Our guest reviewer and Android fanatic, AntMcl shares his first thoughts on HTC’s Incredible S. Watch the unboxing after the text.
Since this phone came out, I’ve always been drawn toward it more than anything else. It certainly lives up to its name.
The Incredible S features a 1Ghz 2nd Gen Snapdragon CPU, with 768MB of RAM and 1.1 GB of internal storage. On front there’s a 4 inch SLCD display and a 1.3 megapixel camera; on the back there’s an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 720p HD video recording. The phone runs HTC Sense 2.1 on top of Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.
I love the design of this device. It features a sort of rubbery soft-touch plastic all round, and the ‘plateau’ on the back (under which sits the battery) gives the phone a rugged and industrial feel. I have a case on mine (not pictured), but even without that it feels pretty sturdy; with it on, the phone feels absolutely indestructible.
The screen is breathtaking, and I honestly thought that the lack of an AMOLED display (present in my previous device, the Legend) would set the Incredible back, but the Super LCD really is super. One of its strongest points is colour reproduction; the screen presents colours in very high contrast and everything looks very natural.
It’s fair to say that the screen dominates the front of the Incredible. Comparing it to the Legend, you can see that HTC have wasted no space on the front of the device, and really have made the screen as large as possible. On the Legend, the screen didn’t really feel like the ‘centrepoint’ of the phone; it certainly is on the Incredible.
With the addition of that huge RAM and fast processor, the Incredible is incredibly (!) fast. Where this phone excels in terms of performance is web browsing; multitouch gestures are buttery smooth, and Adobe Flash content loads and runs perfectly. This is a testament to the new browser in Gingerbread, but also shows up just how good the combination of RAM and processor speed is in this device.
Despite only using it for about a day at the time of writing, the Incredible S has been fantastic so far. Look out for continued coverage of my lovely new device.
