<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
S	I-Application
(	O
S710E	O
)	O
(	O
s710d	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Incredible	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
designed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Taiwan	O
's	O
HTC	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
originally	O
running	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
2.2	O
operating	O
system	O
(	O
since	O
upgraded	O
to	O
2.3.4	O
Gingerbread	B-Application
and	O
followed	O
by	O
4.0.4	O
Ice	O
Cream	O
Sandwich	O
except	O
for	O
US	O
Droid	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
2	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
announced	O
by	O
HTC	B-Application
on	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
at	O
MWC	O
2011	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Desire	I-Application
S	I-Application
and	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Wildfire	I-Application
S	I-Application
,	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
S	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
exclusively	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
to	O
Carphone	O
Warehouse	O
and	O
Best	O
Buy	O
on	O
February	O
26	O
,	O
2011	O
marketed	O
by	O
Sarah	O
Harding	O
of	O
Girls	O
Aloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Incredible	B-Application
S	I-Application
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
CDMA	B-Protocol
variant	O
on	O
the	O
US	O
network	O
Verizon	B-Application
as	O
of	O
May	O
2011	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Droid	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
world	O
phone	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
both	O
GSM	O
and	O
CDMA	B-Protocol
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
S	I-Application
is	O
the	O
latest	O
of	O
a	O
long	O
line	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
based	O
around	O
the	O
1GHz	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
chipset	I-Architecture
made	O
by	O
Qualcomm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
hardware	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Desire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
with	O
a	O
few	O
notable	O
differences	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Screen	O
technology	O
:	O
An	O
S-LCD	B-Application
screen	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Desire	O
's	O
AMOLED	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Desire	O
's	O
screen	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
an	O
S-LCD	B-Application
on	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
move	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
new	O
trend	O
for	O
HTC	B-Application
,	O
the	O
antenna	O
for	O
the	O
phone	O
is	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
back	O
cover	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
(	O
this	O
is	O
also	O
true	O
of	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Sensation	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unique	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
Incredible	B-Application
S	I-Application
is	O
the	O
auto-rotating	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
capacitive	O
buttons	O
below	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
HTC	B-Application
recent	O
design	O
trend	O
,	O
the	O
back	O
is	O
made	O
of	O
a	O
rubberised	O
plastic	O
instead	O
an	O
aluminium	O
body	O
,	O
presumably	O
to	O
help	O
improve	O
signal	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
specification	O
already	O
mentioned	O
,	O
the	O
Incredible	B-Application
S	I-Application
houses	O
dual	O
microphones	O
for	O
noise	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Droid	I-Application
Incredible	I-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
been	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
red	O
color	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
usual	O
black	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTC	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Incredible	B-Application
S	I-Application
will	O
be	O
upgradable	O
to	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
ICS	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
software	O
update	O
still	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
its	O
U.S.	O
counterpart	O
,	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
HTC	B-Application
's	O
Sense	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
satellite	O
navigation	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
TomTom	O
using	O
maps	O
from	O
Route66	O
(	O
30	O
day	O
free	O
trial	O
included	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
digital	O
bookstore	O
from	O
Kobo	O
fully	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
HTC	B-Application
phones	O
that	O
have	O
a	O
signed	O
bootloader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
,	O
the	O
phone	O
cannot	O
be	O
easily	O
rooted	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
denied	O
administrative	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
