RoboMonkey

I think we've gotten all the new cool phones on Sprint we're going to get this year.

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wodin

Please please Sprint, pick up the Galaxy Nexus!

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Orion

I totally agree. I don't think Sprint is getting any more super phones for the rest of the year. They're cooking something up for 2012. While I would love to get the new Nexus its probably going to be too little too late by the time Sprint gets it. I'm looking forward to the Galaxy S lll or the new EVO. Both with LTE. My upgrade is next year. This is going to be interesting.

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Sprint Announces the HTC EVO Design 4G

Sprint just announced the new HTC EVO Desing 4G. This a new model after the original HTC EVO 4G. The new Design will feature WiMax 4G speeds, a 4″ qHD device with Android 2.3, HTC Sense, a 1.2GHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera, HD video, a front-facing camera. The box includes a 8GB microSD card.
The new HTC EVO Design 4G will come this October 23rd for $100.00

RoboMonkey

1 word...Yuck
HTC EVO Design 4G Unboxing - YouTube

wodin

No kickstand!

And a 4.0" screen.

They're gonna have to do better than that if they want my money.

Expl0sive

I read the press release of the HTC EVO Design 4G and it is not meant to be a successor to the HTC EVO series. It's more of a budget phone. It's $100, has less RAM than the 3D but more than the original 4G, slightly smaller screen, and less powerful camera than the original 4G and the 3D.

ilgoldstein

I'm not interested in updating to a successor until LTE rolls out. WiMax is a dead-end technology that may not even be available in a couple of years. I hardly ever have 4g available, and I'm in Southern California. I still love my EVO, but I'm in no hurry for a successor. I only wish it had more system memory.

Orion

Same here. I'm waiting for LTE.

smitty543

I am a "non-power user" and I do not have access to Sprint WiMax (except in Sprint stores). Luv the EVO, except for the limited internal memory. I, hopefully, will await the next generation of phones with LTE and hopefully more internal memory plus a faster chip.

zombdroid

As a former owner of a EVO 4G, and previous owner of the EVO 3D, the Motorola Photon is a kickass phone. Of course it does not have Sense, but never the less, it is a very stable, very fast phone. I love the Photon as much if not more than I did my EVO 4G and I really don't miss Sense at all.

The battery life on the Photon is superior to any Android phone I have ever used.

The radio signal is way more powerful than any previous phone I ever had on Sprint's network. Places where I used to roam, I no longer do.

The external speaker is even better than the EVO 4G, one place where the 3D fails completely.

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RoboMonkey

How is the screen vs the E4GT?

Evo 5oh

Ill wait til the actually upgrade the EVO maybe next year =/...

Thats like EVOs little sister

photostu

Hate to say it, but the iPhone5 with LTE will probably be my next phone. Assuming this unicorn appears next summer.

jam-bro

Yeap, there is a replacement... iPhone 4s

RoboMonkey

how is the ip4s better than the EVO?

Granite1

Dual core, loads of ram and internal memory.

Thats about it, everything else is poop.

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jam-bro

Really...
1-ANNOYING REBOOTS...
2-Extremely fast graphics on the 4s... Games and videos are amazing.
3-Apps run faster..
4-From shutdown, the iPhone4s boots up in 30 secs... Evo more like 2 mins...
5-How about battery life? EVO has none. iPhone 4s lasts all day..
6-Camera and camcorder on the EVO are a pile of dawg poop... If you don't have perfect daylight, the pics are horrible... The iPhone 4 with 5mp took better pics than my EVO. Now with 8mp and a new cam on the iPhone 4s.. Fogetaboutit!!!
7-Screen... Give the EVO the size advantage here but that is it. I am already used to the iPhone 4s screen... Retina display has better resolution and it's especially better outdoors in bright sunshine. I could barely see my display outdoors...
8-Annoying re-boots.
9- Lousy memory... I had maybe 25-30 apps and it was always giving me the low memory warning...
10- iOS apps have a more refined finished edge to them.(not an EVO thing, more Android)
11-Only thing iOS does not have is a decent navi app... Or at least I have not found one... The Navigation app on the EVO was amazing.
12- Did I say annoying reboots?

I enjoyed my EVO, but it ain't no iPhone....... Fire away!!!!!!!

vailpass

Fanboi forum?

mikem0269

Ive never had reboot issues as a matter of fact ive never had any issues other than the update that broke some apps. Ive been rooted and not rooted with realy no problems. Not saying they dont exist I have a newer evo with hardware ver 4. Not sure if that is why I know most have 2 or 3.
2 of my daughters have switched from the Iphones 1 to the evo and the other to the photon and both said they will never go back.

RoboMonkey

I had the GE4GT for about a week, but it's just a little too big.
Other than that it was a great phone, super fast boot up time and the screen was just sweet!

So if they made a 4/4.3 Galaxy phone on Sprint I'd get it (not the nexus) I like touchwiz.

NaterTots

I'm a firm believer in "To each their own"
but keep in mind the Evo 4g was released 18 months ago. That is years in the world of technology.
My biggest beef with the iphone is,
1) you can't remove the battery
2) you have to pay for more internal space when with an Android I go and buy an sd card for alot less.
3) The iphone is about 1/4" smaller than the Evo in both length and width yet the screen is about 3/4" smaller? 4.3" to 3.5" Poor use of real estate in my opinion.
4) I hate itunes. When I last used it I couldn't connect to an external drive on my P.C. My P.C. is 8 years old with a 40gb harddrive. I use a 1TB external for files.

And it should be faster. It's new compared to an 18 month old design.

Just my thoughts. I do wonder why someone would buy an iphone and then hang out at an Android forum though.

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zombdroid

How about a comparison of an Android phone that was released at the same time as the iPhone 4s. You tell me what one you want?

WifiMaxed

I don't know if there is a true successor to the evo 4g coming anytime soon. If there is I hope it's built by htc and called evo 2. I hope it is spec'd out exactly like the samsung galaxy note and maybe come with a quad core processor. in my humble opinion that would make it true successor to the original EVO.

Gary Friderichsohn

I'm in Eastern Wa and 4G has been getting slower. It was pretty good here to staryt with, but not now.To be honest the only time I really use $G is on updates.

CriticalCritic

Must have a kickstand or it's not a successor.

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revs1227

lmao this guy comparing a 2 yr old evo with the 1 week old iphone4s lmaooooooooooo
gs2 ,htc amaze ,sensation are all better than ip4s try those buddy

wodin

Samsung Epic 4G Touch, but still no kickstand, and still not compelling enough for me to drop two hundred bucks and two more contract years on.

Orion

I'll admit, the epic touch 4G was very tempting to get. I love that phone. But I just didn't want pay full price for it. I think its a safe bet for all of us OG EVO owners just to wait till LTE.

ocnbrze

it is a nice phone spec wise, but i did not like the plastic feel to it. it did not feel like the evo feels in my hand. the build quality did not impress me much.

would like to see the galaxy nexus come to sprint, however.

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wodin

X1

Orion

Sprint won't get the Galaxy Nexus until 2012 probably. If that's the case, they better come up with some suped up version of it. Or it will be too little too late.

RoboMonkey

Why can't I play my psp games on my phone?

9to5cynic

I checked out the GS2 and I really liked it. Granted, that was a 3 minute play around at the sprint store, but the camera was pretty damn fine. Did the video and playback was perfect. I'd like to see that video on a proper tv though, not the phone's screen.

And I don't really like how 'evo' has become sprint/htc's brand, instead of a phone. There were (I believe) two 'evo' tablets...

Evo, Evo Shift, Evo3D, Evo 4G Design, then some tablets... though I can't recall their name and haven't the internet speeds to go gallivanting around for that minor information... (just assume it was something like "evo plate", or "evo swipe")

novox77

And because the Evo name has become a brand, don't expect any phone to ever feel like a true successor. So far, the phone most improved from the OG Evo is the Evo 3D. This is the true successor in my mind.

The successor to the Evo 3D IMO will be running on a quad core processor, possibly higher resolution screen than qHD, base Android version will be 4.x. Kickstand would be nice.

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ocnbrze

yeah i agree novoxx. not sure why peeps do not think that the 3vo is not the successor to the og evo. i just switched and this thing is definitely a notch above the og evo. this thing is so fast and smooth. now all we need is more devs to support the 3vo. curious to see what other evo's come out in the future.

smitty543

We NEED OCNBRZE to continue at the original EVO site as well as those EVO product sites that come along. He is a valued and much appreciated RESOURCE!!

9to5cynic

Novox nailed it. And I think my initial enthusiasm for the Evo 4G when announced is what fuels my distaste for the branding. I remember the shift was made out to be a weaker Evo, but with a keyboard (makes sense, some people like that (even though sprint had the Epic...)). Then the 3D, Evo with 3d, but better specs. Makes sense. But all these other things... they don't sit well with me.

+, I'm really diggin' all your Evil Dead stuff ocn.

ocnbrze

i think for me the only complaint i have with the 3vo is the screen. it is a little skinny for me. they should have kept the same dimensions as the og evo. i would suggest that you guys at least play with it along side the the og evo and see for yourself how much the 3vo is a step up from the evo.

9to5cynic

Yeah they look nice. Do you use the 3d? I don't think I would, but it seems cool enough.

Besides the shift, the 3D is the only other "Evo" that I recognize (and the Evo 4G of course). I'm not sure Evo 2 will happen (with the naming convention going on ... and the fact that 3D sounds > than Evo 2... )

Annnnyway.... I can't wait for the phones around when my contract finally runs out. But then, we really don't know how long sprint will exist do we... seems they are taking a big risk with the iphone...

Sprint's iPhone deal - a huge loss leader?

Granted, that is just a link to this site, and it's not a "professional", or "scholarly" source, so trust it if you want. I do, so that should be enough right? ... eh.

ocnbrze

yeah u know as much as i have been playing with it, i have only taken a few 3d pictures. i also watched that stupid green hornet movie. that is one movie that should not have been made into 3d. not even sure why htc and sprint allowed that movie to be on the phone. for me 3d is only a conversation piece and not much else. i'm just enjoying the speed and smoothness of the phone.

but do not get me wrong i really miss my evo.

Granite1

I have a BestBuy about 1.5 miles from my house and I go there all the time to "play" with phones. They have a display 3vo that I've become familiar with, and to tell you the truth, I really don't feel right holding it. It's bad ass don't get me wrong, fast as hell and the 3D pictures are really cool. The screen is wrong to me now. It's too skinny after owning the OG. I wanted to upgrade my wifes Hero to the 3vo and swap out phones to get it, but I'm not so sure now. If the Hero lasts for another 8 - 10 months I'm on the quad core train, if not, I don't know where I'll end up.

3vo or MoPho?

mikem0269

one of my daughters had to have the MoPho, Its an awsome phone but has a battery problem. When the phone has good signal it last all day with no problem when it dont including poor phone signal it only last like 3 1/2 hrs. Its not rooted tho and i know motorolla keeps sending updates then pulling them because there is some problem. Over all tho the phone is real fast and has a ton of mem and storage. Most important it has a kickstand.

BUt I would get the evo 3d .

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ocnbrze

that is my only gripe with the phone is the screen. but honestly when your playing with it, you do forget about the screen. especially if you can overclock the phone to 1700, it is like i have trouble holding on as it just flies. i found a rom with stock kernel that is giving me great battery life. to me this really feels like it is the successor to the og evo. i still have my evo, but i have a hard time putting this phone down. but i do understand where you are coming from granite.

9to5cynic

Damn 1700 eh? Pretty slick. And here I'm having my Evo almost half that... I'm sure that when my sprint contract is up the phones will just be insane. I can't believe that someday the Evo will feel "archaic".

ocnbrze

i still play with my evo, but more and more the phone is loosing the allure it once had for me. i have found a sense 3.0 rom for the 3vo that gives me the best battery life. it is almost similar to aosp roms for the evo.

9to5cynic

Nice. AOSP battery life has been king for me, and based on my signal issues (location related), I've been sticking with AOSP.

Phones are getting really powerful... For now, we control them; soon, they'll control us.

Lord Vader

Then just tighten it.

WifiMaxed

One word "Zeta". Hopefully HTC will include a kick stand this time and a larger screen. I guess better FF cam needs to be 2mp. I know there has been some great releases of dual core phones lately but still not compelling enough to drop EVO4G and start up a new 2yr contract.

antonio8

Anyone know if the HTC Edge will be coming to Sprint?

That is what I am waiting for to see how it looks and feels.