Technology Feature: HTC Sensation XE Wednesday 2nd November 2011 | Osh Recent smartphone release showcases Beats Audio sound. HTC has proven itself as being among the mobile phone brands with the most cutting edge technology to ever hit the market. They have recently released the first smartphone to have a Beats Audio sound system; the HTC Sensation XE. It is not a tremendous improvement when compared to its predecessor. Other than the sound quality enhancement and the red colour on its exterior it pretty much is the original Sensation. It runs on the same Gingerbread 2.3 and has the same size both physical and RAM. However there are some significant changes such as the upgrade from the 1.2 GHz clock processor to the 1.5 GHz processor and the improved battery life, which always comes in handy!