HTC Incredible S

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HTC Incredible S
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HTC Incredible S
Manufacturer HTC Corporation
SeriesIncredible
Compatible networks Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSPA/WCDMA Europe/Asia: 900/AWS/2100 MHz (S710e) OR 850/1900/2100 MHz (S710a)
First released United Kingdom February 2011;12 years ago (2011-02)
Availability by region United Kingdom
February 26, 2011 (2011-02-26) (Vodafone)
Russia March 17, 2011 (2011-03-17)
Australia May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01) (Optus)
South Korea June 30, 2011 (2011-06-30)
Predecessor HTC Incredible
Successor HTC Incredible 4G
Related HTC Thunderbolt
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Dimensions120 mm (4.7 in) H
64 mm (2.5 in) W
11.7 mm (0.46 in) D
Mass135.5 g (4.78 oz) including battery
Operating system Android 2.2 Froyo
(Upgradeable to 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich) [1] [2]
CPU 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255
GPU Adreno 205
Memory768 MB
Storage1.1 GB
Removable storage 32 GB microSD supplied
Battery1,450mAh, 5.6Wh, 3.7V
Internal Rechargeable Li-ion
User replaceable
Display S-LCD, 4.0 in (100 mm) diagonal
480×800 px WVGA
Rear camera8.0-megapixel (3264x2448)
Dual LED flash
Autofocus
720p HD video recording
Front camera 1.3-megapixel (1.3.1 mp)
Fixed focus
Connectivity3.5 mm Headphone Jack
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
FM stereo receiver
micro USB 2.0
IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
Data inputs A-GPS, Ambient light sensor, Digital compass, G-sensor, Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, Proximity sensor
SAR 0.876 head, 0.776 body (both values w/kg@10g)
Hearing aid compatibility M4/T4 [3]
References [4] [5]

The HTC Incredible S (S710E) (s710d), also known as the Incredible 2, is a smartphone designed and manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation originally running the Android 2.2 operating system (since upgraded to 2.3.4 Gingerbread and followed by 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich [1] except for US Droid Incredible 2 [2] ). Officially announced by HTC on February 15, 2011 [6] at MWC 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, alongside the HTC Desire S and the HTC Wildfire S, the HTC Incredible S was launched exclusively in the UK to Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy on February 26, 2011 [7] marketed by Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud. [7]

Contents

The Incredible S is the successor to the Droid Incredible.

History

Development

During development, the device was codenamed Vivo and little was known about it before release. It is available as a CDMA variant on the US network Verizon as of May 2011 [8] under the name Droid Incredible 2, [9] and it is a world phone able to access both GSM and CDMA networks. [9]

Hardware

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Backside

The HTC Incredible S is the latest of a long line of smartphones based around the 1 GHz Snapdragon chipset made by Qualcomm. In terms of hardware, it is very similar to the Desire HD with a few notable differences:

In a move seen as a new trend for HTC, the antenna for the phone is built into the back cover of the case (this is also true of the HTC Sensation). A unique feature of the Incredible S is the auto-rotating nature of the capacitive buttons below the screen. [11]

Despite HTC recent design trend, the back is made of a rubberised plastic instead an aluminium body, presumably to help improve signal reception. The front is mainly covered by a sheet of Gorilla Glass, with a thin aluminium surround. In addition to the specification already mentioned, the Incredible S houses dual microphones for noise cancellation.

Regional variations

The version that has been made available in Canada for reviewers has been seen to have chrome accents around the screen, speaker grill, camera lens, LED flash bulbs and loudspeaker which the European and Asian version do not have. [12] A red version is in production and has been spotted in Hong Kong and Singapore. [13]

As of November 24, 2011, the HTC Droid Incredible 2 has been available in a limited edition red color, instead of the usual black.

Software

HTC announced that the Incredible S will be upgradable to the Android 4.0 ICS, [1] though the software update still has not been released for its U.S. counterpart, the Droid Incredible 2, more than two years later. [2] The device was shipped with the second version of HTC's Sense, which includes satellite navigation software developed by TomTom using maps from Route66 (30 day free trial included) and a digital bookstore from Kobo fully integrated into the system. For the UK release, the UK and Northern Ireland maps are pre-loaded onto the bundled 8 GB microSD card. The device is a part of the new generation of HTC phones that have a signed bootloader. As a consequence, the phone cannot be easily rooted, and the user is denied administrative rights to the phone. [14] However, users have achieved root despite the signed bootloader.

See also

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