[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iBustCh3rries:
I'm new to the LTEVO and would like to say whats up to everyone, and then weigh in on the Samsung vs. HTC debate that seems to be going on here.

Sup!

Now that that's done. I've own all of the Major Galaxy Devices with the exception of the GS3 (GO GS T-Mobile, GS2 Sprint, GNex Sprint) and I love love love the build quality of the phones. are they made of plastic? Absolutely! Do they feel cheap? not buy a long shot! Not only do they not feel cheap they are as durable as The Hulk. My Galaxy S Vibrant had fell face down in the road and my drive more times then I care to count with no case or screen protector and only had minimal damage when I sold it. I managed to crack my screen on my GS2 but got a replacement screen for it and decided I needed protection for my phones after that. Sammy's are light and designed beautifully ( I love the power button being on the right side of the phone just in reach for your thumb.

Now TouchWiz has come a long way since the the early days of Samsung and Google's partnership. I think (and this is just my opinion) that TWiz has surpassed Sense in terms of grab and go functionality for a Andoird newbie Twiz 4.0 was pretty awesome and the new UI is even better. That being said I hate all android overlays and wish they all would just use AOSP from the get go or atleast give you the option when you power the phone up for the first time.

So you think this is an HTC bashing post (keep in mind I own the LTEVO) I've owned several HTC phones as well (G1, HERO GSM, HD2, Mytouch 4g) and They phones feel a lot more sturdy in hand because they are usually mostly metal but at the same time they are heavier than a Sammy. and not that I'm thinking about I've had more build quality issues with my HTC phones then my Sammy's be it paint chipping, battery cover bending or breaking and parts/buttons failing. but they just feel better in hand because of they way they are usually beautifully designed and built.

Now Sense to me has never been much of a joy. I feel it is a battery killer and just Clunky with the exception of Sense 4.0 which seems to run pretty damn smooth. But again I just really wish they would do away with the overlays and give you the options when you purchase the phone.

So to the answer the question the OP ask, No I don't regret getting this phone over the GS3 with the exception of an extra GB of RAM (which will more than likely be needed during the life span of the phone) I don't see any real hardware differences. I picked this phone over the GS3 because I haven't had a sense based phone in a while. As soon as a bug free version of ANY AOSP based ROM is released I will flash it just like I did with all of my GS phones and unlock the true potential of this phone and ICS/JB which ever it is released under.

For those wondering why I went from and Gnex which is purely AOSP to a Overlay phone it because the Gnex is just way to under powered to be considered a true Nexus phone. The GPU is just abysmal and the CPU leaves a lot to be desired. Not only that but there was not a lot of devs from sprint working on the phone most of the devs were from the GSM or VZW version and ported them over to be nice, not to say that there weren't any devs at all because shabbypenguin helped get the first JB rom running for the phone which is awesome btw!!! but there wasn't enough development on the phone for me to justify keeping this under powered developers phone.

Anyways I hope I didn't piss off or offend anyone. Just one mans views. You don't have to like them :)