Today we’ll be taking a look at the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. This is a fairly strong phone. It can’t really be classified as one of the best, but it’s a 4G phone with a more than powerful enough hardware set on it. But, then again, let us not forget that this is a HTC phone and HTC has a great reputation of releasing really awesome phones. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is only available for the Verizon network. One of the reasons for its limited availability is the fact that this is a 4G phone and few providers can actually offer 4G networks. Verizon is one of those providers ( perhaps the most well known for its 4G phones ).
But without any more long intros, let’s commence this little review.
GENERAL
We’ll begin by taking a look at some of the more general aspects of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the supported networks as well as a few details about the announcement and release dates. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a most peculiar phone since it has support for normal networks and 4G networks all the same. However, the strange part isn’t there. It’s in the fact that this phone has both the “usual” networks and the more unusual CDMA ones. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, on the contrary, I’d set it as a plus. Those networks are as following : CDMA 800 and CDMA 1900 ( the 2G ones ), CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO and HSDPA 850 and HSDPA 1900 ( the 3g ones ) and finally LTE 700 ( the 4G one ). The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE was announced in May 2012 and is expected to come out in the same month. If for some reason it isn’t available by then, one can assume that it will be by the end of Q2 of 2012. That’s enough about that, let’s move on to the next part of the review.
BODY
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the aspect of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the size and weight of the device, as well as whether or not the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has any other particularities that would make it stand out from a crowd. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is around 121.9 x 61 x 11.7 mm big. This phone also weighs somewhere around 132 grams. The only particularity that this phone has is that it comes with Touch-Sensitive Controls instead of the buttons we are all used to. Let us move on.
DISPLAY
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the display of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the type of screen of the device, the screen size, the screen’s resolution and pixel density as well as whether or not the screen has any protection and any particularities, be them on the software side or otherwise. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has an S-LCD capacitive touchscreen that has approximately 16 million colors. The size of the screen of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is approximately 4.0 inches. The resolution reached by the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is around 540 x 960 pixels. This phone also houses a great pixel density – 275 ppi. In my books, this screen is as clear as it gets. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has Multitouch as well, but not the advanced kind that supports more than two simultaneous fingers. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE also has a most effective screen protection on it as well – Corning Gorilla Glass. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has HTC Sense UI v4.0 installed on it as well, should you choose to activate it. That’s enough for the display, so let us continue.
SOUND
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the audio output capabilities of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the alert types, speaker and audio jack as well as whether or not the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has any sound enhancement on it whatsoever – be it hardware or software based. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has Vibration, MP3 and WAV Ringtones as its Alert types. Also, this phone has both a Loudspeaker and a 3.5 mm jack. It has no other enhancement on it, so you could say that it’s quite basic as far as sound is concerned. With nothing more to say here, let us move on to the next part of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE’s review.
MEMORY
Next up we’ll take a look at the memory of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the RAM memory of the device and the storage space as well as ways of expanding it. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has 1 GB of RAM, which is more than good enough ( considering it’s the current maximum ). The internal storage space of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is around 8 GB. If you desire more, be sure that this phone also has a Micro SD card slot which can use any Micro SD card of up to 32 GB. That’s enough for the memory of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE, since I see no reason to continue. Let us move on to the next part.
DATA CONNECTION
Next up we have the data connectivity of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit about the GPRS and EDGE of the device, Speed and WLAN and Bluetooth and USB connections. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE doesn’t have either GPRS nor EDGE, since 4G phone usually lack those. The Speed of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a Rev. A of up to 3.1 MB/s ( as is custom for 4G phones ), and it can also be LTE Class 13, HSDPA and HSUPA. The WLAN of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot. The Bluetooth of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE also has NFC on it, for those interested and who know what the NFC actually is. The USB connection of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a Micro USB ( MHL ) v2.0 port. That’s enough said about the connectivity of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE, so let us move on now.
CAMERA
Next is the camera’s turn for a quick review. Here you can find out a bit about the main and secondary cameras as well as their features and capabilities. The main camera of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is an 8 MP one capable of photographing at around 3264 x 2448 pixels. The features of this camera include : autofocus, LED flash, simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging and face and smile detection. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE’s main camera is capable of recording video in 1080p Full HD at around 30 frames per second. The video recorder also has Stereo Sound recording and video stabilization. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE also has a secondary 1.3 MP frontal camera. This frontal camera is special since it can record in 720p HD. And few such cameras can do that.
BATTERY LIFE
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the battery of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE, since battery life is of such great importance in mobile device. Here you can find out about the battery type of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE, as well as how long it can function. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has a Standard Li-Ion 1700 mAh battery. Sadly, nothing aside of that is known since the producer of the phone chose not to disclose any more info about the battery. Since nothing more can be said, let us move on.
HARDWARE
Next we’ll be taking a look at the hardware of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the three main hardware components of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE : processor, motherboard and graphics card. The processor of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is a Dual-Core 1.2 GHz Krait. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE also has a Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset and an Adreno 225 GPU. All and all, this is a pretty decent setting and should run with almost everything out there. Since there’s no use in speaking more than it’s needed on this part, let’s move on.
SOFTWARE
Next up we’ll be taking a quick look at the OS of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Here you can find out a bit of info about the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE’s software version and whether or not it can be upgraded to a better one. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE has Android OS v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich installed on it, so there is no apparent need for an upgrade, at least for the next couple of months. Since the ICS is the best version of Android for phones, I’d say there’s no more to add here and let us move on to the final part of the review.
FEATURES
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the features of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. The sensors of this phone are : accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity and compass. The messaging on this phone can be done via : SMS ( with threaded view ), MMS, E-Mail and Push Mail. The browser of this phone uses HTML and has integrated support for Adobe Flash. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE also has a Radio with TBD and a GPS with A-GPS support. Also, this device has Java via Java MIDP emulation. The HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE is available in only one color : Black.
Here’s a list of what this phone can do :
- Beats Audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
This concludes our little review of the HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. If you feel that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment section below for things which should be added and I will be sure to take them into consideration when writing my future projects. In the meantime, I sincerely hope you had as much fun reading my little review as I had writing it.
