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Verizon has undertaken another journey this year, and is ready to reach the top with its top shelf offerings.  It has delivered the newHTC Droid Incredible 2 on the smartphone front, which is retaining a global stature as a CDMA device.   It is aiding the Android’s permeation to the masses, and has also ushered the beginning of high-end android love with much more developed specs. HTC Droid Incredible 2 has come out of the gate and is ready to rock off the sock with its improved features than its predecessor – HTC Droid Incredible. Check out the HTC Droid Incredible 2 review and find out yourself whether this new smartphone meets all your expectations or not.

Although you may find the design and some of its feature similar to that of HTC Droid incredible and HTC incredible S, yet, this is a more refined version. It is ready to rule the cell phone front with its sleek and all black design, with an extremely clear picture quality and high quality music sound. You can read everything about its design, display, size, picture resolution and its other attractive features.

The basic design of this phone is similar to that of HTC Incredible S, the only visible difference being in its length. This new one is slightly larger than the previous one. It is a very sleek phone. Its size is only 121 X 64 X 12 mm. it is very easy to carry, since it is not at all heavy.

It weighs  just 135 grams, so it is handy and easy to hold. It is sure to attract your attention with its extremely sober look. The style is completely minimalistic and clean. It is completely clean in the front, and one can also feel the subtle soft touch on its back. Although it may appear tough, yet it is very stylish.  It supports the HTML and flash. It is available in black and red. It is in the form of a candybar, which appears very attractive. It is true that is a solid feeling handset, yet there is nothing that may appear remarkably impressive since it follows the pattern of other HTC handsets.

There are the standard Android buttons below the display – Home, Menu, Back and Display. These buttons are touch-sensitive. On the left spine, you will find the volume rocker and a port for the micro-USB. The right spine is completely bare. At the top of the phone, there is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The entire chassis appears very sober.

The present phase that is going on is the phase of Android phones. We have witnessed many android phones this year, and Incredible 2 is another in the line. It has the gingerbread 2.3 in it. Apart from the gingerbread operating system in it, HTC has also added some pretty aesthetics to the Android feature. It has added a dynamic and a playful weather application, a revamped Contact system and a social network aggregator known as the friend stream. Another very interesting feature is the Leaps, which is a very elegant way of navigating the homescreen. There are a few good preloaded apps in this phone, like the Adobe reader, City ID, NFL Mobile, HTC footprints and so on.

It has some very distinct features, which makes it different from its competitive smartphones. It has an aluminum design, but a sober look. Some important features of this handset are:

One can grab this handset for its limitless fields and entries. There is practically no limit for call records.  It has an internal inbuilt ROM of 1.1 GB and a RAM of 768 MB. The microSD card slot that is provided can support a memory of up to 32 GB. This gives you ample space for the storage of practically all of your important information and folders.

This handset has LCD capacitive touch-screen display and the size of the screen is 4 inches, which gives you an excellent gaming and internet experience.  The 16M display color is ready to give a new look to the screen. The maximum power of the display is 480 x 800 pixels. The handset has a gorilla glass display, and multi-touch input method. There are touch sensitive controls with proper rotating icons on the screen. The performance of the display is very good in the indoors, but once you go out, the display disappears completely in the sunlight. But this problem is observed in all the smartphones, this is not an exception in this case.

There is an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotation. Also, you will find a proximity sensor for the purpose of auto-turn off.  It has a perfect combination of size and resolution so as to deliver a sharp image. Another very attractive feature of the HTC Droid incredible 2 is the presence of capacitive Android buttons that can rotate in its own, according to the orientation.

This phone sports an 8 MP camera with a dual LED flash facility. It has a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. Apart from the extremely clear picture quality, it provides various other facilities like Face detection, auto focus, Geo-tagging and so on. The photos that are taken outside look great, with very rich and sharp colors. The flash provided in this phone is decently powerful. The video resolution of this handset is 1280 x 720 pixels. You will surely love the quality of the videos and pictures. There is an inbuilt video and image editor, which may help you to edit and view multimedia files as per your wishes.

Much like the other HTC smartphones, HTC Droid Incredible 2 also sports a front facing camera, which is of 1.3 megapixels. This makes it very convenient for video chatting, and even for shooting portraits of oneself. There is a hidden LED indicator beneath the right side of the ear piece gill. If you do not have 4G connectivity, then you will not be able to use this feature much.

HTC Droid Incredible 2 has a SRS WOWHD surround sound for music and videos. The video playback is highly worthy and efficient. Unfortunately, there is a drawback in the music player here. The android music player is marred by the presence of the very annoying Verizon’s cast manager. This is a very annoying feature of the phone. But the video playback is quite impressing, and compensates for the drawback pretty well. The best part about it is that there will not be any disturbance in the videos over 3G.

The sound that is heard on this phone is pretty clear and decent. It has a good audio capability. When the sound volume is at its maximum, there are chances that it may appear harsh, therefore keep it low. But you can be sure to experience a good audio quality from this phone.

A Li-Ion 1450 mAh standard battery powers this smartphone. It has a standby time of up to 361 hours and a talk-time of about 6 hours and 30 minutes. There is a considerable security for a good battery life, and despite using it extensively, you can run it for a full day.

It is a Wi-Fi capable model, of about (802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n) and supports a headphone of 3.5mm headphone, containing a headphone connector. The Bluetooth version is 2.1 supporting EDR profile. It has a microUSB port.  DLNA and TV-out is also present in it.

HTC incredible 2 is available with some authentic gear and accessories. In a box-pack of this set, you will get a charger, battery, USB cart manual, recycle and a stereo headset. You can also get a memory card in the phone.

You can outfit your Incredible 2 with leather covers and pouches, extended life batteries, Travel chargers, Screen protectors, Bluetooth accessories and stylus.

This handset of incredible 2 is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon processor. This processor is the same as that of Thunderbolt. This one may seem a bit weak in comparison to the other dual core phones, but it wins over a lot more other things, than just its processor. A very good in-built technology in it is the noise cancellation. You will not experience any call drop or call distortion, but make sure to use it properly.

The new HTC Droid Incredible 2 has already arrived in the Indian markets. It was launched in April, 2011. So go and get it before it is too late.

This phone is available in India at a price of approximately Rs. 25000.

The new droid Incredible offers noticeable upgrades to the earlier version of the HTC Incredible handset. It is a good 3G phone, and is crazy fast on the version of 3G networks. The main question that arises here is whether you should buy this phone or not. Well, the specs, barring a couple of minor hiccups, look alright. It has an amazing surfing speed and picture quality. If you are interested in buying a “good branded smartphone”, then you should definitely go for this one. You will not at all be disappointed.