Wonder if this rings true of Evo 3D owners here - HTC EVO 3D

HTC loyalists, does your self-esteem go down when a product of HTC fails to deliver? Or do you ignore the shortcomings and keep on truckin'? This article makes a lot of sense.
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/users-treat-criticism-of-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars
Any opposing views?

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I'll go with whoever makes the best phone. However, I will take into account their track record, too. For example, many people hail that the SGSII is the best phone ever and it'll suck your **** if you ask it. But looking at how horribly they support phones and how late their updates have been in the past, I'll avoid it like the plague.
Just an example.

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Jye75 said:
HTC loyalists, does your self-esteem go down when a product of HTC fails to deliver? Or do you ignore the shortcomings and keep on truckin'? This article makes a lot of sense.
http://arstechnica.com/science/news...f-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars
Any opposing views?
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My self esteem stays fine, I just get pissed...pissed and disappointed. HTC has lost my faith with the EVO 3D... No reason to feel personally butthurt by a manufacturers shortcomings.
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Nope, I'm not my phone. I like to flex the 30-day exchange policy if I'm an early-adopter. Otherwise I research thoroughly before putting down my money for my HTC. I also make use of my insurance.
I'm a great buyer & I flex that fact.
I like HTC phones over any other handset maker. HTC wins me over & somehow HTC disappoints me in little ways usually with every phone. XDA makes up for it in strides.
XDA is the driving factor in my purchase of the phone & I swear by the work that is done here. I upgrade my phone on the strength of the development (both HTC & XDA) for the phone & it's flagship status, the latter just for the sake of continued & speedy support.
If I had ever owned the Touch Pro or Touch Pro 2, I think I wouldn't be so pro-HTC today.

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daneurysm said:
No reason to feel personally butthurt by a manufacturers shortcomings.
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Agreed, but there are a lot of people who take it personally, especially when someone craps on their brand. I think it's amusing that people take such offense over that.
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Jye75 said:
Agreed, but there are a lot of people who take it personally, especially when someone craps on their brand. I think it's amusing that people take such offense over that.
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Well people on this board don't own a brand in the first place, so someone saying ish about a brand they bought and getting upset over it is pretty childish and immature. But regardless noone is making money from buying or promoting a certain brand, so its all irrevelent what anyone has to say about it. If you like a phone that noone else likes, who cares. At the end of the day only one person is using the phone, and if it suits your needs, the opinions of others have about as much value as a bowl of poop.

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swaze said:
Well people on this board don't own a brand in the first place, so someone saying ish about a brand they bought and getting upset over it is pretty childish and immature. But regardless noone is making money from buying or promoting a certain brand, so its all irrevelent what anyone has to say about it. If you like a phone that noone else likes, who cares. At the end of the day only one person is using the phone, and if it suits your needs, the opinions of others have about as much value as a bowl of poop.
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Brand in general, whether it be HTC, Evo 3D, Android, Iphone, Sprint, Verizon, Google, etc.
While it's true that it's childish and immature, it can be seen all over the place. Take iPhone/Apple fanbois and ANY other device/brand, and you can see the flamewars everywhere. We even get them here. I also agree with you that nobody else's opinion really matters when it comes to what an individual prefers, but yet again, you can see it all over the boards: "what do you think of this?", "need your opinion on this", "which device should I choose?", etc. It's clear that a lot of people do put some value into what others say about certain things, which makes it relevant even though they dont make money off of it.

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Jye75 said:
Brand in general, whether it be HTC, Evo 3D, Android, Iphone, Sprint, Verizon, Google, etc.
While it's true that it's childish and immature, it can be seen all over the place. Take iPhone/Apple fanbois and ANY other device/brand, and you can see the flamewars everywhere. We even get them here. I also agree with you that nobody else's opinion really matters when it comes to what an individual prefers, but yet again, you can see it all over the boards: "what do you think of this?", "need your opinion on this", "which device should I choose?", etc. It's clear that a lot of people do put some value into what others say about certain things, which makes it relevant even though they dont make money off of it.
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It's called "confirmation bias"....from the wiki:
Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.
...and if you happen to go against what they desire to hear these people will flip out.
What I flip out about is people failing to be as objective as possible when dealing with information....especially something like a piece of technology. We're not talking favorite songs or favorite teams here--there is zero quantitative reason to prefer one over the other...It's personal and usually emotional...and that's fine......but when there is something with a measurable or noticeable difference and people will deny it because of some inane brand loyalty or some other such idiocy I rage.... You love that band or that team for purely emotional reasons....that's fine. But when you buy a device with obtaining the best performance or measurable quality in mind....and you don't get exactly what was advertise/you thought you would get and you fail to notice this because you love a brand name or you just want confirmation that you made the 'right purchase', even in the face of contrary evidence? That's idiocy. I can't stand that. Sure, I'll live with this phone...it's just a phone and it, for the most part, does everything I need it to do. However, as a matter of measurable and repeatable and/or noticeable fact: The speaker volume is too low and even if you make it loud it sounds like crap, the reception sucks for 2g/3g...some say 4G, but that's tough to tell cuz all sprint 4g signals suck....the UI is nowhere near as smooth as an NS4G....the battery cover thing sucks....there's something way screwy about the power/off power/on power button going on....battery life sucks more than it should (I'm sure this is signal related).
I'm sure there are more, but these are facts...repeatable and measurable and noticeable....yet there are some people who will become enraged at the mere mention....Sorry...I love the phone, but, damn d00d, that **** is real....and that's not even counting all of the faith I lost in HTC over the handling of the bootloader fiasco...which may very well change from the first phone they release unlocked, time will tell....
I thought it was a no brainer to buy another HTC EVO branded phone, the last one was nearly perfect in every way (except stock battery life, but otherwise my E4G experience was flawless). Well, I was wrong. I think it all boils down to that....the most difficult phrase for a person to say (in any language) seems to be "I was wrong"....I'm fine with being wrong, I prefer not to be, but, once you admit it you learn a lesson and become better for it. Defending a wrong/uninformed/misinformed/ignorant decision and/or stance is sheer idiocy.

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Same $#!t happens in rom/kernel threads. Someone will post w/o anyone asking..."this rom/kernel lacks..blah blah" "....flashed such & such now i'm happy"
Nobody asked...!?
Then of course the multitude of replies Needlessly defending the rom/kernel.
on another similar point....
Dev's should not get bashed period, Now I just came from a 4g kernel forum and there was a few recent posts asking the dev if he/she planned to add SBC, the dev had been active at that time answering other questions and just ignored the questions -(100% fine imo, as the SBC question had been asked and answered multiple times) ...Yet a few people took it upon themselves to to flame and WARN that the dev might leave XDA if the question keeps getting asked ?!?!!! these self-appointed moderators suffer even deeper symptoms than the article mentions.
just my 2...