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[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Basically he loved the design, said the battery lasted about 10-12 hours with 4G on, and 15-16 with 3G. Said it was the fastest device he had ever seen to date. User experiance was great. His only issues were with the radios and his location didn't have good signal on either 3G or 4G. Other than that it was a great phone in his opinion. He did note there are some things that are different on the 3D than the sensation so it did suggest that its more than just a sensation with 3D added.
[HTC EVO 3D] greg.dassing:
...........
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Well no answers to that from me, im just saying different outlets reporting different things. And not a single word from either sprint or sammy on the phone so to me just seems odd it would release in a month and not a single word has been said. Even the 3D was atleast announced long before we had a release date.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
*DISCLAIMER* Just FYI since I was quoted there, I am not a sprint employee nor do I claim to be. Just wanted to put that out there before someone tries to jump on me for that.
[HTC EVO 3D] ebolamonkey3:
What swaze said, and he also said the S-LCD screen was one of the best he's ever seen, and the quality of the phone was very good. Also said the cameras were very good in taking 2D/3D stills and movies.

So basically the only thing he didn't like was the 3G/4G connection, which he said was inconsistent.
[HTC EVO 3D] deuceja:
I can care less about Samsung in general I for agree about their Screens but other than that I've dealt with three different Samsung phones and four different HTC phones all under sprint's network n my opinion is HTC knocks Samsung on their ass point blank period this nexus that I'm on is going back to the store today and I'm going back to my evo until the 24....hey read the bottom its just.....

~MY $0.02~
[HTC EVO 3D] greg.dassing:
My bad...I must have mistaken members...sorry about that! :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] Bostonfin:
This worries me a lot.
[HTC EVO 3D] Zorachus:
Apple does this all the time. We all know 99% there is an iPhone5 coming in September or so, and not a peep from Steve Jobs or Apple whatsoever about it, until like a few weeks from launch. Same with the previous iPhone releases, they are super top secret, then announce them in June, and come out in a month or less.

I would bet we see the first U.S. Galaxy S2 in August, no later.
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
Considering that apparently the stores are getting the phones now, i'm sure we will be seeing more pics, reviews, previews, etc...
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Thats true. But thats Appple, Samung and most of the others always announce a phone a good amount of time before its released. But considering the phone is modeled after the iphone, maybe they are using apples marketing model as well. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] w9sig:
Is anyone else concerned about the radio/antennae performance? I am a new convert and currently have the Samsung Nexus. It sucks. If the 3D is anything like the nexus then I would be going back to ATT.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Not me, cause like any phone on any carrier, your location and results will vary compared to others in different locations. I know I get great signal on 3g and 4g and I don't expect that to change just because I changed phones. I'd love to know how sprints signal is in the area he did the test in general.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Well you have the HTC Kingdom which passed the FCC today, which means a release in the next couple of weeks which would put that in the time these July rumors for the SGS2 fall under. Not sure about this one....
[HTC EVO 3D] Bostonfin:
Yes I am. Had the Nexus it was terrible if the evo 4d is anything like it I am done with Sprint, but I am hoping it was just a glitch or something and it will be fine.
[HTC EVO 3D] Zorachus:
I am, my Wife has the Nexus-S 4G, and it SUCKS for network radio connection. In the six weeks she has owned it, at least 4 or 5 days of ZERO connection dead phone, no calls, no texting. She finally found out by turning it off, pulling battery, then restarting it again would make it work. But a new phone should not need to do that. And I have read the same issues on the Nexus forums.

I heard Sprint is going through growing pains on their network towers ? Something changed back in April with their contracts for the towers they rent or something like that, and it would be resolved sometime in June/July. Not sure if that's true or not, but I remember reading that couple months ago.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bostonfin:
i heard the same thing about the towers, but who knows. The nexus s had the worst radio connection I have ever seen in a phone. I am hoping that the evo 3d has atleast as good of a connection as the evo has.
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
Sprint doesn't hand these things out without an NDA that expires on a certain day. They don't want reviews going out too early.

There's a reason reviews all show up on the major sites at the same time.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
Definately true because a while back someone posted a link that was a review of the 3D by Engadget, but the date of the article was a future date and I found that strange. The other strage thing was that you could only get to the article by that link, it was never actually posted on the site. So they must be holding it till they can post. But the review rating was blank on it at the time.
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
Yeah, and this applies to basically everything. Car & Driver gets review models of cars months in advance, but they're not allowed to publish a review until a certain date. AnandTech gets review models of graphics cards generally days or weeks in advance, but they can't publish benchmarks before a certain date.

The companies don't want the reviewers to rush their reviews to be the first to publish one. They also want the reviews to coincide with certain promotional materials, marketing strategies, and employee training.
[HTC EVO 3D] sparhawk6:
Yes, the phonescoop review was almost certainly in violation of the NDA, which is why it was pulled.
[HTC EVO 3D] moonzbabysh:
Not a review but a comparison of the Evo 3D, S2 and Photon.

http://androidforums.com/android-lo...-evo-3d-vs-motorola-photon-4g-comparison.html

SGT 10.1 uplink initiative
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
No one user a cached version of the review?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jackietreehorn:
I tried Google Cache, but it only found the very first page, no subsequent ones nor the 1 page full review.
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] xeroxsmm:
The WSJ has posted a review, not much detail but if they've got one posted, it can't be long before enhadget and other tech blogs follow suit.
[HTC EVO 3D] Johnabis:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576386220580190618.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
[HTC EVO 3D] Night·Fire:
The review is back up on phonescoop:

http://www2.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=8329&p=all
[HTC EVO 3D] sparhawk6:
Interesting review. They liked the phone, but commented on the poor call quality. That was an issue in the phonescoop review. Hmmm... Anyway, that can probably be tweaked by a radio update.

The WSJ may have an exclusive on the NDA. We may have to wait until tomorrow for all the other reviews, although a lot of times when these other sites see that one review has been published, they break the NDA and publish theirs.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohog:
That's if the dev's can get any custom rom's to work decently on a Samsung device. Even the nexus is crap when it comes to anything other than what came with the phone
[HTC EVO 3D] sparhawk6:
Gizmodo is up, a lightening review anyway:

http://gizmodo.com/5812185/htc-evo-3d-oh-my-god-make-it-stop-hurting
[HTC EVO 3D] sparhawk6:
As per the Gizmodo review, I expected that some people would despise the 3D effect, much like some people despise 3D in generally. I've always considered it a gimmick, though, that could be improved upon by some genius developer. I mainly want it because of the dual core processor. I'm hoping it's sped the phone up significantly.
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
The 3D part gets mixed reviews. Partly I feel because its so new to the market....give devs a chance to work with it. He said its badass besides that...and 3D can be turned off. So its a non issue. Making a new feature the only minus makes it seem pretty damn good to me.

...now ill wait for Engadget to point out its not a Cupertino product (probably a 7 or 8).
[HTC EVO 3D] jxr94:
3D + SLCD > Superamoled+ any day of the week.
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
Dunno if posted yet, don't care

http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/15/htc-evo-3d-review/?wptouch_switch=desktop
[HTC EVO 3D] demo27vol1:
the Engadget review is up.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/15/htc-evo-3d-review/

7/10 haha why am I not surprised coming from Engadget.
[HTC EVO 3D] vinterchaos:
Don't forget they are iphone fanbois at gizmodo, but i think they have a few picture in there that look pretty solid (From the 3vo's camera)
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
My comment on Engadget:

Turn on all the radios, take a million pictures, then complain about battery. **** off Engadget, bunch of Apple **** suckers.

Might be much, but whatever, I hope it pissed of someone over there.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
Ditto this
[HTC EVO 3D] Razgriz:
Agreed. I try to avoid it as much as possible and just read Android Central.
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
They lose all credibility....they say it doesn't have 1080p support. How do you review a phone and not be up to date on its specs.

Plus phonescoop says it lasted 16 hours on 4g and a full day on 3g.....me thinks a bias card has been played.
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
Just flagged for review on Engadget. Annoying
[HTC EVO 3D] lmbebo:
After reading the reviews at phonescoop, bgr, WSJ and gizmodo. Sounds like the phone is ready for a big flop.

The call quality issue all the review mentioned is disturbing. Expect mediorce battery life .
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
Call quality, speaker/earpiece quality, bad camera optics, low-resolution files encoded from 3D... man... my dreams have been shattered by all these reviews...

Where's the incentive to upgrade from my Evo? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I will wait for the Photon before making a purchase... geez, I figured this would be a no-brainer, but someone dropped the ball...

My biggest beef so far is the crap viewing angle... I tried the same test on my Evo and it was almost the same all the way to 180 degrees...
[HTC EVO 3D] lmbebo:
yeah. I'm debating about keeping the nexus S.

I've got widget locker and launcher pro with sense themes. Just unsure now.
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
Lol, going off of a review from apple fanboy sites? Try it, don't like it take it back and wait for one of the other phones. Thats what i am doing.
[HTC EVO 3D] impactsto:
I was worried about this. While one or two sites may be biased; I find it very implausible that ALL the sites are saying discomforting things. Not one said it was "the" phone. On the other hand, we all have brains and have to decide things for ourselves. I agree with aimbdd. Give it a try and see what happens. I knew within a day that I would love my Evo and if the 3D is that much of an upgrade it won't take long to see the awesomesauce come out.
[HTC EVO 3D] dfskevinohyeah:
I'm not worried for sh*t because with devs like myn, toast, xHaus, and hopefully aamikam this phone will be the best phone ever!

batterylife will surely be improved!

signal can be fixed with a small update from sprint!

evo 3d is going to be the best just watch :)
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
It is only one or two sites though..
[HTC EVO 3D] evohog:
Im with you on this. The evo has gotten firmware updates quick fast and in a hurry. With the devs that are confirming that they will be getting 3d's its going to be un touchable.
[HTC EVO 3D] seriousblack25:
Only until Next Year....lol;)
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
No, they agreed to a year and a half now ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Zorachus:
One of my beefs with the EVO-3D, is the gimmicky "3D" feature I can give two ****s about 3D on my phone, would rather have seen HTC spent more development time in making it a thinner phone, while improving other features. And including the Green Hornet in 3D, and Spider Man 3D, who ****ing cares about that bull****, is that truly a selling point ? To who ?

I think HTC and Sprint dropped the ball a little here, they should have just made the EVO-2, and made it super bad ass specs to destroy the Galaxy S2, and should have tossed that "3D" idea in the trash for now.

Proud owner of my EVO 4G, but crying a little on the inside after reading lots of these reviews today.
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
How dare they make something you don't want!
[HTC EVO 3D] Itchiee:
The reviews are a little disturbing putting fanboism aside... I dunno. I'll wait for the average guy reviews and wade through the bias to then decide. My Evo is still great so its not like I really need the upgrade at the moment... I don't care about the 3d factor, but if the call quality and sound isn't great (cause you know afterall it's a phone) then thats an issue for me...just saying. If this sets us up the bomb im sure the other two will make a quicker appearance which thankfully Sprint actually has a backup plan with.
[HTC EVO 3D] babbit:
There is no 1080p support. HTC's spec sheet is wrong.

Also, engadget gave the Samsung galaxy S2 and galaxy tab 9's. They also gave HTC phones quite a few high scores ( including the original evo and evo shift). The evo 3d is the first HTC phone to receive a "low" score. I don't know why people say they are biased after just one low HTC score.
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapMaker:
because everyone wants a reason to not believe the review... that's why.
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
Stephen Colbert would give HTC a wag of the finger. They ****ing made the phone. Getting the spec sheet right shouldn't be difficult. Unless its capable of that with an update. But seriously, I totally lost my boner on that one.
[HTC EVO 3D] mlin:
People have said engadget is biased long before this review, because they are, many reviewers are. Look how much they harp on sense but there is no mention of touch wiz. I'm not saying they are liars, but they do have a way of promoting their favorite device by ignoring flaws while focusing mostly on the flaws of the competing devices.

Bottom line- sprint has a 30 day return policy- if you're interested, buy the phone and decide for yourself; you really can't lose.

Tapa tapa tapa
[HTC EVO 3D] babbit:
Engadget has complained about Touchwiz 1,2 and 3 in all their previous Samsung reviews. It's only Touchwiz 4 that's finally improved enough where they like it.

For Sense, Engadget liked Touchflo 3D quite a lot (HTC Touch pro reviews). They thought Sense 1.0 was the best Android skin (check Evo and other reviews). They liked Sense 2.0 except for a couple minor bugs (Desire Z review). It's only Sense 3.0 that they feel is getting bloated. Sense 3.0 is the first time Engadget considered Sense a negative, so I don't think they have a history of being biased against HTC. As I said before, HTC phones generally get the highest Engadget reviews ever since the windows mobile days before HTC released phones under their own brand.
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
Sense is turning into a negative.

Stock Android is getting to the point of being sufficiently polished and fast while Sense is becoming a bloated unnecessary mess. In the earlier days, Sense greatly improved the UI. Now it mostly gets in the way.
[HTC EVO 3D] Zorachus:
Sense UI is still hands down way better than vanilla Android. Sense 3.0 is AMAZING, my Wife's stock Nexus-S 4G is lame, the dialer sucks, the e-mail is like from Android 1.5 like three years ago, the contacts blow. So many things Sense does a million times better, it's the little things, hard to explain until I use a non Sense phone, I HATE it.
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
Who reviewed those sense and touch wiz versions? All the same reviewer?????

Did not think so!

All I know is that Myriam from engadget or gay pride parade is biased....
[HTC EVO 3D] mwalt2:
People always want what they don't have. With the evo's, it seems lots of people are like 'AOSP is the best rawr' and when I had my nexus s 4g, people in that forum were like 'where is the touchwiz port' or 'i bricked my nexus flashing a rom with sense'. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
Well these aren't necessarily the same people ;)

But your point is well-received.
[HTC EVO 3D] jonnythan:
I spent 10 months with an Evo and my GF has had an Evo Shift for a while now. My Evo always had Sense of some sort on it, most recently Mik's ROM with the new Sense.

I got the Nexus and, while there was a learning curve, I've come to appreciate vanilla Android. The dialer is literally the only thing I miss, and I'm thinking about installing a better one from the market. The email app is virtually the same, and I don't use it anyway.

Even my GF prefers vanilla Android on my Nexus, so I installed Dek's ROM for her on her shift. She's ecstatic. The speed and smoothness ares outstanding.

It only took me one day to realize I preferred vanilla Android. Definitely a learning curve, but I jumped in headfirst and it's great.
[Motorola Droid X2] fischb22:
I thought i would share some bad experences i've had in the last 2 weeks with the DX2.

Droid #1, worked -GREAT- for about 48 hours, started randomly rebooting, then went into a non-recoverable bootloop.

Exchanged for Droid #2

Droid #2, right out of the gate would go into airplane mode all by itself, Sometimes while sitting in the multimedia dock, sometimes while txting. Took it to the store, they played with it, factory reset, and when they got done, it would not even get a 3G connection.

Droid #3 - Battery life sucks horribly, same setup as last two(apps, LWP, etc), but i only get about ~4hours battery life with moderate use, where the first two i got about 7 hours.

If i have any issues i'm going back to my Cyanogen 7 OG Droid
[Motorola Droid X2] nitroglycerine33:
I would take out back for a charge or a thunderbolt. I have this as a work phone and I have not seen anything impressive.
[Motorola Droid X2] WA_Bob:
Ouch! You've gotten some real lemons! Battery life for me so far has been as good as with my DX, even with better performance in general. The X2 could use some improvement, but you may just want to freeze some blot, use a power management app, and/ or even get a new battery before giving up on it.
[Motorola Droid X2] fischb22:
something that worked well yesterday, i ran the battery down to -dead- and let it on the charger for 4hours, i got ~ 10 hours mixed light/moderate use and its ~ 40% just now.
[Motorola Droid X2] onemotodroid:
battery life on my phone is outstanding

when i get home in the evening i have 60% plus remaining

Droid X, Droid X2 and First Droid from Moto are the best phones i have tired

Only Moto for me!!
[Motorola Droid X2] elovefire:
no battery time

get an app that turns off 3g/wifi/gps etc. will you screen is off. my phone can last days now.:p
[Motorola Droid X2] lostconfuzed:
battery life is pretty amazing for me. after i solved the issues with the constant contact picture sync, my battery only loses 10% after being left alone overnight. (I pull out the charger when it is maxed before I go to sleep.)
[Motorola Droid X2] Sandso9:
How exactly did you fix that?
[Motorola Droid X2] SwiftLegend:
What is going on? I got this phone a week ago and have had absolutely no problems with it. Seems like everyone here is having issues with the X2. I would say I get close to 8 hours of life with heavy use, I drove 2 hours while listening to Pandora for an hour and the FM Radio for an hour. I still had 75% afterward, and my phone was losing 3G constantly since I was driving through valleys and mountains..

Only thing that is bothering, which ahs nothing to do with the phone, is Gameloft's laziness and lack of care for the customer. None of their games work on my X2 or my Transformer...
[Thunderbolt General] lrs421:
Hey gang, new TB owner here, previously a AT&T customer for 7+ years. With my Inspire it was nearly impossible to get to 5GB of data because my data speeds were dreadful so I mostly stayed on WiFi. With the TB I get insane speeds and I use 4G a "decent" amount but switch to WiFi when I'm home. I'm on day 19 of my billing cycle and have already used 6GB, WTF!!! I didn't see that coming. What are you guys averaging a month? I know we have unlimted data but don't want to draw any attention to myself.

Running BAMF 1.7 Stripped (not that it matters).
[Thunderbolt General] Networkgamer:
I'm on a revolution, got it on day 1. In the 11 days I had it for that billing cycle that ended the 6th I used 12gb with generous 4g and upto now now I've used 14gb so far with the same usage, I know what you mean lol
[Thunderbolt General] mbrown3460:
I used 21 gigs and I am 24 days in my bill cycle...the only reason its that high is because I was running netflix on the wii for two day straight non stop
[Thunderbolt General] michaelkahl:
ISP's need to understand that data caps will cripple online services like netflix, dropbox, etc.

I hope VZW comes to their senses and lifts data caps.
[Thunderbolt General] Vbosch1:
Am at 1.8 GB on day 7 of billing cycle. Runrate for about 8 GB in 30 days. With LTE being faster than most people's WIFI, I don't think you are alone... :)
[Thunderbolt General] flyodd:
6gb isn't too much actually compared to others. No worry Verizon isn't really into throttling everyones service contrary to the belief of some Verizon really is interested in keeping their costumers happy.
[Thunderbolt General] Character Zero:
I hit 5gb before the billing rolled over. Iy happens when you download 10 Roms a month and stream music and video.
[Thunderbolt General] lrs421:
Cool. Glad to I'm not alone, when average over 20mb dl its easy to rip through data. LTE is the truth!
[Thunderbolt General] C@rn@ge:
I envy you all. No LTE here in Wahiawa, Hawaii. I'd like to take advantage of the hotspot feature with LTE one day. 3g hotspot doesn't make any sense due to have cable internet.

With the 3g I do about 2gb/month.
[Thunderbolt General] pr_s14:
Absolutely! Last month I had somewhere about 80gb of usage for the cycle. It's easy on 4G. Too easy.
[Thunderbolt General] JaymzTA:
I did over 35 gigabytes the other day when I was downloading and installing The Old Republic beta...

Sent from my GingerREMIX BAMF Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt General] sir2545:
Damn, I use about 7GB/month and I thought that was a lot. Guess I don't need to worry about being throttled.....
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
That's exactly what they want, so they can sell their own services. ISPs are scared of being nothing but "dumb pipes."
[Thunderbolt General] velopirate:
We envy you being in Hawaii!!! :cool:
[Thunderbolt General] the kid escobar:
I use on average about 12 gb a month, and that was with my Eris. I got my bolt the last week of may so I'm sure it will be around 15 gb a month or so
[Thunderbolt General] jamesfrom818:
Thanks to you guys, I will probably never be in the top 5%.

I'm at 4 GB
[Thunderbolt General] GuestK00320:
+1

Sent by draining my Thunderbolt's battery.
[Thunderbolt General] emagana02:
The most I use is just around 1GB of traffic. What are you guys d/ling??
[Thunderbolt General] wes_s:
I'm at 15GB on day 27 of my billing cycle with only 3G where I live. All of Battlestar Gallactica on Netflix for Android and a good chunk of Farscape will do that I guess :)
[Thunderbolt General] boristhebladexx:
im 7 days into my billing cycle and im at 2.5GBs............................. just got 4G going 3 days ago so i've been going nuts
[Nexus S General] asb123:
Hey, I am trying to figure out why my battery drain is so high. Part of it is the display (trying to work on that too) but I see that my "phone signal" is quite bad. I have a feeling that this is draining my battery.

I have attached my battery stats. Do they look normal. And does the phone signal look normal or below normal. I think it is worth noting that I almost always have 4 bars of signal so I am not sure whats going on. I use my phone in Canada on the fido/rogers network (i believe it is the same as At&t in the states). Is there another radio I can flash or something if this is not normal (which will still work with my phone/network)?

Thanks a lot