Apple iPhone 3G [S] vs. Sprint HTC Evo

[akerfolks]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/h...perphone-armo/

HTC Evo Sprints first 4G phone.

• 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD,
• Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor under the hood (the CDMA version of the QSD8250 in the HD2 and Nexus One)
• 1GB of built-in memory and 512MB of RAM
• 8 megapixel monstrosity with flash, that's capable of 720p video, and is augmented by a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for good measure.
• HDMI out
• 802.11b/g WiFi, and an 8GB microSD card.
• Sprint's first 4G phone.

Everything I want in an iPhone and it's on Sprint. Time to switch? I think so.

Discuss

[kyleismr.smiley]

4G coverage is the pits. There is a tower within .5 miles and coverage is still poor. Putting the laptop on the floor will drop the signal completely, but having it on the arm of the couch nets 3 bars all with a laptop stick. A handheld phone? Forget about it.. they really should've skipped that and released this now without it.

AT&T/VZ will be getting the same type of phone for sure, sans "4G"

[NEERJA VIDUSHII]

Yeah, I'm not really impressed by the 4G, they can't even do calls/data at the same time! Fail. Everything else makes me drool.

If the iPhone 4 doesn't have HDMI or front facing camera, HELLO SPRINT!

[Steve_90]

I was thinking the same thing. With rare exceptions, HTC is not prone to releasing phones that don't appear on other carriers. That said, the phone is a beast.

[JSJellyBean]

I get 3.5 Mbps on my iPhone speedtest. What speeds are we talking with 4G?

HDMI out is worth it. I wont have to haul my laptop when I want to watch movies between rooms. Maybe the HD3 will have it????

[Kerrick]

Apple better have something really nice planned for the next iPhone update. I cant really see anything being much better than what Sprint announced today. 4G coverage will get better in time. I hear over seas WiMax is really taking off and doing great, i believe its only a matter of time before it does the same thing here in the states. i look at 4G just being icing on the cake because here in Chicago, Sprints 3G is widespread and blazing fast. Apple better refresh the iphone OS and come out with a phone with a larger high def screen, and.... lets just say Apple better bring it because this phone is looking very tempting.

[justmeagain]

I'm sure that the phone may be exclusive to Sprint for a while, also when it goes to Verizon and AT&T I'm sure it will lose tons of features, namely the front facing camera.

[HawaiiGirl23]

Somehow I just cannot think of using an iPhone without a JB.... It really helps in many situations for me to be able to run things parallely - an example is running Navigon, take a quick phone call and go back to Navigon WITHOUT any delay and without getting lost.

I probably will have to ditch an iPhone if my current one fails as its not Jailbreakable with the new firmwares!

[Kerrick]

Granted this phone is a beast...your locked down to one carrier (sprint).

Also, 4G is hella fast (10x faster then 3g)...thing is...can you catch a strong enough signal to keep the connection going?

Here where I live, 4G isn't even remotely close to being released...yet, the Sprint stores all around town are preaching about how 4G is possible

[Gherkinhead]

Time to make the change then. HDMI is seriously against Apple's design philosophy, and a front-facing camera is doubtful (though not impossible.. the 5G Nano took me by surprise).