HTC Rezound Review

HTC Rezound Review. HTC recently announced HTC Rezound which will run on Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 and is also loaded with Beats Audio.

The announcement was made by HTC at an event in New York, US. The new HTC Rezound will feature a brilliant 4.3-inch display which supports 720p HD native resolution. HTC followed the footsteps of Samsung by unveiling its own Android handset which has 720p HD native resolution screen.

Few weeks before, Samsung introduced Galaxy Nexus handset which features a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD display which also supports 1280 x 720 resolution natively. HTC Rezound also comes with the same resolution but with a different screen size.

After introducing Beats Audio Technology in HTC Sensation XE smartphone, HTC again tried to put this feature in this current handset. HTC Rezound will have the same Red Accents similar to the HTC Sensation XE. HTC Rezound is powered by a massive 1.5 GHz dual-core processor which gives enough power to ignite the 4.3-inch display and pairing up with a 1 GB RAM. The company said that the HTC Rezound is Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ready smartphone but at present it will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread version. HTC Rezound will also feature the latest version of HTC Sense UI.

In terms of storage, HTC Rezound has 16 GB on-board storage. HTC Rezound is equipped with an 8 megapixel camera and capable of 1080p HD video recording. For faster data connectivity, HTC Rezound comes with 4G LTE support and for video calls a 2 megapixel front facing is present.

HTC Rezound Specifications :

General
2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900.
3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO LTE 700.


Size
Dimensions: 129 x 65.5 x 13.7 mm.
Weight: N/A.


Display
Type: S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.
Size: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.3 inches.

Sound
Alert types: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones.
Loudspeaker: Yes.
3.5mm jack: Yes.

Memory
Internal: 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM.
Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included.

Data
GPRS: No.
EDGE: No.
3G: Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE Class 13.
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP.
Infrared port: No.
USB: Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0.

Camera
Primary: 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash.
Features: Geo-tagging, touch-focus, image stabilization, face detection, instant capture.
Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording.
Secondary: Yes, 2 MP.

Features
OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread).
CPU: 1.5 GHz dual-core Scropion processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8660 Snapdragon chipset.
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM.
Browser: HTML.
Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS.
Games: Yes + downloadable.
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support.
Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator.

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1620 mAh.
Stand-by: N/A.
Talk time: N/A.

HTC Rezound will be available through Verizon Wireless from November 14 at $300 on contract for USA.