The HTC Incredible S (S710E) (s710d), also known as the Incredible 2, is a smartphone designed and manufactured by Taiwan's

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originally running the

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2.2 operating system (since upgraded to 2.3.4

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and followed by 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich except for US Droid Incredible 2). Officially announced by HTC on February 15, 2011 at MWC 2011 in

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, Spain, alongside the HTC Desire S and the

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, the HTC Incredible S was launched exclusively in the UK to

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and

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on February 26, 2011 marketed by

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. The Incredible S is the successor to the

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History

Development

During development, the device was codenamed ''Vivo'' and little was known about it before release. It is available as a

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variant on the US network

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as of May 2011 under the name ''Droid Incredible 2'', and it is a world phone able to access both GSM and CDMA networks.

Hardware

The HTC Incredible S is the latest of a long line of smartphones based around the 1 GHz

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chipset made by

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. In terms of hardware, it is very similar to the Desire HD with a few notable differences: * Smaller screen: 4.0" compared to 4.3" * Larger Battery: 1,450 mAh compared to 1230mAh * Screen technology: An S-LCD screen compared to the original Desire's AMOLED display. However, the Desire's screen was replaced with an S-LCD on later versions. * Addition of a 1.3 MP fixed-focus front-facing camera for video calling 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

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). A unique feature of the Incredible S is the auto-rotating nature of the capacitive buttons below the screen. Despite HTC recent design trend, the back is made of a rubberised plastic instead an

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body, presumably to help improve signal reception. The front is mainly covered by a sheet of

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, 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. A red version is in production and has been spotted in Hong Kong and Singapore. 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

4.0 ICS, though the software update still has not been released for its U.S. counterpart, the Droid Incredible 2, more than two years later. The device was shipped with the second version of HTC's Sense, which includes

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software developed by TomTom using maps from Route66 (30 day free trial included) and a digital bookstore from

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fully integrated into the system. For the UK release, the UK and Northern Ireland maps are pre-loaded onto the bundled 8 GB

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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. However, users have achieved root despite the signed bootloader.

References

External links

HTC Incredible S Official Website
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