The second of Verizon’s year-end smarpthone troika — the HTC Rezound — is officially available today. It’ll run you $299 with a two-year contract. And for all that scratch, you get a 4.3-inch phone with a new 720p display — as in 720 pixels packed into the short axis — along with Android 2.3 and Sense 3.5. It’s sporting a 1.5GHz processor to push those pixels, and an 8MP camera full of HTC’s newfound photographic goodness. It’s also got Beats Audio (and comes with a snazzy pair of earbuds), if you’re into that sort of thing.

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