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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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Eguy said:
Also, Sprint is the only carrier that will be using WiMax, so that won't be of use in Europe either.
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LOL. Oh that is funny.... Oh I thought you where joking about the Europe/wimax thing. There is over 40 different carriers in Europe, including a massive roll out in Norway. Currenty wimax covers about 40 different cities in europe. I do not ask much, but I do ask you to check your fact, before stating them as facts.
 
mrniceguys said:
I currently have an AT&T account which ends in the middle of August. I'm definitely getting the EVO so I was wondering if I will be charged an early termination fee when I sign up for Sprint in June?

Any ideas to get around this? Some say Sprint gives new customers $150 discount or covers early termination fee's if you switch over to them.
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I do not know for sure if this would work, could you downgrade your plan to the minimum voice plan available, without data, and just pay the monthly fee for the 2 months remaning on your term?
 
earldriscoll said:
I do not know for sure if this would work, could you downgrade your plan to the minimum voice plan available, without data, and just pay the monthly fee for the 2 months remaning on your term?
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My guess is that if you change your plan, you have to sign a new 2 year agreement - like if I upgraded my plan with Sprint right now, I would have to upgrade and start a new agreement...it wouldn't just upgrade the plan for the remainder of my 2 year agreement.

So, I don't think that will work unfortunately. I could be wrong though.
 
polkadots said:
My guess is that if you change your plan, you have to sign a new 2 year agreement - like if I upgraded my plan with Sprint right now, I would have to upgrade and start a new agreement...it wouldn't just upgrade the plan for the remainder of my 2 year agreement.

So, I don't think that will work unfortunately. I could be wrong though.
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you can change your plan at anytime with Sprint and it doesn't affect your contract. They only thing that does is upgrading your phone and adding a discount if you don't already have one and its past 90 days. Other companies are very different though..
 
Tommydaniel said:
you can change your plan at anytime with Sprint and it doesn't affect your contract. They only thing that does is upgrading your phone and adding a discount if you don't already have one and its past 90 days. Other companies are very different though..
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Has it always been like that? A few years back I wanted to change my plan (add more minutes) and to do so I had to sign a new 2 year agreement. I wasn't sure I wanted to stay with Sprint so I didn't do it...but I suppose things have changed. Thanks for the clarification.
 
polkadots said:
Has it always been like that? A few years back I wanted to change my plan (add more minutes) and to do so I had to sign a new 2 year agreement. I wasn't sure I wanted to stay with Sprint so I didn't do it...but I suppose things have changed. Thanks for the clarification.
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Yeah I think thats a recent change, like last couple yrs change. They are a lot more lenient on the contracts now.
 
polkadots said:
Has it always been like that? A few years back I wanted to change my plan (add more minutes) and to do so I had to sign a new 2 year agreement. I wasn't sure I wanted to stay with Sprint so I didn't do it...but I suppose things have changed. Thanks for the clarification.
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It was not always like that. But as of last year, so far as i know, you can change plans without extending your sprint contract. I've changed plans a couple of times already.
 
polkadots said:
My guess is that if you change your plan, you have to sign a new 2 year agreement - like if I upgraded my plan with Sprint right now, I would have to upgrade and start a new agreement...it wouldn't just upgrade the plan for the remainder of my 2 year agreement.

So, I don't think that will work unfortunately. I could be wrong though.
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With Sprint you are allowed to change your plan at any time without extending your contract: either upgrade or downgrade. Sprint changed this a while back (I would guess 18 months ago or so),
 
One thing missing from the EVO is a trackball/trackpad like the desire/incredible etc. It's actually pretty useful. It's also not on the HD2 but is on other WM phones.
 
Check out the spec on the Russian HTC 4g phone. Look at the internal mem. and how it is listed. 8 GB built in. In the details it is listed as Flash and separate from the ROM. So the 8 GB for us seems to be reasonable to expect just like Supersonical said. :D

Yota ? HTC MAX 4G
 
dvdivx said:
One thing missing from the EVO is a trackball/trackpad like the desire/incredible etc. It's actually pretty useful. It's also not on the HD2 but is on other WM phones.
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So what really makes it useful? I've never owned a phone with one so I really don't know.
 
earldriscoll said:
With Sprint you are allowed to change your plan at any time without extending your contract: either upgrade or downgrade. Sprint changed this a while back (I would guess 18 months ago or so),
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I think more like 4 years ago they started that policy. One of the things I really liked about them. I used to move plans up and down to handle my minutes. In fact, at one point when I was unemployed, I would call them to check my minutes right before billing day and if I was very over or under the plan, I would have them change my plan to be more efficient for that month's bill. saved me a ton.

Some folks have complained about their customer service and I have a few horror stories too, but have had some great successes with them over the years too. I think they really do want to do right by their customers.
 
I mentioned earlier in this thread that I've been a WinMo user for the past 4 years or so and was somewhat satisfied with WinMo when I had time to really learn how to customize and work with the OS. As the years went by, I grew tired of having to spend so much time on all of that.

I got a chance to try Android for the first time tonight, with my cousin-in-law's Motorola Droid. I can officially say that I'm HOOKED on Android and cannot wait until the EVO gets released. Just today, I couldn't pick up a call using the stupid slide to unlock that they put on the 6.5 upgraded rom. On top of that, I got another call and tried to pick up the call while my bluetooth was on (should be as simple as pressing on the call answer button on the Jawbone). Of course, that ish didn't work either.

Come June 13 or as soon as I can pick the phone up, I'll be getting rid of WinMo for good! Hopefully, there'll still be other people out there that would want to purchase my Touch Pro (especially considering the multitude of accessories I have for it). Just checked my OEM HTC Cradle package and I didn't realize that the mini-usb connecter is not removable, so I'll have to sell that along with the Touch Pro.

Anyhow, just had to share how thoroughly convinced I became once I got a chance to really sit down and try Android out and all the different functions it has. Trying the Droid also made me realize how much I'll really have to get used to having a touchscreen only phone. One of my biggest concerns was when the phone can be used in Landscape mode, but using the Droid (which has a physical qwerty), my cousin also showed me that you could go to compose a text message, turn the phone sideways to landscape, and the phone automatically adjusts. If it can do that on the Droid without actually opening up the keyboard, I'm assuming it'll be even more responsive having a touchscreen only phone.

Android 2.1 gets a big approval from me, so I can't wait to see what the EVO's finals specs are (including the OS that ends up on the phone, whether 2.1 or 2.5 or whatever).
 
drexappeal said:
I mentioned earlier in this thread that I've been a WinMo user for the past 4 years or so and was somewhat satisfied with WinMo when I had time to really learn how to customize and work with the OS. As the years went by, I grew tired of having to spend so much time on all of that.

I got a chance to try Android for the first time tonight, with my cousin-in-law's Motorola Droid. I can officially say that I'm HOOKED on Android and cannot wait until the EVO gets released. Just today, I couldn't pick up a call using the stupid slide to unlock that they put on the 6.5 upgraded rom. On top of that, I got another call and tried to pick up the call while my bluetooth was on (should be as simple as pressing on the call answer button on the Jawbone). Of course, that ish didn't work either.

Come June 13 or as soon as I can pick the phone up, I'll be getting rid of WinMo for good! Hopefully, there'll still be other people out there that would want to purchase my Touch Pro (especially considering the multitude of accessories I have for it). Just checked my OEM HTC Cradle package and I didn't realize that the mini-usb connecter is not removable, so I'll have to sell that along with the Touch Pro.

Anyhow, just had to share how thoroughly convinced I became once I got a chance to really sit down and try Android out and all the different functions it has. Trying the Droid also made me realize how much I'll really have to get used to having a touchscreen only phone. One of my biggest concerns was when the phone can be used in Landscape mode, but using the Droid (which has a physical qwerty), my cousin also showed me that you could go to compose a text message, turn the phone sideways to landscape, and the phone automatically adjusts. If it can do that on the Droid without actually opening up the keyboard, I'm assuming it'll be even more responsive having a touchscreen only phone.

Android 2.1 gets a big approval from me, so I can't wait to see what the EVO's finals specs are (including the OS that ends up on the phone, whether 2.1 or 2.5 or whatever).
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If you think the Droid is good, you should try a Nexus One! The Snapdragon makes it fly!
 
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