[Q] Epic or Evo Shift? - Epic 4G General

Hey all. I've been looking to buy a new phone for a few weeks now, and have been leaning towards the Evo Shift. But my choice was the Epic months ago. So my question is; which would all of you prefer? Epic of Shift?
I've done much research, but I'd like to hear insight from some actual Epic users. I know the Epic offers Samsung's Super AMOLED display, and the shift doesn't. The Epic also has a bigger screen. But I believe the Shift has a faster processor? I've also heard that the sliding mechanism on the Epic can become loose fairly quickly with heavy use? Is this even true? I also know how the Epic doesn't have a fully functional Gingerbread build build yet. The Shift does, but there's only temp root at this time. I really do like Sense, but I've never tried Samsung's TouchWiz UI. Also, I know this is also a bigger phone, but is like, a brick? I definitely wouldn't want a phone to be pulling my pants down when it's in my pocket haha.
I'd really like to outweigh all the pros and cons before I go through with any purchase. Thanks!

Omg the epic wins on ALL fronts. CPU is faster, gpu is faster, keyboard is better, bigger screen, amoled over lcd (spliech!), its thinner, the cameras better, the speaker phone is louder and not tinny. The shift has absolutely nothing on the epic.
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My roommates boyfriend has one sonics had plenty of time to play with one. Not blowing smoke just in case. Also I forgot to mention, the Evo shift doesn't have gorilla glass
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Epic has superior hardware in every way, but shift has aosp, sense 3.0, stable miui and stable cm7, whereas we don't. So Shift has more ROMs and dev support + they have stock gb too.

Overall = EPIC ; Developement = Shift ....... personally , I think EPIC is WAY Better

Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
Be cool and get evo 3d or photon. If you don't have the top of the line flagship then you aren't crap and should be asshamed of yourself and move to a remote island with no cell service.
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moto_google said:
Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
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The shift is too

moto_google said:
Epic is end of life now so why even get it?
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Because I can't really deal with an all touch screen phone, so I want a full keyboard. That's why my choices are the Epic or Evo Shift.

masaidjet said:
The shift is too
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When people see my end of life epic I get laughed at and told no self respecting cellphone user would be caught dead with an end of life flagship phone. They say you ain't crap unless you have evo 3d or photon.
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moto_google said:
When people see my end of life epic I get laughed at and told no self respecting cellphone user would be caught dead with an end of life flagship phone. They say you ain't crap unless you have evo 3d or photon.
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I could care less what people would say about me because of what phone I have. A phone is a phone, and everyone has different opinions. I don't need a brand new, top of the line phone to make me happy. I just want somethin that works, and gets the job done with what I need it for

I have an Epic... and love it! It's fast as hell (running RandomROM EG22 "HAWK"), and I use it for work so it takes plenty of abuse. My wife has a shift stuck on 2.3.3, and it's a dog. Even she complains about how slow it is, but hopefully (someday) permanent root will be found and I can flash a different ROM to speed it up.

rompnit said:
I have an Epic... and love it! It's fast as hell (running RandomROM EG22 "HAWK"), and I use it for work so it takes plenty of abuse. My wife has a shift stuck on 2.3.3, and it's a dog. Even she complains about how slow it is, but hopefully (someday) permanent root will be found and I can flash a different ROM to speed it up.
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Yeah was gonna add no root for shift right now.

xjayman said:
Yeah was gonna add no root for shift right now.
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What do you mean? They have custom roms.

xboxfanj said:
What do you mean? They have custom roms.
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Yeah they do. They have the. Newest Miui and CM7. You should check out qbking's videos. He has both phones in his growing arsenal and has videos on both. I had to stop the Shift Miui 1.8.19 (maybe wrong #) video before he started showing the features...I was getting pissed! Lol EDIT...Shift has Miui 1.9.2...my mistake!
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Syst3m Deadlock said:
I could care less what people would say about me because of what phone I have. A phone is a phone, and everyone has different opinions. I don't need a brand new, top of the line phone to make me happy. I just want somethin that works, and gets the job done with what I need it for
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If a phone is a phone then you should be happy not getting the promotion and the raise and the not new trophy wife.
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xboxfanj said:
What do you mean? They have custom roms.
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I mean a new shift with
2.3 update, only temp root right now
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Get the Epic hands down over shift yea they have more devs but we got Great devs are self the epic got better everything cpu gpu humming bird processor super amoled etc. etc. the evo camp got more devs there like the army but the Epic like the marines!! Support the troops USA!!
Super SRF 1.2/Genocide 2.0 OC 1.4GHZ/Honeycomb Fusion v 1.1

I have an epic, and my brother has the shift.
My epic surpasses it in everyway. Better screen, battery life, and keyboard.
Plus, you might end up with a non rootable shift because most of them in stock are aleady on 2.3.
Epic hands down
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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My Epic runs circles around the Shift regardless of what rom it's running
Forget dev support, no matter how far you push it a Shift will never be an Epic, so I'd say the Epic.
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Zeinzu said:
My Epic runs circles around the Shift regardless of what rom it's running
Forget dev support, no matter how far you push it a Shift will never be an Epic, so I'd say the Epic.
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That's what I have been told as well.
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What do you think of the epic so far?

I will have to admit that I have been a HTC WinMo fan boy for the last 6yrs. Wm was not perfect but, it got the job done. Custom roms were good but, they always had bugs. So when I got my EPIC an my first android phone I was blown away. The speed how well everything worked together. I was amazed how people complained about touchwiz. I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe because I don't know of any better interface. It not as flashy as HTC sense but, it seems fast.
I hear alot of nitpicking here about the phone. They compare stock EPIC roms to Custom roms on other phone. Not realizing that everyone doesn't like the custom rom you love. I don't know of anything being perfect. But, some of the people that bought this phone were expecting more.
I love the phone. I just wanted to know what others think.
I'm amazed by it. Every time I get a spare second, I want to pick it up and play with it.
I really like the design of the phone more than the other Galaxy S variants. The soft touch back reminds me of the EVO, and the screen looks so good sitting there with the phone turned off. Which brings me to my next point:
This screen is so brilliant. I've not noticed any of the issues people complain about. It's gorgeous. HD movies look better on the Epic than any other phone I've seen (EVO and iPhone 4). I constantly want to change my wallpaper.
The speed of this phone is fantastic. It's faster on 2.1 than my EVO is with CM6 (Froyo). I never used sense on my EVO. I actually stuck with touchwiz for a while before I finally installed launcher PRO. Again, Launcher Pro AND Touchwiz are faster than anything I put on my EVO. Menus scroll with no lag at all. Apps open very fast and games are perfect. I didn't like that a lot of games ran slow on the EVO... and some were downright unplayable. I'm a big gamer, so this is important.
The keyboard is pretty convenient. I use swype for most things... like texting, emailing, etc. But I love the keyboard for when I need to type numbers, usernames\passwords, website URLs, etc. I also use it for games\emulators.
All in all, I'm very happy with this phone. It's not for everybody, but it is definitely for me. I've actually made a few iPhone 4 users jealous. They were never jealous of my EVO
I love love love this phone. its deff worth the move after being an iPhone user for 2.5 years. I love the freedom I have to make and customize the phone to my taste vs just having a glass screen with shortcuts all over it. every time I wake my phone I swear I get more and more amazed by the screen quality lol.. the phone is very fast and snappy. the only complaint I seem to suffer from is my battery life =/ .. other than that this is deff an iPhone killer in my eyes.
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I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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b1indsided said:
I freakin love this phone. So quick and buttery smooth. And it hasn't even gotten froyo yet.
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yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Dude.. when froyo hits this.. its gonna look like the Pillsbury Dough Boy Massacre! This ishow the other phones will look...
http://sickpigs.com/wp-content/potd/doughboy.jpg
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ehh.. it's ok
REally want to see an update for the phone. +1 for the camera and keyboard and 16GB Sd. I still like the Evo but we'll see if that changes.
surveysays said:
yea once it gets froyo, this phone.is gonna be tooo nasty
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Rofl man I can't wait.
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b1indsided said:
Rofl man I can't wait.
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Imagine when we get Gingerbread? Oh wait, we already did!!
I do love some of the necro'd memories. I was still a guest lurker during this post.

Motorola atrix

Just tested out the atrix not a huge differnce bewteen the epic stock vs stock now I know it will be a lot better when devs get ahold of it but it was laggy because of blur made touchwiz look fast but still not a huge diffence against our epics
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Gotta be honest, that was hard to understand considering there were no commas nor periods.
It would be no surprise that the Atrix doesn't seem faster than the Epic. They both have hardware that the OS simply cannot tax. If there is a difference performance wise, it will be in games or stress programs. Even then, you probably won't see much of a difference in performance.
I think the only real world difference that would be substantial is if you are compiling on the phone(which I am sure there are developers that do, or would). Other than that, dual core or even a faster processor is going to be useless on these phone.
ttieder said:
Just tested out the atrix not a huge differnce bewteen the epic stock vs stock now I know it will be a lot better when devs get ahold of it but it was laggy because of blur made touchwiz look fast but still not a huge diffence against our epics
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C'mon man, use punctuation. .!?
It looks like a fun device, my friend has one pre ordered with the $500 dock. Gonna be fun to play with.
Sorry for the bad punctuation
heathmcabee said:
C'mon man, use punctuation. .!?
It looks like a fun device, my friend has one pre ordered with the $500 dock. Gonna be fun to play with.
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Sorry for the bad punctuation
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Lololol. Not one dot or coma or ANYTHING! your my hero!

[Q] Want to trade my Epic 4g For an EVO.

I live in South FLA Ft Lauderdale area. I will be getting a new Epic from sprint tomorrow so there will be no cosmetic damage. I am looking for an even exchange for the HTC EVO. I am still a fan of the epic but realized I like the bigger screen of the EVO and dont need the keyboard. If interested please let me know. Thanks.
I bet you can find that trade, maybe post on craigslist and the epic forum too
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Gl with dat......hehe
Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
Lol i REALLY think you should reconsider. I have both an epic and and evo and even with cyonogen mod the evo doesnt compare. Youll gain .3 inches and lose amoled for that fugly lcd riddled with backlight bleed and that infamous patch. Youll be downgrading hardware a whole generation... sorry man im sure you dont care but i dont want you do something you WILL regret. Run a search other people here have done it and admit they shot themselves in the foot.
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RushAOZ said:
Lol i REALLY think you should reconsider. I have both an epic and and evo and even with cyonogen mod the evo doesnt compare. Youll gain .3 inches and lose amoled for that fugly lcd riddled with backlight bleed and that infamous patch. Youll be downgrading hardware a whole generation... sorry man im sure you dont care but i dont want you do something you WILL regret. Run a search other people here have done it and admit they shot themselves in the foot.
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there are plenty that have and loved the change to evo.. and consider it an upgrade in usability.
my sis has an epic. her battery died, so she had to borrow my evo to take a few pics of her daughter...
15 mins after using my phone...
she says as she hands my phone back, "wow, your phone is so easy to use."
things just work better and together...
ex: I can talk on my phone and take a picture at the same time.
there are much more choices in the development community...much bigger than epic.
RushAOZ said:
Lol i REALLY think you should reconsider. I have both an epic and and evo and even with cyonogen mod the evo doesnt compare. Youll gain .3 inches and lose amoled for that fugly lcd riddled with backlight bleed and that infamous patch. Youll be downgrading hardware a whole generation... sorry man im sure you dont care but i dont want you do something you WILL regret. Run a search other people here have done it and admit they shot themselves in the foot.
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That's YOUR opinion. I traded my evo for an epic and switched back to the evo. I think the Evo is a better device or at least, more suitable for my needs. The Epic has too many software issues.
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i dont think anybody would ever do that trade lol
I have a motorola QA4 I will trade ya
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That's YOUR opinion. I traded my evo for an epic and switched back to the evo. I think the Evo is a better device or at least, more suitable for my needs. The Epic has too many software issues.
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See thats also YOUR opinion. Also your epic might of been ****e cuz as far as im concerned that evo i have is collecting dust and there isnt anything i need it for. Maybe to show people at work who dont know any better how outdated it is. People still think the evo is the be all end all of phones. Here let me show you this shiny epic in my pocket lol
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RushAOZ said:
See thats also YOUR opinion. Also your epic might of been ****e cuz as far as im concerned that evo i have is collecting dust and there isnt anything i need it for. Maybe to show people at work who dont know any better how outdated it is. People still think the evo is the be all end all of phones. Here let me show you this shiny epic in my pocket lol
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That's a lot of anger there... Didn't Epic have radio issues?
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That's a lot of anger there... Didn't Epic have radio issues?
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CheesyNutz said:
to start with
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GPS issues, very little development, 4G constantly disconnects, amongst others.
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I believe they're both great phones, it really just boils down to what you want out of your phone.
Good luck with your search!
Yea epic just had their upgrade pulled because of about of issues....
My wifes epic can't take pictures in low light, freezes phone in certain camera modes, no good asop roms, no gingerbread...
Sorry evo has way way more development to make it exactly how you want it.
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Bowhuntr11 said:
Yea epic just had their upgrade pulled because of about of issues....
My wifes epic can't take pictures in low light, freezes phone in certain camera modes, no good asop roms, no gingerbread...
Sorry evo has way way more development to make it exactly how you want it.
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The Epic does have an "awesome" slide out keyboard though, but it skips keys when you're typing.
hardware wise... epic has the specs to kick ass... and that is where it stops!
EVO.. everything else is better.. and works together...
oem support
sprint support
dev support (hands down kills epic 20 times over)
example of everything works together...
Epic..can you take pics and talk on phone at the same time? does that not sound something it should do?
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The Epic does have an "awesome" slide out keyboard though, but it skips keys when you're typing.
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Yes it does. Bothers the crap out of me.
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Ill trade u my white evo......I need a change.......
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anguyen2008 said:
I believe they're both great phones, it really just boils down to what you want out of your phone.
Good luck with your search!
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Yeah, like GPS, the choice to use my camera with less than 15% battery left, and other basic functions. I wanted 'em. So I traded my Epic for an Evo. LOL.

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Are you guys more jealous of the evo or evo shift, I'm asking in the epic section because I want an unbiased opinion thanks
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Troll anyone?
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lol. neither. the epic blows them both away hardware wise.
is this some lame troll attempt?
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Are you guys more jealous of the evo or evo shift, I'm asking in the epic section because I want an unbiased opinion thanks
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No, both suck! Shift is a cheap plastic piece of crap with only an 800 Mhz processor. It felt like I was holding the old Sidekick. My Mother-in-law has the EVO and playing with that versus my Epic, I prefer my keyboard to the on-screen one. The EVO screen was a little bigger but that was about it.
Evo who? Na I would buy another epic over the evo!
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To actually answer op...
Would you be jealous if I dated your mom AND your sister?
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lovespancakes96 said:
Are you guys more jealous of the evo or evo shift, I'm asking in the epic section because I want an unbiased opinion thanks
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Why do you assume anyone would be jealous? Are you projecting your own feelings upon us? It's common, but something you should look into because it's not emotionally healthy to do that. It will make relationships very difficult until you truly take ownership of your projected feelings.
I'm jealous of neither. They simply exist as other options which appeal to people other than myself at various levels of desire.
lovespancakes96 said:
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No
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you guys know he started this same thread in the evo and evoshift forums too and not that surprising, he got nothing but positive healthy discussion on the pros and cons. maybe we are the trolls.
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you guys know he started this same thread in the evo and evoshift forums too and not that surprising, he got nothing but positive healthy discussion on the pros and cons. maybe we are the trolls.
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it's not the fact that he asked the question, it's how he assumes we are automatically jealous of one of the phones. I am not jealous of either phones, so, I said no.
That being said, of the 2, I would rather have the regular evo... I guess.
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you guys know he started this same thread in the evo and evoshift forums too and not that surprising, he got nothing but positive healthy discussion on the pros and cons. maybe we are the trolls.
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True - however, various version of this question have been asked ad nauseum here.
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I am not jealous of either, especially the shift. Each phone has its own ups and downs. And from my personal preference the Epic is by far the best. I played with them both and my biggest reasons are the display and speed. To me the Epic wins both hands down. The Evo screen is bigger but for me I find the Epic to be the perfect size. I also like gaming which is another hands down win for the Epic, imho. The point is, you will get tons of people that vote for each one. It all depends on the person. So if you really want an answer you need to use them side by side and make your own choice.
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Epic> EVO & EVO Shift
Hardware Keyboard
Super Amoled Screen
Hummingbird Processor
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davidrules7778 said:
Epic> EVO & EVO Shift
Hardware Keyboard
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Hummingbird Processor
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This
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This is a stupid question, stupid post, stupid OP. Someone please close this thread.
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Got my Epic in late december. If I was gonna be jealous of either I would have bought the evo. The shift came out under my 30 days so I coulda switched. No jealousy here. To each his own but I love my Epic.
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I just kind of meant more like if you had to pick one of the two which one
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I currently feel I have the best phone on the market at the best price power month. I have not one reason to be jealous. I've been without a computer since February and the Epic has filled in just fine until I ordered my ideal computer.
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If you ask me, the evo its better if you are not into rooting or messing with your phone, however with all the support we got here from our devs, the epic has become one of the best phones out there on the market
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If you ask me, the evo its better if you are not into rooting or messing with your phone, however with all the support we got here from our devs, the epic has become one of the best phones out there on the market
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How is the evo better stock???

Holy Sh*t The HTC HERO 4G!!!

If you're like me and your first Android phone was the HTC HERO, then you gotta read this article. Talks about it's successor...
HTC HERO 4G (Kingdom)
I think I just found my next Droid!!!
Yeah, I saw Android Police post this on Google+ yesterday. I like the 4" display over 4.3"
Could very well be my next device.. Assuming nothing better comes out between now and February
Yes my first Android was the HERO. The new on looks great, but the no keyboard thing is an issue for me.
Think this could be my next device....
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I'm cool with not having a KB, barely use it anyway. I got the shift for its compact form.
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rhodiggah said:
If you're like me and your first Android phone was the HTC HERO, then you gotta read this article. Talks about it's successor...
HTC HERO 4G (Kingdom)
I think I just found my next Droid!!!
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Its "android" not "droid"
And yes it does look great
hopefully it'll have a similar camera to the mytouch 4g slide
karnoff said:
hopefully it'll have a similar camera to the mytouch 4g slide
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That would be epic
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Its "android" not "droid"
And yes it does look great
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Wow, ok.
Anyways, it looks like the timeframe for this devise to come out is a lot sooner.
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Yeah m thinkin prob my next one,bigger screen has my attention. And 1.2 ghz proc. will be interesting once devs get their hands on the source.
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I'm liking this better than the 3D for sure if it does come with a 4" screen. I will have my Shift for two more years though... Maybe one if I like what's released next summer, though I will only be a 9 year vet of Sprint next summer so I would still have to pay more than I want. I don't see myself ever owning a device with a screen larger than 4" if I can help it.
Looks good, but no kb = not for me.
Keyboard doesn't really matter to me, the Shift was more about size. I think I could deal with a 4" screen
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Yeah m thinkin prob my next one,bigger screen has my attention. And 1.2 ghz proc. will be interesting once devs get their hands on the source.
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Saw it on android police too. 1.2ghz single core?
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Saw it on android police too. 1.2ghz single core?
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Wow, didn't realize it was single core..
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Wow, didn't realize it was single core..
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We can overclock our shifts to 1.2ghz and be fine lol.
It looks to me as there doing the same thing they did with the original hero.
Making it look great but the hardware is crap compared to the the other android devices
Yup it sounds like the HERO will be a step below the EVOS.
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Yup it sounds like the HERO will be a step below the EVOS.
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+1 too big a step unfortunantley. In the era of 2011 you can't have single core proccesors anymore lol. Only thing I could think to make up for it is if it was the new snapdragon Krait proccessors which are appearently 75% more battery effecient
Honestly, I could do with a bit less processing power if it got me a better battery life. To me, battery life is the biggest downfall of Android phones. I just got a 1900mAh battery (slim, no cover needed), we'll see if it makes much difference...fingers crossed.
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We can overclock our shifts to 1.2ghz and be fine lol.
It looks to me as there doing the same thing they did with the original hero.
Making it look great but the hardware is crap compared to the the other android devices
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I wouldn't call a 1.2gHz phone crap. It won't be as fast as a dual core, like the 3D, but it will be faster than the shift, and have a larger, higher resolution display, plus Sense 3.0 from the start (I'm assuming this last part, since the resolution is 960x580, or whatever the 3D is). Plus, more ram, and possibly more rom than the shift.
It's nice to see "mid-range" phones with some decent specs, and not really far off from the halo phones. Depending on when I make my next phone purchase, I may get the Galaxy S2. I would really like my next phone to have a Super AMOLED screen.

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