Official HTC EVO Review Thread

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Originally Posted by apristel

Here are every EVO review I could find... feel free to post up ones I missed..

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/258185...-good-3g-phone

Sprint 4G Phone Hits New Speeds, but Battery Disappoints - WSJ.com

HTC EVO 4G review -- Engadget

HTC Evo 4G - black (Sprint) Smartphone reviews - CNET Reviews

HTC EVO 4G Review Reveals Mobile WiMAX Challenges

Sprint Evo 4G Review | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD

HTC EVO 4G (Sprint) - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

HTC Evo 4G: Some Notes on a Juggernaut - htc evo 4g - Gizmodo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/...ech_test_evo4g

Video: Sprint HTC EVO 4G Apps & Features Demo

Announcements: Sprint HTC EVO 4G reviews: we love this phone fast, powerful and fun to use

YouTube - HTC Evo 4G (Sprint)

HTC EVO 4G: A Multimedia Powerhouse

HTC Evo 4G WiMax Android Phone (Sprint) - Unboxing

YouTube - Sprint HTC EVO 4G unboxing and initial impressions

YouTube - Sprint HTC EVO 4G Video Review

HTC EVO 4G Unboxing [Video] | Android Phone Fans

YouTube - Sprint - HTC EVO 4G Test Drive

Android Central unboxing.

YouTube - HTC EVO 4G Review (Sprint)

Worst Review Ever LOL - disclaimer: "May lower your IQ!. You have been warned."

Slashgear

HTC EVO 4G User Guides

EVO vs. Palm Pre

Radio Shack Demo Site

Unboxing the HTC EVO 4G, part 1
Unboxing the HTC EVO 4G, part 2

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...8_brier31.html

Great Camera Review - Lots of great pictures

http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/05/outdoor-photos-taken-with-htc-evo-4gs-back-camera.html

PocketNOW Unboxing



I got bored.

heres the scoop guys, it looks awesome!!! 8MP Camera!!!!!Snapdragon, 512 RAM, 720p recording, (no AMOLED sigh...) but ME WANT ME WANT!!!!! Even SenseUI has the full screen animations as well

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/h...perphone-armo/

We've been rumoring a WiMAX "HTC Supersonic" for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be released this Summer and it's easily the best specced phone we've ever witnessed. The hardware is of quite obvious HD2 descent, but with Android onboard and some nice aesthetic tweaks, the EVO 4G takes on a life of its own. The handset is centered around a 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD, with a Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor under the hood (the CDMA version of the QSD8250 in the HD2 and Nexus One), and even a helpful 1GB of built-in memory and 512MB of RAM -- hello app storage! Even the battery is bigger than the HD2, and the camera is an 8 megapixel monstrosity with flash, that's capable of 720p video, and is augmented by a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for good measure. The phone features HDMI out (though you'll need an adapter for turning it into a TV-familiar HDMI plug), 802.11b/g WiFi, and an 8GB microSD card. There's that still-rare Android 2.1 underneath an updated version of HTC's Sense UI. But... despite all these wild features, what actually sets the EVO 4G apart is the fact that it's Sprint's first 4G phone. The handset runs a combo of EV-DO Rev. A and WiMAX, with calls still being made over CDMA and the EV-DO / WiMAX options for data. Interestingly, it sounds like concurrent data and voice use might be possible for the first time on CDMA carrier in this way (killing AT&T's well-advertised differentiator), though Sprint says that's still in the testing phase. One other new feature is the Sprint hotspot app, another MiFi-style connection sharing number, which is obviously aided greatly by the WiMAX on board and can support up to eight concurrent users.

We got to play with the phone for an all-too-brief matter of minutes, but everything we saw was frankly breathtaking. The camera does seem to be indeed of a high quality (though we'll still be holding on to our compact shooter, thank you very much), the screen is naturally gorgeous, and the Sense UI was as responsive as we've seen it, and frankly delicious at this jumbo size. The capacitive face buttons are flat and almost a little difficult to see due the thin chrome icons, but the physical buttons (a volume rocker and a power button up top) are very large, tactile and friendly. Around back there's strong, chrome kick stand, and when you pop off the cover the battery is surrounded by beautiful "Ferrari red" plastic. The touchscreen keyboard is positively ginormous, though we're not sure we're feeling some of the recent things that have been crammed in there like huge cursor buttons and the voice recognition button -- just because you can fit stuff in there doesn't mean you should, and they look a little comical at this size. In our testing we weren't really able to get a feel for the browsing speed on WiMAX, but at this point we're primarily enthused that it's even an option, and obviously the theoretical speeds are far beyond 3G, with a bunch of new markets due to go online this year. Battery life is stated as "comparable."

Our biggest questions at this point are availability and pricing. Sprint is keeping mum, just stating a "Summer" availability, and interestingly clarified that not only is it not announcing device pricing, but it's not announcing plan pricing yet either -- sounds like a 4G-on-a-phone surcharge could be somewhere in our future. Check out videos of the phone in action after the break, including an up-close-and-personal test of the touchscreen keyboard. Below you'll find galleries of the phone by its lonesome and up against the Nexus One and iPhone 3G.

[madoc]

Originally Posted by Mike20PR

heres the scoop guys, it looks awesome!!! 8MP Camera!!!!!Snapdragon, 512 RAM, 720p recording, (no AMOLED sigh...) but ME WANT ME WANT!!!!! Even SenseUI has the full screen animations as well

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/h...perphone-armo/

Yeah, I am interested in this as well. I just held a chat with sprint, "Jenelle" stated that it is NOT coming out tomorrow, but hopefully soon!

EDIT - Summer. Bummer.

[nico4k]

Thanks for this POST man...i sure how i missed this on Engadget! That will be My New PHONE AS SOON AS It is out!

[c0011j]

Here you guys go..

http://now.sprint.com/evo/?ECID=vanity:evo

Summer 2010

im so sorry i doubted sprint......NO phone on the PLANET can make me not get this baby

ps: sorry VZ HTC Incredible, but you just got your a$$ handed to ya...

[madoc]

Originally Posted by c0011j

Here you guys go..

http://now.sprint.com/evo/?ECID=vanity:evo

Summer 2010

1500 mAh battery. =D> yes!

[johnnycakes2]

No AMOLED is a letdown. 4G & 4.3" will eat through the battery without the advent of AMOLED.

Also, the memory is a disappointment as well. If the Incredible actually does come with 8GB ROM and 1GB RAM, there is no reason the EVO 4G couldn't have done the same.

One last point: If it doesn't come out before June, I guarantee we will hear about the HTC Scorpion (Supersonic's 4Q replacement) which will undoubtedly have superior specs. That's a bad move by Sprint.

I know I sound all doom and gloom. The EVO 4G is still an amazing device. I just got my hopes up with the specs, and now it's a waiting game for release and pricing. So much for afterglow.

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by johnnycakes2

No AMOLED is a letdown. 4G & 4.3" will eat through the battery without the advent of AMOLED.

Also, the memory is a disappointment as well. If the Incredible actually does come with 8GB ROM and 1GB RAM, there is no reason the EVO 4G couldn't have done the same.

One last point: If it doesn't come out before June, I guarantee we will hear about the HTC Scorpion (Supersonic's 4Q replacement) which will undoubtedly have superior specs. That's a bad move by Sprint.

I know I sound all doom and gloom. The EVO 4G is still an amazing device. I just got my hopes up with the specs, and now it's a waiting game for release and pricing. So much for afterglow.

uh... I doubt any phone will come with 8 gigs of rom in the near future

[johnnycakes2]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

uh... I doubt any phone will come with 8 gigs of rom in the near future

Uh, the iPhone? And I hate all-things Apple, but if they can include 8, 16 and 32 gigs, there's no excuse for other manu's not to do the same. I mean, c'mon, they're already including an 8GB microsd -- just solder the dang thing onto the mobo. It would increase read/write speeds and prove a greater selling point.

Anyway, I can get over that. Still, I would've liked an AMOLED screen. I'm convinced it's TFT LCD, but even the boneheads at Androidguys and the new Wikipedia article can't get it straight... they're calling it AM(OLED) which it clearly isn't. Why HTC? Why two steps forward, one step back?

[dfve]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

uh... I doubt any phone will come with 8 gigs of rom in the near future

bill gates once said "i cant see a reason people wold need more than 640k memory in a computer