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HTC Incredible S

Review by Mobile Phones 4 Students on Tuesday 15 March 2011

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The HTC Incredible S is an updated version of the HTC Incredible and there is no doubt that this is one of the more advanced Android smartphones currently available on the market. The phone is the first device to be introduced to the public from a brand new range of ‘S’ series Android mobiles announced by HTC at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress in mid-February.

The HTC Incredible S combines a sleek design with a number of appealing features including a huge 4-inch capacitive LCD touchscreen display and an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, which also offers 720p HD video recording capabilities. The phone was built to fill the void between the HTC Desire and the Desire HD, meaning the device is neither revolutionary nor groundbreaking, but it does have a number of good points which means that HTC will appeal to an even greater audience.

Good Points

The Incredible S is an elegant device with a great deal to offer and it has even gained celebrity backing from Girls Aloud singer, Sarah Harding (although I’m sure she’s getting paid a whole heap of cash for her troubles!).

The phone is equipped with 1.1GB of internal memory (which can be extended to 32GB through a microSD card), as well as a 1Ghz processor, which is a great foundation for the Android 2.2 Froyo to run on (although we expect the Incredible S to receive an upgrade to the 2.3 Gingerbread OS shortly).

One of the great aspects to the Incredible S is the battery life. HTC has built in a high-powered 1450mAh cell, which keeps the phone active with almost 10 hours (talktime) and 370 hours on standby. As the mobile market becomes flooded with smartphones capable of doing all sorts of wonderful things, it’s refreshing to come across a device, which can support those applications with a reasonable battery life.

Bad Points

Whilst the HTC Incredible S is a remarkable phone (as the entire HTC range is), it does have one rather big flaw. Having only recently been launched, retailers are pricing the device in the £35+ per month bracket, and are often looking to tie customers into lengthy 24-month contracts. Whilst cashback and redemption deals are on offer (the best of which can be found on our website), the amounts are too small to make much difference to the overall cost.

What do we make of it?

Whilst the Incredible S is an impressive phone, we think that HTC has priced it out of the student market. In many cases it costs more than the daddy of all phones, the Desire HD, so we’d question when anyone should ever buy this device. If you’ve got the money, we’d suggest looking at the Desire HD, else, if you’re looking for a fantastic phone on a budget, consider the HTC Wildfire or Desire.

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