[EVO 4G General] AbsolutZeroGI:
The G2 was a nice phone, but obviously bad choices were made when it came to the build of the z hinge. I owned one for a couple of months and you have to take the damn thing apart and manually stretch the springs in it if you want it to work right. Which I did with no problem. I also rooted with no problems, thank you, but the number of other people who had problems rooting makes this forum like a dream come true. More than 5 people know how to do it here and there's options. G2's one-click solution bricks half the phones it touches and randomly unroots the user. Go read their forums you'll see it. I said pain in the ass, not "hard" and if you check the signature you'll see that I agree with you when it comes to CM, who owns an Evo too.

The processor on the MT4g is not 4 times better. When I said similar, I mean they both have a 1Gz processor (next gen or not, it's still a 1Gz processor), FFC, no keyboard. Internal storage doesn't mean much, unless you live the Android Market and both can use SD cards. Yeah, the MT4g has more memory and probably a better GPU and if you play games that'll matter. If not, then it won't. I don't play video games on my phone, so I could care less. You liking Expresso is your opinion, which is fine, but coming from an Expresso phone you'll get updates maybe sometime in the middle of the decade. I'm pretty sure MyTouch Slide owners are still running 2.1. Sense users are running 2.2. Stats don't lie and they certainly aren't my opinion. The UI was, seriously, build for "first time android users". Google it, you'll see, that's the audience that Expresso was trying to get to. Newbies.

I don't know what T-Mobile employee your source is blowing, but their data is more than $6 a month. Mine was $20 starting off and dropped to $10 later, but never $6. Even so, you can be sure T-Mobile's 3g will never get any better, but their HSPA+ will and when it does, the Nexus S will be left in the dust. Sure it's supported by Google (it's strongest point in my book), but it's still a Samsung phone and from what I've read and heard from people who own Samsung phones, it's never as wonderful as they make it seem on the commercials. Again, with the GPU, if you play graphic intensive games, then that's something you should consider. If you don't, then it doesn't really matter. The SAMOLED thing...dude, it's a 3-4 inch screen, I can't get too excited about that.

I was with T-Mobile for a year before I came to Sprint, which is funny because I left Sprint for T-Mobile to begin with (check my sig, you'll see the two Sprint dumbphones, followed by 3 T-Mobile Androids phones...and then I came back to Sprint for a REAL Android phone). I came back because a previous poster said it best "the grass is always greener". All the things you like about a phone will dim in the horrible customer service and spotty-at-best phone service you'll receive from T-Mobile and the shortcomings from their phones will definitely frustrate you after a bit. The G2 and it's off-point build quality, the MT4g and it's never-updated UI and the Galaxy (damn it I meant Nexus) S and it's lack of 4g and sd card.

Oh, by the way, there's no full upgrade after 1 year option, it's a partial, just like Sprint's changing to. So really, there's no difference there at all.

In the end, it's a matter of opinion, on that you're right. However, if you do all your homework and read the cons along with the pros (which many people never ever do, pisses me off), you'll see that Sprint stacks up better than you think against the competition and that the Evo really is just that damn good.

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I didn't bring up your love for pure Android. I have no issues with purists, if that's what you like then that's what you like, but as you stated it's your opinion so you can't pass it off as being better factually. If you'll notice, I didn't put my opinion on Vanilla, Sense, Expresso, etc, I only said what it was. Expresso really is heavier (has more bloatware) and it really is geared for first time Android users and teenagers, the articles, T-Mobile and HTC all said that, not me.