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Old 01-17-2011, 05:01 PM
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

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So... to keep track:


EVO Shift 4G:
FM Radio
Better/Faster Processor (can also be overclocked more than Epic)
Newer OS
Better support from both HTC and the Dev community

EPIC 4G:
Better Display and .4" larger
Better video processing


Thanks.
Please keep the info coming.


So far, I'm leaning Evo Shift.
I used to care about there being no FM radio in the Epic or any other phone I've owned, til I found "tune in" on the Android market. It has all local stations for pretty much every market. It will find local stations based on the GPS location also! shows EVERY radio station in my area, including the HD stations!!!
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

what did i miss? it seems this thread ate another thread! how exiting.
anywho, id say hold out for the sprint announcement in feb. it may be worth it.
im going to try the app suggested above me. ive always used flycast and like it but i would like to hear my local hd stations. my app doesnt do that, so thanks!
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

Luckily 2/7 falls right before my 30 days with my EVO. I may have to come up with some extra cash. lol.
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

Wait......

All of a sudden my thread DOESN'T suck ???????
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Old 01-17-2011, 09:48 PM
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

not when its in the right section. posting in triplicate about the same topic would be considered spamming the board.
so what phone did you go with?
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

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Wait......

All of a sudden my thread DOESN'T suck ???????
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not when its in the right section. posting in triplicate about the same topic would be considered spamming the board.
so what phone did you go with?
The section has nothing to do with it. As soon as I posted a real post, this thread came to life. So I should have a lot of thanks coming my way.
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Old 01-19-2011, 05:04 AM
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If the current support for the Epic was available at the time, would you still have returned the Epic?

It's the lack of support from Samsung that is the only thing that has me struggling with this decision.

The "announcement events" on 2/2/11 from Sprint with David Blane and the from Samsung on 2/13/11 also has me hesitant to pull the trigger.
But, I KNOW we REQUIRE a QWERTY keyboard.

All the dual cores I saw at CES were touchscreen only, and has me worried there will be no game changing QWERTY phones in the near future, or at all.
Honestly yeah I think I would have kept the epic if there was a bigger community on root roms and so on. I just couldn't wait I do miss the phone. When I run into epic owners I feel weird just bc I know there phones just a tad bit better hardware/screen wise, but me choosin the evo was still a good choice. As for the shift I might trade the evo in for it just to try somthing new j/k hehe

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Old 01-19-2011, 11:46 AM
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

I was on the fence for weeks between Epic and Evo Shift. I ended up picking up the Epic but then had buyer's remorse. It worked out in my benefit though - because my friend had accidentally given me an open box Epic (he owns a bunch of Sprint stores).

I found out later that night I had the open box one and he was out of stock on new ones so he just told me to play around with the Epic to see how I like it.

Coming from Windows Phone 6.0 to Blackberry, I was used to widgets and nice displays but I needed the things my Blackberry had spoiled me on.

Little things - like the blinking LED to let me know I had a message.

In order for me to get the Epic up to speed, I had to:

root it, upgrade it to froyo 2.2, add in a bunch of free and paid (i didn't pay..sue me - I am a computer tech nerd) apps.

All of this took considerable time. Then I had the issue that the keyboard would not register all of my presses. I thought that might have been my particular unit so I tried a different demo line Epic. Same thing. If I am typing quickly, the keyboard doesn't register some of my key presses.

Then I played with the demo Shift. The processor was faster, I really liked the HTC Sense UI, I was able to do everything out of the box without the major tweaking headaches. The Shift also gave me better 4G signal for whatever reason.

When I updated my Epic to 2.2.1, 4G ceased to exist! I can also use the Evo Shift with more laptops in a hotspot scenario.

Sure the screen isn't as pretty and I no longer have the 5 row keyboard (4 staggered rows is okay by me - the build quality on the HTC keyboard is still better), and I don't have the dedicated camera button or front facing camera anymore - but who cares!

I still kept the 16GB card out of the Epic too.

I have a phone that does its primary job as a phone first! But they are still both good phones...

I hope someone else finds my info useful.
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

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I was on the fence for weeks between Epic and Evo Shift. I ended up picking up the Epic but then had buyer's remorse. It worked out in my benefit though - because my friend had accidentally given me an open box Epic (he owns a bunch of Sprint stores).

I found out later that night I had the open box one and he was out of stock on new ones so he just told me to play around with the Epic to see how I like it.

Coming from Windows Phone 6.0 to Blackberry, I was used to widgets and nice displays but I needed the things my Blackberry had spoiled me on.

Little things - like the blinking LED to let me know I had a message.

In order for me to get the Epic up to speed, I had to:

root it, upgrade it to froyo 2.2, add in a bunch of free and paid (i didn't pay..sue me - I am a computer tech nerd) apps.

All of this took considerable time. Then I had the issue that the keyboard would not register all of my presses. I thought that might have been my particular unit so I tried a different demo line Epic. Same thing. If I am typing quickly, the keyboard doesn't register some of my key presses.

Then I played with the demo Shift. The processor was faster, I really liked the HTC Sense UI, I was able to do everything out of the box without the major tweaking headaches. The Shift also gave me better 4G signal for whatever reason.

When I updated my Epic to 2.2.1, 4G ceased to exist! I can also use the Evo Shift with more laptops in a hotspot scenario.

Sure the screen isn't as pretty and I no longer have the 5 row keyboard (4 staggered rows is okay by me - the build quality on the HTC keyboard is still better), and I don't have the dedicated camera button or front facing camera anymore - but who cares!

I still kept the 16GB card out of the Epic too.

I have a phone that does its primary job as a phone first! But they are still both good phones...

I hope someone else finds my info useful.
Firstly...it takes very little time to root and etc... and secondly....no processor out there is better than the Epic...if your going by Quadrant scores...then that's your mistake....everyday use is the key......no problem you defending your purchase...but please do not put unrealistic findings on here.....lastly i have the ability to go and get whichever phone I want.....I will not trade the Epic for long time until something else MUCH better comes along.....btw 2.1 on Epic rocked also...
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Re: Epic 4G vs. Evo Shift 4G. Which is the phone to get? Why?

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Firstly...it takes very little time to root and etc... and secondly....no processor out there is better than the Epic...if your going by Quadrant scores...then that's your mistake....everyday use is the key......no problem you defending your purchase...but please do not put unrealistic findings on here.....lastly i have the ability to go and get whichever phone I want.....I will not trade the Epic for long time until something else MUCH better comes along.....btw 2.1 on Epic rocked also...
Flyers. We've had much discussion on this. we both know what the best Sprint 4g phone is. I'll leave it at that. You must own stock in Samsung. You carry buckets and buckets of water for them.
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