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HTC revealed its latest high-end Android smartphone offering, the Sensation 4G, on Tuesday. Along with the phone, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer is also debuting its new mobile media rental-and-purchase service, HTC Watch.

The Sensation will debut in Europe in mid-May alongside HTC’s tablet offering, the Flyer, and in Britain, Germany and other European markets in June. HTC Watch will be available on both devices, and will launch with over 500 titles. Users have the option to either rent or buy movies on Watch, but purchased videos can be viewed on up to five different HTC devices.

The Sensation and Flyer will arrive on American shores later — in the summer. The Sensation 4G will be exclusive to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network. (Whether you consider HSPA+ to be 4G or not, however, is another issue.)

The new media service, HTC Watch, highlights the media-hub qualities of the Sensation’s hardware. The phone will sport a massive 4.3-inch LCD screen, and the 8-megapixel back-facing camera is capable of recording HD video at 1080p resolution. For quick editing of your footage, the phone will also include the Video Trimmer tool which allows for clip cropping straight from the handset.

The Sensation will also launch with a new version of HTC Sense, the company’s custom interface for Android.

HTC recently launched another high-end Android smartphone on Verizon’s 4G LTE network to much acclaim: the Thunderbolt. The phone has been reportedly selling well since its debut, and is said to be outselling the iPhone 4 in a number of Verizon stores.

HTC wouldn’t provide pricing details on the new video service, or the Sensation, when we asked. The company says it will make that info available closer to the phone’s release date.

The Sensation is HTC’s second announced device to feature a dual-core processor, the 1.2-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon. The company’s upcoming Evo 3D also sports a 1.2-GHz Snapdragon, though it has yet to launch.

Rival device manufacturers have also debuted dual-core smartphones this year. The Motorola Atrix and LG Optimus 2X were announced in January — carried on AT&T and T-Mobile, respectively.

For a hands-on first look, check out Wired UK’s initial impressions of the Sensation.

HTC's Sensation 4G will debut on T-Mobile's network this summer.

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