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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rmusic2400:
Best Buy's insurance covers everything including water damage, dropped and broken, manufacturer defects, wear and tear, power surge, everything but lost or stolen. It is $9.99 a month (NO $100 DEDUCTABLE, NO DEDUCTABLE PERIOD) or you can pay the full 2 year amount up front at a discount (approx. $5 a month). If you trade in the phone before the 2 years is up they will even prorate the protection and refund you that amount as well. The only negative is; you have to wait 3-5 days for a replacement phone (remanufactured not refurbished) so if you don't have a backup phone like myself (OG Evo) then you have to use a crappy loaner phone until the new one comes in. My point is buy your phone at best buy if you can, they have the best protection availible in my opinion.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
This is a great point that just occurred to me this morning, as well. I had been leary of the OOW tag that HTC unlock puts on bootloader (even after relocking). But this morning I realized, 'wait, I have insurance, I've never ad to deal with HTC about warranty lol'.

That said, over on the one x (international) thread, I see a lot of people who do rely on HTC for maintenance and warranty, and HTC has, in many cases refused warranty coverage due to OOW relocked, even for obvious HW issues. And then charged the customer ~300$ to format the device to stock (RUU).

There are your choices and info.

sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tntsjp:
Sorry about the dumb question but what are radios? and why is updating them important?

I googled it but came up with nothing.

Thanks...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ep3n3wp:
The only thing about using best buys insurance and the HTC dev unlock... Is that when you bring your phone to best buy to get fixed they send the phone to HTC to be warrentied and repaired but if you used the dev unlock they won't repair your phone cause you voided your warranty with HTC when you entered your information to unlock your phone.

If I'm wrong about this will some one please correct me..

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Jabawockee:
The Best Buy I have in Hawaii utilizes geek squad to repair phones. If they dont have parts they order it through manufacturer. Sprint's Corporate center which is also here have they're own in house technicians to repair phones. I dont know how it works out of my state though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ep3n3wp:
Hmmmm.. weird.. I swore my best buy said that they send the phone out and that's why your with out a phone for up to 2 weeks and get a loaner phone... So I figured they send them to the manufacture to be repaired.

But at a sprint service center they fix it same day(unless they have to order you a replacement phone)
[HTC EVO 3D] jsp20:
I know I don't have a lot of posts and you guys don't see me around a lot, but I'm on this forum for a couple hours each day and I just see a TON of Apple and iPhone hate. What I don't understand is why you hate them so much. A lot of you categorize ANY iPhone user as a sheep who doesn't know that there's any other phone out there.

I have an iPhone and I can guarantee you that I'm not a sheep. I chose my 4S because the specs are great and I love iOS. I also bought an Evo 3D on ebay because I like Sense also. I use my iPhone as my main phone because it fits me best, I love the apps, and I get updates the day that they are released (ICS was released back in October, thats 7 months ago and we still don't have it on our phones!!!!). Just because I prefer a different phone than you doesn't mean that I follow everyone else. It just means I have a different preference than you.

It annoys me that the majority of users on this forum think that Apple is evil and anyone who owns an iPhone is evil as well. Why can't you accept that people have different preferences on phones and that doesn't make them sheep or stupid fanboys?

I'll probably receive a lot of trolling because of this thread, but I just wanted to get this off my chest.
[HTC EVO 3D] SoraX64:
It really goes both ways; just as you have rabid Apple fans, you have crazy Android fans. There are a lot of really immature people here who don't seem to think before they post. Many of them seem to believe that just because they decided to be different that they are better than people who purchased Apple devices.

I don't really understand why people are so insecure with their choice that they feel the need to belittle others, but they do it. Even mentioning something that iOS has over Android will provoke twenty people saying that once they overclock their phone, tweak everything, and so on, they are able to get the same performance as iOS and that Apple users are homosexuals and etc.

It's like a group of people sitting at their computers waiting for someone to say "Apple" so that they can go on about their petty little vendettas against Apple. It's like a group of children who only want to pick on each other. It's disgusting. They're just hypocrites, and not worth anyone's time.
[HTC EVO 3D] tzagar:
i completely understand you and i also dont understand why so much hate, but i think it is more between samsung and apple users XD i also like iphone, ios and sense but i dont like small screens, so thats reason why i never even thought about buying and iphone xD but if there will be iphone with bigger screen, ill consider about buying it, but ill keep my evo :D
[HTC EVO 3D] zcink:
I Personally don't like Apple or any of their products. Never owned one and never will, I'm proud to say so.

I will say they are very good at what they do. When the IPhone first came out, it was very impressive.

You are right, it is just a matter of preference. Most people on here like HTC phones. I'm sure if go on IPhone forums and start talking about HTC phones, they will hang you out to dry.
[HTC EVO 3D] Riff76:
The name calling specifically sheep, has mostly been in jest

The recent hate is justified though. These lawsuits apple has been filing are for the most part frivolous because the wacked patent system in the US. The EVO 4G LTE was delayed because apple claimed it infringed on one of its patents. HTC found a workaround to avoid using the patent but even so one unit per shipment of phones has to be examined by US Customs thus delaying the phone some more.

Important to note that iPhone 5 is being held up or delayed to workaround 5 patents HTC owns.

Both companies have been suing each other. However one has been a royal douche. One of the companies says the other blatantly copied the former while in fact the former ripped off features from the latter in its last major OS update. If you haven't noticed, the former is Apple and the latter is HTC. It's appalling because Apple is making more money than ever and can't be happy with that.

For me, I say screw the patent system and let all the companies out innovate each other, that way the consumer wins.

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[HTC EVO 3D] ace9988:
i refer to the sheep as those who buy it for posing around with....then when they see another phone they start moaning that the iphone can't do this and that and the other. And the fact that people complain about the monthly prices after buying them and signing the extortionate contract.

Also i don't like the fact that how some iphone users seem to belittle others by very slyly implying their phone's better by doing this that and what have you, and if you argue...it doesn't go down well with them.

Again this is only for the minority who own idevices but the minority is making their voices heard and the majority who buy and iphone and get on with their life suffer.

THAT WAS THE USERS.....NOW THE ACTUAL PHONE

I like what they've done, its pretty much bought that section of the market along with the rest of the competition to the mainstream. the phone specs right now are good...the original bunch of iphones not having 3g and multi-tasking? wtf to that decision....but anyways they learnt. I myself am thinking about getting an ipad 2 soon (depends on a few things....not $) because it is way ahead of anything for now.

the lawsuits don't help, i dont care whether its for stopping products or the conspiracy of giving them publicity. they need to stop because its a bad PR for anyone, including the consumer.
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
Welcome to XDA, can't even refer people here because it's a bunch of 2 year old out trolling the other.

On a OP note. Apple has to be doing something right. They customer service rates are so much higher. I loved my iPhone. Yes we don't have ics yet but who cares. The ONLY beef I have with my current setup is sprint. I know not HTC's fault. I can not stand having to download a video to watch it because it's faster to do that then stream one. All in all HTC ftw on AT&T network? Lolz
[HTC EVO 3D] notsointeresting:
I own an iPhone and iPod. Daily devices have always been Android phones though. It's all preference. I need the Open Source nature of Android.

Some people are better suited for an ios device.

Being called a sheep isn't technically inaccurate as a majority of ios users don't believe in much else besides the device they have.

I don't agree with fanboyism though, It's annoying and immature, but it'll always continue.
[HTC EVO 3D] piscesjoey:
Apple are marketing geniuses. I don't get into the fanboy wars between either OS, but my problem with Apple is the way they lock down their OS & the choice of apps, or rather I say users have no free choice of apps cuz they only get what Apple feels is good for them. Now they have amazing hardware, but the cost for it isn't worth it IMO since they're paying way less for the parts & production of their products.
[HTC EVO 3D] jsp20:
I completely agree, unfortunately the stuck up people from either side are the ones who let themselves be heard. I see Apple fans also hate on Android a lot and I really don't see why everyone can't accept that other phones and OS's are really cool.

It's definitely worse between Apple and Samsung, but I still see stuff between HTC guys and Apple guys. I can kinda see the Samsung thing because they have actually taken ideas from Apple, but HTC? I think Apple and HTC are the best two phone companies out there. The screen doesn't really bother me, but I would like a bigger one.

I hear you, and its nice to see that there are a lot of people here who have common sense! :) Lawsuits are annoying, I hope the patent system changes
[HTC EVO 3D] ubcwigwam:
http://www.impactlab.net/2010/07/03/iphone-vs-htc-evo-cartoon-video-may-get-best-buy-employee-fired/

This video pretty much sums up the attitude of a lot (not ALL) of Apple users. This is why I will never buy an Apple product. At first, yeah, the iPhone was cool. Now there are much better devices (technically speaking) that do much more, yet "Oh my God look mommy it's an iPhone!" is still heard everywhere as if it's some sort of magical device. I suppose my hatred for Apple products stems from irritation from ignorant consumers who simply get on my nerves.
[HTC EVO 3D] crolikman:
The reason why there are people who have issues with Apple is simple: Apple has become an icon of Corporate World. Yes, corporations are evil and after Steve Jobs has resigned from Apple even more people have turned against Apple. By buying an iPhone you support the wealth-culture that thrives on social inequalities created and sustained by global corporations. There is nothing wrong about hate towards corporations and those who support them. It is only natural.

In fact Android (while being not so different from Apple in its core) still represents all those have-nots who deserve just as much as their wealthy counterparts.

As for homosexuals and iPhones, well...this is obvious: they have become the driving force of the trend-over-intelligence kind of tendency that have only added more crap to already TV-brainwashed minds of the general North American population. Another thing homosexuals should have never done was occupying the entire artistic and design-related industries and forcing all the talented straight folks out of the market to completely eradicate even the possibility of having a healthy competition that can damage their reputation as the only worthy artists on the planet.

Now the iPhone owners are called sheep because of that very trend-over-intelligence choice the majority of them have made when they chose to buy iPhone. Did you notice that all these crappy musicians and graphic artists turn to Apple computers not because of the fact that those are the most optimized for the industry tools, but simply because they are the most expensive ones? Just like the worst musicians always own the most expensive instruments that money can buy.
[HTC EVO 3D] piscesjoey:
Apple theirselves are some cocky & egotistical assholes, just look at how they handled antenna-gate from the iPhone 4
[HTC EVO 3D] Palirna:
Strange, I am not noticing much hate for iPhone here.. Perhaps I am visiting non-haters forums :-)))) In my opinion people who like OS that is pretty easy to use prefer iPhone, people who like tweaking go for Android :) And I think that lot of (not all though) iPhone users are just posers :)

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead...
[HTC EVO 3D] zcink:
Haha that video was good. Made me laugh.
[HTC EVO 3D] piscesjoey:
That's why I will NEVER buy a mac, & why? What can it do that Windows can't do? They're just paying an extra 5-700 more bucks for a pretty GUI.
[HTC EVO 3D] spyderdadon:
I personally don't like the iphone because 1. The screen is tiny 2. They want to charge you for every and anything (including help)smh 3. It's very easy to break and 4. All roads lead to apples wallet, they limit you to only the apps and music they want you to have! I do believe apple is evil and don't care about there consumers at all. Yeah ics isn't here yet but android phones still have better costumer assistance. I bought a g5 apple for thousands of dollars just to find out its incompatible with lots of things including websites like netflix for example and can't even be updated therefor I have to spend a few more thousand for a new one... **** apple!

*Bang Bang Big Bad Galaxy Note Gang*
[HTC EVO 3D] - Swift -:
I love when iOS haters say that flash is old and they don't need it.

When nearly every damn website has flash content!!!"
[HTC EVO 3D] iAreBeRtii:
Personally I like the iPhone only when it's jailbroken because I need the freedom. Other than that to me the iPhone is complete garbage. But hey that's just me xD
[HTC EVO 3D] Big Dawg 23:
I have both Android and IPS devicrs(phone, iPod & ipad). Both have pluses and minuses. The frivalous lawsuits by all companies is getting annoying.

Pluses to Android is the openness. I use my phone for work and personal. I want to be able to have the option to block calls with a white list and also block calls permanently. I jailbroke my iPhone but it had several app issues. Once I returned to stack all issues went away.

Minuses for Android is background bugs that lead to severe battery drains. Some of the apps on Android are not as nice as iOS.

Pluses for iPhones are accessory like extended life batteries as a case and battery as one
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
You're stupid dude everyone everywhere fits a stereotype it has been around forever. Get off the high horse and stop acting as if you don't label people yourself. If you claim you don't you're a liar to yourself and to others. Because guess what your sitting there now stereotyping all of us as idiots and what not. Talk about hypocrisy at its Damn finest.
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
And:

A lot of the reasons that people on here hate Apple is because of the petty lawsuits against HTC and other companies for using patents of theory that still apply to almost every other electronic device, yet they target HTC because they are their biggest competitor, and because apple is closed source keeping all the stuff hidden from the public so they cannot improve on it or see what exactly is in the OS, unlike Android.

Personally, those are the 2 main reasons why I hate apple, yes they did revolutionize the mobile phone and tablet market, but that doesn't give them the right to act like some god that can run the government buying out whatever it takes to get their lawsuits going or the customs block going, or w/e.

But this is very much a flamefest, gotta close it sorry.
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Just wanted to drop my two pennies in here.

First off, yes I don't like apple's business practices. However they make quality stuff, to say they don't is just ignorant (and ignorant is not an insult but a correct adjective).

Apple is awesome.. For some people.. Yes, there are apple Dicks out there, but we live on a forum filled with android Dicks. For every ignorant apple user, I can find an ignorant android user. The problem is over saturation of smart phones on the market.

Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean you need to trash it. It's not for you, we get it. I couldn't use an iPhone, it's not for me, but I don't trash them. We all are different and we all like different things. Deal with it.

Again my pennies, I don't see a problem with discussions of this nature, but you can't go around flaming each other for your opinions.
[HTC EVO 3D] VladBelsky:
The "MAJORITY" of users on here? You are making an assumption and making your post sound hypocritical.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mr Paul:
What annoyed me the other day was a friend at work got a new Sony Arc S and said they only got it because they couldn't "afford" an iPhone.

Which is the "thing" people seem to have with Apple products, they somehow believe they cost more because they are better and IMHO they are not. but hey ho ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
Your generalizing, I have a grip of friends that own iPhones and agree that Apple is the devil. They aren't brainless. But for them, light leaks, sucky battery and no push is the reason they deal with it.

On the other hand, I find is hilarious people here on XDA are like "AH MAH GAWD, LOLZ YOU FOOLS HAFTA JAIL BREAK DA IPHONE TO GET IT CUSTOMIZABLE HAHA LOLZ1! 1! 1! 1!! 1"

Newsflash, the 3D blows if not rooted, aswell as 99% of Android os devices. So, that argument is completely retarded, and absolutely irrelevant.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mr Paul:
My 3D is not rooted and its just fine ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
Yes, the 3D I'm on now isn't either, my point was HTC dumbed down the phone. Cpu wise. To unleash it fully, have to root. Better battery? Root. The list goes on.

Don't get me wrong impression about HTC fan for life, unless by some miracle apple sends me heaven in a phone. I'm only giving my opinion on both sides of the field.
[HTC EVO 3D] bimboy56:
I don't hate iPhone nor iOS, what I just don't like is the mentality of both Apple and its users (though not all). In fact, Im amazed how stable iOS is. But I find it stupid why everything is so restricted, and I also hate the users who think that when they buy an apple product, its the the best among the rest (I want to ask them how many they've tried), when Apple launches an update or a new software for their products, they think it is a first of its kind and so revolutionary (Apple is doing this as well). The products that they make are great, but users are so easy to manipulate to the point that they treat Apple as superior to all, which I find it quite annoying to the point that I want to "educate them".

They also bash Android as having fragmentation which ,IMO, isn't really happening.

In the end, it's the knowledge of the users to the given product and the given company which I hate.

- My 2 cents :)
[HTC EVO 3D] zcink:
Isn't APPLE the root of all Evil?

Didn't Eve eat the apple and plunge all mankind into sin and death?
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
Well, just like some people are saying. IPhone users love their iPhones. Android users love their androids and know how much iPhone users are missing out on. And to compare android updates to ios updates saying that its been 7 months and we don't have ics officially but my iPhone has the latest is pretty rediculous when u think about it. An iPhone is an iPhone. When it releases a new operating system(or a higher number of the same software), u only have the iPhone to put it on.

How many different manufactures make iPhone? How many different manufactures make android devices? There are so many different hardware versions of android and that is why it takes time to trickle down the line.

So if u love your iPhone good for u. Don't worry about what everyone else thinks about it. I will never choose iPhone over android unless the screen is increased and the software is finally updated with something more than just a version number.

I think it boils down to android users wanting to play so much with the software. If u just want to use Ur phone then iPhone is fine for u I guess.
[HTC EVO 3D] louforgiveno:
Let's not forget itunes just to transfer media to the phone. LAME
[HTC EVO 3D] zcink:
Oh yeah, forgot about itunes. Hate it!

Does the IPhone come with a user replaceable battery now or do you still have to send it to apple to be replaced? (because having to send your phone in to apple just to get a new battery is ridiculous).
[HTC EVO 3D] ubcwigwam:
Dont' get me started on iTunes!! :mad: My God what an overly-complicated way to transfer music. Any time I'm tempted to look at an Apple product I just think about how much iTunes pisses me off and that always snaps me back to reality. Drag and drop with Android is so simple.
[HTC EVO 3D] sailio:
I barf on apple... Look what they did to HTC..
[HTC EVO 3D] starplaya93:
People who blatantly discredit apple and defame them because of their own insecurities and "superiority complexes" are just as ignorant as the apple users who think every android device is zee new iphone 7...If anything theyy are worse because they actually think they know wtf they are talking about.

Anybody who cant see that apple is as successful as they are for a good reason is a fool and should be ashamed in calling themselves "tech savvy" because nothing could be further from the truth...

With that being said, I dont like or purchase apple products but nor am I big enough of a prick to call all apple users ignorant sheep...People around here throw around their dumb-ass opinions just to feel relevant without realizing that a lot of us have friends and family who actually own and enjoy apple products.

Everybody KNOWS FOR A FACT BEYOND ANY DOUBT that they are right. Thats how humanity has always been and it's the epitome of ignorance.
[HTC EVO 3D] louforgiveno:
Well lets just play a game here....

1. What platform would Jesus choose? --my guess, Android

2. Thomas Edison? --I'm saying iPhone......to lead into...

3. Tesla? --Android !

4. Batman? --I'm thinking iPhone (that one stings a little) lol

5. The girl from the movie Witness with Harrison Ford? --2 cans and a string :D
[HTC EVO 3D] zcink:
There is going to be a major War

Forget about clearing the land of Indians and putting them on reservations.

Forget about north and south going to war over slavery.

Forget about fighting the Nazis.

Forget about Fukushima #4 ready to blow, spewing radiation all over the USA.

Forget about the fact the entire US economy is on the brink of total collapse.

This War is going to be about Iphone customers against HTC phone customers.
[HTC EVO 3D] tzagar:
Well i agree with you about htc and apple :) i really dont like crapsung i mean samsung (feels like they are made of cheap plastic xD), my friend bought galaxy note and few days after i bought sensation xe (i gave it to my mother because i bought evo 3d and it feels smoother :D) and sensation xe and my evo looks better than my friends galaxy note and he took more care of his phone than i do xD but i dont knoe how is this with iphones, i only had few ipods, but i sold ipod touch when i bought sensation xe, htc phones are far better than samsung or apple, but thats only my opinion :)
[HTC EVO 3D] louforgiveno:
My friend has a 4s and it feels nice, I like the incorporation of metal, it's small but solid feeling. It's camera is better (front cam and back) and has a higher screen res which also looks nice. I would still never trade my Evo 3D for an iPhone 4s because I like my phone and what it offers.

I'll also add in that most of my Aunts all have iPhones. FACT :D