Mystery HTC Ice Cream Sandwich phone for Verizon surfaces
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Looky what we have here – a brand new HTC Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone! What's that model we're dealing with here? Well, you might be surprised, but we actually don't have a clue. We were recently approached by a tipster of ours who was generous enough to share these pics with us. Thanks to the photos, we can learn quite a bit about this mysterious handset, but unfortunately, we can't be sure how it's going to be called, or what carriers it may end up on. However, some of our observant readers have noted that the 4G LTE logo that's visible during the loading screen is the one that Verizon uses for its handsets, so that's a pretty good guess as to where the phone may end up.
Although this ICS-powered HTC phone looks very similar to some other models by the company (and that's not really a good thing), it doesn't fully match any of the currently known handsets. In terms of appearance, its front looks similar to almost any other HTC phone released recently, however, the back reminds us of the characteristic DROID Incredible 2 back side, and since there isn't any other HTC line having this particular design language, we're willing to speculate a little here by saying that this might in fact be the HTC DROID Incredible 3. Another possibility is that it might be the leaked HTC Fireball, also for Verizon, of which, however, we know almost nothing.
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On the software side of things, we're glad to see this phone run Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich, covered by the new Sense UI 4.0. As can be seen from the images, this will be one of the HTC handsets that won't have on-screen nav buttons, but will instead stick with hardware ones. Interestingly, even though previous information pointed that those ICS handsets by HTC ,which will stick with hardware keys, will have three, instead of four keys, this one sports four. Of course, we should all keep in mind that this is a prototype unit, so a lot of stuff may change until it finally hits the market, which will probably happen... sometime this year! Not very specific, we know.
OK, guys and gals, tell us what you think of this mystery HTC phone! Do you like it? Do you have any idea which model it might be? Sound off in the comments!
Thanks, Tyler!
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55 Comments
1. andro. posted on 10 Feb 2012, 05:50 8 1
I doubt this is one of HTCs top tier phones for 2012. I hope not anyhow! Hopefully this is a mid level aimed phone as the specs are distinctly 2011 and the design is almost 2010.
HTC has hit a spot of bother recently due to a little bit of a sales slump and its due to the likes of the phone you see above,they released phone after phone with very little difference all looking the same,hopefully in 2012 this won't be the same of they'll end up the new apple using incremental change in their models
22. Knicknevin posted on 10 Feb 2012, 11:33 2 1
The 4 buttons at the bottom do look very much last year. I wouldn't doubt if this is just an old phone set to get ICS...
52. knights4life03 posted on 15 Feb 2012, 16:51 0 0
bro the software buttons was samsung's doing not google or anybody else
43. milominderbinder posted on 11 Feb 2012, 21:24 0 1
This is another fail. HTC reinvents the EVO 4G at least once a week. This will be yet another low def small screen.
2. Birds posted on 10 Feb 2012, 06:00 1 0
HTC, please don't recycle designs anymore if if you do, make it like some weird neverbefore seen- people watch you us it-they trip and fall type of device. I love you with all my might but you got to pull something out of the gaps of your teeth.
42. Birds posted on 11 Feb 2012, 11:06 0 0
Well my comment is obsolete now. ROFL. It is the Droid incredible 3 then. lol.
3. rahulcena5565 posted on 10 Feb 2012, 06:20 6 0
HTC sense makes Android Ice Cream Sandwich look so Froyoish'.
They should either do away with the Sense UI or Make it ICSish
53. mozes316 posted on 18 Feb 2012, 08:35 0 0
I always wished Sense had an expandable dock bar... but now that it does, it just looks like someone through ADW on top of it...
4. nastynaps posted on 10 Feb 2012, 06:35 3 0
If this is the change HTC had in mind then they need to just give up now and expect even greater losses in the future.
5. yooperboogs posted on 10 Feb 2012, 06:36 0 0
I love whoever wrote this article say's android 4.1 when it should be 4.0.1. Looks like a really nice phone.
10. AACarter0593 posted on 10 Feb 2012, 07:49 1 0
From the pictures that 4G LTE logo looks to be from Verizon.
13. Ray.S posted on 10 Feb 2012, 09:09 1 0
An observant eye you have there! This phone seems more and more Verizon-bound.
11. AndresJ posted on 10 Feb 2012, 08:17 2 2
Why is it said that: Although this ICS-powered HTC phone looks very similar to some other models by the company (and that's not really a good thing), i always loved HTC design.
