I'll tell you why......its because its the same phone as the original Incredible....
There is zero innovation in the Incredible 4g, the design is severely outdated, its uses low quality materials and parts, build quality is poor, Its thick and bulky, the red button and speaker grill color scheme coupled with the low quality feel make it look and feel like a cheap children's toy.
The Incredible 4G is a low-end phone with a fast S4 chip. The sales numbers and 3rd party support are evidence of this.
HTC makes great devices, its just that Verizon ruined it....
No innovation? Have you even used a DINC 4G? If so, please elaborate, I would really like to know what advanced technology which other phones in its range have - I was willing to spend up to $200. For this price or less, I have compared live the Motorola Razr, which does not have ICS, a dim screen, you cannot swap out your battery for a charged spare after using it all day in the airport (Razr won't last that long unless you pay another $100 dollars for the bulkier and not-so-razor-like MAXX version) and then go right on working. DINC display quality never won HTC any awards, but 4G is a major improvement over the past generation of this model, and the past generation DINC made the store-model-Razr display look horrible! HTC has also re-tooled the hardware button scheme, which I'll admit I hated at first, but now it's growing on me because separate keys for the functions of backing out of an app and going to the Home screen saves much hassle when using a car dock app. Razr, just like many phones of all prices, kept the same Googlishious hardware button layout, including the useless Search button!
Oh, and let's not forget the Gorilla-glass! My friend's Evo didn't have this, and while he was seated at the table it fell to his dinner plate and shattered! The plate was undamaged.
So please, have the decency to back up your statements concerning "quality" and "innovation" - I'd really like to know specifically what you mean regarding these categories. Specifically I'd like to know what you can cite which has nothing to do with color scheme. Color is only about fashion, and personally, I will always prefer slick black with red accents (no matter how I feel about Verizon, and ALL American network distributers degrade the functionality of their phones), over fashionista berry or jizz white!
If you can compare differences in specific functions, specific quality issues, and other specifics which perhaps some us old DINC users may not be aware of, it really would be appreciated!
The only reason I may not get the Inc 4G is if I decide on a larger screen. Otherwise the dual core CPU, ICS and 4G make it a worthy upgrade to the Inc 2 IMHO.
