This whole signal thing is pissing me off. I get fine reception at home, but around town, its hit or miss. I went to a 5th place yesterday where I went from 1 bar of 3G to 1x then to...roaming? Roaming? Meanwhile I have a friend who needed to pay her TMobile bill so I walk in and go play with the Sensation. Had 4 full bars of 4G in an area I was lucky to get 2 bars of 3G, forget 4G. So long story short, I picked one up for a trial. Its a very nice phone but it isnt as lightning fast as I was expecting. In fact, there are some times where the Nexus will load up a page quicker. There is no clear winner really, just depends on the area I am in. Some areas the Nexus S gets a better signal, some the Sensation will. However, I have yet to get full bars of 3G or 4G on the Nexus but I can get full 4G on the Sensation. One thing that sucks about the Sensation is I get no signal in my apartment which is typical of TMobile here. Luckily they have the wifi calling feature, so that works.
A few things I do prefer about the Sensation is the screen which surprises me since it looked washed out in all the reviews. I like being able to do voice and data at the same time since TMobile is GSM. I like having a SIM card and I like the build quality better, plus it shoots 1080p video and has an 8MP camera. Still not sure which I will keep though, have to compare some more today.
A few things I do prefer about the Sensation is the screen which surprises me since it looked washed out in all the reviews. I like being able to do voice and data at the same time since TMobile is GSM. I like having a SIM card and I like the build quality better, plus it shoots 1080p video and has an 8MP camera. Still not sure which I will keep though, have to compare some more today.