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[EVO 4G Accessories] ausch30:
How long have you had it? When I went in to buy the commuter, the sprint employee told me that since I bought the Body Glove more than 30 days ago I couldn't return it. He told me that I could get a replacement (I've gotten 3 replacements) but he told me that I couldn't return it and use the money toward the Otterbox.
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
I'm going to pick mine up right now. I had to pay an old debt to sprint and they told me if they run my credit twice within 60 days it'll get flagged for fraud, so I'm hoping that doesn't happen. I don't know if they ran my credit when I payed that debt or not.

Let us know how you like yours!!
[Epic 4G General] Fixter:
I have it since 8:10. I'm transferring the information from my Evo to it. I bought a really cool case with it.
[Epic 4G General] kidstechno:
Going to get mine at lunch time. Sprint store is about 6minutes away, hopefully they dont take the other 54min to get me paid and activated.
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
Yeah. Got mine and rooted it already. Waiting for a nandroid capable recovery and nand unlock. Cases at sprint were not that great. I might stop by bb today or tomorrow and get a screen pro put on it and see if they have better cases. Sprint had a neat dock but obviously you can't dock if you have a case.
[Epic 4G General] Fixter:
They had one at Sprint that I really liked. It was back and hard rubberized. And for 15 bucks. Who could argue? I put it on and it feels REALLY awesome.
[Epic 4G General] Kelvala:
How's the battery life?

Can you make it two days without a charge?

-----just kidding..

Congrats to you early adopters! Good luck with it and looking forward to ALL the mini-reviews.

....contract is almost up for my Sprint credit..can't wait!
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
Don't forget 6 min to drive back to work
[Epic 4G General] latinmaxima:
I have to wait til after work tonight. I hope there is still stock. Going to the Sprint store first to get my wife to see if she likes it. Then to Best Buy to get the instant rebate. If she likes it I have to wait til November. If not then I will swap devices asap!
[Epic 4G General] REDFOCZ:
just picked mine up in the store, i got there at 8:15 thought there would be a line, but there wasnt I was the only one in the store
[Epic 4G General] Fixter:
Same here. Another person was there picking up the Epic, but other than that, we were alone in the store.
[Epic 4G General] jfenton57:
Initial Impressions

Very quick impressions...

Capacative buttons work absolutely FINE.

Going through the menu setting up various things the phone flies.

Email setup is much more of a pain the BB but I expected that and went through the same thing with the EVO

The phone has less of a 3G signal in my office thatn the EVO did but at least it's a solid one bar whereas my 9650 Bold would drop every call. Sprint sent me an Airwave yesterday to use in the office so once I get that up and running I'll be good to go. I have a strong 4g signal at home so I'll try that out this evening.

Absolutely love the screen. If you don't have an EVO sitting next to it for comparison, the screen is plenty big enough.

Keyboard is excellent

I'm guessing it's tyhe rounded corners...the phone is much more comfortable in the hand than the EVO was and for perhaps the same reason, fits much better in the pocket.

Looks great...I sense no "cheapness" factor to it at all.

I'll have more input after I get a chance to really work with it as the day progresses but I'm very happy with the decision to go with this device.

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Further Updates on Call / Sound Quality and GPS:

Having spent the morning on the phone now, I have to say...for someone who wears hearing aids (me), the call quality both on the earpiece in the front and the rear speaker is simply the best I've ever experienced with wither BB or my previous EVO.

Totally impressed and that alone makes this phone worth it to me.

Interestingly, while the EPIC shows only one bar whereas the EVO used to show 2-3 here in my office, the EVO would drop about every third call and the connection was obviously poor. At one bar, the EPIC sounds darn solid.

GPS locked on in seconds from within my office and put me right where I am.

Fired up Sprint Nav, put my house in for a destination and much more quickly than my BB 9650 ever did, it had me on the way home...even though it's not time to go home :(
[Epic 4G General] aim1126:
Picked mine up at around 8:15

So far loving the keyboard amd how smooth verything seems to be. Sprin had a really cool case with a ruberized back that I decided to buy and so did te other guy getting a epic.

I miss the big screen of the evo. But the samoled screen is definitely an improvement
[Epic 4G General] denpri:
Picked mine up about an hour ago. I was third in line when the Sprint store opened at 8AM. By the time I left about 20 minutes later, there where at least 6 other people there all wanting the Epic. Purchased all of the available accessories including the Media Dock.
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
Picked mine up at 8am sharp. Wasn't $350 upfront rather $250 like BB & RS are offering. Asked rep if I had to charge the battery when I got home and said no. Powered it up and it was only 50% charged. Tested GPS with google maps, cold locked right in after I turned on locate in settings. No 4g so far and I live between baltimore and richmond 4g areas, rep said I would have it but I know he was just blowing smoke up my arse about those things. He also kindly advised me that I would be receiving an automated survey call tomorrow and to give their store a 5 out of 1 scoring. I'll think about it.

All in all, pretty pleased with the smothness, minor lag when loading up xda page. Asphalt 5(demo) ran smooth, hardware keyboard has a great feel and good key spacing, and backlit keys are a major plus.

Let the custom ROMS begin!
[Epic 4G General] GrandMstrBud:
Just got mine about an hour ago. The only downside is the layout on it but I'm sure some custom ROMS will come soon and I can't root so the wireless tether feature is not there. Overall very nice screen and the touch screen is great. I've only played with it for a half hour so I can't say a whole lot more about it.
[Epic 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
it was 250 in a corporate store or a 3rd party store?
[Epic 4G General] sfasu77:
It's a guarantee they will, it took 15 minutes for me to buy a car charger the other day.
[Epic 4G General] jfenton57:
It took me all of 16 minutes to return the Bold 9650, have them activate the EPIC, check that it worked, buy a case and get out of the store.

I didn't bother to have them set up my email accounts as I'll do it myself.
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
Corp store on new contract $260+. Dunno if he was trying to hook me up or if corp is trying to compete with BB/RS pricing. I did mention "that's what BB across the plaza is selling it for" and he just mumbled LOL.
[Epic 4G General] lepapirriky:
Dang! My upgrade iss due tomorrow and I call sprint because I havee reserved a phone from sprint and BB, but sprint doesn't wanna give me the instand rebate and sprint doesn't wanna transfer the upgrade day to today, so I'm screw. F U Sprint!!!!
[Epic 4G General] lordcyrus:
Keep in mind that the bars displayed are manufacturer specified. One device might be told to show 3 bars at a certain connection, and another should show 1 bar.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
When I walked up to the sprint store there were 4 guys out front of the roped off walk way leading to the entrance. They had Epic 4G shirts, balloons, cookies, and water bottles. There wasn't a line but this was at 10am so I don't know what it was like at 8am. The funny thing was when I went inside the guy did his best to sell me the Evo instead of the Epic 4G. Finally he realized I wanted the epic and rang me up fairly quickly. He proceeded to tell me a bunch of info that was semi-accurate and then ask me to give him 5 stars if they call me later about my experience. All in all, the guys out front were cool but the sales service inside was mediocre. The phone is amazing though and that's all that matters.
[Epic 4G General] javahead76:
First in Dallas/Fort Worth

According to the salesman (franchise owner), I was the first in the Dallas Fort Worth area to get the Epic. I was out the door with it around 8:20am. He said most of the stores didn't post their early hours until yesterday. So far, the phone is a scream better than my touch pro 2. What a difference a generation can make. I think we finally have a generation of phones that can handle the operating systems and software they are running. Thank goodness. I've been through plenty of smart phones that seemed to ride the short bus.

This phone is a champ. Now if I could figure out how to set up an "after market" wireless hotspot, it'll beat the band. If I have to shell out $30 extra a month though, I'll survive.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
Hotspot is coming. The one click root just got posted and I'll get the mobile AP or wifi tether will be working very soon.
[Epic 4G General] ConceptVBS:
This just goes to show that signal bars dont mean JACK! Every company has different standards on how to represent signal strengths on their phones.

Samsung has ALWAYS been known to report their signal on a conservative scale. Ever since the battle between Sanyo vs Samsung feature (dumb) phone days (there were HUGE I mean HUGE camps in this EPIC ( ha!) battle dooking it out on-line) , its always been this way.

So people, do not get scared that your signal isnt working or is not as good as other makes.
[Epic 4G General] Pops_G:
Does anyone know the activation fee for an upgrade in the Sprint stores?
[Epic 4G General] ConceptVBS:
I would still charge it up fully before using it. It's tempint, I know, but its for the battery sake.
[Epic 4G General] i.am.abby:
First to pick up the Epic at my store in Pittsburgh. There was only one other guy in there buying an Evo at the same time at 8:05am. :eek: A small group followed me a few minutes later.

Screen is BEAUTIFUL.

Keyboard is by far the best I've ever used. Then again, I favor the flatter & spaced out keyboards to the curved ones (boyfriend has the Droid 2, I hate it).

It's a pretty solid device. I read some review that stated it felt cheap, but I'd have to disagree. It's weighty enough and solid in your hand without being too heavy. I really like this form factor.

Slider bugs me a little bit, I find I accidentally open the phone a little when I'm using Swype.

This is my first Android device so I haven't messed around with it as much as some vets may have, and I haven't rooted yet, as I'm going to need to return this particular device.

Unfortunately, It's making some weird noises. It's not even the speaker. Anytime audio normally plays it makes an awful static sound, even when I've silenced all sounds & volume is turned off. For example, it gets really bad when I'm using the keyboard without Swype or when I hold the backspace. It only happens periodically with videos & calls, just little jolts of static every 5-10 seconds. I'm so bummed. Anyone else have this problem? Probably can't exchange it until tomorrow. :(
[Epic 4G General] waldizzo:
I am in the same situation. I called this number, 1-877-775-4886. Got right through to a rep who was very helpful. He was able to get me the 1 year 75 dollar upgrade discount and is also sending me a free air wave. Also, free next day shipping on both.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
has anyone been able to mount this sucker as a USB drive? if i cant put my music on here, then it's a waste of a phone :(

i hate the capacitive buttons at the bottom. on my evo, i just have to touch them to activate them. on the epic, i have to ****ing pound them in.

other than that, i'm super loving this phone. but im extremely upset that i cant mount it as a usb drive and load up some songs and movies.
[Epic 4G General] richse:
Of course you can mount it as a USB drive. This is a basic android feature.
[Epic 4G General] DevilDogVIKING:
I just got mine!! Radioshack rules!! They got me all set up with no activation fee!! I love this phone and will be spending a lot of time playing with it!!
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
Nope. I hit "mount" and it doesnt show up on my computer. Not on my PC. Not on my laptop.
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
I have mine also. Rooted ofcourse with sprint crap deleted.
[Epic 4G General] nmezib:
hoo baby this is my first android phone and I am mighty impressed

need to figure out how to use the bloody thing now... I just came from a Palm Pre (super user-friendly, though light on functionality) and not used to all these menus, widgets, icons, etc etc etc

I'm still lovin it though
[Epic 4G General] mikkodd:
Got mine around 8.. I'm so pleased with this sexy device!
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
Using supplied usb? Make sure yur card is in the phone. Mine mounts perfect on all my comps, mac, win7, ubuntu.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
NEVERMIND.

I turned off USB debugging and now it works great. How odd....
[Epic 4G General] jacjyd:
I'm feeling paranoid and don't want to root it until I know everything's okay so I can exchange/return without worries. Is that unwarranted?

This is my first android device so I won't know right away if I'm screwing it up...
[Epic 4G General] Debello64:
Got mine today and love it.
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
Ahhh! Just waited in Radioshack for 1 hour to get it!

Only ONE person was working, and the first person in line wanted a number port (of course) which took days. Then the guy pulled out my Epic and man handled it and ripped off the screen (which I wanted to do! D:)

LOVE THE PHONE. Really wanna root it!
[Epic 4G General] bullet2300:
Picked mine up at 8am this morning, I was the first out of the Sprint store with it in hand! It's sick :D Coming from TP2, I am redicliously impressed!
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I got mine at 12!!! But Asphalt 5 is a demo version?!!?!?!??!
[Epic 4G General] rhoward89:
Loving my Epic so far. Anyone buy the plastic case for it? Just wondering how that's working out...
[Epic 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
You must be the type that calls in demanding :)
[Epic 4G General] shabbypenguin:
got mine at around 12, already rooted waiting on a custom kernel so i can start pushing the limits on what i can oc at.. :D
[Epic 4G General] R1nZX:
What a frustrating morning. None of the several Sprint stores in my area even has this phone today. How is that even possible? They've been hyping this for weeks. One store claimed they could get one for me by tomorrow afternoon.

I don't live in a huge city like New York or Los Angeles, but it's not a small town, either.

Enjoy your phones, guys. Maybe I'll have one tomorrow.
[Epic 4G General] retrobits:
got it this morning when sprint store opened. managed to finally get it away from the salesperson's greasy fingers and ran out the door. absolutely love the phone. coming from the pre, this thing is just blazing fast.
[Epic 4G General] m0rtiis:
Is the Epic the same as my phone? :)
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
I got the case from ebay for $6.95 and it works fine. It was just like the one they want to sell me at RS for $15. Did anyone elses phone try to update? I haven't used my phone yet I have it charging in the truck with me.
[Epic 4G General] agonzalez1010:
Got it. Transferring my EVO stuff over to it. So far no complaints. Just waiting for some WiFiTether action when it comes out...
[Epic 4G General] amwworks:
Has anyone paid full retail for the phone yet. If so, was it 500 with a mail in rebate or just 500.
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
@joeykrim from sdx paid full retail, $600 out th door.
[Epic 4G General] martyzidek:
They didn't really advertised this phone. I don't have it but checked it out today. Asked about how many pre orders they had. 3.. I went in figuring I'd like it and get the epic since still in my 30 days. Nice screen but to my seems sharpness is all the way up. Since the evolution I thing the screen is too small and didn't like the bottom buttons. Keyboard was better than I expected since I came from a tp2 and liked the keyboard alot. I like the fact the have a wall charger for a extra battery.. I use my tp2 to charge my extra 2 batteries. My tp2, my evo, and the battery they let me keep when I brought my evo in because of camera wasn't working got a new one. Also let me keep the SD card. Nice huh? Well hope everything is smooth for you guys and Samsung does a good job with updating the phone.
[Epic 4G General] orateam:
I live in orlando and have 2 on reserve i won't be using.
[Epic 4G General] GrandMstrBud:
Mine was 500 plus tax. Is it just me or does anyone else think that this sprint ROM is lame? I hope to see CynogenMod 6 for this thing.
[Epic 4G General] amwworks:
Cool. No rebate?
[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
I acutally upgraded from the intercept to the epic (30 exchange policy lol) the cool thing was that not only I got it on time with best buy, but they also did the price match for me that amazon was offering. So my epic was $200 not $249!!!!
[Epic 4G General] koolhand79:
That was pretty painless at best buy. In and out in 15. They had some sprint rep there taking information for the best buy mobile reps. They said she comes in for the release of all sprint phones.

It seemed like the phone was pretty popular, they had 2 ppl buying it when I got there and two more ppl waiting when I left. They only had 15 tho.

Sent from a FRESH EVO using xda app
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
I'm kinda disappointed with it's sluggishness with the browser. It's too light to be taken seriously. The battery sucks balls so far. It's charging scheme is weird and I haven't figured it out yet. I'm hitting nearby keys with the hw kb. I will have to get used to this for a week or so before I decide it's a pos or not. The speaker is very loud. I went to bb and got a zepp/zapp (whatever the damn screen protector is called) and a seido case/holster. Case is nicer than the mirrored hard case at sprint. I might try the dock later on. I doubt the phone will fit with a case on. The swapped menu and home keys are still pissing me off. I hit home very often when wanting to hit menu. The four keys down there sometimes take a few presses to register a press. I got rid of touch wiz immediately. I don't care bar. for the colored icons in the notification bar.

I if had to decide if it wad a waste of time after having it for nine hours comparing it to the evo, I'd say I prefer the evo even though I want a hardware keyboard. I've f'ed up so many times with sywpe and the hw kb that I find myself cursing at the phone! I've had enough torture typing this post out with trying to correct mistakes and fighting a phone that seems possesed at times!
[Epic 4G General] arsonisfun:
Bought my phone 2 hrs ago ... still waiting for the thing to activate.

I'm guessing it's due to getting my AT&T # ported over. I called up Sprint and apparently they didn't have plan info set for my acct, but after fixing that it's been an hour and still nothing.
[Epic 4G General] b15love:
AT&T is usually slow when it comes to releasing customers mobile numbers. Give it a few hours. As long as you provided your correct account number and password(if you had one) then it should go through today..
[Epic 4G General] id_twin:
Loving it, worth every penny.
[Epic 4G General] gamescan:
No. Not with any sort of reasonable use.

The Epic is a "put it on the charger every night" kind of phone. Pretty much just like any HTC device ever made.
[Epic 4G General] Aridon:
I just got my epic a few hours ago. Quick and painless at Best Buy.

A few observations:

Significantly snappier than my rooted and tweaked out Evo

Touch Wiz sucks so I'm using launcher pro

Physical keyboard is very nice

Love the icon switches for wifi bluetooth and gps on the notification bar

No spell check on the physical keyboard which is stupid

Signal strenght DB wise is about 10 worse than my evo which had 3 radio upgrades. So similar at launch signal wise there is room for improvement

Screen is gorgeous

Settings > keyboard and change the back light so your touch buttons don't turn off so fast

Touch buttons need a slightly longer press than the evo but I like that because sometimes I would accidently hit them. Not an issue on the epic.

Overall very happy.
[Epic 4G General] Darrien13:
How did you get a price match!?
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
So far the phone is great. I'm glad I got it. Its a big step up from my ATT FUZE. I guess. I'm just easy to please. :-)
[Epic 4G General] gamescan:
To be fair, the Fuze (original Touch Pro) was a bit of a dog. ;)

It's not suprising that you'd be impressed with the Epic.
[Epic 4G General] iampepito:
This phone is absolutely worth it, I wouldn't trade it for any other phone, why? No other phones match up. Best phone on the market right now.
[Epic 4G General] shabbypenguin:
no auto correct on the physical keyboard with that version of swype or android, try using swiftkey works wonders for me :D

i get -65 on my signal as opposed to the -73 with my hero
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Finall ygot mine yay!!! loading apps on it i love it i was an old tp2 user and i have to say i dont hate touch wiz :)

so fast game play amazing especially sandstorm :)
[Epic 4G General] ickwonder:
I thought today was going to be an epic day. Assholes at Sprint didn't let me add a line to my family plan. **** it, I upgrade in February.
[Epic 4G General] Aridon:
Thank you that is actually pretty helpful. Not sure if I like the keyboard but the auto prediction works great.
[Epic 4G General] wytecaztle:
I got mine today and can't wait till the xda community comes out with some truly epic winning roms. Worth every single dollar. I love the quality of the superamoled. I put the star trek .mkv on here and its like watching an hdtv.
[Epic 4G General] lordcyrus:
I ran into this problem. Had to create a new account under my name (old one is under my girlfriends) as I was approved for more lines. Then had to do a transfer of liability. Huge hassle but at least it's over and I have the Epic now.
[Epic 4G General] thematrixkid17:
Hi everyone. I'm officially relocating myself from the cdma hero forums to the epic forums today.

Btw, if you were worried that it was going to be nicknamed the "epic fail", I'm here to tell you that this phone is an "epic win". I'll just have to get used to hardware keyboards all over again.

For epic win, install adwlauncher & starfield live wallpaper. They look amazing on this display.
[Epic 4G General] shabbypenguin:
no problem, i loved using swiftkey on my hero as i thought it was the best and i was very disappointed that there was no native autocorrect so i was pleasantly surprised when swiftkey used a small section of the screen for it
[Epic 4G General] ConceptVBS:
Return it and get a replacement.
[Epic 4G General] El Mono:
Just got mine today too. I knew I wanted to get a Galaxy S phone when it came to Sprint. I miss the thin standard Galaxy S and I am definitely no fan of hardware keyboards, but I think I will get used to it. Still, I like Swype so much that I have little use for it. Nevertheless, I am impressed. Everything seems to work well and quickly too.

I also had a Hero before this - I think I'll stick with the Epic. To me the phone wins on screen alone.

El Mono
[Epic 4G General] neckface:
Picked mine up earlier today. Brand new, clean ESN, box and all accessories included, even a Body Glove case. All for 300 bucks. Still have my EVO as well, so I'm pretty damn happy. :)
[Epic 4G General] chino0131:
Waiting on mine now! Ordered it yesterday at 1:35pm, and this morning it is out for delivery! Waiting anxisouly at my office now....I know I'm not going to get any work done today.

I still have my EVO and love it, but I wanted to test and compare the Epic.

EDIT: Got mine at about 9:50 this morning. So far the battery is seems the same as the EVO. I HATE touchwiz, but Launcherpro is great. Still working to see what else I can find. The keyboard is great, and to be honest I HATE landscape keyboards. The screen is absolutely amazing though. Its gona be a rough decision in the end between my rooted evo and the Epic.