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i saw a review today and even though i love the speed, features and screen size i cannot stand the body design. the power button looks like it will be an issue, the kickstand is useless to me and can probably break easy. im also not a fan of the button placement. the engadget review touched on my complaints as well.





im not bashing or saying i may not buy one but does anybody else agree at all? what would you have changed about the design?



i know the stock battery will be an issue and i would of liked to see a trackball or dpad.

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button design coulda been better I might have gone the AMOLED way too but thats just me.




CW

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You'll get used to it. You don't change an Evo for you, you change for the Evo.

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The only thing I would change is the way this thread started out. I mean seriously, the phone is the highest spec phone on the market right now and you are gonna complain about a kickstand thats integrated into the back of the phone? The power button? I haven't held an evo yet but it looks like the power button is in the same general area as it is for the tp2 and if thats the case I don't see the big deal.

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agreed about the lcd. oh well i guess we cant have it all. but damn it sure would have been nice.

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The only thing I think I woulda wanted change button wise would to have a camera button. I think that woulda been cool.




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the kickstand will be an issue. if i buy the phone id buy a 3rd party cover without the stand. its not just me, the reviewer also made some comments.

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Well, the days of having all sorts of buttons all over the phone are gone, everything is about touch these days. Thats one thing I liked about my mogul, I could custom map all the buttons to do whatever I wanted.

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Some reviewers also say that the incredible is a better device than the evo.

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Um, the stand isn't attached to the back of the cover. If you've watched any of the videos, when they take the back cover off, you'll see its got a slot in it. Just like the cover has a hole in it for the camera lens. The stand is built into the inside of the device.

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Think he meant buy a cover that just doesn't have the slot and hides the kickstand maybe??

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and some reviewers were high when they did their "review"

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I wouldn't have wanted AMOLED. I enjoy being able to use my phone in sunlight, and Engadget said that the colors and brightness rivaled the Nexus One anyway, even with its TFT screen.

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True, but "Super AMOLED" might have been perfect.

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LOL, youve gotta be talkin about the youtube review we were all pickin on yesterday or day before.. "uhhh, it has a camera, uhhh, its made by HTC, uhhh, ummm"

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it has cool stuff

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LMAO_again, i forgot about that line :tshirt:

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if i were to nitpick and change some stuff on the evo, it would be as follows:

amoled display for better battery life
16 gb class 6 microsd
a HW keyboard on par with the awesome that is TP2
froyo on release
a better camera. lets face it, htc cameras have never been great, and while the evo's isnt bad i think it could be better. i could give 2 shits how many "megapixels" the camera has or that it does "HD quality". cmon people, these are buzzwords that sell. they dont actually mean good quality. 720p isnt really a high resolution either. id take a quality 3-5 megapixel camera over a random 100 megapixel camera for the sake of big numbers.
dedicated camera button
i dont think theres anything else id realistically add.

maybe a automated cookie and coffee maker that can be triggered by the alarm. Also, a slide-out massager!

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well with the comment of "some reviewers are saying the Incredible is the better phone" my first thought was to say "well some reviewers are drunk" but thought a real example would be more effective at getting the point across :D

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lol......"it has a touch screen".....half way in his review.

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it does!?

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I wish the lens on the back was more flush and didn't stick out as much. If they can make the kick stand flush why not the lens int eh back

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From the several hours of research I have found:

AMOLED has slightly better contrast and intensity but suffers (2) drawbacks at this point in technology regarding mobile phones:

1. Useless in sunlight. TFT LCD's actually use a specific amount of light that reflects in the display; AMOLED's do not and wash out in sunlight.

2. AMOLED's have a lifespan 1/5 of TFT LCD. I will admit that the lifespan is more than a regular person will own the device (2-3 years). However usage and quality of screen can result in potential screen failures for more than LCD.

AMOLED will certainly be the next generation of screen standard but I still hold it in a regard of early development as far as mobile devices are concern.

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great info, i knew about the daylight thing so i had already figured it was useless to me but i didn't know about the lifespan