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[Vanillalite]

Android Central Article!

Could be the unveiling of the HTC DLX that Android Central got leaked pics of a few weeks ago!

 

[Vanillalite]

All of the usual Android blogs like Phandroid, Android Central, Android Police etc... have all gotten invites along with the usual tech blogs like the Verge. So this leans towards the obvious that it's something Android related.

 

[jobber]

all this hype for 1 phone? It's gotta be something else.

 

[Cipherr]

Its that 5" 1080p HTC phablet. Will be interesting to see the reviews of it versus the Note II. Everyone laughed at the first Note, then it sold a shitload, now Sony and HTC are playing catch up.

 

[Vanillalite]

I still have worries if it's the 1080 phablet about how well apps will look on this thing. Everything is going to have to be uprezed.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

From what I saw of the J Butterfly (the phone the DNA is reportedly based on), it doesn't feel like a Phablet though. Just a phone with a big-ass screen. Which makes me excited. As long as it has expandable memory (like the J Butterfly) and isn't over $200 (which the leaked Verizon roadmap said it isn't), this will likely be my next phone pick, otherwise I'm going with the GS3.

 

[Vanillalite]

all this hype for 1 phone? It's gotta be something else.

Someone is going to be disappointed then because it's going to be the 1 phone.

 

[Swag]

The photos for the J were so beautiful, sadly all that branding on the back of the DLX just ruins it.

 

[Talon]

The word "phablet" gave me cancer. The carrier branding gave me more cancer.

Double cancer.

all this hype for 1 phone? It's gotta be something else.

Is this HTC? Then no.

 

[malyce]

Fuck Verizon

 

[tino]

Why don't you put Droid DNA in the title? Thats the name of the phone.

 

[Kiraly]

all this hype for 1 phone? It's gotta be something else.

5" 1920x1080 super lcd 3 screen yo

 

[justjohn]

I'm loving this new direction that phones are going. Once youve experienced a massive 4-5 inch phone, it's really hard to go back to a small iPhone type screen.

 

[Emily Chu]

still trying to wrap my fucking head around how a fucking phone has a higher res then most/my main workhorse laptop

I mean what the double no triple fuck man....

 

[ukas]

This will be mine!!

 

[Vanillalite]

5" 1920x1080 super lcd 3 screen yo

I must admit that screen has me salivating if the One X screen is anything to go by.

 

[Starsunder]

For me it's gonna be between this and the Galaxy Note 2.

 

[liger05]

Want this phone but no UK release in sight

 

[Vanillalite]

For me it's gonna be between this and the Galaxy Note 2.

One advantage the Note series will probably retain is the wacom support. Without that it makes the HTC device more like a large phone, and less of an actual phablet IMO.

 

[FindMyFarms]

Is this for the J Butterfly maybe? I hear it's going to be remarketed as the Droid DNA stateside

 

[T.M. MacReady]

man, we really need to stop using the word Phablet.

 

[EightBitNate]

It's kinda funny how Samsung and HTC don't put on-screen buttons on these things.

 

[Futureman]

anyone see the LG Intuition? I held it in a Verizon store yesterday and it's probably the worst feeling phone ever. Cheap materials and a 4:3 5" screen. So awkward.

 

[Master Thespian]

One advantage the Note series will probably retain is the wacom support. Without that it makes the HTC device more like a large phone, and less of an actual phablet IMO.

Bingo. It's not a competition in my mind until other phablets get that pen implementation.

 

[Vanillalite]

Bingo. It's not a competition in my mind until other phablets get that pen implementation.

I'd agree, but I think you can choose to look at the new HTC device as a next gen One X instead. Just with a slightly larger screen and the 1080p SLCD3 screen with the new proc. Device looks better in that light than a direct comparision against the Note 2 since the HTC device will in all likely hood lack the wacom pen support.

 

[Starsunder]

One advantage the Note series will probably retain is the wacom support. Without that it makes the HTC device more like a large phone, and less of an actual phablet IMO.

Agreed. But man, dat screen.

Either way, before I make a decision I need to know how we'll the rumored S4 Pro chipset runs the software at that resolution, and the battery size. Because, you know, HTC...

 

[shinshoryuken]

why only verizon....

 

[EightBitNate]

why only verizon....

HTC on carriers' dicks.

 

[Vanillalite]

why only verizon....

Same reason for all of HTC'S recent stuff. That money. They lack the clout Sammy has to do a cross carrier release like the GS3.

 

[Darkkn]

Anything Android related HTC makes is irrelevant as long as they keep using their horrible Sense skin.

 

[F#A#Oo]

Anything Android related HTC makes is irrelevant as long as they keep using their horrible batteries.

FIXED

Sense>>>Touchwiz

 

[malyce]

Anything Android related HTC makes is irrelevant.

That was a run-on sentence. I edited it for you.

 

[The Faceless Master]

FIXED

Sense>>>Touchwiz

Nonsense

why only verizon....

don't worry, expect HTC EVO PAD 4G LTE on Sprint in the winter with a SD slot and a kickstand.

 

[virtuoso88]

FIXED

Sense>>>Touchwiz

Has senese improved a shit ton since the EVO 3D? What cool or unique features does it have?

Nonsense

Ha

 

[The Faceless Master]

Has senese improved a shit ton since the EVO 3D? What cool or unique features does it have?

DAT TRADEMARKED HTC CLOCK WIDGET

 

[OddSpoon]

Fuck HTC. Got this HTC One V and it's terribly slow. Should have looked at the specs before, but bought it because it was cheap :/

 

[CiSTM]

Why won't anybody besides Samsung release phone with stylus?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Why won't anybody besides Samsung release phone with stylus?

i dunno. these other dudes are trying to make big phones, but they aren't getting what's so great about the Note... WACOM Technology!

 

[JordanKZ]

Fuck HTC. Got this HTC One V and it's terribly slow. Should have looked at the specs before, but bought it because it was cheap :/

Single core 1ghz CPU with 512mb of RAM? Yup...

 

[DrFunk]

Fuck HTC. Got this HTC One V and it's terribly slow. Should have looked at the specs before, but bought it because it was cheap :/

Shoulda got the One S

 

[popeutlal]

No one buy this, it'll have terrible battery life just like all their other phones.

 

[Vanillalite]

No one buy this, it'll have terrible battery life just like all their other phones.

Uh my One X in the US has better battery life than the Samsung Galaxy S3 US.

 

[Haint]

This should have been the Nexus 4, 5" 1080p.

 

[EightBitNate]

This should have been the Nexus 4, 5" 1080p.

It would have been called the Nexus 5

 

[Vanillalite]

Android Central Article with Countdown Timer till the Event!

 

[DrFunk]

The party starts in 7 mins, anyone excited?

....anyone?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

The party starts in 7 mins, anyone excited?

....anyone?

battery will die before the event even starts

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

The party starts in 7 mins, anyone excited?

....anyone?

Considering this will decide my next phone, yes, I'm excited.

PhoneArena's liveblog is http://www.phonearena.com/news/Live-HTC-and-Verizon-announcing-the-HTC-DROID-DNA_id36566 here, anyone have Engadgets or Verge's yet?

 

[Vanillalite]

battery will die before the event even starts

but then how will we ever get to see that 1080p screen :-(

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Since this phone has APQ8064 and a separate LTE modem it will need a battery of at least 2400mAh. Without a battery at least that big it won't even last one day.