In the US, carriers typically “rename” phones from manufacturers with their own desired branding to reflect their corporate identity. Verizon, which also sells the Verizon Droid aka Motorola Milestone, apparently has an HTC Android superphone in the works, according to the pocketnow website. It’s called the HTC Incredible, and supposedly uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, has 256MB of RAM, dual LED flash and an optical trackpad.
Sounds like the HTC Bravo to me. Or is this a totally different product? It does run Android 2.1 according to the photos that pocketnow is sharing, is it indeed the Bravo? What do you think?
Source. There’s a video there too, in case you want to watch.
Verizon is a CDMA provider in US. hence this phone requires no SIM card. Like Moto Droid in US, it’s a different “species” of the phone. The Droid in UK and the rest of the GSM networks are called Milestone, remember?
I suppose the GSM version will be Bravo minus the Verizon “Big Red” backplate and branding. My money is banking on them announcing at MSC next week.
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WinnieKepala Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Sorry, I typed too fast.
I meant MWC in Barcelona next week.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:07 am
@WinnieKepala, yep, CDMA phones are SIM-less. It’s strange that the US version is making an appearance first rather than the GSM version.
And yes, the MWC will see a lot of new mobile phone announcements, I’m personally looking forward to HTC unveiling their lineup for 2010.
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