Build Date Makes A Difference

[teky]

I got a day-one release unit and it has been flawless.

 

[SporkLover]

My First Evo (Black), HW003, is great aside from crackly ear piece and speaker

My Second Evo (White), HW003, has slight leakage and strange screen issue in the lower left corner, looks like a gap between LCD subpanel and Capacitive screen. This one is going back. I also noticed that it is a Novatek screen, side by side with my black Evo, the whites are Purple'ish, but overall the screen is brighter.

Strange

 

[JokerElite]

I purchased my Evo on July 17th. The date on the actual phone says June 17th. The date on the cover says June 19th. My phone seems to be fine. There is minimal and barely noticeable light leakage into the LCD but its only when you tilt the phone and isn't always visible.

 

[Deleted User]

I was thinking that the date on the cover meant nothing too, and probably was the date the cover was made. They are interchangable after all. The longer I think about it, the more I really do think it is the build date of the phone, because it just makes no sense to me to date every single piece of plastic like it is that important when that was made.

Have you ever seen an episode of "How it's made?"

There's a very good chance the back covers, and probably the other plastic parts, were made in a completely different part of the factory than any of the electronics, and someone on an assembly line slapped the parts together. If the back cover was stamped during production, the date on it means nothing. If, however, it was stamped during assembly, it shows when the phone was put together, but does little to show when the parts used were created (other than to say they were created BEFORE that date, obviously.)

 

[princess3479]

i just got my evo(white) about two weeks ago.

HW003
novatec screen
build date on back cover: 10.07.02

so far there are no problems except for minor light leakage under the keys, but you can only see that if you tilt the phone or look at it from an angle.

 

[paintmoonsred]

Update on my recently acquired white evo:

There IS some separation occurring, much more minor than my last evo (let's hope it stays that way). I shouldn't have been so optimistic, I will live with it (and fix it myself) until the time when (if) HTC fixes the issue for sure, then find a way to trade it in..

 

[rsage]

Update on my recently acquired white evo:

There IS some separation occurring, much more minor than my last evo (let's hope it stays that way). I shouldn't have been so optimistic, I will live with it (and fix it myself) until the time when (if) HTC fixes the issue for sure, then find a way to trade it in..

Hey paintmoonsred, any update on your white Evo? Asking because I think I'm in the same boat as you, only a couple weeks behind you. Hearing how your phone is doing will be like looking into the future for my own

 

[PUREADDICT]

How can you tell if it's an Epson or Novatech/Novatek screen?

I'm on a White EVO with a "build date" of 07/22/10....

 

[carhauler1969]

Purchased my Evo on 8/27/10 from a Radio Shack franchise in a local hardware store, salesperson said it had just come in on 8/25.

FroYo 2.2 preinstalled when purchased
HW003
10/07/12 (07/12/10) on cover
100621 (06/21/10) on chassis in 5 different places

So far no separation issues, & very slight light leakage visible if viewing @ an angle, or in dark conditions. Love the phone so far... Battery life is a lot better than my Sprint Hero on 2.1, considering It's the same size battery 1500 MAh, & nearly twice the phone.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

Hello Everyone,

I purchased an Evo on 1/22/11. Within the first day, I had a screen problem and returned the phone today. The phone I returned was a hardware version .004. The one I received in exchanged was a .003. Is there a big difference between the versions? Does .004 have an improved screen, camera, etc? Should I try and get a .004 version?

Honestly, am having a problem telling the difference, but if there is a difference, I bet someone here knows.

Thanks

 

[M5Rahul]

I have the 004 hw (had a 003 prior to this) and other than a slightly raised power button on the 004, there's zero difference!