Head to Head Performance comparison of EVO LTE and SGS3

**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 12:59 AM

For the record it wasn't just web browsing, bit anything that involved data connection in general.

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**waterbound** · 06-22-2012, 10:53 AM

The sound (speaker) answer is always going to be user/personal opinion. In my opinion:

EVO 4G
Speaker during calls quality: Okay, not great. Seemed to crackle on bassier or lower sounds but audio quality in general was kind of flat

EVO LTE
Speaker during calls quality: The bass and overall EQ of the calls seems a little better then flat. No buzzyness with low-end sounds etc. Well rounded and acceptable for calls producing good quality reproduction

EVO 4G
MP3s, locally loaded songs playing: Decent output, well adjusted EQ. Reminds me of a BOSE system (no highs no lows, must be BOSE). With DSP added, much better quality so stock it needed help with overall quality, with DSP, perfectly acceptable for a cell phone but not as a MP3 type personal player. Then again, my Ipod Touch doesn't sound any if better then either cell phone.

EVO LTE:
MP3s, locally loaded songs playing: The overall output could be better, its not so low that is not acceptable to me just could be higher stock. Sound quality, EQ, in my opinion blows the doors off my original EVO and Ipod touch for comparison. With Beats Audio, to me it compares to DSP x 1000, as a musician (for hobby now) I love it. But again, its like a pre EQ thing, fixed sonic differences with overall mix, highs, lows, midrange etc. I hear much better quality just a tad lower in overall volume output.

Both seemed comparable with BT streaming of Pandora, XM, You tube etc running without DSP or Beats Audio. With Beats, again in my opinion blows the doors off the original.

Not a huge comparison but someone asked for more details in sound quality between the two and again, just my opinion.

The Beats Audio or tweaking the audio on the new EVO LTE produces some amazing quality. I have not personally compared to GS3 which is what this 'should' be about anyway but wanted to throw that out there.

I have recorded some good quality live music, guitar recordings etc and pretty happy with the results. Personally, for me..I love the sound and possibilities of this new EVO. I am rooted btw, running Fresh 1.0 for link updates and quick settings. I am using Nova launcher and have been since pretty much after I got the phone in late May. And using stock kernel. I do recommend a nice quality SD card with class 10 for recording and video etc, for me it made a difference (small) on playback quality compared to using the internal memory.

Hope that helps.

**chappo2000** · 06-22-2012, 11:24 AM

Not having 2 gigs of RAM and lack of multitasking is not two separate issues. You put in 2 gig of RAM and the multitasking issue and complaints about Sense being bloated disappear. Why? Because it'll no longer take away from the user experience. It's interesting the HTC One XXL was leaked today as having 2 gigs RAM. (TechnoBuffalo) I guess they learned their lesson.

**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 02:26 PM

I rather deal with the multitasking issue than to have to put up with Samsung's horrible connectivity issues any day. Embarrising that they haven't fixed the issue and that its now onthe third galaxy s phone and is still dealing with the same problems, people think the multitasking reloading is bad, not as time consuming as having to gointo settings and flip mobile network, WiFi, or 4g back and fourth so that I can use the data. I have multipule videos on my YouTube channel of all three phones doing it, guess Samsung didint learn there lesson three phones in the making and probably won't when the fourth comes out as well

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**AnnDroid** · 06-22-2012, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by kiwicarlos741

Embarrising that they haven't fixed the issue and that its now on the third galaxy s phone

You are kidding? I returned the first Galaxy S for lack of GPS. I'd love to see your videos. Link please?

**Mercury81** · 06-22-2012, 04:12 PM

Lol, depends on who's multi taking when I use it out works fine for me... Just sayin :thumbup:

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**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 05:07 PM

Wtf are you talking about, you obviously can't read due to the fact that I didn't mention GPS once in the last post. Do yourself a favor next time and actually READ what I post before you decide lash back over something that wasn't even stated, and as for the data connectivity issues just search them ingeneral on YouTube and you'll find plenty of complaints. Don't talk without even having the slightest bit of common knowledge next time. And for the record the s2 GPS is garbage as well

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**slackerjack** · 06-22-2012, 05:17 PM

It wasn't as bad by comparison to the Galaxy S 1...I think lots of people are too critical...being able to locate you within meters is pretty reasonable...people who ed in the GS1 had a legitimate gripe, people who griped about the GPS in the Galaxy S 2 were largely nitpicking

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**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 05:26 PM

I never actually had issues withthe GPS on my old s2, it was always the data connectivity.wheni would have 4g on and put the phone to sleep and then went back to turn it on and use browsing let's say or email, the 4g would always have the sleeping icon next to it as if I'm not trying to access it, and the only way to get it back workingwould be to toggle it off and on a million times the same would go for 3g and wifi. The GPS on my new EVO however locks on and loads way faster than the s2 did.

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**AnnDroid** · 06-22-2012, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by kiwicarlos741

Wtf are you talking about, you obviously can't read due to the fact that I didn't mention GPS once in the last post. Do yourself a favor next time and actually READ what I post before you decide lash back over something that wasn't even stated, and as for the data connectivity issues just search them ingeneral on YouTube and you'll find plenty of complaints. Don't talk without even having the slightest bit of common knowledge next time. And for the record the s2 GPS is garbage as well

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Ouch! Are you talking to me? I wasn't lashing at all, perhaps you should read. I was agreeing with you and honestly asking to see the videos. My experience with the Galaxy S was a gps problem, your's was data connectivity. Christ, chill out.

**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 05:30 PM

I started to wonder if you were or notand I apologize, if you were in my shoes tho and read that could u see how I might have read that and taken it in a wrong way, I thought u were trying to disagree with me alltogether by saying there was no GPS andmeant the same for the other stuff I stated. I do truly apologize tho, I've just had to deal withother people on this matter and I'm just tired of stating my point. But once again I'm sorry :o

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**kiwicarlos741** · 06-22-2012, 05:32 PM

I do feel like a total d bag now lol. I def took that the wrong way

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**AnnDroid** · 06-22-2012, 05:38 PM

Thanks, all is well. I would still love to see the videos. My problem is I want this new EVO, but a few problems are stopping me. I swore I would never get another Samsung product again after the Captivate's problems and Samsung not supporting the problem. But I find myself looking at the S3 and after reading your post that they were poorly supporting S2 also, what's the hope for S3?

**elvis1935** · 06-22-2012, 08:39 PM

The hope is one phone on one carrier same software and all so that only have to update one phone.

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**Dreamliner330** · 06-22-2012, 10:03 PM

Well, I won't tolerate signal issues. I though this was resolved with Samsung using the Qualcomm baseband? No?

**slackerjack** · 06-22-2012, 10:20 PM

The Us version of the Galaxy S 3 uses a disperate wifi modem that's having issues which result in lower than expected wifi performance...as Exynos in Europe/Asia uses its own set of modems...its going to have different issues with the stateside LTE... We won't get to see if they are or aren't impactful until Sprint flips on LTE and we see how it shakes out (much like battery life under late) at least for the sprint variant. As always...its a "wait and see" game

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**a22matic** · 06-22-2012, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by slackerjack

The Us version of the Galaxy S 3 uses a disperate wifi modem that's having issues which result in lower than expected wifi performance...as Exynos in Europe/Asia uses its own set of modems...its going to have different issues with the stateside LTE... We won't get to see if they are or aren't impactful until Sprint flips on LTE and we see how it shakes out (much like battery life under late) at least for the sprint variant. As always...its a "wait and see" game

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**Dreamliner330** · 06-23-2012, 10:26 AM

I think I'm sticking with my original thought of keeping my Photon until LTE is on, or at least a date is established.

I think its completely ridiculous there is no public LTE rollout schedule. Surly Sprint knows what order they are implementing LTE. Why would they not let people know when LTE will be on when they buy a LTE PHONE?

I even emailed . Should have known that would be worthless. Just a pool of service reps calling people back and parroting website information.

I'm fine buying a LTE phone without the network yet, I'm not fine with buying a LTE phone with no idea of LTE implementation.

Get with it Sprint.

**crxssi** · 06-23-2012, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by dreamliner

I think its completely ridiculous there is no public LTE rollout schedule. Surly Sprint knows what order they are implementing LTE. Why would they not let people know when LTE will be on when they buy a LTE PHONE?

Because they don't want to make any promises they can not keep. I am not sure why they won't put out a list of the ORDER the markets are being worked on, but I can certainly see why they would not want to attach any dates to each area; especially this early in the game.

Doesn't matter to me, since my 1.7 million person area never even got WiMax, so I had nothing to lose when going from the Evo OG to the Evo 3D to the Evo LTE.

**Dreamliner330** · 06-23-2012, 11:39 AM

^2012, 2013, 2014, etc. is close enough. I'd be even happier with half year increments, but just an idea of when....

**crxssi** · 06-23-2012, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by dreamliner

^2012, 2013, 2014, etc. is close enough. I'd be even happier with half year increments, but just an idea of when....

Well, they already gave those kinds of overall year estimates. But there were some leaks/speculations that have come about:

TOTAL ANNOUNCED MARKETS (47)

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...Sites Complete = 15%; Anticipated Launch = June 2012; Anticipated Completion = December 2012
San Antonio*
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Houston*
...Sites Complete = 9%; Anticipated Launch = July 2012; Anticipated Completion = February 2013
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...Sites Complete = 7%; Anticipated Launch = July 2012; Anticipated Completion = November 2012
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...Sites Complete = 6%; Anticipated Launch = July 2012; Anticipated Completion = December 2012
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...Sites Complete = 12%; Anticipated Launch = July 2012; Anticipated Completion = December 2012
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...Sites Complete = 6%; Anticipated Launch = August/Sept 2012; Anticipated Completion = January 2013
Chicago
...Sites Complete = 28%; Anticipated Launch = September 2012; Anticipated Completion = December 2012
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New York City/Westchester
Central Jersey
San Francisco

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There is a lot of variability of when Second Round markets start, between June/July 2012 and January 2013. Some preliminary work is being done in advance in these Second Markets as well. Stay tuned to S4GRU.com for updates.

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Jacksonville
Memphis
Orlando
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Nashville
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Markets where schedule may be advancing (6):

Phoenix
Tucson/Yuma
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Missouri
Oklahoma

MARKET LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT (0):
Sprint will be announcing a market launched when it reaches 50% deployment and the major communities within a market have reached substantial coverage. The first markets are anticipated to be announced launched in June 2012.

Markets where market has been announced live by Sprint (0):

None

COMPLETED (0):
These are markets 100% complete and all sites have received Network Vision upgrades.

Markets complete with Network Vision/LTE Deployment (0):

None

**geauxlsutigers** · 06-23-2012, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by slackerjack

It wasn't as bad by comparison to the Galaxy S 1...I think lots of people are too critical...being able to locate you within meters is pretty reasonable...people who ed in the GS1 had a legitimate gripe, people who griped about the GPS in the Galaxy S 2 were largely nitpicking

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Wait a minute here, just because you didnt have issues with the GPS in your Galaxy SII doesn't mean nobody else did, or those who did were nitpicking. To this day, I still have issues with GPS in my Galaxy SII, it just wont lock in many cases, it doesn't lock indoors and it has a really hard time locking in the car unless I hold the phone out the window for a few minutes and even then the signal drops. In comparison, my EVO LTE has no issues locking GPS in the car or even indoors.

**dmmarck** · 06-23-2012, 03:14 PM

I think one of the best ways to compare these two, and my apologies if this was suggested, is to give them the same ROM, same kernel (at least from the save developer), and see what's what.

**Ingry79** · 06-23-2012, 03:48 PM

I am torn as I wait for my contract to expire in July. I was first all for the Evo LTE but then seeing forums of people complaining that the phone was having issues with dropped calls and speaker not being loud I started looking into the SG3 (funny as SG3 reminds me of stargate 3) anyways, I like the specs for the SG3 but I have seen the troubles of the SG1 and SG2. I have come to the conclussion that either phone I pick will have some bug or problem, eventually hopefully those said bugs might be worked out. Now I wonder if I should just wait a while .. so torn... Anyone else out there like me?

**kiwicarlos741** · 06-23-2012, 04:00 PM

I have used both phones, s3 only one day however and found that it still had same problems as s2 datawise as I said before, the only issues I've had with the EVO LTE since launch are the multitasking and when I'm on a call the thing that makes the screen go off when put to the face during calls which canbe annoying cause I can't hang up, but I have not gotten any data problems, missed calls at all or anything other than that. Both phones will have there bugs. After owning the s2 for three months I can say I will not be buying one of there phones again, that's for sure, specially since the s3 showed the same problems.

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