billsmed
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All I can say is; Flash works okay on my Hero, and it doesn't have the horsepower or the Ram the EVO has.
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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread
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SprintTerp
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The way Sprint treats all (existing, anyway) add-ons is that they will charge you X dollars each month for the service. Yes, these add-ons are removable/addable at any time and are pro-rated for the time for which it has been active. Unfortunately, they will not be able to charge you just for your usage (i.e. if you add the Hotspot add-on and don't use it once, you'll still pay the price for the full month).
Again, this is how treats existing add-ons, I'm not sure if this particular feature will change things.
stevbl01
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When I asked about the same thing last fall, I was told the eligibility date is controlled by the computer, so they wouldn't let me go early.
first they usually let you renew two months before your upgrade. If they give you trouble if you ask they will do it especially if its only a difference of a month. If that doesn't work you can always through the i been a loyal sprint customer and maybe its time a check out my other options line.. Even though you would be totally bluffing this tends to work very well!!
billsmed
Android Expert
Sprint wouldn't let me upgrade early as I mentioned.
@SprintTerp: Do you have comments to make on this subject? If you don't want to answer, that's okay.
Thanks
Tommydaniel
Android Expert
The earliest you can upgrade is the 18th of the month before you are actually upgrade eligible. They have become a lot stricter on when you can upgrade. I work for Sprint and have had to bump up customers eligibility. When I call NSS if its before the 18th there is nothing they can do.
dylan88
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stevbl01
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yeah the 18th month is the cut-off.. which is a lot better than the average 22 months.. but if you are a premier customer you become eligible for the $150 discount after every year.
stevbl01
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That was nice of the rep... i guess it all depends on who you talk to..
I just talked to a sales rep just to ask if it will be available for telesales (just wanted to know what they'd say). First of all - she didn't even know what an "EVO" was. She said
"umm ok let me ask my supervisor when that will be available"
then "oh we're not sure when it will be available but can I interest you in another phone such as the Palm Pre?"
ME: No thanks I already have that phone - can't you see that in my account? I called because I was interested in the EVO.
Her: "ok we can call you when it becomes available for sale. What's your number?"
ME: I just gave it to you. It was the first question you asked me when you answered.
Her: "oh ok. While I have you on, can I interest you in some accessories for your Palm Pre?"
ME: No thanks I have them all.
Her: "but I can give you a special discount on a blueto....
ME: <click>
"umm ok let me ask my supervisor when that will be available"
then "oh we're not sure when it will be available but can I interest you in another phone such as the Palm Pre?"
ME: No thanks I already have that phone - can't you see that in my account? I called because I was interested in the EVO.
Her: "ok we can call you when it becomes available for sale. What's your number?"
ME: I just gave it to you. It was the first question you asked me when you answered.
Her: "oh ok. While I have you on, can I interest you in some accessories for your Palm Pre?"
ME: No thanks I have them all.
Her: "but I can give you a special discount on a blueto....
ME: <click>
yo bud come back to the sprint forums!! and sounds good I wonder if the 6th is gonna be a premier customer thing again like the hero and tp2 turned out to be (got each of those a week before actual release date). Now drill your friend on other devices beyond the evo for us!
umm at least wait till may before you start calling lol
Bill, that is some interesting stuff, and it makes me bring up the point again that the all possibilities are open. It more than likely still will be LCD, that's what Dan was told and what i believe will happen. It will not be AMOLED. Maybe HTC is making their own version of Super AMOLED? I'm speculating here but why not? Its not like samsung is the only provider of Plasma TV's and Panasonic the only LCD provider. Perhaps thats why they are switching coorps?
My bet is on LCD from what I've been told, although i did hear that the viewing angle was pretty sweet so ill try and do some diggin
and to that link dylan put up earlier, it still only says "a 4.3 inch screen" not the type... i find that suspect and reason to change my opionion and ASSUME something else. Im gonna work hard to crack this one tonite. Ill post something later hopefully
Jackson
My bet is on LCD from what I've been told, although i did hear that the viewing angle was pretty sweet so ill try and do some diggin
and to that link dylan put up earlier, it still only says "a 4.3 inch screen" not the type... i find that suspect and reason to change my opionion and ASSUME something else. Im gonna work hard to crack this one tonite. Ill post something later hopefully
Jackson
Hi Jackson! Nice to see you here.
I'm also traveling here from the Sprint community forums.I'm going to agree with you that the screen is going to be TFT LCD. If anything, this news about HTC going with Atmel for touchscreen tech confirms it. For TFT LCD touchscreens, the actual display and the touchscreen element are two separate units (a contributing factor to size and a decrease in screen brightness since the touchscreen unit goes on top of the LCD display). The reason why Super AMOLED is brighter and thinner is because Samsung has found a way to integrate the two separate parts into one unit. So if HTC is using a third-party touchscreen manufacturer, such as Atmel or Synaptics, then the screen is definitely not Super AMOLED. It could still be an AMOLED screen with a touchscreen unit over it, but I'm thinking that that's unlikely since there are only a few companies right now making AMOLED displays (and I think Samsung is the only one doing so in serious volume), and we haven't seen any evidence that they're producing anything at the 4.3" size. HTC wouldn't be manufacturing the screen themselves, since they don't have the expertise and manufacturing equipment to do so. They design devices using specialized parts from other manufacturers.
SHO_ONE
Android Enthusiast
Ahh... look at the battery at about 37 sec and it would almost seem to lost 20% of it's battery in a blink of an eye... I hope the battery won't be an issue.....
billsmed
Android Expert
I agree, it's a mystery. Someone else suggested yesterday after we learned about Atmel getting involved, that maybe they will come up with a whole new classification of screen type.
Hey Ben!!! Long time no see bud!
Yeah like i said the original one i saw was LCD and white with android 1.5. So some things have changed and others haven't haha
The incredible will be AMOLED screen though, don't know if its HTC built or what but it is AMOLED
Yeah like i said the original one i saw was LCD and white with android 1.5. So some things have changed and others haven't haha
The incredible will be AMOLED screen though, don't know if its HTC built or what but it is AMOLED
billsmed
Android Expert
Thanks, bendispo. I believe you're the one that brought this information to us yesterday.
billsmed
Android Expert
I'll be happy if we don't get AMOLED. Someone a long time ago in this thread explained how that technology isn't what it's cracked up to be. Maybe that person will come forward again, or maybe I'll find the post I'm talking about.
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S1dewinder
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What, didn't everyone here make one?
Oh I am serious. I not that crafty though. This was to get an idea of size compared to other objects around the house and my Hero. I did go to a Tmo store and try their dummy HD2 and my model was pretty close (the HD2 was sold out, at the store). No rounded edges of course.
Sorry for the poor quality of the image.
I'm serious too. Mine are in my desk drawer at work, however, so I can't offer any evidence. 
reallynotnick
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Probably just a bad animation, they should have a couple more in between battery icons so it doesn't seem so dramatic
I've been pretty mixed on AMOLED but I think I would like it. The biggest draw backs I have heard is it uses more power if you are viewing web pages (I'm guessing it has to do with white) and is not as viewable in sunlight. BUT I just saw a video of the Droid (LCD) vs the Nexus One (AMOLED) and the AMOLED screen was easier to see in the sunlight. LINK (It's not the best quality video but does the job).
Also I got to play with a friends Samsung Moment with has an AMOLED screen, (didn't care for the phone). Anyway the screen was amazing compared to my iPhone there was no shifting in color what-so-ever from extreme viewing angles.
So maybe it's still a little of a toss up right now but with a few more advancements I would bet in about 5 years OLED will have taken over the phone market. It really is amazingly vibrant.
ashtx07
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LLS I didn't go as far as to make a model yet, but I have been looking around the house looking for things of similar size. Maybe I'll just go look at the HD2 like everyone else.
cooper1010
Android Enthusiast
i online chatted on several occasions with sprint, asking for an early upgrade to be able to get a pre at launch. after many unsuccessful results (and one "false positive") i got a sprint expert to agree to a month and a half early upgrade (in the form of a several hundred dollar credit to my account after paying full price for the phone). the kicker of it all was they never reset my upgrade period. i'm eligible for an upgrade right now, so i'll be all set when the evo comes out.
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