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HTC Evo 4G reviews, ratings and testimonials?
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Well let's see...
C-net's video review give sit 5 out of 5 stars, user rating 4 out of 5 stars:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-evo-4g-review
Endgadet adores this phone!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
...and Gizmodo gives it a great review as well:
http://gizmodo.com/5554198/htc-evo-4g-review-a-war-machine
C-net's video review give sit 5 out of 5 stars, user rating 4 out of 5 stars:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-evo-4g-review
Endgadet adores this phone!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
...and Gizmodo gives it a great review as well:
http://gizmodo.com/5554198/htc-evo-4g-review-a-war-machine
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Hey horton
I've got an Evo so I'm a little partial. Let me give you a few personal raves and pet peeves about the Evo and androids in particular. The Evo has widely advertised to have HD video capability. It does, in theory. I've never actually shot any HD video that didn't playback jerky and sluggish in spots here and there. I shot some great footage of Niagra Falls (so I thought) until I got home and went to play it back and for whatever reason, the video that registered a minute and a half glitched around ten seconds into it and would crash the playback. Quite unacceptable considering the expectation that the marketing creates. In addition to this, the sound quality of the video recording is absolutely horrible. It's especially worthless if you're recording a musical performance. I was looking forward to having a single device that could record and upload quality video blogs, but sadly this isn't cutting it. In this department, even the older iphone 3gs is a dramatic cut above the Evo. I called HTC and the rep I spoke with seemed to be completely unaware that the sound quality of the Evo is poor. It records at 8khz when the standard is 44khz. The option to adjust the video codec is plentiful but there's no way to adjust the rate at which the sound records.
You'll hear quite a few complaints about the battery life, but I've found that for whatever reason, the battery life has actually improved with use. I surf the web, check facebook, take some pics, and even watch a video or two, in addition to making phone calls, and the charge will last the majority of the day. Just cut off the background syncing and turn off the mobile 3g function when you're not using the phone, (text notifications can still notify you when you receive FB messages and email). There is absolutely a ton to love about the Evo, and I wouldn't change a thing. Mainly because if you happen to have a new Ipod touch, you can use your Evo as a wireless hotspot and then get on your ipod or ipad anywhere on the 3g or 4g network. Major win!
On the network side of things, you'll have to have Sprint to use and Evo and their unlimited data plan is a major bonus since ATT no longer offers an unlimited plan.
http://phandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/htc-evo.jpg
I've got an Evo so I'm a little partial. Let me give you a few personal raves and pet peeves about the Evo and androids in particular. The Evo has widely advertised to have HD video capability. It does, in theory. I've never actually shot any HD video that didn't playback jerky and sluggish in spots here and there. I shot some great footage of Niagra Falls (so I thought) until I got home and went to play it back and for whatever reason, the video that registered a minute and a half glitched around ten seconds into it and would crash the playback. Quite unacceptable considering the expectation that the marketing creates. In addition to this, the sound quality of the video recording is absolutely horrible. It's especially worthless if you're recording a musical performance. I was looking forward to having a single device that could record and upload quality video blogs, but sadly this isn't cutting it. In this department, even the older iphone 3gs is a dramatic cut above the Evo. I called HTC and the rep I spoke with seemed to be completely unaware that the sound quality of the Evo is poor. It records at 8khz when the standard is 44khz. The option to adjust the video codec is plentiful but there's no way to adjust the rate at which the sound records.
You'll hear quite a few complaints about the battery life, but I've found that for whatever reason, the battery life has actually improved with use. I surf the web, check facebook, take some pics, and even watch a video or two, in addition to making phone calls, and the charge will last the majority of the day. Just cut off the background syncing and turn off the mobile 3g function when you're not using the phone, (text notifications can still notify you when you receive FB messages and email). There is absolutely a ton to love about the Evo, and I wouldn't change a thing. Mainly because if you happen to have a new Ipod touch, you can use your Evo as a wireless hotspot and then get on your ipod or ipad anywhere on the 3g or 4g network. Major win!
On the network side of things, you'll have to have Sprint to use and Evo and their unlimited data plan is a major bonus since ATT no longer offers an unlimited plan.
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HTC Evo 4G is an Android powered phone (Android Éclair 2.1 OS) released by HTC on June 2010. This phone has been dubbed as one of iPhone 4G's rival upon its announcement. HTC Evo has a 4.3 inch (480x800 pixels)WVGA resolution capacitive multi-touch display, 8 megapixel camera with Auto Focus and 2x LED flash plus additional 1.3 megapixel front camera, 1GB ROM and 512 RAM and is power-driven by Qualcomm® QSD 8650, 1GHz chipset.
Here are additional features and specs for this phone:
- 122 x 66 x 13 mm for its dimensions and weighs 170g.
- MicroSD port that supports up to 32GB memory. The phone includes 8GB microSD.
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, WiMAX 802.16 e (as a Wi-Fi router)
- Applications included: digital compass, port, dedicated search key,Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration, MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player, MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications, voice memo
All in all, for me this phone is amazing. It's worthy of being called as iPhone's rival.
PROS:
- This device can actually serve as a router for up to 8 devices at 4G speeds. Wow. ^^
- Beautiful screen... vibrant colors, and larger than other phones in the market now.
- I've read that battery life is good. Phone isn't fully charged yet the reviewers enjoyed three hours and 13 minutes of non-stop streaming of high quality audio using this phone as a 4G hotspot. (but some reviewer said that it has a terrible battery life too, so I'm not really sure)
- Excellent camera for both taking pictures and videos
- Plus more... read the review from different sites that I gathered below.
CONS:
- If you don't like Android, it'll probably take much time before you get used to this phone or probably hate it... but if you keep an open mind, this phone is worth it.
- It has Android 2.1 (Éclair). I haven't seen yet if you can update its OS. Android 2.2 is out already so I think when it comes to OS, this phone was a bit left out. But well, let's check if users can update the OS. ;)
- It's locked on Sprint in the US.
Here are what other sites think of this amazing gadget...
"...this is truly one of the best smartphones ever made, and even spotty 4G -- a reality of a young technology that's going to take years to properly build out -- probably won't do much to hamper your enjoyment of this thing." - http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
"it is a solid phone with amazing hardware running the consumer-friendly HTC Sense Android release." - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/31/htc-evo-4g-sprint-review/
"the HTC EVO 4G is comprehensive and highly capable, and there's a wealth of third-party content in the Android Market that extends its abilities even further." - http://www.slashgear.com/htc-evo-4g-review-2486586/
"The HTC Evo has flaws. I'm rating it a 4 stars rather than a 4.5 because of its harsh voice quality and especially because 4G doesn't cover many cities yet. I'm also not in love with its touch keyboard. But it's so far ahead of other Sprint phones in so many ways, it's in a class that only contains the HTC Incredible, Google Nexus One, iPhone 3GS, and itself." - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363941,00.asp
Here are additional features and specs for this phone:
- 122 x 66 x 13 mm for its dimensions and weighs 170g.
- MicroSD port that supports up to 32GB memory. The phone includes 8GB microSD.
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, WiMAX 802.16 e (as a Wi-Fi router)
- Applications included: digital compass, port, dedicated search key,Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration, MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player, MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications, voice memo
All in all, for me this phone is amazing. It's worthy of being called as iPhone's rival.
PROS:
- This device can actually serve as a router for up to 8 devices at 4G speeds. Wow. ^^
- Beautiful screen... vibrant colors, and larger than other phones in the market now.
- I've read that battery life is good. Phone isn't fully charged yet the reviewers enjoyed three hours and 13 minutes of non-stop streaming of high quality audio using this phone as a 4G hotspot. (but some reviewer said that it has a terrible battery life too, so I'm not really sure)
- Excellent camera for both taking pictures and videos
- Plus more... read the review from different sites that I gathered below.
CONS:
- If you don't like Android, it'll probably take much time before you get used to this phone or probably hate it... but if you keep an open mind, this phone is worth it.
- It has Android 2.1 (Éclair). I haven't seen yet if you can update its OS. Android 2.2 is out already so I think when it comes to OS, this phone was a bit left out. But well, let's check if users can update the OS. ;)
- It's locked on Sprint in the US.
Here are what other sites think of this amazing gadget...
"...this is truly one of the best smartphones ever made, and even spotty 4G -- a reality of a young technology that's going to take years to properly build out -- probably won't do much to hamper your enjoyment of this thing." - http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
"it is a solid phone with amazing hardware running the consumer-friendly HTC Sense Android release." - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/31/htc-evo-4g-sprint-review/
"the HTC EVO 4G is comprehensive and highly capable, and there's a wealth of third-party content in the Android Market that extends its abilities even further." - http://www.slashgear.com/htc-evo-4g-review-2486586/
"The HTC Evo has flaws. I'm rating it a 4 stars rather than a 4.5 because of its harsh voice quality and especially because 4G doesn't cover many cities yet. I'm also not in love with its touch keyboard. But it's so far ahead of other Sprint phones in so many ways, it's in a class that only contains the HTC Incredible, Google Nexus One, iPhone 3GS, and itself." - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363941,00.asp
source(s):
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10473095-251.html
http://www.htc.com/us/products/evo-sprint/#tech-specs
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/31/htc-evo-4g-sprint-review/
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-evo-4g-review-2486586/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363941,00.asp
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-10473095-251.html
http://www.htc.com/us/products/evo-sprint/#tech-specs
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/htc-evo-4g-review/
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/31/htc-evo-4g-sprint-review/
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-evo-4g-review-2486586/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363941,00.asp
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