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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filterxg:
I still dream of a device with a 4" screen, Dual-Core, LTE, & Global capabilities. I'm prepared to go another 6 months with my dinc while waiting for it.

If suddenly my dinc broke and I had to make a decision I'd go with the Droid 3.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
Going off their history, the April refresh of the Incredible should probably fit the bill. We'll likely see the dual-core Snapdragon w/Adreno 220 on it, though I don't think it will be the 1.5ghz variety. Likely 1.2ghz for extended battery life. 1GH of RAM would make sense since the second incarnation had 768MB. LTE chips will be in their second generation. They'll be smaller, and some vendors have promised better battery consumption. Since the Incredible 2 was global, there's a good chance that an Incredible 3 would be global. However, adding an LTE chip in with CDMA means that global capabilities could be on the chopping block.

So, if there is an Incredible 3 in April, my guess would be:

-LTE

-dual-core Snapdragon @ 1.2ghz (mid-range again, since quad-core phones will be shipping)

-1GB RAM

-4" screen, again

-possibility of global capabilities

Just please bear in mind that this is educated speculation on my part based on smartphone trends. There is no credible rumor to back this up.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erisnoob:
Going to be a hard call for me, probably vigor though
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
Still wanting the Vigor. I'm still planning on using my "get a phone for new contract price" as well and getting it launch day/week. As long as the rumored specs are true. Mostly hoping for the HD display to be true, there's a lot of uncertainty around it.

Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
So.... what you're saying is they're going to come out with the IncHD and then produce a nearly identical device with a smaller screen a few months later called the Incredible3? I seriously doubt that. What's more, Qualcomm had no plans to make the scorpion core into a quadcore SoC. After the S4 they'll be using a new architecture. The Inc2 hasn't been a wild seller next to the Tbolt on the shelf. I really doubt they'll duplicate that lack of success.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
We'll see what they eventually call the Vigor/Incredible HD. Latest rumor is that it won't have Droid branding. We heard the same about the Thunderbolt, when it was rumored to be called the Incredible HD as well.

And yes, I do believe that in the April/May time frame, they will have an annual refresh for the Incredible line. It's been a solid seller for Verizon.

I never said that they did, so this is irrelevant in this discussion. If it is your intent to make disagreements with me, at least try to stay on topic.

Verizon doesn't like to list actual sales numbers, so all we can go off of is this;

http://wireless.amazon.com/

According to Amazon, their best sellers list the Thunderbolt at third, and the Incredible 2 at 4th. This is across all carriers. Seems the phone, while not selling as well as the TB (concur with you here) is still a hot seller. Now, if you're saying that it won't be refreshed simply because it's not selling as well as another top selling phone, then by your logic, Verizon will start only selling one phone come next April. I doubt that will happen :)

So anyway, feel free to make a bookmark for my speculative post and come back here in April/May to tell me how wrong I was. As far as I'm concerned, this part of the discussion is over due to your "facts" being wrong on all counts. Take care.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
uh.... you said there would be quad core SoC's.... and there won't be on ANY HTC device at that stage of the game.

A phone being revised after a year does not a pattern make, as you seem to suggest it does. But, lets say you're right....

I would seriously doubt it would have LTE since the dInc2 didn't. If assumptions are going to be made here, that line of devices will probably become more and more budget oriented, not feature rich. LTE is a significant expense to add to a device because it adds 2 more radios and REQUIRES dual LTE antennas. Part of the reason the Tbolt is so big is to accommodate the 5 antennas inside. They were literally running out of space to put antennas in it; probably why the Vigor/IncHD will have no kickstand.

Sorry... I just can't imagine Verizon putting 2 phones on their shelf; one with a 4.3" screen and dual core 1.5GHz SoC, and an exactly identical device with a marginally smaller screen and the EXACT same SoC underclocked to 1.2GHz. Verizon has rejected devices for lesser reasons.

Also, consider the Tbolt will probably be approaching EOL status at that point and be damn near free. If you want LTE on a budget, the current stable of LTE devices will already be there. Cold hard reality is most people don't really care what kind of SoC a device has, much less how many cores it's got. For the VAST majority of people, myself included, another core isn't going to allow me to anything I can't already do on my Tbolt. On WiFi, The Tbolt doesn't let me do anything that I couldn't do on a dInc2. I think most people know this is the truth. 5 months after the release of the Vigor/IncHD, HTC is NOT going to release an inferior device to the Vigor. Samsung will be in there with dual core 1.5GHz devices sporting stunning SAMOLED displays and HTC is going to need to do better than 1.2GHz and a 4" LCD with LTE. WAY better.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisisepic0727:
I have about 6 months or so before I upgrade, so whatever is out at the time that appeals to me. At the rate new phones come out, I'm sure they'll be on the HTC Vigor 2.

If I had to choose now, I'd go with either the Samsung Galaxy S II (different carrier obviously) or the HTC vigor (like everyone else). But I figure I still have sometime to wait and decide. We'll see in 6 months.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bellj949:
I still have a little less than a year on my contract but will probably be switching to uscc as well. I like Verizon and their selection of Android phones, but just don't get that great of coverage where I need it the most. Got a couple friends with uscc and they have always had good coverage no matter where we are at. May just be this area but as long as it works I am happy. I know I will be taking a hit in data speeds but for the most part I am always around wifi so that isn't as big of a deal as having reception. Be interested to see what kinds of phone will be out in a year.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmba:
NFC

I am concerned that the Vigor apparently does not have NFC. In 2-1/2 years from now, do you really want to have a phone without NFC? Problem is, I need a new phone sooner rather than later, and have NO interest in anything made by Samsung or Motorola. Sigh.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zalatorisaurus:
NFC just seems like a feature I'd never use. I feel comfortable using my cards and tacking on this feature would just be extra. Now inductive charging, that's something I'd use.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gutiejor:
:D`

First off, i hate that i have to do 10 posts before posting in development.... can ask anything, suggest, or comment anything of awesome developers lol

I would change my Inc for Inc 2 probably

or even better the bionic :D :rolleyes:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrettKoster:
I'm getting a Droid 3 most likely.

Primary reason, I've found I cannot take a virtual keyboard. This was my first phone without a keyboard, I am okay with it, but there are moments that it drives me up a wall.

This phone did teach me that I don't necessarily need a huge screen. While a 4.3" doesn't sound bad, I would be much more comfortable with a 4" screen (A la Droid 3).

Finally, the Droid 3 is still young and the rom development has already started. I'm excited to join a development community from the start (I joined the Incredible community just this last June :) )
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fryck:
Who Knows

Who knows what will be out when my contract is up for renewal. I am sure that it will be something worth waiting for. I am still very happy with my Incredible, and also thankful the good amount of ROM cookers out there for this phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wormtown:
Not sure yet. Got my dinc in May to replace my OG droid so I could run gingerbread roms, which it was struggling with. Have an upgrade available, but I also being off-contract.

I was initially thinking vigour, but now I'm thinking the Nexus due to it's presumed openness and likely large Dev support.

Now if verizon screws with it, and doesn't leave it as a true nexus device, I'll either pick up a t-bird or maybe bionic for cheap or jump ship to sprint.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
Once you get a taste of LTE you'll probably vanquish the thought of moving to Sprint. I'll tell you what... LTE is a HELL of a lot more useful than Gingerbread.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolbry95:
I have until end of next july with my incredible. Then I'm going to look at what is the best a the moment and get that. I'm going to try the best buy buy back program too. Then maybe I can a new phone every few months.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
Make sure to read the fine print on that. I'm not sure it's as good a deal as you might think.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerocool79346:
Truth. Best Buy is notoriously good at screwing you for every penny you have and making you think they did you a favor.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BabyBlues:
I'm hoping the Vigor/IncredibleHD/Rezound is as good as it's looking. But if it's not then I have time to wait for another HTC baby to arrive. I've become a bit addicted to Sense and the way HTC designs their phones.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kzoodroid:
Nexus Prime is rumored to be announced on October 11 by Samsung and Google and is also rumored to be coming to Verizon with a launch date of sometime in early November. This thing is going to be a beast and it will be the first phone with ice cream sandwich.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
After the back to back buggy updates (Incredible, Thunderbolt), I'm getting ready to wash my hands of HTC. I want a Nexus device, a pure Nexus Device, and I may just be willing to leave Verizon now for it. We'll see if they screw up their variant of the Nexus Prime.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zalatorisaurus:
I'm in the same boat as you. However, if Verizon actually gets a windows phone 7 device with decent hardware, I may go that route. Android has gotten somewhat old for me and I'm in need of a change. Several friends of mine have a windows phone 7 device and they all like the os exceptionally well.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loonatik78:
I used to laugh at WP7... thought it looked stupid. I think I'd give it a shot before I'd ever do pure Android. Let's face facts; of all the smartphone OS's out there, Android is probably the least refined of them all. There's a lot of stuff I still miss about BBOS that I've given up hope ever seeing on an Android device.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zalatorisaurus:
I'm just want to try something new. I have an iPad, so I don't want two Apple devices, I've had 3 android devices, and I've had blackberry before. All I have left is Windows phone 7.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00McD00:
Does this help anyone make their decision: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/07/massive-samsung-galaxy-nexus-leak-video-and-much-much-more/

Thoughts? Too big, not what you were looking for, looks perfect, can't wait?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REYES702:
I have come to the conclusion that they just need to re-release Dinc 1 with 4G. IMHO, that is what I would love to have.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
i'm gonna own one.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RamAir02:
Prime seems like a perfect phone except the size! That's a deal breaker for me...4.65 inches is unnecessarily humongous. For me, 4 inches is perfect but I can deal with 4.3. I just hope the Vigor is pretty thin, but regardless it will be my next phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
Keep in mind that the area that used to be touch buttons is now an extension of the screen, meaning that a 4.5" screen can now fit into the same real estate as a former 4.3" screen. Overall, the size on this might be doable. I'll make sure to hold one before considering it. I usually wait a month or two on phones to see what the issues could be.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osiris19:
I have to choose Samsung Galaxy SII, stick it to apple's face. :P
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrix10:
I'm getting either Droid bionic or galaxy nexus
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
I'd recommend that you scratch the Bionic and replace it with the RAZR, which is what the Bionic should have been. RAZR vs. Nexus (and perhaps Rezound, if you like Sense).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bardude84:
I think by the time my contract is up I'll be looking at the Samsung Galaxy S III provinding it comes to VZW; keeping fingers crossed :confused:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaykresge:
Seems I was right, here's the successor to the Incredible S. Rumored specs seem to line up with my speculation. We'll have to see if Verizon picks it up though. We should know in a few weeks.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57374736-251/presumed-droid-incredible-3-spied-in-wild/

Also please note the following:

-in my original post, I stated dual-core, not quad. I simply said that it (Incredible 3) would be a mid-range phone. At a time where quad-core phones are shipping, a dual-core Incredible 3 would very much qualify as "mid-range."

-S4 is the new architecture (Krait). S3 is the last one based on Scorpion
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
The leaked photos also highlight the 4G LTE logo of Verizon so it very well may be. Time will tell though.

Quick question, what do you think are the odds Verizon sees a version of the (still unannounced, not leaked) Galaxy SIII?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
I wouldn't doubt it.

loonatik78 has proven himself to be a unreliable pretentious blabbermouth on the forums. Thankfully I haven't seen much of him lately.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
Droid incredible 3
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr EGG:
DINC 3 does look promising!!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerocool79346:
Wouldn't bet on it. Its possible but it would really really surprise me.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Fair enough. My ideal phone is the Galaxy Nexus, I'm just hesitant cuz I want to see how that phone could turn out in the camera and battery life aspects.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] countryfolk07:
I gave up on the GNEX. I use my phone a lot. Camera, scheduling, phone calls, email, texting, web surfing, etc. Camera and battery are very important to me. So I traded my Nexus in for the RAZR MAXX. I couldn't be happier. The RAZR will get ICS, just a matter of time. Battery is awesome. Pictures are marginally better than the Nexus. Just my two cents. Anyway happy shopping. Lol.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
I'm also thinking about getting the RAZR MAXX.

I've done a bunch of research on phones and the gNEX has been dubbed crap by a lot of people. Cheap build, poor radio, poor battery life.

I have my reasons..

PROs:

- Has Root!

- MOTO always has awesome 1G and 3G radio's in their phones that grab much better signal than other phones, especially HTC's radio :/

- Gorilla glass

- Water resistant (insides of the phone have water protectant on it)

- Larger screen

- 3300mAh battery

- Dual core 1.2 snapdragon

- Fast GPU

- 1GB Ram

- HDMI output

- 8megapix back camera w/ 1080p recording (that isn't laggy!)

- will be getting ICS within weeks-months (moto already has it done, waiting on Verizon)

CONs:

- Can not install custom kernels

- Development is very small

- Can not remove battery

>>

lol well I spent a few more hours looking at reviews.. I saw the phone in-store a week or so ago, looked at all the upcoming phones, all the rumors, and I just bought this 5 minutes ago online. It should be here in 2 days. Looks like I'll have to hand down my trusty dINC to another young stallion on eBay ;)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohredwood:
Man, I just don't know yet. My upgrade is coming up in about 4 weeks, and I figured I'd be salivating over some new technology, but I'm not.

I know everybody has their own thoughts and reasons for getting their upgrade, and that's cool. For me, I feel like I'm driving a cadillac, and I see a couple Lexus's out now but it's just not enough to make me unload my current ride. I really kind of want to upgrade a tired Lincoln to a sharp BMW.

I had breakfast with a bud of mine last week and he had the GNEX, I said, cool, let me check this out. Looked pretty, and snappy but honestly, I'm not digging the size of these new phones coming out, too damn big if you ask me.

I think the DINC, is sized pretty good, so maybe I'll have to check more on the DINC 3 when it is released. Unless my phone implodes from the inside out, I think I should be okay for a while mechanicly speaking, since it's wrapped up in an otterbox, it's like a brick s%&T House covering my phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeRom:
Just got that Galaxy Nexus and I couldn't be happier.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
for me itll be between the nex droid 4 and razr max. kinda leaning for the d4 just because of the size (i have small hands compared to most)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m52 power!:
My contract is up in less than a month too and for the longest time I thought I wanted the rezound but seeing it in person, it's huge, its fatter than the Dinc and now its kinda just mehsauce...

I mean a fatter phone upgrade? How can that be an upgrade in technology, the dinc is the perfect size.

I was a little excited over the HTC One X till I saw how big the screen was (and its on at&t... meh). Give me all those same specs and build quality, in a smaller package with a current gen amoled and OMG price wouldnt matter to me.

p.s. they can keep the beats headphones
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlacrossjr:
I retired both my incredibles for iphone. Hate to say it but never go back, even thow I loved my incredible. I don't like the size of the new droids. I get 22 hour of heavy use on iPhone battery jailbroke. But this is just my opinion and size was the biggest issue for me. Also iMessage with saving on text plan due to family and friends getting iPhones.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
iphone is a great all around phone, but I have plenty reasons not to get one :rolleyes:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefectiveRobot:
Well... add the new HTC One X to this list, and I might consider having two phones... but like others, I plan to keep using my incredible until it completely dies and replacement parts are no longer available.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graymonkey44:
Retired the incredible for the rezound. Best decision I ever made. Leaves me prefect amount of time to get an octo-core phone when my contract ends.:D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sysyndicate:
I am eligible for upgrade on March 29th. I am hoping the Droid Incredible 3 will be released by then.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fergusonfox7:
Droid Incredible 3!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunscape:
I'll wait for you guys to retire your quad-core phones so i can get them for cheap
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeke1988:
i bought Galaxy Nexus when my htc droid 2yrs contract ended, but i felt little regret because of the horrible battery life. if no other phone interests me before 4g iphone coming out, i am jumping ship.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iowabeakster:
^^ This man and I think alike.

I'm a "late adopter"... and a firm believer in open source computing. Constantly chasing the latest tech hardware is a really expensive hobby. And a far less interesting hobby than learning and getting the most from it. I resent marketing hype, and resent the marketers who assume people are so stupid as to constantly fall for the hype. Right now, my phone keeps getting better and better as a result of software changes, tweaking, and development. I picked my refurbed Dinc up for $19.99, about 1 year and 2 months ago.

I'll probably pick up my next phone on Craigslist. I don't know what it'll be or when I might even consider buying one. As things are, I would guess it'll be an htc... but I'm not a brand loyal person with ANYTHING.

The one thing that'll ensure that my next phone is an Android is Android's open source development. That's all I can say for sure.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foobz:
I swapped mine for an lg revolution off craigslist. I had an upgrade due in February, but didn't feel like being tired down for two more years.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris98891:
I've been having a helluva time picking. Planned to get the Nexus, it was subpar, planned to get the razr, locked bootloader, planned to get the maxx, MOTO still hasn't released unlock tool, waited for MWC....no revolutionary phones for VZW.

If only HTC announced a slew of new phones for VZW...I guess wait on the Inc3 and hope it wows me like the Inc1...but I think they're going to make it their "middle of the road" phone
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
You have to wait for CTIA for cdma phones to be announced. MWC is organized by GSM companies or something to that effect. If you anticipated VZW/Sprint phones to be announced at MWC, that was never the plan.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruggerxpunk:
You and I are in the exact same boat. Check out my Incredible-Bionic thread to see what I did to hold myself over. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris98891:
Its going to be a long wait til may...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graymonkey44:
You considered the nexus and razr, but not the rezound? Any particular reason why?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris98891:
it just didn't really have the same wow factor as the razr or the nexus (should have had). Also, at the time I was shopping for the latest and greatest, it hadn't been unlocked and the developer community was quite small. I haven't checked back lately, but now i feel like I should wait for the next wave.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
I love my Nexus! It's great for me. But I can see why it's such a mixed bag. The build doesn't seem quite up to what it should but hardware on Verizon it was still right around what Rezound and Razr have.

I got mine for these three primary reasons:

1. Nexus phone - been wanting one since the Nexus S and was excited to see it on Verizon

2. Stock ICS AOSP without the hassle of needing a custom rom (though I have a custom ROM)

3. Love the screen on it.

Though the specs on the One X make me a bit jealous for not waiting.

Just a bit curious why people held off on it.