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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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dylan88 said:
i just find it hard to believe that it will be released before june. bestbuy presales are in may. seems like everyone is forgetting that.
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I don't think Best Buy is the one dictating the release date. If you think they are, I have some nice property here in Florida I could sell you. Get my drift. ;)
 
billsmed said:
Hi Tommy, could you wink or something if you believe the inventory sheet that was posted by LS1 a little while ago is real. :)
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I'm gonna wink just because I want it to be real ;) LOL but I do have my doubts, but then again, I don't really see why someone would be wasting their time making a fake inventory sheet....
 
SprintFun said:
I don't think its real because I don't think the software could be finalized first of all and already put on 143,000 products. Especially when there's been talks of 2.1 support of 4G, possibly shipping with FroYo. Perhaps that shows the pending order and it isn't actually "on hand".
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I'm with you as well SprintFun. We don't even know that the phone has passed through the FCC regulations yet (unless Sprint passed it under a dummy name/device or something). Imagine if it doesn't pass the FCC regulations and they have to revise 1 piece of hardware in it like the battery or something. Do you honestly think that they would ship out 150,000 of them to RadioShackCrap with that kind of liability hanging over it? I don't know much, but I do know that is just plain bad business. Simply illogical.
You make good points about the software as well.

I am the ever cautious pessimist when it comes to this stuff and for good reason. Until I hear it from Sprint or a reliable outfit (like Jackson!), it is all just cannon fodder in my opinion.

Bill I admire your unflappable optimism, you have all my respect. Don't go changin' Buddy.
 
billsmed said:
Hi Tommy, could you wink or something if you believe the inventory sheet that was posted by LS1 a little while ago is real. :)
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I gotta say I do hope that it is real, but inventory sheets are too easy to fake. What makes Jackson so credible is that he didnt post something once and leave, he actually stands behind what he says. If I worked for an inside company and posted something like this in a forum, I guarantee I would be lurking around waiting for responses.
 
billsmed said:
What you just said Android 17 reminded me of when this thread was a poll that asked; Are you giving up on the Supersonic? Out of the blue, someone came in the same way LS1 just did and he uploaded a picture. It was his first post and he never came back again, but what he left us was beautiful, because it was obviously a picture of the Supersonic (EVO 4G) that I had never seen anywhere on the Internet before that. If you're interested, here is the post. It was before CTIA and that's what made it even more surprising, but to me, it was like a gift from heaven, if you get my drift.
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This will be my first Android phone. I have played around with my friend's Droid and my brother's iPhone to get a feel for the different OS's. I was trying to decide between the Hero and the Moment and was all ready to go out and get the Moment but started reading the forums. I was lucky enough to find this thread just before it was made an official EVO thread with Bill leading it.

Boy, am I glad I didn't buy the Moment! Thanks everbody for saving me from a disaster!:eek:

Now I can't get away from this thread and can't wait for the phone to get released!:D

Btw, what ever happened to Ouhei? He had some good info early on.
 
PyroSporker said:
I'm with you as well SprintFun. We don't even know that the phone has passed through the FCC regulations yet (unless Sprint passed it under a dummy name/device or something). Imagine if it doesn't pass the FCC regulations and they have to revise 1 piece of hardware in it like the battery or something. Do you honestly think that they would ship out 150,000 of them to RadioShackCrap with that kind of liability hanging over it? I don't know much, but I do know that is just plain bad business. Simply illogical.
You make good points about the software as well.

I am the ever cautious pessimist when it comes to this stuff and for good reason. Until I hear it from Sprint or a reliable outfit (like Jackson!), it is all just cannon fodder in my opinion.

Bill I admire your unflappable optimism, you have all my respect. Don't go changin' Buddy.
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I have a feeling we won't see it go through the fcc, companies do have the right to have the proceedings hidden for a period of time, and with how hush hush this release has been, I wouldn't be surprised if sprint did it this way.
 
nullspace said:
I was lucky enough to find this thread just before it was made an official EVO thread with Bill leading it.

Btw, what ever happened to Ouhei? He had some good info early on.
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Thanks, nullspace. I think Ouhei was busting at the seams because he had inside information. It was getting the best of him and we were lucky that we were the ones he decided to share with.
 
nullspace said:
This will be my first Android phone. I have played around with my friend's Droid and my brother's iPhone to get a feel for the different OS's. I was trying to decide between the Hero and the Moment and was all ready to go out and get the Moment but started reading the forums. I was lucky enough to find this thread just before it was made an official EVO thread with Bill leading it.

Boy, am I glad I didn't buy the Moment! Thanks everbody for saving me from a disaster!:eek:

Now I can't get away from this thread and can't wait for the phone to get released!:D

Btw, what ever happened to Ouhei? He had some good info early on.
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The Moment has pleased a lot of people. It has a 800 mhz processor (pretty fast, just not Snapdragon fast), and has that fancy keyboard... I'm still debating it if the EVO is out of my price range.

I've been wondering about Ouhei too. He was very informed on the ways of Sprint. Sprinformed, if you will.
 
dylan88 said:
and am i correct that i heard somewhere that telesales will not start until a month after release? does that mean i cant order online? because that is how we get our corporate discounts.
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sorry to quote myself but can someone answer this? thanks in advance
 
I hope on April 16th Sprint gives more info on availability, as some on this forum, including myself, are a bit confused.

There's only 1 Best Buy near where I live and someone on here previously mentioned that BB got very limited shipments of the Pre the last time they launched a big Sprint product, I sincerely hope that is not the case with the EVO as I may be out of luck.

Ordering online would be ideal if I can't get one from BB, so it would be pretty disappointing if you are not able to until a month after release.

I suppose I could stop by the one Sprint store nearby, but I would rather not deal with activation charges (do they do any other kind of charges, btw?)

Also, this may seem like a dumb question, but how does the Telesales work? Is it just one specific company that works with Sprint that does it, and if so, is it pretty reliable, or a good way to go?
 
Android 17 said:
Also, this may seem like a dumb question, but how does the Telesales work? Is it just one specific company that works with Sprint that does it, and if so, is it pretty reliable, or a good way to go?
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Not a dumb question! From what I understand, "Telesales" is just the name for Sprint's sales department that you communicate with over the phone.
 
PyroSporker said:
You make good points about the software as well.
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I'm not so sure about the software part. Sprint isn't necessarily the best at shipping hardware with the latest and greatest. I wouldn't be surprised if they ship the Evo with 2.1 (even if it doesn't come out until June) I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2 and it shipped with WM 6.1 when 6.5 had been out for months and They didn't release an update til about 11 months later. I sure hope I'm wrong and they do the "right" thing this time.
 
Tommydaniel said:
I'm gonna wink just because I want it to be real ;) LOL but I do have my doubts, but then again, I don't really see why someone would be wasting their time making a fake inventory sheet....
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I think you severely underestimate the amount of time people have on their hands.

Now, where's the paper, ruler, and glue? :p
 
reallynotnick said:
So they are going to have $2,000 in instant savings and a $3,000+ mail in rebate!
I can see the ads now "EVO 4G the worlds fastest five thousand dollar phone, now for just $249*"
*after mail-in rebate and 2 year agreement
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LOL...RIGHT??

At that price I think it comes with free suicide pills for when the Mrs. finds out you bought one, lol.... :D
 
billsmed said:
It's all speculation at this point, but I don't think the inventory sheet is fake. I don't believe it's pending either. As far as the other things you mentioned, SprintFun, maybe they decided it was better to release the phone early as so many were suggesting a week or so ago. If Sprint wants to make sure all the updates are in place before they release the phone, fine, but don't expect it until June. On the other hand, if they think they can do the updates over the air, then great. Bring it on! I'm all for it, but I'm going to hold back a little just in case.
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Just a shot in the dark here. They are saying April 29th but it could possibly be the beginning or middle of May. I think early or mid May could be feasible, That would coincide with the statement of the Evo not being available on Sprint's website or telesales until a month after release. That would make it around June 6th or 13th right? Just speculation please don't crucify me. :( Just trying to decipher some of this :)
 
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