I got my Droid Incredible a few weeks ago, and I am here to deliver a final review for you. I was defiantly one of the lucky ones when I got mine.
Hardware –
When HTC’s designers designed the Droid Incredible, they apparently got their inspiration from a jet black Italian sports car. The back cover has ridges that surprisingly don’t make the phone uneven when it is sitting on a table. The only thing that makes it a little uneven is the camera lens that sticks out from the back. The internals and camera lens sport bright red colors.
On the top of the phone, you have a sleep/power button on the left, and a 3.5mm headset jack on the right side. On the left side of the phone you have a volume rocker, and a microUSB connector, from a first glance of the microUSB connector you would not think it is compatible with microUSB, but it is.
On the front of the phone, you have a large, gorgeous WVGA screen, four touch-sensitive buttons, (home, menu, back, and search), and a optical trackpad. When the Nexus One launched, the touch-sensitive buttons had sensitivity problems, and the Droid Incredible doesn’t have those problems.
It has a 3.7 inch 480×840 display, and a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor. It has 8GB on-board memory, and an expandable microSD card slot.
HTC followed Motorola by launching a muscular phone, similar to the original Droid.
Software –
The Droid Incredible is running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, and a Froyo update is supposed to be coming soon. Sense is a very elegant skin on the stock version of Android. It improves on many of the problems that Android has, such as the virtual keyboard, camera, and the stock music player. For those who don’t like Sense UI, this isn’t the phone for you because you cannot turn Sense off like you can with the Desire, and the EVO 4G. The browser is equipped with Flash Lite, and trust me, it’s not good at all.
HTC even improves on some of the iPhone’s faults, in example, cut, copy, and paste.
Verizon and HTC improved Google Maps Navigation, and putting the Visual Voicemail into the Messages app loaded on the phone. Apps that come pre-loaded on the phone are HTC’s Teeter, Footprints, Friendstream, and HTC’s own Twitter client, Peep, but if you don’t Peep, you can always download Twitter for Android.
Overall, the experience is a great one. Sense is great, and with the 1 GHz processor, its quite fast too!
Battery Life –
When I do phone reviews, I usually don’t put this section in, but I feel it should be added. The battery is a 1300 mAh battery, and HTC and Verizon promise 312 minutes of usage time, and up too 146 hours of standby time. The battery life is good, but not outstanding. Compared to other super-phones out there, the battery is below par.
Overall –
The phone is great. Its fast, and is running some great software. Sense improves on a lot of problems on the Android software, and it also has a lot of Social Networking features. It you don’t like not having a physical keyboard then this is not the phone for you, but if it doesn’t matter too you, then it’s great choice. Sadly, due to Samsung screen delays, the Droid Incredible is also delayed. If you order one today, you won’t get it until July 14th.
