Verizon Incredible Gains Thumbs' Up
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NEW YORK, (
) -- Early reviews of
Verizon's
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Droid Incredible
have been aptly glowing, as the
HTC
phone seems to live up to its ambitious name.
Verizon is bulking up on Droids
this spring adding the
on April 29 as the new flagship phone in the line succeeding the popular
Motorola
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. Also coming is
Google's
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own Android-powered
arriving at Verizon this spring.
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Some gadget reviewers managed to get their hands on the
Verizon Droid Incredible
recently and have posted their reviews, including
TheStreet
. The unanimous opinion so far among early gadget bloggers like
Boy Genius Report
,
Engadget
and
Gizmodo
is that the Verizon Incredible is the best Google Android phone to date.
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The phone features a head-turning list of features including a 3.7-inch LED touchscreen, an 8-megapixel camera,
Qualcomm's
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Snapdragon 1-gigahertz processor. All these specifications are superior to the current crop of smartphones, which includes the
Apple
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iPhone.
One question left unanswered by reviewers is whether the Verizon Droid Incredible will outshine Apple's fourth version of the iPhone due this summer at
AT&T
.
So far, Verizon doesn't seem willing to wait, pushing a four-Droid lineup this spring to get a jump on Apple and AT&T in the smartphone sales season.
--Written by Scott Moritz in New York.
