The Sensation From HTC And The Blackberry Bold Touch-A Comparison

If we forget about Apple for a second then two of the undoubted big names in the mobile phone market are HTC and Blackberry.  Recently both of these esteemed manufacturers have released top end handsets aimed at being the pinnacle of their range.  HTC have given us the dual cored Sensation handset complete with large screen and unrivalled power whilst Blackberry have now come up with the Bold Touch, a mobile that perfectly blends a full keypad with a great quality touch screen.  So which format comes out on top, the modern smartphone or the traditional business handset?A distinct advantage that the HTC has over the Blackberry in this comparison is looks.  Despite not being particularly ground breaking in the design department the Sensation is still an attractive handset.  At 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm the measurements are still a little large but given the size of screen that is facilitated then this can be forgiven.  The problem with the Bold Touch is that Blackberry have had to revert back to the portrait styled handset that has served them so well over the years. They dabbled with touchscreen devices with the nice looking but ultimately unsuccessful Torch range of phones and thus have returned to the format that there users typically favour.  The issue here is that a phone housing more than 30 physical keys will lose a bit of its appeal in the looks department.  Despite its neat touches and revamped design the HTC will win in a beauty contest every time.  An area where the Blackberry does give the Sensation a good run for its money is when it comes to screen technology.  At nearly 2 inches bigger and with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels you would imagine that this would be very hard to beat.  The 480 x 640 found on the 2.3inch on the Bold Touch actual works out at more pixels per square inch, however the HTC uses it S-LCD panel to great effect which results in an incredibly vivid image that is full of life.  This is in contrast to the more dated TFT technology that Blackberry have opted to stick with in this instance.If we were to look at the comparative speeds of the two handsets then the HTC Sensation would just steal ahead of the Bold Touch.  The Blackberry certainly impresses thanks to a 1.2Ghz which is actually the same speed as the chip in the Sensation.  Where the HTC has a distinct advantage however is that its processors sports two cores enabling the phone to handle multiple tasks without placing unnecessary strain on the phone.  For this reason the Sensation operates at a faster speed than the Bold Touch, however it must be noted that the Blackberry is indeed very impressive in this area just not quite up to the standard of the exceptional HTC handset.It is very difficult to compare these two phones as customers would normally be opting for either a large touchscreen device or a device offering a Qwerty keypad.  Despite the obvious differences these two phones are both superb handsets but the top specification Sensation comes out on top in most departments, however if you are looking for a messenger device then you will not go far wrong with the Bold Touch.The HTC Sensation is available now and the Blackberry Bold Touch is coming soon.