Verizon Launches The 5-inch Droid DNA By HTC

The big question a lot of mobile users right now seem to be asking themselves is whether or not they need a tablet and a smartphone, or just a phone that acts as both. This often takes users into the realm of giant smartphones, of which we’ve now seen several — phones that are arguably unusable with one hand and allow you to take in more content than you’d be able to get on a smaller smartphone. Today, HTC and Verizon took to the stage to announce their 5-inch collaboration, the Droid DNA.

The Droid DNA is the first smartphone on Verizon Wireless to sport a 1080p screen, an impressive feat in a space where many of HTC’s competitors are just now working with 720p displays. The design of the Droid DNA follows Verizon and HTC’s previous collaborations, which sport a glossy black front with a matte black back and red accents everywhere. The Gorilla Glass 2 front of the phone plays home to the three touch sensitive buttons that HTC has been placing on their phones since Android 4.0 was released. The 5-inch screen sits in a casing with almost no bezel on the sides, and HTC claims the form factor is almost identical to the smaller screened HTC One X.




With a quad core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and 2GB of RAM, the Droid DNA immediately sets itself above most of the other smartphones being released right now. With 16GB of storage onboard and no removable storage or removable battery, the Droid DNA joins the Nexus 4 in being a very powerful sealed phone. The 8MP camera features HTC’s ImageSense Chip and a new “Sightseeing mode” that offers even more features to an already impressive camera. The Droid DNA comes with Android 4.1 running HTC Sense 4+ and the BeatsAudio enhancements that go with owning an HTC phone.