I'll address each part on its own.
part 1: The EVO was also made for what it was meant to be. People bought the Hero unbeknown of the problems or issues the device has or were brought to light later on. The same with the EVO.
I've never owned a Hero, so I don't know the problems that involve the hero, so I can't comment on that. If I did own one and it didn't perform like it was stated, I too would be upset.
part 2: It is being sold as a 4G device with two camera, and a HDMI output among other things, no where did I read anything that it was suppose to have 60 fps. No where. Therefore that first statement does not have any ground.
You are right in that it didn't state specifically that it runs at 60fps, but 60fps is native of Android. All other Android phones don't have this limitation, I think it was safe to assume that the king of Android phones didn't either. Google stated themselves that this is what they shoot for.
Part 3: Don't tell members to get over themselves cause it will be returned as well. If we are talking about the implications of only having the device set at 30 fps as oppose to 60 then fine lets continue to discuss, but creating a thread saying "HTC you can go to hell" is surely not going to sway HTC (if they even read these forums, much less this thread) into resetting it from 30 to 60 fps.
I can tell members to get over themselves if their comments are:
"so wtf is the point? its a phone for soccer moms and apple fanboys."
That comment doesn't contribute to the thread, it just bashes a demographic. How is it fair that its ok for members to bad mouth other products besides Android?
About the title of the thread, I do agree its a bit harsh.
Speaking of which, is there an agenda in all of this. You apparently already set yourself into thinking that no fix is forthcoming and that 30 fps isn't good enough for you, so why bother. Return it and go for something else you feel is better. Complain to the ones that would or could make a difference, HTC. Discussing the issue is one thing and making the members aware of such shortcomings (in your view) is fine, but when it goes overboard, then its does no one any good.
Just as there are raves there are rants. I wanted to discuss my displeasure, but at the same time inform those who don't know about the lag issues and the 30fps. If I'm shopping around for a phone, I would appreciate someone informing me both the good and bad of the phone, not sugar coating everything just because people think Android is the best thing ever.
Smartphones are expensive, I think I have the right to be upset. Nothing burns worse than being locked into a 2yr contract costing $2k to find out the phone that was supposed to do, but didn't.
I'm fine with people thinking the 30fps is not a big issue, but those who refuse to see that the phone has lagging issues are just ignoring video proof. I'm not gonna try to convince people of that because the videos are there.
Simply, phones are only as good as the consumer wants them to be. So what I'll do is vote with my wallet, I don't plan on purchasing another HTC device again, until HTC can get their act together.