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[Q] which sprint 4g phone should i get?

I am torn on the HTC EVO and the HTC EVO SHIFT coming out tomorrow. I know a lot about the 2 (processors,screen size, cameras,price etc). I currently have an epic and its great but I miss htc and I am willing to pay full price for both because I would sell my epic. What do you think I should get? I've owned an evo before and my dad has a tmobile G2. I know that the evo shift is faster even though it has an 800mhz processor compared to the evos 1ghz, but I'm torn.

I would say go with the shift. Newer hardware is always better. Plus imo the screen on the evo is completly washed out while the shifts looks more vivid. Plus a keyboard is always a win=win situation in texting and emulators.. Just my little "rant"
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Go with the Evo, not the Shift. Main reason? The Shift is the baby sibling of the Evo. The onscreen keyboard is awesome (and you should install the Gingerbread keyboard and it'll make it even more awesome)... everything is awesome. If you've had the Evo before, why compromise and go DOWN? If you were coming from something like a BB or a G1, I'd suggest going to the Shift, but you've used an Evo before. Go balls to the wall, man.
Oh, and you can get the Shift at Best Buy or Radio Shack right now.

Ok trade evo for shift or epic

Ok my chick wants my evo and I have a chance to go back to the epic or try the shift I need help on to decide if I want to keep evo or go for the other two 4g phones plz help me thank u bc den wise on evo is great and I know what Im doing from easy one click root and recovery too everything else vs adb Idk how and steps wise with shift and some what epic plz tell me good opinions thanks people
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Eh, with the shift you would have the newer Snapdragon plus a keyboard, but you lose the bigger screen. The Epic, there's dev work being done on it so it has froyo through custom roms right now, but not official until the 22nd of this month I believe.

The epic is getting froyo on feb 21. I say get the epic if you like a bigger screen. The shift felt like a hero with a keyboard. I've messed with the shift. Doesn't feel any faster than the epic. 4.0 screen is the sweet spot for me.
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Ah see that's nice official froyo so hmm it just sucks if I go to epic bc I just got a defender otterbox for my evo so my chicks gonna have that and then I got the white back piece to it she will have that too. She's taking all my goodies along with Ima miss sense and I doubt there's roms out for epic that has sense. Plus they don't make defender otterboxs for epic and I don't know why. I just wanna try somthin different and I'm pushing now more towards epic but I still need options.
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I would go.with the Epic 4G. The slightly larger screen that is also better is a plus for me.
I have the Captivate which is the same phone as the Epic sans.a keyboard and I love it; albeit if I could have a keyboard I dont think I would go for it.

I need so options people but im starting to push towards the epic but i have about a week and a half to decide so let me know plz thanks

I just bought the evoshift via ebay and I plan to sell my evo.
I don't ever want to deal with samsung... I like HTC build quality and the shift will get dev attention soon enough. oc to 1.8 stable 1.5 not bad

What from a I can hear, you guys seems to be in favor of HTC phones. Im looking into upgrading phones and I was curious as to whether or not the Evo is better than the Evo shift. Those are definitely the two leading phones in my opinion but I wanted to know if you guys had any thoughts from being direct users.

derik123derik123 said:
I just bought the evoshift via ebay and I plan to sell my evo.
I don't ever want to deal with samsung... I like HTC build quality and the shift will get dev attention soon enough. oc to 1.8 stable 1.5 not bad
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See the only thing stopping me from shift is the screen size and no front facing camera and lower mp on camera vs 8mp so that's about the only thing really why I'm pushing more towards Samsung bc its stays in specs with the evo pretty damn close
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dcampa93 said:
What from a I can hear, you guys seems to be in favor of HTC phones. Im looking into upgrading phones and I was curious as to whether or not the Evo is better than the Evo shift. Those are definitely the two leading phones in my opinion but I wanted to know if you guys had any thoughts from being direct users.
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I love my evo everything about it I still keep asking myself why do I wanna get rid of it but I just wanna try something different ima flashoholic and I see other roms and roots experience different hardware so on. But I do recommend the evo bc its the ****
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Epic ftw!!!!

I like my brother in laws evo so I dunno.
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evo is better

go read up in the epic section, the majority of people hate it.
Go check out the shift section and you will see the opposite.
Just got my wife the shift and I have to say that it I'd a fantastic phone, and the camera is good.
Plus samsung support is god awful.
Scent phrum mie fone!

Epic
i would go with the epic, the keyboard is amazing

I'm so confused Idk what to do
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Epic hands down! It's super easy to root, about the same size of the evo, you don't compromise screen, and they got some great roms

Evo 3D or nexus S

What phone should I get. I have had bad luck with samsung and that's what's holding me back on nexus. The Evo 3D with 2 cores looks nice. So I will upgrade from my transform Friday what do you think?
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I picked up an Evo 3D last Friday, and it's a great phone. The dual core processor is way snappy... no noticeable lag when doing anything. However, if rooting your phone is important, then you may want to hold off. HTC said they'd unlock the bootloader, but they're currently shipping the 3D's with a locked version. Furthermore, they've yet to say anything since launch regarding the issue. I rarely used programs that required root, so I can deal for the time being. If rooting and/or custom roms aren't anything you care about, then get the 3D today!

I've heard the Evo 3D is super slick, though I still think 3D is a bit gimmicky at this point. Then again, I have no problems buying into gimmicks, lol. I would personally go with the Evo.

I would go for the EVO 3D, specced with cool stuff

Bought the Nexus S 4g on the 6/4 for my gf. I liked the ns4g, its sleak and very lightweight. The specs are good and its a snappy phone that ran every app I tried. Of course there isnt a bunch of pre loaded garbage in them. We went to Vegas earlier in the month and it had a problem with internet connectivity, when my evo shift would have no issue at all.
Then I looked at the specs of the 3d and figured that the hardware in the e3d would be on the cutting edge for a good time to come(whereas the ns4g seems to be at the end of its cycle with a single core processor), so we went and swapped it out yesterday. The e3d is definitley cool, loaded with a ton of bloat, but its fast. The 3d pictures are very cool, maybe gimmicky, but nonetheless very fing cool.
I cant wait to see how fast it can be once its cranked up a little.

jes24cap said:
What phone should I get. I have had bad luck with samsung and that's what's holding me back on nexus. The Evo 3D with 2 cores looks nice. So I will upgrade from my transform Friday what do you think?
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Nexus has no memory card slot.... (Dont take away what we already have)....
That is a deal breaker for me-- and the Evo is snazzier looking (and you know the Evo Dev community will have it rooted and rommed in a fing week...

Evo 3D is way better than Nexus S in many ways. However, Nexus S is one of those few phones with vanilla and it's the most likely phone to get the next update first.
Like others said, 3D is a gimmik but hey, it's cool still. If you can afford it, I'd advise you to wait a bit since 3D and dual core phones have *just* started coming out.

I picked up the 3d last week. Absolutely love it. I wasn't getting it for the 3d, thought it was gimicky also, but it actually is pretty cool. Fits perfect in the hand also
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I say evo
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Only $49 differents from evo 3d and nexus.
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I forgot to mention the speaker phone on the ns4g has an awful echo and the e3d does not.

jes24cap said:
What phone should I get. I have had bad luck with samsung and that's what's holding me back on nexus. The Evo 3D with 2 cores looks nice. So I will upgrade from my transform Friday what do you think?
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Get an evo 3d buddy its best than nexus I think
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Evo 3d is much better than Nexus S,i think

EVO 3D much better

I am only a HTC user. I would go with the EVO 3D.
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Thanks guys. I will go with the e3d. If anyone would like to buy my samsung transform pm me with a offer. Its still in good shape and looks new.
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Nexus S 4g
Nexus S, unless you want the 3d cameras... That's the only deal buster

Evo 3D
Evo 3D is a great phone

I say you get whichever one you want first, then you have 30 days to exchange it if you're not happy....best way to know what YOU will like is to try it.

i'm a big htc fan. i miss the hero's reception, LED light, and loud speaker
i really like the screen and the form factor of the nexus though - no regrets
battery life seems less bad with my samsung phone
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LG Thrill or Samsung Infuse

I have a at&t upgrade coming up soon and was wondering wether I should get a Samsung Infuse 4g or a LG Thrill 3D. Any opinions would be great.
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isaiahe97 said:
I have a at&t upgrade coming up soon and was wondering wether I should get a Samsung Infuse 4g or a LG Thrill 3D. Any opinions would be great.
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infuse is single core and Thrill is dual core and has 3D,3D recording,better GPU..so my opinion go for thrill 3d

I picked up a Thrill today...I own and use an Infuse...
I will give you my opinion/comparison Monday
So far...the lag on the thrill is pretty insane, but it was bad on the infuse stock as well. The infuse isn't stock anymore so that isn't a really fair comparison.

00mred00 said:
I picked up a Thrill today...I own and use an Infuse...
I will give you my opinion/comparison Monday
So far...the lag on the thrill is pretty insane, but it was bad on the infuse stock as well. The infuse isn't stock anymore so that isn't a really fair comparison.
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i dunno about the thrill but on Optimus 3D P920 the stock rom is as smooth as a custom rom in my old galaxy S! no lag at all.!

I'm on the hunt for a worthy successor to my tilt2, and before I take the plunge I'd really like hear your reviews on these two phones!
Please don't forget to post back after you try them both out.
With my ATT- TIlt2 I've been spoiled by windows mobile OS and the ability to sync with my work email - outlook(exchange server), for emails, calendar (meetings), and all contacts in my outlook / exchange server.
So as a second item I hope to find out if either of them are capable of doing the same some way.
One alternative would be to wait for the HTC Titan which has a windows OS, but I don't know if ATT will carry it.
edit: atleast overall on paper the infuse looks to be a better overall package based on this site/comparison:
http://geekaphone.com/compare/LG-Thrill-4G-vs-Samsung-Infuse-4G
The only item is weather or not the dual core in the thrill really even makes a "usable" difference, or if the faster clock in the infuse is equivalent.
But I certainly prefer to hear from 00mred00 from his hands-on comparison.
edit: oh and my titl2 has been somewhat laggy at times with touch flo, etc, so I'd be very eager to have a phone which is NOT laggy for a change... !!
Thanks for any insight!!!

I was just thinking I should put something together for you guys
Overall I like the thrill better...I will put together a full review soon but right now I am stuck at work
In the meantime....if there is any head to head specifics you guys want input on...let me know
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00mred00 said:
I picked up a Thrill today...I own and use an Infuse...
I will give you my opinion/comparison Monday
So far...the lag on the thrill is pretty insane, but it was bad on the infuse stock as well. The infuse isn't stock anymore so that isn't a really fair comparison.
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SAme as me. I love the Infuse more than The Thrill. run smoother. Gingerbread coming sooner, screen better, no lagging, much lighter, unlock within second (can't find the way to unlock the Thrill after couple days of searching). I'll return this and get the Samsung SII when it's out.
The Thrills have 3D technology, but for me it's useless for now. It's amaze me for 2 mins after couple videos and that's it.

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SAme as me. I love the Infuse more than The Thrill. run smoother. Gingerbread coming sooner, screen better, no lagging, much lighter, unlock within second (can't find the way to unlock the Thrill after couple days of searching). I'll return this and get the Samsung SII when it's out.
The Thrills have 3D technology, but for me it's useless for now. It's amaze me for 2 mins after couple videos and that's it.
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The both have their pros and cons
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Mind you guy's the Thrill is still NEW and the Infuse isn't so you can go about rooting the Infuse and OC etc. Once the Thrill get's to that point it will be a totally different Experience. I have owned a G2 and still own a MyTouch 4G and rooting with OC made a TON of Difference in how they act.

Thrill al kardes

picked up an infuse and thrill in the store, the infuse seems a little bit more laggy, but it was a floor model, and had all the bloat ware and no modifications.
I had some difficulty typing with the infuse (fat finger) which might have been partially the lag, but I'd probably get used to it. My thumb typing with the full qwerty on the tilt2 was much easier, but I've been doing it for years. The thrill and another HTC phone seemed more positive in hitting the right letters, either due to key spacing or finger detection on the screen. There may be options to modify the keyboard layout in the software anyway.
They could not confirm a launch date for the SGS2, they said the Iphone5 was about a month away. I'll probably wait until mid October to put a few more devices in hand.

[Q] Need some opinions on the Evo Shift

My fiancee is about to get her upgrade and because she wants a physical keyboard, my first thought was an Evo Shift. I wanted to get the input of the community here and see what you guys like/dislike about the phone. I'm looking for opinions about it stock and rooted. And if you guys would rather have had the Epic instead of the Evo. I really appreciate any info you guys give me.

Definately go with the Shift. Good support Stock or Rooted. Althought I would suggest rooting it, way more options. I 'm not saying the Epic is a bad device. It's just IMO you can do a lot more with the Shift. Also, if you do decide to root. It's a fairly simple process. You have a bunch of different roms to choose from. When the Source Code Kernel Gets released it can be overclocked. Althought honestly a lot of the Shifts appeal is that even stock it's an incrediable device. Quick, stable, and great for everday use whether business or personal. I've had both the Shift and the Epic. Hands down I would choose the Shift everytime.

The wife has an epic & I sport the shift, we hate each others phones. For me the epic is sluggish & not as responsive as my shift so I end up double tapping a lot, kinda like driving a sports car then hopping into a minivan. I have rooted both & must admit the one click root for the epic is much less involved than the shifts root method (2.2 anyway). Having said that, the roms available for the shift are much better than the epics. However, the quantity on the epic side are far greater than the shift side. Quality over quantity? Cpu on stock gives the shift an advantage, even though it is clocked lower, it kicks the epics a$$. Overclocked the shift screams by the epic, topping out at 2 ghz, whereas the epic struggles at 1.4 ghz. Graphix on the epic definitely put the shift to shame, maybe shame is a bit strong...
Point is, for me, the epic feels cheap in the hand compared to my shift. I like to push a button and go, not wait for the system to process. Either way you go, get a custom rom installed asap, and never look back.
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You're going to be stuck without another upgrade for two years. You should buy an Evo Shift outright or off cl/ebay, then sell it and upgrade to a shiny new faster phone when one with a keyboard comes out. The Shift is going to be sorely outdated long before another upgrade comes around.

illaparatzo said:
You're going to be stuck without another upgrade for two years. You should buy an Evo Shift outright or off cl/ebay, then sell it and upgrade to a shiny new faster phone when one with a keyboard comes out. The Shift is going to be sorely outdated long before another upgrade comes around.
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Wow! Ummm ok . Funny. I heard the same statement from someone when I bought my EVO4G a few years ago. It seems to me that statement turned out to slightly incorrect . Considering the Shift outperforms the OG EVO in just about every category. I'm going to have to disagree with your statement.

Thanks so much for all your input guys! I was already pretty sold toward the Shift. As you can see in my sig I have a MT4G and I love HTC! They make the best phones. She has the Moment right now and hates the hell out of the thing. Even rooted the thing just sucks ass. It runs slower than my MT3G did. So I was worried about getting her another Samsung. You guys have definitely helped a lot! Thanks again!

prboy1969 said:
Wow! Ummm ok . Funny. I heard the same statement from someone when I bought my EVO4G a few years ago. It seems to me that statement turned out to slightly incorrect . Considering the Shift outperforms the OG EVO in just about every category. I'm going to have to disagree with your statement.
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Uh, the original evo is only barely over a year old and had brand new hardware when it came out, so not sure why someone would have been telling you that back then. The shift is nearly a year old at this point and will be nearly three years old by the end of a new contract. Not quite the same kind of situation.

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Uh, the original evo is only barely over a year old and had brand new hardware when it came out, so not sure why someone would have been telling you that back then. The shift is nearly a year old at this point and will be nearly three years old by the end of a new contract. Not quite the same kind of situation.
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If you root it there are plenty of ROM's and many more coming for the Shift so it will not be out dated anytime soon. As of now you can overclock the Shift to 1.9 ghz and there is no phone capable of doing this and wont be so it doesn't matter what the upcoming phones have on them because there will be a ROM that gives him/her all of that.
So to the poster I would go with the shift it is a great phone i have had it now for a few months and used my upgrade on it. So far no problems and personally i would recommend if you root it to run Synergy Rom.