[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PsiPhiDan:
Oh come now... Let's get real here.

Wow, this thread was an interesting read. It consists of mostly people bashing a revolutionary phone due to insecurity of their phones being surpassed, in my opinion. Let's review some facts here folks:

1) The Snapdragon S4 processor blows every processor in existence out of the water, hands down. Do your homework, look up reviews and comparisons to other processors, including the Tetra quad core. Whoever said the Snapdragon sucks... I'd read a bit more before you look foolish. If you think your E4GT has anything on this processor, you haven't looked hard yet to compare. This thing is supposed to get incredible battery life too, since it is up to 60% more efficient than the S3 chip that is in a lot of FAST phones. Please don't only look at specs like the CPU speed - not all 1.5 GHz dual core phones are made equal - not even close actually.

2) The LCD vs. SAMOLED debate is a futile effort... the LCD has advantages over the SAMOLED, and vice versa. There is no clear winner here, it all comes down to preference honestly. I can tell you that I've seen the screen on the One S, and it is pretty awesome. But it is complete CRAP compared to the screen that the One X and EVO 4G LTE are getting, so I have a feeling that I won't be complaining about the EVO screen if I upgrade to that. I've read some "professional" reviews where they have declared the One X screen the best in existence, hands down. And considering the EVO LTE will get the same screen... it is certainly not a downgrade from the E4GT. But I wouldn't go buying a new phone for that either, so this category is a wash. But the 4.7" size, while not for everyone, is very impressive looking.

3) The EVO 4G LTE has the LTE over the WiMax. Yes, it isn't everywhere yet, but major markets are getting it already. My area will have it activated the first week of May, prior to the release of the phone. I can handle that. 12 Mbps down, 6 to 7 up at a minimum I've heard, and at first I'm hearing 25+ until the market gets more saturation. I'm looking forward to that over the crappy WiMax I've experienced.

4) SD card slot, which the One S and One X don't have, will allow for 32 GB of space on top of the 16 GB internal memory, plus the 25 GB of Dropbox storage I've heard that is included. Not positive on that last part, but I know memory won't be lacking here.

5) Incredible build quality! Watch this video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlGtUPuabs&feature=relmfu

Any more questions? SOLID phone with striking look. Whether you like the look or not is up to the person, but they certainly won't blend in. The One S and One X are much cheaper feel, but they put some serious thought into this EVO. Kickstand is a very underrated feature that I use every single day. I can't have a phone without one. Yes, the non-removable battery is unfortunate, but between the efficient processor, efficient OS (ICS has way better battery life than Gingerbread from the get go), and less obtrusive Sense, this 2000 mAh battery should do pretty well. I'm convinced that the development that EVOs tend to receive will undoubtedly increase the battery life too once some custom kernels and governors get on this thing. They did this in an effort to make a sleek, thin phone, and man did they succeed here. This phone is extremely thin.

6) Sense 4.0 and its camera suite is amazing. Having tried out the One S camera, I can say that I'm very impressed. This thing can snap 4 pictures per second, and snap pictures within video (during or post-shooting). After your (max 99) consecutive shots, the software can select the best picture for you and delete all of the rest. From reviews, and people I know who've used the One S a lot, it apparently does a heck of a job with this selection too! This camera rivals the iPhone's camera, which is still one of the few things that Apple has to brag about over Android.

7) How about a dedicated camera button? That's a pretty awesome, yet simple feature. No lock screen to deal with. The camera has its own dedicated processor (count 'em, three processing cores total now) to make taking pictures blazing fast. Hit the button, and you've got the ability to take a picture within one second for your Kodak moments. Pictures snap at the blink of an eye, which is something even a lot of point-and-shoot cameras miss. The f 2.0 lens is amazingly fast, amazingly clear, and takes some REALLY impressive pictures. I'm sold here.

8) Sense 4.0 seems way less obtrusive than the 3.0 and 3.5 iterations, which is a welcomed feature. I played with the One S, and I have no issues dealing with that skin for a while while they figure out how to root and customize the phone later. This is coming from someone who flashes ROMs many times a week, and not typically Sense ones. HTC seemed to figure out that they don't have to butcher Android's OS this time, as it is pretty nice in its vanilla form!

9) The EVO development community will undoubtedly be strong here, and that is a plus over many other forms. This phone is about to take the world by storm just as the original EVO did. Will it be surpassed this year? Inevitably. So will everything else coming out this year. If you continually wait for the next best thing, you'll never buy anything. But this is the first phone in a while that I've seen that is CLEARLY going to be the greatest phone out there, and miles ahead of my OG EVO. Which is why I will likely buy one. I would wait for the S3, but from the rumored specs I've heard, there is no particular reason to wait. It seems like Samsung's flavor of this same phone. A few more megapixels? Megapixels are hardly relevant in this case - the quality of the sensor and ease of use is more important to me in this comparison. Plus, I strongly prefer HTC builds over Samsung. I've owned a few Samsung phones and didn't like them. Having said that, I think the E4GT is a great phone with a solid build by all accounts. I just don't trust them as much when it comes to build quality. And please don't go the "quad core over dual core" route here - a little more powerful GPU maybe, but the S4 is better than the Tetra 3 quad core right now, so quantity of cores is not always indicative of quality.

I'm not at all hating on the E4GT at all, and I am not saying that if I had one that I'd buy out my contract to get this. But please don't tell me that the EVO 4G LTE is not much of an upgrade from the original EVO 4G... that's a joke. S1 snapdragon compared to S4? That's a giant enough leap to justify the upgrade for me. Combined with all the rest of my points about? No competition. This phone will rock the mobile world for a while, and I'll take my chances in terms of the GSIII.

Please don't tell me I'm a HTC rep - I'm just a guy who researches everything intensely before making a purchase, and I'm strongly contemplating this phone. I like to be informed on my products, and I'm pretty certain this one is a rock solid purchase that I'll be happy with a LONG time. :)