HTC EVO 4G LTE First Impressions/Reviews

**dtreo** · 07-05-2012, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Tyrell

"The lone economic bright spot is the iPhone, which is selling like crazy thanks to the release of a new model enhanced with the capability of sucking pieces of your brain out through your ear until all you want to do is play with your iPhone." -Dave Barry's Year in Review: Bailing out of 2008

Considering Wimax on my old EVO 4G lasted about 10 mins on battery, what was the point? I'll take a day and a half with the EVO LTE with heavy use anytime. Lovin it.

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**cuffs50** · 07-05-2012, 10:35 PM

Picked up my EVO LTE about a 3 week's ago now. All in all its leaps and bounds above my og EVO. From the moment it came out of the box in the sprint store it was directly placed into the otterbox defender (blue version which looks pretty good). I hated to do it because I love the look of the phone and I know it takes away a bit of the sharpness of the amazing screen but alas I'd rather make those small sacrifices than pay for a new phone which would surely be the case as it saved my og EVO more times than I can count.

LOVE the camera! Not every pic is crystal clear but most are very good quality (remember it is a cell phone camera) even though it was quite hyped. But I love being able to snap shots at a moments notice and taking snapshots from previously recorded video is amazing.

Sense is fine in my opinion however I thought I remembered seeing that the widgets could be resized on the screen which I haven't been able to figure out so far. I like the feature of being able to swap around the screens when you zoom out and view them all simultaneously.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY miss my google search button. I mean the multitasking button is nice and all but I wish it had the ability to kill the apps that you swipe off the screen.

I'm hoping and praying that I actually get LTE service One day as it never happened with my og EVO for WiMAX. Luckily I get pretty good 3g signals however I have noticed that in some places I can go from full bars and 3g to absolutely no service whatsoever. Has really annoyed me a couple times but usually doesn't last long.

Another cool thing I noticed is that I don't have to enable the background processes to download and update apps from the store. It was always a step that annoyed me on the og.

This kickstand is also a vast improvement from the og. That thing couldn't fight its way outta a wet paper bag a the new one went all chuck Norris on its a**.

Battery life has been phenominal so far for me at least. Lasts 10-12 hours of moderate use which for me is YouTube, gaming and web browsing. The og EVO doesn't hold a candle to the battery life this thing has. I'm sure it will shorten with the LTE usage but hopefully not too drastically. Although I do wish that the battery was accessible because its a very real possibility that it could go bad at some point. I actually did my own screen replacement on the og so I'm fairly confident I could replace it if needed but don't want to break my phone down that far if its not necessary.

Oh yeah and like many others said that menu button SUCKS. hit it all the time when I'm playing games.

Hmm that's about all I can think of for now. It's got it. Quirks but I love it and its mine.

**fasteddie1215** · 07-06-2012, 02:07 PM

just got my evo today. loving it so far. had the og and the 3D. made a bad decision and get the galaxy s2 trying to give samsung a shot lol. well back to htc. going to flash it over to page plus tomorrow. contracts are wack. too much tech out here to get taken advantage of for 2 yrs a time lol. def miss 4 buttons but i'm getting used to it. not to mention THE CAMERA!!! can't believe how crystal clear/fast it is. i'm def going to love it more tomorrow once i have mobile network up and running but so far im loving it.

**taniabonita52** · 07-25-2012, 11:54 PM

Hello everyone :-)

So I just got my EVO in the mail today. I have to say... I'm in love. My one issue is the loss of the search button. I really miss it. But other than that, I'm really happy...especially with the battery life and the crispness of the screen. The camera is great too. I will write a more extensive review after a few days, but so far, so good. I'm a happy camper, as they say lol. I hope everyone is as happy as me! :-)

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**JN5586** · 07-26-2012, 06:47 PM

The screen has a weird feel to it, sense is terrible and dark colors aren't represented well at all. It's a nice phone but not what I would consider a hardcore android device. In terms of UI and hardware design it doesn't matchup to the s2. With the s2 everything was positioned perfectly making it easy to use with one hand. No dedicated settings or search button sucks. Also headphones produce a lot of static feedback. I want to give it a little bit more time but most likely I'm exchanging for the s3.

**Mercury81** · 07-27-2012, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by JN5586

The screen has a weird feel to it, sense is terrible and dark colors aren't represented well at all. It's a nice phone but not what I would consider a hardcore android device. In terms of UI and hardware design it doesn't matchup to the s2. With the s2 everything was positioned perfectly making it easy to use with one hand. No dedicated settings or search button sucks. Also headphones produce a lot of static feedback. I want to give it a little bit more time but most likely I'm exchanging for the s3.

If your saying this on the Evo4GLTE I honestly believe it's your vision that is faulty. Every review when it come to display comparison with the S3 the Evo4GLTE wins hands down. I played with the S 3 and it demonstrably performs in most all comparisons. Just sayin...:beer:

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**JN5586** · 07-27-2012, 06:35 AM

That may have been a little drastic on my part, it is a great display. I'll say its better overall but there are a couple areas where the s3 even s2 beats it. But again overall ill take LCD over sa. I just need to find out what's wrong with my audio and ill be happy. I'll probably eventually take sense off though.

**Mercury81** · 07-27-2012, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by JN5586

That may have been a little drastic on my part, it is a great display. I'll say its better overall but there are a couple areas where the s3 even s2 beats it. But again overall ill take LCD over sa. I just need to find out what's wrong with my audio and ill be happy. I'll probably eventually take sense off though.

I also felt like I was playing with 50¢ gumball machine prize, while handling the SGS3. It's all plastic exterior and light weight feel made it seem way to delicate for an android phone. Just sayin...:beer:

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**JN5586** · 07-29-2012, 11:24 AM

Just when it was starting to grow on me, more issues pop up. Buffering youtube videos seems to be hit or miss now. No matter the video it's stopping every few seconds to buffer. Ran my s2 side by side and it plays the same videos flawless. Also found out that the headphone feedback is due to so much of the connector being exposed. I can place my finger over the exposed area and the static stops, remove my finger and it instantly starts again. Not sure if Imma keep this phone.

Takes me back to the old htc g1 days where everyday was a new bug lol.

**cuffs50** · 08-01-2012, 01:58 PM

After having the phone for a couple months now overall I'm pretty happy. If SPRINT could just fix their network issues it would be a beast. I watch a lot of YouTube, netflix etc and most of the time its just not possible. Praying the next OTA fixes alot. I haven't experienced any headphone or a lot of other problems described by users so I guess maybe I should consider myself lucky. I really feel that sprint should nix charging for premium data until they can get their issues worked out. Just doesn't seem fair.

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**Lonestaroc** · 08-02-2012, 01:39 AM

This phone is beautiful but I'm having wifi issues. Poor reception. My old evo worked fine in my room but now I'm lucky if I can even use the phone on wifi if I'm in my room..any wifi or 3g radio issues I should know about..I would hate to Getty an s3 b c of a stupid issue like this

**cuffs50** · 08-09-2012, 10:39 PM

Unfortunately I have radio issues all the time. WiFi has been fine though. I will go from having a full signal and 3g to absolutely nothing in the exact same spot. Makes me wanna throw it sometimes but then I remember I gotta pay a deductible

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**psybr1** · 08-15-2012, 01:26 AM

I'm soooo jealous the Lte switch is probably at sprint its not on in my area and I'm not trading my 3d until then

**psybr1** · 08-15-2012, 01:33 AM

Go for stereo bluetooth my backbeat from plantronics works great with my evo and I've used it with all of the evo versions I've had

**chadmano** · 08-15-2012, 08:36 AM

I've had mine for a couple weeks. I bought it then 2 days later went on a weeklong vacation to Colorado. I bought the sprint cradle for my car, and navigation worked ok, had to restart the phone a few times. Granted I was driving Through the middle of Nebraska at the time. I used wifi at home so I never noticed how bad the data was at home. In Denver I had no data service in virtually any building I went in. In the mountains it was basically only good as a camera. when I got home and went to work I tried listening to streaming radio, and had no data signal, my old HTC desire on U.S, cellular had no problems there. Or at the grocery store, home, girlfreinds etc. Went to Sprint after work and traded for a new phone, data wouldn't even work in the store! They admitted that they have had a few phones come back with this problem. I've had the new one for a whole 16 hours and it is pretty much the same.

Other than that it's great phone! I'm thinking it's more of a network issue than it is the phone itself. Funny the only reason I switched to Sprint was because of the availability of this phone. But what's the point of having it if there is no network for it. Getting ready to head to the Sprint store and Cancel everything.

**dtreo** · 08-15-2012, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by chadmano

I've had mine for a couple weeks. I bought it then 2 days later went on a weeklong vacation to Colorado. I bought the sprint cradle for my car, and navigation worked ok, had to restart the phone a few times. Granted I was driving Through the middle of Nebraska at the time. I used wifi at home so I never noticed how bad the data was at home. In Denver I had no data service in virtually any building I went in. In the mountains it was basically only good as a camera. when I got home and went to work I tried listening to streaming radio, and had no data signal, my old HTC desire on U.S, cellular had no problems there. Or at the grocery store, home, girlfreinds etc. Went to Sprint after work and traded for a new phone, data wouldn't even work in the store! They admitted that they have had a few phones come back with this problem. I've had the new one for a whole 16 hours and it is pretty much the same.

Other than that it's great phone! I'm thinking it's more of a network issue than it is the phone itself. Funny the only reason I switched to Sprint was because of the availability of this phone. But what's the point of having it if there is no network for it. Getting ready to head to the Sprint store and Cancel everything.

Used mine multiple trips all over Colorado and it works great. Hope you get a better one.

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**cordellcc** · 08-18-2012, 12:27 PM

If you don't have regular exposure to wi-fi, then yes maybe you should switch to another carrier because Sprint's 3G SUCKS! But if you're like me and have wi-fi just about everywhere you go to the point where the 3G issue won't effect you too much, stay with Sprint because this phone is a BEAST!

**hatchettjack** · 09-03-2012, 11:22 AM

i absolutely love this phone! the screen is amazing, sense runs flawlessly, it is very snappy and the camera is the best i have ever used on a phone. build quality is second to none! i actually get better reception on my lte than i did on my photon, it works flawless on my airave, and wifi signal is stronger also. beats also sounds amazing, even using google plays music app! all in all, this phone is a beast, it will take a hell of a phone to surpass it! i got the white version, and it is a beautiful phone!

**thomasr1950** · 09-03-2012, 01:52 PM

I'm on my 6th EVO LTE in 3 months. I have 2 lines of service, one phone has been replaced 3times, the other once. I'm trying to get Sprint to replace it with the S3, so far they say no. 3 of the phones just quit, did nothing, one quit sending/receiving texts. Every week i have a issue of some kind so i have to email HTC for assistance. I think the issues are a bit much in 3 months. Some owners swear by them & say they love it & haven't had any issues. Others say the S3 is a much faster, better phone. Then there are reception issues a lot of EVO owners say they have.

**dtreo** · 09-04-2012, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by thomasr1950

I'm on my 6th EVO LTE in 3 months. I have 2 lines of service, one phone has been replaced 3times, the other once. I'm trying to get Sprint to replace it with the S3, so far they say no. 3 of the phones just quit, did nothing, one quit sending/receiving texts. Every week i have a issue of some kind so i have to email HTC for assistance. I think the issues are a bit much in 3 months. Some owners swear by them & say they love it & haven't had any issues. Others say the S3 is a much faster, better phone. Then there are reception issues a lot of EVO owners say they have.

I blame one or more of your app downloads.

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**Robotixguy** · 09-05-2012, 02:26 PM

I was caught up in the Sammy S3 hype until I actually had both phones in my hands, the Evo makes the Sammy feel like a toy.

Been living with my new Evo and its a great phone.

**achacon77** · 11-09-2012, 05:48 PM

I wanted to buy the ELTE when it first came out but I decided to wait thinking that Sprint might get their very own Nexus device. Well, it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon so I'm left with an itch I cant scratch. My question to any and all of you is this, is the ELTE worth buying now? It's gone through some software updates, I know that it's got some issues, and JB is still up in the air but is the phone itself (separate from the carrier) worth buying? I know it sounds ludicrous but I'm gonna hang in there w/Sprint, I'm not planning on switching carriers. Or, any word on a new phone that maybe coming out on Sprints network, besides Samsung devices, that'll have JB? Advice needed.

**Mercury81** · 11-09-2012, 10:04 PM

HTC is coming out with a new android that has a five inch screen by end of this year.

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**achacon77** · 11-12-2012, 11:16 AM

I heard. Not sure if it's coming to Sprint though. If it is I'm totally in. Guess I'll have to bide my time.

**ravenbuck13** · 01-19-2013, 04:01 PM

I got evo 4G Lte in Oct. and this is second one. Since 12/2012 update, keyboard freezes, error reports galore, HTC app not working and goes to home screen. Don't get started on reception! Lost Foxfi, and 4G wont be in my area for two years!