Have two days left before I'm stuck with the epic. Just wondering if I'm making the right choice. I love the keyboard but I only use it for gaming. The screen is great but the software is lacking. Do you guys think that the evos hardware compares to the epics? The phone is fast but the gps sucks. Just trying to get some input from the other side.
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try the evo for 30 days
, you can root it, play with it, flash all you want and still return it to stock to return if you dont like
Well I walk own & walk around with both phones & even though on paper, spec wise the Epic beats the Evo, in real world use, the Evo is a better phone IMO with wayyyyy better support from Sprint, HTC & the devs on Xda. I hardly ever use my Epic.
No I'm not happy to see you but yes...that is a Evo in my pocket!
I would say the Evo, but maybe if you like a keyboard try the shift. Try the Evo for 30 days and if you don't like it stay with the Epic.
It is a nice phone but I just don't want to get stuck with a forgotten phone like I was with the pre. As far as the keyboard I use swype and I heard game gripper is coming out with a bluetooth game pad. If I knew for certain that samsung would update this phone and get rid of all its bugs I would prob keep it. I think my biggest prob is having to walk around my backyard trying to get a signal with gps.
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I'd go with the EVO, even before last weeks FroYo update fiasco. HTC's are more reliable, in my opinion. I just moved my wife from a Samsung moment to the EVO shift and she loves is. granted, it's not fair to make a comparison regarding the EPIC based on experiences with the Moment, which everybody will agree is not half the phone the EPIC is. But my experience with Samsung compared to HTC in general is that HTC is the far superior brand.
I would go with the evo. I have a friend who tried both and really just liked the evo better. The only thing that made me a little apprehensive at first was it was all touch, but I got used to it quick and would never go back.
hardware wise i think the epic is better, but its samsung who have proven they don't really support their newer tech and their UI skin isn't my favorite. The evo's aftermarket community is probably second only to the nexus phones and on par with the droid phones and the Evo is still sprints flagship android phone. Plus HTC build quality is nice and i like sense and it allows me to use it with my work email so for me its a no brainer
Evo without a doubt. If you are on these forums and are interested in future development, has to be evo. Samsung seems to be pissing a LOT of people off and it doesn't seem like there are really that many devs working on them.
HTC and EVO are the way to go IMO. All i can say is i have had my evo since launch day and i dont see a phone coming to sprint any time soon that will make me want to get new one. I LOVE MY PHONE...
And like people have said, Get the Evo, try it for 30. You will probably not go back to the Epic!
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hardware wise i think the epic is better, but its samsung who have proven they don't really support their newer tech and their UI skin isn't my favorite. The evo's aftermarket community is probably second only to the nexus phones and on par with the droid phones and the Evo is still sprints flagship android phone. Plus HTC build quality is nice and i like sense and it allows me to use it with my work email so for me its a no brainer
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Htc build quality is nice? Let me hit what you're smoking lol. But seriously I'd go evo if you want to be a power user
Swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
My wife and I recently changed over to Sprint and at first, we both got Epics. Within my 30 days I changed to the EVO and I don't regret that choice for a minute. The factors in my decision:
1. I knew I was going to root and flash a new ROM anyway (CM7 is amazing) so I didn't care what it had to offer stock.
2. I hate having a physical keyboard.
3. I don't play games on the phone.
4. Display: the SuperAMOLED screen on the Epic is gorgeous, no doubt, and oh how I wish the EVO had one, but honestly it wasn't a determining factor for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone. You can tell that it's a different type of screen (sometimes you can see a little tracing) and the colors aren't as vibrant, but it's still a pretty display on the EVO.
Yes, the Epic has a better processor and GPU, but having had my EVO for a while now, it feels solid, which is important for me. My wife likes her Epic because of the "pretty screen" and the keyboard, but whenever I am doing something with it (installing something for her or whatever) it feels like a cheap toy compared to my EVO.
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Evo without a doubt. If you are on these forums and are interested in future development, has to be evo. Samsung seems to be pissing a LOT of people off and it doesn't seem like there are really that many devs working on them.
HTC and EVO are the way to go IMO. All i can say is i have had my evo since launch day and i dont see a phone coming to sprint any time soon that will make me want to get new one. I LOVE MY PHONE...
And like people have said, Get the Evo, try it for 30. You will probably not go back to the Epic!
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I second this. For the longest time I fell in love with this thing a little more every day. A few months ago we kind of got in a bit of a rut, then CM7 came out and she's more beautiful than ever (No CM7 for Epic). As everyone has said, there's no comparison between the two when it comes to development. A friend has the Epic and I taught her how to use it and have played around with it extensively and for me, my EVO is superior.
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Htc build quality is nice? Let me hit what you're smoking lol. But seriously I'd go evo if you want to be a power user
Swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
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There were some build quality issues at the beginning (I swapped out my launch day unit due to screen separation) but I think they've got that all fixed. The Epic just feels to light and cheap to me.
For anyone who talks about the Epics faster CPU/GPU, how much of it can it really use while it's stuck with 2.1. This is my quadrant score running CM7 RC1. Granted, synthetic benchmarks aren't a totally accurate gauge of performance but I'm pretty satisfied with this.
op, remember where you are posting this...
I know, I posted in the epic forums to. I wanted to hear from both sides you can't make a decision on what just one side says.
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I second this. For the longest time I fell in love with this thing a little more every day. A few months ago we kind of got in a bit of a rut, then CM7 came out and she's more beautiful than ever (No CM7 for Epic). As everyone has said, there's no comparison between the two when it comes to development. A friend has the Epic and I taught her how to use it and have played around with it extensively and for me, my EVO is superior.
There were some build quality issues at the beginning (I swapped out my launch day unit due to screen separation) but I think they've got that all fixed. The Epic just feels to light and cheap to me.
For anyone who talks about the Epics faster CPU/GPU, how much of it can it really use while it's stuck with 2.1. This is my quadrant score running CM7 RC1. Granted, synthetic benchmarks aren't a totally accurate gauge of performance but I'm pretty satisfied with this.[/QUOTE
If I was going buy quadrant scores I'd just stay with this phone. I'm looking for real world usage
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If I was going buy quadrant scores I'd just stay with this phone. I'm looking for real world usage
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I don't disagree and I hate synthetics. I do know though that the performance of the EVO with all the development that's gone on since launch is competitive with the Epics performance.
Its just a really hard choice to make. If this phone ever gets the support it deserves it would rule. But that's a really big IF. With the way samsung is going I don't know if it will ever see a fully functional 2.2 prob never 2.3 or above like we all know the evo will
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Quadrant scores don't mean real world performance. You can have a regular setting and get "okay" scores, but throw on setcpu at max overclocking and take the test and have high scores, it just superficial and can't be accurate. But the Evo does have excellent performance while not being overclocked at all.
My wife and I have both. The key board can be nice but the evo wins everything else. My sister inlaw tried both and went with the evo and never looked back.
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It really just comes down to what you want out of your phone. If you want a phone with a phyiscal keyboard at least now the EVO Shift is an option!
As another member previously mentioned, I would take full advantage of the 30-day trial peroid. Just don't get too attached to the phone (unless you plan on keeping it)!
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Any buyers remorse? I for one so retreated upgrading my line and wished I waited a lousy month and a half more.
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Any buyers remorse? I for one so retreated upgrading my line and wished I waited a lousy month and a half more.
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definitely, i got the 3d on launch date.. was hoping for more but i just don't have the same feeling i did when i got the evo 4g.. so i will be getting the epic touch, but i'll also keep my 3d for the hell of it..lol
me did not like it
3d was not good
screen colors looked really bad
screen was tilted
bad viewing angles
bad camera
very meh phone
speed was not that great, the bionic was noticeably faster than it
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me did not like it
3d was not good
screen colors looked really bad
screen was tilted
bad viewing angles
bad camera
very meh phone
speed was not that great, the bionic was noticeably faster than it
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same way i feel, and i went in very open minded.. i gave it a huge chance hoping it would live up to the og evo but to no avail.
I'm just trying to figure a way I could land a epic touch. I have a OG epic and a 3D I'm sure one needs to be sold...decisions decisions
Some of you same guys will be saying the same thing about SG II when a newer better phone comes out lol. Some of you talking about the speed of the phone is slow. My Evo3d has never had a problem or any lag doing anything. Now if all you want to do is look at benchmarks and brag then I guess the SG II wins lol. But for day to day usage E3d runs fine. I'll take realistic looking colors vs over saturated colors where white look like yellow.
Not saying the SGII is a crappy phone, but I guarantee it will have its fair share of problems once the newness wears off lol
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I hate my 3d .... really sucks when you cant depend on the phone to stay on and just quit not responding so i can use it as an alarm ..... several times have had to reset phone because of not responding .... Evo 3d is a piece of junk ... they rushed it out and not even that fast quality control horrible at htc right now .
None here. Hated the 3d. It was a failure.. I wanted to love it but it had a few serious flaws I couldn't tolerate. Specifically the washed out screen and terrible reception
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I'm switching. Not happy with the 3D. Still skeptical of Samsung though.
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Yea I fins myself reading alot about this phone and I'm guessing I'm wanting it ..now like alot of other people I need to figure out a way to get rid of my e3d. To an ex 3d user ...is it worth the trouble of selling and paying the difference to get this phone? Is it really leaps and bounds better ? My phone functions fine so you guys saying the e3d sux ass and had problems need not answer
..I want honest opinions if it lived up to the hype ..also. wanted someone to compare the camera quality between the two
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Yea I fins myself reading alot about this phone and I'm guessing I'm wanting it ..now like alot of other people I need to figure out a way to get rid of my e3d. To an ex 3d user ...is it worth the trouble of selling and paying the difference to get this phone? Is it really leaps and bounds better ? My phone functions fine so you guys saying the e3d sux ass and had problems need not answer
..I want honest opinions if it lived up to the hype ..also. wanted someone to compare the camera quality between the two
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I think you should just go to sprint and try it out. I went into my local sprint store and they had one. I was waiting to be wowed but I was not. Now that does'nt mean its a bad phone, its just not for me. I played with it for about 15 mins. There are some things I like about it but overall I'm sticking with the e3d. For one sammy should've used a qHD screen. After using the the e3d screen everything things else looks way too big on screen.
My GF has the og evo and she's using her upgrade to get the SGII so I'll have more time to compare.
It had the EVO branding so I was sold. My EVO 4G is still getting rommed to death by it's new owner and I got to use it today after a few months, it's still a beast of a phone...
...so I figured the EVO3D, while a peculiar way to follow up the 4G, would be a fantastic (of odd) continuation of it's legacy.
I couldn't have been more let down. Nothing is sacred at HTC. The screen aspect ratio of the Evo3D is downright offensive to me. My phone spends most of it's time in portrait mode...sure the resolution made up the difference so far as on-screen data is concerned I'm always constantly irritated by the aesthetic displeasure it caused me....but I swallowed that one, times they are a changin', right?
The next was the wonky power button behavior...doesn't always turn it on right, sometimes you need a battery pull, sometimes you wake up to a green light a locked up phone and a dead battery all at the same time.
And then the coup de grace, the signal strength is noticeably weaker than my EVO 4G....and I waited for an updated radio...and the past two radios just made it worse. Then HTC dropped the ball on releasing the (complete) kernel source, it's taken forever for CM7 and I'm sure it's because of HTC no cooperating...all the while Samsung is shipping unlocked phones and hiring Cyanogen himself.
After the NS4G I got for a week or two between all of the EVO 3D's I REALLY TRIED TO LOVE I realized that it was actually a very good phone. My faith in Samsung renewed.
I tried to love the EVO 3D...but I'm not a hopeless fanboy enough to eat that much trash and call it delicious. The phone sucks. There, I said it. I tried....
...and that's without mentioning that the UI experience on the 1ghz single core NS4G is MUCH smoother than a heavily modded 1800mhz dual-core EVO 3D....
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I think you should just go to sprint and try it out. I went into my local sprint store and they had one. I was waiting to be wowed but I was not. Now that does'nt mean its a bad phone, its just not for me. I played with it for about 15 mins. There are some things I like about it but overall I'm sticking with the e3d. For one sammy should've used a qHD screen. After using the the e3d screen everything things else looks way too big on screen.
My GF has the og evo and she's using her upgrade to get the SGII so I'll have more time to compare.
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I would agree with you more on that if it wasn't for the slew of random games and other apps that don't resize perfectly to the qHD. Sure, it IS the app's fault, but, the OS could handle it--and it doesn't yet...ICS I'm sure addresses this...but GB doesn't and I'm sick of waiting.
Will I be getting the Nexus Prime? Without a doubt...but I probably won't have a laundry list of reasons why the SGS2 sucked... I don't need to justify it, if I want it I get it. Period. The end. I would have been the same with the E3D if it didn't take so many opportunities to kick me while I was down.
I dont know how so many people have problems with their e3d but other than a few hiccups my phone has been fine. And thats the number 1 reason I will not install any custom roms because they usually come with problems that we spend some much time trying to fix. I had the og evo and I use to install a lot of roms. With lots of roms there were problems. With the new sense theres no need for me to install any custom roms. Apart from a few tweaks and themes I'm good.
Everything works on my e3d and I get great battery life
The evo 3d is a great phone for most people...
I personally and switching to the epic 4g touch tomorrow, and giving the 3d to my fiancee.
I am pumped for it.
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I dont know how so many people have problems with their e3d but other than a few hiccups my phone has been fine. And thats the number 1 reason I will not install any custom roms because they usually come with problems that we spend some much time trying to fix. I had the og evo and I use to install a lot of roms. With lots of roms there were problems. With the new sense theres no need for me to install any custom roms. Apart from a few tweaks and themes I'm good.
Everything works on my e3d and I get great battery life
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Honestly I think a lot of us got genuine duds...it seems almost all of us bought on release day. There was no prior platform-sister-model to the E3D. The EVO 4G had the Nexus1 that was nearly identical. The SGS2 has the entire worlds worth of SGS2s. The Shooter and Sensation were the first of that new platform.
But I'm on my 3rd E3D, though all still probably release day models, over the course of 3 months. I give up. I tried. I really did love the whole idea of the phone to start with.
So far as buggy roms goes it's usually pretty easy to tell genuinely buggy roms from solid roms with a few rare bugs...and the stock roms are not immune to bugs. I got more FC's on my bone-stock E3D than I ever got on a daily or RC of CM on my EVO 4G.
But to each their own. Though I've gotta ask, what are you doing here?
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Honestly I think a lot of us got genuine duds...it seems almost all of us bought on release day. There was no prior platform-sister-model to the E3D. The EVO 4G had the Nexus1 that was nearly identical. The SGS2 has the entire worlds worth of SGS2s. The Shooter and Sensation were the first of that new platform.
But I'm on my 3rd E3D, though all still probably release day models, over the course of 3 months. I give up. I tried. I really did love the whole idea of the phone to start with.
So far as buggy roms goes it's usually pretty easy to tell genuinely buggy roms from solid roms with a few rare bugs...and the stock roms are not immune to bugs. I got more FC's on my bone-stock E3D than I ever got on a daily or RC of CM on my EVO 4G.
But to each their own. Though I've gotta ask, what are you doing here?
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You may have gotten a dud bro. Stock roms are not immune but custome roms do mulitply the chance of more bugs. Only time I got a FC on my stock e3d is if I restore certain app from titanium backup. And I'm here because like most of your guys I love technology and gadgets, plus my GF is getting the SGII tomorrow so I'll be sticking around.
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Some of you same guys will be saying the same thing about SG II when a newer better phone comes out lol. Some of you talking about the speed of the phone is slow. My Evo3d has never had a problem or any lag doing anything. Now if all you want to do is look at benchmarks and brag then I guess the SG II wins lol. But for day to day usage E3d runs fine. I'll take realistic looking colors vs over saturated colors where white look like yellow.
Not saying the SGII is a crappy phone, but I guarantee it will have its fair share of problems once the newness wears off lol
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Using the phones everyday I think they will be similar performance lol. The biggest difference will be in the screen lol.
This phone stock blows a rooted and overclocked 3d out the water. I just switched from the 3d and its better times 10.
Better signal. Better screen...even at lower resolution ..exynos core is a BEAST..plays n64 games on emulator stock smoother than overclocked evo. Better cameras..better speakers...this thing screams dude. And most of all...its a GREAT PHONE before anything. Great call quality..stronger reception than the 3d. If your on the fence..jump man..it's worth it
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You may have gotten a dud bro. Stock roms are not immune but custome roms do mulitply the chance of more bugs. Only time I got a FC on my stock e3d is if I restore certain app from titanium backup. And I'm here because like most of your guys I love technology and gadgets, plus my GF is getting the SGII tomorrow so I'll be sticking around.
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Cool. No mal intent, honestly curious why someone who is a happy E3D owner would be here...now I know.
But, yeah, I think I got 3 (yes, three) duds...all HW001's, I'm sure that has everything to do with it. The 002's likely have a much lower failure rate and much higher tolerances.
I got FC's on every E3D I had from the music app on countless occasions, the youtube app all over the place, the browser....all reliably. In fact, until I flashed Synergy I was plagued by FC's. Again, I'm sure my hardware was at fault here.
FC's I can live with...it's no kernel panic, it's no blue screen and it happens fast and is absolved relatively fast (except for youtube which became unusable eventually...web-version, problem solved).
If the screen width (in portrait) fit my preference, if the battery life was phenomenal, if the signal strength/lock was good....any one of those...I could and would be able to completely ignore all of the things wrong with the device--and I haven't even begun. But sadly it was not to be.
Glad to have you on board either way.
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This phone stock blows a rooted and overclocked 3d out the water. I just switched from the 3d and its better times 10.
Better signal. Better screen...even at lower resolution ..exynos core is a BEAST..plays n64 games on emulator stock smoother than overclocked evo. Better cameras..better speakers...this thing screams dude. And most of all...its a GREAT PHONE before anything. Great call quality..stronger reception than the 3d. If your on the fence..jump man..it's worth it
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I know you...You know me...and you are saying what we both wanted to know: So it's true? Great signal strength/holding? Tower locking? higher roam-threshold?
I can't wait,.
My biggest complaints about the evo 3d:
1. Camera Quality (in 2D and 3D), 2D pics were grainy and i could not get nice 3d effects unless i tried really hard in perfect light, etc. 3d Pictures were just a blur otherwise.
2. Meh screen
3. Dropped calls and poor reception, dropped calls in my house all the time, never did with my EVO 4g. Palm Pre reception is poor too, but still better than the E3d. EVO Shift is also very poor in my house, but better than the e3d
4. Battery life was significantly better than a stock evo (Of course, not nearly on par with EVO 4g + my savaged-zen kernel lol), I made it through a short day with minimal-moderate usage. But of course, it is likely because of the poor signal I had in my house. (I'd roam in my basement, with the OG evo i always had a signal)
That's about it, I returned it 22 days after launch day (when i got it)
It had good things too:
1. 3D was very cool, except when I took my own 3d pics/videos I couldnt get it to look right, but movies/games/etc were all very cool.
2. Sense 3.0 is usable, maybe even a little better. I still prefer AOSP, but I absolutely hated sense pre-3.0 and couldn't stand it.
3. Very quick phone, not GS2 quick, but miles ahead of the OG Evo and most phones
4. Felt better built than the OG evo. I liked the flush battery cover
Bottom line, I didn't feel it was worth an upgrade so I returned it. It's just personal preference. I skipped on the photon because of the dated tegra 2 and lack of developer support. I waited WAY longer than i wanted to on the ET4g but I'm finally getting it tomorrow and I'm excited about it.
Oh yea, I got mine on launch day right when they opened lol. I see all the people talking about random reboots and software glitches/hardware glitches. I never had any of that it was very stable, it just wasn't for me
so i was wondering how many of you guys came from the evo 4g, and what you guys like over the evo other than the amoled screen of coarse that is a no brainer, how the battery life been treating you so far i record it to be about the same 6 to 7 hours wish i could get more i might be upgrading to a bigger battery soon.
i'm actually wondering about switching in the other direction.
i know at least on paper, epic is a better device.
but it seems like evo owners are having more fun with their devs.
no knock on our devs... (thank you to all)
i know that they are working hard.
i was thinking about picking up an evo on ebay/craigslist... and playing around with it. any one on the fence?
Nope. Lack of a download mode kills it for me. I've already bricked my phone once with a bad flash. Thanks to a download mode, I was able to recover with ease using Odin. I don't think I would ever use a phone without one now, provided there was an option to get one with one.
That and the news on HTC phone logs that are easily viewable by others is a little shady. Shame on HTC!
I agree with the development very high seriously about 40 flashable roms downsise I hate sense love the g.b based rom cynogen etc... how ever I have noticed the super quick os versious evo just feels smoother even at 1 ghz plus evo highest o.c is 1.2 and I have seen 1.6 so I am happy with the change just need to figure out how to get better batt life cause it sux but again so does the evo
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Came from EVO 4G. Missing nandroid and the plethora of ROMs that were available for that device. The only reason I chose the Epic Touch over the 3D was for the extra memory. The screen is nice on this device but the resolution lacks behind the competition and I don't really care for the oversaturated look. Looks like both phones are "obsolete" anyway as we never got 4G in Detroit and it looks like we never will. I was really tempted to get the Motorola since I do travel occasionally and it would have been nice to have GSM capability. The lack of a gyro on that bothered me though since I like playing with google sky. It was pretty erratic running on the EVO 4G without the gyro.
Anyway I'm looking forward to the experience.
I'm thinking about getting this phone today. What are your thoughts. Please be completly honest. I watch a youtube review and I'm very impressed by it.
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Best phone out, hardware wise. The only one that beats it is the Nexus. At least until CM9 comes out that is. Seems like you're on Sprint anyway, so you get the Nexus. There isnt a better Sprint phone out right now, by a mile.
Came from the original epic and love this phone. Never really used the physical keyboard on the OG Epic though, for some that's a deal breaker. Otherwise this phone is awesome.
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Best phone out, hardware wise. The only one that comes close to it is the Nexus. At least until CM9 comes out that is. Seems like you're on Sprint anyway, so you get the Nexus. There isnt a better Sprint phone out right now, by a mile.
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You will love the et4g, bit miss the kb if you use it on the og epic.
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I have both and only when I started using my Epic did I realize how freakin fast the Epic Touch is. Scrolling through very long list shows a clear difference between the two. Epic is great IMO, one of my favorite devices from the last couple of years, but the Epic Touch is just plain sick. The lack of a keyboard is a frightening thought that is diminishing slowly on a daily basis. Battery life is better, screen size is very get used to... I say go for it UNLESS you're saving your upgrade for LTE goodness, which is way into the future.
I picked up an Evo 3D today too, and man is this thing laggy in comparison the the Galaxy S2 phones. Hopefully I can find someone to trade for a Nexus 4G so I can do the ICS thing for a bit.
Also, once you go AMOLED, you never go to fake black. Or something to that effect.
Bought the OG Epic at Launch and the Touch at Launch. I never used the physical keyboard on the OG Epic. I absolutely love the Touch and don't regret my decision at all. It is by far the best phone I have ever owned. I would never go back to the OG Epic.
I concur OG Epic to the Touch. Great upgrade and we have a few ppl from that dev community too so it was a pretty smooth transition root/custom rom-wise for me.
You'll get used to not having a keyboard, after that your never go back to one.
Get this phone, its fantastic.
I had the original Epic, and I was one of those people who seldom used the keyboard, so the move wasn't that difficult for me. Plus I had the Nexus for about a month since Sprint replaced my Epic with one because I kept having problems, and this phone is leagues ahead of both phones!
Its a great phone. I rooted my Epic 4G with ACS Frozen Rom and that made the phone work great.
With the Epic Touch out of the box its even better. I have not rooted because i am so happy with at Stock.
I have both. I bought the E4gt 2 months ago and the hardware is amazing. BUT I still carry my OG epic as my daily phone. I really do miss the physical keyboard and I have yet to get my battery to out last my og epic equally app configured. The OG epic has been tweaked to the point that I'm getting good life. That being said, I have been tweaking the E4GT with some of the latest Roms/kernels so that I have gotten REALLY good standbytime and am slowly adding in my apps and seeing what has caused the powere issue. Originally my E4gt was setup the same as my OG epic so I know that some apps dont play the same on the E4gt. I get wake locks on a couple apps as well that I do not see on the OG epic. Now that being said, I will at some point switch to the E4gt as my daily driver and I hope to soon. The hardware is great and the experience is great.. but I have had a hard time turining off the OG epic as it just works!
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I came from the OG Epic, its an amazing phone. I recently dropped it and cracked my screen bad and had a loaner phone for like 4 days... was going from withdrawls cuz I missed my Epic touch so much lol. Its a worthwhile buy.
I had the og epic... I would say get this phone as long as you don't use the keyboard much... it really is an amazing phone, even on a stock rom
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Thank you so much everyone for the response I just got this phone today. So far I like have to get use to not having a physical keyboard though. The only I've noticed was that the on screen keyboard is a little laggy I guess there is a fix to that.
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Bought the OG Epic at Launch and the Touch at Launch. I never used the physical keyboard on the OG Epic. I absolutely love the Touch and don't regret my decision at all. It is by far the best phone I have ever owned. I would never go back to the OG Epic.
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Same exact scenario. I got both on launch day. I said I would never get a phone without a keyboard. It took me maybe 2 days to get used to it. Its the best phone I have ever owned and its not close
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Had the og epic close to launch,miss the keyboard but this thing is blazing fast even underclocked the first phone were even under very heavy use on the stock battery I plain can't kill it in one day, gaming aside and the camera is first class. And our community is actually awesome, they have really worked all the bugs out of this phone. It has renewed my loyalty to Samsung. I know how frustrating the lack of support was on the of epic
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had the og epic (great phone)...upgraded to e4gt, and its the best phone ever had...i bought the og epic before mainly for the display (4 in was perfect) and kb, but i ended up using the kb only for odin..lol...this phone is great...battery life is great!
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This phone is fantastic. I'm a gamer, music lover, texter, (pretty much everything that this phone does). And it hasn't failed on me once. Some people say GPS has issues, but I've never experienced them, on any ROM. I think it's location dependent. Anyways...I'd hands down recommend this phone and Sammobile (aka Samfirmware) is leaking builds about twice a month, so an ICS leak will probably arrive maybe early Q1 to mid Q2. The hardware is definitely the best in the US right now (I'm talking about camera, CPU, GPU). Something I thought I wouldn't like prior to my purchase was the size of the screen being a bit large, but I bought it regardless and now it's my favorite feature.
Has anyone currently on the Galaxy S II previsouly came from using the Evo 4g? I am thinking about updating to this one, I have my upgrade but im pretty happy with the evo 4g and the development its recieved the past years..
But I wanted to get input if someone has switched from my phone to this and the pro's and con's..
I'd appreciate any input!
I came from the EVO 4G to the EVO 3D to the galaxy SII. Honestly I would go with the EVO 3D. I gave mine to my wife and think I will switch my phone back with her. Sense is just so far superior an interface it is enough to make me hate using my galaxy SII. If I could get sense on this phone it would be awesome.
Thanks for the reply, Sense is good, uses a lot of battery life. What launcher is most comonly used for galaxy s2??
I came from the EVO 4G and I have to say I love this phone. I thought I was a sense fiend but once I go this phone I like not having it. It just seems snappier without it. And once we get a full ICS rom I won't miss sense at all.
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Thanks for the reply, Sense is good, uses a lot of battery life. What launcher is most comonly used for galaxy s2??
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You mean what launcher does it come with or what launcher do we prefer to install from the market? Touchwiz is a lot less intrusive than sense and i prefer ADW launcher but all other ones are great options. I still use my evo 3d since it has great development but this device is far more superior than both the evo/evo 3d that it really isn't a bad choice.
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If you like the big screen of the EVO 4g, then you'll love the screen of the ET4g. I had the evo3d, it seemed really small the radio is very weak. It was the only phone that has had no signal in side my house. I felt the build quality was sub par also with the evo3d also. Just my opinion.
Here is my 2 cents.
Pros...e4gt brighter screen, smoother operation (no lag), much easier I think to root and customize. Better battery life and much more pros I know I'm missing
Con...radio....the radio signal sucks compared to evo. If you are in an area that your evo gets 2 bars your lucky on the Samsung to get one or have signal at all....could be different for you in your area.
This has been a few of the items I have noticed about the 2 phones.
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I came from the Evo 4G and this phone by far out does the Evo. Speed...graphics power...screen...1080p video is 100% better..battery life too. It would be nice to be able to switch between Touchwiz and Android Gingerbread Stock layouf...but otherwise...its a no brianer.
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I came from the EVO 4G to the EVO 3D to the galaxy SII. Honestly I would go with the EVO 3D. I gave mine to my wife and think I will switch my phone back with her. Sense is just so far superior an interface it is enough to make me hate using my galaxy SII. If I could get sense on this phone it would be awesome.
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I could not disagree with this post more.
I too came from a long history of HTC devices (most recently the Evo4G), and thought I would miss Sense. Nope. Not one bit. And I wouldn't touch an Evo3D with someone elses 10 ft pole.
Like mentioned in previous posts: Screen, batt life, CPU/GPU, camera!, massive amounts of internal storage, and yes, even touchwiz, make this a Far Superior phone.
And dev support is really picking up, new roms all the time.
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I could not disagree with this post more.
I too came from a long history of HTC devices (most recently the Evo4G), and thought I would miss Sense. Nope. Not one bit. And I wouldn't touch an Evo3D with someone elses 10 ft pole.
Like mentioned in previous posts: Screen, batt life, CPU/GPU, camera!, massive amounts of internal storage, and yes, even touchwiz, make this a Far Superior phone.
And dev support is really picking up, new roms all the time.
do it.
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I might be in this forum soon too. Over the past couple of days my Evo's charging port has been totally screwed up and my battery went from charging perfectly well to not charging at all. Can't even boot it up now to unroot it so I figured I might use the upgrade subsidy I've been sitting on since June. I had really planned to wait for the Nexus or SGS3 this summer/fall but I may just say "screw it" and upgrade today. Then when fall rolls around and there is some new badass handset I want, I can decide if I want to sell the SGS2 and put the proceeds toward the new one.
Traded my evo after my original gave up the ghost charging.
Now with e4gt. Love it!
Only annoyences is that i cant take pics while talking on the phone and i cant play music while on the Phone either.
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Prene said:
Traded my evo after my original gave up the ghost charging.
Now with e4gt. Love it!
Only annoyences is that i cant take pics while talking on the phone and i cant play music while on the Phone either.
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FYI - I am on UnNamed and I can take pics and be on the phone. Quite simple as others have pointed out, this phone is clearly an upgrade from the Evo. I have them both and like others I thought it could not get any better than my Evo and I have been proven wrong. Also I just got the SGII for 48.88 at Sams club....
Ya i too came from an evo and let me tell ya this phone is soo much better in every way!! The evo's screen was horrible it was kinda laggy and battery life was just rediculous! This phone has an amazing screen you can crank the brightness all the way up and the battery is still gonna last you all day! This phone is a major win!! I have never had this phone lag out on me once and i have had it for months now. Even with all the apps open!
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I had EVO 4G (which was great) but must say Epic is awesome. Compare to Epic - EVO feels like a brick now.
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i've been wondering about evo 4g for a week.
I know its a CDMA phone. Is it good? :d can you tell me feedbacks regarding this phone. i wanna sell my Galaxy Y for an Evo 4g.
and how does this CDMA works? can you help me guys?
thanks, please help me decide
im really into this device.
thanks
the evo 4g, is the best phone I've had,I have had it since it came out and I'm not planning on changing it for at least one more year,I have decks 1.3 custom ROM, it gives me 15+ hours and I also like all the customization of the phone and I can tether my internet and all kinds of cool stuff. Is out of production and not getting any new official upgrades but the deva here are awesome. All I can truly say is I love my phone
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Even though there are newer phones out and no longer made, it's still considered one of the very best Android phones. Take into account current used prices and they are an incredible deal, even more-so when you consider the number and quality of roms and accessories available.
The evo is a great phone and its been fine for me, but personally I would get the evo 3d or design because you are able to get those for cheaper then I payed for my orginal evo and their stats are slightly better. and they will be getting the ICS update and i just feel as they run smoother, as my poor evo gets older I see her aging a lot and its really not in a good way with all sorts of issues poping up, so I think you are better of just getting one of the newer models, but HTC is certainly a great way to go!
i hope i helped if i did hit that thanks button please!
I wouldn't mind the 3D (disable the 3d), it supposedly has better battery life and it is a little better, but you can get an Evo 4g for about half the cost.
If I was buying again, yes, I would consider the 3D more. At the moment, the 3D (and maybe the Design) is the only phone I would consider replacing my 4g with. Everything else has too many compromises or costs too much. Since I just bought my 4g though, I'm in no hurry to replace it.
THANKS for the replies! i would get it the next Week thanks and looking forward to you guys!! im very excited to have those EVO on my hands ==" darn
I just bought one
I just got one i love it so far I got it on ebay .. Pre set for boost I dont know what carrier ur on or wish to be on
its quite good,
lots of alternative ROM, lots of friendly DEV's here,
and EVO can do almost everything we ask for (for a smartphone)
Before i had my EVO i had an HTC HERO. the day the EVO came out i got rid of my hero and strigt up bought my evo with no upgrade and iv been loving it. no other phone beats this. yeah the phone is old and its DEADED by sprint and HTC, but honestly the only other phone id even consider getting is the EVO 3d or nexus when it comes out.
but overall i never have problems with this phone and i love it. in my opinion i think its the most supported phone on XDA with SO MANY roms and cool mods.
I'd wait for the galaxy note
I have the evo 4g and it was great when i got it new but its starting to show its age. If you are buying it used thats fine but if its with a new contract i'd wait a few months. Sprint is supposedly getting the GAlaxy Note which is much better. one bad thing about the evo 4g is the screen is not too good in sunlight, which can be a problem with turn by turn in the car. Samsung uses superAMOLED displays so its less of an issue. battery life is an issue esp if you overclock, i'd check out amazon for batteries. I just got a Seidio 1750 for $8. much better then stock battery
i got 2 weeks with my evo and everything is going good.... im just waiting for a fully working ics ROM and everything its gonna be perfect.
*probably in a few days
I've had my EVO 4g for 2.5 years now (well broke it twice, thank god for insurance) and I've no need or want for a new phone. I work 8 hours a day, and play pandora on my phone with wifi of course non-stop for the whole day (without charge) and am left with 50% battery when i get off! It's amazing. But of course i use Mazwoz ICS 3.5Beta, Tiatmat 4.1.0sbc Kernel, and a 3500mah battery. But still! Its an awesome phone, tons of dev support. It's fun to put it up against my friends iphone 4s's with speed test and blow them away!
Good luck with your evo 4g man! And check out mazwoz's ICS rom!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481091