[RUMOR] HTC Evo V 4G

**cole2kb** · 04-04-2012, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

Many of you don't realize how good you have it on this phone.
Don't go comparing your experience with the OV as the norm (in fact it's just the opposite), and you really shouldn't complain when many of the devs finally move on.

If you think things will be bad, go look for roms for the Wildfire S or the Optimus M, U or other variants of our phone. They never had even a quarter of the roms the OV has, so when you are left with 10 great roms that are slowly aging, you are are still FAAAAR ahead.

The OV has defied a TON of odds against it to get where it is and it's not like people staying will be left in the dark. More devs will come along, granted a much slower pace, but you have a great selection already and it's not like they will stop working in the near future. The only reason some old roms are gone is due to broken links and VM changing the parts. Even if development had stopped months ago, we could still use those older roms.

If we do get the Evo 3d, it will be a serious boon because there is already a TON of roms for it, all the issues have been solved already so you won't be waiting on mms for CM7 and such (you may have to wait for ICS though).

Woah, woah, woah. We are in total agreement here. I was trying to say that it is downright rude for someone to cry about development "dying" for the OV when we have so many great, stable ROMs already. Sorry for my poorly worded posts.

**LeslieAnn** · 04-04-2012, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by cole2kb

Woah, woah, woah. We are in total agreement here. I was trying to say that it is downright rude for someone to cry about development "dying" for the OV when we have so many great, stable ROMs already. Sorry for my poorly worded posts.

I was trying to back up what you were saying.

**mjs2011** · 04-04-2012, 06:09 AM

I think I'm going to play the best of both world and all for this phone for xmas. By that time hopefully there are some stable roms and then I'll still have another 8 months to have fun with all the new development on the OV.

**cole2kb** · 04-04-2012, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

I was trying to back up what you were saying.

Oh, okay, lol. Then, I'm sorry for my poor post interpretation.

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**drezliok** · 04-04-2012, 10:43 AM

I would get an Evo if it comes out but I am waiting for Christmas deals. Currently VM doesn't have a better all around phone. OV is definitely the little phone that can and will continue to be amazing. Alot of people thought ICS wouldn't work, but we have a slow but steady development on ICS.

**mjs2011** · 04-04-2012, 01:53 PM

just looking in the Evo 4g forums here, it looks like they have a pretty stable ICS rom going already, so i would guess it could probalby be ported to the Virgin Evo 4g.

**LeslieAnn** · 04-04-2012, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by mjs2011

I think I'm going to play the best of both world and all for this phone for xmas. By that time hopefully there are some stable roms and then I'll still have another 8 months to have fun with all the new development on the OV.

There are already plenty of stable roms for the 3d.
I could put together Harmonia 2 for it right now with working mms.

Originally Posted by mjs2011

just looking in the Evo 4g forums here, it looks like they have a pretty stable ICS rom going already, so i would guess it could probalby be ported to the Virgin Evo 4g.

The Virgin Evo 4g is NOT the Evo 4g, The Virgin model is the Evo 3d renamed (which is better in many ways). Stupid I know, but that is what they are doing. Development is not as good as the Evo 4g, but the Evo 4g probably has one of, if not the best development communities.

Also, you want to look at XDA for roms on those.

**mjs2011** · 04-04-2012, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

There are already plenty of stable roms for the 3d.
I could put together Harmonia 2 for it right now with working mms.

The Virgin Evo 4g is NOT the Evo 4g, The Virgin model is the Evo 3d renamed (which is better in many ways). Stupid I know, but that is what they are doing. Development is not as good as the Evo 4g, but the Evo 4g probably has one of, if not the best development communities.

Also, you want to look at XDA for roms on those.

oh weird. i just noticed that there was a 3D as well, lol! thanks for the heads up.

**Nate456** · 04-04-2012, 04:57 PM

Just now notice the title says HTV instead of HTC

**koopakid08** · 04-04-2012, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Nate456

Just now notice the title says HTV instead of HTC

Dang... I'll get around to fixing it when I can get to a computer. Tapatalk won't let me change the title for some reason.

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**Silence99** · 04-05-2012, 08:16 AM

Does anyone else think that if Virgin were getting the Evo 3D or the One V, it should have been announced at yesterdays Sprint/ HTC event? I was really hoping the Evo rumor was true, too...

**cole2kb** · 04-05-2012, 09:14 AM

I think that Virgin has a real opportunity here, and if they make a big deal about releasing these high end devices, and publicize it right, their customer base will see a huge increase.

So, no, I wouldn't expect to see anything for us at a Sprint / HTC event. I think VM is planning their own fanfare.

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**Eollie** · 04-05-2012, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Silence99

Does anyone else think that if Virgin were getting the Evo 3D or the One V, it should have been announced at yesterdays Sprint/ HTC event? I was really hoping the Evo rumor was true, too...

Im with cole on this. Look at the VM commercials they still have Richard Branson in them even tho in the US Sprint owns VM. They are still trying to keep it a separate brand.

I think they are still trying to work out locking the devices. HTC has said they will not lock anymore devices and Im sure VM is trying furiously to find a way to keep them locked.

**anthonycr** · 04-05-2012, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Eollie

Im with cole on this. Look at the VM commercials they still have Richard Branson in them even tho in the US Sprint owns VM. They are still trying to keep it a separate brand.

I think they are still trying to work out locking the devices. HTC has said they will not lock anymore devices and Im sure VM is trying furiously to find a way to keep them locked.

Why are they so against hacking?

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**LeslieAnn** · 04-05-2012, 04:11 PM

That was a Sprint announcement.
When Sprint makes a big announcement, they want focus on them, not a side company.

Had they announced the 3d coming to Virgin that probably would have drawn more attention than the new phone. Not something you want to do when your main brand is having trouble.

**thatguy123** · 04-05-2012, 05:15 PM

I hope this is true. I have the triumph and it sucks so bad. The reason it sucks is because it doesn't have the development community like the OV has.

**Blastin** · 04-05-2012, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

That was a Sprint announcement.
When Sprint makes a big announcement, they want focus on them, not a side company.

Had they announced the 3d coming to Virgin that probably would have drawn more attention than the new phone. Not something you want to do when your main brand is having trouble.

I didn't even think of it that way.

**Silence99** · 04-05-2012, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

That was a Sprint announcement.
When Sprint makes a big announcement, they want focus on them, not a side company.

Had they announced the 3d coming to Virgin that probably would have drawn more attention than the new phone. Not something you want to do when your main brand is having trouble.

I would agree, BUT last year Sprint announced the Triumph at the same event as the Photon. Two Motorola phones, one Sprint, on Virgin. It's expensive to put on these events, and getting press to show up can also be difficult. It would make strategic sense to announce all of a vendors phones at one event, as they did last year with Motorola. A year old Evo isn't going to steal much thunder from the new "Super Phone", and if they were worried about that, they better rework the new "Super Phone".

**LeslieAnn** · 04-05-2012, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by Silence99

I would agree, BUT last year Sprint announced the Triumph at the same event as the Photon. Two Motorola phones, one Sprint, on Virgin. It's expensive to put on these events, and getting press to show up can also be difficult. It would make strategic sense to announce all of a vendors phones at one event, as they did last year with Motorola. A year old Evo isn't going to steal much thunder from the new "Super Phone", and if they were worried about that, they better rework the new "Super Phone".

The Evo 3d is still the current best Evo, well, was. So yes, it would have been a big deal. That level of a phone on prepaid is going to be HUGE.

**colonelcack** · 04-05-2012, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by LeslieAnn

The Evo 3d is still the current best Evo, well, was. So yes, it would have been a big deal. That level of a phone on prepaid is going to be HUGE.

If only we had a network to make a phone like that worth using. Heres to hoping if it has 4G we'll have at least 3g equivalent speeds of other carriers and they don't tack on a surcharge for no reason (as data is cheaper on 4g than 3g). But does it really drain the battery so fast it wouldn't be usable to keep on throughout the day? That really blows if so.

**Blastin** · 04-06-2012, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by colonelcack

If only we had a network to make a phone like that worth using. Heres to hoping if it has 4G we'll have at least 3g equivalent speeds of other carriers and they don't tack on a surcharge for no reason (as data is cheaper on 4g than 3g). But does it really drain the battery so fast it wouldn't be usable to keep on throughout the day? That really blows if so.

you don't need 4g on for 99.9% of tasks unless you plan on downloading youtube videos and streaming music at the same time.

**colonelcack** · 04-06-2012, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by Blastin

you don't need 4g on for 99.9% of tasks unless you plan on downloading youtube videos and streaming music at the same time.

No, I was just hoping for some RELIABILITY. I don't need to download at 3-5mbps all the time, but VMs 3g is atrocious in terms of keeping steady speeds...I'll go from an average of 1mbps to sometimes less than dialup speeds during peak hours. The amount it fluctuates is incredibly aggravating when using certain apps .

Was hoping the 4G might alleviate this...

**Irate Iguana** · 04-06-2012, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by colonelcack

If only we had a network to make a phone like that worth using. Heres to hoping if it has 4G we'll have at least 3g equivalent speeds of other carriers and they don't tack on a surcharge for no reason (as data is cheaper on 4g than 3g). But does it really drain the battery so fast it wouldn't be usable to keep on throughout the day? That really blows if so.

Iirc the surcharge was the deal with clearwire, so I have no idea what they'll do with that.

**colonelcack** · 04-06-2012, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Irate Iguana

Iirc the surcharge was the deal with clearwire, so I have no idea what they'll do with that.

Well yeah that would make sense if it was clearwire. I meant it would be cheaper than 3g for data if it was LTE. That's what sprint said they would be switching to...so it'll be interesting to see if they make this phone LTE