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[General Questions and Answers] heroisnotdead:
GPS

Which ever phone has superior GPS performance (northeast US) is the one I'm going to keep. I really wanted to get a galaxy nexus but after the horrible GPS experience on the epic 4g touch, I'm not so sure. It's odd because the GPS on my S2 gt-i9100 has never been issue. Quick, stable and reliable in any conditions no matter where I held it or placed it. Seems like you have to shake dead chickens and spit nickels over the E4GT to get it to lock on stay locked.

Le sigh. If anyone gets around to it before me; please do post your gps findings.
[General Questions and Answers] cherylbaker:
are these things true?????? You cannot take the battery out of the evo???? all previous evo you could.. this is a deal breaker for me. I have always had a second battery for when the first one died.. I thought BOTH had 1gb of ram????

I also read somewhere here that there are already hacks for the s3????

these are all bad news.. I LOVE sence.. I bought the origonal evo and than have upgraded everytime a new evo has come out. to leave htc would be hard.. But if you cannot take the battery out and if the s3 does have more ram... I also heard stories that the evo is having signal problems???

I am buying one and also am torn between which one..

I would love to hear from evo4g lte people on if you can actually read the screen outside in the run or not?? This is one thing that has always bothered me..

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] slayer69:
You do know that you can have a SIRI like app on any android for free right? It was out long before SIRI ever was launched on ICRAP. The app is called Voice Actions (Jeannie). I was hanging out with my brother and his icrap 4 whatever and we both were playing with the app and it kicked SIRI's ass hands down.
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Icrap. Lol

They've launched a maps app and I was laughing my butt off the way it sucks.
[General Questions and Answers] jdm knowledge:
I got a pre-ordered EVO LTE and i was loving it...until a couple days ago. It just resets itself during phone calls. I was literally talking to my wife about 30 min ago and it reset 3 times during the conversation. She got annoyed and decided to end her conversation with me early. Sh!t, that was a plus though. I have had about 10 resets in the past 3 days. It does reboot quickly but umm wtf. And how convenient my 14 days is up or will be in a day.
[General Questions and Answers] cherylbaker:
evo4g lte

well I broke down and went to the store and bought one. so far I am not happy.. Dont get me wrong the screen is awwwsome and it looks so sleek and pretty.. But I do not like the new layout. You cannot change those 4 buttons.. what kind of crap is that.. I do not like how you now scroll left to right in the apps instead of up and down like the older phones did. BUT the WORSE thing of all is not being able to move cards to the sd card. When I told my husband he thought I was just uninformed. Thats stupid... why on earth did they do that.. Now my question is.. is this going to be the same for the sIII??? I am going to install as many apps as I can and see how many I can fit and what happens.. I have this HUGE sd card for just this purpose.. sigh..
[General Questions and Answers] diegocapassi:
Someone could tell me if I have the possibilities to join an imported phone in Italy?

I'd like to buy HTC evo let 4g from America but...can I join with it?

Tha.ks

And,other one: can I apply a custom sense 4 Rom to Samsung galaxy s3?

Please,I have to chose my next phone: mine dhd is near to the end....
[General Questions and Answers] lghitis:
HTC evo

I played with the HTC evo and returned it because of one single issue. While in a phone call, the phone would go to sleep ( screen off) inmediately afterwards ( with 10 min setup), so I had to press on top to wake it up when I had to press a number on the dialpad. After 2 minutes or so in a conversatrion, the phone would lock with the screen off and could not turn it on, so I could not hung up. After talking to HTC and Sprint support, they concluded that the sensor that turns the screen off when in proximity to the face, was defective. Is this an issue with the evo's? I have the old evo and sometimes I have a similar problem.

The phone is great, the camera is outstanding, and feels great. Screen is superbright and sorage is good.

The phone has a micro SD card, which I understand that is only to store media and not appliocations, but has an internal memory or storage of 16gb.

I will wait and hear about the S3.

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I have a samsung tablet 7 plus, which has a MicroSD card and it only for media, like music , pics or video.

I imagine that the S3 will be the same.
[General Questions and Answers] Biker1:
The Evo 4G LTE doees not have a removeable battery, although users have said that the built in batery life is very good.

I have carried spare batteries with me for years. Always need them for that 'Just in Case' scenario. Gotta have Juice :D

The International S3 has 1GB RAM

The Sprint version will have 2GB RAM.

I believe the Variants for ATnT, Verizon and maybe T-Mobile also have 2GB RAM, But that has to be checked out.

I've read that 1GB RAM is allocated for TW, But I have to check this out.

I read that the SD Card on the Evo 4G LTE can only store Media Files, not Apps.

I have to check into this though.

The S3 (USA Version) will also have 2 options for Internal Storage capacity:

16GB - $199.99

32GB - $249.99

No 64GB option though.

But with 32GB on board, and up to 64GB on the external SD card, I think most people will be good to go with 96GB of storage capacity ;)

Anyway, there you have it.

I look forward to seeing the S3 in-store.

But if LTE isn't online shortly, what's the sense of an LTE Device, if you're already getting WiMax, and would have to give up 4G, and wait until LTE is up & running?

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I believe that is an HTC 'feature' regarding not being able to move Apps to the SD Card.

I am unsure why this has been done.

Samsung does not restrict their Customers in this way, and you'll be able to move the Apps to the SD Card, up to 64GB.

The S3 will also have an Internal Storage capacity option of 16GB or 32GB.

$199.99 & $249.00 respectively.
[General Questions and Answers] lorentholcke:
I now own the Evo LTE and have to say that it is quite impressive. Battery life has been way better than expected. As an example, I ran navigation on it for a little over three hours while streaming pandora, took about 80 photos at a museum, made a couple of quick phone calls, some internet browsing, and despite my efforts to kill the battery, I made it to 9pm before it decided to shut down. I wanted a removable battery but after seeing how this phone performs, for me it is no longer an issue.

When it comes to needing to move apps to sd, I am coming from the evo 4g in which it seemed I needed to move everything to the sd. Now I have so much room that I have no idea what to do with it. I do have a 32gb card in it for music and photos so I don't have any issues with space for apps.

I too do not like the horizontal scrolling in the app tray. I am refraining from rooting for the time being so the app launcher Nova has been amazing. I have tried Apex launcher but for me, Nova seems to be smoother with some extra features that I wanted like landscape homepages when the phone rotates. Both launchers give the option of changing the app drawer to vertical scrolling and resizeable widgets which really urkes me about sense.

Camera- I have to say I am really impressed with the camera. I am not sure how the photos from the S3 will look but the camera in this phone is far beyond my expectations.

I also would like to mention that between touchwiz and sense, I would choose sense. I prefer a stock google experience but this is also just my opinion.

Both seem like they will be about the same price. I only bit the bullet on the Evo LTE because best buy offered too many incentives for getting one. After upgrading, I paid $50 for the phone because I got $50 off for pre-ordering, $50 for a phone freedom thing, and $50 buy back of my old evo.

In the long run, both phones are nice but may come down to a good hands on experience that would sway your decision.

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] bigjodaflo:
If you would like to connect to the internet with any sense of consistency, then you need to get the hell away from Samsung.

My experience with the ET4G (even with it customized to hell) is that the radio is about as reliable as the one in my Pocket PC 8600. That is not an understatement.

If I go to walk the dog, the browser will literally go "connection cannot be found" or "server timeout" on this ****ty radio driver - My EVOs with all radios on seamlessly switched in the middle of loading web pages, movies, etc.

With the Samsung tech, you have to back out of the program, go to another page first, or hit refresh 5-20 times and pray.

If you browse at ALL - get an HTC - the radio is so far ahead of Samsung - why???

because they've been making smart phones since before Apple and Samsung knew what a smartphone was

Oh and I live in Houston, TX - Sprint's #1 city for its existence.
[General Questions and Answers] diegocapassi:
But,anyway,could use an imported phone in Italy? Some problems on umts,or something like this......big....any help?

Nice day alls You
[General Questions and Answers] treblesum81:
I've also got this choice to make and after reading through a lot of posts, I've not seen all of my questions / concerns mentioned. I'm coming from an Epic 4G, which I've regretted buying almost since the day I got it. Its been unstable, unreliable, and flimsy to the point that I'm on my 5th replacement in 2 years. As a result, I'm leaning away from Samsung now that its time to upgrade, but I still can't be sure I'm making the right choice. The things I'm holding most important in the new phone are:

Reliability / Durability - I'm not super hard on my phones, but little plastic pieces shooting out of it when I use an air duster on it is pathetic, and I've had 2 warranty replacements as a result of the micro-usb connector disconnecting inside the phone.

Manufacturer / Carrier product support - Nothing quite so frustrating as watching more common / higher sale volume products get updates every 5 minutes (at least thats what it seemed like), while Sprint held off month after month to update my more "niche" phone.

Developer community support - If I don't immediately root my phone when I get home from the store, I will do it at the latest after the 30 day exchange policy is past since I've got absolutely no patience for factory installed bloatware. I'd like to know that I'm getting a popular enough phone that there will be a strong dev community supporting it for a long time.

Higher sales volume - I had to get my phone replaced after about 9 months and because there just weren't that many produced in the first place, what should have been a quick in-store replacement, or at most a couple of days waiting for delivery from the warehouse turned into a 2-week ordeal of waiting for the backordered phone to become available. I want to be sure that even two years down the road, I'm not going to end up waiting for weeks to get a new phone if it breaks.

I'm hoping someone who has experience with each, or both, phones can speak to any of these issues since I haven't seen them mentioned anywhere just yet. I do understand that the S3 will have more RAM, and, though I'm not sure if it will have the dual or the quad core processor, I've found that my level of usage probably won't need the bleeding-edge in performance. I use my phone mostly for communications, though I do use the web a lot and also play a game here and there. Last time I got what was supposed to be the bleeding-edge and I ended up with a POS, so I'm perfectly willing to go for a little less performance if it means I will have a stable phone that won't break from normal usage.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] diegocapassi:
Nobody could help me to know if I can join an imported phone,HTC or sg3,in Italy?

Thanks.. .
[General Questions and Answers] rajendrakumardbg:
My vote goes for s3
[General Questions and Answers] Biker1:
I have the Samsung Epic 4G Touch on Sprint, which is by far, the Best phone I've ever owned. Got it back in October 2011, 8 months ago, and haven't been at all disappointed. Build quality, display, functions, etc. and am very satisfied.

I look forward to seeing the S3 in store, and checking out its capabilities and features. Hopefully it will equal and surpass the quality and function of the SE4GT.

As I mentioned previously, I had the Evo 4G prior. Got that HTC back in June of 2011, a year after it came out, and that device, at the time, was Fantastic, and I looked forward to the next HTC to supercede it. But then the Evo 3D came out, and after seeing it in store, I was like, wtf?? Didn't do a thing for me.

I then saw the SET4G and was blown away.

Soon I'll purchase another device, and if the S3 continues in the footsteps of the SE4GT, that will be my next device

Now only if Sprint can get their LTE network up and running within a reasonable period of time
[General Questions and Answers] kilbyfaith:
I carried the original evo for a year and a half. I then switched to the evo 3d, used it for two months, then went to the galaxy s2. I LOVED my galaxy s2 so much I got one for my husband and my daughter. Great screen resolution, and I didn't use touch wiz I used adw launcher anyway. I got the galaxy s2 about two weeks before it released to the public, (I work for sprint and went to the training) and since I got it, I also have gotten an iPhone and then just last month the galaxy nexus. Both times I went back to my s2. I'm telling you all this because since it came out, I haven't liked another phone. I will tell you, the radio is definitely not as strong in any Samsung device. I hated the moment, and hated it because my gps never worked. Now even on a new phone, both the s2 and the galaxy nexus, the gps still is very weak. Before the s2 I was an HTC person all the way. And well, now I'm back to it. I LOVE the LTE, it's a great phone. I never have radio issues, dropped calls, weak gps, nothing. HTC has much better quality devices, and that's why I always have stuck with them. Yes, the s3 has great features, and the s-voice, but along with those features is a larger battery drain. Thise features always running, even if dormant, are using the battery. I get thru the day without charging on my LTE. At first I hated the thought of no removal battery, but, that's what I carry insurance for if there is an issue. And I have had none. And just so you know, I paid for my phone it wasn't given to me like the nexus or the s2 were. I signed a contract to receive the phone I wanted. I thought of waiting for the s3 to be released but, as I said, HTC all the way. I need my GPS and I can't handle dropped calls, and in the compile weeks I've had my phone I've had none of those issues. I've always had them on Samsung. And if they didn't fix it with all their devices even up until the galaxy nexus that's two months old, I doubt they fixed it in the s3. I'll tell you in a few days though.
[General Questions and Answers] Biker1:
I had an Evo 4G, and loved it, then I had the Samsung Epic 4G Touch.

That was even better.

Samsung is a great device, But I saw the HTC Evo 4G LTE, and am in love with HTC all over again.

It's display is beyond compare.

It feels like cotton candy in your hand.

It is built like a Sherman Tank, yet is buttery soft in your hand.

With the 2000mAh built in battery, it can run for days, with heavy usage.

Sense is Phenomenal on the HTC.

HTC is beyond reproach.

A removeable battery in the S3 is not good because it collects dust and water because it is not a sealed unit like the HTC.

The S3 may be thinner, but the HTC feels so much smaller in the hand.

The design of the HTC is world class quality. The S3 is not so good in design.

The S3 has a 32GB option, but the HTC has 2GB of Dropbox, and more internal memory is not necessary.

The HTC is a Fantastic Device and the S3 is not so good.

HTC all the way!?

I thought I'd never purchase another HTC device after experiencing the Phenomenal Samsung.

But the HTC beckoned me, and I heard its Calling.

The rest, as they say, is History!!

The above has been sarcasm :D

I will post a link to the Propaganda Sheets that HTC is supplying to their Sales Force, regarding what to say to Customers,and how to counterpoint those who say the S3 has some better options and features than the EVO One. Looks like HTC is more than a little worried lol!

It is one of the most ridiculous things I've read in a long while!

Here ya go.

Some of HTCs counterpoints just wants to make you roll on the floor LYAO!

I mean, come on.

Some of HTCs statement are just Laughable.

Both devices are very good, and the choice will be based on personal preferences.

http://androidandme.com/2012/06/sma...ims-the-one-x-bests-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
[General Questions and Answers] kilbyfaith:
Oh....

And YES you can have apps on your SD card with the LTE
[General Questions and Answers] soonerdroid:
EVO 4G LTE Screen Over Saturation Problem

Are none of you EVO 4G LTE users having the screen over saturation problem that seems to be plaguing many users? There's a red tint to the screen, and is easily noticeable when you take a picture of someone and look at their skin, it will have a red tint to it. Click the link below, and you'll find some forums discussing this issue. SGS3 for me...

https://www.google.com/search?q=htc...a:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active
[General Questions and Answers] Biker1:
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/426262#426262
[General Questions and Answers] soonerdroid:
Or click Biker1's link. :)
[General Questions and Answers] nokios:
I have been reading reviews on the Evo 4G LTE for a week or two now, and while many of them are reporting either signal issues or screen saturation issues, take them all with a grain of salt.

This phone, and the S3, are both brand spanking new, and almost every new release of any hardware will have initial hiccups.

If you read through the same things I have read, you will see some people are problem free, while others are just full of them, in regards to their EVO 4G LTE. I have an HTC EVO 4G, and I don't even use the 4G. What a waste. Sprint's WiMAX network was never very solid for me, and a battery hog... I certainly hope their LTE is better.

All of this being said, you really need to play with both in the store. When you make your decision, make sure to play with your phone and push it to its limits. Don't be afraid to take it back to the store if you're feeling less than 100% satisfied... they may replace it for you on the spot.

I am going to wait til the S3 hits the stores, and then I will play with both at the store before upgrading. I could care less about LTE not being ready yet, since I don't even use their current 4G network.

good luck in your shopping, and remember, only YOU can decide which phone is best for you.

One more thing... If you really seriously need a spare battery, then the EVO LTE isn't for you. I am almost always near a power source (car, work, home), so my phone can be charged easily... i have a cable in my laptop bag that I carry with me to work, and then I have the wall charger that came with the phone. Don't let the integrated battery scare you - iPhone's all have it.
[General Questions and Answers] soonerdroid:
Very true nokios, but I don't know that I would take the screen over saturation problem with a grain of salt. How many people that have knowledge of this problem, would go to a store to check the phone out, and while checking the phone out, they verify that phone's having the problem would go ahead and buy one? I don't know of many people that buy things after they've found a flag raising issue while testing it out.
[General Questions and Answers] nokios:
When I say with a grain of salt, I mean, don't take their reviews as the rule. Screen colors are a matter of preference. If you get a phone and you don't like it, you can return it.

That's my point... some people are okay with those colors, many aren't. go check your phone out for yourself. And if the one you just bought looks bad, then tell your sales rep that you don't want that phone because of its colors.
[General Questions and Answers] treblesum81:
I would also point out that issues like this get an artificial boost in notoriety due to the fact that people post them online. Its pretty rare for the average user without any problems to post up a thread just saying that they aren't having any problems at all, so while maybe 1%-5% (arbitrary numbers) might be having this issue, the other 95%-99% remain mostly silent.
[General Questions and Answers] Biker1:
The fact that iPhones have an integrated battery doesn't mean too much to me. The iPhone is thick enough to house an Elephant.

HTC said (I believe it was HTC) that they can make their devices more streamlined, and/or thinner with the integrated battery. Bull****!

The S3 not only is thinner (moot point, as the difference is minimal, but using for purposes of contradiction,) But the S3's Removeable Battery is 2100mAh, not 2000mAh, like the HTC's built in.

I know there are those that say their HTC can run for days on one charge, so maybe the removeable battery isn't an issue, although I think these type of statements may be subjective ;)

Either way, both devices are high end, and I look forward to seeing the S3 in person.

The Brightness/Contrast of the HTC Evo 4G LTE, in-store, compared side by side to my Samsung Epic 4G Touch, left me not that impressed, at least regarding that comparison.