HTC Droid Incredible
Phone Scoop Review
Apr 18, 2010 by Eric M. Zeman
Phone Scoop offers up a full review of the HTC Droid Incredible, Verizon Wireless' new flagship Android phone. This monster offers a 1GHz engine, an 8 megapixel camera and HTC's Sense UI. Dare we say it's better than the Droid? read review ›
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Very cool!
Pros:
Screen
Camera
Call quality
Speaker
Apps
Android os
Cons:
Mail not integrated
No task list
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Love it!
I have had this phone for 9 days now so here is my review. Keep in mind this is my first smartphone.
Pros:
FAST processor
beautiful display
8gb internal memory
awesome camera
very customizable
keyboard & touchscreen very accurate
loud and clear whether on earpiece or speaker
As far as cons I can't say there are any.
The battery could be better but I am coming from a Moto flip & I use this phone twice as much as that one. If I turn it on at 7am, by midnight I usually have around 40% left, that's with wifi, gps, and push mail every couple hours on.
As far as signal, I live in central South Dakota in a fairly hilly area and I am about 20-25 miles from the tower. Our house has steel siding which also knocks down the signal. So far it performs as good or better than my Moto flip and that had better signal than any friends phones out here, so that's really less about the phone and more about my location.
I wouldn't hesitate recommending an Incredible to anyone. I did try other phones in the store (Storm2, Droid, and Eris), but I waited and ordered this sight unseen. I don't regret that decision at all!
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Received on the 28th Returned on the 4th
Had this phone for about 6 days. That all I could take. I own a business and have 4 other phones on Verizon. The signal Strength on this phone would go from no bars to 1 bar in Scottsdale AZ. The bars DO represent the actual signal strength to this phone. The person on the other end was fading in and out if the call did not actually drop which it did a lot. I had my env3 sitting right next to this phone as a backup and it had 6 bars. This phone had none or 1. The battery is horrible. I had to buy 2 more to get through the day. I would unplug the phone at 9:30 AM and put a new battery in at 3pm. You can get about 6 hours out of a battery . Would not suggest this phone as a business phone. It's a great phone for kids who want to play around on the web. If someone could make a Smart Phone built as well as the Env3, had great battery life, signal strength, Great Keyboard and did everything well they would have Damn near a perfect Phone.
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Yup, it's Incredible
Best phone I have ever owned, and I have had them all.
SUPER FAST. It makes the Motorola Droid feel like a snail. What's more surprising, is that nothing can slow the Incredible down. I have downloaded boat loads of Apps, and it is still silky smooth. Furthermore, even though it basically has the same processor as the Nexus One, it is much faster. My Sexy Nexy would slow down by the end of the day, and would require a battery pull every few days to "speed it up", but the Incredible just keeps going. AMAZING. I have downloaded Advanced Task Killer, but have had no need to use it.
The camera is the best cell phone camera I have ever used. It's fantastic in low light situations, and you can touch to autofocus, like like the iPhone 3GS.
Verizon network is SUPER dependable. I have not dropped a call. My Nexus One on T-Mobile drops several calls a day. My old iPhone on ATT would also do the same thing. Not the case with the Incredible on Verizon! The signal bars do seem a little wonky, but if you view the reception as dBs in phone settings, you will notice that the reception it's pulling in is the same, or better than other Verizon phones.
HTC Sense...makes sense. I love the extra features brought on by sense; the widgets really add to the usability of Android.
Battery life is good, considering the screen is huge. Sure, it does not compare to a BlackBerry, but my battery lasts me about 13 hours with moderate usage...It's OK, I expect to charge a device like this every day.
Build quality is great. No creaks, no wobbles. VERY solid-feeling phone. I think it is weighted properly, and it definitely doesn't feel cheap. In fact, I prefer the build of the Incredible over the Nexus One.
So there is my list. I have owned many phones, and this is the best one I have ever owned. While I do feel that the "Incredible" name is fitting, this thing could have also been called the Beast. It's seriously a very good phone. If you are up for an upgrade, this is a no-brainer.
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blew my expectations
ok I got the iphone 3gs and feel in love with the PHONE att coverage blew. After the att service just got to frustrating I had to make a switch. I got the moto droid and hated it to slow no pinch to zoom (I know the update put that on there but still slow) and the Iphone with apple itunes behind it made everything just work so smoothly. I had it jailbroken and I think that is the only way I held on as long as I did. I now have the Incredible and well I feel in love all over again. If this phone was on att not sure how it would rate over all compared to the iphone but it is not so there for it kicks the iphones but on reliability and over all customization. All of you iphone lovers out there just know there is hope in a smooth running smart phone and reliable service. The incredible is the very close runner up in the competition and I am sure they are just getting started. It has taken apple 4+ years to release what they have now and android isn't even a year old do the math. Well that is all thanks for reading.
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Cool phone with some serious setbacks
I was instantly impressed with this phone because of the form factor and the SPEED. Everything on the phone is extremely fast - I have been using the Motorola Droid for 3-4 months and never use the physical keyboard. This phone is faster than the Moto but as far as reliability I'd say the Moto wins hands down. I am going to exchange this phone because it does this really cool thing where it just randomly selects things and switches back and forth between your home screens without even touching it. I'm hoping I got a defective one and that it's not just a feature of the phone; I have read online others are having the same problem.
Pros:
Android 2.1 OS, Speed, Beautiful screen, cool HTC widgets, size and weight (much lighter than the Moto)
Cons: Phone has a mind of it's own (switching screens and selecting things randomly - makes it hard to use at times) BATTERY LIFE: absolutely terrible. 10 hours of up time with moderate use. (Going to try the extended battery which costs another $50)
Bottom Line: This phone is pretty and it's really fast, but if you're looking for something more reliable I would definitely get the Moto Droid, I sell Verizon for a living and we sell TONS of those with little or no complaints or returns. So far I have been pretty disappointed in this phone.
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Incredible
Best phone I've owned by far and I'm a power user. Very fast, very finger friendly.
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Great Device but POOR Phone
GREAT, GREAT device. Best smart-phone out there. A lot of things is can do.
but POOR, POOR phone. Very poor reception.
and Battery life is REAL bad.
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Dissapoint reception (actual reception, not bars), sound quality
I'm very disappointed with this phone. There are several things I like about it. For one, the interface is really snappy. And the speakerphone is really solid. There are some annoying quirks but nothing I couldn't live with. Zooming in and out on the browser is great. Sometimes trying to click on a link is super annoying - you touch the screen in one place, but it just keeps insisting you're trying to click on the other links around it.
But in the area where it really mattered - being able to use the phone ** as a phone ** the phone falls short.
Reception-wise, rather than being "wow this is great" - it's slightly below average. For comparison, my previous cell phone was/is a Samsung Gleam. I won't bore you with the leadup, but eventually I was prompted to test them both at my house. I called my voicemail with my Incredible while sitting at my desk behind my computer. I listened to the same message 3 times - 2 of those three times there were definite dropouts in the conversation. What I mean is - the call never dropped, but little parts of the call dropped out. Like someone would say a phone number, and I would hear 655-43.....27, when it should have been 655-434-2327 (or whatever, I made that up). I then turned off the phone, went to the verizon online esn changer and reactivated my Samsung Gleam. Called my voicemail again and listened to the same message a couple times. No dropouts at all, perfectly clear. So I turned it off and tried with my Incredible, then after that switched back to the Gleam again. Pretty much the same results each time - the Gleam had no dropouts, the Incredible had a couple definite ones.
I'm just really disappointed - it's not like the Gleam was ever rated as a fantastic-at-reception phone itself.
I wasn't impressed by the sound quality either - though the volume was decent, I had slightly more trouble making out what people were saying than with my last phone.
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Incredible Review
Just replaced my HTC XV6800 (What a POS). I will NEVER buy a phone running MS Windows Mobile again. Now that I have gotten that off my chest.
Now, for the phone review:
The name of the phone sums up my experience so far. It is INCREDIBLE. It is quick, intuitive, plenty of apps and the web browsing experience is, and I hate to use this word, but Incredible. I also like the integration with GMAIL, Calendar, etc.
Time to buy some HTC stock!
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