Evo - Not a World Phone?

[Oridus]

Did a search, couldn't find any info.

I'm supposing that this will NOT be a world phone?

 

[cary328is]

Unfortunately it is not since it's Sprint's CDMA not GSM. Most the rest of the world uses SIM card GSM devices. However you could still bring it to use as a portable media device, video recorder, FM radio, and portable Wifi tablet. How often do you travel out of the country?

 

[Oridus]

Unfortunately it is not since it's Sprint's CDMA not GSM. Most the rest of the world uses SIM card GSM devices. However you could still bring it to use as a portable media device, video recorder, FM radio, and portable Wifi tablet. How often do you travel out of the country?

Just wondering. My Sprint TP2 is a World phone w/ a sim card and can connect to GSM networks abroad.... didn't know if this was going to be as well seeing as how big of a device it'd be for sprint.

 

[Eguy]

Nope. I was quite upset by this but I guess I'll deal with it. Definitely no SIM slot on the EVO.

 

[Oridus]

Nope. I was quite upset by this but I guess I'll deal with it. Definitely no SIM slot on the EVO.

oh well, ill keep my tp2 for that and get a prepaid sim while overseas.

 

[cary328is]

oh well, ill keep my tp2 for that and get a prepaid sim while overseas.

yup I have a spare GSM phone for when I go on vacation. Plus the piece of mind that I won't lose the EVO in some other country

 

[Eguy]

yup I have a spare GSM phone for when I go on vacation. Plus the piece of mind that I won't lose the EVO in some other country

It's hard to lose it. It is the size of a small car!

 

[Oridus]

It's hard to lose it. It is the size of a small car!

I appreciate the humor in this post. ^_^

 

[wankingweiner]

Yeah its pretty disappointing that its not a world phone. When do you guys think we'll see the GSM brother of the EVO?

 

[Oridus]

Yeah its pretty disappointing that its not a world phone. When do you guys think we'll see the GSM brother of the EVO?

I don't know, but it'd be a smart move for Google to work with HTC on that one. Still money to be made with that. And I say HTC because I think HTC is the best at implementing their hardware with the World Phone capabilities.

 

[dandm4life]

Yeah its pretty disappointing that its not a world phone. When do you guys think we'll see the GSM brother of the EVO?

I honestly was not disappointed at all. All those radios = a more expensive evo. As far as a gsm version, if it is the processor and screen size you are looking for, you can always dual boot an HD2

 

[wankingweiner]

I would seriously pay a premium for a phone like the EVO. Anyway if HTC are working on a GSM one, im sure it wont have 4G (so one less radio). How far has android development on the hd2 come along?

 

[Outrigger]

Just wondering. My Sprint TP2 is a World phone w/ a sim card and can connect to GSM networks abroad.... didn't know if this was going to be as well seeing as how big of a device it'd be for sprint.

It really has nothing to do with how big a device this is for Sprint. Their world phones tend to be more business oriented, not multimedia centric. The TP2 is a winblow phones aimed at business users, just like their BB Tour which is also a world phone.

You won't see a GSM version of the Evo either since this phone is made exclusively for Sprint due to the 4G. IF a variant will be made for GSM it will be called something else entirely and won't even look the same.

 

[Oridus]

It really has nothing to do with how big a device this is for Sprint. Their world phones tend to be more business oriented, not multimedia centric. The TP2 is a winblow phones aimed at business users, just like their BB Tour which is also a world phone.

You won't see a GSM version of the Evo either since this phone is made exclusively for Sprint due to the 4G. IF a variant will be made for GSM it will be called something else entirely and won't even look the same.

Yeah - I was just wondering. I'll keep my TP2 at my side though.... and use that when I go over seas.

 

[photon00]

they want this phone to sell to the masses, a world phone would hike up the price like no other... then nobody would buy it

Sorry, I don't understand this. Surely a world phone would be cheaper than the 4G. Fewer and less high tech radio signals to deal with and a way bigger market. They would produce much more 3G phones than 4G so the production cost would be cheaper.

 

[wankingweiner]

Sorry, I don't understand this. Surely a world phone would be cheaper than the 4G. Fewer and less high tech radio signals to deal with and a way bigger market. They would produce much more 3G phones than 4G so the production cost would be cheaper.

yeah i agree.

Now the waiting game begins :/

 

[twospirits]

I too was hoping for the EVO to be a world phone, but it won't stop me from getting it still. I'll just have to use a rental (which by the looks of it, the phones are crappy) for my europe trip next month.

as for the cost of the EVo if it did have 3G/4G/Wimax and sim card for GSM service, i agree it would be high, but I will probably get it anyway. Just won't have any money left over for two months. lol

TS out (filing for bankruptcy)