Seeing as everyone is talking shit about HTC following MWC, I thought I’d give them some praise. The Incredible never made it to the UK, for some strange reason, but I really liked its design. The square and chunky form factor made it look like something solid; a contrast to the flimsy all-glass feel of the iPhone 4 (Apple fanboys, abuse me in the comments below). One of the main HTC shit talking points following MWC was the fact that they didn’t bring out any dual-core handsets. Big deal! Who sits down with an Incredible S, powered by a single-core 1Ghz processor, compares it to a dual-core LG and complains about the Incredible being too slow? Nobody will. 

Yes, I know, the fans of dual-core smartphone chips will play the ‘it will improve 3D gaming’ card. I agree; dual-core will make gaming on these Android phones incredible (no pun intended), but I’m not a gamer. The Incredible S doesn’t run Gingerbread, but I don’t particularly care as with HTC Sense running on top, I won’t notice much of a difference. It also has Sense 2.0, which adds Sense themes, as well as a bunch of other cool features not present in the current Froyo Sense build I have on my Legend. Also, I’m pretty certain the Incredible S will be upgradeable to Gingerbread in due course. 

The other thing that people have criticised the Incredible S for is its screen resolution, of ‘only’ 480x800 pixels. Come on, people, it’s a super LCD display that will look amazing. Full stop. Incidentally, screen and device size is the only thing that’s concerning me: 4 inches is pushing the boundaries of what I’m comfortable with holding in my hand (that’s what she said). 

A feature of the Incredible S that I’m looking forward to is the 8MP camera with HD video capture. I was considering investing in an HD camcorder this summer, but this phone might just replace that for me. I say ‘might’, because previous HTC Android devices that had HD video capture didn’t seem to be able to record it that well. 8MP stills will be incredible, though (again, no pun intended). The 5MP camera on the back of my Legend takes pretty good shots, so with 8MP on the back of my Incredible S the phone might also replace my digital camera. 

I like my phone to feel indestructible in the hand, and the Legend absolutely does. For the past 9 months I’ve used it, it’s been dropped on the floor countless times, and survived two pretty bad cycling crashes. There isn’t a single scratch on it, and the all-metal construction makes it feel bombproof. The Incredible S is blacked out completely, and it looks like they’ve built an Otterbox Case into the phone itself. 

So, the Incredible S is sexy, strong, powerful, and feature-packed. I love HTC Sense, and this is arguably the best Sense device you’ll be able to buy. 

P.S: The ‘Intelligent Buttons’ are a small addition, but the fact that HTC has paid attention to such a small detail makes me smile.