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hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and today we're taking a first look at the HTC droid incredible 4G LTE this compact android smartphone hits verizon on July fifth for 149 99 and as you can probably guess by its name connects to verizon's fast 4G LTE data network now if you're familiar with the HTC droid incredible series the latest incarnation i have here shouldn't throw you any curves just like the incredibles before it the droid incredible 4G LTE is smaller than your average android phone sports a 4 inch screen and a muscular aesthetic complete with verizon red highlights while the incredible 4g LTE doesn't come with google's latest and greatest Android for dot one jellybean OS it does have android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich installed on top of that is the HTC Sense for you I a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core Snapdragon s4 processor powers the handset HTC has also added beats audio processing to sweeten the deal the phone's back is textured 2 plus is raised a bit which is a droid incredible design staple under the tiny battery cover is a 1700 milliamp battery and micro SD and 4G LTE sim card slots thankfully you can access these without touching the battery also on back is the phones 8 megapixel camera with LED flash above the screen is a VGA resolution front facing camera and below that our capacitive buttons to control android functions the right side holds a thin volume rocker and on the left side sits a micro USB port on the top edge of the phone it's a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and tiny power button there's an NFC chip inside to allowing the handset to use the new Android Beam feature for transferring info between two devices by bumping them together I'm Brian Bennett and this has been a first look at the HTC droid incredible 4G LTE be sure to check back soon for our full review at cnet home