HTC Droid DNA hands-on (video)

GSBot · November 13, 2012, 4:58pm

Welcome to the next wave of smartphone innovation: 1080p panels. At a joint launch event with Verizon in New York City today, HTC unveiled the Droid DNA, the stateside counterpart to the Japan-only J Butterfly. Made to run on Big Red’s 4G LTE network and trimmed with the carrier’s signature color, the 5-incher also enters the market as the OEM’s first phablet effort; a direct response to Samsung’s Galaxy Note. But a larger footprint’s not the only bleeding edge tech on hand here, as the device plays host to a quad-core S4 Pro clocked at 1.5GHz and buffered by 2GB RAM – something we’d only seen within the Optimus G and Nexus 4 – a 2,020mAh battery capable of Qi-compatible wireless charging, an 8-megapixel rear camera capable of 1080p video and Android Jelly Bean with Sense 4+. We had a chance to spend some time with it, so click on through for our initial take.
Gallery: Droid DNA by HTC hands-on
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