The HTC Rezound is Big Red’s Holiday Hat Trick
Due to the nearing holiday buying season we are seeing a new steady stream of devices, some of which have been under wraps and rumored within the industry. This time of year is perfect for all of us interested in the latest and greatest in mobile. HTC has not lost their stride and are consistently pushing out excellent new devices. With the quiet launch of the HTC EVO Design 4G and HTC Hero S headed to Sprint and US Cellular, it looks like big red will be adding one more device to their holiday line up. Verizon is hot on the heels of the huge Galaxy Nexus by Samsung, the Motorola RAZR and is adding in one more perfect 4G LTE device to round out there new offerings. This one more device is the HTC Rezound and if its paired up with the new Nexus and that amazing new RAZR it’s got to be good…right?
The HTC Rezound was spotted earlier this month and was codenamed the HTC Vigor. Previous to that leak the HTC Vigor made its way through the FCC confines to gets its approval and was confirmed to be running on Verizon frequency bands. Before this the Vigor showed face on an internal Verizon road map. More recently however another Big Red road map revealed the HTC Rezound would launch alongside the then dubbed Droid HD and Galaxy Nexus. Recent renderings of the device (see: picture) have given us a new take on exactly what the Rezound will look like and previous specs leaks tell us what to expect. By the looks of things, it’s a safe bet to expect a new Droid Incredible with some red highlights and Beats audio…I’m just saying. The leaky renderings come to the interwebs by way of a case manufacturer putting the cases up for pre-order. The Rezound is said to run with a 4.3 inch touch screen that is built into a seemingly rubberized body that sports a design that looks very familiar. Within the build the device is said to house a dual core 1.5 GHz processor that is backed by 1GB of RAM and of course will run the latest rendition of Android. It is also said to come equipped with the latest in Beats Audio technology as well as an 8 mega pixel shooter that can surely do 1080p video recording. It will come into this world with Verizon’s LTE 4G connectivity and is expected to be made available on or around November 10th for an upwards of $300 bucks…on a new contract of course. So, sound like a deal? Check out this detailed video break down of the Rezound that was pulled from some exlusive ROM leaks.
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Tags: htc vigor, Verizon, HTC, htc rezound
Josh, I recently read it was going to be released in England as well. I don’t know about any other countries.
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HEY ,WILL THE HTC REZOUND BE ONLY AVAILIBLE IN THE U.S.???
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will the htc rezound be only availible in the U.S.???
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I have been awaiting this phone for sometime now but after I heard the release of the Galaxy Nexus I help off. Almost jumped on the Bionic but found its specs subpar for 9 months of production. Now with the table set the the HTC Rezound looks to be top dog for now…lets just hope they dont try and pull a fast one on us again like the Galaxy Nexus did with some very unimpressive stats. I just hope they have done their hw on the battery life and can upgrade this out of the box to Ice Cream Sandwich rather than making us all wait. If it does this indeed is my new phone for sure im not into other UI’s and think that HTC builds solid devices!
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Verizon Customer Reply:
October 26th, 2011 at 1:55 am
Please forgive my grammatical errors.
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The problem is, that they haven’t announced it yet…..If it’s not announced by the time the Razr and Samsung are released for sale, they will lose all the people that are going to jump on what is available. I know, I for one am pretty tired of waiting for the next big thing. Come mid November, I’m buying what is available.
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I will never buy another HTC product after owning a thunderbolt. Sad to say, because HTC was one of my favorite. They need to have better updating schedules. We want the new android more than we want sense. Christ.
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I’m chomping at the bit for the Droid Bionic as my contract expired yesterday, making me eligible for a $199 Bionic. To add to the, my area has just developed 4G and PDAnet on my wife’s Thunderbolt has gone from 1.5Mbps to 24Mbps, so I need something 4G to replace my trusty-but-antiquated HTC Eris.
Minutes before I was about to call Verizon to purchase the Bionic, I did a quick search to see if HTC had anything in the works as I love the Sense UI and don’t really care much for MotoBlur. Now I see an HTC phone with substantially better screen resolution and a CPU 50% more powerful than the Bionic?! That got my attention for certain!
Now I’m just going to have to fight the temptation to settle on some other 4G phone (Bionic) while HTC works to put this Rezound within my reach!
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drobster Reply:
October 29th, 2011 at 9:40 am
@Snowdog,
I too have the “trusty-but-antiquated HTC Eris” and have been waiting for the HTC Vigor for Verizon. I planed on getting the extended life battery since its basically a Thunderbolt 2. I then notice on craigslistings that many people wanted to trade their Thunderbolts for Bionics & people selling Bionics had a high price saying the accessories are expensive.
I Pre-ordered the Motorola Razr on 10-27-11 from Verizon due to the battery life & slimness. It also has a Kevlar case and glass screen, but I will get a screen protector anyway & maybe a case.
I am not sure what will be missed out on not having Ice Cream Sanwhich as an OS but the Razr has customization options on everything from the videos I saw online. “BEATS” whatever that is I noticed may not be available right away for the Rezound. The 1.5 GHz processor Is better but I would rather have a 2 day battery life and a 1,2GHZ CPU. Front camera spec differences are side by side undetectable.
Bottom line is less than a month ago I would have ordered the Resound as one leak was for October 20th, 2011. I have HTC loyalty due to my 110% satisfaction w/ my Eris. I am not one to obsess over the latest & greatest (as anyone else still using Eris) & almost pulled the trigger on the Samsung Charge for $199. I have a felling that everyone will ask to trade for the Razr as the 4G LTE battle ensues. I can’t wait for the Razr to show up in the mail box & look forward to the next two years with my ultra-slim friend. Hope its as bulletproof as the first Razr flip phone. Good Luck
P.S.- V rep. said the nexus limited some how by Google so ask about that before you get one.
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@m3incorp, HTC usually comes pretty strong, I dont think the Rezound will have any trouble keeping up with the other phones.
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If it doesn’t come with ice cream sandwich software, I think that it is not going to do very well. HTC has waited too long to reveal this phone. So far, everything is being compared to the iphone 4S with it’s new A5 chip that is very fast. The Samsung Galaxy Prime was thought to be the super flagship, but now with it’s choice of CPU and graphics chip, it is now considered to be slower than both the iphone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Yes supposedly the Vigor/Rezound will have a 1.5gb CPU but the graphics and the software are going to make it or break it. Don’t forget the Motorola RAZR is now also in the mix with the same internal components as the Samsung Galaxy Prime and it’s own tricks up it’s sleeves and the word that it will get ice cream sandwich soon.
HTC had better come strong or I’m afraid it will be dead out the door.
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Not sure they’ve blown it, yet. They need to release some sort of “official press release” in the very near future, though. Aside from that, they really don’t have much to worry about as long as it’s released w/in 2 weeks of it’s new stablemates. On paper, the unofficial specs. make it the top contender for the best hardware, in any U.S. released phone thus far. Can’t wait to see the benchmark scores.
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I am holding out for what ever mext big and latest and greatest htc device. I dont really believe half the crap that comes from these leaks until a big player like cnet or engadget blog about it. Whatever the new device htc is pumping out that trumps the nexus and the bionic will replace my beloved and now old incredible
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Anonymous Reply:
October 23rd, 2011 at 12:24 pm
@, Engadget did bog about the Rezound a few times:
engadget.com/2011/10/20/htc-rezound-render-resoundingly-revealed/
engadget.com/2011/09/26/another-alleged-htc-vigor-leak-hd-display-1-5ghz-dual-core-be/
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HTC has blown it like Motorolla did with the Bionic. They waited and waited and waited, and now the phone will come out “behind the times”
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Eris Reply:
October 21st, 2011 at 4:46 pm
@Anonymous,
I agree they waited too long, but it’s hardly “behind the times”. Consider that it has:
-A faster processor (1.5 GHz) than RAZR or Nexus, the two brand-new, supposedly top-of-the-line phones it’s being released alongside.
-A higher screen resolution (720p) than the RAZR (same as the Nexus).
-Better back camera (8MP) than the Nexus (same as RAZR).
-Better front camera (2MP) than RAZR or Nexus.
-1080p video recording, like RAZR and Nexus.
-4G LTE, like RAZR and Nexus.
On top of all that, Rezound boasts HTC’s popular Sense UI (though of course that comes down to personal preference).
The Rezound’s only shortcoming is that it will be released running Gingerbread rather than Ice Cream Sandwich, but it’s hardly alone. The RAZR is equally unfortunate in that respect, and hopefully both phones get ICS quickly.
Hardware-wise, the Rezound is ahead of the RAZR, the Nexus, and the iPhone 4S. As long as it gets the software update, this phone won’t have a problem ‘keeping up’ for quite a while.
Disclaimer: Of course, without an official announcement, I’m going off of leaked specs here, but they’ve been fairly consistent and are widely believed to be accurate. My apologies if any of it turns out to be incorrect.
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Eris Reply:
October 21st, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Oh, and I forgot, it’s going to have the Beats by Dr. Dre technology built in, too, for what it’s worth.
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If it doesn’t come with ice cream sandwich software, I think that it is not going to do very well. HTC has waited too long to reveal this phone. So far, everything is being compared to the iphone 4S with it’s new A5 chip that is very fast. The Samsung Galaxy Prime was thought to be the super flagship, but now with it’s choice of CPU and graphics chip, it is now considered to be slower than both the iphone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Yes supposedly the Vigor/Rezound will have a 1.5gb CPU but the graphics and the software are going to make it or break it. Don’t forget the Motorola RAZR is now also in the mix with the same internal components as the Samsung Galaxy Prime and it’s own tricks up it’s sleeves and the word that it will get ice cream sandwich soon.
HTC had better come strong!
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If it doesn’t come with ice cream sandwich software, I think that it is not going to do very well. HTC has waited too long to reveal this phone. So far, everything is being compared to the iphone 4S with it’s new A5 chip that is very fast. The Samsung Galaxy Prime was thought to be the super flagship, but now with it’s choice of CPU and graphics chip, it is now considered to be slower than both the iphone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Yes supposedly the Vigor/Rezound will have a 1.5gb CPU but the graphics and the software are going to make it or break it. Don’t forget the Motorola RAZR is now also in the mix with the same internal components as the Samsung Galaxy Prime and it’s own tricks up it’s sleeves and the word that it will get ice cream sandwich soon.
HTC had better come strong or I’m afraid it will be dead out the door.
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drobster Reply:
October 29th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
@m3incorp, 123
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