HTC has officially verified what many analysts and mobile market mavens have rumored for some time. With the HTC Droid DNA 4G recently receiving a one penny on contract price tag at select online retail outlets, rumors began to swirl about a Droid DNA successor. The powerful smartphone was the first to deliver a staggeringly high 441 ppi pixel density, and delivers a very powerful hardware package and large high-resolution display. The Butterfly S is the next HTC Droid DNA sibling, and was officially revealed this past week.
The HTC Droid DNA 4G is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $0.01.
No official release date has been set, but Verizon has been tagged as the recipient of the upcoming phone in the US, which will probably arrive in the fourth quarter of 2013, rumored to deliver a $199 on contract price tag. Bargain smartphone shoppers looking for one of the most powerful smartphones, one of the most resolute displays, as well as one of the largest screens found on any mobile handset, now have an incredible bargain available to them in the form of the HTC Droid DNA 4G Android smartphone.
Running the Jelly Bean Android operating system out-of-the-box, the Droid DNA 4G delivers substantial RAM memory and a large 5 inch display in a slim, light and tough polycarbonate unibody. The handset is also attractive, with unique red grill marks in its sides. The laminated screen is one seamless piece and has been designed to eliminate reflection, and that display is protected by a scratch resistant layer of Gorilla Glass 2. Standard multitouch, capacitive gestures are used for device navigation.
The slim 0.38 inch (9.73 mm) Droid DNA handset weighs less than 5 ounces, light for a device with such a large display and advanced hardware package. The 5.0 inch ImageChip ISP S-LCD 3 delivers a Full HD designation with 1,080 x 1,920 pixels, and also boasts more than 16 million independent colors. Special light and proximity sensors help conserve battery power while also automatically dimming the display when not in use, and automatically adjusting for proper brightness levels.
On the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system, the Droid DNA 4G is capable of a full 12.6 hours of conversation power from a single battery charge, and standby battery power lasts better than two weeks. The brain trust on board the handset is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 system chip, built around a quad core 1.5 GHz CPU. The GPU is a powerful Adreno 320 model, 2.0 GB of RAM memory has been installed, and the handset offers 16 GB of built-in data storage space. Video is captured at 1,080P HD resolution with the rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder, a device which offers simultaneous HD video and image capture.
The HTC Droid DNA 4G can be purchased at a discounted price tag now starting at $0.01.
