Which smartphone is worth the purchase? We compare the LG Optimus EX against the HTC Sensational XL to see which device is better.

In terms of design and display. the HTC Sensation XL measures 132.5x 70.7×9.9 mm. and weighs 162.5 grams, while the LG Optimus EX measures 118x 63.4x 9.7 mm and weighs 127 grams.

The typical 4 buttons for Androids are existent on HTC Sensation XL and the smartphone comes with a sturdy build that is rough on the outer with a rear made of plastic, whereas the LG Optimus EX has a thick bezel in color black and 3touch bottom buttons of the display, Back, Home and Menu or Options.

The HTC device has some attractive highlights, the 4 buttons are lighting up as red and the ring around the camera covered in red, while the LG device has only the Beats emblem on the rear panel.

HTC device features a 4.7 inched display with S-LCD touch screen and of 199ppi pixel density, whereas LG device comes with a 4 inch display with capacitive touch screen that is an IPS LCD and the pixel density is at 223ppi. The first one has a screen resolution of 480× 800 pixels and the LG device comes with a resolution of 400× 800 pixels that is plus because the display is smaller at 4-inch and it provides a similar resolution with the 4.7 inched screen of the HTC.

Both smartphone support multitouch input and up to 16 Million colors. Also they are bunded with proximity sensor and an accelerometer. Additionally, the HTC smartphone is packed with a Gyroscope, also named as Gyro-sensor, that increases motion and gesture in gaming whereas the LG phone doesn’t have it.

For hardware and OS, both smartphones are equipped with some powerful processors. HTC Sensation XL comes with a singlecore processor of 1.5GHz (Scorpion)along with Adreno205GPU and Qualcomm MSM8255 chip, whereas the LG Optimus EX features a dualcore processor of 1GHz that is Cortex A9 along with ULP GeForceGPU and the Nvidia Tegra2 AP20H chip. Both devices are running on Android OS Gingerbread version 2.3.4, while the LG device comes with its LG UI that is, nonetheless, restricted to the home screen and menu and it is customizable, whereas the HTC phone also has its own Sense user interface, which is very popular for its amazing support’s gesture and user amiable UI along with the OS, created by the HTC developers over the Android OS.

The HTC’s Sense UI is certainly enjoyable to use and it provides a lot of little add-ons. Also, the HTC device has affirmed that the new Sensation XL isa updated at the IceCream Sandwich Android 4.0 version shortly.

For the battery and camera specs, the HTC Sensation XL has a battery unit of 1600 mAh, whereas the LG Optimus EX comes with a 1500 mAh battery power. The HTC device provides 12 hours of talk-time with 360 hours of standby on 2G and 7 hours of talk-time with 460 hours for standby-time on 3G. On the other hand, the LG device has 10 hours of talk-time.

The LG smartphone sports a primary camera of 5 MP with a max. resolution of 2,592× 1,944 pixels , while the HTC device comes with an 8MP rear facing shooter and a resolution of 3,264× 2,448 pixels. In addition, it provides an auto-focus option and dual LED flash on it, while the LG phone doesn’t offer an LED flash.

Both devices have the standard functions like: face detection, geo-tagging with image stabilization. Plus, HTC smartphone is available with HDR. The LG's camera records at 1080p video, at full HD with a rate of 30fps, whereas Sensation XL is capable of videos at 720p resolution, in HD. It is notable that both the smartphones provide VGA front facing cameras.

The HTC Sensation XL can be bought for $360.00 on the Amazon, whereas the LG Optimus EX is not available yet.

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