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You could say the HTC EVO had a good run and still to this day has an advantage over its competition, but now with the arrival of newer and beefier-spec'd phones, the EVO is already one foot in the grave...or is it? Let us be proud of what the EVO gave to us that other phones didn't for months...
1.) America's first WiMax/4G phone - We've enjoyed running a 4G network for 4 or so months before other carriers hopped onboard
2.) first Android phone with front facing camera - it didn't take long for other competitors to have one, IPhone4 for example..but ours was fully functional, no wifi only.
3.) the kickstand - not the first phone with a kickstand. it kickstarted the trend into other HTC phones- Inspire 4G, Thunderbolt. i don't see the competition having kickstands on their phones...or maybe they just don't care about it.
4.) Android OS - what other phones can say they have run Eclair, Froyo and NOW Gingerbread in the span of their lifetime?
5.) the XDA community - the best support from the developers with the most ROMs than any other phone available. there's almost two-hundred roms available according to the list at PPC geeks...although half of those are not supported anymore..but still that is alot of roms...
there are probably more i can't remember. feel free to chime in.
in summary, i'm still keeping my EVO even when i'm gonna replace it soon with something better. nope not going to trade it in or sell it on ebay. love my evo.
This has been the best phone I have ever owned hands down. When I get my 3d, this will be staying in the family. My eldest daughter is just dying for me to give her my evo, so I guess I will.
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Will keep with my EVO until the next Nexus. Great phone.
1st phone I ever had for a whole year and can care less about upgrading....awesome phone.
via EVO.
Happy birthday Evo, & this phone is still as great as when it first came out last year!
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I just got mine a few months back and I am happy with it. I do not see a need to go EVO 3d though the duel core is tempting I see myself keeping the EVO till they get one to replace the EVO 3d. The EVO the best phone I have used I just hope HTC and sprint keep working on updates for it. Hopfully we will see a new sence version sometime soon.
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In July, I will have it for a year. First phone I kept for more than 6 months (not including my old Nokia 8260 from almost a decade ago, which I had for ALMOST a year). I just discovered rooting and flashing ROMs, so honeslty... I'll probably keep it even longer! With all the different ROMs etc... It's almost like a different phone with every flash!
Today, I have used my EVO for one full year. That is the longest I have ever used the same model phone consistently... in my entire life. And it is definitely still not slow.
Only phone that I have had that hasn't felt obsolete after a month. Our Evo has stayed on the front lines for a whole year!! I am a proud owner.
Sent from from my future Evo 3D. Thank you HTC
You're telling me! I don't even hold on to women this long!
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I'm planning to get an Evo3D off contract price and use it via WiFi.. I guess I could go phoneless with it until my current contract is up.. and the idea of carrying two phones with me in my pocket... will do will do lol
Happy bday EVO. Goodbye warranty.
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I didn't get mine until last August, but this phone has hands down been the best phone I have ever had! I had a pretty bad track record of only keeping phones for a few months and moving on. 10 months later, I'm still rockin' it, with Sense 3.0, and still loving everything about it!
I've had mine for a little over 2 months now. The reviews from peers were what made me get it then and not wait for the 3D (well and the ? about rooting the 3D)
I love it so much, my wife just got one so we could be the same. It's clearly the best phone I have ever owned.
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I've had mine for a little over 2 months now. The reviews from peers were what made me get it then and not wait for the 3D (well and the ? about rooting the 3D)
I love it so much, my wife just got one so we could be the same. It's clearly the best phone I have ever owned.
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My girlfriend and I got one on day one. Still in love....with the phone lol
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I've had my EVO since Google I/O last year. I was considering moving to Nexus S 4G but have decided to stick with the EVO due to strong Dev support. CM7 specifically. Also great kernel support and battery with tiamat.
I think I'll stick with the EVO until I/O next year.
I love this phone. If I didn't just get a tablet then I'd be itching for a new phone. Now that I have a tablet though... I hardly tinker with the phone anymore haha.
I got my EVO last summer. As soon as I saw my brothers, I had to have one. I plan on keeping mine for a while. It has been fun flashing roms and using the apps. I am still happy with mine.
Just an fyi the nexus one went eclair-froyo-gingerbread first.
Alas I have much happier with my evo then my nexus
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Seriously, WTF is up with all the 3D crap lately? It all just makes my head hurt...
Not upgrading because there is no physical keyboard.
Not upgrading because I don't have an upgrade or the money and I also think that the Galaxy S II phones will be out in August or September.
I don't think I would get much benefit from 3D technology since I only have two eyes.
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Not upgrading because I don't want the phone.
Im jumping ship, cuz there was an upgrade available on another line, and since i am the account holder, i used it for myself! lol. I'll still be back here though - 3 other lines on my account have epics...
3D may be stupid, but i've heard that atleast 3d movies actually look pretty good. besides that, it's a beast of a phone.
No.
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Not me. I almost got an Evo on release until the Epic was announced so I waited for that. If I was going to upgrade now, I'd wait for the GS2 but I'm not going to bother with that either. I'll wait until my contract is up or a real gamechanging phone hits the market.
Milkman00 said:
Not upgrading because there is no physical keyboard.
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+1
Besides, I feel the Galaxy S2 blows away the EVO 3D
Even then, lack of HW KB makes is a no go for me
Probably not. More interested in Within and Photon 4G. Might even wait until the round of phones after that to jump ship. I do have a year left in my contract after all. The Epic has been good to me.
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Not eligible for an upgrade, and by next year they'll have something better.
Milkman00 said:
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amen to that bro
Nope. No keyboard.
I can wait a month for a SG2 unless a better nexus is coming out soon. EVO3d just dosnt seem all that great to me when stacked up against the other summer/fall releases
Waiting for the GS2.
Im not. Ota for evo3d still didn't unlock the bootloader
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
You will pull amoled from my cold dead hands.
3D is such a gimmick.
No EVO 3D for me. Waiting on the Photon or may be the Within.
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This may be kind of a pointless thread, but with everybody patiently waiting for GB, I thought I'd give my opinion...
I'm so happy that I didn't upgrade to the epic touch yet. They're saying they're launching 15 devices with LTE by mid next year with the full LTE rollout starting next year and ending in 2013. Now that upgrades are 2 years in stead of 1, I'm really happy I didn't jump on the epic touch like I wanted to.
Anybody else holding out?
Yes me but not only for the lte enabled but the voice over 1x or advanced 1x cuz that will allow data and talk at the same time no matter what wooo hooo
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Definitely holding on to my upgrade now.
I got the epic touch. By the time most of us see lte we will already be on a new phone.
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I still never upgraded from the Epic either. And the news on LTE confirms that I won't be upgrading until my 2 years is up (August 2012). By then, we should have some nice LTE phones to upgrade to. When official GB comes out for the Epic and if its stable, I'll be fine with that for another year.
Wizard Knight said:
This may be kind of a pointless thread, but with everybody patiently waiting for GB, I thought I'd give my opinion...
I'm so happy that I didn't upgrade to the epic touch yet. They're saying they're launching 15 devices with LTE by mid next year with the full LTE rollout starting next year and ending in 2013. Now that upgrades are 2 years in stead of 1, I'm really happy I didn't jump on the epic touch like I wanted to.
Anybody else holding out?
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I'm holding out for my full upgrade. Don't see the point since I bought the Epic for the keyboard instead of getting the bigger EVO. Was hoping for a Galaxy III or IV with quad core 2.6Ghz and keyboard but now am excited to get LTE then too.
My upgrade isn't until November 2012 so I glad that the new lecture devices will be out by my upgrade time
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R3537L1F3 said:
My upgrade isn't until November 2012 so I glad that the new lecture devices will be out by my upgrade time
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In the same boat. Maybe by then a new dream phone with LTE, multicore, ICS and a keyboard will exist.
DroidApprentice said:
In the same boat. Maybe by then a new dream phone with LTE, multicore, ICS and a keyboard will exist.
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THAT would B Cool !
TexasEpic4G said:
THAT would B Cool !
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Indeed
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I think at this point, I might hold out for the galaxy S 3. I may hate samsung's upgrade drama over and over again, but hell, they just make the sexiest damn phones
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I think at this point, I might hold out for the galaxy S 3. I may hate samsung's upgrade drama over and over again, but hell, they just make the sexiest damn phones
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I think they will behave better insofar as updates going forward. The Epic seems like just a special problematic case because of the unique hardware. The "killer app" Sammy has and may continue to have is the screen...they're king of the hill when it comes to those. I just hope newer processors make for better phone modems and much more battery life.
samsung galaxy s III with lte? HELL YES.
actually kind of happy right now im not upgrading till next august.
I still don't really "get" the need for 4g. Good 3g is more than enough for me on a phone. Except for tethering (which I rarely need to do anymore now that I don't spend 3 weeks a month on the road any more).
But if the lte rollout means rock solid voice and good 3g service, ill be happy with my epic or any 3g phone.
Since the epic can handle every game in the market, I think It will be good enough for 1 more year.
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Since the epic can handle every game in the market, I think It will be good enough for 1 more year.
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For some it better be good for another 20 months. It is down to $49 everywhere with new contract which since people are still buying it wanting the keyboard, they will have it until the next full upgrade for them 20 months from now.
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For some it better be good for another 20 months. It is down to $49 everywhere with new contract which since people are still buying it wanting the keyboard, they will have it until the next full upgrade for them 20 months from now.
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Let's hope samsung reallizes this and keeps supporting poeple that are going to buy this phone sometimes this month or who just bought it. They're going to have it for 20 months that's a long time when you consider how fast technology improves now a days. Maybe we will get some more updates but that's just being optimistic.
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We have the hardware to run ICS but I'll be shocked if we get it. It's much more different than Froyo to GB.
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We have the hardware to run ICS but I'll be shocked if we get it. It's much more different than Froyo to GB.
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Even if we don't get it officially I bet we get a ported version.
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Is there a place to find which handsets are getting ICS
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Are you happy with your phone still? Are you waiting for possibly a new LTE phone in 2012? Or just waiting on your upgrade?
Just curious to see what others thinking about their phone. My phone still works great, but being the geek I am. I'm itching for something new. The E4GT looks like a sweet phone, and supposedly there's a fix for the LOS that developers got their hands on.
Waiting for something that would be a real upgrade, so far I've been very happy with my evo, thanks to the devs here. Until sprint releases a LTE device that's killer spec wise, & has some decent development going on, I'll stay with my OG. I've had my evo since it came out, and its totally because the devs here keep my evo fresh & interesting.
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Yeah my EVO is running strong still, and with the development of ICS. Maybe that'll hold me over? I can't say that if I saw another great deal on an ET4G that I won't pass it up lol. Just have to wait and see.... I wish we had an idea of phones for 2012 and estimates on release dates.
Iczer said:
Yeah my EVO is running strong still, and with the development of ICS. Maybe that'll hold me over? I can't say that if I saw another great deal on an ET4G that I won't pass it up lol. Just have to wait and see.... I wish we had an idea of phones for 2012 and estimates on release dates.
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They already said the the first LTE phones wouldn't be out until around june / july. Though they will begin the towers in early 2012.
1. waiting for sense 2.1 = Got it
2. waiting for sense 3.0 = Got it
3. waiting for sense 3.5 = Got it
I guess I'm waiting for my contract to be up. Then I will consider something new, but I see no need right now for what I use the phone for. The next best thing isn't always the best IMO...
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Waiting for something that would be a real upgrade, so far I've been very happy with my evo, thanks to the devs here. Until sprint releases a LTE device that's killer spec wise, & has some decent development going on, I'll stay with my OG. I've had my evo since it came out, and its totally because the devs here keep my evo fresh & interesting.
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My upgrade isn't until August 2012. There should be a bunch of new phones released between now and then. The Galaxy Nexus and HTC Edge or other new quad core phones look intriguing, Iphone 5 (probably not I like the personalization options Android has). As long as we get an ICS rom it will feel like we're running the latest phone though, at least for now.
my upgrade isn't until March, so I'm sure a lot of new phones will be out by then. But if I had to pick right now, I'd either get the GS2 or leave Sprint for the Galaxy Nexus
i cant decideeeee, i dont know if i should get iphone or wait for early 2012 to upgrade
i do want GN not sure if sprint will take their time like they did with Nexus S
for now will keep the EVO going since we have great Devs... and recently swtiched prl to verizon and its working great/better so not sure why switch anyway
time will tell
freexx89 said:
i cant decideeeee, i dont know if i should get iphone or wait for early 2012 to upgrade
i do want GN not sure if sprint will take their time like they did with Nexus S
for now will keep the EVO going since we have great Devs... and recently swtiched prl to verizon and its working great/better so not sure why switch anyway
time will tell
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Iwhat?
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My contract won't expire for about a year and my evo is still running nicely.
I will likely dabble with iOS and Win7 to test the waters once my evo is done for.
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I would like another htc phone. Quad core, lots of internal storage and 64 gb card compatible(hopefully ). Some phones due out next year look pretty nice
We're comin from a pure power source.
I need to switch to verizon because I work in places where sprint's 3g service is junk, so as soon as the nexus is released, i'm gone.
An LTE phone (due next year). A quad core phone. Something with just a little more internal storage.
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A real EVO 2 upgrade. Contract already up. But nothing so far surpasses EVO in pure beastly awesomeness!
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mbaseball3 said:
A real EVO 2 upgrade. Contract already up. But nothing so far surpasses EVO in pure beastly awesomeness!
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I am happy with the photon as an upgrade. But rom dev is not as vast as the evo. Wife still has hers though so I get play both fields.
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Honestly, it's going to take an awful lot for me to upgrade. There isn't really anything I want to do with a phone that I can't already do with my Evo.
Hardware Acceleration is going to make ICS run really well (even on older hardware), and I expect that the specs in the Evo will allow it to continue on just like a modern phone. Bluetooth, front-facing camera, etc. will continue to make it a contender.
I will be sticking with mine (not counting an accident) for at least another generation until Nexus Next is available, and then consider based on hardware and Android J+.
I would maybe go for that Nexus S (sexy thang). However, there aren't any phones offering me my Death Ray flashlight and kickstand, so...the Evo stays.
I do have 2 bright spots on my screen though, which is annoying.
Im due for upgrade on 2 evos around February. The only thing I really like is the samsung s2..
That phone will probably be 99 but the time end of Feb comes around..
Who knows though, I may just hang tight without a contract..
Waiting for my contract to end. Hopefully network will be working better by then.
FYI
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/05/goog...tiple-vendors-sell-through-google-play-store/
Gee, and I just got a One S--
Ouch, bro, I wonder if sprint let's us bring our own device
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It is good News for Google Phone fans--just have to wait awhile on more specifics
A Quad/HD/2gb ram/2ghz/LTE/12mp camera/4.6 screen/32gb internal with sdcard--Google Nexus--sounds nice--one can only dream--
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Gee, and I just got a One S--
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Always be happy with what you have. The way this tech moves you can't keep saying "I'll hold out" because every 4 months something newer will come out, guaranteed.
Just like right now. Will I buy a Galaxy S3, probably. But I want to wait till they show what the US versions will have to make my final decision. Will it suck that Samsung will take forever for JB on that phone, yes it will. But I think the 6 months I have with that phone will out weigh holding on to my N1. Consider yourself lucky you had more time with that phone than I will with with S3 by the time something newer comes out.
Agreed
Actually I am thrilled with the One S. Snapdragon S4, Beautiful screen, fast, smooth, 5100 Quadrants, and best of all solid touch screen and 10 to 18mb read speeds. Rooted and ready to flash first rom--
Still miss N1--but sold--
Ken
Too bad iPhone brought Sprints funds down and they are behind the technology.. I don't know why Sprint had to get the expensive iPhone. Now because of that we don't have the HTC One series -.- . Once again Apple had to screw up. If only the damn Apple beggars stopped begging Sprint to get the iPhone 4S we would still be in the top. Sprint was one of the few carriers that got 4G first. Now there's only like very little phones and most are outdated. I feel that the evo LTE will epicly fail. No removable battery, which is a big deal when your running a Dual core 1.5ghz phone with 4G and LTE . And HD sounds. The 200 extra mah may be better than the 1800mah battery , but then again, it doesn't really matter.
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I swear , if I get the LTE, first thing I'm doing is looking for a battery disassemble guide!
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I worrried about no removable battery and no sd slot--but, I don't think it will be an issue. Time will tell. Internal sd gives amazing read/write speeds.
this is definitely good news...
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FYI
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/05/goog...tiple-vendors-sell-through-google-play-store/
Gee, and I just got a One S--
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nexus series is good, but One S is good, too
update
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/05/goog...ember-5th-to-celebrate-five-years-of-android/
Remember remember the 5th of november
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It will probably be my next phone