It’s hard to believe we have already had the HTC Rezound 4G Android smartphone in our hands for nine months. That is a veritable lifetime and then some for a smartphone in today’s rapidly changing mobile handset arena. But the phone that debuted in November of last year and delivered the Beats by Dr. Dre audio application for the first time to a handset in the United States was an immediate bestseller for Verizon and their 4G LTE network, and has remained a bestseller and flagship phone ever since. That Beats Audio is accompanied by a pair of fully integrated iBeats ear buds that ship with the handset. The black and red ear buds contain a built-in microphone and in-line remote for hands-free calls and music selection management when answering a voice call. The HTC Rezound is currently available starting at $99 at select online retailers.
Joining that full range Beats Audio sound system in the multimedia package on board the Rezound is a pre-installed YouTube video player, and a built-in music player with SRS WOW HD surround sound enhancement system and preset equalizer. The HTC Sense v3.5 UI Android overlay supports capacitive, multitouch gestures to navigate the handset, and does so on the Rezound’s 4.30 inch Super LCD touch screen. Display resolution runs 720 x 1,280 pixels, delivered at 342 pixels per inch, one of the highest resolutions of any 4G smartphone. Proximity and light sensors help conserve battery life and automatically adjust for the proper display brightness.
In the hardware package on board the Rezound 4G, a Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon microchip set is centered around a dual core 1.5 GHz Scorpion central processor that benefits from the presence of an entirely separate chip that handles all graphics requests and processing, an Adreno 220 GPU. 16 GB of storage are built-in and 1.0 GB of RAM system memory is on board. The handset comes equipped with a microSD slot, and ships with a removable 16 GB storage card, delivering the most out-of-the-box data storage of any handset at 32 GB.
The rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder joins a front facing 2.0 megapixel chat cam and provides 1,080P HD video recording. That rear snapper also offers an LED flash, autofocus, geo-tagging, white balance and special effects package. The chat cam up front can also provides video call support, as well as taking portrait snapshots. There is plenty of Google integration provided, in the form of Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and Google Talk applications which are pre-installed. Buy the HTC Rezound starting at $99.
