Verizon-branded HTC Trophy pictured
While the HTC Trophy will not be the first CDMA WP7 phone to be outed stateside (that would be the HTC Arrive on Sprint on March 20), it still gets to be a first at something – the first WP7 phone on Verizon. The Big Red hasn’t come out with the news yet but the rumor mill has been pointing to a release in late March this year, and this photo, sent to Engadget by an anonymous tipster, pretty much confirms the news.
The GSM variant of this Windows Phone 7 phone was already launched in Europe last year, and as the pic above shows, it is pretty much the same device but with the red Verizon branding and a CDMA chip substituted for GSM. According to the tipster, this versions features all that tiled Windows Phone 7 goodness but with fewer flaws, like copy/paste which the original Trophy lacked. It also features a 3.8 inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display and a 5MP camera along with a slew of sensors – one each for proximity, light and another for auto-orientation.
As to its cost, the Trophy should come cheaper than Verizon’s latest high flyer, the HTC Thunderbolt, which costs a hefty $249 on a two-year contract. Price aside, you still get to choose between good ol’ Android and the fresh Windows Phone operating systems, so that’s a good thing right?
