HTC Incredible S Preview: hardware specifications and hands on video

News · 21 Feb 2011 · MTW Editorial Team

It has been well publicized that HTC’s Mobile World Congress announcements have been somewhat underwhelming in terms of hardware compared to the competition. You can read my thoughts about this in my HTC Flyer preview post and also here were I discussed the Windows Phone 7 hardware needs. Let’s start with HTC Incredible S which the spiritual successor of the original HTC Incredible released on Verizon last year. Check out the full specifications after the break:

Weight

• 135.5 grams (4.78 ounces) with battery

Display

• 4-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution

CPU speed

1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 with Adreno 205 GPU

Memory

Internal phone storage: 1.1 GB
RAM: 768 MB

(The actual available internal phone storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your phone.)

Expansion slot:

• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Platform

Android™ with HTC Sense™

Camera

• 8 megapixel color camera with auto focus and dual LED flash
• 720p HD video recording
• 1.3 megapixel front camera

Sensors

• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Multimedia

Audio supported formats:

• Playback:.aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
• Recording:.amr

Video supported formats:

• Playback:.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9)
• Recording:.3gp

Internet⁵

3G:

• Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed
• Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed

GPRS:

• Up to 114 kbps downloading

EDGE:

• Up to 560 kbps downloading

Wi-Fi®:

• IEEE 802.11b/g/n

Bluetooth®

• Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit

GPS

• Internal GPS antenna

Connectors

• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Battery

Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Capacity: 1450 mAh

Talk time:

• WCDMA: Up to 380 minutes
• GSM: Up to 580 minutes

Standby time³:

• WCDMA: Up to 370 hours
• GSM: Up to 290 hours

Network

HSPA/WCDMA:

• Europe/Asia: 900/AWS/2100 MHz

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

• 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Reminds you of something in particular? Well, the hardware specifications are essentially identical to the HTC Desire HD (or HTC Thunderbolt without the LTE modem and HTC Insipre 4G) but with a 4 inch SLCD screen. There’s no Gyroscope, no NFC chip or anything new compared to what the company has released in 2010. I didn’t have a chance to really play a lot with it (and the Desire S) but it seemed like the camera software or sensor was improved: Framerate didn’t seem to by abyssal in low light condition when shooting in HD) but I will have to wait until I have final hardware to judge. The Software (Sense) hasn’t changed much either (menus have changed in design) but the performance was top notch or and Android handset.