Does Sprint have any plans of releasing a 2nd Gen of the Shift?

[turfster26]

I have an Evo 4G, however my wife is due for an upgrade and she wants a slide out keyboard. Not too thrilled with some of the features on the Shift; ie: front facing camera, etc and would like to know if HTC and/or Sprint has any plans in the near future on a 2nd generation of the EVO Shift?

Any insight on the rumor mill would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks again.......

 

[Ntchwaidumela]

It would be nice

I have an Evo 4G, however my wife is due for an upgrade and she wants a slide out keyboard. Not too thrilled with some of the features on the Shift; ie: front facing camera, etc and would like to know if HTC and/or Sprint has any plans in the near future on a 2nd generation of the EVO Shift?

Any insight on the rumor mill would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks again.......

I haven't heard anything about a "next generation" Shift. I would imagine it will be a while, though, since it was just introduced a few months ago. I really like my Shift, and it's even nicer with Gingerbread 2.3.3. My fingers don't work well at all with touch keyboards, so the hard keyboard is a must for me. Pair that with the Swiftkey app and it's perfect for me. By the way, Swiftkey works great with both keyboards. (The X Beta version is very buggy, so stick with the current version until it comes out of beta in a few months.) I would love to have a front-facing camera on the Shift, which is why I almost opted for the Samsung Epic. But the HTC quality was the deciding factor. Maybe in the next generation (please HTC)

Treat your wife to the current Shift, w/Swiftkey added, and she'll thank you.

 

[cooknn]

I love my Shift. And with Gingerbread I am not so tempted to look for something else. All I really need to keep me happy for a long time is Sense 3 with an OC'd kernel that can handle it - and not kill my battery.

Down the road I hope with see a Shift 2 with Dual-Core processor and at least 1GB RAM, front facing camera, HDMI, higher pixel density - and native Sense 3. I totally dig the Gorilla Glass screen. Coming from a plastic Pre minus, this phone is a masterpiece. It's not a beast, though. I want a beast

 

[turfster26]

Great info...I think I may keep her in her BB Bold and wait out until the Fall '11. I sense a Shift upgrade and/or HTC curve ball with a new device opposite the 3D.

Keep the rumors coming...many thx.

 

[Jon no h]

If there is a 2nd gen, it will most likely have 4g LTE.

 

[turfster26]

If there is a 2nd gen, it will most likely have 4g LTE.

For the sake of sounding really dumb....what is LTE and how does it differ from simply 4G?

 

[xHunt3r]

3GPP Long Term Evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[cooknn]

I'm cool with LTE. There is only one Sprint 4G tower in my town and it's out of range. In the mean time, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all of 4G in my area :'(

 

[Jon no h]

4G LTE on Sprint? Possibly...
http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-and-lightsquared-deploy-lte-network