I agree with the OP to an extent.
While its nice to be able to come on and compare glitches and look for solutions, it also gets tiresome to hear the same "I'm returning this phone if" remarks
I for one love this phone for several reasons. Build quality is stellar in my opinion, its been htc's way. Another thing is updates. htc actually does them, far more than Samsung does and therefore extending the life of non rooted users phones.
That brings me to root
Look at the Dev response to this device

They're on fire and i feel this will continue like the og evo just because of how fantastic the evo is. I'm now rooted which means i'll be getting all my updates via custom roms & kernels.
To me the Evo lte is a win win. Things are just heating up here and a lot of minor issues will be addressed by either htc or dev