Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

[LatinP]

The 2.1 ROM I'm pretty sure is finalized the 2.5 ROM is probably what they're working on that will probably be released as an update after the phone is released as the Hero/Moment was done being released with 1.5 and later upgraded to 2.1 via an update.

 

[SoFLO]

i still cant believe that marshall trade.

but anyways, lets start speculating! haha. what do you think we will find out tomorrow? im gona say sprint will tell us release date, price, final specs. i think thats pretty much it

That's what I'm hoping for as well....and also that they clear up their stance on the cost of 4G aka NO EXTRA FEE (hopefully that's not one of the changes they hinted about!). Whether mobile hotspot is free or not isn't a big issue for me.

 

[kritzell]

Sorry for posting that three times guys lol the forum was acting up

 

[dylan88]

yea the interwebs have been loopy this week

 

[stevbl01]

i still cant believe that marshall trade.

but anyways, lets start speculating! haha. what do you think we will find out tomorrow? im gona say sprint will tell us release date, price, final specs. i think thats pretty much it

Any more speculations?

 

[senormatt]

no screen type, and jackson says the RAM/ROM wasnt finalized

It's a WVGA LCD and 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM. Very little chance it will be anything different.

 

[neodorian]

I find it interesting that there are quite a few people who have a Pre (small phone) who are excited about the EVO (very large phone). I'm looking at the N1 or EVO but I'm concerned about how big the EVO is (particularly width).

I teach at a college and yesterday a student was using a HD2. I held it up to my students, and literally all of them begin to laugh and make fun of the size. I asked if they thought it was too big and they all said yes. I don't believe many will buy the EVO, just the technical gadget crowd that is a minority. The idea of 4G sure is a strong reason to buy over the N1.

Yeah, but I hate the tiny screen on the Pre. I've held an HD2 and it's barely bigger than an iphone. Kinda like an iphone in a case. I'm fine with it as it is but probably wouldn't go any larger for a phone.

 

[tduke53]

I find it interesting that there are quite a few people who have a Pre (small phone) who are excited about the EVO (very large phone). I'm looking at the N1 or EVO but I'm concerned about how big the EVO is (particularly width).

I teach at a college and yesterday a student was using a HD2. I held it up to my students, and literally all of them begin to laugh and make fun of the size. I asked if they thought it was too big and they all said yes. I don't believe many will buy the EVO, just the technical gadget crowd that is a minority. The idea of 4G sure is a strong reason to buy over the N1.

The N1 isn't much smaller than Evo. Use this link to overlay the N1 on the Evo and you'll see that there is not too much of a difference.
HTC EVO 4G Size Compare (Phone Arena)

 

[Deleted User]

Sprint already released the final specs:

Sprint Nextel Corporation - Investor Relations - RSS Content

So you think the EVO will have less memory than the 8 GB of memory that the incredible has?


Welcome To Verizon Wireless

 

[SprintFun]

There's conflicting information if that 8GB "internal memory" is flash memory (where you could store apps) or just a pre-installed MicroSD card...I doubt we'll know until release.

 

[stevbl01]

Has the screen been announced yet??? Just wondering because i was just reading a blog and it said that the screen was TFT LCD.

 

[billsmed]

Sprint is supposed to announce the official specs for the released version when they start their media blitz. That means we could find out something soon.

 

[SprintFun]

Has the screen been announced yet??? Just wondering because i was just reading a blog and it said that the screen was TFT LCD.

All indications point toward TFT LCD.

 

[awayne]

So after all this talk about what the big announcement will be this friday I know what that is..... Sprint.com will be 100% up and running again! That will be the big announcement LOL

It will have nothing to do with anything we are all waiting for like.... the EVO

 

[mi_canuck]

Looked at an HD2 again today.... my opinion - it just doesn't look as good as the Nexus' AMOLED.... but that could partly be due to how shitty winmo 6.5 looks despite Sense... definitely not as crisp a UI as Sense on Android

 

[stevbl01]

All indications point toward TFT LCD.

Cool!!! Here's the link where I saw that Reasons to choose the Sprint HTC EVO 4G smartphone - by Rena Sandou - Helium

 

[mi_canuck]

The N1 isn't much smaller than Evo. Use this link to overlay the N1 on the Evo and you'll see that there is not too much of a difference.
HTC EVO 4G Size Compare (Phone Arena)

I've held an HD2 alongside my Nexus.... definitely a BIG difference in size... seeing in person is the only way to get a feel

don't kid yourself... HD2/EVO are gigantic compared with a Nexus

 

[Deleted User]

There's conflicting information if that 8GB "internal memory" is flash memory (where you could store apps) or just a pre-installed MicroSD card...I doubt we'll know until release.

Yota ? HTC MAX 4G

Look at the way the memory is listed on this phone by htc. It is pretty clear IMO that it is "built in memory."

No?

 

[dylan88]

15 more minutes. its been a long 2 weeks or so..

 

[Deleted User]

I think that Jackson mentioned that the EVO would have 8 or 10 GB. Anyone remember?

 

[travisr528]

There's conflicting information if that 8GB "internal memory" is flash memory (where you could store apps) or just a pre-installed MicroSD card...I doubt we'll know until release.

I thought I saw somewhere that it would come with a 8GB memory card. I could be wrong but I am to lazy too hunt the website down.

 

[senormatt]

So you think the EVO will have less memory than the 8 GB of memory that the incredible has?


Welcome To Verizon Wireless

Incredible has 512 MB ROM and 576 MB RAM

EVO has 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM


Then Incredible and EVO both have 8GB of storage which is expandable of course. The EVO ships with an 8GB microSD card and it's unclear whether the Incredible's is built-in or also a 8GB card. Doesn't really matter though.

 

[LatinP]

8GB of built in storage space not RAM OR ROM is highly unlikely and unseen for the most part except on the iphone but that's Steve Jobs for you. I'm 99.9% sure it will ship with an 8or16GB Micro SDHC card, the card reader inside the phone will read cards up to 32GB so it's expandable up to that by simply replacing the Micro SDHC card.

 

[Deleted User]

8GB of built in storage space not RAM OR ROM is highly unlikely and unseen for the most part except on the iphone but that's Steve Jobs for you. I'm 99.9% sure it will ship with an 8or16GB Micro SDHC card, the card reader inside the phone will read cards up to 32GB so it's expandable up to that by simply replacing the Micro SDHC card.

Got it. Tech stooge here.

 

[reallynotnick]

hm, I wonder what kind of mini HDMI is that on the EVO (evo is the one at the buttom)

THIS is the mini HDMI that I have on my VADO HD but the one on the EVO looks narrower and fatter

I only found those kind of mini HDMI at monoprice. nothing that looks like the one on the EVO

I figured it out! It's a new Type D connector, aka Micro HDMI.

"Type D
A Micro connector defined in the HDMI 1.4 specification,[50][53] it keeps the standard 19 pins of Types A and C but shrinks the connector size to something resembling a micro-USB connector.[54] The Type D connector is 2.8 mm