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Reviews and Announcements for the HTC Evo 4G LTE

Citizen Coyote said:
Engadget just posted their review of the LTEvo, based on their test drive with the device in New Orleans. You can read it here:

HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint review -- Engadget

Overall they really liked it, but I have a few quibbles with the review. One, they make a big stink about the phone not being a world phone (i.e., no GSM radios). Seriously? Having dual radios is a feature, not a requirement. It's a CDMA phone, you accept that it won't run on a GSM network unless it's a phone like the Moto Photon, which was specifically advertised as a world phone. Good lord. I wonder if they complained as heavily about the CDMA iPhone not being a world phone? :rolleyes:

Two, for some reason they're annoyed that the LTE SIM is integrated into the phone and not user accessible. Is this really a big deal? Last I knew, the various carriers in the US do not operate compatible LTE networks. Will people be able to buy a Verizon phone and slap a Sprint LTE SIM in it (or vise versa)? I'm guessing not, so who cares if the user can't get to the SIM? That's like complaining that the radios are non-user accessible. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this, and this really is a big deal for some reason, I'd like to know).
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I believe the SIM card complaint is because Verizon's LTE phones allow you to access the SIM card (generally).

Also, the iPhone 4S is a world phone in all versions. Not sure about the iPhone 4.

That being said, their biggest criticism is that Sprint hasn't flipped on LTE yet. But even the 3G performance seems to be improved.
 
suprmallet said:
I believe the SIM card complaint is because Verizon's LTE phones allow you to access the SIM card (generally).

Also, the iPhone 4S is a world phone in all versions. Not sure about the iPhone 4.

That being said, their biggest criticism is that Sprint hasn't flipped on LTE yet. But even the 3G performance seems to be improved.
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Both complaints are because the phone was reviewed by Myriam, who thinks CDMA networks are the scum of the earth.
 
suprmallet said:
If the review is generally that good from someone who thinks CDMA is scum, then the phone must be amazing!
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If you think about it, her biggest complaints were issues GSM phones wouldn't have. She hates that the CDMA Nexus isn't a true Nexus(in her eyes) and that CDMA phones aren't unlocked.
 
Tommydaniel said:
Both complaints are because the phone was reviewed by Myriam, who thinks CDMA networks are the scum of the earth.
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It also explains all the squee'ing over the two-step camera button, since Myriam loves her some phone camera action. I remember her Evo 3D review, where she spent almost half the column space lambasting the 3vo for its camera (and said practically nothing about call quality).

Re: Verge's review. I'm surprised about the battery life comment, since that was one thing Engadget seemed satisfied with (more or less). I also recall all the kvetching about the original Evo's battery at release though, and I never had much problem with it once I tweaked a few settings. Maybe the Verge reviewer just had bad cell signal strength (which on CDMA will murder your battery life, in my experience). Long story short, I'm not concerned about bad battery. Yet.
 
suprmallet said:
I believe the SIM card complaint is because Verizon's LTE phones allow you to access the SIM card (generally).

Also, the iPhone 4S is a world phone in all versions. Not sure about the iPhone 4.
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Thanks for pointing out that the iPhone 4S is a world phone, I wasn't aware all the hardware was the same regardless of carrier. I'll give Apple props for that, but Android did it first. :D

As for the SIM, what's the use of a removable LTE SIM card? :dontknow:
 
This is an excerpt from slashgear's review....

The battery life here is pretty excellent, just like the HTC One X on AT&T and the HTC One S on T-Mobile, you
 
So the battery life is good. I don't know what that dude from the verge was talking about then.
 
Orion said:
Review from The Verge up today. The reviewer doesn't seem fond about the battery life. Minus the little ticky tacky nitpicks...it was a pretty good review.

HTC Evo 4G LTE review | The Verge
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The guy doing the review sound liked he was force to do it, and he didn't want to! He mention that LTE would roll in the next couple of years!? WTF!? Clearly Sprint will have markets live by the summer! Anyone can review nowadays's!:D
 
Sauske said:
The guy doing the review sound liked he was force to do it, and he didn't want to! He mention that LTE would roll in the next couple of years!? WTF!? Clearly Sprint will have markets live by the summer! Anyone can review nowadays's!:D
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Yeah, he should have let me do the review. LOL
 
Engadget's review has been updated. One quote I found of interest:

"Update: We finally put the EVO 4G LTE through our usual battery rundown test (looping a video with brightness and volume set to 50%, Bluetooth disabled, WiFi turned on but not connected and CDMA plus LTE enabled) and the phone lasted eight hours and 55 minutes, just like AT&T's One X -- this despite a larger 2000mAh battery (vs. 1800mAh on its cousin) and a strong CDMA signal. The difference is likely due to the LTE radio being enabled without a network available. We were unable to test HD Voice because the feature is not expected to start rolling out on Sprint's network until "late 2012", according to a spokesperson. Regular calls, however, sounded clear on both ends and reception was problem free."

HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint review (updated) -- Engadget
 
BenChase7 said:
Engadget's review has been updated. One quote I found of interest:

"Update: We finally put the EVO 4G LTE through our usual battery rundown test (looping a video with brightness and volume set to 50%, Bluetooth disabled, WiFi turned on but not connected and CDMA plus LTE enabled) and the phone lasted eight hours and 55 minutes, just like AT&T's One X -- this despite a larger 2000mAh battery (vs. 1800mAh on its cousin) and a strong CDMA signal. The difference is likely due to the LTE radio being enabled without a network available. We were unable to test HD Voice because the feature is not expected to start rolling out on Sprint's network until "late 2012", according to a spokesperson. Regular calls, however, sounded clear on both ends and reception was problem free."

HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint review (updated) -- Engadget
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Is the LTEvo unable to turn off the LTE radio?
 
I'll be happy just to have the option. doesn't seem to be too much of a hassle IMO . you can also create a shortcut if there's no widget option
 
AM2 said:
I'll be happy just to have the option. doesn't seem to be too much of a hassle IMO . you can also create a shortcut if there's no widget option
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I'm sure there will be a toggle widget on the Play Store or you can create one with widgetsoid.

It also should be on the quick settings in the notification drop down, at least I would think it'll be there. :hmmmm:
 
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