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Originally Posted by abrigham
It's not really fair to compare this to the HD2 or TP2 with regards to price point - not because the TP2 and HD2 are "business phones and businesses can afford more" - but because of the OS. WinMo requires a license fee, which just gets passed on to the consumers (a.k.a The Microsoft Tax). The EVO 4G is running Android, which is open source and does not require a license. No M$ Tax = cheaper MSRP.
I'd say it will be comparable to the Incredible in price, so around $199-$249 after discounts and rebates as most have said. In fact, I'm thinking more like $249 - I think Sprint can get away with charging just a bit more because of the features it has above and beyond the Incredible (WiMax, of course, plus the front facing camera and HDMI out).
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It's almost the exact same hardware as the HD2. The only difference is it has an extra front facing camera, and the back camera is 8 megs instead of the 5 meg on the HD2 (but the CMOS sensor is the same size so it's likely just a software change). And of course, the WiMax antenna. But the HD2 does have the fast HSPA getting over 10 megs on speed tests so I'm not sure the WiMax is that much of an extra cost.
All of that, and the plans are about the same price too. So Look for ther Evo to cost about the same as the HD2.