Hey guys, I just wanted to share my experience as someone who has owned both the Evo and Epic phones from sprint. I will try and make this brief as I'm sure I am not the first to do this. First of all they are both just great phones with several similarities.
Notes: I am a gamer and thats what I really look for in my phone. I had my Evo for about 30 days before I returned it and waited for the Epic to come out(I did not know about the epic when I bought the evo).
EVO
Pros-
Loved the big screen which was perfect for Flash video viewing and made gaming easier with touch screen
Sense UI was awesome
Pinch zoom out home screens
Better Virtual Keyboard and Clock Widget
More stylish with the squared off design
HDMI, not used much but nice to have
Music player was nothing short of amazing
Cons-
No gorilla glass means screen protector
GPU was unimpressive delivering low fps on Asphalt
Some live wallpapers significantly slowed down phone performance
Kick stand not perfectly placed = wobbly
EPIC
Pros-
Physical Keyboard is a handy option and good for gaming
Great GPU
Runs quickly
more future proof for gaming
Samsung Video store offers a promising future
Cons-
Switching between physical and touchscreen keyboard takes getting used to
No Sense UI
If a PSX rom didn't work on Evo it still wont work on epic
Higher gaming abilities not fully realized by android app stores games
Slow charging times
Lower MP Camera(yea I know it doesn't mean pictures are gonna be worse)
Final Thoughts: For me this is a very close race between the two phones and really it almost completely comes down to the physical keyboard. Although the stronger cpu and gpu are nice to have theoretically, in reality they don't mean much to me at this point since MOST games can run just as well on the epic as on the evo. All in all the Epic's promise really lies in what it will be able to do in the future while the Evo is more of a here and now phone.
Side Notes: I had to live with a crappy pre-paid phone for a week while waiting for the Epic to come out and had to pay the restocking fee for the evo. If I had to go back and do it all over again I would probably just stick with my evo HOWEVER, I am glad that I have an Epic now.
Hope you guys found this somewhat interesting : )
Notes: I am a gamer and thats what I really look for in my phone. I had my Evo for about 30 days before I returned it and waited for the Epic to come out(I did not know about the epic when I bought the evo).
EVO
Pros-
Loved the big screen which was perfect for Flash video viewing and made gaming easier with touch screen
Sense UI was awesome
Pinch zoom out home screens
Better Virtual Keyboard and Clock Widget
More stylish with the squared off design
HDMI, not used much but nice to have
Music player was nothing short of amazing
Cons-
No gorilla glass means screen protector
GPU was unimpressive delivering low fps on Asphalt
Some live wallpapers significantly slowed down phone performance
Kick stand not perfectly placed = wobbly
EPIC
Pros-
Physical Keyboard is a handy option and good for gaming
Great GPU
Runs quickly
more future proof for gaming
Samsung Video store offers a promising future
Cons-
Switching between physical and touchscreen keyboard takes getting used to
No Sense UI
If a PSX rom didn't work on Evo it still wont work on epic
Higher gaming abilities not fully realized by android app stores games
Slow charging times
Lower MP Camera(yea I know it doesn't mean pictures are gonna be worse)
Final Thoughts: For me this is a very close race between the two phones and really it almost completely comes down to the physical keyboard. Although the stronger cpu and gpu are nice to have theoretically, in reality they don't mean much to me at this point since MOST games can run just as well on the epic as on the evo. All in all the Epic's promise really lies in what it will be able to do in the future while the Evo is more of a here and now phone.
Side Notes: I had to live with a crappy pre-paid phone for a week while waiting for the Epic to come out and had to pay the restocking fee for the evo. If I had to go back and do it all over again I would probably just stick with my evo HOWEVER, I am glad that I have an Epic now.
Hope you guys found this somewhat interesting : )