I wanted to let you know what Digital Trends think of the Evo compared to iPhone and Samsung Captivate. It is rather clear that Digital Trends seems to think the Evo was barely even worth mentioning in their smartphone comparison between iPhone 4, Samsung Captivate, and the Evo.
Apple iPhone 4 vs. Samsung Captivate vs. Evo 4G - Yahoo! Shopping
That's a very interesting comparison...
They were hypocritical right from the start with the Display comparison. How so? They claim that the Evo loses because they are evaluating a phone, not a media player... but then later they compare the phones based on the media interactions (ie, the video conferencing). Like I said, interesting.... But biased? I dunno...
Portability, they called it a paperweight and dismissed it because it's huge...
The Captivate is 2.5"x0.39" and it won over the iPhone at 2.31"x0.37". The Evo is 2.6"x0.50"... The 0.10x0.11 difference doesn't seem to be a big deal to me when you get 0.
30 more screen. Granted, the Evo is about 33% heavier. I would still say that the Evo is the most portable given the offerings of the phone. And if not judging on offering/size, then the only way to judge is that smallest=winner. Neither of those criteria were used, so I'm sitting here thinking WTF? Interesting... Biased? Maybe...
Video Conferencing, the iPhone wins because... umm... you don't have to log in. They completely dismissed the main difference between the two, which is that the iPhone
cannot Video Conference unless it is connected to wifi. The Evo isn't restricted to wifi. Biased? I'd say so.
Battery Life, they disqualify the Evo right out of the gate based on the use of an attribute that neither of the other phones possess (4G). This is especially strange because their criteria is based around talk time and standby... That's a very interesting argument to make... it's like saying that if the Evo left the video camera running during the standby test, it would lose. Biased? Hell Yeah
Then they avoid at all costs the internet speeds. After they brought it up as a disqualifying attribute in another comparison. They toss it in, giving it a passing mention when comparing the processor speeds. I'm speechless.
They dismiss the Evo on the storage before going into the expandable memory with the other phones. The iPhone should be in DEAD LAST for this category. Biased? &*$% YEAH
Again... interesting article