[EVO 4G General] lemonspeakers:
My first impression of the evo 4g when I played with it at Sprint. I was the first one in the store so I was first to use their demo unit. The unit they had was not tied down to a table and a chord. The rep was holding it in his pocket. Being first means no one has been able to mess it up(unless reps did) before I got a hold of it. These were my impression coming from the HD2.

1)	The back feels more rounded. It feels more like I was holding the iphone 3gs where the back cover is curved. The hd2 feels more sharp after holding the evo4g.

2)	The kick stand is spring-loaded! Awesome. I liked it. The whole kick stand felts very durable. It feels like it was made from good metal and not some cheap one. It didn’t wobble. It was sturdy! This is important! Awesome kickstand I thought! If I was able to break the kick stand and held it alone in my hand, I would assume it weighs quite a bit for its size.

3)	Back battery cover feels cheap. It can flex like the same material as the incredible. In terms of material coating, its not like the hd2 where its rubberized and gives a good grip. It feels just like regular plastic. It’s not coated with anything special.

a.	But unless you pop it out of the evo, you’d never be able to tell that it feels like cheap plastic. And when you have the back cover on the device, the whole device feels solid

b.	The back cover doesn’t seem to be completely flushed with the seams. With the back cover on, I was still able to gently press the cover down to make it more flushed.

4)	The circles around the capacitive buttons and the front speaker are SILVER. It’s not white like you see on a lot of pictures.

5)	Light bleeds out of the bottom where the entire front glass meets the evo’s housing. There’s some sort of gap that should have been sealed. Very noticeable bleed especially since the light in the store wasn’t dimmed. Not deal breaking, but come on’ htc.

6)	The front entire glass isn’t flushed at the top two corners near the word “hTc” and “sprint” -they sink down a bit unlike the glass near the capacitive buttons where it’s fully flushed. If I ran mu finger across the device, I could feel the evo’s housing when I hit the edge. Not deal breaking but just a matter of personal preference. Most people wouldn’t even know if I didn’t point this out. Im just very anal about every minor detail in terms of hardware build.

7)	The volume rocker buttons are awesome. They don’t wiggle/jiggle or anything. They are rock solid, set in stone!

8)	The power-on button near the top is also solid. It’s not fully flushed like some review websites say-making it hard to find and turn on. –psh. The button stuck out enough to find and power.

9)	The entire screen looks bigger for some reason. Even though I had the hd2, and I placed it side by side, the evo screen just looks bigger than the hd2. It’s probably because WinMo 6.5 has black top/bottom bars. Using a GTX theme would made the hd2 screen look just as big. =)

10)	Android 2.1 didn’t feel snappy at first, but then that’s only because sprint filled it up with bloat. Root that evo and flash a ROM. Woohoo! I can care less about the stock Rom because if I ever got it, xda is my solution for custom ROMS.

11)	Front facing camera is actually decent in terms of quality. It’s actually pretty clear. Not astonishing, but good enough for day to day video conference! Review sites like pocketnow made it seem as though the front camera is choppy and pixilated. Its not.

12)	Back speaker is loud and clear! It’s very nice! Better than the hd2.

13)	The screen color production is better than the hd2. I noticed colors were a little more vivid and popped a little more on the evo 4g- not THAT noticeable though. However, I don’t think I would be able to tell the difference if I didn’t put it side by side with the hd2.

14)	Weight of evo4g vs hd2 felt practically the same. You can’t really tell the difference. Well, I didn’t and I don’t use case coverings, etc, on my hd2 either.

15)	Size, the evo did feel bigger in hand. And it is. But again, weight felt the same

16)	Battery; 5 minutes before I was done using the phone, it was telling me to recharge the phone. The battery was around 23% when I first started to use it. Battery drain is very fast for some odd reason.

Those were my impression with the device. I played with the device for a good 20 minutes until I left the store. Am I sold to move over to the evo4g? yes if it was on GSM. No- since it’on CDMA and it’s also on sprint’s expensive network (personal financial issues). But in overall, there is no doubt this evo4g is a power house. I would recommend it even though I don’t own one.