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I hope this isn't a dumb question, but how is the 4g compared to the evo? Is it the same hardware in the phone?
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I'm getting a much stronger and consistent 4G signal. After I walked out of Radio Shack, I held up both my old EVO and the new 3D and the 3D had a full strength while the old one had 1 bar.
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Same here. much stronger. 3x the speeds that I was getting with the EVO 4g. Since I doubt the towers changed overnight, all i can say is that radio design improved significantly. I am getting 2x on my wifi as well. In contrast, I am getting two to three times as many signal interruptions (reconnects).
Thanks 4 the response! Now thats another reason to get evo 3d. Anyone else wanna have a response?
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Anyone else wanna have a response?
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Yes, I wanna have a response and I will when I once I receive mine on Monday.
My signals all around have not been that good. Im not sure if it's my area or the phone itself.
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My signals all around have not been that good. Im not sure if it's my area or the phone itself.
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Same here, but My 3g average, is higher than my 4g.
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What about the battery life
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This thing has 4G? Huh.. I was too busy with all the other features. The simple fact that Sense 3.0 is fast as fark and the phone doesn't has been keeping me busy.
Coming from an Evo 4G the reception is definitely not as good on the 3d.
So is it that the physical radio is crappier or is it software related?
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It's because those geniuses put the antennae at the bottom of the phone where your hand ....drives me !
Yea just a bad hardware set up, the antenna should be towards the top always lol
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Well hopefully they fix the design on the next Evo/successor. I'm not used to upgrading technology and seeing my reception get worse. Usually it's always been at least a little better with every time I upgrade.
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its sprint not your phone i get mad signal; with the verizon prl 4-6 bars always
I'm of the opinion Sprint or HTC screwed this one up. I flashed the a3 of Joelz' ICS yesterday and I've never had better reception. Another thing that blew me away is that my streaming services NEVER cut out since moving to ICS. Before, I'd be able to listen to MAYBE 5 minutes of a stream before it would inevitably drop and try to rebuffer or simply fail out to a lost-data message. Not once has a stream dropped since I imaged to the ICS ROM.
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its sprint not your phone i get mad signal; with the verizon prl 4-6 bars always
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The reason you see more bars with that prl is because when roaming on Verizon our phones use the 800mhz band rather than 1900. and 800 penetrates better. If you had the original evo and 3d both on that prl and held both the 3d would have a lower signal
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The reason you see more bars with that prl is because when roaming on Verizon our phones use the 800mhz band rather than 1900. and 800 penetrates better. If you had the original evo and 3d both on that prl and held both the 3d would have a lower signal
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So I'm guessing this means og Evo had better hardware in terms if radio then?
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I'm of the opinion Sprint or HTC screwed this one up. I flashed the a3 of Joelz' ICS yesterday and I've never had better reception. Another thing that blew me away is that my streaming services NEVER cut out since moving to ICS. Before, I'd be able to listen to MAYBE 5 minutes of a stream before it would inevitably drop and try to rebuffer or simply fail out to a lost-data message. Not once has a stream dropped since I imaged to the ICS ROM.
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I will eventually try it once it's a little farther along. Thanks for the info.
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So I'm guessing this means og Evo had better hardware in terms if radio then?
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It had the antennae placed where common sense would tell you to place it, at the top away from where you hold it
I really wanted to like the phone, but I ran into two issues.
a) my audio over bluetooth was terrible. Compared to the Photon that I was coming from, the calls were very choppy.
b) Reception... I spontaneously went to roaming mode in my office, where I have NEVER had reception issues. the same thing repeated itself on the freeway where Sprint has always had good coverage.
I'm sure it was probably just my handset, but with the SGS3 coming soon and my Photon still kicking like a champ, I took it back today, after just one day of use.
good luck everyone.
This reminds me that I've experienced the roaming issue. I have airave hooked up, so I thought it might have something to do with that; even though my NS4G and GS2 were fine in the same config.
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Have fun, I think is funny cause this phone got better radios then my galaxy nexus sprint did, but I guess is not for everyone
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jgalan14 said:
Have fun, I think is funny cause this phone got better radios then my galaxy nexus sprint did, but I guess is not for everyone
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Will you quit buying phones....
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Will you quit buying phones....
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For now yes
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First issues and people are frantically returning there phones. The newer phones gnex EVO LTE, are gonna probably have more issues because of the new network vision rollout. Once that network is up and running, I'm certain it will succeed
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Going from a photon to a New EVO you would see a difference in coverage. The photon is awesome in the RF aspect.
I was able to compare my EVO LTE to an Epic yesterday in a fringe area. It seemed to be about the same.
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digiblur said:
Going from a photon to a New EVO you would see a difference in coverage. The photon is awesome in the RF aspect.
I was able to compare my EVO LTE to an Epic yesterday in a fringe area. It seemed to be about the same.
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My OG EVO had far better reception than my LTE Evo does. I roam at home where I didnt on my OG EVO
Edit: Not returning it though
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My OG EVO had far better reception than my LTE Evo does. I roam at home where I didnt on my OG EVO
Edit: Not returning it though
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I have acce ss to, at any given time, the OG Evo 4g, the Evo 3d, the Evo Shift, the ET4g, and now, the Evo 4g LTE. If I am having problems getting a signal somewhere, and absolutely NEED a signal, for some reason it's the Evo3d that never fails. I don't know what it is in the internals that causes it, but it's definitely true.
i think it would be pretty hard to make a decision to return a phone after one day.. but hey if you dont like it you dont like it..
You're generally right... However, going into roaming, in areas that I've used most phones in without incident, shows a clear issue that I won't risk dealing with.
I've already resigned to dealing with poor data speeds due to Sprint's network... Good calling should be a must for all phones.
Should I have expected the calling issues to go away by themselves?
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Ive been reading the threads and i see the fix is to cycle airplane mode. But i haven't seen any explaining why. Ive noticed that if you travel to an area without ehrpd(the hand-off from evdo to lte) itll drop you to evdo rev a. But wont put you back to ehrpd unless you either restart the phone, cycle airplane mode, or switch cdma/lte to cdma only and back to cdma/lte. If this has been explained, i apologize but i can't find it
So Sprint/HTC needs to fix the hand off back to ehrpd when you get back to an ehrpd area. Chop chop
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So Sprint/HTC needs to fix the hand off back to ehrpd when you get back to an ehrpd area. Chop chop
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Yep!!!!
Chop Chop. Anytime now.
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Yep!!!!
Chop Chop. Anytime now.
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What's LTE? sh.it, whats WiMax for that matter? >.> bought Evo OG on release, online chat rep said WiMax was available in my zipcode... Never happened... lol. I live in south Miami-Dade county... still have yet to get on anything but 3G with any phone hah...
not really funny though
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We've been talking about this in several threads and its across many forums. The problem has been known since the phone was in Sprint's lab before launch. They rushed it out so OG Evo people would lock back in to 2 yr contracts. They tried to fix it twice via OTA firmware but still failed. Sprint is in denial there is a problem and so is HTC. You come to your own conclusion if it will get fixed or not.
It's working much better in the latest cm10 builds. Running the 10/25 build from deck. I've been holding lte almost exclusively. And have it places even toggling it before wouldn't get me. The handoff can sometimes take a minute, but it's on lte so much in comparison to before it hasn't been an issue.
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It's working much better in the latest cm10 builds. Running the 10/25 build from deck. I've been holding lte almost exclusively. And have it places even toggling it before wouldn't get me. The handoff can sometimes take a minute, but it's on lte so much in comparison to before it hasn't been an issue.
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Did deck change something to address this issue?
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Did deck change something to address this issue?
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Excellent question! Any way to find out?
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Did he rewrite the firmware or add in some background forced scan?
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I've got no idea what the change is, but it's night and day difference between it and the sense roms.
My last test will be tomorrow at work, I've been off. But iPhone and s3 get lte and I've never been able to even with toggling and setting to lte only.
It's been pretty solid to, only real downfall is the camera isn't as full featured.
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I've got no idea what the change is, but it's night and day difference between it and the sense roms.
My last test will be tomorrow at work, I've been off. But iPhone and s3 get lte and I've never been able to even with toggling and setting to lte only.
It's been pretty solid to, only real downfall is the camera isn't as full featured.
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So if you were to flash a sense rom right now, your lte issues will return as well? Is there anyway you can do a quick nandroid then flash a sense rom to see if it goes back to having the same issues? I am very curious as to what the results would be. I would do it myself but I don't have lte where I am right now.
So I'm at work now, and I'm still not picking up any lte inside. But I am when I go outside.
And I picked up and held strong lte at my girlfriends place the other day, which has never happened.
So it seems it is better, but still not 100%. As an iphone or s3 would have lte in my building.
If I go back to a sense rom I cant hold onto an lte signal at her place at all. Even when set to lte only. That part i can reproduce.
At least seems to confirm software issues.
pretty frustrating having to do the airplane mode trick to get 4g back (even then it doesnt work all the time), especially since when 4g is working it's so nice to FINALLY have acceptable data speeds from Sprint.
kind of feel helpless here with this phone, I haven't gone to a sprint store to complain yet, but it's not like I can reproduce the 4g connection issue it just happens.
I think they have fixed some it on the stock rom.
I left for the GS3 about a month or two into owning my EVO LTE. My main gripe was getting stuck on 1x after driving around Dallas.
After having some issues with my GS3 after their LI3 update i decided to go back to my EVO LTE since it too has had some updates.
The week i used my EVO LTE i never had any issues with it getting stuck on 1x. It also did switch back and forth between LTE, eHRPD and EVOD/A normally. If not a little slow to switch to LTE from time to time. I did find another thread and it looks like they have the LTE scan time set to 30 minutes. Way to long if you ask me.. But i guess in a year when more areas have actual saturation of LTE then once your connected it shouldnt matter much what the scan time is.
Yes, we know they have tried twice but it still doesn't work right.
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I think they have fixed some it on the stock rom.
I left for the GS3 about a month or two into owning my EVO LTE. .
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I'm curious. You bought a GS3 at full price? EBay?
I'm getting tired of this issue myself. I considered maybe switching to T-Mobile and getting the new LG Nexus, but I checked, and Sprints ETF doesn't start getting pro rated until after the fifth month! It will be at least next June before it becomes financially feasible, maybe longer.
I don't have a lot of hope that this issue will get fixed. The weird thing to me is that it's obvious Sprint values the name, EVO, yet this will effectively kill that reputation.
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Well how i got it isnt really relavent to the conversation. but if you must know it was a trade for another phone i had on CraigsList.
I like both devices but to me the upgrade from ICS to JB didnt really do all that much on the GS3.
Today i switched back to my EVO LTE and am going to use that for another week.
Never had any handoff issues using viperom
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Never had any handoff issues using viperom
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You have a special firmware?
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You have a special firmware?
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I honestly don't remember which firmware I'm on, I remember it the older one though.
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Working downtown LA today in one of the high rises - no 4G, even after doing the airplane mode trick or re booting. I guess they're not going to make their October deadline!
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Having issues connecting to LTE, have to toggle airplane mode on/off for it to switch back into 4g? anyone know any workarounds or anything
You may get more responses if you gave some back ground info. Sense or aosp rom. Was it working before? Does it work fine for a friend?
It may be your phone or maybe you are on a fringe area.
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Sorry am on meanbean 3.5. We just got LTE here where I am don't really know anyone in the area. Everytime I reach the LTE area where I know it is I have to toggle airplane mode to connect to the LTE. Am also on the latest firmware and radios
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These are known issues. The current stock ROM has provided some help but really depends on your area. If you are in a new or spotty LTE area you are likely to face this for a while. I still have this issue in the Baltimore and D.C.markets.
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Work around is to get a Samsung Galaxy. I abandoned my EVO LTE for a Note 2. You don't see these LTE network problem related posts for the Galaxy S3 or Note 2
Are you on latest radios and PRL? And have you done a profile update?
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Having issues connecting to LTE, have to toggle airplane mode on/off for it to switch back into 4g? anyone know any workarounds or anything
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I'm in the same boat as you brother. Since launch day I've had issues like this even before the LTE came to my area. I actually just had to toggle airplane mode a few minutes ago. The mobile data toggle would be grayed out and eventually say disconnected and the mobile data toggle would be stuck and you get no response when pressed. The only way to get it back on is to toggle airplane mode like you said. I am on 3.16 with everything on the latest firmware/etc and rocking Viper 3.1.0. Its not ROM related I've had this problem for a while and on multiple ROMs. Trust me if I could get an S3 I would in a heartbeat...
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I'd suggest waiting a little while and see if the problem persists once the area is finished with its LTE build out. If the problem doesn't resolve itself, then you should take it to a Sprint store and show them how it's behaving. They should offer you a replacement if other phones aren't doing the same thing as yours in that area.
Many people say it's a Evo LTE issue, but that just is NOT the case with every Evo LTE. I for one never have to toggle airplane mode or do anything at all. I constantly have LTE at my house and in my surrounding city. When I go between LTE and 3G areas, my data has no problems whatsoever jumping between those connections instantly.
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I'd suggest waiting a little while and see if the problem persists once the area is finished with its LTE build out. If the problem doesn't resolve itself, then you should take it to a Sprint store and show them how it's behaving. They should offer you a replacement if other phones aren't doing the same thing as yours in that area.
Many people say it's a Evo LTE issue, but that just is NOT the case with every Evo LTE. I for one never have to toggle airplane mode or do anything at all. I constantly have LTE at my house and in my surrounding city. When I go between LTE and 3G areas, my data has no problems whatsoever jumping between those connections instantly.
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Couple problems with that... I have no Sprint rip off insurance and I'm full blown rooted and customized. The guy in the OP could probably because he just purchased his but I'm pretty sure I'm screwed. Also it only happens maybe every other day its not a constant problem and I'm 100% sure if I took it to my Sprint store they will blame it on being rooted or tell me to screw myself because I don't have TEP.
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Haha it just happened again right after I said it rarely happens twice in 1 day. The first picture is the mobile data being stuck/grayed out and unresponsive if touched then the 2nd picture is after cycling airplane mode.
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After 3 evo lte replacements with same lte connection problem you have op, I decided to get a note 2 out right. I still have the evo and swap activation between both every now and then. I can tell you that the evo drops lte connection while the note 2 lte connection is just solid in the exact same area.
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Couple problems with that... I have no Sprint rip off insurance and I'm full blown rooted and customized. The guy in the OP could probably because he just purchased his but I'm pretty sure I'm screwed. Also it only happens maybe every other day its not a constant problem and I'm 100% sure if I took it to my Sprint store they will blame it on being rooted or tell me to screw myself because I don't have TEP.
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Insurance doesn't matter. The phone has a 1 year manufacturer warranty, and hasn't been out for a year yet. Also, if you're in contact, they'll want you to stay so they'll want your phone to be working properly.
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Insurance doesn't matter. The phone has a 1 year manufacturer warranty, and hasn't been out for a year yet. Also, if you're in contact, they'll want you to stay so they'll want your phone to be working properly.
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But that 1 year is void after unlocking your bootloader correct? Not only that but I've called Sprint before and they blamed it on the new towers going up and told me it will eventually get better...
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But that 1 year is void after unlocking your bootloader correct? Not only that but I've called Sprint before and they blamed it on the new towers going up and told me it will eventually get better...
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Unlocking only matters if you're shipping the phone to HTC. Sprint could care less if you're dev unlocked or s-off. They can't blame it in the towers if you're in store and a GS3 or Note 2 that's on display isn't having the same issue as yours is.
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Unlocking only matters if you're shipping the phone to HTC. Sprint could care less if you're dev unlocked or s-off. They can't blame it in the towers if you're in store and a GS3 or Note 2 that's on display isn't having the same issue as yours is.
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Well I called Sprint and pled my case and they are sending me a new S3 for $50. I'm thrilled this stupid problem will plague me no more!
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Well I called Sprint and pled my case and they are sending me a new S3 for $50. I'm thrilled this stupid problem will plague me no more!
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:0 I would try this but I like this phone to much.
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:0 I would try this but I like this phone to much.
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I completely understand. I love this phone but the fact that I am paying for Sprint service and I have to manually fix this problem (3 times today) is getting very old. Im done on to better things.
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HAHAHAHAHA yeah i have no insurance i saw no point to it as the min i got it home (with in a week of launch) it was dev-unlocked rooted and re rommed. i guess i will have to try going into the sprint store and seeing if they can do anything, however i really do love this phone but am so disappointed in the LTE/3G switching problem. Now i am also having issues downloading from the market on LTE, whenever i go to start a Download it just sits at waiting for network.....
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HAHAHAHAHA yeah i have no insurance i saw no point to it as the min i got it home (with in a week of launch) it was dev-unlocked rooted and re rommed. i guess i will have to try going into the sprint store and seeing if they can do anything, however i really do love this phone but am so disappointed in the LTE/3G switching problem. Now i am also having issues downloading from the market on LTE, whenever i go to start a Download it just sits at waiting for network.....
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I really do love this phone also. The build quality is outstanding. I hope the S3 is as good of a phone as people say. Its amazing how much more $ you could get for an S3 right now vs. The EVO LTE. I guess that speaks for itself on the quality of the S3. I'm so psyched to practically getting an upgrade and won't have to deal with this stupid problem for another year until my upgrade.
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I really do love this phone also. The build quality is outstanding. I hope the S3 is as good of a phone as people say. Its amazing how much more $ you could get for an S3 right now vs. The EVO LTE. I guess that speaks for itself on the quality of the S3. I'm so psyched to practically getting an upgrade and won't have to deal with this stupid problem for another year until my upgrade.
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Doesn't really speak for quality as much as popularity/being well known. On ebay, an iphone 4 sells for as much, or more, compared to an Evo LTE. Kinda like a white Evo LTE sells for more than a black one. Same phone and quality, just that the white one is more popular.
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