<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Rezound	I-Application
is	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
by	O
HTC	B-Application
and	O
sold	O
through	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Nexus	I-Application
and	O
Droid	B-Application
RAZR	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
competitor	O
to	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
4S	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
phone	O
was	O
rumored	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
ThunderBolt	B-Application
,	O
and	O
even	O
nicknamed	O
the	O
"	O
Thunderbolt	B-Application
2	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
enthusiast	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	B-Application
Rezound	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
phone	O
available	O
that	O
allows	O
simultaneous	O
surf	O
and	O
talk	O
on	O
the	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
4G	O
LTE	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
capability	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
duplication	O
of	O
some	O
functions	O
between	O
the	O
Qualcomm	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	I-Architecture
S3	O
MSM8660	O
SoC	O
(	O
System	O
on	O
Chip	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Qualcomm	O
MSM9600	O
modem	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoC	I-Architecture
provides	O
all	O
CDMA2000	O
functionality	O
,	O
including	O
voice	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
MSM9600	O
duplicates	O
CDMA2000	O
data	O
functionality	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
GSM-derived	O
LTE	O
(	O
Long	O
Term	O
Evolution	O
)	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
gave	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Rezound	I-Application
the	O
ability	O
to	O
simultaneous	O
surf	O
and	O
talk	O
in	O
3G	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
has	O
a	O
4.3	O
inch	O
1280x720	O
display	O
and	O
was	O
tied	O
with	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Xperia	I-Application
S	I-Application
for	O
the	O
highest	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
density	I-Algorithm
in	O
any	O
smartphone	B-Application
released	O
(	O
342	O
PPI	O
)	O
until	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
HTC	B-Application
Butterfly/Droid	I-Application
DNA	I-Application
with	O
a	O
5-inch	O
1920x1080	O
resolution	O
screen	O
(	O
440	O
PPI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
4.0	O
(	O
Ice	O
Cream	O
Sandwich	O
)	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Rezound	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
became	O
available	O
to	O
customers	O
on	O
that	O
day	O
,	O
updating	O
users	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
4.0.3	O
with	O
Sense	O
3.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
announced	O
the	O
Droid	B-Application
DNA	I-Application
,	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Butterfly	I-Application
with	O
a	O
5-inch	O
1920x1080	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
Rezound	O
,	O
this	O
device	O
was	O
similarly	O
styled	O
and	O
took	O
its	O
place	O
as	O
HTC	B-Application
's	O
flagship	O
offering	O
for	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
