Taiwanese handset maker recently presented a video featuring its upcoming Beats Audio technology-enabled smartphone, called the HTC Sensation XE.

Set to be released on 1st of October, the HTC Sensation XE comes with Beats earbuds that allows users to get the handset automatically switched to the "studio-quality audio" Beats by Dr Dre.

The Sensation XE runs Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, and a 4.3-inch qHD screen, an 8MP primary camera with autofocus, touch-focus, dual-LED flash, geo-tagging, image stabilization, face detection and
1080P video recording and VGA secondary camera for making video calls.

The list of other specs of specs of the smartphone includes a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4GB of internal memory, an 8GB or 16GB microSD card and a 1730mAh battery that runs longer than batteries in the preceding Sensation handsets.

UK retailers Clove and Phones4u will offer the Sensation XE on contracts starting at £26 a month. The SIM-free handset will be available for around £500.

Other markets in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific will get the HTC Sensation XE sometime in September. No release date has been mentioned for the US.