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Originally Posted by KMA
I have almost nothing to base this statement on... but what if the Incredible might end up being more similar to the Supersonic (size-wise) than to the Desire. Why? Mostly wishful thinking I guess, but also because I don't think the leaks of the Incredible so far are anywhere near what Verizon and HTC would make it look like. I thought I heard somewhere that HTC puts out a bit of false information now and again to keep us all confused. What if the Incredible video we saw was an older proof of concept type phone that was shown off just for fun? Maybe that's why it had only 256mb of RAM? Maybe it explains the styling, which strays quite a bit from the gorgeous phones they are releasing in the near term (i.e. Legend and Desire). Let's face it, the back of the phone might be a bit crazy, but the front is down right bland. It looks like a cheap iphone knock-off.
How could one of largest U.S. service providers put out a new HTC Android superphone that is less than what everyone else (even T-Mobile and Sprint) are offering? Especially when they've pledged to have the best smartphone line up out there? What if the Incredible has the 4.3 Supersonic screen and similar features, which would be much more deserving of its name? At the very least, I just don't think the phone in the video will be what the final product ends up looking like, assuming it ever shows up at VZW.
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Perhaps I'm a bit confused but I think I agree with what you're saying. Just at first glance, and without looking at screen size or specs, I would say the Supersonic and Incredible look similar.
Another thing that occurs to me is that we see the Nexus One available for TMobile and then about 6 weeks later hear about the release of the Desire. IF....the time line were to be similar for Verizon then we would see the Nexus One available for Verizon customers in the spring and then around June (as suggested on a web site that slips my mind but I think it's something like pda.net?) we will see the "Incredible". I agree that the styling looks a lot like the iphone. I could be happy since in the very beginning I was looking for an iphone on Verizon. Now I see the Desire and salivate as it's a much better looking phone. I think I will probably end up with a Nexus One...but will wait a few weeks after it is released on Verizon to listen to all the gripes and see if anymore news is released. Ideally having a smartphone by summer would be nice for travel.
Oh and as far as calling peoples motives into question. Here's what I think is more typical than some might think. I held off waiting for awhile and was sure I wanted a Droid. I went into the store with my wife. We both held the Droid in our hands for a good 15 to 20 minutes and just did not like the form factor at all. We were not pleased enough to lock into a two year agreement and get stuck with that particular phone. The Eris would have probably made a better choice for us but still a big let down since we were really wanting something more along the iphone realm as far as screen size and power. At the time this all happened the rumors were already flying about the Passion/Desire/Dragon...which ended up being the Nexus One/Bravo/Desire/Incredible blah blah blah. People like myself want to see a powerful smartphone with a good sized screen come to Verizon since that's the network we want to use. I currently have a very dumb phone but am willing to wait or take my business elsewhere. This is why it is so frustrating to watch all the other carriers get these types of phones first. Why is this so hard for some people to understand?