The HTC Incredible S fits into the small gap between the Desire S and Desire HD in HTC's product range. It is an Android smartphone with a 4" 480 x 800 pixel display, an 8 megapixel camera and a 1GHz processor.
The name "Incredible" comes from the DROID Incredible, a popular Android phone sold on the US Verizon Wireless network. The Incredible S is a bit better specified that the US version, which probably gives it the "S" tag that HTC have used on their recently "improved" smartphones.
However, a look at the spec sheet shows that the Incredible isn't really that incredible after all. Yes, it has a 1GHz CPU with 768MB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and HD video recording, a secondary camera for video calling, WiFi, 3.5G and GPS - but in a month where we've seen dual-core and even 3D devices launched it seems a bit.. well, tame.
HTC Incredible S at a glance | |
Available: | Q2 2011 |
Network: | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS 900 / 2100 / AWS |
Data: | GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSPA + WiFi |
8" 480 x 800 pixels | |
Camera: | 8 megapixels (main) 1.3 megapixels (sub) |
Size: | Tablet smartphone 120 x 64 x 12mm / 136 grams |
Bluetooth: | Yes |
Memory card: | MicroSD |
Infra-red: | No |
Polyphonic: | Yes |
Java: | Yes |
GPS: | Yes |
OS: | Android (version tbc) |
Battery life: | 6 hours talk / 15 days standby (3G) |
HTC haven't confirmed what version of Android the Incredible S is running, but some reports are that this is only running Android 2.2 at launch with an upgrade to a hitherto unannounced "version 2.4" in the works. If this is true, then it does take the shine off this device and indicates that perhaps it has spent a little while in development. The Incredible S runs HTC Sense on top, which will make it nicer to use than a vanilla Android installation.
