HTC EVO 4G - First 4G WiMAX phone in the USA, on Sprint

2010-03-23 14:44:30

#1

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

https://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/htc-evo-4g-01-top.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc- … hone-armo/

Highlights:

-It's got the horsepower of the HD2, and then some
-8MP camera with 720p filming ability
-Front facing camera, presumably for video chatting
-WiMAX (aka 4G) capability
-Android 2.1 with HTC Sense UI
-Ability to be a hotspot

It's fucking awesome. Unless some other company drops a bombshell in the next 3 months, this is gonna be the best phone in the world. WiMAX coverage is still pretty small geographically, but by the end of the year should cover 120 million people (including NYC, San Fran, Boston and DC ). Sprint's 3G network is really fast/reliable as well. And their plans are excellently priced, and their customer service is great.

I came about three times, and I'm gonna start saving money. I'll buy this at the off-contract price if necessary.

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2010-03-23 14:47:01

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Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6991|St. Andrews / Oslo

Is WiMax some American phenomenon, or have I been living under a rock lately?

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2010-03-23 14:48:11

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

Jenspm wrote:
Is WiMax some American phenomenon, or have I been living under a rock lately?

The latter

It's a 4G network technology, competing with LTE. It seems more carriers are gonna be going with LTE, but in the US Sprint is the only network to actually have started operating a 4G network.

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2010-03-23 14:51:56

#4

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6859|132 and Bush

^^ and I heard it was very meh at CES.

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2010-03-23 15:03:34

#5

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

Kmarion wrote:
^^ and I heard it was very meh at CES.

Hey, faster is faster. I'll take what I can get.

2010-03-23 15:09:48

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=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6624|California

so does this mean the nexus one will drop in price? will be gladly to trade my iphone 3gs for it

2010-03-23 15:16:01

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
so does this mean the nexus one will drop in price? will be gladly to trade my iphone 3gs for it

I wouldn't be surprised if it does at some point... idk why you'd want that over this though.

2010-03-23 15:27:47

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6859|132 and Bush

hdmi
http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-evo- … 0/#2826095

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2010-03-23 15:32:00

#9

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6890|949

4G is an advertising ploy, no more. We don't even have reliable 3G service in most of the country.

2010-03-23 15:39:45

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6859|132 and Bush

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
4G is an advertising ploy, no more. We don't even have reliable 3G service in most of the country.

That's the same vibe I've gotten from other techies.

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2010-03-23 15:42:35

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menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6705|Amsterdam‫

Kmarion wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
4G is an advertising ploy, no more. We don't even have reliable 3G service in most of the country.
That's the same vibe I've gotten from other techies.

sucks to live in USA. we have ~99% 3G cover here

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2010-03-23 15:46:37

#12

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6859|132 and Bush

Speaking about it being a ploy. I almost always have 3G coverage Tampa/Verizon.

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2010-03-23 15:59:46

#13

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

Have any of you guys actually used it? And Ken I have quite reliable 3G service in DC.

@Menzo the majority of the US population is covered with 3G, but sadly the majority of the land isn't.

edit: Engadget seemed impressed with it, including the quality of the streaming (scroll down to 1:57PM, 1:59PM and 2:04PM)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/live … ess-event/

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2010-03-24 11:37:17

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KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6890|949

menzo wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
4G is an advertising ploy, no more. We don't even have reliable 3G service in most of the country.
That's the same vibe I've gotten from other techies.
sucks to live in USA. we have ~99% 3G cover here

Great, you also live in a tiny insignificant country. Who sucks now?

I would hope you have good 3G service in DC...it's a major international metropolitan area. I don't get great 3G coverage here in Orange County at all. Spotty at best, but that is with Cingular. 4G service is being rolled out nationally in South Korea, but here it's still largely in the works. Why buy a phone based on a promise of 4G service when most likely that service isn't going to be widely available until after the initial 2 year plan is up? I'd rather have a phone with reliable 3G coverage to 99% of the serviced area than spotty 4G coverage over 10% of the area.

2010-03-24 11:45:07

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6759|so randum

i don't know ANYONE that's made a 3g convo unless they were having a vid conf

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2010-03-24 11:54:35

#16

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6859|132 and Bush

via clearwire

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2010-03-24 18:11:59

#17

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
menzo wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

That's the same vibe I've gotten from other techies.
sucks to live in USA. we have ~99% 3G cover here
Great, you also live in a tiny insignificant country. Who sucks now?

I would hope you have good 3G service in DC...it's a major international metropolitan area. I don't get great 3G coverage here in Orange County at all. Spotty at best, but that is with Cingular. 4G service is being rolled out nationally in South Korea, but here it's still largely in the works. Why buy a phone based on a promise of 4G service when most likely that service isn't going to be widely available until after the initial 2 year plan is up? I'd rather have a phone with reliable 3G coverage to 99% of the serviced area than spotty 4G coverage over 10% of the area.

Ken, these guys aren't dumb-dumbs, the phone supports 3G as well.

2010-03-24 18:51:23

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2010-03-25 02:11:38

#19

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6698|Brisbane, Australia

FatherTed wrote:
i don't know ANYONE that's made a 3g convo unless they were having a vid conf

3g convo?

What about 3g internet access. Since 4g provides higher speed, I would assume that is its main selling point. Not that I have speed problems on my iphone's 3g.

Then again I think video calling is pretty dumb, so maybe I am not who this is marketed at.

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2010-03-25 09:21:50

#20

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7014|Scotland

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
menzo wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

That's the same vibe I've gotten from other techies.
sucks to live in USA. we have ~99% 3G cover here
Great, you also live in a tiny insignificant country. Who sucks now?

I would hope you have good 3G service in DC...it's a major international metropolitan area. I don't get great 3G coverage here in Orange County at all. Spotty at best, but that is with Cingular. 4G service is being rolled out nationally in South Korea, but here it's still largely in the works. Why buy a phone based on a promise of 4G service when most likely that service isn't going to be widely available until after the initial 2 year plan is up? I'd rather have a phone with reliable 3G coverage to 99% of the serviced area than spotty 4G coverage over 10% of the area.

Huh?

That makes utterly no sense. The Evo will naturally connect to a 3G network if no 4G network is available....

2010-03-25 11:05:35

#21

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6890|949

Great. It's advertised as a 4G phone. That's why I said it's an advertising ploy, no more.

That makes sense, right?

2010-03-25 11:10:06

#22

Microwave: _; +515|6913|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Too big to be practical.

Nice though.

_{Still prefer my Nexus!}

2010-03-25 11:22:06

#23

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6890|949

Too big to be practical? Why do you say that?

The next generations of phones are going to be mini-netbooks capable of streaming real-time voice and video conversations along with data transmissions. What's practical for a teenager isn't going to mesh with what's practical for a business person.

2010-03-25 11:22:07

#24

whaaaaaaaaaat: ><>; +215|5509

thats perty

2010-03-25 12:34:42

#25

wah1188: You orrible caaaaaaan't; +321|6719|UK

The 8mp camera sounds mental there are a few phones out there with it already. 4G seems like the only new thing here the phone is a bit too far ahead for the time I'd wait until a few more phones get it and coverage is actually decent. It's like having a 20 inch dick only to pass out when it gets hard.

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