HTC Droid Incredible 2 Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on July 3, 2011 11:44 PM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- HTC
- Verizon
- Droid Incredible 2
- Mobile
Final Words
Using the Incredible 2 brought back memories of the earlier phone that I was so fond of. It's still not perfect but a year's worth of evolution has resulted in a phone that's all around much better. The Incredible 2 is faster and generally has much better battery life than the original. If you own an Incredible and aren't in love with AMOLED, you'll appreciate the upgrade to the Incredible 2. The addition of world-mode support to the Incredible 2 does make it a unique option that will appeal to some business travelers.
In the continuum of Android smartphones, the Incredible 2 is nothing extraordinary. It is a good, well rounded phone that performs well but it doesn't win any awards beyond that. The lack of a dual-core SoC definitely doesn't hurt, but it's also something I don't like recommending if you're going to hold onto your phone for 1 - 2 years.
The fact of the matter is there aren't many dual-core smartphones available on Verizon today. In our upcoming Droid X2 review we look at one option but it's a much larger phone. If you're not ok with the Droid X2's 4.3-inch screen then the Incredible 2 definitely gets the job done, but if you're fine with a larger phone (and Motoblur) there's a better option out there on Verizon.
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Penti - Monday, July 4, 2011 - link
There are no units with Mango yet, and they don't even got their hands on development versions. That's really why. Nobody else does either so. I'm sure they'll jump on the band wagon when there is actual hardware and software to test, it's a gadget review-site after all. They did cover earlier WP just fine. As long as nothing happens there you won't see it in the news or via reviews any how.dtomilson - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
SO let me get this, ignorance is bliss? Awesome. Anandtech has become boring you're so wrong. There are many sites out there that cover mobile phones that have covered Mango. I am a developer for WP7 and find it funny how android phones are covered so much here but they are actually all the same and still disgustingly slow. Dualcore and 1GB of RAM does not make a turtle fast.Anandtech will suffer the failure as other tech blogs have. Let the ignorant stick together and die together.
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NJoy - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
Finally, you got the review up and i can express some of my feling about htc of late. I've been their supporter for last 6 years, each of my phones over that period been made by HTC and i enjoyed each of them. however, when my upgrade was due last august, i got stuck trying to figure what to figure what to go for - nothing really seemed to be a worthy upgrade. and what HTC had been doing for the next 6 months was just respinning old hardware in different shapes. i was still patient and decided to wait for Sensation , but it was taking forever, so i ended up getting SGS2 that first week of may. And i don't regret it, especially after comparing them side by side - Samsung is faster, lighter , smoother and got much better in-call sound quality. It's just better.You also conveniently miss out the fact that sensation is dual A8, whilst tegra and exynos are based on A9
Locked bootloader is another dealbreaker even if i don't need to root it atm.
Result is that HTC lost another faithful customer and i am sure i am not the only one.
NJoy - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
Ha, how did i mess this up? it was supposed to be in sensation review commentsHxx - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
You really can't go wrong with the DIncr 2. It's fast, slim, nice screen, goood battery life, excellent price (150 i think after rebate). I played with all 3g and 4g phones currently at verizon and this one was the one i liked the most. The global function is a nice plus although I know i;m never prolly gonna use it.Vepsa - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
After washing my Droid R2D2 I picked up a Droid Incredible 2 Friday. I really missed Sense (I know, I'm odd) and the phone just feels faster than my R2D2 ever was, even when overclocked. As for the locked bootloader, that is being worked on ;)alent1234 - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
they have radio chips that will do CDMA and GSM/UMTS/HSPA and whatever so it's not a big deal to make virtually the same phone for AT&T and VZW.but i bought my Inspire for $20 from Costco a few months ago and $199 is a huge rip off for this phone. at that price might as well get an iphone 4
sitharien - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - link
Show us Sprint customers some review love, Anand! =)