HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE User Reviews

RedblackG posted on 09 Jan 2013, 09:26

9

Decently mediocre

RedblackG has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

Overall, I'm glad that I have this device. I am a very media oriented user, lots of pictures and music, and this phone fits the bill nicely. The Beats Audio, much to my surprise, actually does make a difference when listening through my car stereo via aux cable. The bass is much more defined and even voices seem a bit clearer when the Beats is active.

I came from a Galaxy Nexus and I can't wait to go back to it, however. The screen size is really quite small (which I knew when I activated it) but I wasn't expecting text input to be so difficult. I don't have gorilla-sized hands but I still find it very difficult to be as accurate on this device as others when typing. The space bar is very small and I find myself accidently hitting the 'b' or 'v' key instead of the space when typing.

The battery life is quite excellent, especially considering how much music I am listening to all day long.

I do have two pet peeves about the UI, you have to go into the settings to change the wallpaper. I know this is incredibly picky but, it seems silly to me to have to go into the settings into personalization when every other device I have used only requires a long press on the home screen to adjust the wallpaper settings. The other complaint I have is the unlock screen. There is no way to turn off the ring unlock. I found it awkward that there was the initial HTC ring unlock, then the user defined unlock is a secondary step. This to me seems redundant and for HTC to have one of the...  

Overall, I'm glad that I have this device. I am a very media oriented user, lots of pictures and music, and this phone fits the bill nicely. The Beats Audio, much to my surprise, actually does make a difference when listening through my car stereo via aux cable. The bass is much more defined and even voices seem a bit clearer when the Beats is active.

I came from a Galaxy Nexus and I can't wait to go back to it, however. The screen size is really quite small (which I knew when I activated it) but I wasn't expecting text input to be so difficult. I don't have gorilla-sized hands but I still find it very difficult to be as accurate on this device as others when typing. The space bar is very small and I find myself accidently hitting the 'b' or 'v' key instead of the space when typing.

The battery life is quite excellent, especially considering how much music I am listening to all day long.

I do have two pet peeves about the UI, you have to go into the settings to change the wallpaper. I know this is incredibly picky but, it seems silly to me to have to go into the settings into personalization when every other device I have used only requires a long press on the home screen to adjust the wallpaper settings. The other complaint I have is the unlock screen. There is no way to turn off the ring unlock. I found it awkward that there was the initial HTC ring unlock, then the user defined unlock is a secondary step. This to me seems redundant and for HTC to have one of the better UI's in general, this to me falls short.

Build quality 9/10 The materials seem to be solid, though the back feels a bit cheap with the plastic they used.

Reception 10/10

Call quality 9/10

Internet 8/10 I found that the screen size inhibits the browsing experience. For being connected to 4G LTE almost all the time, the browser doesn't seem to be too quick.

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10 Quite impressed with the quality it produces, the only complaint is that the flash is very weak.

UI speed 9/10

Everyday usage 9/10

Text input 6/10 The screen is very small and the keyboard is very cramped. I find myself hitting wrong keys frequently. Also, the predictive text is very disappointing on this device.

Display 6/10 Display quality is decent, but certainly nothing to write home about.

Battery 10/10 This is the first device I can go from the time I get up in the morning until the time I go to bed and not have to charge my phone. Very impressed by the battery life.

Pros

• Beats Audio
• 8mp Camera
• Battery Life
• Call Quality
• User Interface

Cons

• Screen Size (too small)
• Text Input/Keyboard
• Camera Flash is very weak

Heretic posted on 18 Jan 2013, 04:10

9

Very Good Voice/Call Quality

Heretic has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I've had this phone for just two days, and the countless rave reviews i read about it's voice/call quality are right on.

Talk about hearing and being heard clearly!

By the way, the phone's other functions don't mean squat to me.

Build quality 10/10 Feels solid. Doesn't feel like it's made from cheap materials.

Reception 10/10 Unlike too many other consumers, i get LTE indoors.

Call quality 10/10 I can hear and be heard very clearly.

Internet 10/10 I have yet to use this phone for that.

Multimedia 8/10 I have yet to get into the multimedia part of this phone.

Camera 8/10 While not the best, it's a lot better than the camera on the lg env touch.

UI speed 10/10 It's fast enough for me.

Everyday usage 10/10 I use my phone mostly to make and receive calls. So it's above adequate.

Text input 8/10 I haven't tried that yet on this phone.

Display 10/10 The display is so much better than any phone i've had in the past.

Battery 10/10 I use this phone mostly for making and receiving calls, so i don't have to worry about the battery quitting on me.

Pros

• voice/call quality, one hand operable, pocketable

Cons

• None yet. If i find a con i hope phonearena will let me edit this review
• I found 1 con. When sorting contacts into groups, there's no "business" group.

LionStone posted on 26 Sep 2012, 13:32

10

DROIDInc4 is a little beast!

LionStone has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

Great little phone with big power and great battery life. If you only get 4-5 hrs, you definitely jacked it up because I'm getting 12-15 hrs on 4G the whole time! I use the mobile hotspot and connect to my other devices and it plugs along without a whimper!

Build quality 10/10 HTC continues to build well made phones that feel natural and comfortable form factor.

Reception 10/10 All my HTC phones have excelled in reception, their radios are up there with the best in the business, moto.

Call quality 10/10 Never any issues with m call quality, very reliable...well I am on VZW too.

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10 I'm a camera buff and the amount of options and capability on my HTC devices makes the point and shoot obsolete.

UI speed 10/10 Smooth as butter and don't even have JellyBean yet.

Everyday usage 10/10 No complaints...it bangs out everything I throw at it.

Text input 10/10 Excellent, I use the native swype sometimes or I'll switch it with an easy pull down in notification bar to stock or Smart Keyboard Plus, so many option....

Display 10/10 Very clean display and tight text makes it very easy to see.

Battery 10/10 The new processor plays very nice with LTE and I have it all around me so my Inc4 stays in 4G and makes it through the whole day and no more carrying an extra battery!

Pros

• Too many to list

Cons

• wifi notification icon in notifications

tx2ma posted on 15 Sep 2012, 05:26

10

Best 4" Android, period.

tx2ma has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I am in what seems to be a minority of users who wants a "small" Android phone with high-end specs. Seems as though all the smaller phones are the entry-level ones with basic feature sets. I previously had the HTC Evo Design 4G on Sprint, which is essentially the same phone on the outside but with lower-end "insides". When I saw the Droid Incredible 4G, I jumped ship from Sprint after 15 years and got it. After 2 months of use, I'm 99% satisfied. It's a great overall package, especially if you want a reasonably-sized phone. I'm definitely not a phablet fanboy.

The best features, in my opinion, are the camera, the overall performance of the CPU/graphics, and the very good battery life. The camera on this thing is outstanding. The shutter speed is exceptionally quick; way better than even my most recent point n shoot Sony digital camera. On top of that, it takes impressive pictures even in low-light or without a flash. There are a good deal of settings to play around with. I found the best pics generally come by using a manual ISO of 400 and by selecting the appropriate manual light setting such as "fluorescent", "cloudy" etc. (don't use auto for anything!). The UI/ overall performance is smooth as butter, with no lag, and nice quick response, even with a bunch of junk like Norton Mobile Security running. Boot up time is notably fast. And to round it out, this phone has the best battery life of any smartphone I've owned. I can easily make it through a 10-11 hour...  

I am in what seems to be a minority of users who wants a "small" Android phone with high-end specs. Seems as though all the smaller phones are the entry-level ones with basic feature sets. I previously had the HTC Evo Design 4G on Sprint, which is essentially the same phone on the outside but with lower-end "insides". When I saw the Droid Incredible 4G, I jumped ship from Sprint after 15 years and got it. After 2 months of use, I'm 99% satisfied. It's a great overall package, especially if you want a reasonably-sized phone. I'm definitely not a phablet fanboy.

The best features, in my opinion, are the camera, the overall performance of the CPU/graphics, and the very good battery life. The camera on this thing is outstanding. The shutter speed is exceptionally quick; way better than even my most recent point n shoot Sony digital camera. On top of that, it takes impressive pictures even in low-light or without a flash. There are a good deal of settings to play around with. I found the best pics generally come by using a manual ISO of 400 and by selecting the appropriate manual light setting such as "fluorescent", "cloudy" etc. (don't use auto for anything!). The UI/ overall performance is smooth as butter, with no lag, and nice quick response, even with a bunch of junk like Norton Mobile Security running. Boot up time is notably fast. And to round it out, this phone has the best battery life of any smartphone I've owned. I can easily make it through a 10-11 hour work day of moderately heavy use, including an hour of Spotify streaming, a half dozen 5-10 minute phone calls, regular Facebook checks, 20 texts, 10 pictures taken, and 45 min of reading news on Pulse... and still have 40% life left. It's not perfect, but it's definitely satisfactory.

I do have a couple of minor complaints. The persistent notification to turn on wi-fi is annoying. You cannot turn it off. It's always there, starting at you, when you're using the mobile network. It's like Verizon is slapping you for using the service you pay them for. And second, I have an unresolved issue syncing Gmail, hotmail, and yahoo mail on the stock mail app. I escalated this all the way to tier 2 support at HTC and the only workaround was to create each account using imap. The pre-configured settings for Gmail, hotmail & yahoo have some sort of issue in that the account will set-up, but will not sync unless I manually "refresh" the inbox. Not a huge deal, but it's a bug. My other complaints are with regards to ICS and Verizon, so it isn't fair to dock points from the phone review.

Overall... if you want a "small" Android phone but you want a nice feature set, this is really your only option out there except for maybe the One S (but that, too, is larger). Between the great camera, good battery life, super fast LTE, and quick, smooth operation, you really can't go wrong with the Droid Incredible 4G LTE.

Build quality 8/10 Left side back cover occasionally squeaks/flexes

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10 LTE speeds in Boston are amazing. 30Mbps down, 20 up.

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10 Outstanding camera. Extremely fast shutter. Clean, crisp, vibrant images. Many tweakable settings. The best feature of this phone.

UI speed 10/10 No lag. Instant response. Sense is slick, and quick. Absolutely no complaints with overall performance.

Everyday usage 10/10 Perfect form factor, for me at least. Great size, easy to squeeze into pocket.

Text input 9/10 Typical Sense keyboard with "Trace" feature; I find the prediction feature very accurate. Very good overall.

Display 10/10 275ppi is pretty respectable. Very bright, clear screen. 960x540 is a good resolution. Unlike some media reviews I've read, I don't have any problems viewing from realistic angles.

Battery 8/10 By far the best battery life of any Android I've owned; while not ideal, it is definitely satisfactory.

Pros

• Great camera
• Good battery life
• Smooth, quick, responsive performance
• Perfect form factor

Cons

• Persistent "turn on wi-fi" notification, can't be turned off
• Stock HTC mail app issues/bugs

tx2ma alternatives:

HTC EVO Design 4G

jakesky40 posted on 11 Aug 2012, 09:26

5

Incredible 4g review

jakesky40 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review

I have had this phone for some time now, and it's been decent. I do like the 4G speeds and I do prefer the HTC sense UI over any other android UI out there. the build quality is fairly good along with the reception and the call quality when using the phone. however I did not like the display or the camera, the display would washout to nearly nothing and sunlight and had terrible viewing angles in my opinion, the camera was pretty good but I did not prefer the video on it as there is no way I can make it steady regardless of how well I hold it. The worst thing about it I would say is the battery life with only about four hours or five hours of pretty heavy use I could never make it through a day on one charge

Build quality 9/10

Reception 9/10

Call quality 7/10

Internet 5/10

Multimedia 5/10

Camera 4/10

UI speed 7/10

Everyday usage 5/10

Text input 3/10

Display 4/10

Battery 3/10

Pros

• build quality
• call quality
• UI design

Cons

• Battery!!!
• display washing out
• keyboard

jakesky40 alternatives:

Apple iPhone 4S

Jamo0420 posted on 10 Aug 2012, 08:45

10

Best Incredible ever

Jamo0420 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

Best Incredible to date! HTC took everything you could want your phone to do and put it in the Incredible 4G LTE! With Android 4.0.3 skinned with HTC amazingly intuitive Sense 4 you can not go wrong with this phone! One mistake phonearena made is they said that The Inc4 is not dual mode CDMA/GSM they are wrong it is GSM compatible being one of Verizons 4G LTE global phones.

Build quality 10/10 As to be expected HTC never does wrong in Build quality. I love how HTC uses a metal frame unlike most phones that are all plastic

Reception 10/10 great signal i get LTE everywhere in the SLC Utah valley

Call quality 10/10 100% great

Internet 10/10 With verizons LTE you can never go wrong

Multimedia 10/10 Sense does things with media you wouldnt have expected unlike anyother and with Beats by Dre linked into every media you play on the Inc4 you get the best sound ever!!

Camera 10/10 8MP 1080p video with the ability to capture pictures while recording awesome

UI speed 10/10 sense 4 nuf said

Everyday usage 10/10 second nature

Text input 10/10 best swipe ive ever used built in so simple

Display 10/10 small and sexy

Battery 10/10 i can go all day with moderate use and not have to worry and HTC offers an extended battery if you would like

Pros

• everything

Cons

• none

babyboy14622 posted on 07 Jul 2012, 18:30

10

HTC DROID Incredible 4G

babyboy14622 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

best htc 4.0 phone i have had out of any other phone. this is a great size of phone. the screen is immaculant, ease of use, sound quality, hd phone, doesnt drop calls, signal strength is great. i rate this phone myself a 10. camera/ camcorder is awesome to use.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 10/10

Call quality 10/10

Internet 10/10

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 10/10

Battery 10/10