Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
 

I got the text msg about this yesterday...:toocool:

http://now.sprint.com/evo/?INTCID=AB...:EvoPL:960x320

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-200...CarouselArea.0

Looks like a sweet rig... but I always say that...:tongue:

Shitty that they are charging users an extra $10 a month though.

:Agree:

my bill is high enough as it is for the 4 phones we have... :yuck:

Even with 4g that phone plan is just as much as my iPhone with 450 minutes, unlimited data and 200 text messages

i wonder if my current plan is sufficient enough for this phone. Looks like its going to be a solid phone. But with the current plans for the iphone to hit all carriers i wonder how this will do against the iphone.

The only thing that sucks about this phone is that it's going to be waiting a while for FroYo

Android just surpassed the iPhone OS (for now) with number of new users, but it will have to dig in really hard and fast to keep peeps from jumpin to the iphone from what they currently are using...once the iphone goes viral... I almost bought a Android phone instead my Pre... but since it was an HTC and I had 3 TP1's I wasnt feelin it...

Iphone isn't going anywhere. Until verizon or sprint gets a network that can do voice and data at the sametime. I know 4g can but its coverage is way too small to switch already.

I'm getting this phone in June. I'll have had the Pre for 1 year so at least I'll get the $75 off the new phone. I have the 23% volume based discount already so don't mind the addn $10 so much, especially since HI has 4G coverage. Cannot wait:wish:

My Brotha Rick! I knew you would be all over this! I didn't know HI had 4G already!

Yeah! Why doesn't Sprint or VRZ have a dual system yet? That's so lame!

That's just how there technology is based. It's a strong system, but it has the one obvious flaw. The good thing about it is if you have voice signal, you have data signal. Unlike GSM where you might have a voice signal, but you can't access data.

That's weird stuff! You would think they would have thought ahead... havent they seen even ONE episode of Star Trek? LOL!

I didnt realize the GSM had that weakness either.. thanks for bringing me up to snuff!

iirc this HTC evo 4G allows voice and data at the same time because they put in a sprint wimax adapter in it for data and a regular 3G antenna for voice.

thus allowing voice and data at the same time. :dunno:

Oh... dat is da sickness then!!!

I didnt know that!

Makes sense why in my bathroom my data is slow and YouTube unwatchable but I can talk on the phone. Maybe it's God's way of telling me to get outta the can.

i think it only works if you're in an area with 4G, so if you dont, then it doesnt work.

Thats cool... just knowing it CAN do it was enough to make me happy!!!:thumbsup:

im not sure how i feel about the android os vs windows mobile. I do know that i have been very satisfied with windows mobile for the past 5 years so maybe ill just wait until the hd2.

me and winmo are not friends... android just made more sense... plus on my TP1, u had to use a stylus way too much... who has time for that?:ugh:

After 2 duds in a row from Sprint (Pre and Instinct), I'm tired of purchasing the "iPhone killer". I'm just gonna wait for the new iPhone.

I totally understand... I wish peeps would just let new phones stand on their own... so far, the only true iphone killers have been the newer gen iphones themselves... peeps need to get a clue...LOL :tomato:

:werd: i think the iphone will be available on sprint in September. I will probably wait for that. I wanna see the reviews on the Evo before i consider that over an iphone. I love my sero plan which is why i cant leave sprint :tomato:

I don't think you could get iPhone with a SERO plan. Everytime I see a deal for Sprint phones on slickdeals, there's always a stipulation that you can't get in on the deal if you have a SERO. I guess we'll see if they even announce it. If Verizon gets it, can Sprint too?

Well news just popped up that sprint will get it too.

Maybe explains the ~9% gain on the stock?? :dunno:

Sprint is getting the iphone? I have a reservation for the Evo, may have to rethink that.

Zing!

...brotha Zing!

your all over it buddy!:thumbsup:

what is the deal? just b/c you get good rates on service, you cannot get a fly fon? thats is da sux... it has been like that for a while... years ago, I had a chance to get to SERO plan, but I didnt b/c of just that problem... I really think Spint is just trying to ease SERO under the carpet... IMVHO

I have had no problems upgrading to any phone on my sero plans. The only difference i see is that they want me to renew my contract in order to get the $150 incentive, but i always decline cause that would change my sero plan from $30 to the $50. I make that savings back in 8 months from sticking with that sero plan. So i willing to pay the full price to keep my plan exactly where it is at.

Ok... I feel ya then... so, if you u pay for the phone, you save the cash... that's sweet then!

nothings confirmed, its just a rumor so far.

LOL...that rumor ML caused a Sprint stock price jump, so someone on the inside must know there's some truth to it... :rolleyes:

Heard it was from a Best Buy employee that spilled the beans or something. Whatevs

LOL... BB is usually a source for leaks thru the sprintusers.com site... :rofl:

Passed a Sprint store this morning and there was a line waiting to get in. This is the first time that I've noticed people waiting in line outside a store to get a phone besides the iPhone.

i got the htc hero from sprint a couple weeks ago.....im debating on swapping for the new evo....ive enjoyed this phone so far and don't really feel like paying 10 bux more a month for faster service when the coverage in south florida is already really good.....hmmm

LOL...thats pretty intense... I am waitin to hear from my Brotha Dr. Rick and see what he says... he was a :pimp: and pre-ordered his EVO...
:toocool:

yeah i would like to see and hear the reviews of this phone. I am still uncertain on the droid os though. But i heard on monday that they should be unveiling the 4g iphone.

Of course the sprintusers website is kinda krazee today... this is a link to a thread that alot of peeps have posted in... it starts with one of the mods who scored one on 5.22.2010 and is current to folks who have just gotten their EVO in the last few hours...enjoy!

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...hlight=htc+evo

Another one...kinda funny..has a few quotes from peeps in line for their EVO's...

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...htc+evo&page=2

I can't believe there is this much excitement over a 1 year old phone. And people are still waitig in line for it??!??

I did come out June 4th 2009, like the title of this thread says.. Right??


:rofl:

OMG... you're the ONLY one who noticed...or cared enough to say anything... LOL .... I am so tired all the time, I am ALWAYS a year behind! :tomato:

What up brotha? Guess I'm lower on the waitlist LOL no call today. So what, should I keep the Pre and wait for the iPhone or just go for the Evo?

Your a Dr. and must make good money :tomato: buy the evo and than purchase the iphone and give us a review of both phones. If the evo was a winmo than i would really be considering it right now.

I am tired from a week of crazy days and patients all over the place, but I am blessed, my brotha...thanks for asking... whatz up with you mang?

As for the EVO...I think you should go with your 1st mind, which was the EVO... I am laggin so far behind with the new phones, since I got my Pre way after the fact... that being said, I would prob get an EVO myself because the iPhone is a distant possibility and the EVO is sitting in our faces... plus, all the tightwads on sprintusers are pretty impressed right now (and they are one serious group of phone geeks, me included...LOL), I have to wait, or drop an EVO on my fourth line that doesn't have a phone currently but has a number...:tomato:

Many thanks to Yumcha who brought this thread into the year 2010 with a proper and fitting date change... thanks again bro! :thumbsup:

LOL true, I'm just being pake.

True again. Iphone is just a rumor while the EVO is flesh-and-blood. Will let you know when the yahoos at Sprint give me a holla to go pick up the EVO:thumbsup:

That's just too ridiculous for words! Winmo is garbage even MS CEO Steve Ballmer will tell you that. There's a reason they killed it, got rid off the head guys in charge of Winmo and are starting over from scratch building a brand new OS with no ties or likeness to Winmo. It's best for you to learn something new and move on, once you try ANY of the MODERN mobile OS you will realize that you were smokin rocks when you raved about WinMo. Do you still use Windows 3.1?

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LOL... Brotha, I feel ya.. I try to save a buck where and whenever I can... my wife call me "Cheap" , but we have two houses and three cars and 6 kiddos... I better save something...:tomato:

...and yes, when you're rocking ur EVO, hollar at me on da 4G tip! :toocool:

I currently use a windows mobile 6.5 professional hacked rom. The os is very stable and allows me do alot more things than droid at the current moment. I love the fact that i can use my phone as a mobile wi-fi hotspot. Im able to view alot of the flash content websites and pocket controller for control of the phone from my computer is so easy. But you may be right that i havent tried other os only cause windows mobile does everything i want at this very moment. :thumbsup:

EVO is sold out online on the Sprint and BB sites... does anyone have any idea about the stores????

I can only suggest checking the independent dealers as they may consider holding one for you. Corporate stores probably don't care.

LOL... I was just surfin last night and saw that... still on the fence abt adding one to my 4th line... :dunno: ... I will have to wait alil bit anyhoo, I am so busy with so many other things!

that $10 fee is starting a small civil war...

check it out on Facebook: This is a link to a FB page dedicated only to finding out what the 10 bucks is for and giving PO'd peeps a place to let off steam... enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/explainthefee