Would any of you trade your phone for the HTC Incredible HD (Evo 4g) right now?

I was pretty happy with my Imagio from a hardware standpoint. I can't blame the device for only running the worst freakin' mobile OS you can get. I would only consider the move to such a device if it meant faster processing, faster data, voice/data simultaneously (LTE, right?), and comparable or better in all other categories. I dig the idea of forward front facing camera though. A video chat, particularly with my 18 month old, would be cool.

What do you mean by Moto being all locked down? I'm running ApeX and couldn't be happier. What more access to you guys want? Educate the newb!

As far as "all things root", I'm able to everything on my X that I could on my Eris. However that just makes me happy I have my X. All the rom'ing and theming my heart desires, but with the hardware to make it really enjoyable.

Possibly, IDK really, I LOVE my DX though...

Would have to sell the hell out of it for me to change.

Willyg44 said:

Nah. LTE isn't widely available, so I don't see why I would need a LTE capable phone right now. It doesn't make sense. By the time LTE IS widely available, the phone technology will be even more improved.

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According to Verizon's website, LTE will be available in my area (suburb of Boston) by the end of 2010. I was researching the IncHD and it's not LTE ready so I decided to buy an Inc which will hold me over until a quality LTE phone is available. LTE is closer than most think, and Verizon's new tiered data plans is a good indication that it's coming soon.

LTE = Hype.
Even if you can get 14Mb down; now what?
I currently get 2Mb on my DX and that's plenty fast.

Ooh, I wouldn't trade my DX for an Inc HD.
Worse battery life.
Less memory.
Harder to root.

Harder to ROOT?????

Nope.

Had an Inc, got the X. Have not looked back.

tech_head said:

Harder to root.

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A open Rootable OTB phone is hard to root?

jreed2560 said:

Harder to ROOT?????

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lolz

HalfFrozen said:

A open Rootable OTB phone is hard to root?



lolz

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your sig reads froyo 2.3

im confused

and i just got my droid x and i can tell you i would not want an evo. random battery drains, and the crappy andreno 200 GPU.

though i do have to exchange my X for another tomorrow. The accelerometer pulls hard to the left rendering any game unplayable or app unuseable. That, and i got a horrendus camera. very bad scratch/cut lines, and on a dark shot the middle of the screen has a haze to it.

Now im not expecting DSLR quality but i would like it to be on par with the wifes vibrant or my G2.

`Ghost` said:

your sig reads froyo 2.3

im confused

and i just got my droid x and i can tell you i would not want an evo. random battery drains, and the crappy andreno 200 GPU.

though i do have to exchange my X for another tomorrow. The accelerometer pulls hard to the left rendering any game unplayable or app unuseable. That, and i got a horrendus camera. very bad scratch/cut lines, and on a dark shot the middle of the screen has a haze to it.

Now im not expecting DSLR quality but i would like it to be on par with the wifes vibrant or my G2.

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Do you realize what my quote and response was a response too?

HTC is open source, last I heard... That isn't hard at all to root from what I read.

If the bootloader was unlocked on the Incredible HD
and someone wanted to trade for my X straight up, I would do it

How can we know if we'd switch for a phone we haven't been able to fully realize yet? If it comes out and it's better, well then perhaps. If it comes out and it's equal to or less than, then not perhaps.

Which means the real question is.... can/will the Inc HD be a better phone than the DX? We already know they're slapping a 1230 mAh battery in the big guy, that's bad news right off the bat. Big phone + little battery = FrUsTrAtIoN!!!!

Outlaw71 said:

Big phone + little battery = FrUsTrAtIoN!!!!

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= plug it in at home = splurge 5 bucks on e-bay and get another micro usb cable and plug it in at work / car

The "just plug it in" argument is utterly ridiculous. Not all of us are near outlets all day long, and I'm certainly not going to carry a usb cable and wall plug around with me everywhere. People complain about phone size- so add a charging plug onto that.

But fine, if you want to be tethered to a wall at every available opportunity, I guess that's okay...

binary visions said:

The "just plug it in" argument is utterly ridiculous. Not all of us are near outlets all day long, and I'm certainly not going to carry a usb cable and wall plug around with me everywhere. People complain about phone size- so add a charging plug onto that.

But fine, if you want to be tethered to a wall at every available opportunity, I guess that's okay...

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but fine, if you dont want to have it plugged in any chance you get and then have a dead battery, I guess thats okay...

If you have to keep your phone plugged in all day, its not a wireless. phone. If its not a wireless phone, why are we paying verizon for service. I understand the concept that my phones battery will die if I don't plug it in, but I'm not going to keep it tethered to an outlet all day either. Your argument is a farce.

This is so far the otherside of the battery life issue. I don't get the people who are upset that they have to charge a smart phone every night. Look at all the phone does (how long does a laptop make it without being charged), mine is a mini laptop to me. I want a phone that I can make it though a day without having to worry about the battery dying, 16 hours is all I am asking. The X has been great, with normal use for me I am usually around 40%, if I play games for awhile it is 30% to 20%.

I have not liked HTC phones so I would not switch for something that is not better than what I have. Right now I am so happy with my X I am not even looking. End of next year I am sure there will be something that will kick the X's ass and then I will be looking to get that, until then I am more than happy.

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= plug it in at home = splurge 5 bucks on e-bay and get another micro usb cable and plug it in at work / car

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So buying a bigger battery isnt an option? What Outlaw is saying is that battery is way too small. Its probably the smallest battery in any current phone. Whoever gets that phone will have to buy an extended battery ASAP.

It shoulda came with a bigger battery.

if they improved battery life and signal problems I'd jump all over it.

jroc said:

So buying a bigger battery isnt an option? What Outlaw is saying is that battery is way too small. Its probably the smallest battery in any current phone. Whoever gets that phone will have to buy an extended battery ASAP.

It shoulda came with a bigger battery.

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This really is all I was saying. Other than the battery the new HTC could be an excellent device, may even beat out the X for all I know, we haven't seen a head to head so it's hard to tell. But this battery issue is getting ridiculous, and it should be getting better, not worse. That's the same size battery they put in the original Dinc and everyone complained about it. How well is it going to perform in a phone with 14% more real estate, and more powerful guts? It's a dumb decision, and they deserve a tongue lashing over it because buyers will have practically no choice but buy the extended battery along with the phone. I don't agree with that.

And this is not a slam HTC, praise Moto statement because I was also quite verbal in my assesment that Motorola should have shipped the X with the 1840 mAh battery that they sold as the extended battery. It didn't add any real thickness, they could have shaved a hair off of the battery door and made if fit flush easily, and it does a vastly better job at keeping the X unplugged than the stock battery.

So, as unhappy as I was with Moto's 1560 stock battery, I'm fairly certain that I'm predispositioned to be miserable with the Dinc HD's joke of a stock battery. The other question is, if they designed the phone around a battery that small, how much thickness would an 1800ish battery add to the form of the phone? If it looks ANYTHING like what the DX looks like with Seidio's 2800 battery installed, I think I'd much rather stick with the X.

I'm actually rather disappointed, because it looks like a promising device. I just want to see HTC give their customers a product that's ready to go out of the box. But then again I want that from all the OEM's.

Outlaw71 said:

We already know they're slapping a 1230 mAh battery in the big guy, that's bad news right off the bat. Big phone + little battery = FrUsTrAtIoN!!!!

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`Ghost` said:

= plug it in at home = splurge 5 bucks on e-bay and get another micro usb cable and plug it in at work / car

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= FrUsTrAtIoN!!!!

I had to carry a USB cable and car charger around for my iPhone 3Gs, and it was a huge pain in the ass. But with the same type of useage, my Droid X easily lasts through the day. I have a cell phone, I don't WANT to have to plug it in during the day because I used it, that takes the main advantage of it away, mobility. I have no problem with charging it every night, that doesn't matter, I'm asleep. But if the battery life of the IncHD is as poor as the other HTC phones, then I won't even consider it.

Yeah let me just be clear about that point... I personally haven't seen anyone complain about having to plug it in overnight. The people who do must be on crystal meth doing 3 day rages and need a phone that keeps up with their life style. Good luck with that.

Plugging your phone in at night is something we had to get used to once the screens on our phones grew bigger than three quarters of an inch. If you can't handle that, I don't know what to tell you except...

Hook up to this.......

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When HTC, Motorola, Samsung, etc... get it together and give us a phone that we can unplug in the morning and last through the day until it's time for bed with reasonable usage, I'll quit dogging them. I know lots of people claim their X's last them that long and more, but not mine. And I don't feel like I push it that much really.

Point its, todays phones allow you to do a lot more than yesterdays phones. If they just test these devices against 'talk time' then they aren't doing them justice, because not many people buy these simply to talk on anymore. If that's all I did with my phone I probably wouldn't have needed the extended battery. But why would you pack these things with the things they're capable of and power it with something designed to hold up to 'talk time'?

That sounds lazy to me.

Maybe die hard or duralast should sponsor the phone batterys.

But no i understand the frustrations with the batterys. I understand not everyone wants to jack in every moment they arent moving.

Coming from a Nexus One for 5 months, and now a DX... I prefer the DX hardware much more.

tech_head said:

LTE = Hype.
Even if you can get 14Mb down; now what?
I currently get 2Mb on my DX and that's plenty fast.

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^Comment = You are crazy.

That is like saying you are fine with having DSL at home.