[Official] Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Pre-release thread - Sprint official launch is Saturday, June 2

[Tommydaniel]

Got another person, Mark, to verify it is indeed SLCD2

 

[NYCHitman1]

I wish people would actually read the announcement details. *sigh*

In any event, I don't give a damn what the phone looks like. It's got some serious junk in the trunk.

 

[EarlyMon]

Ok muchachos and muchachas - what are we going to call it??

The HTC EVO 4G is the Evo.
The HTC EVO Shift 4G is the Shift.
The HTC EVO 3D is the 3vo.

So, the HTC EVO 4G LTE will be called by us... ... ???

Evo LTE - who wants to type that out? Not me.

Evo One? Evo One X? Evo X?

Godzilla 2012?

 

[EarlyMon]

Just visited the Sprint site and got an interesting pop-up - additional $150 off any phone upgrade for the next 57 days.

Anyone else seeing this?

 

[catpowrd]

Well that EVO 4G LTE sounds like a nice phone except for the Imbedded 2000mAh battery, I would prefer to be able to swap or replace when it dies. Any idea what month we might see it?

 

[drexappeal]

Our mileage varied, as you know, I stuck with the 3D and have gotten stellar battery performance (root and killing bloatware absolutely required) - many Rezound owners saying the same thing as well.

The key things in my mind will be the screen and radios.

Let's just admit it - as soon as any of us get this beast, we're going to go all schizophrenic per usual: pushing every boundary going WOW at the performance, then trying (and not always not failing) to lay off that to see how the battery will do under normal use. So, it'll take days, maybe a few weeks, for the new to wear off and start sharing _reliable_ battery reports. Am I right?

The S4, like the S3 before it, will clock the two cpu cores asynchronously (read: different speeds, on demand) and even shut down a core as needed to save battery life. So, that architecture, along with the 28 nm manufacturing process used to build the S4, will save power.

tl/dr: power savings as has been said all along.

But for an LCD, the power draw is largely the backlight, and brightness is a function of screen size - bigger screen needs more lighting, that can eat up the power tradeoff.

And then we have the magic of CDMA+LTE - last I checked (I'll post substantiating link later, bookmark not on this machine) with LTE, the CDMA has to be on at the same time. The common meme is that LTE isn't that bad on the battery but the truth is that the Verizon forums here show reports all over the map on that one - again, except for the HTC Rezound.

So, I'm thinking this will be a wash in battery comparison to the 3D when all is said and done - perhaps better if we can have less variation on things here.

Which leads to the one thing I've yet to see mentioned - in ICS, you can supposedly freeze bloatware without rooting. If that's still allowed here, that will be a huge plus. No way will this be the first phone without bloatware. It will be nice to freeze it from day one for accurate battery and performance comparisons.

That's the thing. Still haven't rooted and battery life on the MoPho has been awesome. With Motorola's built in battery management, it's helped tremendously (and I actually erased Juice Defender because of it).

 

[PyroSporker]

No Best Buy pre-orders yet in case anyone else was wondering.

I was in to grab a CD and stopped by the mobile department just to check on the off chance - They have had a few phones recently that were pre-orderable the same day as their official announcement.

I prefer the Best Buy pre-order to any other since there is no risk. Your pre-order $$ just gets transferred to a gift card that goes right back into your pocket. It is my contingency plan in case anything else gets announced that I may want to wait for or switch to. Although buying the Evo 3D, early no less, through Sprint.com was pain free. It was lucky that nothing else came out that made me too remorseful.

Maybe Best Buy will be respectful of Sprint and wait until May 7th or later to start their pre-orders.

 

[Tommydaniel]

ok muchachos and muchachas - what are we going to call it??

the htc evo 4g is the evo.
The htc evo shift 4g is the shift.
The htc evo 3d is the 3vo.

So, the htc evo 4g lte will be called by us... ... ???

Evo lte - who wants to type that out? Not me.

evo one? Evo one x? Evo x?

Godzilla 2012? :d

elte

 

[drexappeal]

Ok muchachos and muchachas - what are we going to call it??

The HTC EVO 4G is the Evo.
The HTC EVO Shift 4G is the Shift.
The HTC EVO 3D is the 3vo.

So, the HTC EVO 4G LTE will be called by us... ... ???

Evo LTE - who wants to type that out? Not me.

Evo One? Evo One X? Evo X?

Godzilla 2012?

The new EVO hotness?...LOL...

Just put the LTE in front and you get LTEVO...hahahaha.

 

[Tommydaniel]

Well that EVO 4G LTE sounds like a nice phone except for the Imbedded 2000mAh battery, I would prefer to be able to swap or replace when it dies. Any idea what month we might see it?

Pre-order May, available June...most likely

 

[DonB]

And Finally Details… The New HTC EVO 4G LTE (we were right about the name) | Androidian3VOlution

 

[AM2]

The new EVO hotness?...LOL...

Just put the LTE in front and you get LTEVO...hahahaha.

I second this but would make it diabolical sounding like "El tEvo"

 

[DonB]

I guess I should have looked around, I just posted this in a new thread, LOL I will merge them together since it is from a different forum

Here is another review, http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/04/htc-evo-4g-lte-preview-video/

Why do people keep saying it has no SD card slot?? When, in fact, it does... its clearly stated in Sprints own press release.
Sprint Newsroom | HTC EVO 4G LTE fact sheet

 

[EarlyMon]

lma0 - I just realized something.

In this day and age of speed, the One X is also spelled 1x, yet no one has worried about that. rotf

elte... ltevo... both very good - elte can be pronounced Elite and being in New Mexico, I can't help but think of ltevo as El TEvo (fanfare and mariachis play)!

I second this but would make it diabolical sounding like "El tEvo"

Or majestic, like El Toro!!!

 

[drexappeal]

Interesting, in one of the videos, the HTC rep says that it's a VGA FFC, but isn't it a 1.3 MP?

And another thing, when it comes to the camera, I don't understand why nobody ever tries pictures in complete darkness or dark light scenarios. That's where I find I actually go out of my way to take "posed" pictures.

 

[Tommydaniel]

Interesting, in one of the videos, the HTC rep says that it's a VGA FFC, but isn't it a 1.3 MP?

it's 1.3

 

[drexappeal]

Kickstand is as strong as the Photon where you can set it on either side!...BIG plus. Phonescoop video showed it.

 

[Bnice]

Must say it's been some positive talk about the phone, can't wait to see it in person.

 

[Jadien]

OK... Daddy likes.... Hurry up, Samsung. My upgrade is 5/1, so you have until the pre-order to change my mind...

 

[CriticalCritic]

I guess I should have looked around, I just posted this in a new thread, LOL I will merge them together since it is from a different forum

Here is another review, Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE preview (video) -- Engadget

Yep. I'm buying this!

 

[drexappeal]

Cnet Preview:

HTC Evo 4G LTE hands-on: Sprint's best Android device ever | Mobile - CNET News

 

[BenChase7]

NICE!! It looks like the new EVO's "HD Voice" feature is pretty effective!

http://phandroid.com/2012/04/04/htc-evo-4g-lte-hands-on-video-first-impressions/

(scroll to the second video down)

 

[BenChase7]

MOD's: Since the device is now official, any chance for an official HTC EVO LTE forum?? (vs. having this thread here with all the other One X stuff.)

 

[CriticalCritic]

NICE!! It looks like the new EVO's "HD Voice" feature is pretty effective!

HTC Evo 4G LTE Hands-On Video & First Impressions

(scroll to the second video down)

I gotta say that I am incredibly relieved by this up close look at the camera structure for the LTEvo. They went back to the insane nipple-camera lens (not flush with the case). However, the actual lens is inset from the red ring. So that should prevent the lens cracking that plagued E4Gs

Edit: Reflecting on "LTEvo"... sounds like a spanish DVR. (El Tivo)

 

[EarlyMon]

MOD's: Since the device is now official, any chance for an official HTC EVO LTE forum?? (vs. having this thread here with all the other One X stuff.)

Yes, very soon, Phases has stuff in front of this, sorry, but it will go quickly, promise - plus, this thread will move to there.