HTC Rezound 4G: Smartphone manufacturer HTC was a virtual unknown only three years ago. But their shotgun approach to the mobile phone marketplace has proven very effective. Rather than release a single model and spend all their advertising dollars promoting it as the next great thing, HTC consistently turns out quality products at a near record pace, and contracts those products across all four major wireless carriers. This helped HTC last October pass Apple as the world leader in smartphone shipments, according to research firm Canalys. And far from simply churning out average product, phones like the HTC Rezound 4G illustrate the company’s high-quality focus.
Buy the HTC Rezound starting at $79.
The HTC Rezound 4G Android handset arrived with an advertising focus centered around its Beats audio application, which was the first time that full range audio software was available in the United States in a smartphone. And the technology did not come cheaply. In 2011 HTC paid a reported $300 million to obtain a 51% controlling interest in Beats Electronics. That is the consumer electronics company founded by former gangsta rapper and hip-hop legend Dr. Dre and founding partner Interscope Geffen A&M Records CEO Jimmy Iovineto. The purchase price will probably eventually be recouped simply due to the incorporation of Beats technology into HTC smartphones, but the backing of the ultracool Dr. Dre definitely scores points with the younger generation.
HTC is used to making quality devices all-around, and the Rezound 4G handset is a prime example. The device offers one of the highest pixel densities and overall resolutions of any smartphone display, one of the fastest processors in the business, arguably the top sound system in any smartphone, and 1080P HD video recording capability on the fastest, most reliable 4G LTE system in the United States.
Every wireless carrier always claims to be the biggest and the best, but independent wireless systems reviewer RootMetrics has settled that argument for now. They tested all four major wireless carriers in the United States, and found the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system to be the fastest, and also the one that most consistently delivers true 4G upload and download speeds, another plus for the HTC Rezound.
The specs mentioned above refer to a Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon microchip set that includes a dual core 1.5 GHz Scorpion central processor, an Adreno 220 graphics dedicated chip, 8.0 megapixel camcorder and the aforementioned Beats audio application with SRS WOW HD sound enhancement. The S–LCD display on the Rezound delivers a high-end pixel density of 342 pixels per inch, for an overall resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. All of those specs rank at the very top end of the 4G smartphone marketplace. Buy the HTC Rezound starting at $79.
March 25, 2012 at 12:49 am
No, the rezound doesn’t just have one of the highest pixel densities of any smartphone, at 342ppi it has THE highest pixel density of any smartphone on the market.