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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread
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billsmed
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@BigHoss,
You have a point, but it seems a little more suited for this other thread: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/70378-htc-evo-4g-unoffical-banter-thread.html#post651978
You have a point, but it seems a little more suited for this other thread: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/70378-htc-evo-4g-unoffical-banter-thread.html#post651978
Do you think it's bad because they would be competing with the iphone or b/c they're not competing with the incredible?
kritzell
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I noticed that as well. And I agree with u.
Shoemeister
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You're saying 12 days is an eternity?
We've all certainly waited this long. I'm just as anxious as the next person, but May 12 hopefully will answer everything.
UniqueNate
Android Enthusiast
He is pointing out that this stuff is planned already. The Incredible is basically the desire with a few pumped up specs. So it's nothing new. All this stuff is planned. They don't just announce things and then push it out. This stuff is planned from the get go. This is a business they have to plan these things out ahead of time. Unless your working at the top in sprints office, I don't think many people will really get it. Sprint didn't fail anything. This stuff was thought of before we even knew of a wimax phone. You can't just simply push stuff out and bam. We have to be realistic here.
Self Praise said it just right with his post.
Verizon just waits until their release date is close then announce things, so it seems like they push things out fast when really the incredible was leaked early and if it was announced they would of been in the same waiting boat. Nobody complains about the iphone when they know a new one doesn't come until the summer of each year. My point and i think self praise was saying this stuff is pre-dated. when the evo comes out it will be the best android phone. and at the end of the day you know what phone you want so why does it matter? it's right around the corner.
If that is true then I expect a mid may launch. IF they are releasing to oprah, a non tech, they would not give her a pre-production phone. They would only give her a full working finished device.
The worst thing you can do is make the phone look buggy to one of the biggest marketers on the planet.
If she truly has the evo. Then the lauch date is going to may 13-17.
If it was the evo. The prince of persia will be the launch of the phone.
keatre
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Today is national no phone day for Oprah... Not sure if thats the marketing we're going for here...
Please see my commit in the sprint battering topic.
No other cell phone company does this. No other. And no other company is bleeding money and customers right and left.
billsmed
Android Expert
I hope you're right and so does everyone else around here.
Shoemeister
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We can only hope. I'd be elated fa sho.
that would make sense as sprint seems to be a sponsor or something of her no phone zone campaign. i hope so. if O is using an evo every 1 will know about this phone
UniqueNate
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I highly doubt that's the one he was talking about. It sounds like that can take away some shine from the evo. that phone was leaked last year i remember. and now it's popping up again. and i personally doubt that is the next droid. the incredible was the next chapter in the droid so why knock it off ? i mean it could be, but a while back it was rumored to be the nexus 2 that moto was rumored to make for google. so i think for anyone to get excited about it now is a little silly. we don't even know what we are waiting for if you decide to wait for this. i don't think any phone this year will be on the evo's level. i think the top phones will be the evo, iphone, incredible, and maybe a couple Q4 phones. and i think the evo will be king of em all this year and some of next year to.
stuff like this shows how people jump from one thing to another and miss out. it's a point where you have to choose that one awesome device that will ride it out for close to a damn year and follow up with the number 2 of that phone or something better.
Your missing the point. Sprint isn't V or Apple. They are losing market share & $'s hand over fist. They have to be innovative and ready to capitalize on any opportunity they have. It's great that they potentially have a product more advanced than their rivals. But you have capitalize on that before the competition has time to react. What benefits did they gain by announcing the EVO at CTIA? Short term buzz and they held off the defection of some customers for a short while. In the macro view they have limited themselves on the potential upside in the release of the EVO. That has lost opportunity written all over it and the potential ramifications could be detrimental to the company.
drexappeal
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And my point is that, there's no confirmation on which CDMA provider (Verizon or Sprint) that other device is going to. Same goes for the GSM (t-mobile or At&t). The assumption is AT&T and Verizon, but there's no confirmation of either in that link or the pics. That's why I wanted to point out the possibility that, even though the "assumption" is that one of the phones would be the Droid 2 (for Verizon's successor to the Droid), that may not necessarily be the case.
Unless it's the iPhone, there will always be "new" devices coming out from year to year that could be one-up on the current "phone to have." As of right now, there are components on the EVO that no other phone has (e.g. 2 cameras, 720p video, wireless hot spot for up to 8 devices, etc.). Yes, you're correct, there are devices that may have "similar" stats, but if you truly look at it like 4G is the EVO's only advantage, then why hold out for it, when you feel like there are or will be other devices released shortly that have comparable ammenities? That's especially if your area won't be receiving 4G for a while. No reason for you to hold out and wait for the EVO then.
Norril
Android Enthusiast
Give Sprint a break. They are working like mad to correct this and are starting to see some positive results:
Sprint makes headway on subscribers
By Paul Taylor in New York
Published: April 28 2010 21:14 | Last updated: April 28 2010 21:14
Sprint Nextel, the third largest US mobile network operator, managed to slow the rate of customer losses in the first quarter and recorded its first sequential increase in operating revenues for nearly three years.
However, its quarterly results
Norril said:
I have. Sprint as made huge improvements. See google buying sprint thread.
BUT. It also needs to stop doing what got it into this hole and stop making mistakes that cost in people and money.
I fully support sprint, but only looking at it from a non fanboy side. They have alot of work to do.
UniqueNate
Android Enthusiast
True! Comes down to being satisfied and getting the device that will hold you until the successor comes to that. I think it's good to always have a device that you will keep for about a year, at the least!
And some people think since the EVO was showed off early that other carriers can now get to make a device or something better. Yea in the coming year(s). If anything comes out almost as good or similar then it was already in progress. These carriers have roadmaps out for a year of what is supposed to drop. If something is leaked then that means it's about that time for it to be leaked. If something comes out that means it was supposed to come out around that time. So sprint or no carrier is failing. Everything is planned. People are going to catch themselves waiting and waiting and then find nothing. Have to be realistic.
Yeah...totally agree. It is exhausting trying to keep up with all of the phones and the technology. I think the EVO 4G will be such a large jump forward (especially from my Katana) that it makes sense as my first smart phone experience. And I think this will also be true for many other people...BUT...the Motorola Shadow looks like it will be quite delicious looking!...really like the styling....which I think is missing a bit with the EVO 4G....and the Incredible for that matter. The Desire....again IMNSHO....is the most beautiful of the recently deployed phones on the market. From the leaked photos I think the Motorola Shadow may be as nice. But not to go off topic....these phones....like the Motorola...still won't be 4G....correct? A month down the road having another phone spec'd close to the EVO 4G doesn't make sense or seem probable. So even the Shadow....that looks to be exclusive to Verizon...will at best still be close to the EVO 4G....and maybe better looking....but not WiMax compatible. My big point is that upgrade fever will always happen...but it looks like this is a great phone and a great place to jump into the smart phone world.
It would be naive to think this will last long though....by end of summer...or the holidays at latest...we will see an EVO killer...and by the time we come to this time next year....our phone...while nice...will be showing it's age...just a bit. No phone rumored for anytime soon is going to exceed it.....and even if so...not by much...and probably not on Sprint.
If I owned another smart phone I might wait until end of summer...or December....but I just can't go on any further...my wife and I will both be getting this phone...and we are more than READY!!! What better way to jump into the world of smart phones than to buy a beast like this?
It would be naive to think this will last long though....by end of summer...or the holidays at latest...we will see an EVO killer...and by the time we come to this time next year....our phone...while nice...will be showing it's age...just a bit. No phone rumored for anytime soon is going to exceed it.....and even if so...not by much...and probably not on Sprint.
If I owned another smart phone I might wait until end of summer...or December....but I just can't go on any further...my wife and I will both be getting this phone...and we are more than READY!!! What better way to jump into the world of smart phones than to buy a beast like this?
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