Official HTC EVO Review Thread

[MarcusInMD]

Originally Posted by rdcrds

I tried it out for a few days and went back to my tp2 with a custom ROM on it.Simple it is a little better a little faster but a whole lot more money then a tp2 on a old plan not worth the jump it went back.

How could you send the EVO back when they have not even been released for sale yet?

[rdcrds]

I have a friend who gets all the phones and he got his and sincce he does not have the time to try it out a lot he had me do it and it went back...Sorry i did not say where it went back to but he can have his early EVO back and i will not get 1 when the offical release comes out.

[Biker1]

I was waiting for the next new Windows phone, so I may activate it on my Free & Clear Plan, as those are the only devices allowed on my plan. But it seems that even if Sprint got a new Windows device, it would probably have 4G, and most likely would not be able to be activated on my plan anyway

[Yvelde]

Yo, I have not had the EVO or even sampled it, just what I have read about online. I was carrying the HTC Titan for a few months and I upgraded to the Hero last December (2009). In all honesty up until yesterday I wish I had waited for the EVO because my hero was so laggy. I love Android and the way it works, there are some awesome apps.
Maybe it is a sprint thing but I had to do some tweaks to get my phone running smoothly but now that I have it is awesome and I am definitely upgrading to the EVO if only for the bigger screen and the higher resolution, the faster processor and more memory, or only for the He*l of it. GO EVO!

[timsmooth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtBBlYm9rA

Evo Performance vs the TP2 using Sprint TV. Fan boys do not watch. Here is the demonstration of your overwhelming speed or power or what not. This phone would be great if the TP2 never existed. I aint paying extra money for this type of "Rich data experience" when my experience is richer now.

[Mazzakre]

Originally Posted by timsmooth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtBBlYm9rA

Evo Performance vs the TP2 using Sprint TV. Fan boys do not watch. Here is the demonstration of your overwhelming speed or power or what not. This phone would be great if the TP2 never existed. I aint paying extra money for this type of "Rich data experience" when my experience is richer now.

What interface is that guy using on the TP2? Doesnt look like anything Ive ever seen and definitely not stock. Also, hes got live wallpaper running on android and who knows what else. EVO can handle multitasking much better than the TP2 so there may be other things running in the background of the evo and none on the tp2. Dont take that at face value

[timsmooth]

Originally Posted by Mazzakre

What interface is that guy using on the TP2? Doesnt look like anything Ive ever seen and definitely not stock. Also, hes got live wallpaper running on android and who knows what else. EVO can handle multitasking much better than the TP2 so there may be other things running in the background of the evo and none on the tp2. Dont take that at face value

SPB mobile shell is the UI on the TP2 well worth the added functionality. SPB will raise the standards of what you will expect from the EVO. Mobile shell is like Beryl or compiz on Ubuntu if you know anything about linux. Pm me for more on SPB mobile shell.

These are both the stock roms nothing special, and yes I probably have a few unnecessary processes running on the TP2, but I like the nexus background on the EVO so I use it. Whats the point of having it if I cant use it. The proof is in the pudding. The TP2 should have been crushed, but it was not. So much for the Richer experience sprint was gabbing about. I will keep the Evo for now to replace my n810, but not replace my TP2....yet. Maybe if Froyo does not disapoint

Dont hate me because I aint a brainwashed fan boy who will accept what ever is thrown at me. Just becuase you believe the add does not mean I have to. There are other performance issues that exist. Taking pictures with the phone results in a corrupted memory card every day. What use is a 720 cam if it only works sometimes?

"Often times it would take up to a minute for the controls to show up onscreen. And oddly, they can only be oriented to take pictures in landscape mode. And it’s far too many clicks to switch between the front and rear cameras (this is buried in the camera settings area). But all of that is somewhat excusable – what’s not is that more than half the time while trying to take a picture, I would get the message “Unable to save file to SD card due to insufficient file permissions.”" from the iphone users take on evo

Do not get me wrong as I like the phone, but there are better or just as good that already exist for cheaper. Hopefully Froyo fixes these problems, but for now it is a good try, but not good enough for me. Maybe you will be satisfyied with paying more for getting less.

[blockhead428]

Originally Posted by timsmooth

SPB mobile shell is the UI on the TP2 well worth the added functionality. SPB will raise the standards of what you will expect from the EVO. Mobile shell is like Beryl or compiz on Ubuntu if you know anything about linux. Pm me for more on SPB mobile shell.

These are both the stock roms nothing special, and yes I probably have a few unnecessary processes running on the TP2, but I like the nexus background on the EVO so I use it. Whats the point of having it if I cant use it. The proof is in the pudding. The TP2 should have been crushed, but it was not. So much for the Richer experience sprint was gabbing about. I will keep the Evo for now to replace my n810, but not replace my TP2....yet. Maybe if Froyo does not disapoint

Dont hate me because I aint a brainwashed fan boy who will accept what ever is thrown at me. Just becuase you believe the add does not mean I have to. There are other performance issues that exist. Taking pictures with the phone results in a corrupted memory card every day. What use is a 720 cam if it only works sometimes?

"Often times it would take up to a minute for the controls to show up onscreen. And oddly, they can only be oriented to take pictures in landscape mode. And it’s far too many clicks to switch between the front and rear cameras (this is buried in the camera settings area). But all of that is somewhat excusable – what’s not is that more than half the time while trying to take a picture, I would get the message “Unable to save file to SD card due to insufficient file permissions.”" from the iphone users take on evo

Do not get me wrong as I like the phone, but there are better or just as good that already exist for cheaper. Hopefully Froyo fixes these problems, but for now it is a good try, but not good enough for me. Maybe you will be satisfyied with paying more for getting less.

What a Debbie Downer. The corrupted memory card is a fault on HTC's part. Who wants to keep a class 2 memory card anyway? I've got a Class 6 16GB waiting to go in. Why would you listen to what an iphone fanboy says anyway? If you love the iphone so much, go get one. But beware that you have until Monday to buy an unlimited plan with your new awesome iphone! And by awesome I mean exactly the same as every model crapple has ever put out http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/02/tech...t_iphone_ipad/.

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by timsmooth

SPB mobile shell is the UI on the TP2 well worth the added functionality. SPB will raise the standards of what you will expect from the EVO. Mobile shell is like Beryl or compiz on Ubuntu if you know anything about linux. Pm me for more on SPB mobile shell.

These are both the stock roms nothing special, and yes I probably have a few unnecessary processes running on the TP2, but I like the nexus background on the EVO so I use it. Whats the point of having it if I cant use it. The proof is in the pudding. The TP2 should have been crushed, but it was not. So much for the Richer experience sprint was gabbing about. I will keep the Evo for now to replace my n810, but not replace my TP2....yet. Maybe if Froyo does not disapoint

Dont hate me because I aint a brainwashed fan boy who will accept what ever is thrown at me. Just becuase you believe the add does not mean I have to. There are other performance issues that exist. Taking pictures with the phone results in a corrupted memory card every day. What use is a 720 cam if it only works sometimes?

"Often times it would take up to a minute for the controls to show up onscreen. And oddly, they can only be oriented to take pictures in landscape mode. And it’s far too many clicks to switch between the front and rear cameras (this is buried in the camera settings area). But all of that is somewhat excusable – what’s not is that more than half the time while trying to take a picture, I would get the message “Unable to save file to SD card due to insufficient file permissions.”" from the iphone users take on evo

Do not get me wrong as I like the phone, but there are better or just as good that already exist for cheaper. Hopefully Froyo fixes these problems, but for now it is a good try, but not good enough for me. Maybe you will be satisfyied with paying more for getting less.

not froyo, hopefully someone knows how to build a rom. you're blaming 2.1 eclair for your memory card erasing, why is he the only one saying that? many people have evo's and nobody has reported this, could be user error. the fact that you're up here saying android is whats causing your memory card issue and hopefully froyo fixes it kills me.

[champ052005]

I don't think the Evo is for everybody, and certainly not for you OP. I don't think you spent enough time with the device to get to know what Android can really do.

It seems to me that your biggest gripe is that you can't get certain apps on Android. That is not the phone's fault...its the OS.

Furthermore, you never mentioned, so I'm assuming you never tried, all the other capabilities of the phone. How about the multi-tasking? Windows Mobile can't keep up. Simple as that. My TP2 will lag considerably when I run too many things. And how is that keyboard lag treating you on WinMo? Doubt you will notice it on the Evo. Apps, internet, etc open up so much faster compared to the TP2. I love my TP2, but the Evo is like a God send. I'm sure many of us have had problems with that phone either being too slow or because of WinMo.

Change is not always bad, you have to try to figure out what the phone and OS can actually do. This is not WinMo, and I would cry if it was. WinMo 6.5 is dead.

Like I said before, if you can't justify paying $40 more per month to switch plans to use this phone, then don't. Its your money. But to say the phone is not great due to some of the OS limitations is not a very good review.

In actuality, WinMo has more limitations than Android.