Motorola Atrix vs. HTC Sensation: Smartphone showdown

What if the user wants to connect a USB device and connect to a HDMI didplay at the same time...oops only ATRIX. Did someone forget about biometric acces to your phone and all the data inside...Atrix again. Not to mention the ability to connect to Business network shares and SAN devices straight out of the box..Atrix. Not a toy but a power full tool. Also, if you read about the displays you will find the qHD on the Atrix was designed specifically for business with battery life in mind by alering the number of sub pixels per point. More efficient and negligable loss unless your artist...but if you look at the pixel density (which is what matters) the ATRIX wins again. Its called due diligence, research before you run off specs for a story.

Totally agree with Karl.... the ATRIX is a much more well rounded and thought out offering... has connectivity options no other manufacturer offers with the car dock, Lapdock, multimedia docs... what a biased comparison... and how does bigger dimensions win HTC...? the ATRIX is better...

I agree with karl and bobby. The Atrix is a phone of many benefits and this article seems to be focusing on the cover rather than opening the book so to speak.

There are many more features I consider to be much more important than an aluminum unibody.

Though the larger screen of the Sensation is nice it's not like it's an AMOled or anything, just .3 inches bigger. If you're really going to split hairs over screen quality you might as well go get a samsung galaxy s 2. I personally would take the pocket space rather then a slightly larger screen.

Battery life was ignored in this review and the atrix definitely takes that crown with a 1950mAh battery that lasts all day. The sensation's 1520mAh battery might last you until 8pm if you're a light user. Dismal.

Also inexplicably ignored was the fact that the Sensation packs next to no internal memory. 1gb?? What is this 2005? Get ready to buy a huge microSD card ... That's terrible. And 768mb of ram? Really? Couldn't have just thrown 1gb ram in there? Sloppy.

I want a smartphone that solves all my problems. Not a hot mess that takes nice pictures, looks flashy and not much else. Keep your 8pm camera and barely faster processor, imo those are the sensation's ONLY advantages.

Well although I am a HTC man from way back with the intent of getting a Sensation now that it is finally here you guys do make valid points, I guess at the end of the day it comes down to user preference, if you want something that is a bit of a toy, looks pretty and will still do the things you want it to do the Sensation is the way to go, if you want something that will do the job have longer battery life and the ability to stack heaps of stuff into the internal memory I guess the Atrix is the way to go, I am currently running with a Desire HD Rooted and Romed with HTC Sence3 and love it I can see the big screen, its fast, smooth and the battery isnt all that bad it lasts between 12 and 20 hrs with moderate use and if I'm playing games there is always the car charger handy or plug it into the wall and of course when u drop them they bounce and don't break as often as plastic phones.
If the they could only combine the best features of the Galaxys2 and HTC Sensation what a wicked phone it would be, sigh, maybe one day they will get it right.

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