So.. it's no secret that I am not a fan of Apple or any of it's products. What I tell people when they ask me how I can not like such a "cool" or "innovative" product is this.. I don't like them on principal, I don't agree with the way they do business therefore I am not going to support them by owning their product. That being said I do beleive that Apple's iPhone is an industry leader that has set the bar for other cell phone companies to strive to achieve. I have not seen any of them come close.. until now.
I was given the Sprint HTC Evo 4G by my wife as an early fathers day present. The Evo 4G released June 4th 2010.
First impression : "Look at the size of this screen!!" Followed by "The touch response is amazing!"
After I charged the Evo I spent the next 10 hours browsing the web, installing apps, watching videos, taking pictures, taking videos, syncing various applications etc.. and after that 10 hours was up I had gone through most of the battery, though it wasn't low enough to alert me so I am not completely sure how much more time it would have lasted. I was a little disappointed that I had to stick it on the charger, so when I did I started looking up other peoples reviews of the Evo. Most people had the same problem I did.. battery life! In comparison though, my old HTC Touch Pro would have never lasted 10 hours through the barrage of things I was doing on my Evo so I was not completely dissatisifed. Then I found it!! 4G!! It is not available in my part of town (at least not for another couple of weeks) and the 4G is enabled out of the box on the Evo.. so it had been burning battery looking for that 4G signal.. I switched this off when I removed the phone from the charger after it had charged. I also shut off WiFi and the Automatic Sync of Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter. My 2nd day of use of the Evo found 18 hours of solid use and I had just under a half a battery left! Success!!
HTC Evo 4G Specs:
- 4.3" 800x480 capacitive TFT Touchscreen with multi-touch capability.
- Android 2.1 OS with HTC Sense UI
- 8-Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and 720p HD Video Recording
- 1.3-Megapixel front-facing camera for video conferencing
- 1GB of flash memory
- 512MB RAM
- 1Ghz Snapdragon processor
- 802.11 b/g WiFi
- GPS with free turn by turn navigation
- Bluetooth 2.1
- 4G WiMax
- FM Radio
- HDMI Out port
- 3.5mm headset jack
- microUSB port
- 8GB MicroSD card out of the box (expandable to 32GB)
- Digital compass, G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor, and a Light Sensor
- 1500mAh battery
- Kickstand on its back!
After using the phone for 4 days now I really have zero complaints. I love everything about this phone and I really beleive it is the first phone that compares to (and in some cases exceeds) the iPhone. Please check back soon as I will be posting some pictures taken with the awesome 8mp camera and I hope to do a video side by side comparison with an iPhone that I will be posting as well.
