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Review: HTC Incredible

18 points by andrewbadera 16y ago

ckimm 16y ago
The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.
- MikeW 16y ago
  The main photo is the Windows Mobile powered HTC HD2. I'm not sure why the author of the post included not only a picture of the wrong hardware, but the wrong operating system too.
- sjs382 16y ago
  Yeah, got mine on Thursday morning and I'm loving it (though I'm coming from a krzr that was literally falling apart). love the Facebook integration with SenseUI
- andrewbadera 16y ago
  Yep, I s'pose that was a bad pic to use. I had it mocked in at one point while looking for the right one, then forgot about it while fumbling with twitpic's expiring S3 content and editing the rest of the photos.
- pkulak 16y ago
  How's the touchscreen? The thing I've always hated about Android devices was the jerky scrolling on web pages, as apposed to how it's silky smooth on the iPhone/pad.
  - andrewbadera 16y ago
    You're in luck: silky smooth it is. Upgraded sensor over the Nexus One. Better multitouch, better responsiveness in general, lower battery drain.
jbellis 16y ago
Engadget's review is better: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/
- rauljara 16y ago
  From engadget's review - "It should also be noted that the browser on these phones is equipped with Flash lite, though we had lots of trouble getting videos to play on many of the sites we visited (Engadget included). If someone was hoping to convince us that Flash could work on a device like this, consider the job unfinished."
  - nailer 16y ago
    Another interesting snippet regarding HTC Sense: "To say that this UI is competitive with something like iPhone OS 3.1 (or 4 for that matter), or Palm's webOS is an understatement; in many ways it's superior to what Apple and Palm are offering."
blehn 16y ago
On the front of the device you've got... four touch-sensitive hard buttons Hard buttons are fine, but please, please don't make them touch-sensitive.
- andrewbadera 16y ago
  I think it's feasible to hit them without looking as is, with just the haptic feedback. And in the dark, they light up. But yes, full physical buttons will still have an advantage in some scenarios.
  - blehn 16y ago
    The biggest problem I have with them is that they're prone to accidental presses. Also, there's no feedback of any sort--soft touch-sensitive buttons at least offer some visual feedback.
    - andrewbadera 16y ago
      There is haptic feedback.
gxs 16y ago
I got this phone on day one. I've used most smartphones out there, this by far offers the most pleasant experience. If you're looking to get one, I'd say the overall thing that blows me away is the performance in general. I've never used a more responsive phone- that includes the iphone. Sense UI, is better than I thought. In fact, I thought I was gonna flash it and put stock android on there, but now I think next time if I don't get an HTC, I might flash it and put sense on it. Only downer is batter life- but that's an issue with most phones.
thaumaturgy 16y ago
I helped a client set one of these up yesterday. It was OK -- I didn't find anything super impressive about it. The client also has an older Blackberry which was able to play video about as quickly. One thing to note though: it comes with a different mail application than Droid's, and that mail application silently bombs on self-signed SSLs. So, if you want to use SSL with your POP or IMAP account, in some cases you'll hit "Next" after setting up the server information, the mail program will go to "Verifying account information" for a bit, then come back to the same screen you were already on without any warnings. Otherwise -- honestly, having used iPhones and an iPad recently, I found myself thinking that it still wasn't an iPhone killer, which is sad. I'd really like to see a solid iPhone killer on the market.

18 points by andrewbadera 16y ago

ckimm 16y ago

The main photo at the top of the review is not the Incredible but rather the HTC Supersonic. I've had the Incredible for 2 days now. My very brief review: feels nice in the hand, great Google integration, sweet camera, many functions take one more step/button-press than on the iPhone, calls work.

MikeW 16y ago
The main photo is the Windows Mobile powered HTC HD2. I'm not sure why the author of the post included not only a picture of the wrong hardware, but the wrong operating system too.
sjs382 16y ago
Yeah, got mine on Thursday morning and I'm loving it (though I'm coming from a krzr that was literally falling apart). love the Facebook integration with SenseUI
andrewbadera 16y ago
Yep, I s'pose that was a bad pic to use. I had it mocked in at one point while looking for the right one, then forgot about it while fumbling with twitpic's expiring S3 content and editing the rest of the photos.
pkulak 16y ago
How's the touchscreen? The thing I've always hated about Android devices was the jerky scrolling on web pages, as apposed to how it's silky smooth on the iPhone/pad.
- andrewbadera 16y ago
  You're in luck: silky smooth it is. Upgraded sensor over the Nexus One. Better multitouch, better responsiveness in general, lower battery drain.

jbellis 16y ago

Engadget's review is better: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

rauljara 16y ago
From engadget's review - "It should also be noted that the browser on these phones is equipped with Flash lite, though we had lots of trouble getting videos to play on many of the sites we visited (Engadget included). If someone was hoping to convince us that Flash could work on a device like this, consider the job unfinished."
- nailer 16y ago
  Another interesting snippet regarding HTC Sense: "To say that this UI is competitive with something like iPhone OS 3.1 (or 4 for that matter), or Palm's webOS is an understatement; in many ways it's superior to what Apple and Palm are offering."

blehn 16y ago

On the front of the device you've got... four touch-sensitive hard buttons Hard buttons are fine, but please, please don't make them touch-sensitive.

andrewbadera 16y ago
I think it's feasible to hit them without looking as is, with just the haptic feedback. And in the dark, they light up. But yes, full physical buttons will still have an advantage in some scenarios.
- blehn 16y ago
  The biggest problem I have with them is that they're prone to accidental presses. Also, there's no feedback of any sort--soft touch-sensitive buttons at least offer some visual feedback.
  - andrewbadera 16y ago
    There is haptic feedback.

gxs 16y ago

I got this phone on day one. I've used most smartphones out there, this by far offers the most pleasant experience. If you're looking to get one, I'd say the overall thing that blows me away is the performance in general. I've never used a more responsive phone- that includes the iphone. Sense UI, is better than I thought. In fact, I thought I was gonna flash it and put stock android on there, but now I think next time if I don't get an HTC, I might flash it and put sense on it. Only downer is batter life- but that's an issue with most phones.

thaumaturgy 16y ago

I helped a client set one of these up yesterday. It was OK -- I didn't find anything super impressive about it. The client also has an older Blackberry which was able to play video about as quickly. One thing to note though: it comes with a different mail application than Droid's, and that mail application silently bombs on self-signed SSLs. So, if you want to use SSL with your POP or IMAP account, in some cases you'll hit "Next" after setting up the server information, the mail program will go to "Verifying account information" for a bit, then come back to the same screen you were already on without any warnings. Otherwise -- honestly, having used iPhones and an iPad recently, I found myself thinking that it still wasn't an iPhone killer, which is sad. I'd really like to see a solid iPhone killer on the market.