The Droid Incredible Is the Next step in the droid saga from Verizon wireless. Verizon teamed up with HTC to create this magnificent phone (which I need to get my hands on being a verizon customer) and it literally is nothing short of its name. The phone itself is incredible, from the design, to the hardware, the software, the camera, and the storage space the phone has everything you could want and it also is able to multitask and it plays flash websites which the iphone does not have the capability of doing. It has a more essence of choice for the users.
The hardware on the DROID is unlike any other touch screen phone. Instead of going for a predictable smooth back, HTC has given the Incredible a ridged, weirdly angular soft-touch casing which the company says is meant to evoke the styling of a race car. It may seem like a weird idea at first thinking that this would only make the phone bulkier, but when it was compared side by side with other phones of its kind there was virtually no difference. These ridges are nice actually because it gives you something to hold on to which is good for me because I have big hands and am constantly dropping small objects so I would need something like that to hold on to.
The display on the Droid incredible is very good. It has an optical trackpad standing in for the typical trackball found on earlier phones. This makes the touch part of the phone much easier to use and less false readings by the phone. It has a big display that is very colorful with reds and oranges. The only problem with the display which HTC also has problems with on some of its other phones is that it is hard to see in the bright sunlight. Once the sun is out you have to shade the phone with your hand to easily see what you are doing because otherwise it will be a bit of a struggle.
The camera is one of the big selling points of the Incredible. At 8 megapixels, it’s obviously one of the highest resolution smartphone shooters on the market. It takes great pictures especially in the daylight and still does well when it is dark outside. Unlike other HTC cameras, there doesn’t seem to be any color spotting or weird splotches here, and also it has a pretty quick shutter speed which is nice. One annoying thing about it though is that the phone has no button on the side for the camera but instead it is on the display. That’s ok though not a big problem.
The droid also has an internal space of 8Gb of storage with an option for an additional 32Gb of storage. The sound quality on the phone is also I believe the best a phone could offer, very crisp and clear. the Incredible and all devices with that combo feel like complete, polished, modern smartphones, with none of the perks or features missing. In particular, the homescreens have been massively expanded here, giving you seven screens in which to store icons and widgets. The software on the Droid is fantastic. It is very clean and runs very smoothly thanks to the Sense UI. Verizon and HTC have collaborated on a few perks in the OS as well, cleaning up the Google Navigation, and also collapsing Visual Voice mail into the messaging application on the phone, making it easier to get at all your communications at once.
As far as the Network and the battery life on the droid, the Network is great. It is verizons network so it is very powerful. The battery life on the other hand is not as great. the battery life is like any other normal phone so it’s fine, it just doesn’t have any “wow” factor to it. All in all the Droid is a great smartphone. I could talk much more about the software and the OS but in short there aren’t any problems with it and it runs very smoothly and comfortably. I really just can’t wait until it is time for me to get a new phone because this will be the phone that I am getting.
I don’t know much about the Droid except only when my husband rants and raves about how the Droid can pretty much do anything. It can tie your shoes, make your breakfast and tuck you into bed at night. The Droid commericial almost convinces us of this. I learned a few things about it from your article. I like the fact that it has a great camera, big storage space and is relatively easy to use. I am a Verizon custimer myself and just might pop into a Verizon store next time I walk by one to take a look at what the Droid has to offer for me.