New pics of Evo One - worst fears confirmed

[Crispy]

http://an.droid-life.com/2012/04/03/exclusive-hands-on-with-the-htc-evo-one/

Thanks Sprint for screwing up the gorgeous One X design.

 

[BigDinCA]

Ummm... damn. I don't know what to think. It's not kicking me in the gut like I hoped it would. I'd like to see some better pics from the front and the sides, but the back just looks bizarre, going from glossy to the kickstand and then matte all the way down. I'm not even to keen on that kickstand - the OG EVO had a sweet one that concealed nicely. I guess I'll just go to bed now and hope that this never happened.

 

[xonex]

Ouch.
I can see the imports flooding in as we speak.

 

[vincentallen2]

Woooow, just wow. The upcoming Galaxy S III should have no problems(competition wise) when it hits Sprint, maybe they planned this...

 

[BigDinCA]

Clean that phone!

 

[truthteller10]

I hate that they changed the curved glass look on the top and bottom..Made the phone look like just another freaking slab!!!

 

[Crispy]

There is still a very small part of me that hopes I'll wake up and this will be a bad hoax.

But I'm gutted. Weeks of anticipation, reading One X reviews and lusting after that phone, all for nothing.

 

[Crispy]

Ummm... damn. I don't know what to think. It's not kicking me in the gut like I hoped it would. I'd like to see some better pics from the front and the sides, but the back just looks bizarre, going from glossy to the kickstand and then matte all the way down. I'm not even to keen on that kickstand - the OG EVO had a sweet one that concealed nicely. I guess I'll just go to bed now and hope that this never happened.

I have an Evo 4G and would gladly give up the kickstand for a proper design.

 

[BigDinCA]

I have an Evo 4G and would gladly give up the kickstand for a proper design.

I've been on the 3D for awhile now and I have to say I really do miss that kickstand. Although it looks like they set it up to fail, with the charging port being inaccessible while in kicked-out mode. But would it really have been that difficult to keep the original One X design and just add the kickstand? Would it? Sweet Jesus! Dan Hesse and any random HTC exec better watch out at the event later or someone is going to beat the piss out of them.

 

[Officerpolabear]

I hate that they changed the curved glass look on the top and bottom..Made the phone look like just another freaking slab!!!

Actually, the HTC One X didn't have a curved screen the begin with. It was just the fact that the sides were curved, which made the phone appear to have a curved screen like the Galaxy Nexus.

 

[xonex]

Actually, the HTC One X didn't have a curved screen the begin with. It was just the fact that the sides were curved, which made the phone appear to have a curved screen like the Galaxy Nexus.

Exactly.
The body is curved but the glass is straight giving the illusion its curved.
The glass has a rounded edges which also give it that look.

 

[BergerKing]

http://an.droid-life.com/2012/04/03/exclusive-hands-on-with-the-htc-evo-one/

Thanks Sprint for screwing up the gorgeous One X design.

When did Sprint start designing hardware?

 

[HeavyTRAFFIK]

Haw haw! Good one, Sprint! Rolling out this POS hours before the announcement just to scare us loyal Evo fans. Meanies.

I can only assume the REAL device will be sleek and sexy like the hottie that was just unleashed in Europe.

*chuckle* hilarious use of that cheese and crackers stick as a kickstand, btw.

 

[crzycrkr]

Yeah, I'm sick and tired of Sprint screwing up sleek HTC designs. I'll probably pass on this just because of how ugly it is.

 

[nuprotocol]

This is sad... Hopefully we get a huge surprise and its the One X and not the Evo ONE later today. lol

 

[Richard_Danger]

I'll speak up for this phone. I think it looks fine! The design and placement of the kickstand is clever. Most phones are never designed perfect. At the end of the day, its all about functionality (screen, camera, software), not how it looks. Most of us keep the damn phone in a case the entire time we have it anyway. So most of us probably wont even notice the color change above and below the kickstand because we will have a case covering it up.

 

[Thetaman]

FUGLY! Way to mess up a device that looked sleek and sexy at MWC.

 

[crzycrkr]

Its not the color change that bothers me, its turning a sleek, well designed phone into another boring brick. Its making all those official HTC accessories worthless. I just don't understand what Sprint has against HTC designs. This looks like this years Thunderbolt. GSIII, here I come

 

[illdini]

I'm putting a skin or case on mine anyway, so I don't really care what the outside looks like (protecting it increases the resale/trade-in value).

 

[harold42483]

If this is truly the new Evo One then Sprint just made my decision between the nexus and Evo One a lot clearer this thing looks outdated compared to the htc one x design or the galaxy nexus.