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Mobile handset displays in 2012 and what was the point of the HTC Sensation?

[Short link to this article if you need it: http://goo.gl/t2vbt - or retweet me ] This is an article that may date badly, but what the heck - will be fun to read it back in a year's time? It's about various things - the HTC Sensation's choice of screen resolution, the importance of screen resolution and screen technology in general, and where the mobile industry is heading with the current crop of premium handsets. I think we may have reached a point where there's not much more to give, and if we're lucky we'll see more higher-end handsets appearing at lower prices... I know a few people who purchased one of the HTC Sensation handsets. I never quite understood why. The only reason appeared I've heard involved an obsession with numbers. I've often heard comments similar to: "The screen resolution is higher so it must be a superior screen." And I don't buy it. Do a blind test between a Sensation (or for that matter any iPhone) and any