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Official EVO Rumors and Speculation thread

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AM2 said:
quick question....do i need to format my newly purchased 16g card before i start loading content on it and place it in my evo?
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After seeing some of the other posts I would. It doesn't take long and then you know your card is ready. I always format my cards for anything before using.
 
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spar10 said:
i'm not sure i understand why everyone thinks sprint is making a bad move by not advertising the phone yet. i think it makes complete sense.

forums like this represent a minuscule part of the demographic that will buy the phone. do you realize how much moaning and groaning and whining and pain everyone has shared here and in other forums for the past month in anticipation of this phone? look how hard it's been for everyone here to wait this long. now imagine that across their entire advertising population. that would not be a pretty site nor would it make for a happy customer base.

it makes sense to me they're apparently waiting until launch to begin advertising.
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Makes sense, plus think about it, most places are already sold on their pre-orders, and the rest that are not pre-orders are sure to be snatched up in quick order.

Why would Sprint want to advertise when they are pretty much already guaranteed sales on the first week of launch or so?

It would make more sense for them to start advertising after they have sold through the initial shipment and are able to meet demand for the wider, casual consumer, as supposed to all the techies.
 
:confused:Just checked out the Best Buy ad.....nothing in about the 4G Evo. Really? Sprint should have put out for a front or back page space, or even maybe mention it, Sprint had 2 other phones advertised.

Radio Shack wasn't any better, but the HD2 was on the cover for Half Price $99. Hey T-mobile dont worry about the EVO release out shining your phone, Sprint doesn't realize they are releasing it this week.
 
SHO_ONE said:
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Take for example war. If you all believe the hype and believe we new about the terrorist plot to hijack planes then crash them into the pentagon / twin towers... wouldn't it have behooved all American's to act first.
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BTW I was there! I worked 10 minutes drive from the Pentagon (for a nationaly know company)! I was, in fact, in downtown DC when I got the news! From a friend still at my work place! AND I lived through the DC sniper thing - my daughter had to crouch down every time she got gas in her car!

I DO NOT think this analogy behooves anything!!!

Dave
 
eieio said:
No link just wishful guessing on my behalf..
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I don't post much but for what its worth, I was in the my corporate sprint store a few days ago and one of the employees that has been working there for quite some time told me that about 500k people have signed up online for the evo or information about the evo.
 
swissmr said:
:confused:Just checked out the Best Buy ad.....nothing in about the 4G Evo. Really? Sprint should have put out for a front or back page space, or even maybe mention it, Sprint had 2 other phones advertised.

Radio Shack wasn't any better, but the HD2 was on the cover for Half Price $99. Hey T-mobile dont worry about the EVO release out shining your phone, Sprint doesn't realize they are releasing it this week.
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LOL...I was at BB mobile yesterday. The EVO is ALL OVER their mobile buying guide.

Took these pics from BB
http://androidforums.com/830033-post88.html
 
apple has no problem building momentum for an item that is in short supply. I am interested in seeing how this plays out. Time will tell the validity of their strategy -whatever it is.

The problem for me with some of their 4g advertisement on sprints website, is that most of us buying the phone don't have 4g and won't for some time to come. In my city i don't even have an estimate. I am buying this phone because it is an excellent phone -even though it may fall short in some areas- and android is growing as a platform- with froyo making it even stronger.

Google is a little too confident, but their arrogance shows at least they know they are inching closer to apple. Apple's controlled business model works great against inferior products, but when multiple carriers with multiple handsets come out with competing models every month or so, and new and better os's every few month's, the sheer weight of it will push apple out of the way. Apple will survive, but they won't retain the market share they have now.

Back on topic - I hope whatever sprint does, it means something better for us.
 
SHO_ONE said:
LOL... seriously..... here I thought you had some real info
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No not at all, but if the Radio Shack presold rumor of 200K are correct.. I can only imagine how many have actually been pre-sold..

I think the biggest limiting factors will be phone supply and phone activation..
 
Took some pics of the BB buyer's guide.

Sorry for the low lighting.
 

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njf520 said:
my $0.02 on the "why isn't sprint advertising more?" thread...

i work for one of the largest ad agencies in the world. we begin to discuss campaigns for products months and months before they come out. there are tons of metrics that are gathered. surveys are sent out, people are interviewed, focus groups are formed. decisions are made based on tons of data AND the input of the client. tens and sometimes hundreds of people are involved just on the agency level. furthermore, multiple agencies are involved when dealing with a big company like sprint. there may be one agency for digital ads, one for radio, one for tv, one for print, etc.

do we screw it up sometimes? yeah. of course. hindsight is 20/20. but, people, posting a "sprint is sooooo dumb not to advertise this thing all over the place" are saying that with very, very little info.

how often do you see ads for cars that aren't yet out? do you see ads for the new BMW in may when it doesn't come out until september? how about TVs? do you see ads for a sony TV that you can't buy yet?

now, i am NOT saying this is the reason we don't see hundreds of evo ads on TV. and i am not saying this strategy will turn out to be a good one. but, we might want to take a step back and realize that a) most of us know a lot less about advertising than the people sprint has hired b) we haven't seen any of the metrics and c) we need to stop thinking that "some guy at sprint" forgot to click send on the "start the evo ads now" email.

in the meantime, it makes the evo easier for us to get. :-)
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I agree, we are armchair quarterbacks. However, like every other fan, this gives us something to pass the time while we wait for a our new phones.:)

With new phones coming out every few month's, the spotlight on android phones is not like iphones, which control the whole market for their devices. Therefore, from my armchair;), it still makes me scratch my head.:confused:
 
SHO_ONE said:
Froyo Feature: Adobe Flash 10.1 beta | Android Central

looking good... I'm hoping A.) we get the update on our EVO's soon after release (Iknow its wishful thinking) B.) The ability to shut down HTC's Sense allows for 2.2 or something like that... anyone know if this is even possible?!?!
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Flash is looking good so far, by the time 2.2 reaches the EVO it will be even better I can almost guarantee it. Steve Jobs you fail!!! Yeah I saw some video of some dude deactivating sense and using stock android 2.1, that just might be the key to the EVO getting the update sooner. After all the Incredible lacks that capability. Hmmm, You never know that HTC might have added sense as a plugin rather then embedding it in the Android OS (pure speculation). Thats the way it should be done in order to avoid these long upgrade delays. I read somewhere that after the Nexus one the Evo will get preferential treatment in getting froyo. 5 more days guys!!!!
 
Well I just did the pre order on my EVO. June 9th is my fun day to get it though they put me on a waiting list if anyone else cancels from the June 4th date. Best Buy says they are giving free stuff out when you purchase one. I was told a Zagg front face shield and a blue tooth headset were among the things. These next 9 days are going to be torture.
 
ejpyle said:
Well I just did the pre order on my EVO. June 9th is my fun day to get it though they put me on a waiting list if anyone else cancels from the June 4th date. Best Buy says they are giving free stuff out when you purchase one. I was told a Zagg front face shield and a blue tooth headset were among the things. These next 9 days are going to be torture.
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mine didn't say they had anything to give out, and also told me they coudln't move my preorder
 
toothpick said:
Also with all of your tax talk you have a house to show for it but sprint can not show you anything for the $10
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You guys are just going to dig your head in the sand and scream no, no, no.

You still have the 450,000 dollar house called an evo!
10 dollar taxs gets you the evo. How hard is that for you to understand.

You are buying an evo, the tax on the evo is a voluntary 10 dollars a month. If you do not like the tax, do not buy the phone. Simple as that.

The guys website does not prove anything but the ability for someone to demand something for nothing. And mindless, circular arguments.
 
RiverOfIce said:
You guys are just going to dig your head in the sand and scream no, no, no.

You still have the 450,000 dollar house called an evo!
10 dollar taxs gets you the evo. How hard is that for you to understand.

$199.99 + state and local sales tax gets the EVO. Not the extra $10 a month charge.

You are buying an evo, the tax on the evo is a voluntary 10 dollars a month. If you do not like the tax, do not buy the phone. Simple as that.

It is not voluntary, they make you pay it.

The guys website does not prove anything but the ability for someone to demand something for nothing. And mindless, circular arguments.
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I'm not trying to argue with you, you provide lots of info here that helps a lot. I just have to disagree with you on the $10 deal, and yes I know it's a mute point . The thing is, the EVO will function exactly the same with or without the "rich data experience" fee they are charging. The only difference is, the uncapped data. So, if it was optional, and you were never going to use more than 5gig of data, you shouldn't have to pay the fee.
 
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