HTC Regional Launch Event at Marina Bay Sands
Before attending this launch, I thought they just gonna launch Sensation XE. But they are launching other 3 phones as well!!!! Radar, Rhyme and Explorer!
I have to say I am very very excited over Sensation XE because of BEATS! I have Dr Dre Headphones so I know how good the quality is...
Black and Red looks so nice together... :)
Been using Desire HD and Incredible S... I love the curves of my phone... and iPhone4 is very blocky..
At the end of the presentation, there were dancers with those lighted up suits! It's like Step Up 3!!! damm cool!!! check out the video i took!
They revealed the 3 sections, Entertainment, Fashion and Social.
Let's look at Explorer first. It is launched as a entry level phone. very basic. 3megapixel camera. Surprisingly it comes with the new Sense 3.5 interface... because XE is not.. kinda strange..
It is quite compact. It's released in India already... I guess it is target towards mass who can't afford the higher end phone... smart move... cause iPhone is too expensive for them to own it...
Next, is HTC Radar... Not very excited over this phone because it is running on window.. however, it is a very beautiful phone... it is WHITE...
The best part is that... it is using F2.2 lens (iPhone 4S boost so much about their F2.4 lens, it's not even wide angle...) and it is 28mm wide angle lens! The lower the F means the lens can take better shots at low light condition.. especially night shots... (later in the post I will show you HTC panorama mode)
This is how the window interface look like... Pretty much like the Android version..
Windows looks quite cool huh... but still Android for me!
Follow by HTC Rhyme... This is targeted more towards the ladies market.. Featuring a dock that once you put your phone down on it... it will look like those bedside alarm clock. nice huh... and you see the screen there's the phone and calender icon... you can change to any other icon for quick access...
when you go into other application, it will be in landscape mode too... in a very nice layout.. and the dock is a speaker as well! nice... i wish they have dock for all HTC phone!
This is how the "backside" look like.. its not fully white... more of the greyish kind of white..
The round little thing is the HTC Charm... because this is a lady phone... so usually when a lady go out with their prada or gucci handbag (ok LV, Chanel also included) usually they will put their phone in their bag and can't hear the phone ringing and/or vibrate... so this charm is connect to the headphone port and you can clip the charm outside the handbag handle and it will light up whenever there's a call or message!
The reason u see my incredible S lying there is because the whole place is white and the charm is white... so i can't take any photo showing it is GLOWING... people around me was like thinking what I am trying to do... haha.. anyway the charm only works for Rhyme... so sad.. my incredible not charm-ing enough...
Its a pity that Singapore only have one colour... oversea got 2 more colours..
Take a break from phone... look at some human here ya? LOL...
Yes! This is what I have been WAITING FOR!!! HTC SENSATION XE!!! Basically this is an upgrade from the Sensation phone... Sensation itself is already very good but this is BETTER... dual core processor of 1.5Ghz!! Bigger battery capacity! iPhone4S processor is not any faster than this!
Apple may revolutionize how we listen to music.. but they stop at making music sound better... you see the difference? I've been reading so much business books... I can say that HTC is really smart... they collaborate with other brands.. (FYI: they bought over BEATS by Dr Dre) Nowadays if you see alot of ppl wearing earphones or headphone with red wires... that's beats... the younger generation have better taste in music and know what is good music... but i can say... if you plug ur BEATS earphones to ur iPod or iPhone... you cant feel the right BEATS... I tried my BEATS headphones with my HTC Desire HD... the SRS mode really make the music sounds so good...
That's why I am excited over XE... it is gonna make my music sound so good! hehe! they have a special audio profile for the BEATS earphone.. so if u plug ur other brands of earphones... it wont work... anyway every XE phone comes with FREE BEATS EARPHONES!!!! you know how expensive is one! now its FREE with the phone...
Too bad Steve Jobs is dead... Tim you better start thinking how to make music sounds good on ur iPod and iPhone or you will be COOK-ed
The camera it may not be like Radar F2.2 or iPhone4S F2.4 lens... but i love the instant capture... there's no lag when u press the shutter button. what u see is what u get! iPhone still stuck at the single flash.... For XE (and even my Desire HD and Incredible S) comes with dual LED Flash... take better photos at night.. (you can use it as torchlight also! I always use that haha)
Ok... now is the panorama mode... I am quite disappointed that XE doesnt have this panorama mode found on Radar... IT'S FREAKING BRILLIANT!!!
When you are in the Panorama mode, there's the line across ur screen... you just need to level your line with the dotted line!!!
After you aligned and snap the photo... you just need to move your phone left or right to connect to the next dot!! that SIMPLE! waaaa so simple yet iPhone dun have it and even my Canon S95 can't even do this!!! Holy shit... The moment i saw it i was like "I MUST HAVE THIS IN MY NEXT PHONE!!"
Since XE don't have.... XL have! hahaha Check this out
Thank you Sheena for the invite! haha.. we suppose to meet up for dinner but i fall sick and cancelled it then arranged again and then she fall sick and cancelled... hahaha... let's not fall sick again!
