HTC Droid Incredible 2 Gets Official Press Release; Coming April 28th for $200

[gsdreams]

Customer: I'm taking a vacation this year to europe and really want my phone to work, but I want to upgrade to a Android Phone.

Sales Rep: Great, we have 3 phones that will work in Europe, the Droid Pro, Droid 2 Global, or the Incredible 2.

Business: I have a lot of employees using Blackberry Global phones, but I'm tired of paying for the BES. I would like to move to something that will sync with our exchange server, but I need to keep the global capabilities as many of my employees travel overseas regularly.

Sales rep: We have three android based phones that will do everything you would like.

Ok, now want to tell me why this phone won't sell?

[Godfather]

I think that the phone companies are out of control. They are working at such a frantic pace to get phones to market before the competition that they either release phones that have serious issues(HTC TB), or they end up releasing a phone that is already obsolete(Incredible 2), or they scrap the phone entirely(Bionic)...

They need to slow the pace down. We don't need a revolutionary new phone every 5 months. I would rather have a new line of phones hit every January for the coming year, but know that they have the bugs worked out(TB battery life), or that the OS will actually be able to make use of the hardware(dual-core not supported by current OS), etc...

But to release a phone takes time, to contract with the manufacturer, spec it out, test it, build it, get the OS ready, set up the infrastructure and support channels, markets it, distribute it and sell it... That process has it's own cycle and time frame, and when they are trying to release phones on a cycle that is faster than that, the above problems that I listed are what we the consumers get screwed with...

Phones that we wait for and get scrapped, phones that we buy and the battery won't last more than 4 hours unless you disable all the features that you bought the phone for in the first place, phones that we purchase and are told that we won't get to use the second core till next year after the phone's replacement will be released.

It really is a stupid cycle that they are on. They need to be more strategic about this.

Amen!!!!!!!!!!

[joemustang]

I'm getting it... I think.. I can't wait any longer for a duel core. Bionic has disappeared and now the targa is set for sometime in summer? I just can't wait any longer. My D1 is painfully slow even rooted compared to all these new stock phones coming out.

First off, if you guys have read the reviews of the Incredible S, the battery life is getting outstanding marks. Which for me, is a MUST. The TB battery life is too weak. They should of put a bigger battery in it and 4g is a battery hog as well. Also sure 4g is the same price as 3g right now, but nobody knows how much it will be in the future.

I think a 4" screen is a sweet spot right now. Nothing wrong with 4.3 but for me I personally feel it is too big.

I also think the design is pretty sleek. It has "Droid" written all over it.

The guys at Engaget are saying the screen is pretty comparable to Apples Retina display which I drool over.


The guy with the Honda SI comparison... Exactly how I feel. The incredible 2 is more reliable than the TB IMO.

Now, if the duel cores do eventually come out in the summer, and I HAVE to have one I have another upgrade in the fall.

but right now, anything is better than my OG droid.

[joemustang]

Oh and I also agree about the phone companies pumping out too many phones. They need to get the existing phones on the latests builds. I think it is pretty ridiculous that an update is released and then they crank out more phones without upgrading the old ones first. There is way too many phones and if you ask me, android is growing WAY too fast. this is going to lead to quality control issues.

[TRIKOTRET]

I'm getting it... I think.. I can't wait any longer for a duel core. Bionic has disappeared and now the targa is set for sometime in summer? I just can't wait any longer. My D1 is painfully slow even rooted compared to all these new stock phones coming out.

First off, if you guys have read the reviews of the Incredible S, the battery life is getting outstanding marks. Which for me, is a MUST. The TB battery life is too weak. They should of put a bigger battery in it and 4g is a battery hog as well. Also sure 4g is the same price as 3g right now, but nobody knows how much it will be in the future.

I think a 4" screen is a sweet spot right now. Nothing wrong with 4.3 but for me I personally feel it is too big.

I also think the design is pretty sleek. It has "Droid" written all over it.

The guys at Engaget are saying the screen is pretty comparable to Apples Retina display which I drool over.


The guy with the Honda SI comparison... Exactly how I feel. The incredible 2 is more reliable than the TB IMO.

Now, if the duel cores do eventually come out in the summer, and I HAVE to have one I have another upgrade in the fall.

but right now, anything is better than my OG droid.

I was in the same boat as yours about the INC2. However, I bit the bullet and got my TB. No regrets at all. I am rooted and running BAMF 1.5. Fast and stable. Battery life is excellent. I am getting anywhere between 15 hours to 18 hours on a single charge. Depending what my usage is.

[mach330]

i do like the 4" screen and the ffc. i think it's quite a step up from dinc. if the battery life is that great and screen is much improved. i think i'm gonna like this phone.

[SoDak]

I think that the phone companies are out of control. They are working at such a frantic pace to get phones to market before the competition that they either release phones that have serious issues(HTC TB), or they end up releasing a phone that is already obsolete(Incredible 2), or they scrap the phone entirely(Bionic)...

They need to slow the pace down. We don't need a revolutionary new phone every 5 months. I would rather have a new line of phones hit every January for the coming year, but know that they have the bugs worked out(TB battery life), or that the OS will actually be able to make use of the hardware(dual-core not supported by current OS), etc...

But to release a phone takes time, to contract with the manufacturer, spec it out, test it, build it, get the OS ready, set up the infrastructure and support channels, markets it, distribute it and sell it... That process has it's own cycle and time frame, and when they are trying to release phones on a cycle that is faster than that, the above problems that I listed are what we the consumers get screwed with...

Phones that we wait for and get scrapped, phones that we buy and the battery won't last more than 4 hours unless you disable all the features that you bought the phone for in the first place, phones that we purchase and are told that we won't get to use the second core till next year after the phone's replacement will be released.

It really is a stupid cycle that they are on. They need to be more strategic about this.

I agree 100%... it is a marketing gimmick anymore these days. I won't be replacing my incredible with the 2 for any reason... Although I wouldn't consider myself amongst the power users either. Others may see the value I fail to be able to justify.

[MoeDaddy]

I personally have no issue with this phone, yes it's a mild upgrade from the DI but enough to warrant an upgrade and if you don't have 4G in your area then I don't see a huge downside. The dual core issue is overblown, it would be nice to have dual core but for avg joe they won't know the difference because this will still play angrybrids...

[DaWolf85]

This phone looks like it has a permanent case on it - this is one phone it really feels like there is no point in using a case with

[ZBacks]

I am one of the "dummies" that will get this phone over the TB.

Specs are almost the same between the two phone except for the size of the screen and the removable memory card.

The global capablilties are the key feature for me, Inc2 has it and the TB doesnt. Why the dual core issue is being talked about here is nonsense neither phone has dual core.

Unless I am missing some crazy spec that the TB has over the Inc2 besides screen SD Card and 4G, the Inc2 is the choice for me.