Upgrade From HTC Sensation to HTC One S?

**cristrip** · 04-18-2012, 06:28 PM

I have a t-mo htc sensation... Is it worth to upgrade to an htc one S?
The big change would be ICS....not sure.

What do you guys think?

**ChromeJob** · 04-18-2012, 07:25 PM

Are you still under contract obligation for the Sensation? Or would you just like to drop $599 on the new phone?

**big_time2** · 04-19-2012, 06:57 AM

If you've had the Sensation since May of last year (isn't that when it went on sale?), then it might be a good time. New phone every year is not too bad. Tmobile will probably charge you a full price for it, but if you can sell your Sensation for a good price, then it might be worth it for you.

**cristrip** · 04-19-2012, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by ChromeJob

Are you still under contract obligation for the Sensation? Or would you just like to drop $599 on the new phone?

Originally Posted by bigtime2

If you've had the Sensation since May of last year (isn't that when it went on sale?), then it might be a good time. New phone every year is not too bad. Tmobile will probably charge you a full price for it, but if you can sell your Sensation for a good price, then it might be worth it for you.

i'll answer you both: i'm still under contract. but money is not the problem (since i can still ask for a replacement from T-Mobile and re-sell it on craigslist for $300-350).

what about hardware and software....? they look almost the same apart from ICS.
or maybe should i install ICS on my phone and that's it?

**guru0006** · 04-21-2012, 09:29 AM

Keep in mind they wil be pushing out ICS for the Sensation soon so maybe just wait for that and hang on t it one more year? My girlfriend has a Sensation and it's just not worth it to upgrade especially since ICS is coming for the Sensation soon. The Beats audio is nice but not $350 nice (you can probably sell the sensation for $250 and the S is $600)

**jrsmith43** · 04-22-2012, 07:12 PM

I would hold off to see if the ONE X comes to t-mobile as the G4X at the end of summer. I see the ONE S as an an incremental upgrade to the sensation, although the thinness is nice. I checked one out from behind the counter Friday night and I was not impressed with the pentile display. The build quality was great, but the display wasn't. HOLD out for the 720p version.

**Phil Nickinson** · 04-23-2012, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by cristrip

i'll answer you both: i'm still under contract. but money is not the problem (since i can still ask for a replacement from T-Mobile and re-sell it on craigslist for $300-350).

what about hardware and software....? they look almost the same apart from ICS.
or maybe should i install ICS on my phone and that's it?

If money's really not an issue I'd upgrade. Period. (And I say that having liked the hell out of the Sensation.)

**going_home** · 04-25-2012, 07:59 PM

Better off with the Galaxy Nexus.

**Jerry Hildenbrand** · 04-25-2012, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by going_home

Better off with the Galaxy Nexus.

I dunno. My only beef with HTC was the way they locked down phones, and they made good on their solution. I always said until they bootloader unlock the G2 I'm done with them, and

so I'm interested. I love my Nexus, and I'll always love a Nexus. But for a phone to carry in my pocket, to be my smartphone and not my open-hacky-fun-time-toy I'm thinking this one is it.

Now all I need to do is convince Phil to part with his and lend it to me for a year or so