HawaiiD
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- Feb 20, 2011
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Today I walked into a local Sprint Store and asked one of the Sprint reps what kind of accessories they have available for the EVO LTE.
While he went to the back to check for them, another Sprint employee asked if I already have the EVO LTE. I said yes and I bust it out of my pocket. She held it and said "Wow, this is niiice!"
Another Sprint employee saw her holding my phone and said "Is that the EVO 4G LTE??" And all 6 Sprint employees, along with bunch of other customers, were crowding around trying to get a close look at my phone. I unlocked the phone for them via Face Unlock and when they saw the screen, everyone were just blown away. There were a lot of "ooh's" and "aah's" and I heard bunch of people behind commenting how slim it is and how great the screen looks.
I let a few of them hold it and swipe through the home screens.
One female Sprint employee said "I heard you can surf the web and talk on the phone at the same time. Is that true?" I said "Yeah, I've done it a few times now."
Another Sprint employee said "I don't believe it. You were probably on wi-fi!" I said "No, it was all 3G."
The guy said "Prove it! Make sure wi-fi is off and call me right now."
So I showed everyone that wi-fi is off and then called the guy's cell phone number. When he answered it, I put him on speakerphone so everyone can hear that the call is still connected.
Then I asked, "Where do you want me to go?" One said go to Amazon.com and search for "HTC EVO". So I did that. Amazon.com came up, the HTC EVO results came up, I then selected few random accessories and went through multiple pages of customer reviews. While I was navigating around the website, the guy was still talking through the speakerphone.
The female employee yelled out to the other guy "I told you so!!" And the guy responded through the speakerphone, "I'm a believer now. I gotta get this phone." Everyone busted out laughing.
After the show was over, I heard a few customers asking the Sprint reps "Can I get the phone he has?"
Haha! Just thought I'd share my funny experience at the Sprint Store today.
I had a similar experience on launch day. On the way home from BestBuy after picking up my Evo 4GLTE. I stop into Sprint because I wanted to see if they had any cases for my new phone?
Low and behold there wasn't even a dummy phone,no accessories,no nothing
for my new Evo at this particular Sprint store.
So I asked one of the CSR if there was any cases for the new Evo? He was like
no because the phone isn't released yet and it is delayed for another 2 weeks?
I said no they are available already... I just picked one up at BestBuy.
The CSR was like yeah right I want to see it? I had my Evo in my hand
and showed it to him.
He was like WTF? He called another CRS over to look at it. He then went to a computer terminal and looked up something and said there is no Evo 4G LTE's scheduled for
release at his store. There were 3 more CRS's that came to check my phone out as well
as hand full of shoppers. All of them marveled at the thinness and brightness of the screen
as well as the quality of the build and that it really looks outstanding in person.
He came back and asked to try it out.So I let him try it for a few minutes and as he was playing with the phone he stated that he had training on the phone but it was a beta version.
He noted that the released version was noticeably running smoother
than the beta one.
I felt like the star of a show I tell ya.
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