First let me say that I use my phone for: Emails, Texting, Web Surfing, Music (mostly Slacker and Groove Shark), Navigation A LOT (still learning to get around Phoenix), Games (very little). I am always multitasking on the phone switching between Web, Emails, Apps, Music, GPS etc. The most important thing to me is that my phone work and work fast!
With that said I have both the Epic and the Evo sitting in front of me and one of them is about to get sold or returned.
Here are my likes and dislikes for each one:
EVO· PROso Froyo (there are already several apps I enjoy running on my Evo that require Froyo).
o Screen Size
o Large community support 
o Kickstand
o Great Alarm Clock with kickstand
o Batteries Type is the same as my wife’s TP2 which he have several extras. This is not that big of a deal since China Batteries and chargers are 2 for $10 on eBay.
· CONs
o Volume on the wrong side. Just personal preference, but years of using the volume on the left side of the phone causes me pause.
· CONs (Possible Deal Killers) o Bluetooth Quality. Trying several different ROMs I can hardly get more than a couple feet from my EVO without it cutting out. I can’t even keep the phone in my pocket without it cutting in and out.
EPIC· PROso Super Amoled Screen (The Epic is prettier even when the thing is turned off. Turn it on and WOW! Note I prefer dark themes and AMLOED does darks great) I use the phone on my bike as my source of tunes and navigation. I find the Epic screen a bit easier to see as it is a bit less reflective than the Evo.
o Keyboard (Almost as good as the TP2) I find that I use the keyboard less on the epic than the TP2 because swype is good enough for short things. For long emails (work stuff) I almost always slide out the keyboard. Also the hardware keys (Home, Menu, Back) have zero lag (see cons below) and are easy to use.
o Disabling Screen Rotate – I LOVE that I can turn off the auto rotate, then rotate the screen by sliding the keyboard open when I mean/want to.
o Bluetooth range and quality - I can walk anywhere in my house, and even a little ways outside my house without missing a beat.
o Media Dock – I own 2 of these andI like the idea of the media dock though it will not work until Froyo. What I really like is the ability to have the hardware keyboard exposed and usable while docked.
o Camera Quality – Seems just a bit better than the Evo, but not much.
o Camera Button. I love being able to launch the camera from the hardware camera button.
· CONs (Possible Deal Killers) o These Captive Buttons Suck on the Epic. Not only are they a pain in the ass to see when not backlit, but there lag I experience when pressing the back button from time to time causes me press it again them often close an app I did not mean to 
. Also when the buttons are lit, they are so bright, they make it next to impossible to use in a dark bedroom.§ Captive Buttons Testing - Apples to Apples: So to see the epic captive delay, go to your home screen on the Evo and the Epic. Now tap the menu button over and over quickly (maybe 4+ times per sec) 10-20 times. Notice the Evo gets every tap, but the Epic is lucky to acknowledge ½ of them. Also I tested this on my coworkers Moment and her phone scored more touch responses than my Epic, though not as many as my Evo.
o Battery Fully Charged Warning? No $H!+ Sherlock! The battery full message that turns the screen on every time your phone is fully charged, then NOT going away without you pressing OK makes it a useless as an alarm clock (ie when traveling).
o USB/Battery charging port on the top of the phone is not only lame, but is probably a breaking point for someone like me that uses the charger a lot. I use my phone in a vertical position everywhere I drive/ride and the strain on the usb port has got to be huge. In fact, I notice some charging failures on my last ride and I think that port might be getting loose :-O
o SLOW SLOW SLOW, Lag and Hic Ups. Multitasking on the epic is slower for me. The scrolling and the screen response times are hard to get used to coming from my snappier Evo. I don’t know if this is just my unit, the lack of Froyo, or what? I have seen several people say their Epic is faster than then Evo and for me that is just not the case.
Bottom-line. For me the Epic has more Plus then the Evo, but it also has more Cons and deal killers than the Evo. If I could resolve these issues on my Epic then I would sell the Evo and never look back. But unless the phone is going to do what it is supposed to do when a button is pressed (ie captive needs to respond 100% of the time) the phone is more of a hassle then it is worth.
CrozB
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Epic 4G Rom = Epic_Experience_v1.2.00
Evo 4G Rom = cm_supersonic_full-116