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iG Exclusive : HTC Sensation XE Launches 7th OCT in Europe (UK) and Asia, India Possibly Included

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The highly awaited sequel of the HTC Sensation, the HTC Sensation XE is all set to launch in the UK on the 7th of October 2011. It seems like the company is eager to push out its revamped device to the users/consumers, just before the next Apple device can launch.

Sources close to iGyaan have told us that the company plans a launch of the devices in Europe including UK and Asia including India in the first ten days of October 2011. The revamped handset boasts a bunch of improvements over the original Sensation including a faster processor.

Price for the UK remains at £410 (£492 inc. VAT) and the device is expected to HIt India at the 32,500/- Rupees price mark with a significant decrease to 28,500/- within 15-20 days of launch. The box of the Sensation XE will come bundled with urBeats in-ear headphones from Monster Cable (part of Beats by Dre)

The Complete Spec List Includes :

CPU Processing Speed

1.5 GHz, dual core

Storage

Total storage : 4 GB
Available storage : up to 1 GB
RAM : 768 MB

Connectors

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
micro-USB 2.0 (5-pin) port with mobile high-definition video link (MHL) for USB or HDMI connection

(Special cable required for HDMI connection.)

Sensors

Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor

Multimedia

Gallery, Music, and FM Radio
Beats Audio™
DLNA for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to your TV or computer

Audio supported formats:

Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Recording: .amr

Video supported formats:

Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)
Recording: .3gp

Power & Battery

Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Capacity: 1730 mAh

Talk time:

WCDMA: Up to 445 minutes
GSM: Up to 550 minutes

Standby time³:

WCDMA: Up to 540 hours
GSM: Up to 310 hours

Network

HSPA/WCDMA:

Europe/Asia: 900/AWS/2100 MHz

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Platform

Android™ with HTC Sense™

Camera

8 megapixel color camera: Auto focus and dual LED flash

Front camera: VGA fixed focus color camera

HD video recording: 1080p HD video recording

Internet

3G:

Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed
Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed

GPRS:

Up to 80 kbps downloading

EDGE:

Up to 236.8 kbps downloading

Wi-Fi®:

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth

Bluetooth® 3.0
A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit
Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, MAP, SPP, SDAP

Social Networking

Facebook® and Twitter™ for HTC Sense
Friend Stream
Share photos/videos on Facebook®, Flickr®, Twitter™, or YouTube™

Location

Internal GPS antenna
With Locations, explore maps with zero wait, zero dead spots, and zero data roaming fees

Tethering

USB and Wi-Fi® tethering

Recommended Windows System Requirements

Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows® XP
HTC Sync

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