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[Merged] HTC Evo 4G / Supersonic / Sprint Evo

You all do realize that come Monday this board will be flooded with topics that say "Im disappointed about the iPhone 4 I'm getting an EVO..." And a bunch of macrumors newbies will post disappointments blah blah...phone warz. This is a great time for mobile tech no matter what your bias is. I can't wait to see the innovations that Apple and Android (hopefully windows and HP/palm) continue to make. The lulz come from the comparisons which take things personally. I can't wait to see an EVO in a 4G area. Im sure I'll be impressed. Some great feedback from owners here.
 
wreckshop said:
I couldnt care less what some youtube video says. I own both devices and the vast majority of time my nexus one is faster at opening webpages.

The only things that iphone has a clear advantage over a nexus one level device is the app store and teh OS is slightly more polished - eg: animations and pages scroll smoother, more accurate touchscreen. take away those 2 things and android 2.2 kills iphone OS in terms of features and functionality.
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That's strange, I also have a nexus 1 and my iPhone has many "clear advantages" like a usable keyboard, touchscreen accuracy, and a far (not even close) better email client for exchange.
 
its no surprise that these new android phones are faster. They are using a 1Ghz cpu as apposed to the iphone's 600mhz. For me the iphone OS is better, lets wait for monday and see how it goes. I predict the same cpu as the ipad which is faster then any android right now.
 
dmelgar said:
I couldn't disagree more.
I had an iPhone 3g and went to the HTC incredible. To me the speed change was astonishing.
Android is a much less controlled platform. Badly written applications can slow down the system. Perhaps an errant program was running in that phone.
In normal use, the incredible feels many times faster than my iPhone 3g and much faster than the iPhone 3gses I've used.
Android may have disadvantages and differences from iPhone, but slow is not the word to describe the incredible.

The EVO should be as fast since it has the same processor, although I have read a review that said it was slower than the Incredible.
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I agree and disagree (kinda). I agree that Incredible is faster. Shoot, it better be faster than a 3G! It's got a 1ghz snapdragon and 512 ram! If it's not faster then there is some serious problems. It should even be faster than a 3GS although I hear some people aren't getting that which really is crazy if that's true.

Engadget did a speed test of the A4 Processor vs the Snapdragon when the iPad came out and said that it was 10-30% faster. Again, to me this is proof that Apple is just better at writing software than Google is right now. If the rumors are true about the A4 in the new iPhone, my guess is it's going be equally if not more faster (with OS 4.0) then the iPad is.

I think one thing a lot of people have forgotten is all these fast Android phones came out 6 months ago, which is mid-cycle for the iPhone. It's not like it came out at the same time the 3GS did. In Apple's defense they are the ones getting ready to push out a new phone in which I think you can make a more fair comparison in speed, os, etc.

We'll all know Monday. My bet is the new iPhone is FAST...Faster than any smartphone out there right now.
 
PhoneI said:
That's strange, I also have a nexus 1 and my iPhone has many "clear advantages" like a usable keyboard, touchscreen accuracy, and a far (not even close) better email client for exchange.
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cmon dude, i know u love ur iphone but lets b honest. other than the app store and a more polished interface, android kills iphone in features and useability. u dont like androids stock keyboard? change it out for something u like better, like swype. same thing goes for the exchange client. does apple let u change the stock apps? nope.
 
wreckshop said:
cmon dude, i know u love ur iphone but lets b honest. other than the app store and a more polished interface, android kills iphone in features and useability. u dont like androids stock keyboard? change it out for something u like better, like swype. same thing goes for the exchange client. does apple let u change the stock apps? nope.
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can you elaborate more on what features and usability android has compared to iPhone os?
 
Cander said:
That totally explains all the other pro EVO posts and why they haven't been deleted.

You called people ****ing liars and did nothing to prove them wrong.
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uhh thanks for putting words in my mouth kid. I don't see how you got any of that since you just quoted my post. Someone has a low IQ.
 
Zaft said:
can you elaborate more on what features and usability android has compared to iPhone os?
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sure.

fully integrated google voice. best thing about it is u no longer need to pay for txt msgs.

powerful search w/voice that searches ur contacts apps and web and also gives u results in maps with turn by turn nav

ability to replace stock apps (dialer, msging, keyboard) with 3rd party apps if u want.
 
It's far too large. Feels like my Garmin. Needs Froyo update to compete. Who actually has 4G and is willing to sacrifice the battery life?
 
I'm still getting used to mine but just a second ago I did a race between my iPhone and my EVO to see who could load N4G quicker and guess what, the EVO did it in about 5 sec as compared to ~20 sec on the iPhone. This was done over wiFi. I also tested out some other sites and the EVO really starts to show its speed. Put it up to anything and it's got the iPhone beat but again I only have a 3G so the EVO should stomp it. I don't think the 3GS would outrun the EVO either but it'd be closer.

I don't notice any lag with this phone since I installed Advanced Task Killer and I've been managing my apps through that so I'll have about 130-200MB of RAM available. Even running Sense UI Live wallpapers, wifi, and GPS the battery only just now got low, and I've been mucking around with it heavily since I got it yesterday. It's only on its second charge.

I only have one complaint and that is the browser, I'm using Dolphin HD right now and like the stock one, the colors seem a bit off when comparing to my iPhone, like there's a strong blue tint while everything on the iPhone is clear or neutral, how it should be. Not a real big deal and it's a tradeoff for having a truly superior device.

Nobody should hate this phone, seriously. It kicks ass.
 
Just so everyone knows the truth about the battey life on the Evo, it is nowhere near as good as the iPhone. If that's not important to you and you like the Android os then go for it. Yes, if you are careful about running a task killer and keeping 4g and all these other radios off and don't use anything data intensive too much then you can get decent life, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a smartphone IMO. My roommate has one so don't say that i don't have personal experience with one. Yes, I love the screen and there's a lot you can do with Android but it's not worth it for me. If I'm on vacation and need to look up reviews and use google maps to find out how to get places, I don't want to have to worry about my battery dying. Yes you could bring a spare battery around with you, but why would you want to do that? The phone is big enough as it is anyways. I used to have a WinMo phone and that was the main issue I had with it. Android is the same case for me. I truly get 4+ hours of data intensive usage on my iPhone and nearly endless standby time on my iPhone, which I'm not willing to give up.

On top of that, 4g barely works anyways and it should not be considered a big selling point of this phone. It doesn't work inside any building.
 
wreckshop said:
I couldnt care less what some youtube video says. I own both devices and the vast majority of time my nexus one is faster at opening webpages.

The only things that iphone has a clear advantage over a nexus one level device is the app store and teh OS is slightly more polished - eg: animations and pages scroll smoother, more accurate touchscreen. take away those 2 things and android 2.2 kills iphone OS in terms of features and functionality.
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I couldn't care less what you say. I own both devices and I like iPhone OS far more than Android. Get the point? It's subjective. Stop pretending Android is just better.
 
STEVESKI07 said:
Just so everyone knows the truth about the battey life on the Evo, it is nowhere near as good as the iPhone. If that's not important to you and you like the Android os then go for it. Yes, if you are careful about running a task killer and keeping 4g and all these other radios off and don't use anything data intensive too much then you can get decent life, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a smartphone IMO. My roommate has one so don't say that i don't have personal experience with one. Yes, I love the screen and there's a lot you can do with Android but it's not worth it for me. If I'm on vacation and need to look up reviews and use google maps to find out how to get places, I don't want to have to worry about my battery dying. Yes you could bring a spare battery around with you, but why would you want to do that? The phone is big enough as it is anyways. I used to have a WinMo phone and that was the main issue I had with it. Android is the same case for me. I truly get 4+ hours of data intensive usage on my iPhone and nearly endless standby time on my iPhone, which I'm not willing to give up.

On top of that, 4g barely works anyways and it should not be considered a big selling point of this phone. It doesn't work inside any building.
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thanks for stating your opinion as fact. Everyone should getting different results. You think all Iphone users get the same battery life?
 
wreckshop said:
sure.

fully integrated google voice. best thing about it is u no longer need to pay for txt msgs.

powerful search w/voice that searches ur contacts apps and web and also gives u results in maps with turn by turn nav

ability to replace stock apps (dialer, msging, keyboard) with 3rd party apps if u want.
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you can easily jailbreak an iPhone and you will have custom stock apps. as for the other two I dont see how just those 2 features "kill" iPhone os...
 
Badandy said:
I couldn't care less what you say. I own both devices and I like iPhone OS far more than Android. Get the point? It's subjective. Stop pretending Android is just better.
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read what I posted. I said android has more features and functionality. if u like the phone with less features and functionality better.... well thats up to u lol.


Zaft said:
you can easily jailbreak an iPhone and you will have custom stock apps. as for the other two I dont see how just those 2 features "kill" iPhone os...
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sure if u wanna go thru the hassle of jb... but with android that functionality exists right out of the box. isn't that supposed to b the apple mantra? "it just works" lol

If u use google voice already u will know how useful it is. gv integrated into the os allows u to make all outgoing calls with ur gv number (so ur real number is obscured) automatically and use gv as the txt app as well as for voicemail

Also, if u really dont see the usefulness of a powerful (voice) search that searches your phone, the web and maps in a unified interface... dunno what to say lol.
 
STEVESKI07 said:
Just so everyone knows the truth about the battey life on the Evo, it is nowhere near as good as the iPhone. If that's not important to you and you like the Android os then go for it. Yes, if you are careful about running a task killer and keeping 4g and all these other radios off and don't use anything data intensive too much then you can get decent life, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a smartphone IMO. My roommate has one so don't say that i don't have personal experience with one. Yes, I love the screen and there's a lot you can do with Android but it's not worth it for me. If I'm on vacation and need to look up reviews and use google maps to find out how to get places, I don't want to have to worry about my battery dying. Yes you could bring a spare battery around with you, but why would you want to do that? The phone is big enough as it is anyways. I used to have a WinMo phone and that was the main issue I had with it. Android is the same case for me. I truly get 4+ hours of data intensive usage on my iPhone and nearly endless standby time on my iPhone, which I'm not willing to give up.

On top of that, 4g barely works anyways and it should not be considered a big selling point of this phone. It doesn't work inside any building.
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I will have to disagree on the battery life, once you set up the brightness to manual about 25% of brightness wich is pretty good, the battery life is pretty decent, I used my phone 3 hours to be exact and the battery info said 68% battery left ( iwent to sleep and in the morning I had still 61% of battery wich is not bad having 4 emails accounts active), where I live i dont have 4G yet, I was using 3G and my signal is 2-3 bars in my house, and I still had very decent battery life. I havent tested 4G but so far it has great battery life, compared to my wifes HERO.
 
iKristen said:
When you first get any smart phone OF COURSE the battery is going to suck, because you are constantly playing with it. Give it a few days to a week then say how it is.

I got an evo yesterday and can say I love it! I had an iPhone (traded it in for the evo) and to me personally it is better then my iPhone. The fact that i can customize to my liking is a huge plus. Also the camera? It's pretty great.

ETA: I don't care about the no data on the phone. I never used it on my iPhone. In fact the phone stayed on my ear while I was on the phone every single time I made a phone call.
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iPhone 3GS has been out for about a year, homeboy.

nuff said.
 
wreckshop said:
sure if u wanna go thru the hassle of jb... but with android that functionality exists right out of the box. isn't that supposed to b the apple mantra? "it just works" lol
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the iphone does "just work" out of the box. What you're talking about the the ability to tinker and customize, which, while maybe fun for you, is really not part of it "just working."
 
Okay EVO Update:

Pandora on Android SUCKS!! Crashed on me 2 times. Unreal, i had to force quit and it still gets hung up. Also I heard that using task killer is Bad for the androids and not recommended by good developers.

Also....for people who complain that the iphone has no ram

512mb on android, just started up my evo phone = 187mb of available memory.

iphone with 256mb.....142mb.
 
I've had the phone for 2 days now....i've charged it 4 times already.

Pandora keeps freezing on me. And there is speculation that advanced task killer is causing some issues with going into idle which is killing cycles.

I can't believe now bad pandora is. I dont' know if its the widget but it always gets in this mode where the menus and everything works but the music isn't working. and the widget is pointless at that point.

Also,

I heard that there might be a software issue with charging the battery. The android OS maybe cutting short on the battery thinking its charged. And the first time i charged it from 0 to full (it did it in one hour). WHen i turned my phone off...2.5 hours.

just saying.
 
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