Ok so tomorrow I will be going to the mall and playing with the sprint phones I have 2 that I want .. the EVO or the EPIC .. or let me know if anything better the main thing I want to do is hotspot .. (root or pay I don't care) .. and pandora/slacker but my main reason for getting a new phone is the hotspot right now i have a crackberry 8300 I like the bigger phones and I dont think a full qwerty is going to sway me to the epic ... im only leaning more for the EVO due to the large amount of apps,support , rooting and such ... at one time I was told the epic was far better bc of the processor but if I was to root both and put them side to side what is my best choice .. Thanks Mike
I have both the Epic and Evo. I got the Epic first because I thought I simply HAD to have a physical keyboard. 10 years of BlackBerry use ingrained the superiority of a real keypad in my brain. Trying to use the on-screen keyboard on my wife's iPhone only served to reinforce the idea that on-screen sucked. Then I tried the Evo and realized I didn't need the physical keyboard at all. The huge screen on the Evo makes the on-screen keyboard not only adequate but actually better than the BlackBerry's physical one. Never thought I'd say that. I really didn't care for the Epic's keyboard. Maybe it was just too different from the BlackBerry's. I considered the BB keyboard (8800, 9000, 9650) the best ever. I send 50-100 emails and text messages combined each day and the Evo handles that workload easily. There's nothing worse than sending that many messages on a keyboard you consider substandard. Unless you want to buy my Epic ($325 shipped ) I highly recommend the Evo.
^ That right there. I have both. They are both great. I like my EVO better though for small little reasons. Manly just little personal preferences. Play with them and decide which you like better.
you said hotspot is the most important thing... I have read in these forums.. that the EVO has a better radio. So it gets better/stronger signals...
I do not have the Epic but I do have the EVO and it is simply the best. I could not ask for a better phone. I don't know if you would ever have the need, but I also like the hdmi connection so you can watch home-recorded hd video on your hdtv
Sprint has a Hot Dual screen phone coming out soon. Are you sure you dont want to wait? If you are sure about EVO vs Epic.... I would say the Epic has a nicer display and it has a keyboard(if you want a keyboard). But the EVO has Kickstand, HDMI output, Android 2.2 and better support from the Manufacturer.
I just got the Evo, came off the Moment. I don't miss my keyboard one bit and I'll never buy another Samsung phone.
Ok guys looks like the EVO is going to win... im going this morning now.. (drinking beer took over last night) thanks for the info
Save the extra 10 bucks a month n get the optimus. My brother has the evo his screen is bigger but I get all the same functions on my optimus (except flash) but most video streaming sites don't work on evo either so its cool.
While the Optimus is a good phone and you can have free hot spot on it...it won't get you away from the $10 fee. The fee is on all smartphones now. If I had known they were going to do that back when I got my Optimus I would have got an EVO.
your advice is soooooo off... with everything... $10 is on all smartphones now and the difference between EVO and Optimus.. is Hugh!
OK I got my evo .... now im reading up on how to root it.... here hoping I dont brick it and thanks everyone ... I like it so far but have not got a chance to play yet
once rooted.. get the "sprint lover" ROM.. it is very close to stock.. but with some added performance and add-ons. that way you can get a feel for stock..
I know a guy who rooted his EVO and it is smokin'! I rooted my Optimus but haven't gotten the nerve to do the EVO yet. Keep us posted please!
Read way more than you think you need to. Once you think you have it all down read a lot more. I think that they should get to know stock before they root. Then they have a better feel for the phone before they dive into modding it.
