For those of you who bought an Epic on launch day, the 30-day exchange deadline is approaching fast. Are you thinking about trading it in for something else? Or, are you planning to "stand by your Epic"?
I'm a little on the fence. My observations:
--150Kbps uploads on 3G. If I didn't live in a 4G city, I'd probably trade it in for this issue alone.
--4G is awesome when I can get it. I live "inside the loop" in Houston, so coverage is pretty good around my area. I'll have the chance to test it out in Austin this weekend.
--I've had pretty good luck with the GPS. Sometimes it takes a minute or so to lock on, but when it does it is dead-on accurate. It's in the same league as my Garmin Nuvi 660.
--Crackly earpiece when the volume is high.
--Battery life could use an improvement. It's not as bad as some people report (I use Juice Defender), but I sometimes can't make it through through the day with heavy usage. Usually, I'll keep it charged while I'm working so that I have enough juice when I'm out at night. If I keep the phone, I'll buy an extra battery. Important trick: toggle the airplane mode on, then off after you power on the phone. That will reset the radio, and battery life will improve.
--Physical keyboard is nice to have sometimes, but Swype is so good that I rarely use the physical keyboard. I'll probably skip it on my next phone to save some bulk.
It looks like the Evo has just received some nice updates for its issues; I'm a little tempted. I'll just have to make sure that I don't fall for the "grass is greener on the other side" phenomenon. But -- if I keep the Epic, hopefully the niggling bugs (especially the upload speed, and maybe battery life) are fixed through updates. My decision would be really easy (keep it!) if they'd throw us an update before the 30th.
I'm a little on the fence. My observations:
--150Kbps uploads on 3G. If I didn't live in a 4G city, I'd probably trade it in for this issue alone.
--4G is awesome when I can get it. I live "inside the loop" in Houston, so coverage is pretty good around my area. I'll have the chance to test it out in Austin this weekend.
--I've had pretty good luck with the GPS. Sometimes it takes a minute or so to lock on, but when it does it is dead-on accurate. It's in the same league as my Garmin Nuvi 660.
--Crackly earpiece when the volume is high.
--Battery life could use an improvement. It's not as bad as some people report (I use Juice Defender), but I sometimes can't make it through through the day with heavy usage. Usually, I'll keep it charged while I'm working so that I have enough juice when I'm out at night. If I keep the phone, I'll buy an extra battery. Important trick: toggle the airplane mode on, then off after you power on the phone. That will reset the radio, and battery life will improve.
--Physical keyboard is nice to have sometimes, but Swype is so good that I rarely use the physical keyboard. I'll probably skip it on my next phone to save some bulk.
It looks like the Evo has just received some nice updates for its issues; I'm a little tempted. I'll just have to make sure that I don't fall for the "grass is greener on the other side" phenomenon. But -- if I keep the Epic, hopefully the niggling bugs (especially the upload speed, and maybe battery life) are fixed through updates. My decision would be really easy (keep it!) if they'd throw us an update before the 30th.