Evo 3d nerves

[VickMackey#AC]

The mods will not ban him here. This site is not like the blue site where they would not put up with his nonsense.

you mean the green site. Those people ban anyone that thinks webos and the veer are failing..

 

[FocusFreak]

Remember too, most issues can be fixed with firmware or software updates.

Not really. Sprint, Samsung and Google still cannot fix the issues with the Nexus and are starting to believe its a problem with GB and Sprint's network. If thats the case, the 3D will have the same issues (it already seems to from that review) and it wont be fixed until ICS is released.

 

[Djblue]

Just throwing this out there but, HTC phones usually have there problems fixed pretty fast. Even if there was a problem like there is for the Nexus S, Htc would never have us waiting this long for a fix.....just sayin

 

[Averix]

Not really. Sprint, Samsung and Google still cannot fix the issues with the Nexus and are starting to believe its a problem with GB and Sprint's network. If thats the case, the 3D will have the same issues (it already seems to from that review) and it wont be fixed until ICS is released.

Wait, problem with GB? As in Gingerbread? Like the Gingerbread that's on the original EVO now without any trouble? Or is this some other GB?

 

[MannyZ28]

Yes, thats what I said. This seems to be a problem with how GB works with Sprint's network. 2 different phones from 2 different companies shouldnt be having the same 4G connectivity issues and 1 bar of signal with missed and dropped calls. Something is wrong on Sprint's end.

As far as your assessment of the evo 3d connectivity goes, I just love it how you take one review, which is slightly vaguely written and make it fact.

Love it!

 

[FocusFreak]

Wait, problem with GB? As in Gingerbread? Like the Gingerbread that's on the original EVO now without any trouble? Or is this some other GB?

Without any trouble? Wow, do you even read the forums? Its only been out for like a week and it already needs a fix for all its problems.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/93577-gingerbread-fixes-maintenance-release.html

 

[FocusFreak]

As far as your assessment of the evo 3d connectivity goes, I just love it how you take one review, which is slightly vaguely written and make it fact.

Love it!

Well, there are a few issues here. 1) The only real review of the phone we have seen tells us its plagued with issues. 2) With the release only 9 days away, where are all the other reviews? Seems to me Sprint is not sending this phone to anyone for reviews, odd dont you think? Must be something they dont want people to know perhaps?

 

[Averix]

Without any trouble? Wow, do you even read the forums? Its only been out for like a week and it already needs a fix for all its problems.

You seem to pick and choose what you want to portray. I saw a lot of posts from people who applied the OTA or a rooted OTA over rooted or custom ROMs. Those are edge cases and a risk you take running custom stuff. I also saw a lot of "nothing wrong with my EVO" posts in those threads. From my experience, on my EVO, in my hand, Gingerbread works great. No issues. No problems.

And, back to the meat of my original argument, it seems most of the EVOs that are having trouble on Gingerbread now were working fine before. A software update may have caused them some problems. So, a software update can likely fix those problems. Thus, nothing to get your proverbial panties bunched up over.

 

[Averix]

Well, there are a few issues here. 1) The only real review of the phone we have seen tells us its plagued with issues. 2) With the release only 9 days away, where are all the other reviews? Seems to me Sprint is not sending this phone to anyone for reviews, odd dont you think? Must be something they dont want people to know perhaps?

What is with you?
According to some other posts, the Sprint reps just started getting the phones. It's likely then that reviewers will start getting the phone shortly as well. I don't really see an issue here. The reviews will start soon enough.
Again, if you're worried, just don't get it launch day. Easy answer to a non-problem.

 

[grhodes1]

^ thanks its definately true I will wait i'm just hyper impatient. If your last phone was the Palm Pre its tough not to bite. I'm glad I didnt in a way with the nexus but will wait a couple days after launch with the 3d and see.

 

[Averix]

^ thanks its definately true I will wait i'm just hyper impatient. If your last phone was the Palm Pre its tough not to bite. I'm glad I didnt in a way with the nexus but will wait a couple days after launch with the 3d and see.

Ok, if you're coming from the Pre, I can completely understand you wanting to get the EVO 3D on release day. I had one of those too. Loved the OS, hated the hardware.

 

[Cubfan]

Well, there are a few issues here. 1) The only real review of the phone we have seen tells us its plagued with issues. 2) With the release only 9 days away, where are all the other reviews? Seems to me Sprint is not sending this phone to anyone for reviews, odd dont you think? Must be something they dont want people to know perhaps?

Major pessimism based on little or no real information. Gawd. We get it. Your glass is always half empty (with a conspiracy theory on how it got that way).

 

[grhodes1]

Ok, if you're coming from the Pre, I can completely understand you wanting to get the EVO 3D on release day. I had one of those too. Loved the OS, hated the hardware.

same here the os was great but I'm currently sitting on 10 units that i've turned back in and am using my 11th. SO i dont wanna go through it again, and I love what i've seen of android

 

[Jackietreehorn]

^ thanks its definately true I will wait i'm just hyper impatient. If your last phone was the Palm Pre its tough not to bite. I'm glad I didnt in a way with the nexus but will wait a couple days after launch with the 3d and see.

Ha, I'll see your Pre, and raise you my Touch Pro 2. Actually, might be kind of a toss up imo.

As far as Focus, sure, it's annoying and when you read many of this posts together, it appears that he has an anti Evo3D agenda, and loves him some Samsung (be it the Nexus or GS2). Thats fine, and to be honest, I don't think he should be banned or anything of that nature, although, it'd be nice if he toned down the rhetoric a bit, and maybe had a post here and there that wasn't disparaging the 3D. Not sure I've seen one in a while. As stated before, it's good to have a bit of doubt about upcoming, unproven hardware. My personal plea to him: Keep the doubt, but ease up slightly on what many times seems to be gleeful doom and gloom.

I'll be getting it day one. Tried the Nexus, and while it's a perfectly all right phone (at least in my area I haven't seen a lot of coverage issues or anything), it's just not for me...not with more powerful handsets right around the corner. I'd likely be entirely fine with and keeping the Nexus if it had come out say, around New Years.

 

[Nrbelex]

same here the os was great but I'm currently sitting on 10 units that i've turned back in and am using my 11th. SO i dont wanna go through it again, and I love what i've seen of android

It's amazing how many people had this experience. I got my Pre on launch day and am now on my 14th unit, all of which failed through no fault of my own - dead keyboard, dead screen, bad capacitive sensor, discolored splotches on the screen, broken earpiece (I didn't even leave the store with that one before I made them give me another), among other problems.I wouldn't go so far as to call the software great (there are still bugs I was surprised existed at launch, the App Catalog is nearly empty and Palm/HP never followed through with their promise to update the OS with Flash, etc.), but it was vastly better than the toy-like hardware.

Part of the reason I'm so determined to get the 3D on launch day is because I'm simply not sure the Pre will physically last much longer. The plastic around the USB port is entirely broken, pieces have fallen off, and there's a growing crack emanating from the port. The screen started turning on randomly and the battery now gets me less than 12 hours with sparing usage in a NYC office building. Keep in mind that my current unit is less than 5 months old and it stays in my pocket or on a desk all day; I don't have a case, but I baby all my electronics. That kind of hardware is just pathetic, and I need a replacement ASAP!

 

[Smokexz]

Look, I am not trying to troll here but...since when has an HTC product EVER been a good purchase? It's outdated within days and their designs are really just piss poor... Sure they are fast but Sense dampers the experience greatly and I think Tegra 2 is actually faster than dual core Snapdragon and better with battery life. I am just giving my two cents...I have used quite a few HTC devices and I am always left unimpressed. If your look for something that won't get outdated as quickly, get a Galaxy S2 device. The processors are clocked just as high and Samsung actually brings updates to their devices(sure Froyo took a while but there has already been a plethora of Gingerbread leaks that look much more promising than the Evo update). Still if you have to have a better device very soon, the Evo 3D isn't bad at all, but if you need something that lasts, wait for the Galaxy S2.

Sent from my Xoom

 

[Averix]

Look, I am not trying to troll here but...since when has an HTC product EVER been a good purchase? It's outdated within days and their designs are really just piss poor... Sure they are fast but Sense dampers the experience greatly and I think Tegra 2 is actually faster than dual core Snapdragon and better with battery life. I am just giving my two cents...I have used quite a few HTC devices and I am always left unimpressed. If your look for something that won't get outdated as quickly, get a Galaxy S2 device. The processors are clocked just as high and Samsung actually brings updates to their devices(sure Froyo took a while but there has already been a plethora of Gingerbread leaks that look much more promising than the Evo update). Still if you have to have a better device very soon, the Evo 3D isn't bad at all, but if you need something that lasts, wait for the Galaxy S2.

Everyone has opinions and they're all valid in their own right.
I love Sense. I don't think any other manufacturer has a better skin and none of the homegrown ones compare in my opinion. As for the outdated comment, I question that. The Thunderbolt is a trussed up EVO with LTE, but the EVO 3D is dual core cutting edge. Not exactly outdated. I have a Xoom and I think the Tegra 2 is a dog. It lags on the Xoom quite a bit for me. Samsung has a great sense of hardware design like the Tab 10.1, but I have had poor luck with their phones for software updates and skins.

 

[VickMackey#AC]

I'd pick a htc device over a plastic samung or boring nexus any day. And I'm also sick of hearing how great webos is. Yes it looks good and has great ideas(synergy/cards) and for sure has massive potential, but it has massive amounts of bugs and the lag even on the touchpad is tremendous. They've released only a handful of apis 2 years later. webos is dead and I use it everyday.

 

[Nrbelex]

... since when has an HTC product EVER been a good purchase? It's outdated within days and their designs are really just piss poor...

Yikes - personal grudge against HTC? What makes a phone outdated? HTC just announced that a phone from early 2010 is still going to get a major update, bringing it the latest software over a year later.

The hardware will quickly go from bleeding edge to cutting edge to last-generation, but that's the nature of the industry, and all phones and consumer electronics go through this cycle. This might be magnified in HTC's case because they have so many devices at any given moment and are constantly releasing more, but a phone like last year's EVO is almost indistinguishable from today's flagship devices, especially with the most recent software update.

As for the designs, I've never heard anything but glowing reviews of HTC's hardware, even for their lower end phones. Don't forget that HTC was the uncredited designer/OEM for many of the first smartphones which continue to shape the market to this day.

In fact, I'm quite sure that if you talked to the average purchaser of an HTC product, they would tell you it was a very good purchase, and power users comfortable with flashing ROMs to squeeze performance out would probably say it was a fantastic purchase...

 

[Cubfan]

In fact, I'm quite sure that if you talked to the average purchaser of an HTC product, they would tell you it was a very good purchase, and power users comfortable with flashing ROMs to squeeze performance out would probably say it was a fantastic purchase...

+1

I try to *only* buy HTC phones because I've been so pleased with them. Touch Pro, Touch Pro2, Evo, and the new Windows Mobile Acclaim for my son. My brother has the Galaxy S, and I've tried it (and hated it)... no easy way to root the device, and no developer community to speak of when compared to the HTC devices I've bought. Feels cheap and plastic, colors are over-rated and too saturated.