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(Mashable) -- Were you still deciding whether or not to pick up that shiny new HTC EVO 4G smartphone?
You may be out of luck for some time, as Boy Genius reports that Sprint's new flagship Android handset is entirely sold out across the U.S.
We knew that the device was shattering Sprint sales records right and left, and now it appears that demand has been so blisteringly hot that the EVO is actually unavailable pretty much everywhere.
If you manage to find a secret stash of these phones or to blackmail convince any Sprint employees to let you in on the next available restock date, be sure to send us a tip.
Meanwhile, the HTC EVO 4G is neck and neck with the iPhone 4 in our weekly Faceoff Series (be sure to cast your vote if you haven't yet).
If you were one of the perhaps sizable demographic waiting to see Apple's latest phone before picking up your next smartphone of choice, are you bummed that the EVO is currently unavailable?
My local sprint store said they're getting 2 or 3 in every morning.
I would definitely check with Sprint, Radio shack, and BestBuy in your area.
I was in the local radioshack last monday, 6/7, and they let me reserve a phone for 50 dollars down for their next shipment coming this friday, 6/11. AND they're opening early for me to come in at 8:30AM to switch my number over and everything.
I just ordered mine from SprintPCS.com 2 days ago and had no problems.
They're available again on Sprint.com.
Radioshack is still taking preorders through the 14th of June. One shipment is coming in on the 11th (this Friday) to stores across the country, and the other is TBD. Most likely not more than two weeks.
Just placed an order for my second evo through Sprint telesales. They said it was in stock and should ship within 2 days. They only gave 2 days as a backlog cuz of all the orders they need to fulfill.
I just hope BB or RS has one on the 1st when my upgrade is.
I wonder how long before sprint start selling refurb ones. Knowing that most of the apple fanboys just wanted a toy to play with to the iphone 4 comes out
Ordered mine last night at 2am and Got confirmation today at 530pm.
Can't wait.
http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-back-stock-sprints-website
http://shop.sprint.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/DisplayPhones?phoneSKU=APA9292KT As of 6:24 EST it's available now on sprint's site.
Just placed my order at sprint.com... They didn't have that stupid message up this time about it being so hot they can't keep it on their virtual shelves.
Launch was scheduled for the 21st but is going to be moved up to the 15th. Reliable source.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-vibrant-confirmed-july-15th
dazabale said:
Launch was scheduled for the 21st but is going to be moved up to the 15th. Reliable source.
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But keep in mine that this was a last min decision and they don't have very many to go around.
I live in the 2nd largest city in MI and I called all of the T-Mobile stores in and around the city, And there are only 18 scheduled to be delivery for my city and the surrounding area.
So if you want one make sure you get there early, I know I will
I live in Orlando and I know it's going to be sold out it in the first half hour so Imma be at the store an hour early probably in my car right when doors open
I gots my preorder in so I KNOW I'm getting one. Peace of mind
I wanted to pre order but since I returned my MyTouch Slide Radio shack couldn't recognize that T-Mobile said Store or Phone is my only choice but I kinda prefer that so I don't have to wait for a delivery I can just go to the store really early
The tmo store I called said call on Tuesday to reserve the phone for pick up on Thursday cause that is when they get their shipments
I got mine with a FFC.
Stop bumping old asa threads. Seriously.
Stop doing it. It's getting annoying. Did you not realize this thread is from July before the Vibrant was launched, idiot?
I wasn't due for an upgrade for another month but the local Best Buy had some white and black ones in stock, so I called Sprint and they moved my date up a month so I could go ahead and upgrade. This was 21 months in on one line and 11 on the primary line for the upgrades. Just thought if you are due for an upgrade then it might be worth your time to call Sprint and see if they will move your upgrade date so you can get the EVO if you can find it.
You just got lucky that you had a cool rep to do do that for you. I tried and they wouldn't go for it when they first came out. I had to pay an early termination fee for my Touch Pro in order to get my EVO.
When in doubt Sprint will always let you upgrade at least one month early. One thing you can do is call, talk to a manager and tell them how badly your current handset blows and you wanna upgrade. Normally you'll get some grief at first but if you threaten to cancel service and tell them you'll get an iPhone than they submit to your wants.
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I was behind for an upgrade when I got mine. I just told sprint my problems with the pre and was really liking the evo, and would be willing to sign another 2 years I'd they could renew my upgrade date. I got my pre like 14 months ago. It helps to tell them that you're trying to decide on the evo and a phone on another network, for me it was the droid.
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You just got lucky that you had a cool rep to do do that for you. I tried and they wouldn't go for it when they first came out. I had to pay an early termination fee for my Touch Pro in order to get my EVO.
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If you are with Sprint enough time, you can upgrade every 11 months. not even 12.
And I don't think any other company does that.
baiatul said:
If you are with Sprint enough time, you can upgrade every 11 months. not even 12.
And I don't think any other company does that.
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I've been with Sprint since before it all became digital and the days of the brick phones so if that's not long enough, I don't know what is.
I wasn't due for an upgrade until Sept 1, went to best buy on June 20th and they said I was eligible.......
If you pay over like 120 or 130 a month for Sprint service than you are a premier member. One of the perks of this is upgrades every year vice 2 years. You're also supposed to get priority in store service and you get accessories for like 25% off. There's more, just go check it out on Sprint's site.
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you're lucky. i was 3 weeks early to renew my contract as a premier member, but they would not renew it since i was getting an evo. they wouldn't even sell it to me straight up. i even got into an argument with the manager because i was getting different stories about me upgrading and/or purchasing the phone for full price. they only wanted new lines for the evo.
I had a week to go for my upgrade, but Sprint would not budge. I contacted the retentions department and the rep said the only way they would move my upgrade date up is if I had the BB representative call customer service and tell them that my phone was broke and that I was looking into the evo. Essentially they could replace my current phone and I was only going to keep it for a week and get the evo or they could save some money and move my upgrade date up. The customer service rep didn't resist the move.
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you're lucky. i was 3 weeks early to renew my contract as a premier member, but they would not renew it since i was getting an evo. they wouldn't even sell it to me straight up. i even got into an argument with the manager because i was getting different stories about me upgrading and/or purchasing the phone for full price. they only wanted new lines for the evo.
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This is exactly what I'm talking about. I had to go through BB and open a new line on my account as a family plan. This is where Sprint falls short. Evidently in my area they don't practice what they preach. My Touch Pro broke a week before the launch of the EVO and I was even charged an early termination fee on a broken phone. This alone almost swayed me to go with Verizon but decided to give Sprint one more chance.
I was planning on adding a new line anyway when i was gonna get the evo. So when i went in telling the rep at the store i wanted just a case he asked why i wasnt getting the phone through them, to which i replied. i pre-ordered from best buy . 2 of them (one for me and one for my buddy). The rep asked how much i had put down i told him 50 bucks. he told me he would match that if i bought through them. I kinda hesitated, and told them i had pre ordered 2, to which he answered, we'll match that also. I went ahead and got them from the sprint store. thats not the best part, they gave me all sorts of discount (23% off my phone bill) and when i went to look at my phone bill the new line is already ELIGIBLE for an UPGRADE. and the old line i had (the Hero)is eligible in october, and they told me that i couldnt change main number or id lose the upgrade on the hero, but my evo is now my main line.. LOL i guess i win LOL. when the new phones come i dont have to wait or Early Terminate. HAHAHA
My upgrade comes through on March 1st.. I've looked into each of these phones with great detail. This is what I've come up with in a nutshell. And I want everyone's professional opinion as ill be using this phone for a year or two.. thx guys and gals..(is there a girl on xda yet? ;p)
Stock pros of shift: pocket friendly, higher quality exterior, possibly more support on xda, I heart HTC.
Stock pros of epic 4g: better battery life, amoled screen, front facing camera, video card for twice the gaming potential
Both are 99.00 on Amazon with upgrade eligibility (so is the evo, but I don't need a tablet just yet, 4" is quite enough for me) .. I use sprint im not switching its cheap.. I'd rather have a steak then slightly improved cell service. I have wifi at home anyways..
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I'm curious what replies you get, because my upgrade comes up soon.
My first thought would be to hold off until Sprint gets a sweet dual core.
I have an upgrade sitting around that I probably wont use until it goes away and then late this year I get it back with the new premier program (unless my hero takes a crap). I'd be more inclined to go with the shift, though some report it being a little "shift"y with regards to the slider seeming cheap. Any other complaints seem like things you'd adjust to (the volume/power locations). I've been keeping up with their forums a bit and it's still a bit young but seems to be off to a good start on that front. And people report it being fast as hell. If I go back to a slider, which I'm inclined to do, I'd go with the shift. The epic...well, I don't know a lot about it. I did play with one a little and it did seem fast and stable and well put together, but dev info here did get a bit confusing to me. I have quite a bit of practice at all of this, and I probably wouldn't have too many issues actually following the steps, that was just my impression.
I will be sticking with sprint myself as long as they remain cheap...hard to beat a 20% plan/25% equipment discount. I'm not just waiting to upgrade for some dream phone, my hero just works great. Honestly, I'd like to see a portrait slider for android, similar to the dell venue pro.
xda + android + HTC =
http://www.echobykyocera.com/
^Doesn't seem popular to a lot of people but I'm more interested in it than the epic or shift.
I know you might not like this, but I would wait a month after your upgrade is available. In march is CTIA, the event where the Evo was released. And from what I believe and others do too, is that the Evo 2 will be announced then. Most likely dual core, new sense, 2.3, and possibly superlcd from HTC. Honestly I would wait, not like your upgrade is going to expire.
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Honestly I would wait, not like your upgrade is going to expire.
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But there is Sprint's new TOS for Silver vs Gold Premier service that takes affect April 1.
From what I'm reading throughout the internet is that existing Premier customers (like me) that don't qualify for Premier Gold won't be grandfathered in after after April 1. So, since my 12 month Premier happens before April 1, I have to pull the trigger on an upgrade before April 1 or I will loose it after April 1 and have to wait until the 22nd month of my contract. Even the Sprint customer service responses that I've read here and there are advising this too. So, I'm not sure what to make of it all.
Also, could this be why we have not seen a lot of new Android goodness on Sprint lately? Sprint could be waiting until after April 1 when the new Premier goes into affect before releasing a lot of new smart phones so that they don't get saturated with current Premier customers wanting to upgrade under the present 12 month rule.
Update: Here's a link to the Sprint TOS page about the upgrade impact. I definitely loose it after April 1. Read the question about, 'How is my upgrade eligibility impacted?' for all the details.
Except for the Nexus S, there is no reason to buy Samsung at all.
He seems to be correct about the new tos from sprint... I spoke to them on the phone about it they are getting rid of there og sprint premier program software one upgrade every year to the industry standard of once every two years. Ill call and ask again whether or not the upgrade rolls over but from the sound of it it doesn't. Grr. I have a soft spot for HTC as I've been using there fine phones since Samsung was even in the market. My first HTC was the P4350, winmo 5 I believe it was. Either way I need to figure out what to do within the next month here.
sent from my hero aosp2.2 cause aospcm7 2.3 was not as fast or stable for me.
Considering the 2.2 Epic update FINALLY just hit, and then was subsequently pulled within a day or two, should tell you something.
I was in the Sprint store the other day and everyone but one sales person had great things to say about the shift. Nobody liked the epic as much.
I have owned two samsungs, the moment and instinkt. Now I am a full blown hero addict. HTC is where it's at!
I've had my upgrade available since august but been waiting for something dual core love. Does anyone here think if I up grade now I will still be able to upgrade again in August. Before you were able to upgrade every year for the main phone on a family plan but after 2 years you were able to upgrade all the phones. My 2 year cycle is comes up in august.
And one more thing. With all the drama with Sprint's 4G network provided by Clearwire and Clearwire's big money problems, it may be that Sprint doesn't want to bring anymore phones via Clearwire's 4G service to the market since Sprint will probably have to switch to LTE.
So, there's another dilemma to add to the equation. I'll be getting a 4G capable phone and be charged an extra $10 for whatever, but 4G may not even exist during the entire 22 months of the new contract...drama, drama, drama...
So if we wait after 4/1 to upgrade would our upgrade default to half the full discount. Cause that's what I think I'm gonna do.
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I've had my upgrade available since august but been waiting for something dual core love. Does anyone here think if I up grade now I will still be able to upgrade again in August. Before you were able to upgrade every year for the main phone on a family plan but after 2 years you were able to upgrade all the phones. My 2 year cycle is comes up in august.
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You get your upgrade a year (well, two years) after you use it. Shouldn't of sat on it for so long..
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You get your upgrade a year (well, two years) after you use it. Shouldn't of sat on it for so long..
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What should have he got? Sprint is falling behind in the new era of dual core phones. Yes I know that the Evo2 will probably be dual core but, I GUARANTEE it wont be out before 4/1/11. So my upgrade will be lost on April Fools day, and ill get the Evo2 12/28/11.
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I just got the shift recently coming from a hero and would recommend this phone. My friend has a sammy epic and its a great phone but the quality is a little lacking. It just feels plasticky... I heard the epics actually run better for game emulation and such which has something to do with the achitechture.
The shift has been great tho. Its a good form factor and has a really nice keyboard. I've has a sidekick a mogal and a touch pro before going to the hero so I've has my fair share to keyboards to say that its a good keyboard. Very solid and sturdy. The phone is very snappy. I was running aosp 2.2 on the hero and thought it was pretty snappy but the shift blows it away even with sense. Still waiting for an aosp rom for this phone.
Enough with the rant... get the shift... haha
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Shift +1
I was in the same boat, I was really interested in the kyocera phone, but saw that no matter what Sprint was going to charge $10/month for a premium phone, so I figured might as well go with a 4g phone in the off chance that my area gets included in the next year. I settled on the Evo Shift, for 2 reasons, one I don't really play intense 3D games on my phone, so I didn't need the extra graphics addition, and two I know the development for the Shift will be good as more people start to move away from the Hero and Evo they will more likely go to the Shift then the Epic being familiar with HTC.
Some pleasant surprises, the stock Shift has amazing battery life when compared to the Hero. I can't imagine the Epic with any better battery life, with a bigger screen and more graphics horse power eating away. Rooting the Shift was very easy, not Unrevoked easy but still 20 minutes easy. The shift is being over clocked to 1.5 Ghz and still very stable. Development is taking off especially since the end of January.
I stopped by a Sprint store a few weeks ago when they changed my premier status.
They said once you earn an upgrade they won't take it away. Call customer service to verify but I'm 99% certain come April 1 we will all still have our upgrades (mine just hit today) and will be able to look forward to something coming out in May/June that will have been WELL worth the wait.
Just upgrade your Hero to GB and ride it out. At least wait for CTIA...if nothing drops by then go get your EVO. You're going to hate yourself if you get an EVO Shift tomorrow and the EVO II gets announced in 3 weeks.
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I stopped by a Sprint store a few weeks ago when they changed my premier status.
They said once you earn an upgrade they won't take it away. Call customer service to verify but I'm 99% certain come April 1 we will all still have our upgrades (mine just hit today) and will be able to look forward to something coming out in May/June that will have been WELL worth the wait.
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I'm sorry that you actually believed that. Read it for yourself. If I'm not paying for the $89.99 plan come April 1 because I'm on the $69.99 everything plan, then Sprint says I loose the 12 month premier refresh until the 22nd month of the existing contract. This is from Sprint's Premier Update questions web site;
Q:How is my upgrade eligibility impacted?
Effective 4/1/11:
Sprint Premier Gold accounts will continue to receive the annual upgrade benefit based on maintaining a 3-month average of $89.99* for individual plans or $169.99 for shared plans, or for 10+ years service. Gold accounts will receive one annual upgrade per qualifying plan.
Sprint Premier Silver accounts:
If the line qualifying for an annual upgrade is 22 months from the last upgrade, there is no impact. The line would continue to be eligible for an upgrade under Sprint's New For You upgrade program, which allows eligible customers to upgrade every 22 months.
If the line qualifying for an annual upgrade is 12-21 months from the last upgrade, the upgrade must be used by March, 31, 2011. Otherwise, effective April 1, 2011, the upgrade eligibility on that line will be changed to 22 months.
If the line qualifying for an annual upgrade is less than 12 months from the last upgrade, their upgrade eligibility will be changed to 22 months.
To check your upgrade eligibility go to www.sprint.com/upgrade.
*3-month average includes base rate plans only. Add-on services do not qualify. The average is figured per plan before any discounts are applied. Additional lines on shared plans or multiple plans on the same account do not count toward the minimum spending requirement.
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I'm sorry that you actually believed that. Read it for yourself. If I'm not paying for the $89.99 plan come April 1 because I'm on the $69.99 everything plan, then Sprint says I loose the 12 month premier refresh until the 22nd month of the existing contract. This is from Sprint's Premier Update questions web site;
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Wow. This sucks. Thanks for the info. Guess I'll go get my EVO today...
OK, so I preorder my phone from Amazon on may 15th doing the 2 year contract crap, and days later get the news like everyone else of the customs B.S. I wait no stress I'll get it when I get it. I did send in a couple emails so they didn't just keep me in the dark, and also to get bumped up to 1 day shipping. After a couple of weeks I got my email saying it's coming, and they took the payment. (yeay!) Then later that day on Jun 4th, I got a few more emails from them, (Amazon wireless) saying "Action needed to complete your order.... ...we've been working to finalize the activation of your new phone. The activation was initiated, but we have not received confirmation from SPRINT that your activation was successful for this order... Bla, blaa, blaa..."
I pay them no real attention, so I noticed in my sprint account that I'm still eligible for the upgrade with contact extension. I say hmmm, thinking I guess it will go away after I activate my phone. On Jun 5th my phone arrives I open the box with greedy anticipation of the touch and feel of my sexy new device. (yeay! It's here) I root it put my apps on it put my text and
mms's from my of EVO on it then activate it. Yeay!
Now today is June 7th I check with my sprint account and I'm still eligible for an upgrade (w/two year contract B.S....)
So what do I do? What would you do?
I'm saying I should go get that GS3 now too... Do you think they'll catch on that they didn't remove my upgrade if I were to attempt use it again on the GS3? Then bill me after for full cost?
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I'd wait a few days before you jump the gun on the G-SIII. Since you bought it through Amazon, there may be some different processing that needs to take place.
If by this time next week it still doesn't show up, then I'd give it a shot.
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OK, so I preorder my phone from Amazon on may 15th doing the 2 year contract crap, and days later get the news like everyone else of the customs B.S. I wait no stress I'll get it when I get it. I did send in a couple emails so they didn't just keep me in the dark, and also to get bumped up to 1 day shipping. After a couple of weeks I got my email saying it's coming, and they took the payment. (yeay!) Then later that day on Jun 4th, I got a few more emails from them, (Amazon wireless) saying "Action needed to complete your order.... ...we've been working to finalize the activation of your new phone. The activation was initiated, but we have not received confirmation from SPRINT that your activation was successful for this order... Bla, blaa, blaa..."
I pay them no real attention, so I noticed in my sprint account that I'm still eligible for the upgrade with contact extension. I say hmmm, thinking I guess it will go away after I activate my phone. On Jun 5th my phone arrives I open the box with greedy anticipation of the touch and feel of my sexy new device. (yeay! It's here) I root it put my apps on it put my text and
mms's from my of EVO on it then activate it. Yeay!
Now today is June 7th I check with my sprint account and I'm still eligible for an upgrade (w/two year contract B.S....)
So what do I do? What would you do?
I'm saying I should go get that GS3 now too... Do you think they'll catch on that they didn't remove my upgrade if I were to attempt use it again on the GS3? Then bill me after for full cost?
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Why don't you call Sprint and see what they say.
I would just wait because it may take longer, or if it goes through and they see you 'abused' it, will make you pay in full, or some other negative penalty on your account, like no upgrade for you in 2 years.