This
handset didn't surprise anyone when it was officially announced at
CTIA Wireless 2012, but we're still happy to spend time with the HTC
Droid Incredible 4G LTE for
Verizon Wireless regardless. After catching enough glimpses of the
smartphone over the past few months, we already had a good idea of
what to expect: Big Red's latest LTE device will have Ice Cream
Sandwich dressed in Sense 4, a 4-inch Super LCD qHD panel, a 1.2GHz
dual-core Snapdragon S4 (Krait), 1,700mAh user-removable battery,
microSD support and an 8MP BSI f/2.2 camera with a 28mm lens.
If
you're familiar with either the OG HTC Droid Incredible or its
sequel, you'll instantly recognize the trusty hump on the back of the
third iteration -- Verizon and HTC haven't strayed too far from the
design formula here. Aside from the Sense 4 firmware hiding inside
the phone, the Incredible 4G LTE has little in common with its
cousins, the One X and One S. Frankly, we're still left pondering if
the carrier will come out with a version of its own, since we've seen
the other three national powers get a high-profile device from the
Taiwanese manufacturer.
We
had a very similar feeling when holding the new Incredible, one
easily related to how we felt with its predecessors. It's quite
light, and it actually feels thinner than it really is. All in all,
the phone is very comfortable to hold, and from our few minutes of
using it, it seemed to be rather smooth. Naturally, as we expected,
Verizon reps warned us that it's running on preliminary firmware at
the moment, so we don't take a lot of stock in its performance, good
or bad. All in all, it's exactly how we thought it would be -- a
refreshed version of the Incredible 2, with a much better processor
and a few other notable bumps in specs. Head below to check out a few
images of Verizon's newest darling.
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