EVO Shift 4G vs. Samsung Epic: isn't the Epic a better deal?

[B-San]

The Epic felt like a plastic toy when compared to the shift; the choice was easy!

 

[evoldroid]

I have had the Evo Shift and Samsung Epic. IMO the Epic is much better.It has a better screen,Two cameras,16GB sd card,and a much better keyboard.Also it has gorilla glass and a slightly bigger screen.Don't know how everyone thinks the evo shift is better but its not.

 

[LancerzRalliart]

I have had the Evo Shift and Samsung Epic. IMO the Epic is much better.It has a better screen,Two cameras,16GB sd card,and a much better keyboard.Also it has gorilla glass and a slightly bigger screen.Don't know how everyone thinks the evo shift is better but its not.

People don't think its a better phone, its a fact. The shift also has gorilla glass so that point is null. The only thing that's good on the epic is the screen. A 16gb sd card is $30 so that's nothing to brag about.

Sent from my CM7 powered Shift

 

[proactix]

I have had the Evo Shift and Samsung Epic. IMO the Epic is much better.It has a better screen,Two cameras,16GB sd card,and a much better keyboard.Also it has gorilla glass and a slightly bigger screen.Don't know how everyone thinks the evo shift is better but its not.

It is a matter of opinion, not everyone needs an huge screen or 2 cameras....in my eyes, it is the perfect phone for what I use it for...in your eyes it may not be...

 

[Jon no h]

2.2 and the size are two (of the many) reasons I went with the Shift.

 

[vintagetechtm]

my two cents...

These two phones are quite similar in many ways, but it seems to me like the Epic is the better deal. What made you decide on the Shift over the Epic?

Evo Shift 4G
Price: $119
Screen: 3.6"
Storage: 2 GB internal

Samsung Epic
Price: $99
Screen: 4.0"
Storage: 16 GB internal

Based purely on specs, it seems like the Epic is a better deal at a (slightly) lower price.

What am I missing?

I have had 3 HTC phones (pocket pc, droid eris, and now the evo shift). HTC stands by their products and I had generally good customer service experiences with HTC. Their phones, imho, are generally good quality. Let's face it, no phone is perfect and all phones have some issue here and there.

I had a samsung moment. It wasn't a bad phone. My biggest issues with the Samsung Moment was
1) the lack of vibration feedback when I hit the home, menu and search touch buttons 2) the touch sensitivity was horrible. while the touch sensitivity on my htc pocket pc and droid eris was great.
3) the battery life on the samsung moment has the worst battery life of all the smartphones that I have owned (which is a fair amount and I have had a variety of them too). I know through research that android 2.1 os generally is the issue causing horrible battery life.
4) my impression of the build quality of my htc versus my samsung moment... I feel that my htc evo shift is built better then the samsung moment. my htc is heavier which, imho, leads me to say it's build quality is better. For me, lighter is not always better. When I pick up phones that are too light, I question the phone's ability to withstand normal wear and tear. This is just me. I also feel that the sliding mechanism of the htc evo shift feels like it will last a long time. It feels like is it sturdy.

Over all, my experience with the Samsung Moment (my first Samsung phone) was less then pleasing to me. If I am going to have a touch screen phone then I don't want to feel like I have to pound on the screen multiple times to select something. Other times the Samsung Moment's touch screen would work okay but I still had to apply more pressure then I usually do with touch screen devices. The samsung phone seemed like the attention to small details was lacking. I had vibration feedback for most touch selections yet none for the home, menu, and search touch buttons. Really?! Attention to detail...Samsung it's not that difficult. imho, htc does a good job with attention to details both small and large.

As it stands now, I will never buy a Samsung phone again unless I can play with an actually working model for at least a week. But really, I'm sticking to LG and HTC for my future phones at this time. Samsung still has a lot to prove for me to buy any of their mobile phones.

 

[zzzvariety]

I was going to go the Shift, because of the lens quality, but at the end of the day, I wanted that front-facing camera.

 

[STL 314]

HTC>>>Samsung

 

[LancerzRalliart]

When it comes to HDTVs and PC monitors Samsung is top notch...not so when it comes to phones. The amoled screens are great but that's about it.

 

[carnivalq]

I have the epic and my gf has the shift. I reguarly switch back and forth between the two with her. There are things about the the epic such as the terrific speakerphone call quality and loud media speakers as well as the awesome camera and super amoled screen that totally outshine the evo shift however I perm rooted the evo shift and just can't get over the mikshift rom. It is unbeleivable. Better than any rom ever on the epic IMO absolutley bug free dare to say almost perfect and with like 8 different themes. With this rom and the supporting bc kernel all of a sudden the shift blows the epic away. But then I miss all the aforementioned stuff about the epic lol.

 

[patchs]

My wife is going to port from VZW to my Sprint account. We were looking at phones and narrowed it down to the Shift and the Epic.
Looking at the forums, it seems each has its downsides, more for the Epic than the Shift. It seems like the only major issue with the Shift is the call-waiting hang up.
I'd like my wife to get the Epic since it has the front-facing camera so we can do video chats when I get the Evo 3D but it looks like the Shift is better.
Anyone have any advice on which one you would choose?