jamor
Android Expert
Stop right there. There isn't a phone that has similar specs to the Evo. Put aside the screen size, the larger battery, the dual cameras, the 1GB ROM and 8GB internal storage, the rumored Froyo debut, and the built-in wifi hotspot ... no phone -- repeat, NO PHONE -- can compete with 4G. Its like ... a whole other G added to 3G.
If you're in a 4G city and you pass on the Evo, then I have no sympathy for you and your impending buyer's remorse.
You are wrong.
The No. 3 wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel, claims to have a 4G network in place based on a different technology called WiMAX, though WiMAX is actually just an enhanced 3G technology.
Verizon and ATT are going to be going LTE right away. Sprint is actually just using a 3g enhanced network. Not the fast 4g.
That is LTE or Long Term Evolution.
4g LTE isn't going to be completed nationwide until 2013 and truly fast, reliable 4g most areas certainly won't be available for a while either. At LEAST a year.
Verizon and ATT aren't putting out their first 3g phone until 2011 and all of the LTE testing is complete.
Sprint is jumping the gun (they need clients quick) and pretending they have 4g when it's really just a (spotty) enhanced 3G - they are behind both Verizon and ATT who are doing a straight transition to the real 4g - LTE.
The Evo is clunkier, larger, doesn't have a scroll.. Did you see that ridiculous built in stand?? What is that all about - you would get through about an hour of the movie by the time your battery died at 720p.. Awesome. Just a waste of space. Get a Zune HD if you need a real multimedia player with really long battery life and high quality hd video.
There is absolutely no reason to switch to a carrier to make sure you have a 4g compatible phone right now - it's quite ridiculous and OCD -it is still too early just going to have to wait at least a year for real 4g and that could be $50-$60 who knows..
If in 2 years the 4g is at full speed, in most cities, and decently priced - I'll pick up a state of the art 4g phone then.
There comes a point where you are negatively rushing technology. This is going to take time and there is no reason to be making poor carrier decisions based on the first 4g phone that isn't even out yet and it won't be anywhere near optimal for at least another year.
Let the suckers get the guinea pig model while we ('INCREDIBLES') are fully optimizing the technology of TODAY with a bigger/better network and 3g network. Plus it's smaller, slimmer, and it's HERE!! Who the hell wants a built in stand for their cell phone anyways.. The evo is just pushing the envelope of teeny bopper phone.
AT&T, Verizon and Sprint 4G: Not so fast - Feb. 23, 2010
