Evo to iphone 4 and back to EVO!

Wow. I'm kind of in the same boat. I had all the versions of the iPhone and then this year got the EVO. I was THINKING for a MILLISECOND about going to iPhone4 after I played with it at an apple store but really reasons 1, 2, 4, 5 are pretty much exactly it.

I do miss the ultra smooth scrolling that comes with iPhone, but it's really in no way a dealbreaker (or dealmaker in this case). I admit, iPhone4 is lightning quick at what it does.

Also, I can't understand why everyone thinks the iPhone app store is so great... 90% of the useful apps on iPhone have a counterpart on Android market... and usually they are free!! There are many more real (not super ****ty) apps for free in the Android market, and because it's not super bloated you don't have to sift through everything AND because of AppBrain when I wiped my phone I didn't have to check my stupid iTunes receipt to check which apps I actually own.

I hated that, when I would wipe my iPhone and then re-download apps, I would see an app I hadn't redownloaded and have to think to myself "Did I buy this one yet?" because until the app actually downloads it seems like your paying for it. Which means you might accidentally buy an app that you thought you had paid for... (unless you are an ex-iphone user this won't probably won't make sense to you).

Also, I'm hoping most of the non-smootheness of Android will be ironed out with froyo. Also, I love google integration. Also, I LOVE the kickstand. Also, I... well, I'm going to stop here, so I don't thread jack this too much.

Thanks for 3 good years apple, smell ya later.
 
Welcom back to the light side. I never had iphone all my friends have and i play with it. I played with it in the store, it didnt really do anything for. I believe in freedom of choice. This is the USA not USSR.
 
After watching that Futurama episode about the "eyephone"... Steve Jobs and his control issues make me lol.

The reason the Iphone4 is smoother is because it's not capped at 30fps.
There's also touch input lag on the Evo because of the 30fps cap, so it seems less fluid.

Try an Incredible, Droid X, N1, etc... they all are as fast as the Iphone in terms of UI.
 
7. Rural 3G coverage- AT&T just has none. It is only in the cities. With Sprint I get 3G nearly everywhere- not just Sprint's native network, but also under its 3G roaming agreement with Verizon. Even in many rural areas I can get great 3G, but with AT&T it just is not available.


I was under the impression that voice only calls on roaming - no data or even voice-mail.
 
Woow good review...I'm happy to knw that I have the best phone out there, THE EVO YEA...LOL
 
7. Rural 3G coverage- AT&T just has none. It is only in the cities. With Sprint I get 3G nearly everywhere- not just Sprint's native network, but also under its 3G roaming agreement with Verizon. Even in many rural areas I can get great 3G, but with AT&T it just is not available.


I was under the impression that voice only calls on roaming - no data or even voice-mail.

I thought that too. My parents live in a Verizon only area and I was at their house with my EVO and I was roaming 3G from Verizon. Downloaded apps, checked messages, texted, browsed the web, etc. No problem, no extra charge. When I first got my Treo, I tried roaming 3G there and it didn't work so I just never tried it again in the 22 months I had it.

BTW, one of my brothers just got two iP4s. He's a fanboy so no way he would ever admit that something is better or even as good as his choice. I do have friends with iPs who are jealous that I've got the EVO and they're stuck with their phones and AT&T.
 
HBG, great write up. Nicely explained. I've got an iPhone 3G until I can find an EVO. I did get to see the new iPhone 4 recently and while nice, I agree with you - I'm bored with the same OS look too.
 
I am a former iphone user as well. All the way back to the first iphone. I switched to android with the Hero. Now i have the EVO. But of course i went to the apple store to play with the iphone 4 (like i do every phone i can get my hands on). I was expecting it to make me wish my evo had a better screen. So i would go to the same web sites on both phones side by side and compare. I tell you i saw absolutely no difference in pixel, resolution. But i saw a huge difference in size. The iphone screen seems like it shrunk since i used to have one. A friend of mine is an iphone fanboy. I saw the iphone 4 before his came to his house so he asked me about it. I told him its nicer than the 3gs, but if you even spend one day with an EVO then you wont want the iphone anymore. The screen size is that big of a deal. This EVO has spoiled me on size. I am now forever going to want this screen size. You could show me a 3.5 inch screen that was 1000 pixels per inch and 3d without glasses and i would pass.

I also noticed how slow the iphone browser scroll speed was. Has it always been that slow? I agree totally on the way the evo formats the text to fit the screen when you zoom. Its really a nice feature.
 
I'm going to email my brother a link to this page. He's on a waiting list to buy one. He truly is a fanboy. He has his iphone, a 27 inch desktop, and one of the new LED laptops. Don't think he'll be switching anytime soon. lol
 
Wow very nice read! I was expecting more EVO bashing, instead I found an Iphone bashing LOL love it... Very well put, thanks for the posts everyone.... :)
 
My iPad died yesterday. Yes I have an iPad and love it. I had to take it to the Apple Store to get it replaced. The guy at the store notice my Evo and asked if I wouldn't rather have an iPhone 4. I said that I prefer to have a phone that I can hold anyway I want. He just kinda looked at me and didn't know what to say.
 
Welcome back... I'll probably be getting the
Dell Streak when it comes to AT&T, so I'll
get my dose of a huge screen shortly. Until
then, it's gonna be my N1 and iPhone 4.
 
Once I had the large screen of the EVO, when I went back to the iPhone 4 I knew I'd never be happy again with a smaller screen. it was like when I got the 30 inch display at work to use with my MacBook Pro. There is no way I'd be happy going back to a 20" display- things would never be the same.

The price for that larger screen is a big heft in the hand and pocket. I'll admit I still really like the very small, very thin size of the iPhone 4 which I hardly notice at all in my pocket and is joy to hold. But, the EVO is not uncomfortable in the hand or pocket and to the extent it is bulkier I am willing to pay that price because I just can't go back to that small screen and tiny fonts- the bar has been set at a new level. I'll admit I am generally an Apple fanboy myself on many products, but that's not enough here. Get your brother to try a mobile formatted blog on the iPhone and tell him to then imagine reading it for the next several years every day at the small size. Then, show him the same mobile site on the EVO and scale the font up on the big screen.

Then, go to a regular, non-mobile site and have him go left and right over and over again to read an article on the iphone. Then, have him read the same on the EVO large screen, with text reflowing at whatever size he wants to fit the page.

Then, ask him to flick down a web page on the iphone and then on the EVO.

Play a high def you tube video on the iphone where it is smashed into a smaller box on the small screen. Then have him see the same video on the EVO where this does not occur.

Then ask him to call someone by a video call on Facetime- if he is lucky enough to find someone on WIFI (and your brother must also be on WIFI) at that moment and with an iPhone 4 turned on. Do the same using Fring on the EVO and ask him to call someone who uses video skype.

Yes, I admit the iPhone is elegant and the user interface and screen are great. But, all is not as it appears when it comes to daily use.

Yeah, I had the iphone 3g so I know what you mean on some of these things. The thing is, he wont even look at my evo. Every time i try to show him something on my phone he just talks about how he's going to have the new 4g iphone soon. Its like he doesn't want to even know if there's something better out. True fanboy. If i have to hear him say retina display one more time....
 
I noticed the exact same issue with the iPhone browser, it doesn't continue scrolling down the page like android does. You have to keep flicking over and over. Weird, I thought apple had figured that out long ago, but apparently not. And the text reformat is also extremely useful once you use it.

The only downside with the evo is its graphics are capped so its not as smooth looking when scrolling anywhere in the OS. But other android phones like the nexus do not have this; nexus is smooth as butter. The evo will hopefully have this fixed very soon over at xda forums. :-)
 
I can't use the screen anymore. After using an Evo, it seems SUPER small. And I don't care bout the retina display. If I have to zoom in like 100x to see a difference its not worth it.
 
Welcome back. Both the EVO and the iPhone 4 have good points and at the end of the day do almost all of the same things very well.

The iPhone just comes with a huge idiot fee. A family of 4 on the iPhone 4 are looking at $280. With discounts my family pays under $190. Factor in free tethering and the iPhone is another $20 more per person than shown below.

One iPhone on the Nation 900 Plan: $116.98
Plan: Nation 900 $59.99
Services: DataPro 2GB for iPhone $25.00
Messaging Unlimited $20.00
VoiceDial $4.99
AT&T Navigator(SM) for iPhone $6.99 Promo

Two iPhone AT&T Family Plan: $192.95
Plan: Nation 1400 FamilyTalk w/Rollover? Minutes $89.99
Services: DataPro 2GB for iPhone $25.00 x 2 = $50
Messaging Unlimited for Families $30.00
VoiceDial $4.99 x 2 = $9.98
AT&T Navigator(SM) for iPhone $6.99 x 2 = $13.98

Three iPhone AT&T Family Plan: $238.93
Above plus:
Additional line $9.99
Services: DataPro 2GB for iPhone $25.00
VoiceDial $4.99
AT&T Navigator(SM) for iPhone $6.99

Four iPhone on AT&T Family Plan: $285.91
Above plus:
Additional line $9.99
Services: DataPro 2GB for iPhone $25.00
VoiceDial $4.99
AT&T Navigator(SM) for iPhone $6.99
 
I thought that too. My parents live in a Verizon only area and I was at their house with my EVO and I was roaming 3G from Verizon. Downloaded apps, checked messages, texted, browsed the web, etc. No problem, no extra charge. When I first got my Treo, I tried roaming 3G there and it didn't work so I just never tried it again in the 22 months I had it.

BTW, one of my brothers just got two iP4s. He's a fanboy so no way he would ever admit that something is better or even as good as his choice. I do have friends with iPs who are jealous that I've got the EVO and they're stuck with their phones and AT&T.

are you sure you were not using verizons 1x? i know for sure on my old pre i could only data roam on 1x, sooo slow.
 

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