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[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
Well I didn't. I had an EVO and I bought an Epic :) I still have my EVO. Battery dead... shoved in a drawer somewhere in my house.

What did it for me:

1. Keyboard (YAY! especially with game gripper). I'll probably only buy android phones with keyboards from here on out. Hopefully there are enough good ones to choose from...

2. Screen. HD moves look better. Games look better. Everything looks better. In fact, the EVO's screen looks... BAD... after using the Epic.

3. Faster processor\GPU. 3D games run SO MUCH smoother. Even without Froyo

4. Video codecs built in. I can watch 720p MKV movies without converting. I just drag them to the phone. Same with xvid\divx AVI files.

5. Camera is so so so much better. I mean my EVO couldn't take pictures like this or this or this.

6. Better call quality (from my experience). Clearer\louder voices.
[Epic 4G General] walord:
I've been watching the development of these phones since before CTIA in march. The technical specs that Samsung was showing for it's next line of phones was much more advanced than anything HTC had shown. The Samsung-intrinsity 45nm SOC,. Samsung's Super AMOLED with black blacks, and a gpu touted to be 3x faster than what HTC was offering.

It was clear to me that one company was striving to produce a phone on the cutting edge while the other was making a phone that was bigger but not really pushing any limits. I think what Samsung has done is to shake up the competition and raise the bar, and thats why I bought their phone.
[Epic 4G General] knyque:
The screen was what first drew me, then all the other things, like the processor, keyboard, etc. The last thing that made me buy it was I put it in my pocket. The Evo was much bulkier in my pocket than the Epic. I don't have a case or anything, and I keep my left pants pocket just for my phone.

The camera is amazing. My GF has a 10 MP camera, and mine takes much better pictures. We used mine phone to take the Christamas card picture. I'm pretty amazed at it, I wish I could put my nice polarized filter on it though.
[Epic 4G General] houkah:
i picked the epic for the samoled screen, the frame rate of the UI (just swiping around screens), and the camera/video camera.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I chose my epic over the evo based on research I did before I chose. I heard goods and bads about touchwiz and HTC sense(this is my first android phone). I heard that sense makes your phone slower than it should be. And the SamoLed screen and keyboard are nice too.

Sent from The Chaotic Void.
[Epic 4G General] spyderfry:
Physical keyboard and SAMOLED.
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
Pretty much the speed.

Everything else was a tradeoff:

Amazing Epic screen == Evo's higher subpixel count

Epic's slide-out keyboard == Evo's slim/simple form factor

etc
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
I personally like both phones. My wife has an evo and I love that phone too. It just got a big update from htc that included swype. Its just like ours. They also have blockbuster just like we have media hub. I find myself playing with hers a lot but whenever we get froyo that might change.
[Epic 4G General] juryduty:
The Evo was way too large to hold comfortably in my hands.
[Epic 4G General] cozmonot:
The fact that the sprint store had 55 epics on august 31st and 0 evos
[Epic 4G General] cary328is:
For me it's the same as most of you have already responded:

1. Overall size (easier to carry)

2. Super AMOLED display

3. Snappier processor (less lag than EVO)

4. Nice keyboard
[Epic 4G General] jnadke:
This (and my pocket).

The Epic is slightly narrower, and lighter. Feels better in the hand.

And I got it for the 45nm hummingbird processor and SAMOLED screen.

Keyboard was an added bonus, but not a selling point. I mostly use the on screen keyboard. Only time I use the hardware one is for NES games.
[Epic 4G General] nate13jp:
Key board was deff worth paying 50$ more. Big screan and kick stand would be nice but I'm happy with what I have
[Epic 4G General] br//0k3/n:
+1.

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[Epic 4G General] br//0k3/n:
You don't consider the epics screen big? O_o I get comments from random people all the time telling me how huge my phone is

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[Epic 4G General] blackdragon79:
For me the evo seem more like a gimick phone than something i can actually use everyday. The phone was fast when i first got it after putting a few apps on it the phone just got slower and slower. The kick stand really did not do much for me because videos looked like crap anyway i also hated converting movies for them to work on the evo. After playing with the epic for about 10mins i was like im trading this evo next week and that's what i did and couldn't be any happier. A month later and my epic is still kicking ass
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Real keyboard...hate that virtual garbage. And the screen.
[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
For those talking about benchmarks.. none of them were made for the epic for one.. which is why the scores suck.

Quadrant was made specifically for the Snapdragon cpu..

Also; they're easily hackable.. and they don't measure real world speed.. so they're a joke. (:

Only thing from the evo that I miss is the kick stand and the camera. It zooms in better; not by much.. but that's the 3mp difference for ya.
[Epic 4G General] Kitteh298:
i want it for the keyboard.... duh?
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
Because I wrote a rather long and detailed article about the hardware of the EVO and the Epic (which was, at the time of writing, known only as the Galaxy S).

After a **** ton of research for my article, and after it was finally hosted, I had made my decision that I wanted a Galaxy S. When rumors started flying about a Galaxy S "Pro" with a keyboard, I dismissed them as wild and unlikely. When the Epic surfaced and was packing the EVO's 4G, I knew I was in love.

And seriously, this is coming from an SoC tech fanatic that bought the Epic knowing that Cortex A9 (Tegra 2) chips were just around the corner.

Anyhow, here's the article I wrote; keep in mind it was written back in April when neither the EVO nor the Galaxy S had been seen outside of a demo booth at CTIA 2010.

Hummingbird vs. Snapdragon: The 1 GHz Smartphone Showdown
[Epic 4G General] zombiematt:
when the evo came out, i really wanted one. ive always hated touchscreens though. so i finally made it to the sprint store to check it out. at first i was like wow this phone looks really cool. then i picked it up. once i figured out where the web browser was i was ready to test this phone out. hated it. the onscreen tying was just terrible. the phone itself though i still thought was awesome. but i couldnt get a phone without a keyboard. i looked around to see what else they had and i saw the epic. i immediately noticed a huge difference in screen quality. when i slid out the keyboard i had a big grin on my face. fired up the browser and was like wow that was fast! shot a few texts from it, and all in all fell in love with the epic. the only thing i really wish the epic had that the evo has is the hdmi port.
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
Keyboard, AMOLED Screen, Best Hardware on the service.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I was originally interested in the EVO back in the day it was called the Super Sonic (I was drooling)..but a year past and it still didn't come out..by the time it did..it wasn't that impressive anymore..I mean TG01 released 1 year before the EVO already had the same processor >.>..and I kinda got tired of HTC using old processors already...

I read about the Galaxy S phones accoutrement in th CTIA and I was back to drooling again..but I figured at the time it'll probably be international only like all good phones..and I kind and needed a keyboard too :/

Then when rumor of the Galaxy S Pro came out in march my 6th sense activated...

I rememberer I heard that Sprint was planning 2 HTC devices with 4g(EVO and shift?) and 1 samsung device(Epic 4g) with 4g for 2010..

Then I remembered how sprint likes to keep to 1 form factor gig...hence tp2 got delayed and moment and hero type thing...

and it all made sense..Galaxy S Pro will be coming to sprint :P..and my 6th sense has not failed me so far and I was right :)

so yeah this phone had my name written all over it >.> lol
[Epic 4G General] deano0714:
Well I picked it because they had a full shipment of epics and not one evo but... I like my choice a lot beter now the screen is nicer and it has a keyboard what else could you ask for
[Epic 4G General] DangerZone1223:
1. The physical keyboard. However, I've found that I only use it when I'm typing out a long e-mail. Otherwise I'm ALWAYS using the virtual keyboard.

2. The 5MP camera takes better pictures than the Evo's 8MP.

3. The SuperAMOLED screen is awesome!

4. I think the 4" screen is the sweet spot for a smartphone size.

5. I kinda like TouchWhiz **DUCKS!** Seriously! Why are people treating it like the plague?
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
KEYBOARD

That is the #1 reason I switched from the EVO to the Epic! The EVO is an awesome phone but I'm not one of those people that can text with the on-screen keyboard.

Also the Screen, & Camera caught my attention after watching many reviews about the phone. The camera on the epic is WAY better then the EVO especially 720p video recording! That was horrible on the EVO, (though they may have fixed it by now) I wont lie I do miss the way the phone felt (solid) & the kickstand (oh and HTC's support) but I love my EPIC... I wouldn't go back if I could... Now to have both of them? That would be nice :)
[Epic 4G General] imtjnotu:
I got it for the samoled the camera and video recording also the hummingbird is a powerhouse..I did not regret getting rid of my evo
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
Am I one of the only ones that didn't choose this phone for the physical keyboard? That was the one thing I was super disappointed about with this phone, also a big reason I'm happy with my Nexus S so much.

I've literally probably only used the physical keyboard once just to try it out but I saw no need for it, just added the bulk. The Epic is a far superior phone over the Evo spec & real life wise, being that I came from having an Evo.

I don't know, maybe its just me though...
[Epic 4G General] flopez76:
Sorry to get off topic, but there is no Nexus S for Sprint right?

I got the Epic because the beautiful screen.
[Epic 4G General] crayak:
Keyboard, same processor as iphone 4. Its was the fastest at time of release. Hopping this device will be enough resources to support honey comb when it comes out
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
Definitely not the same processor. Both Samsung-made, Apple's is likely a close relative, but they are not the same.
[Epic 4G General] schizopunk:
Nope, only T-Mobile, I switched on Saturday.
[Epic 4G General] mikkodd:
I recently traded my epic for my evo and couldnt be happier.. sure it has a better gpu but when you have a custom rom on it, its boss!! its slimmer, and has waaaay more support on it.. The epic also feels cheap and not like a smart phone.. Faster doesnt means better.. The only thing i miss is samoled..
[Epic 4G General] WhiteWidows:
I love my Epic but I do wish the build quality was better. The XDA Support on the EVO is far superior. They already have Gingerbread ROMs running :( Im a huge AOSP fan so Im patently waiting for noobnl to release CM for us. Once that is released (hopefully soon) the evo wont have nothing on the EPIC.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
What would be your definition of "better" build quality? so far the build quality seems to be on par if not better then HTC to me :/
[Epic 4G General] WhiteWidows:
The plastics they used have a cheep feel. Its minor thou..
[Epic 4G General] jocampo86:
Well I had an evo,always had physical keyboard phones mogul,tp1,tp2 than a hero than the evo but still couldn't get usedx to the virtual keyboard as soon as htc releases a phbysical keyboard am going back to htc...they have good devs way more organized not flaming the epic forum...but these guys are coming w sum stable $h!t.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
but that doesn't insinuate build quality...the build quality is actually pretty good and people grouping up build quality and and the feel confuses many thinking the Epic will just break while holding it..which is not the case..but yes I understand what you mean..to me I'm fine the way it is, but I know some don't like the feel...

You mean the EVO shift with a 4 row kb?

The development here is progressing and in time will get better and better..the problem before was that XDA was mostly HTC and with the introduction of Samsung in the mix brought people from different environments such as SDX, the drama was pretty much caused by the mixing of the different environments..if anything it was to be expected..overall though this seems to be behind us now for the most part and we are moving forward..

I personally hold no loyalty to any manufacturer or etc, I like whoever gives me the best package...

the development for HTC is obviously faster as it was out earlier and more people were familiar with how HTC does things, a lot of the early progress we got were from people from the moment who were familiar with samsung more...

Right now HTC fanboyism is no different to me the Apple fanboyism....which it should not be the case..I have nothing against HTC (and a lot against Apple)..but I want CHOICE...

as time goes out I am hoping we get more support for all manufacturers be it Samsung, HTC, LG, Sanyo, Sony or whoever..in USA we are stricktly bound by the carriers which phones we use on which network, with that in mind, I don't want to worry when sprint releases say an LG phone with a kb and decides not to release another phone for 6 month with a kb cause of their policy of 1 form factor per phone..

I wana choose a phone that fits my needs ..simple as that....

support starts from somewhere..it started with the moment however limited..grew to the SGS..and by next SGS 2 I expect it to be on par with HTC...but it all starts somewhere..and that somewhere is with us..
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
Hummingbird and soled /end thread
[Epic 4G General] chino0131:
My decision was made mainly based on the quality of photos and video taken with the Epic (my evo did ok, but not as good), and the screen. I also had someone offer me over $500 for my evo, so that made it easier as well.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
I like this sentence.. This is how i feel, i first started with htc touch which was an awesome phone for sprint when it came out then i skipped the tp1 and then went to the touch pro 2 which was even better and it was good for a year til i got bored with flashing roms all the time to make my phone better cause of the slow processor, i really loved the keyboard and the tilt screen tho and when the evo came out i couldnt ditch a keyboard phone after running emulators on the tp2 and playing with that awesome keyboard, so i waited and now even on 2.1 stock eclair i couldnt be happier.. im rooted so i got some themes, mobile ap and custom kernal. but since this phone is awesome looks great and runs perfect i dont care about the lack of support. The hardware is what matters and the epic didnt leave anything out of it unlike htc with every phone they release its always missing something like the flash, lack of a good processor, harware kb, and the epic nails everything i wanted in a phone without the lack of being bored or a slow processor.
[Epic 4G General] betterment66:
idk what the problem is with the plastic, i think it feels FANTASTIC on the hand. cuz my friend has an evo and idk if its just biased thoughts lol but i think it feels to chunky and big and heavy whereas the epic feels very slim even with a slide-out keyboard. and it feels smoooth in the hand too
[Epic 4G General] magicwands:
I still question my decision based on updates

I weighed this decision very heavily but decided the epic was the way to go because of the newer CPU, Keyboard (for emulators), screen quality and I also thought the EVO was just a tad too big.

I must admit for the extra $100 I paid I almost wished I went with the EVO. The community seems much more active (no offense, they had a head start) and HTC as a company seems more likely to support its hardware then Samsung, at least at this moment hopefully 2.2 will get out followed quickly by 2.3 then I will stand corrected.
[Epic 4G General] Vipermuscle83:
What made me choose? The fact that I had 2 different Evos that would randomly reboot in the worst possible moments! The fact that the screen makes everything look like it was run through bleach before being displayed. The fact that the SnapDragon processor can't put out enough juice to produce a decent GPU and can't be overclocked to even 1.19Ghz without the phone threatening to explode! Just those reasons...nothing major ;)

I must admit, though, the Evo does have a much wider variety of development options as opposed to the Epic. I know it had a 2 or 3 month head start and all but c'mon! CM6 was out for the Evo months ago. Heck MIUI has been out for over 2 months now. We still don't have an AOSP Rom of any sort for the Epic after over 6 months!!! WTF!
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
Keyboard

sent from my epic 4g with no 4g
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
August 29th

September 29th = 1 month

October 29th = 2 months

November 29th = 3 month

December 29th = 4 month

Over 6 month you say..*whistle* lol

The EVO gets a lot of the benefits from the Nexus One..with the Nexus S as the new flagship I'm gonna guess that is going to change soon..
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Super AMOLED screen, physical qwerty keyboard, better battery life, multiple review showdowns.

Epic was clearly better.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
That's the one thing that may make me regret the decision to buy the Epic - the newer A9 parts that are coming out. They'll probably bring a new generation of high-resolution screens as well with them.
[Epic 4G General] schmooo:
right now the evo is beating the benchmarks of the epic.... how much better will the epic score/run when it gets froyo dec 26. also while i agree that the epic is more on the recent cutting edge of tech will it be hampered by slow roll outs of future os like gingerbread... coming from a hero here im about to upgrade this weekend trying to choose the best option for the future
[Epic 4G General] mghilardi3:
From a Technician Viewpoint

I'm actually a Cell Phone repair Technician...glorified LCD replacer haha. But to be totally honest, the one thing that swayed me away from the Evo and towards the Epic is the simple fact that on a whole, I see about 20 Evos a day with Charge Port failures, and 1 or 2 Epics with Broken screens. Broken Screens are generally YOUR fault, while charge port failures are usually Manufacturing faults. I didn't want a phone that I had to baby that port all the time for fear of failure...cause eventually it will fail. The solder job on those things are utterly atrocious. At anyrate, that's my main reason for going with the Epic, the Hardware Stability.
[Epic 4G General] Greg O:
Soon to get a chance to compare

My choice of the Epic was mostly due to what I had read about the Evo's availability, horrible battery life and the superior screen of the Epic.

The keyboard was initially a factor, but after using Swype a few times I rarely (if ever) pull out my keyboard anymore.

My wife wanted a new phone for Christmas, so I've ordered her an Evo. I did that mostly because she never texts at all (or uses a keyboard of any kind), but she does like multimedia a lot and browses quite a bit. She also carries her phone in her purse, so size really wasn't an issue. And as I was in Best buy yesterday I noticed they had the Powermat for the Evo, so that should help on the micro-usb port failure issue. She likes to watch some streaming video channels, but most she visits are flash, so until Froyo for the Epic, those sites are out for her.

UPS says it should deliver today, so we'll see how it stacks up. She's still got the 30 day option if she doesn't like it, then I'll probably get her an Epic.
[Epic 4G General] warlar12:
My first smart phone was the epic so I really did not know a whole lot about them. Kinda wish I went with the Evo because the slide out keyboard is useless when you have a good on screen keyboard lol. I dont like the stock keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Which benchmark is it beating it in? so far I have yet to see a detailed benchmark where an EVO beats an Epic..

Things to take note of is any benchmarks based off Floating points is not a valid benchmark to test on snapdragon cpus in 2.2
[Epic 4G General] schmooo:
quandrant, evos getting 1050-1150 epics getting 900-950
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Quadrant is useless unless your using Quadrant Pro..here is a Quadrant pro:

http://briefmobile.com/wp-content/gallery/epic4gbenchmark/quadrant.png

My guess is the EVO is around that Nexus 2.2 is showing..The Epic is the "Your Device"

Notice the inflated CPU score on the test? thats because a popular way to do CPU test is floating points..the snapdragon as a VFP which is a floating point accelerator..aka your not seeing the actual processing power of the CPU, just how fast it can read a cheat sheet.
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
Super amoled screen and in my expirience samsung have more solid frame/hardware.

I honestly dk why would anyone even compare Epic to Evo,Epic is better in every category,only thing that evo has over Epic is larger screen-too large if u ask me,Epic is perfect size.

Htc knows how to code better to take advantage of hardware better thats why Evo might seem faster and more snappy.I had MTS3GS and that phone was as smooth as my Epic with only 600mhz cpu and 512 ram.Only thing that samsung fckd up on Galaxy S line up is having only 324mb of ram instead of full 512mb,Epic do have 512mb but only 324 is used for ram and this is what hinders Epic from being what it should have been.Hopefully there will be a hack for full 512mb.
[Epic 4G General] Dvin211:
I can remember watching the commercials for the Epic with the default wallpaper.

I walked in to the Sprint store on the fence between the Evo and Epic. I tried the Evo first and it was a decent phone with a huge screen. Then I looked at the Epic with that wallpaper, the commercial didn't do it justice. It was amazing, kinda like looking through a mini window at a real desert scene.
[Epic 4G General] :
The absolute easiest device to flash to other networks, and repair 4g.

Sent from my Cyanogen SERO™ 4G
[Epic 4G General] maxhax2000:
Was funny because when i went to the sprint store i thought that epic would of been sold out. lols. But i original liked the epic better because it pretty much had better specs then the evo. And the screen is so much more vibrant. Also i didn't like the size of the evo even thoo the epic was alll that much better:) I also want to add i had my epic about 2-3 months and i dropped it like 10 times with case, so hard that case poped off and stuff. and i dropped it at least 10 times w/o a case, hard on concrete... and still no cracks on glass or anything and still runs perfect. I'm impressed. I do have a Zagg screen protector on it thoo. not sure if that matters.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
I have yet to hear one person say an EVO is snappier then an Epic lol...the other Galaxy S aside Stock Eclair Epic is a REALLY REALLY good rom...probably one of the best stock roms in existence..

mhz are over rated...the MTS3GS has effectively the same CPU and GPU as the EVO.. only difference is CPU is clocked at 600mhz...on the other hand its filling up only 320 x 480 resolution where our Epics and EVOs are doing double that..

They all have 512mb ram..but yes its reserved..

Nah...the EVO was sold out due to all the pre-promotion sprint did and because HTC did not make many and had supply issues...Samsung on the other hand was prepared to sell 10million by end of the year so they were already prepared...(as they make a lot of their own hardware unlike HTC which relies on 3rd parties)...the only time Sprint started to promote the Epic even a little was when it won PC world #1 award...which was already a month after it came out.
[Epic 4G General] wj0t:
The camera, the amazing screen, the speed difference and finally the keyboard so I could get a game gripper :D