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.:Official Review And Impressions Thread:.

So what do you think about the Rezound/Vigor?

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Hands-on Videos

HTC Rezound Quick Hands-on - YouTube

HTC Rezound hands-on - YouTube

HTC Rezound hands-on and comparisons - YouTube

HTC Rezound Review - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAwf_53FsMg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHhGdg6-JM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W1hLSQP8e4&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0B4CbVrx0&

So in the hopes of keeping the section slightly organized I am hoping that all the vid reviews and responses/discussion about them will be posted in here, if not they will be merged into this thread.

Thank you for your cooperation.


If you would like to discuss a certain video in this post then please quote this post, deleting all the other videos except the one you wish to discuss.

Have a forgotten one? Please post in the thread and/or PM me to let me know so i can add it to the OP.
 
OFFICIAL INFORMATION

Owner Manual
http://cache.vzw.com/multimedia/mim/htc_rezbound/rezound_manual.pdf
HTC Mobile Phone Support - HTC Rezound? (Verizon) - Downloads
HTC Rezound at Verizon

http://www.htc-press.com/assets/PDF/HTC_Rezound_Fact%20Sheet.pdf (HTC Fact Sheet)

HTC And Verizon Wireless Unveil HTC Rezound™, First Smartphone In The U.S. To Feature Beats Audio™ (VZW Press Release)

http://news.verizonwireless.com/images/HTC-11-Vigor-H4web.jpg (VZW Press Shot)

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/11/03/HTC-Rezound.jpg (HTC Press Shots)

Phandroid Article and Video: Leak: HTC Vigor Gets Profile Shots, Software Videos and a Possible Retail Name [Rezound]

HTC Rezound Shown off in Promo Video

HTC Officially Announces the HTC Rezound With Beats Audio, Coming November 14th for $300

HTC Says the HTC Rezound Will Be Ice Cream Sandwich Ready


HTC Rezound Gets First Press Shots, Video Samples

HTC Rezound Rooted Ahead of Release?

REVIEWS

http://androidforums.com/htc-rezound/458362-my-rezound-review.html

HTC Rezound first impressions: Music to my ears | Android Atlas - CNET Reviews

Hands-on with the HTC Rezound (updated with video) | Android Central

Hands-On With The HTC Rezound For Verizon: Fat And Fast | TechCrunch

AnandTech - HTC Rezound Announced:LTE, Beats by Dre and HD SuperLCD on Verizon

HTC Rezound ? First Impressions and Video – Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog



HTC Rezound?, the only phone with the Beats Audio? built in. - YouTube

http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rezound-pdf1.jpg

http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rezound-pdf2.jpg

Galaxy Nexus Training materials and comparison charts arriving at Verizon Stores | 9to5Google | Beyond Good and Evi
 
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Hopefully this roadmap from many weeks ago is still true. Everything else on this spreadsheet has been correct, so far.


EDIT: I take that back. Of the items that have or should've released on this sheet per 'release date'....only 2 of the 5 items are listed on the VW website....the Bionic and 4G Xoom. The Pantech Breakout & Jest2, Samsung Stratosphere, BB Curve 9370 are listed yet. So who knows.
 

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I didn't see this posted anywhere, so sorry if this has been discussed. I just started sifting through the SAR Report on the Vigor posted to the FCC web site earlier today. At the bottom of page 5 is a note describing various accessories used during the test. Item No. 7 under notes lists:

"beats earphone" and gives model number "RC E180"

Here's a chopped PDF of the bottom of Page 5:

View attachment VigorSARpg50001.pdf

It looks like the Vigor will be a Beats device.
 
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I didn't see this posted anywhere, so sorry if this has been discussed. I just started sifting through the SAR Report on the Vigor posted to the FCC web site earlier today. At the bottom of page 5 is a note describing various accessories used during the test. Item No. 7 under notes lists:

"beats earphone" and gives model number "RC E180"

Here's a chopped PDF of the bottom of Page 5:

View attachment 21884

It looks like the Vigor will be a Beats device.
 

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I didn't see this posted anywhere, so sorry if this has been discussed. I just started sifting through the SAR Report on the Vigor posted to the FCC web site earlier today. At the bottom of page 5 is a note describing various accessories used during the test. Item No. 7 under notes lists:

"beats earphone" and gives model number "RC E180"

Here's a chopped PDF of the bottom of Page 5:

View attachment 21884

It looks like the Vigor will be a Beats device.
It had been teased that this will be a 'beats by dre' device but it is always nice to get a little more confirmation
Did you guys see this thread? http://androidforums.com/samsung-droid-prime/411242-best-buy-mobile-employee.html#post3186892

Apparently, this Best Buy rep saw some release dates from a Verizon rep which showed a Thunderbolt 2 coming soon. Could be the Vigor, no? I mean -- there's NO WAY they're going to use the Vigor name.. Lol

Good looking out Chris!! I didn't really think the name Vigor would stick but honestly not sure how i feel about Thunderbolt 2.....
 
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Did you guys see this thread? http://androidforums.com/samsung-droid-prime/411242-best-buy-mobile-employee.html#post3186892

Apparently, this Best Buy rep saw some release dates from a Verizon rep which showed a Thunderbolt 2 coming soon. Could be the Vigor, no? I mean -- there's NO WAY they're going to use the Vigor name.. Lol

I agree; I would be shocked if this phone released as the "HTC Vigor." That said, do you think it will release as the TBII? HTC/VZW took a ton of flack over the issues some TB users faced (battery life, etc.), and may want to bury that name as a result. I think I agree with NightAngel79 in the above post for this reason.

Plus, there seems to be a significant change in styling between the TB and Vigor. On page 19 of the SAR report, I found a sketch of the PH98100 looking identical to the pictures that leaked a few weeks ago, right down to the red ring around the camera, and the texture on the back (including rhomboid-shaped speaker). Other than VZW branding then, those pictures look to represent the final product.

See: View attachment scan0001.pdf

I'm thinking (and this is just a wild guess) that the Droid Incredible-like styling/coloring of this phone hints at the Droid line, if not the Droid Incredible line.

Interestingly, the Best Buy employee who made the post you link to listed the "Samsung Prime," without the Droid name. All rumors I have seen to date re that phone have listed it as a Droid. I may be reading WAY too much into it, but I'm wondering if the list of names he saw in the email were not necessarily the final names of those devices.

It looks like we'll know pretty soon though:D
 
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I'll gonna say it will be called the Droid Incredible HD....HD for the HD screen....and DI because it has the same shape on the back and the red camera ring as the other DI(s).
Like this WAY more than tbolt 2. Love my Inc and been waiting for something that lives up to the name to be a worthy successor
 
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It's still hit or miss obviously...not a very "official" leak. I saw it on the Samsung Prime thread a few days ago but was on my Inc; too much of a hassle to repost over here at the time. Funny that it got linked from Droid Life...it was on Phandroid news page yesterday I think :) Here is the thread...you can follow it:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-droid-prime/411242-best-buy-mobile-employee.html
 
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IIRC, the DInc didn't get the Droid moniker until about a week from launch. Although that isn't a significant deviation from the original, it still shows they are willing to change it even when the units are shipping.

Very true. My DInc was ordered the morning preorders started. The box it came in is off white and no mention of Droid anywhere. Later the packeage is black/grey with Droid branding aplenty. So we might not have heard the final work on this.

Plus there was a new shot of a Best Buy list very similar to the one you guys are referring to that shows the same as before, except the Thunderbolt doesn't show it going to a Thunderbolt2. At this point it could be the Tbolt2, Vigor, IncredibleHD or something else entirely. Personally I'd rather have it be either the Vigor or IncHD rather than the Tbolt2, but with the model number being ADR6425 that is probably the most likely.
 
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I'll gonna say it will be called the Droid Incredible HD....HD for the HD screen....and DI because it has the same shape on the back and the red camera ring as the other DI(s).

Actually no red at all on the Inc2. The speaker grill is flat black and there really is no camera ring to speak of (the back cover slopes right up to the lens). I think the red has less to do with it being like the Incredible and more to do with the Beats logo being red.

That said I like the Incredible HD name the best of all. I think you guys are onto something with Verizon's reluctance to use the Thunderbolt name after the issues with the original. Even though it was rumored, I have yet to see a BB Storm3, so maybe the same thing will happen here as well.
 
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Actually no red at all on the Inc2. The speaker grill is flat black and there really is no camera ring to speak of (the back cover slopes right up to the lens). I think the red has less to do with it being like the Incredible and more to do with the Beats logo being red.

Good call. I just read the Phandroid article about the new Sensation XE.

Link: [Update: Early October UK Availability] HTC Sensation XE is the First Official Beats Smartphone

The XE looks like a first cousin to the Vigor in terms of specs. The photo in the article shows a definite red theme, including the desktop, speaker grill, earphone cord, and red ring around the camera. It definitely looks like the red accents are related to Beats, rather than the Droid line.

I still think the sculpted back of the Vigor reminds me of the Inc1 and Inc2 though...which may or may not mean anything in terms of the official name of this phone.
 
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Would someone be kind enough to fill me in on the "verified" rumor specs?
RAM
Camera
Display size/type/resolution
Dual core?

Rumored specs are:

1 GB RAM
8MP rear/ 2MP front camera
4.3" 720p HD display at 1280 x 720 (don't know type, but guess SLCD)
1.5 GHz dual core Qualcomm

Beyond that there is supposedly 16GB onboard storage, Beats by Dre software & headphones, and shipping with android 2.3.4 and Sense 3.5.

I hope these rumors are true and it doesn't turn out like the original Tbolt did (with the rumored 1.2 GHz dual core that turned out to be a 2nd gen 1 GHz single core).

The only things that will keep me from getting it launch day is battery life and how good the physical buttons are. Battery life was hit and miss on the Tbolt, but great on the Inc2. My only gripe with the Inc2 is the physical buttons (lock, volume rocker) are a little too recessed. I'll wait this time around.
 
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