To Evo Owners: Would you buy evo today/recommend it?

orangeeater · Aug 23, 2010

Hello,

Evo has been out for a few months now and many should have a lot of experience with it. The reviews have all been positive...great in fact. Obviously, its first competition (Epic) comes out in a week.

If you read the forums, there are many complaints, such as crack near the power button, 30 fps limit, concern over video quality, problems with 2.2, etc. I am not sure if this these are minor issues that mainly bother the techie type that posts here.. or most users overall.

Would you purchase the Evo again if you had to do it over? WOuld you recommend it to a friend, or would you tell them to pick a different phone due to the complaints above (wait for Epic.. or wait a few months for another 4G phone)

Thanks

BenChase7 · Aug 23, 2010

Yes. Without a doubt. Yes.

Pertinax · Aug 23, 2010

Yes, I recommend it often.

81_ · Aug 23, 2010

no problems with mine.

i would say, all new android phone users should get a 15 minute class on battery conservation tho

mainiac777 · Aug 23, 2010

I love the EVO. best phone i have had. recommend it to everyone.

grindstoneslave · Aug 23, 2010

Still love mine!!!

Headcase_Fargone · Aug 23, 2010

If carrier was irrelevant I would have a hard time recommending the Evo over the Droid X. Better battery life, faster GPU, etc. I do prefer the aesthetics of the Evo, though.

tsipa · Aug 23, 2010

Headcase_Fargone said:
If carrier was irrelevant I would have a hard time recommending the Evo over the Droid X. Better battery life, faster GPU, etc. I do prefer the aesthetics of the Evo, though.

My friend's Droid X is sooo laggy compared to my rooted EVO, not to mention that my battery also lasts longer.

farrellcollie · Aug 23, 2010

We have both a droid x and an evo. I do not find the droid x lags and it gets a lot better battery life for us, but I love sense and I think it makes the evo easier to deal with initially. We have both due to sprint pissing off my partner. I really like both phones and would happily recommend either of them.

J03 · Aug 23, 2010

Well I am with sprint so what other phone would I get? Literally the only other option for anything close to this phone is the epic. If I really wanted a physical keyboard and added bulk, I would have waited.

pwabbit · Aug 23, 2010

At the current time, the Evo is the phone to beat. Also, it sure helps that it is on sprint. But I am just one of those folks the likes to have features on my phone and also likes to save money.

gnarlyDUCK · Aug 23, 2010

Oh yea, I recommend it highly... especially since im on my 2nd evo.

aburgthing · Aug 23, 2010

My Evo is the single most satisfying electronics purchase I've made in the last 5 five or 10 years. I would have three in the family plan if it wasn't such a shell game to find them. I am discovering new features and possibilities every single day with this "phone". Calling it a "phone" just doesn't seem to do it justice. Can't wait until I am able to get root and explore even more!

While I love the Android platform, I was helping a co-worker explore his new Droid X (nice phone) and not meaning to bash any other Android, I wouldn't trade him phones for all the "tea in China". I think the nice thing about Android as a whole is that the phone truly does become "your phone" with your personality, tastes, etc. Heck I was helping a couple of other co-workers with their Evo's and I wouldn't want theirs either.

avacomputers · Aug 23, 2010

Yes. I would recommend it.

Firemans Wife · Aug 23, 2010

Its such a great phone. Coming from a Hero to the Evo, I couldn't be happier! My husband still has the Hero and I can't even take making a phone call on that slow, LAGGY, (better off as a paper weight) Phone! As for the Epic... I love Sense UI. I loved it every since I first picked up the Hero and is the only reason I held on to it til the Evo arrived. I have a friend that has an IPhone and keep telling him he needs to come to the darkside! He said no way! I will see them all in a week and after he gets a look at my phone I think he might start to reconsider!

MsRandall · Aug 23, 2010

Yep the Evo is my favoritee phone and I have owned alot of them

orangeeater · Aug 23, 2010

thanks to everyone so far! I really wanted the Evo.. then read all the complaint threads on here which made me confused

Good to know that 95% or more of people love it.. i played with it in the store and think it is awesome..

FunDroid · Aug 23, 2010

Its a good phone but it has issues.

knightwolf123 · Aug 23, 2010

If I could buy a second, third, an fourth at a good price I would. One to dedicate itself to my pc, another to root and play with, my current one for the best mobile data ever!!!!!! And a forth to give to my wife

Mikey P · Aug 23, 2010

Love love love this phone. No complaints at all

uniquenameEVO · Aug 23, 2010

orangeeater said:
Obviously, its first competition (Epic) comes out in a week.

Haven't you heard of the incredible or the vibrant/galaxy? I know an incredible owner who wanted to stay on V, and a vibrant owner who wanted to stay on t-mo. Both are excellent choices.

I like my EVO better, it's just not near the only game in town.

con40 · Aug 23, 2010

I recommend this over the incredible or iphone 4 anyday.

hemdroid78 · Aug 23, 2010

Yes, but id warn about the piss poor battery.

GoofyGirl · Aug 23, 2010

I absolutely LOVE my Evo!! I had the Pre and the Hero - the Evo is so much better than both! We now have 3 people using Evo's on our account and everyone is happy!! It's an awesome phone!!

Cobravision · Aug 23, 2010

I just played around with a co-worker's Captivate. I have to say that the screen, while nicer looking than the one on my Evo, is small in comparison. There was really nothing on the Epic that enticed me over the Evo, but I had never seen the screen in action and now that I have... eh. I'll keep my Evo for sure.

What I really missed were the Sense widgets. With the Evo being my first Android phone, I never realized they were from Sense.

And the four capacitive buttons would drive me insane. It's not just that the backlight goes out, but when it does, the buttons stop responding. So you have to touch the button area one, two, or multiple times to wake it up and then hit the button. The Evo buttons are so much more responsive and don't go to sleep if the backlight goes off.

I just showed off my Evo to my brother in law and his sister. They both have Pres right now, but they would consider the Evo when they're contract is up.

But yeah, the only reason I wouldn't recommend the Evo is if the person has very serious issues with the size or needs a keyboard. I don't want to tell them they will get used to it because that's personal preference.

ETA: and yes, some people really hate charging their phone every day. I'm used to it so it doesn't bother me, but that's the one thing my brother in law hates about his Pre.

To Evo Owners: Would you buy evo today/recommend it?

Would you buy the Evo again or wait for EPic or a different 4G phone?

Yes- would choose Evo

No.. would pick different phone

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