[Starfleet Captain]

Truth be told, unless Samsung manages to completely blow my mind on May 22nd, with the GS3, I will probably be picking this thing up on Launch day and giving up my precious Evo 3D. I will miss the 3D functionality.

I'm hoping that HTC figures out how to incorporate that awesome camera in a 3D package while managing to keep the slim profile of the LTE next time around. I have a bunch of memorable 3D pics and video that will now be usless (I guess I can save them as 2d shots) until at least the next iteration of Evo.

[BigDinCA]

You're not alone. I will miss the 3D if I move to this. I love the EVO 3D. Without the 3D it was on of the best phones out last year and still holds up just fine. But I really enjoy the 3D camera and use it a lot. If the pic doesn't come out great in 3D, they let me convert and save it to 2D right on the phone! If the screen had better viewing angles, like the 3DS, it might not have gotten bashed as much. People call it a gimmick but I don't think that's really fair. A feature some people might not use, maybe, but a gimmick - no. Is NFC a gimmick? I don't know if I'll ever use it, but I wouldn't call it a gimmick. It's just a feature I might not use. I've never had a problem with the 3D. Watched the Green Hornet 3D and loved it from that point on. Maybe she was just a little before her time.

[manonmoon49]

wish I could say that I would miss it too but I just didn't use the 3D camera enough. I upgraded originally because of the specs and larger internal memory that the Evo 4G.

[Starfleet Captain]

You're not alone. I will miss the 3D if I move to this. I love the EVO 3D. Without the 3D it was on of the best phones out last year and still holds up just fine. But I really enjoy the 3D camera and use it a lot. If the pic doesn't come out great in 3D, they let me convert and save it to 2D right on the phone! If the screen had better viewing angles, like the 3DS, it might not have gotten bashed as much. People call it a gimmick but I don't think that's really fair. A feature some people might not use, maybe, but a gimmick - no. Is NFC a gimmick? I don't know if I'll ever use it, but I wouldn't call it a gimmick. It's just a feature I might not use. I've never had a problem with the 3D. Watched the Green Hornet 3D and loved it from that point on. Maybe she was just a little before her time.

Sprint's mistake was calling it the Evo 3D. They should have simply called it the Evo 2, and not touted the 3D as much. They seriously misread the market with that one. The Evo 3D IS a fantastic phone even without using the 3D features. But people was disturbed by it being an OPTIONAL feature on the device (Psychological , I guess).

[Jackson Galaxy]

Did you see the yesterday's HTC/ Sprint announcement when they were talking about the design. If not, take a closer look here...

I spy a dual camera prototype that seems quite similar to the 3D!

[Starfleet Captain]

intriguing indeed....

[Fubie]

I missed my EVO 3D and the 3D for about a day after I killed it almost 8 months ago. It really was more of a gimmick than a real feature. I bought my 2nd EVO 4G off of eBay, rooted it and have been doing just fine since then.

I miss the dual core processor, higher resolution screen and more memory than the 3D screen.

[dwaynewilliams#WN]

I think that the 3D feature was cool but really didn't take off like HTC and Sprint thought it would. None of the 3D devices released last year seemed to do well. I think it is a niche market. I don't think the technology is going to last in phones unless Apple releases a device with it.

[hodan]

I always liked showing off the 3d in the apple store.

[Starfleet Captain]

That is how fickle people are. I'll bet you any kind of money that if Apple builds 3D tech in the next version of the iPhone, people are gonna act like its the best innovation since the light bulb! Why? because Apple did it "right" When it will probably be just as good as the 3DS... Then the reviewers and everyone else are gonna be all googoo and gaagaa over it...

[Glenn]

I played around with an Evo 3D at an HTC kiosk last year, and I have to admit, the 3D worked pretty well.

However, I think in order for 3D phones/cameras to take off, it needs to be able to transfer to other devices (i.e. 3D TVs, computers, laptops, etc.) easily. It is my personal belief that in order for 3D outside of the movie theaters to take off, the consumer needs to be able to see the 3D without the use of 3D glasses, so while the Evo 3D has that, the same is not true of most 3D TVs currently in the market.

[Pre-dawn raid]

That is how fickle people are. I'll bet you any kind of money that if Apple builds 3D tech in the next version of the iPhone, people are gonna act like its the best innovation since the light bulb! Why? because Apple did it "right" When it will probably be just as good as the 3DS... Then the reviewers and everyone else are gonna be all googoo and gaagaa over it...

This^^...So this! I'm sure Apple will incorporate this feature into their line at some point and like Captain said, it will be all the rage and the topic of every tech blog post from iMore to Gizmodo. Personally, I think it's a little gimmicky and could care less if my tiny 4+" device has 3D capability. I'll leave that for my home theatre.

[zmann]

I love my evo 3d.i blow people away when i show them a picture. The videos are even better. I have made some very cool 3d videos over the last 9 months.

EVO-LUTION 3D

[MNofsinger]

I love my Evo 3D and the 3D camera is cool to play with, but the picture quality without lots of light is horrible. One of the main reasons I will be upgrading is for the much improved camera on the Evo 4G LTE. I use the camera on my phone every day and want something that can take better pictures.

[milominderbinde]

The sacrifice for 3D was a lower def camera, lower def display, and a small screen

Those kinds of decisions are killing HTC.

Finally HTC has a phone that can take on the GS2HD from last September and Galaxy Nexus from last November.

Instead of leading the market last summer, 3D put HTC behind by months. HTC lost billions in revenue because they bet on 3D instead of HD.

[notasimpleway]

I believe more phones will have 3D as a feature and not a selling point in the future. And for those that want to show off their 3D phone, this video will cause viewers to see what 3D is all about as well as jump when the chainsaw comes for your face! [YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foQNrtUsEjw&context=C41aaf06ADvjVQa1PpcFNdBQ_JJ5JxKw3oCSQgHklPgA9xBS57PbM=[/YT]

ENJOY! (Obviously, you'll need to watch that from your phone.)

Link to video:

Personally, I am don't know if I will make the switch right away. Once a root option becomes available, I may. I live in a small town about an hour north of Atlanta. Which will be in the first area of LTE. My little town has WiMax so I use it all the time. I get about 7-8Mbps. That's plenty fast for me(for now). According to the LTE map, I will also be in the LTE area once it goes live, which makes this a hard choice not to get the Evo 4G right away. I may just wait to get a later LTE phone since I'll have WiMax coverage for a couple more years. And I get decent coverage everywhere in town. So, not in any hurry.

[Saneless]

The sacrifice for 3D was a lower def camera, lower def display, and a small screen

Those kinds of decisions are killing HTC.

Finally HTC has a phone that can take on the GS2HD from last September and Galaxy Nexus from last November.

Instead of leading the market last summer, 3D put HTC behind by months. HTC lost billions in revenue because they bet on 3D instead of HD.

So what was available in June of last year that HTC decided not to use?

The GS2 had a better quality camera, but lower resolution screen. Interesting that you're saying they didn't bet on HD when the resolution is much better than the GS2.

The GN and any other 720p phone came out 5 months later.

You're not really making much sense though. Lower def display? At the time of its release it was the highest resolution phone released. And small screen? It's the same as everything else in its class.

The only thing HTC did wrong was show their complete lack of marketing experience and they failed to take it seriously. 3D is a fine extra feature but they failed to let people know it was optional, not always-on 3D like most people believed.

The 3D was the best quality phone on Sprint when it was released and one of the best overall based on specs alone. In June of 2011 it was plenty and even today it can hold its own.

[Go Android!]

Did you see the yesterday's HTC/ Sprint announcement when they were talking about the design. If not, take a closer look here...

I spy a dual camera prototype that seems quite similar to the 3D!

Engadget contacted Sprint, and they said they were thinking about putting 3D in a early prototype of the Evo 4G LTE.



But I won't miss the 3D at all. I rather have a decent camera (like the Evo 4g LTE's) then the sucky Evo 3D's 2D camera.

[svinyard]

Engadget contacted Sprint, and they said they were thinking about putting 3D in a early prototype of the Evo 4G LTE.



But I won't miss the 3D at all. I rather have a decent camera (like the Evo 4g LTE's) then the sucky Evo 3D's 2D camera.

The 3D was fun but half baked. Bought this phone on launch day just like I did my OG Evo. EVO 3D is ok I guess but not what I had hoped for. To many things in this phone are garbage. Btw, My wife has this phone as do 7 of my friends.

1- Speaker Phone....total trash
2- Camera - total trash...maybe even worse that OG EVo
3- Video Cam - trash
4- ROMs?? No one wants to work with the EVo weird *** hardware so yeah...trash rom support other than a bunch of decent sense mods.
5- Regular Phone Mic - weak...can't hear it all the time in the car etc. Trash
6- Build quality - trash. I had about 5 nicks on the metal bezel in a few weeks. Don't think I had a single external nick on my OG Evo. Pisses me off when I look at it. I never put it in my pocket with keys either.

Now performance has been good...not much internal storage though. Screen is decent but a little washed out. Battery Life is decent.

So now, I loved HTC then they shat on everyone last year with a zillion stupid devices while Samsung got there stuff together. If I had a chance, I'd probably go SGS3.

Remember, SGS3 will be used world wide and have a zillion ROMS for it. This is a big deal. Touchwiz is balls and using an ASOP mod is so easy and nice now (ICS improvements) that you'd be a fool to call yourself techie but not root and rom your phone up (after a nice backup of course).

So...not missing the 3D and don't want it...though I was SUPER stoked when I first got it.

[EMT J]

I will miss it especially now that I've found sick-flix.com. they have over 500 3D movies that look absolutely amazing on my EVO 3D. HTC watch on the other hand has only 7movies available in 3d almost a year after the phone was released which is ridiculous.

I think the major missteps with this phone were the way it was marketed (too much emphasis on 3d) and the lack of 3d content. I've had the original EVO and the 3D, I'll probably get this one too, but not till I get LTE. Right now in NYC I get about 10.2 down and 1.4 up which is more than sufficient to surf, stream, and download. If it could utilize wimax and LTE as was speculated on a few sites prior to its release I'd probably have it on launch day like I did with its predecessors but I'm too used to the speed, I refuse to go back to just 3g if I dont have to.

[kooja_IIT]

I didn't get the evo 3d because of the sacrifices for 3d. The extra lens made the back of the phone too bulky and needing two cameras caused the quality of them to be less. I would much rather have high quality 2d pics than ok quality 3d pics.

[msgnyc]

I will miss it especially now that I've found sick-flix.com. they have over 500 3D movies that look absolutely amazing on my EVO 3D. HTC watch on the other hand has only 7movies available in 3d almost a year after the phone was released which is ridiculous.

Having to pay for access to download torrent files to pirated movies kindda sounds.... not right to me.....

[HikariNoKitsune]

Yea I'll be missing the 3D feature a good bit. I used it ALOT when I first got the phone on launch day, and have slowly started to use it less and less. And before people start saying anything, no its not cause of "sacrifices" or anything else, its simply because I haven't had any reason to take any pictures/videos.

I'd use 3D alot more if there were actually any apps or something that used 3D, but that is really the only downside to the EVO 3D.

As for the people who are always saying they sacrificed stuff to enable the 3D. . . Its just rather shocking to see people saying that, specially when there have been countless documents, reviews, and demonstrations that have all said otherwise.

The 5MP camera was used because that was all people really NEEDED. At the time of development, there wasn't many phones that had more than 5MP, and those that did, had HORRIBLE image quality. So they made a smart move, and used a more reliable camera. When you take a brand new EVO 3D and start taking pictures with it, the images are better than nearly any other phone of that time. What people dont seem to realize, is that over time, the quality WILL degrade, and this will happen to EVERY PHONE YOU WILL EVER OWN. The reason for this, is because of all the apps you have on the phone. The more apps you have, the more your cpu/gpu has to keep up. And here people are going to say "pfft the amount of apps you have doesn't do anything to the image quality"... but sadly for them, it DOES.

The more apps you have installed, the more fragmented your storage space gets, meaning longer loading times for the camera, and longer saving times for the camera. All of that translates to poor picture quality cause it can't save the pictures as quickly as they need to be to maintain good images because there are more pixel corruptions. This causes even more problems for your 3D images, cause it has to take two pictures at once, and if the two pictures dont look similar enough, the eye picks the imperfections out and the 3D image looks like crap.

And that isn't even the worst part with the apps. . even if you dont have alot of apps "running" there are always alot running in the background without us realizing it.. which means more cpu being used to run those background apps and less for your camera. Again with 3D, its worse, cause then the cpu can't take the two pictures in perfect sync, and your 3D images just come out blurry.

I have this problem ALOT. I have quite alot of apps, and my pictures dont turn out too well anymore, specially my 3D. But once i wipe the phone clean and start fresh, my pictures are back to being crystal clear and looks better than any other phone's pictures that i've been able to personally compare to.


And when people say that the "mic" or "speaker" doesn't sound good or work well, its rather annoying as well. . the speaker phone is designed for when you have it LAID DOWN. You put the phone down on the tablet, and the sounds are reflected back towards you. I dare you to do it right now even! Put on a song that you have on your phone, and just hold it up in the air with the screen pointing towards you, just like every average person does when they're on speaker phone. Then after a few moments, place the phone down on a table, again with the screen facing up, and you will instantly hear better audio quality.

Yes this isn't exactly something "good" by design, but it works exactly the way they WANTED it to. Hell you can place the phone down on the table, turn the volume all the way up, walk all the way to the other side of the house, and you can STILL hear the music plain as day! Can even hear it well enough to be able to hear some lyrics and even sing along to it perfectly.

And what people tend to not realize with phone calls, is that if you can't understand what a person is saying on the phone, then chances are it is THEIR mic, NOT your speakers... My father has an EVO 3D and I am able to understand him perfectly and crystal clear, just as if he was here in the room with me. My little brother has the Original EVO 4G, and when he calls, i can't understand a word he says half the time cause its all static filled or crackly. Same with several of my friend's when they call. But just as many of my friends also have phone with very good mics, and the sound quality is nearly perfect whenever they call.

Also I dont get why people say its got a "small screen" or a "low resolution" screen. . the screen size is BIGGER than the original EVO 4G! It just looks smaller cause its in a REAL HD aspect ratio, meaning REAL 720P video.

This phone is nearly perfect in just about all aspects of its design. It works exactly the way HTC meant it to. Sadly no phone will ever actually be "perfect" because every person is different, and has different needs from their phones. Also sadly a phone is only as "wonderful" as the first month or so of its release, because as soon as another phone gets revealed, everyone wants the "new toy" because of its "better features". But that's just how the world works: you get one device with amazing specs and features, then a few months later another device is released that has improved upon the first devices specs and features.

The HTC EVO 3D is a flawless phone for its time. Sure 3D isn't a huge feature people want right now, but that's just because of its deliverance. Once a better way of giving consumers 3D capable devices is found, everyone will end up jumping on the first train to get one.

People thought computers were just a "gimmick" or a "fad" and that they would never be popular, but look at our world now.

People thought mobile phones were just "gimmicks" and that no one would want to buy one, but look at our world now.

And people thought that HD TV's were never gonna go anywhere cause they were just a "gimmick" as well, but by god look at our world now.

There hasn't been a SINGLE "invention" or "device" in history that hasn't been called a "gimmick" or a "fad", and yet almost every single one of those so called "gimmicks" are now things we depend on every single day of our lives, and wouldn't know how to live our lives without.

Oh, and people thought seat belts and air bags were "gimmicks" for cars as well. So would you rather have that "gimmicky" seat belt and air bag when you run head first into another car, or would you rather go flying through the windshield?

[mcwheeler]

When I came back to Sprint I considered the EVO3D but did not end up going with it, just because of the 3D.

[jonyah]

I'll miss the 3D as well. My wife and I found plenty of "fun" uses for it . Though the phone will stay within the family as it will get passed down to one of the kids, so we'll still have the ability to use it when wanted.