2 had a brighter screen and very good contrast. And really dark blacks which I really like.

  • @StickmanStig its Q-HD

  • the colours on the SGS II look more real... in the htc sensation looks like plastic.

  • @Roboloved how old are you? dont you know you cant ever really compare screens from from a computer moniter because they have different settings. what he sees is not what your seeing. example when you see a tv moniter in a video & you see the scanning on the tv's or moniters but in real llife you dont see it. the same goes for lcd's,youll notice the lines of pixels packed in. if you dont know what im talking about then i dont know what to tell you.

  • The display on sensation is definitely finer

  • @LaserLover1995 indeed

  • I dont undst why you're saying they're the same,The contrast and colour saturation on the Galaxy S2 is so much better

  • @abirz11 the qHD sLCD is the same in colors & contrast but when you tilt the screen past a certain degree it loses those qualities almost instantly where the super amoled & amoled plus keep them at any angle.

  • Where did you get the coo fire and ice background!

  • @StickmanStig

    The slcd used in IS, NS, I9003 has very high viewing angle. Actually I doubt Sensation uses slcd at all. The lcd quality is not much different from DHD.

  • 5.44 = "Like to fokk us"

  • GS2 > Sensation

  • face it htc sucks

  • @TheMZKey htc doesnt suck, they have really nice devices (i dont have an htc device i have the nexus S by samsung) ,really nice build quality and great interface, but the suffer screen problems.

  • your vids are fantastic. I'm struggling between the HTC Sensation and the Samsung Galaxy S2 and your reviews help a lot. Normally I'm a HUGE htc fan but apart from Sense UI the Galaxy pretty much wins. I just wish it had a prettier (rd: less of an apple rip off) look. TouchWiz just feels like they've nicked the idea from apple. Sense on the other hand is gorgeous, but SGS@ has Amoled... grrr. it's so frustrating trying to choose.

  • The sensation is SHARPER

  • what would you say is the better phone to buy, the sensation or the galaxy s 2?

    also whats the battery life like on both?

  • The real benefit of the qhd may does not show in pictures. But you see a lot more content in gmail or in the browser or any other app!. That is for me the biggest plus of qhd and makes it superiore to s2

  • @32killer1 ur just jealous its clear that SGS2 is the winner

  • How much does samsung pay you??:D

  •  WIN = Samsung Galaxy s2

  • You can't zoom more in cause it a different gallery

  • seee now this is a great video showing how good the sensation screen is... i notice that in day light it looks washing out but here the colors poppp. i know many would agree :)

  • like ur cat!! :) I had once red cat! reds are the maddest of them all:) and I think funniest

  • your kitten is cute

  • iPhone 4 ftw! :)

  • Great videos man, but I have to tell you though:

    When checking pixelation in displays, don't zoom in. Zoom OUT.

    Zooming in would detect pixelation in the actual image, eg if you want to check which of two images have the highest resolution.

    To check pixelation performance on the display itself, take a detailed picture / text and zoom out, then move the camera/eye close and see the result.

    Making the details in an image bigger by zooming won't help, higher res is for showing smaller details!

  • What phone company is the SGS2 for?

  • what you showed in this video and what will be if there is a direct sunlight falling on the screen.... the both the things are totally different..... .. The images becomes shiner in my x10 when i go in direct sunlight...... check it out

  • Oi You.. Like Me :D

  • What's that wallpaper on the Galaxy S II called? It looks sick on the S-AMOLED +

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  • Das Sensation ist schlecht hatte es 1 Woche.Nur ruckler

  • Sam, Honestly I noticed your reviews are VERY biased towards the SGS2. In order to conduct an accurate test on the screens is to test the actual resolution and not the color, because obviously the SGS2 will win due to the Super Amoled + screen. You would have to show different pictures or text at a zoomed out rate to see which picture is more crisp. Also, you need to show us an actual picture of Beans, because I don't believe the Sensation fades pictures that badly.

  • @scottscott08 Did you not notice the whole video where i zoomed into the pictures to show if either went more pixelated than the other ?

    I have another video showing text on each of the phone, in total darkness, in daylight and in direct daylight :) - it will be uploaded soon.

    p.s its Beanz ;)

  • @samjpullen My bad haha :D. And do you know if the Sensation has wifi-calling?

  • @scottscott08 Not built in, but 3rd party apps will allow this :)

  • @scottscott08 the sensation does have wifi calling, its called "sip" its in the settings,call & then "use internet calling" there youll have the sip or setup for voip calling aka internet calling. so yes it is built in & yes he is biased.

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  • @samjpullen The way you conduct review is awesome! But you are missing out on factor , a great reviewer is never biased towards anything. He just has to provide the facts & reasoning.Look at this .Sensation Vs S2: 1) Screen: S2 has better view angles.At appropriate angles both are same. 2) Benchmarks: S2 is bound to get higher scores cos its got 35% less pixels to render than sensation and has 256 MB more of RAM. 3) S2's got NFC support. Apart from these three factors Sensation kicks S2's Ass!

  • @theneo87 But a reviewer also has to give his or her opinion on what device they feel is better, like i have said the Sensation is not a bad phone, but everyone wants to know out of the two devices witch one i feel is the best.

    So I have been giving my opinion on the matter :)

  • @samjpullen hey you are doing well.... keep it up..... if you can go outside in sunlight and see if we can text in sunlight or not...... my x10i can do this. so i want to know whether these phones are capable or not???? and what is the difference....

    Thnx.

  • @samjpullen does SGSII suffers from Death Grip as sensation does. same as Iphone4

  • @thug3m NO. iphone 4 has problems with calling. sensation only with wifi and bluetooth. death grip can be reached easily with iphone 4. with the sensation, u must have monkey-like hands to get in the "death grip" position.

  • @samjpullen You didnt read what he said, he just said that you dont have to lean upon anything when reviewing, it is obviously clear that you like the s2, but youre pissing people off when you dont tell them why. When the sensation has to render 32% more pixels then offcourse its slower, when it has HTC Sense which is the most custimizable interface existing on android, it requires more ram. Therefore it is slower, these things you havent mentioned once in your videos therefore its a bad review!

  • @MrNadhazi Incorrect, Launcher Pro, ADW etc are A LOT more customisable then Sense :)

  • @samjpullen And doesnt contain the same features - you have to download custimized pictures, which is all impelmented in sense which the launchers cannot.

  • @MrNadhazi 10min with launcher Pro Plus gives you the Sense look and feel :), but with less ram used that gives the whole phone a better experience.

    Sense 3.0 is to RAM intensive

  • @samjpullen I am positive that anyone in here would agree that launcher pro is not the same as sense - not even close. There is so many features like the; statusbar, dock, widgets and lockscreen, in pro launcher that doesnt seem anything near the same feel as sense can produce, so for you saying that sense is a downgrade from launcher is just being ignorant.

  • @theneo87

    Absolute objectivity is a myth. We're all biased, you more so than some others.

  • @theneo87 Can you say in what way the Sensation kicks the S2's ass? Otherwise it just sounds like fanboyism.

    e.g. "My father is better than yours, because I say so"

  • @aegisofrime I hope you are educated enough to understand , what i mentioned in my comment ! Apart from the three things I mentioned , tell me , in what other respect S2 is better than Sensation ?

  • @theneo87 I'm currently taking a Bachelor's Degree, so yes I do believe that my English comprehension is up to scratch. You yourself have listed 3 ways that the S2 is superior, but have not listed any advantages the Sensation has over the S2, but you conclude that the Sensation "kicks ass", nonetheless. In this case I believe the onus is on your to show why the Sensation kicks ass. If you have listed those factors in an earlier post, I apologize, and would ask you to kindly point me to it. Thx!

  • @theneo87 You could have just said, "I fell for HTC's marketing, and now I'm gutted".

  • @theneo87 nothing a little 100mgz overclock cant fix :), sgs2 is 1.2 also so im pretty sure a 1.3mgz htc would fix the 35% extra pixel problem. i have the evo 3D so it has 1 gig of ram as well.

  • @theneo87 sensation has DLNA. everyone says "uuh, nfc, nfc nfc." where's ur problem men?

    don't hung up on 256 mb more. this isn't the reason of the lower speed. its sense. pack sense on the sgs2 and let's talk about speed. or take touch wiz and put it on the sensation. don't forget the things making a smartphone a smartphone. look at the phones. the sgs2 breaks much more earlier in case of falling down to the ground.for example the screen would chip off much easier than with the contured glass

  • @gemeinerhund Dude! If you havent understood yet , then let me tell you, I am supporting Sensation here. All i was talking about was the two - three aspects in which galaxy s 2 is somewhat better than sensation. Sensation FTW!

  • @theneo87 I didn't want u to missunderstand me. i wanted to explain, that the point, that it supports nfc cannot be counted, because of the fact, that sensation supports dlna.

  • @theneo87 It's funny you are lecturing the reviewer on bias when your own comment is so clearly biased towards the sensation it hurts my eyes reading it. No the Sensation does not "kick S2'2 ass" as you put it. They're both high end phones and both excellent devices. They both have their own ugly, nasty technical problems and they both have areas they excell at over the other.

  • @garanixx Huh, Dude That's the point ! I aint a reviewer , and if i were one I woudnt be biased atleast while I am reviewing.No offences to anyone but , the way in this video SGS2 has been propogated , that its miles ahead of Sensation, its not at all. Talking of the screen , that too , you cant say that SGS2 is way better , Super Amoled + display is one of the best technology , but sensation display is crisper , real colour production. Only thing is its not that good in viewing angles as

    GS2.

  • @theneo87 The screen is just one thing the S2 trashes the Sensation at. Nobody cares about specs or resolution. People care about how it looks and performs in the real world, and if samsung can achieve better looks with fewer pixels, then we can safely say they've done a better job, end of story.

  • @garanixx And like you said some people might not bother about the viewing angles too. Nobody is gonna use his/her phone at 45 degrees and use. The talk of looks and feel (M talking overall , not just display) , you would be kidding yourself , if you compare both in these regards.You know which one is better.

  • @theneo87 When did you see or hear anybody say that the Sensation produces better colors than the S2? No my friend, it's the other way around.. AMOLED produces the deeper blacks and better contrast, thus resulting in better colors. The overall image looks better even at a lower resolution. That's what I was saying, I wasn't even talking about viewing angles. Although I will give you an example of when view angles can be really annoying: Watching videos on it with a friend. Angles can matter :)

  • @theneo87 It is also a well known fact that the 218 PPI pixel density that the Galaxy S2 has is about the magic border where you get diminishing return on image quality and it no longer pays off to add more pixels. The only thing really affected from that point on is text. And in all honesty, the text is perfectly sharp and readable as it is, so that's not necessary. If that little difference is giving you trouble, then chances are you have eye problems and shouldn't be reading stuff on phones.

  • @garanixx With the Lock screen I agree, I love the lock screen on Sense 3.0, the rest? nah.

    Using launcher pro you can customise the dock, in sense you can't do anything bar change the colour.

    Widgets? beautiful widgets much nicer with custom clocks, weather etc and you can customise with the widgets on launcher pro, they look great while using less memory - Follows on

  • @garanixx Sense looks nice don't get me wrong but it uses far to much system ram.

    Can sense change the amount of screens ? have a scrollable dock? different screen transitions ? custom icons ? I could go on and on :)

  • @samjpullen I think you're replying to the wrong person here mate. I am not a sensation/sense fanboy and never claimed it makes the phone better than the Galaxy S2 :P

  • @garanixx oops... lol

  • @samjpullen Thanks for the reviews and comments. Awesome videos!

  • @scottscott08 Hard not to be biased towards the superior phone..

  • @scottscott08 sam seems to be another fanboy no different from the iphone fanboys

  • @scottscott08 your right the slcd is supposed to be truer colors where as the super amoled is over saturated, so beans could possibly be closer to the colors of the slcd or the super amoled. but like you said he would have to show the kitten live on camera to compare.

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  • Does your S2 suffer from the "yellow" tint that everyone's talking about?

  • @s0cks1985 I am checking daily as at the moment i am not seeing the Yellow problem that some people are having.

  • @s0cks1985 whats that yellow tint?

  • I couldn't be doing with tilting my phone to the perfect viewing angle all the time, that would really annoy me, I'll take the Samsung anyday!!! Amazing phone and I defo want to zoom in further too so another bonus over the HTC.

    I know why you're gorgeous cat is called Beanz - cos he look's like a baked bean! lol. Thanks Sam :)

  • I also did notice when the camera zooms in all the way on the gs2 you can easily see the screens pixels.

  • Sorry Sam but your resolution test seems flawed. You cant see a difference in screen resolution by zooming in on a picture. When zooming in you are just seeing the pixels of your digital photo. A true test to see if higher resolution makes a difference between the 2 screens is to fully zoom out on the same webpage for both phones and see which one still has readable text. Have read in other comparisons and reviews that sensations text remains very readable whiles gs2s text goes blurry/pixelated