If you don’t own a pair of Beats by Dr Dre, you’ll at least be aware of them sitting on the heads or round the necks of low level Premier League footballers heading into stadia, or X Factor wannabes desperate to get close to Dre himself. Hence makers Monster have decided to out a new ‘Executive’ pair, with more muted design, but the same audio nous.
The HTC Sensation XE has arrived, marking the first collaboration between the Taiwanese phone manufacturer and Beats Audio, after the partnership was announced last month. It’s not just a bundled pair of swizzle earbuds though – read on for all the improvements.
Yesterday news broke that HTC had invested $300 million to become the majority shareholder in Beats Audio. The fruits of this 51 percent stake may bear a smartphone sooner than expected. The rumored HTC super phone, the HTC Vigor, will reportedly become the first handset to sport the Beats by Dr. Dre moniker.
The HTC Vigor is a beast of a handset. Rumors point to a 720p HD display (1280×720 pixels), 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and a Qualcomm Adreno GPU. Clearly the Vigor represents the gold standard in smartphone flagships. With Beats Audio on-board, HTC might have an answer for Samsung’s high-end Android dominance in 2012.
via Gizmodo
