- Android-powered phone with 4G wireless connectivity for download speeds up to 10x faster than 3G (also compatible with 3G networks)
- Sprint TV and Amazon MP3 Store enabled; GPS turn-by-turn directions via Sprint Navigation; access to thousands of apps from Android Market
- Wi-Fi networking (with optional hotspot capability); 8-MP camera with HD video capture; front-facing 1.3-MP camera for video chats; microSD expansion to 32 GB; Bluetooth stereo music
- Up to 6 hours of talk time; released in June, 1020
- What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, USB cable, 8 GB microSD memory card, quick start guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
Exclusively from Sprint, the HTC EVO 4G mobile phone is the world’s first 3G/4G Android handset, offering simultaneous voice and data connectivity and download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Additionally, the HTC EVO 4G can still connect to 3G data services in areas not currently served by Sprint’s 4G network (learn more about Sprint’s 4G network below).
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I have a quick question.. I have Sprint, but i am available for an upgrade. I want this phone so badly but I do NOT want to pay $400 for it.. Is there any way I could still get this for $200 ??? THANKS!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have been a smartphone user for years starting with Treo’s then Blackberry’s, iPhones and the Palm Pre. I wanted to love the Evo but I don’t. Mine crashed twice a day and locked up other times requiring a battery pull. It was buggier than my Palm 700p and that is saying something.
Plus I had trouble with multiple bluetooth headsets. The Evo would say they were connected but no sound out of them. I had to repeatedly turn them on and off and re-pair them while trying to talk to customers. That was a very big issue.
Ever heard of unified Inboxes? They are very popular right now on BB, Palm and now Apple. Not only do you not have a unified Inbox on Android with Sense, you have two email apps. One for Gmail and one for everything else. So I was constantly going back and forth between them.
If you are in the browser or one of many 3rd party apps and a notification came in you would hear a beep. But there is no way to see the notification without exiting the app, pulling down the bar and looking at the list. I would rather have an annoying popup like on the Apple.
Sorry. I love Linux and wanted to love my Evo but Android needs MAJOR work on usability and stability. I returned it.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’m “still” trying to buy this phone. To start at the beginning: I purchased a Droid X with the the basic data plan from Big Red only to find that, despite the coverage map advertised, the phone would not work in my house or within a range of several meters. I cancelled the plan and sent the phone back and the company was agreeable about the matter. After speaking to several Sprint customers who live near and around me, I found that they have good service around and (more important) in my house. This includes data.
So, great! I can get a Evo 4G for a little more per month after the premium service charge and the warranty. It’ll cost about the same up front and I still get Android 2.2 on a screen big enough for large fingers to type with. Whats not to love?
I’ll tell you. Unless you didn’t even look at the price of this phone as you typed in the credit report info, you will be spending more for this phone up front than $200.
If you purchase this phone here you will quite likely receive an email from Sprint saying that there was an error processing your order and you need to call them before they are forced to cancel it.
Upon calling the number they provide in that email you will speak to a meticulously polite representative of their sales department who will inform you that, due to their credit check, they need a deposit that will be returned to you in 13 months.
Now this is a little annoying to me as I’d already passed previous credit checks from their competition. Its more annoying because of a habit I formed early in my use of Amazon and other websites.
I never keep more than $50 over the agreed upon amount of a large purchase in my checking account before sending the order(s) and I keep it that way until the order is processed. This is due to a previous problem with another site where the “company” attempted to take out their amount with another 0 added to the end.
So when I called Sprint thinking I’d need to verify my billing address, I was surprised by the extra 13 month interest free $100 loan they wanted from me. Verizon didn’t need it for their flagship device. But, after some considerable stubbornness on the part of the representatives (and on me, I don’t appreciate when people start shaking me like a money tree) I was convinced that there was no option but to give them more money if I wanted this device on their network.
It should end there, right? We renegotiate an agreement, I transfer more funds to my checking account,they take it out start of business next morning and give Amazon the green light.
All is well!
Not quite. The funds were not removed from the account. Another call is placed. Why have the funds not been taken out? Why is the order still pending? Well, they need me to authorize the withdrawal. But I authorized it last night. Spoke to a supervisor, said he would see to it personally. Start of a brand new day; not going to work that way. Fine, whatever. I’m here now, authorize it. Take the hundred bucks; authorize Amazon to take my money; the amount we previously agreed upon.
“Yes sir,” they says. Then silence. Then “may I place you on hold?”. Then “may I have another hundred dollars please sir?”
You read that last part right. After some simple math we are now paying four hundred dollars for the phone (or at least I am). You see, there has been a “discrepancy” when the representative placed the order. Sprint will blame it on Amazon until they find out you have two phone lines in the house, call Amazon tech support and Amazon confirms–several times over a speaker phone so the Sprint supervisor can hear–that they are not placing any hidden charges, and you are only being charged (by Amazon) $199.99 for the phone to ship.
After about an hour you will hear (and make sure to have at least one hour of free time to hear this come out of the new Sprint Sales supervisor’s mouth) that there was an error when processing the credit check/loan/whatever you want to call it and that you have been, basically, charged twice.
You are left with 2 options: cancel the original plan, or pay Sprint another $100. No, the consumer didn’t do anything wrong. No, its not the fault of Amazon (not once their representatives can hear every word Sprint says anyway). Sprint finally says “We made a mistake”. And then they say, in the most politically acceptable way possible, Please give us more money or cancel the order and recreate it. Yes, this will put you down to the bottom of the ordering que. No, you will not be getting this phone on the previously agreed time. You will now get it some time in October…if you’re lucky.
So, I ask, if I cancel the order and start over then I don’t have to give you more money? “Thats right,” Sprint says. “Not going through another credit check?” No, already done. “Not going to ask me for another hundred dollars on this?”
No. Of course not.
Okay, I’ll remake it. I expect a credit for this; this is crazy stupid and a bunch of bull (and I’ll be completely honest, “bull” was nowhere near the level of four letter words I had dropped on this Sprint rep come round 3 with Amazon on the other line; I am certain I was the quaint essential “nightmare customer” by now).
I cancel the Amazon order. I create a new one. I will receive an email within a few days from Amazon (actually I received the processing confirmation from them within minutes).
Okay, I turn to the Sprint phone and let the Amazon rep go. We’re good now? Order is going to go through now, right? We’re done with each other and I’m sure you’re as happy to see the end of me as I am to see the end of you?
“Well sir,” I hear on the other line, as a very tired Sales Supervisor begins again, “We’re going to need the new order number first”.
Okay, I’ve got it. Move the hundred bucks you took out of my checking account a few hours ago onto this order.
We can’t do that, says the supervisor. We need our order number. And we can’t move the money from this old order to this new order. You’ll receive your original hundred dollars in 2-7 business days. You will not have to go through the same credit check…but…you will have to release another hundred dollars for the new order.
You read that last part right too.
Rating: 1 / 5
1. Its a 4G phone. Good luck getting 4G reception. I live in Seattle and I barely get one 4G bar. I’ve been downtown and various location and never seen the phone get full bars in 4G. Most of the time it runs on 3G.
2. The home, search, back and menu button are a bad design choice. Those buttons are touch sensitive which makes the phone look really nice. The problem comes when you are typing in landscape mode, you will find yourself accidentally pressing one of the button, ruining your typing (texting experience).
3. The phone has sharp edges which sucks when you put the phone to your ear. By the end of your conversation, you feel like you had a knife to your ear.
4. Lastly, The WIFI is horrible. You could be in the same room as your router and it barely picks up a solid signal. I know my router works because I have laptops and a iPhone which pick up the signal just fine.
UPDATE 6/21/10
When I use the Pandora Radio App in my car with the Auxiliary jack, the phone tries to voice dial. Maybe I just have a bad phone. I will look further into this issue.
Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this phone for less than a week and loved the hell out of it. then i hated it. it was not a thought out design as i expected like the iphone. bottom line, most of the phone is overkill.
PROS:
- fast 1ghz processor. fastest startup (5 stars)
- fast internet speed. even for a 3g speed is quite amazing!!! (4 stars)
- nice interface & big screen (3 stars)
- nice animation and live screen savers
CONS:
- heavy & bulky (case adds even more weight/bulky). excitement wears off quite fast after you realize how big this phone is. try wearing shorts on a hot day and wonder why it sags on one side…lol. feels like i have my girlfriend’s makeup kit in my pocket. a phone shouldn’t feel big in your pocket. (3 stars)
- terrible battery life (processor & screen size drains like bloody hell). 1500mah battery is quite small compared to most phones (2 stars)
- sound processor is the worst among mp3 players. no way to adjust the equalizer settings or even preset soundfields are not availble. in addition, no audio codecs available on android market or even a media player to enhance the sound. i bet most of the people who review this and love it aren’t audiophiles like me. c’mon this is supposed to be my entertainment center on the go. (1 star)
- limited apps on market vs apple. most people dont care but variety is good (3 stars)
- bluetooth connection in my car has compatability issues (1 star)
- screen resoultion is only 65k colors vs 230k for iphone. i would expected much higher resolution (2 stars)
Rating: 2 / 5