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Evo 3D 'pro' reviews

Personally, I think the 3D components of this phone as well as its prominence by putting it in the name, is driving the phone's perception/rating. Underneath the 3D, the phone has great components that now seem to be underrated and less emphasized.. It may never get its fair due because of the heavy marketing and focus on the 3D.

When phone reviewers have to rate a bunch of phones and then finally get something with the words 3d in it, you have to assume their rating will be heavily dependent on how they like the 3D.

Basically, if your buying this phone specifically and primarily for 3D reasons, the phone may not reach your expectations.

Just my .02
 
fattank said:
They rate the screen as being "lower in quality" (a ridiculous qualitative assessment without a smidgeon of factual grounding) to other PenTile screens or lower-res screens.
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That's the point that stood out. Does anyone prefer a qHD pentile screen to a qHD RGB screen?

Still, the reviews are giving me pause. I'm going to have to wait and see what folks think after a few weeks. By then, hopefully the SGS2's release date will be known and I'll decide then if I want to wait for a H2H of the two phones or just pick up a 3D if the SGS2 release date is too far out.
 
I like the Engadget website, it's usually a fun place to see new tech gear but their Evo 3D review was a surprise.

They didn't seem to look for anything positive, just underlining the areas where it didn't perform. It's easy to dismiss it and say "oh they are Apple fans" but that's not been my impression of the site, personally.

It seemed like the reviewer just didn't want to review the phone, it's hardly an in depth, multi page review.

Oh well, I always planned to trying the phone out before making a final decision and I still have a few months before I can upgrade anyway.

I'm still keen though :)
 
I am not too worried about call quality. I always use a bluetooth headset anyway.

I'll get the phone on launch day. If the phone doesn't meet my expectations, then I'll return it. Simple as that.

I am definitely not cancelling my preorder just because someone at engadget or whatever had a beef with Sprint for some reason and gave a crappy review.
 
blingeorkl said:
Check out their review of the galaxy s2. They also compare every new phone to it.
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That review was actually done by someone in their UK office, when the phone was only available in Europe. The US reviewers seem to be more biased than their European counterparts.

Btw, EarlyMon has been unexpectedly quiet amidst all this :p
 
fattank said:
As one might reasonably expect from a highly overpopular, Apple-slanted consumer electronics blog, the ever obliging individuals at Engadget have taken great delight in senselessly demolishing the Evo 3D in their recent review (today, as of this posting).
HTC EVO 3D review -- Engadget

Some grave grievances I have with this review:

  1. They claim poorer battery life than the HTC Sensation (without sufficiently qualifying their usage, their data coverage, etc). This is obviously absurd if the 3D parallax boundary takes up on the order of a milliwat when in use, given the phone packs a larger battery and nearly identical internal (and external) specs to the latter! I am willing to bet the reviewer simply did something nasty in his settings (maybe leaving all the radios on with hotspot, etc in a poor-signal area with a phantom background app stealing CPU cycles). This review's treatment of battery life is highly unscientific and seems downright implausible.
The actual # of hours they found (14) match other reviewers (phonescoop for example). Mind you yes there are likely things they could do to improve battery life but none the less if they are a layman using the phone this will be the result.
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  1. They rate the screen as being "lower in quality" (a ridiculous qualitative assessment without a smidgeon of factual grounding) to other PenTile screens or lower-res screens. "The 'display performance' still lags behind the competition" --> What is the basis of such a baffling (and inherently ridiculous) claim? What is "display performance," exactly? Who are these guys? Do they need fisher-price oversaturated colors to appease them? Have they even tried looking at text with the likes of a QVGA PenTile screen? If so, I don't get it.
Well I think their specific complaint is it washed out in bright light; not really enough details there but your assessment of their assessment is just as ridiculous. I'm not saying I agree with their assessment; it would be useful if they had provided more information but it quite possible given past eng. reviews that the washout was sufficient for them (also unclear if they bothered to adjust brightness or had it on auto).


  1. They criticize the camera, even though the 2D picture quality looks almost identical to that of the Sensation (after scaling). Is it really worse than the 4GVO? I seriously doubt that. Seriously. There may be other interesting opportunities that await us with a dual-camera setup, too.
Their specific complaint here is the moire factor due to the glass coating. I suspect it is simple flare and is due to htc using uncoated glass and shots being taken with an abundant side light (something that will happen under normal usage; but you can use your hand or piece of cardboard to block the side rays to prevent the flare).


  1. The 7/10 rating seems unjustified given the SGS2's score on the same website.
Am I the only one who thinks these sorts of things?
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Comments inserted above; I thought the review was poor as a tech analysis of the device but the specific comments the reviewer made were very valid and I'm unsure why you discount the specific comments.
 
A few things I have to point out...

1: HSPA+ doesn't require a totally seperate chip. Battery life would be expected to take a hit with Wimax in comparison to HSPA+. If the Evo 3D is actually on par or even better than the Galaxy S 2 as far as battery life is concerned, then that is impressive. Any reviewer bashing the Evo 3D for it should be fired immediately.

2: Any reviewer who can't get the 3D videos to work on their tv should be fired immediately. Despite the claims of one of those reviewers, 3D is pretty much standardized. It should work without a hitch when you connect the phone to your 3D tv via HDMI. Not sure why they had issues in that review, but I guess you can take that review with a grain of salt if they can't even play a 3D video. And they post a red/green 3D video? What is this, the 50's? had they posted the actual 3D video file, we could have watched it on our 3D tv's.

3: I want to know how good the DLNA, HDMI mirroring, and bluetooth are. Does the bluetooth make the call quality (via device speaker) irrelevant? Does teh DLNA let me play something from the device on the tv screen without showing all of my pics and vids on the tv screen? Will the bluetooth let me use a game controller or bluetooth keyboard and mouse? Can I reasonably expect this to work like a computer when paired with a bluetooth keyboard, mouse, and tv?
 
It is not possible without surgery.

SC300ES said:
Engadget review mentioned something about the cover lens having some sort of distorting effect on the pictures. As a reviewer, wouldn't the next step be to remove the cover and take a picture to make sure? If possible?
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I am still getting it, but based on these reviews I am a little weary of possible shortcomings. Lets face it, 3d is cool, but it is a gimmick, it will be cool at first, but will get tedios after a while. That is not the reason I want this phone, I want it cuz it supposed to be really fast and smooth, and it is slightly thinner, and hoping battery life is much better. time will tell...
 
Repeat fo the link a few posts above yours. It is a more positive review than engadget. None of these reviews are terribly technical and it is not clear what (if any) settings the reviewers tweaked. However, the trick with these reviews is to focus on trends and those issues that are relevant to you. If you don't intend to use the 3d feature much than 3d performance doesn't matter much; if you don't intend to make many calls than calling behavior doesn't matter much if ....
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So far the two trends across 4 reviews are common comments on audio and battery life.

Halfbaked said:
I got an email from an Apple Fanboy with the article from Engadget of course. Anyway, what do you guys think about this review?

HTC EVO 3D Review | Smartphone Reviews | Sprint Smartphone Reviews
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ebolamonkey3 said:
Btw, EarlyMon has been unexpectedly quiet amidst all this :p
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Don't want to speak for Early, but I also don't want people reading too much into it. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one. The man is busy with work :) I'm sure he'll be around shortly and catch up on the latest gossip here.


Halfbaked said:
I got an email from an Apple Fanboy with the article from Engadget of course.
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Reply back with this stellar review of the iPhone 5:
iPhone 5 is so super-awesome omg i must haz one now
 
Engadget loves Apple products but they also love many Android phones.

Unless I hear conflicting reports about the battery life, I am crossing the Evo 3D off of my list and will be cancelling my pre-order.

I really don't want to wait until the Galaxy is released and The Nexus S 4G has some severe 4G issues. I wish there was a Verizon phone that I could use that would let me root/tether without some ridiculous bandwidth cap.
 
Skullbussa said:
Engadget loves Apple products but they also love many Android phones.

Unless I hear conflicting reports about the battery life, I am crossing the Evo 3D off of my list and will be cancelling my pre-order.

I really don't want to wait until the Galaxy is released and The Nexus S 4G has some severe 4G issues. I wish there was a Verizon phone that I could use that would let me root/tether without some ridiculous bandwidth cap.
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Did you actually read their review? Their biggest complaint was when they mentioned they had all the radios on except for bluetooth while taking about 80 pictures and 4 videos. I mean seriously, what better way to rape your battery? Also, they stated that with all the radios on the phone lasted 14 hours and 44 minutes with typical use. Seriously? That sounds like a huge improvement to me. With my current evo I can easily get through a whole day with typical use but with the wimax on, lets face it that time is gonna get butchered in half. So if they can get almost 15 hours with wimax on then the evo 3d definitely sounds like a 2-day phone with light use with wimax off, not to mention other reviewers have already stated that with moderate to heavy use with wimax off the phone will last the whole day. Again sounds like a huge improvement to me.
 
Hearing you can leave 3G on and the battery still survives is a plus but everyone has to view that with a grain of salt. If you work in a basement or your building at work is fortified like Fort Knox, you don't want to leave 3G on all day long. Which tells me the phone can survive for 2-3 days with 3G off.

Also, let's be real. They are measuring the battery after playing a 3D game, taking 3D photos, watching some 3D content, and recording in 3D. If you plan on doing all those things at work every single day then you probably don't need this phone because the battery will suck for you. I don't plan on being a 3D whore at work. Test the phone using 3D one day, then 2D the next, then using a combination of the two.

Why do people complain about the battery when you can throw in a larger battery like the 1900 mah battery from Seidio, which is an extra 2 hours of battery? It won't require a special backing. I thought people wanted a battery you can upgrade and remove? LOL...I'm not getting the phone because of the battery...look at how well the 4G sold despite the battery complaints.
 
Anyone else notice that some reviewers can't view the 3D movies because they have reviewer phones which do not carry the license for the movies?

Did HTC setup the apps that need to send/receive data to a practical level out of the box for these reviewers? Or was weather and stocks set to update every 30 minutes? Lets be real people, these reviewers haven't provided enough information. When we get our phones step 1 will be to set up the proper data schedules for all of our apps. Everyone on this forum should do this.
 
Only thing these reviews prove to me is that I need to review the phone for myself.

Especially those benchmarks. I have no idea what they are trying to quantify.
 
Some of the reviews said that they couldn't use 2D recording at 1080p, is that because HTC didn't give them the final product or does the phone really not support it? I remember the fricken CTIA people saying it will record up to 1080p 2D and 720p 3D, isn't that right?

If it doesn't I might wait for the Thrill 4G.
 
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