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Release date: 6/24 nationwide; 6/21 for SP members.
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sanltinydancer
Newbie
So i heard about the new evo coming out. i know its coming out during the summer...when does the summer officially start? i lost my evo a wk ago and i was planning on buying another one til i just found out about the new one...should i wait or get another evo 4g?? wish i knew the exact date and how much its gonna cost....
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
If Vodafone is confirming UK release of 7/11, I'm more encouraged to think that Sprint will have it 1 month prior. For some reason, I just feel like Sprint would've had an "exclusive" deal with HTC to sell their phones for 1 month prior to the GSM version being released.
If factor in Sprint's 30 day return policy, I'm pegging June 10 as my official prediction as a release date. Even though Sprint hasn't "officially" announced a release date, considering the EVO line already has a great following, I wouldn't be surprised if they felt they didn't need to announce the official release date more than 1 month prior. Just some speculation on strategic planning.
If factor in Sprint's 30 day return policy, I'm pegging June 10 as my official prediction as a release date. Even though Sprint hasn't "officially" announced a release date, considering the EVO line already has a great following, I wouldn't be surprised if they felt they didn't need to announce the official release date more than 1 month prior. Just some speculation on strategic planning.
sanltinydancer - moved your post over here to the 3D forum - we're speculating on dates in this thread, no official date set yet.
Androidalltheway
Android Enthusiast
I still think june 3rd, that way sprint can market it 6/3/3d, something like that... Otherwise it will be the week after, and fyi... all sprint phones do not release on a sunday... The evo released on a friday, therego it will be released on another friday, June 10th the latest
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
What kind of marketing significance would 6/3 have anymore than 7/3, 8/3, 9/3, etc. in that case? That's just weird to me.
Guess what, my guess of June 10 DOES have some marketing credibility and significance. Can anybody tell me the first date that a 3D movie was presented in front of a paying audience? Don't know the answer, here it is:
3D Movie Firsts
That was back in 1915. Here we are, 2011, 96 years later. To release the 3D on a significant and historical "3D" date would be VERY good for marketing purposes. Can you see the visuals of old black and white videos of kids sitting in the theatre with funky looking paper glasses...and then it flashes to the present where a bunch of kids are sitting in an assembly hall watching 3D movies on their EVO 3D?
mikeyrocks23
Lurker
In Sprint's press release
Sprint Newsroom | Sprint Awarded Big Honors for HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO View 4G, Kyocera Echo, MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless and Google Voice at International CTIA Wireless 2011
it says "Available this summer exclusively from Sprint"
so if that Vodafone date is true that'd point to a pretty sure sign that we're looking at a launch sometime in June right?
I just want a new phone already dammit..I'm using a LG Rumor lol..this will be my first smartphone..we we we so excited
yourfriendmat
Well-Known Member
I like the thought, and it would be cool if they were that clever, but it's sort of an obscure fact. I feel like that might be like a joke that needs a long explanation. Everyone will be bored to the point where they don't care about the punchline.
However, to go along with what you're saying, I suppose I could see a commercial with narration explaining "In 1915..... blah blah blah.... glasses disappear... Evo 3d! Get it June 10th!"
yourfriendmat
Well-Known Member
Good catch! In order to maintain their exclusivity, they'd have to be the only one selling it for at least a week or so.
BlackDynamite
Android Expert
The significance of 6-3 is it is one year after the OG Evo was released (6-4, but still the first Friday in June).
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
I'm talking strictly marketing. 1 year after the original EVO is not that significant for marketing purposes.
BlackDynamite
Android Expert
I would think the anniversary of the Evo is way more significant from a marketing perspective, than the anniversary of some 3D movie that nobody even knows about. At least it is when we are talking about the launch of the next Evo.
From a marketing stand point keeping with Sprint's "Firsts", the anniversary of the first 3D movie ever is pretty clever. And that date isn't far after the Evo release a year ago. And I am in marketing, I would use that!
BlackDynamite
Android Expert
You think the first 3D movie is more significant than the first Evo???
I think the tie in between the first 3d movie and the first 3d phone is very clever, yes. And again you can still use the "A year ago we gave you the first 4g phone, etc".
BlackDynamite
Android Expert
We'll have to agree to disagree on that. I think if we're talking about the latest Evo, then the anniversary of the first Evo is far more important than the first 3D movie. Especially if nobody knows or cares about the first 3D movie, but almost everyone that bought an Evo knows they got it about a year ago.
Right and June 10th still keeps with the year anniversary.
but there is a flaw in your theory....
many times companies say they are the only one or first.... to sell or do something...
but that is according to their market!!!!
Sprint is usa only carrier!
so what happens outside usa.. does not matter.
example: sprint's first and only 4G!!! guess what? 4G was available outside usa first!
BlackDynamite
Android Expert
No it doesn't, lol. The Evo was released on the first Friday of June. That is not June 10th, no matter how you spin it.
It was released on June 4th, granted it wouldn't be a year to the day Like June 3rd would be (June 10th would be a year and a week) but it doesn't really matter. The iPhone 3G wasn't released exactly a year after the first but it was still part of the marketing.
That "flaw" applies to just about every company you can think of. Every carrier, every car manufacturer, every supermarket..
It's just to grab the costumer's/consumer's attention. That doesn't stop them from using it.
You want Sprint to all of a sudden break the mold? Lol
Btw, I think June 10th sounds as reasonable as June 3rd at this point. Both can be tied into the Evo 4G's anniversary date last year.
Put it like this, Sprint is not going to WAIT till June 10th JUST to tie the release of the Evo 3D with the first 3D movie.
HOWEVER, if they plan to use June 10th to release the phone, they would be smart to tie in the first 3D movie in their marketing.
that i what I was implying... it was marketing .. and it would be true..
if sprint released the e3d before or after the july 11 release in europe.
first and only e3d in usa... even if it was sold in 10 other countries before hand.