I'm getting a new phone soon. And this one is actually cheap and has dual core + 3D <3!
But I want your opinion if I should buy it. Why should I buy it, why I shouldn't buy it. Good custom roms. Ics, rooting and all that stuff..
Thanks for your time!
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best android device i have owned, personally. if you can get your hands on one, do it and don't think twice.
it has great hardware, and with the release of ICS, that hardware is being utilized and optimized to it's maximum potential.
Great specs
OK screen
3D is a gimmick
If you like tinkering with your phones the 3d is definitely one to consider, if you can get it for a cheap price. ICS leaks have dropped, so the roms are mostly fully functional. S-OFF methods have been found for various HBOOTS so doing the above should be quite easy. All in all, get it.
What's not to like about 3D selfies
Nah seriously though, hardware is still powerful enough for everything you throw at it. The 3D is fun for a day, then I pretty much haven't touched it since, although watching 3D movies is still on my to do list. With the official leaks of ICS out the development has been going crazy and there are some truly excellent roms on offer, mdeejays and mwakious being my favourites so far.
If you can get it for a decent price then why haven't you bought it already is kinda what I'm saying
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The phone is great and the custom Rom developers are top notch. I enjoy the 3d capabilities for the occasional picture.
The only reason I might pause at purchasing is it uses WiMAX which is not being rolled out anymore.
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Good news for me..!
I'm getting the phone on maybe this weekend or on next weekend!
I'm looking forward to you guys! <3 (no homo)
fantastic phone.... not expensive
For choosing the HTC EVO 3D as ur next phone! Love this phone have had it since a week it came out...let me tell u...BEST PHONE I've ever owened ...my next on the list is the galaxy s3 ...leaving HTC
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Best deal out there in term of cost-value...
The new ice leaks are breathing new life into this phone. If I could afford it, I would trade up, but as of now I am more than content with it OG EVO is less in the hard ware but man, I miss that phone, too lol
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If you talk about HTC, great build quality & UI are certainties. Evo 3D, what can I say? the most cheapest device having 1GB RAM and moreover it has 3D cam & screen. its dualcore & GPU aren't as impressive as exynos' or tegra's, but how often will you need that powerful resource?
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If you talk about HTC, great build quality & UI are certainties. Evo 3D, what can I say? the most cheapest device having 1GB RAM and moreover it has 3D cam & screen. its dualcore & GPU aren't as impressive as exynos' or tegra's, but how often will you need that powerful resource?
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First i wanted a Sensation XE, but in chosen the Evo 3D, same hardware and 3D as a bonus, no regrets so... il love my phone !
I'm in the same boat looking to get the rebranded version for Virgin.
One question I have is how is streaming video on Netflix, hulu, mlbtv, and even video that requires flash player? I like streaming sports from first row sports and I'm really hoping this phone can handle that.
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Got the 3D myself because of the CPU and other hardware specs. As others have said the 3D itself is a gimick, I dont think I've used it more than twice since I got the phone over a year ago. My only complaint about the phone is the touch screen is a little over sensitive. You can activate things just by barely brushing the screen by the slightest ammount. It takes some getting used to but other than that the phone is awsome. Also, just an fyi since it took me a long time to confirm this the evo3d does indeed have Gen-1 gorilla glass.
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First i wanted a Sensation XE, but in chosen the Evo 3D, same hardware and 3D as a bonus, no regrets so... il love my phone !
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+ more RAM too.
1GB instead of 768MB
this phone is perfect for me...unless some gamechanging software and abilities show up i don't think i'll be upgrading for another phone this november (maybe tablet =P )
Phone is great, especially rooted with a custom Rom. It runs anything I throw at it easily. You will not be disappointed.
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No one mentioned the hassle of HBOOT 1.5. Read up on it carefully. Once you get past it, there is plenty of love for this phone to make it last a good while.
cheap and good mobile phone
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No one mentioned the hassle of HBOOT 1.5. Read up on it carefully. Once you get past it, there is plenty of love for this phone to make it last a good while.
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You make a very good point. It litteraly took me 8 hours to root this phone (Including time to temp root, backup, crack hboot, install recovery, rom and restore) and thats after doing weeks of research and knowing exactly what I was doing every step of the way. My wifes Samsung Galaxy S2 took all of mabye 15 minutes. But as the above said, once your past that its gravy and I still like this phone better than my wifes S2.
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I know I'll get a bunch of flamers for this and that's to be expected but after having this phone for a lil over a week now, I'm just not as impressed as I thought I would be. Idk, maybe not being able to flash ROMS & do some of the same things I could with my Evo & Epic, but this phone isn't all that mind blowing like I thought it would be. It's defitinely faster/quicker, I can't take that away from it, but thats about it. The screen difference isn't all that noticibale when compared to the OG Evo and still not as crisp or vibrant as the Epic imo. The camera is a improvement but also not by much. 3D is a fad, much like 3D TV's are. I think a Retina-like screen would have been a better feature. The new Sense is nice but it didn't add much over the previous one, plus we had it on the OG Evo. I'll probably keep it anyway and just upgrade my Epic to the GSII or Nexus Prime if they come to Sprint, but just wanted to see if there is anybody else out there who feel like I do.
Not with you either
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Not with u either the speed of this phone is just amazing and i can't stop playing with the Camera lol
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To each their own - I for one love it, and am VERY happy that I ditched that Damn iPhone for the Droid (have a Xoom as well). Im not really sure I see the need to post that you dont like the phone, like anything in the world - Some people will like it and some wont. You cant argue the overall power of this phone, the 3D is cool - but this phone is worth it if you dont use it for 3D at all.... My Wife loves her too - So much that shes going make me live with the damn Sprint Data speeds, she refused to take her 3D back.
You went from an already fast phone, to a dual core version of the same phone with added RAM and a 3D capable screen (in a nutshell). You wouldn't see a major difference. It's like going from a 2 GHz PC to a 3 GHz PC. Sure you have two cores available now, but for your standard functionality, you won't see much of a change. And comparing it to a super AMOLED screen, well, the phone's specs were published beforehand. I never quite expected it to be as crisp as my Wife's Epic, but I love it anyhow.
For me, buying this phone was a hardware upgrade. 3D is a nice extra. Also, I sold my Evo just prior to launch of the 3D for more than enough to buy the phone w/accessories, so why not?
Now, if you were coming from a Hero or something of that nature, then of course the upgrade would be night and day.
I'm very impressed. But I'm coming from a Hero that I hated from day 1, not an EVO 4G. I agree that 3D still seems gimmicky and hurts my eyes after a while but I'm even slowly starting to like it more too.
I've had over 5 single core 1ghz phones
Two of whitch had AMOLED screens
(vibrant and nexus s) and I don't like the fake "vibrant" colors that LED screens have..
And a dual core. (G2X)
I agree with not "feeling" the power for the extra core.. but I also disagree because its the future... Ice cream in Q4 baby!
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i hope your right; and sprint gets it out to us quickly
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Well coming from tmobile with a Sammy vibrant
We didn't get 2.2 till Christmas after they said early October... So anything is faster than that
Plus didn't sprint/htc get updates to the 4G pretty fast?
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I understand the OP. I'm 50/50 whether I keep it or return for SGS2. It's going to sit deactivated until I decide. My fully rooted OG EVO with a custom ROM is preferable to the 3D right now.
But yeah, for months of build up it was kind of a let down from the OG EVO although I think that's our fault. It's very relative. I was hoping for a great camera and now I don't trust HTC...meh.
I'm really liking this phone. The battery life is good, the display is nice, as great horsepower. I get this strange popping every once and awhile when using the headphone jack... But other than that, I'm liking things in HTC Country. I stayed in Samsungville for over a year, I'm not going back for even a more powerful phone.
I agree with the OP. My OG was amazing. The resolution on the Inspire or EVO may be less but the screens are better on the eyes when it comes to the displaysize. The 3D is terrible. Maybe they should call it holographic because it reminds me of old holographic baseball cards. It's quick but, so was my CM7 EVO. Sense 3.0 is meh, I enjoy the new lockscreen widgets. Although I do enjoy the bloatware removal, better battery life, and task manager. I'm debating an SGS2 for a change.
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The phone has grown on me over the past week..I think we will see what this thing can do with future software.. I mean my og EVO oc/d and rommed scrolled.fast. etc..but the gpu is several times proved and we will be able.to run future programs when the og EVO will struggle
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I agree with the OP. My OG was amazing. The resolution on the Inspire or EVO may be less but the screens are better on the eyes when it comes to the displaysize. The 3D is terrible. Maybe they should call it holographic because it reminds me of old holographic baseball cards. It's quick but, so was my CM7 EVO. Sense 3.0 is meh, I enjoy the new lockscreen widgets. Although I do enjoy the bloatware removal, better battery life, and task manager. I'm debating an SGS2 for a change.
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The 3d doesn't look like a hologram unless you move your display to a different angle..
It's a "glasses off 3d" technology If you knew anything about 3d you would know that you need 3 view points to produce and view 3d in the proper form it was intended...
To expect a **** to pop out and slap you in the face is a little much considering its a ****ing PHONE!
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faster than most
Don't get me wrong. I'm not bashing the phone in any way. It's definitely faster and a nice upgrade from my OG Evo. I guess its like somebody else posted, I let my expectations get the better of me. The speed is undeniable, granted I never tried CM or any of the other AOSP ROMS long enough to compare speed/quickness but Myn's, Virus' & Mik's ROMS were pretty fast to me. The 3D is ok if your into that stuff but its a gimmick at best. I own a 3D TV & maybe have watch 2 or 3 movies in 3D. Got it because of the clarity & beauty of the LED. 3D was a extra. Now if they had added a Retnia or comparable screen then we would have something to talk about but this screen isn't any noticeably better than the screen on the OG Evo. Battery life is better than the OG Evo had at its launch but once I got my 3500 Seidio & SBC kernel, battery life didn't matter. I got 2 days on a single charge. Can't really bring Sense into it because we have Sense 3 on the OG Evo also. I guess maybe once we get full root & S-Off and can start really unlocking what the phone can do, my opinion will change but right now its not any better, actually below the OG Evo in functionality & fun. Imo right now I don't see anything this phone does any better than its predecessor.
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Coming from the Hero, this is a HUGE upgrade. Compared to my wife's OG Evo....not so much, until you look 6 months down the road. I think then we'll see the OG Evo's shortcomings. As the apps get bigger and graphically better and we have custom roms running on the 3D I think it will really seperate itself from all of it's predecessors.
See you, quit sucking up our bandwidth.....go somewhere else.
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I played with one at a sprint store. It was okay. The screen itself and design was worth it but I don't care much for the 3d feature. But who knows maybe it will grow. I'm not eligible for an upgrade till October. So I will see what comes till than.
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See you, quit sucking up our bandwidth.....go somewhere else.
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And the douches come out to play.....Been here a lot longer than you buddy. On my 6th Android phone & can't count how many Windows phones before them. When you get some experience under your belt than maybe your opinion will count but until then go troll somewhere else.
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I hope you realize what you're saying about the screen..
"Retina Display" = Apple's name for a 960x540 resolution. The reason it looks a little better is because it's more pixels crammed into a smaller screen.
I'd take a 4.3 over it anyday.
I came from the Epic, and really really like both phones. I really don't think you can go wrong with either.
I am eligible to upgrade my phone and I will just like to know if I should upgrade to the Evo 3d or stay with my Evo 4G.I know is a dumb question but I just want to know what you guys think.thanks
What will you use it for? If just phone calls and or flashing roms...then no...evo been around for awhile and works good. If you need to flash you have tons of customs roms. The evo still holds itself well among phones. But, it you want a kick ass phone that is now not really mod able but will be soon...or desire faster, better and IMO opinion...a really good phone..then yes. I bought the phone for cash...I did not have a upgrade coming until november...when I bought..I knew there was no flash able roms yet..and was not really usable with titanium or root explorer...now that is not the case but I really miss flashing. I have no regrets..the 3d feature is a nice feature..and battery life on this phone is much better than my OG evo. Currently loving the better screen also.
Better screen, faster processor, more RAM, better everything. Once the bootloader is unlocked this phone will explode with ROMs. If you are eligible and have the money, there should be no question.
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Go play with one, if it excites you buy it. Never buy anything that doesn't excite you.
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I'm Going To Agree With Everything Said Already, But Add One More Thing. Look At The 3D Aspect As An ADD-ON. I Think The Reason The Review's For This Phone Are Lower Than Expected Is Because The Reviewers Thought That 3D Was All The Phone Had To Offer.
This Phone Is A Lot More Than Just 3D, And When We Get S-Off, This Phone Will Be The Best.
There is a lot that I don't like about this phone but i still have a problem getting rid of it. If it were me I'd hold off till more bugs vet worked out and the hardware becomes better. I'm on my 3rd 3d and each one has had different problems. The current one has screen lock up.
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Ive had 3 3Ds as well (one I exchanged for another) I did have a problem with one but the other 2 work perfectly. I think the 3D is a truly awesome phone in every way including the 3D part of it. The only thing I dont like is that the screen isnt as wide as the 4G. I know its cause the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the resolution is higher but I miss it. I still would trade it for a 3D in a second.
It depends on what your looking for and how long you want to wait. Personally I love the 3vo. But Sprint is getting some other high end phones (photon, within aka gsII, possibly a nexus in November...) and your og EVO will easily last till those phones come out. I couldn't wait any longer cuz I love the latest and greatest so I got the 3vo
stay with the evo 4g wait for a better phone to come out I hate my 3d data speeds suck I when back to my evo 4g and data is great again
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It depends on what your looking for and how long you want to wait. Personally I love the 3vo. But Sprint is getting some other high end phones (photon, within aka gsII, possibly a nexus in November...) and your og EVO will easily last till those phones come out. I couldn't wait any longer cuz I love the latest and greatest so I got the 3vo
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Seriously..wait for a crappy motorola(which is bootloader locked, and never will be unlocked) or a even more crappy samsung product..get real he asked about EVOs..And to the OP..def get the 3d..dude above said it perfect..3d is an addon..the phone is a beast spec wise!!
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Seriously..wait for a crappy motorola(which is bootloader locked, and never will be unlocked) or a even more crappy samsung product..get real he asked about EVOs..And to the OP..def get the 3d..dude above said it perfect..3d is an addon..the phone is a beast spec wise!!
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Just because you don't personally like Motorola or Samsung doesn't mean they aren't good products... I like HTC best but other manufacturers do have advantages in certain aspects. And he never specifics about just evos. Although I did re read his post and it doesnt ask about upgrading later. All I'm saying is theres no need to flame I was just trying to be helpful like everyone else here.
Coming from an EVO myself I like this one a lot, I miss the kickstannd but I do like it that is a bit longer and less wide easier to hold on the hand, we don't have roms but they are some themes a lot good ones too so you don't need to depend on HTC for them zone23 came from the EVO as well, teamwin, I haven't seen any other developers tho, battery life is better RAM helps a lot duel core is nice but i don't think is use completely with OS and we're pretty sure we getting ice cream update, HTC sense if you like it on the EVO you will love it here , sure myn, ava and xxxvirusxxx and other developers has done a great job with synergy but having out the box works amazing , I sold my EVO with extras for 160$ ( broken digitizer ) and I pay like 56$ with tac more and I'm happy not missing root to much cause there is a lot cuztomization on the stock sense hope the helps
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
Honestly
I think the 3vo is a better overall phone. Honestly I was able to sell the EVO stock for $250 so I actually made money off the upgrade. But the 3vo is in my opinion faster and a better phone. If you can deal with not being able to root it yet, which for some is a dealbreaker then its a no brainer in my opinion
3VO has a higher resolution and much faster processor. Right now you can Oc'd to 1.8 if you want too. It's amazing. And you still have the customization of adw ex. I came from EVO og and was flashing roms all the time. This just works so fast and well out of the box. The speed and resolution are what's really keeping me with the 3VO. I don't think I can do a lower res like gs2 ever again.
Hello ALL,
What would you all say if you had to get a exchange for another EVO 3D or since I'm within my 30 days change it for the Photon 4G and just pay the restocking fee?
I do want to point out I am have had a Nexus S 4G and now a 3D but I have now had this phone for a week and I'm running into random rebooting more often in the last 2 days ... I love the battery live and don't mind the QHD screen. And maybe some will tell me to wait for the Samsung Galaxy S2 but that won't be out till late September in my opinion ... That's the phone I would rather have but can't so closest phones would be the 3D or the Motorola Photon 4G...
Thanks to anyone that reads or replies ...
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Why would you want a photon, you would be downgrading, the tegra 2 chip is like a year old already and on top of that the bootloader is locked down tight, while ours is on the verge of being unlocked. I thought about the photon too but after some research I found this to be the better phone, and random reboots will be a thing of the past once we can start flashing and get off the sometimes buggy stock.
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Why would you want a photon, you would be downgrading, the tegra 2 chip is like a year old already and on top of that the bootloader is locked down tight, while ours is on the verge of being unlocked. I thought about the photon too but after some research I found this to be the better phone, and random reboots will be a thing of the past once we can start flashing and get off the sometimes buggy stock.
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This right here. The only reason to switch is if you wanted the old HDMI cable to work and a kickstand.
I'm swapping for the photon. I've had too many problems. The 3d is a good phone but htc left a bad taste in my mouth. Just my opinion. PS there was a guy who bought a photon Dev phone early and he gave it great praise. In the end it just comes down to what makes you happy regardless of which processor is in it.
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The battery life is tempting, but that thing looks like a brick.
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I'm swapping for the photon. I've had too many problems. The 3d is a good phone but htc left a bad taste in my mouth. Just my opinion. PS there was a guy who bought a photon Dev phone early and he gave it great praise. In the end it just comes down to what makes you happy regardless of which processor is in it.
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To both you and the OP, I guess the Photon looks good, if you don't want to root and run custom ROMS, then? If you do want to root and ROM, then I'd stick with the 3D. Or, get something you can run til the Samsung Galaxy S2 comes out. But, my husband has the Epic, also Samsung. It has little support for ROMS. He's probably going to switch to my OG Evo, now that I have the 3D. So many more ROMS for the OG Evo, and mine's already rooted...
I am so not a fan of Motorola phones. I think they have the worst design team out of all of the phone manufacturer's and they usually run as good as they look. (like sh!t)
Just watched a video of the Photon. Doesn't look too impressive to me. I noticed that it seemed to have a similar issue to some Samsung phones with the capacitive buttons not being that responsive and the kickstand (to me at least) seems stupid. I have an Evo 4G and never found a use for the kickstand. It was more of a pain in the arse to try and use than anything and it is a far more gimmicky feature than 3D would ever be.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. You might want to start asking for a Photon forum now if they don't already have one.
I had enough of the tegra 2... If you want a 2009( they started rolling out) chip on a 2011 device, more power to you.
I'm getting the photon4g for sure mainly because it's a world phone. Need it for use overseas as I don't wanna keep paying roaming fees. It gets pretty costly. Moreover it really issnt that bad specs wise for a second phone
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It seems everything is coming out half-baked nowadays. The so-called gold standard, iPhone, even comes out half baked. Well it comes without features, that's just it's design, but I mean whatever it has came out troubled.
I went from the Samsung Epic to 3VO. If you think 3VO is half-baked, man, the Epic is worse. Sure you can root it, etc etc, but it was only until recently the DEVs here started fixing what Samsung couldn't, or rather wouldn't.
Personally, remain patient. The lack of patience is what's getting so many people into trouble nowadays :inserting rant: The Photon I bet will have some errors and a lack of an ability to do ROMs I bet.
HTC supports and respects the developing community, Motorola said in a press release "if you want to hack your phone, get an HTC". Basically giving the middle finger to the modders. That alone makes me not want to spen my money towards a company that wont listen to their customers. Plus it has blur...yuck.
Tegra 2 chipsets mite b a lil older but they perform way better den dual core snapdragons 3vo is not a true dual core imo
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What makes it not a dual core? Does it only have half of a second core?
There is no "opinion " it either is a dual core or it isn't.
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I dont get why people are dissing the tegra 2 as if its some terrible chip when it's just as capable as the snapdragon in the 3D.. especially if you play games. Let's not let the fanboyism shade reality here. I'm just sayin...
Yeah I'm still undecided if I want to exchange the 3d for the photon. I guess the only thing holding me back is the uncertainty of ever obtaining root.
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When I get home tonight...I will see if I can find the bench marks for the tegra 2 and the current chip in the EVO 3d. You will see the comparisons and will be suprised the one in the EVO 3d smokes and blows away the tegra 2. Its not even close if I remember...but my memory is going...
I would exchange the Evo 3d for another one. Mine doesn't do any random reboots.
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When I get home tonight...I will see if I can find the bench marks for the tegra 2 and the current chip in the EVO 3d. You will see the comparisons and will be suprised the one in the EVO 3d smokes and blows away the tegra 2. Its not even close if I remember...but my memory is going...
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Last I checked Snapdragon in the Evo 3D scored lower than the original Galaxy S line.
Photon and Evo 3D will both perform very well in games. Tegra 2 is losing it's touch though, just because it's becoming older. It's still good enough to keep up with current technology for at least the next year. And answer me this, is there a single android phone right now that doesn't have a root method? Trust me, the Photon will be rooted. The only problem is whether you'll be able to flash a custom recovery or not.
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Last I checked Snapdragon in the Evo 3D scored lower than the original Galaxy S line.
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When comparing my E3D to my wife's Epic 4G my E3D wins in benchmark testing, though not by as much as would be expected. The hummingbird GPU was and still is pretty amazing and even with all of these dual core newer procesors coming out, it still hangs near the front of the pack.
I see a lot of people hate the Evo 3D .....why? Alot of people are trading them for the Photon and i don't understand y.....
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The reason I keep hearing is the updates. I dunno personally, I got mine on launch day and never did a update. The other thing I suspect is most best buy/radioshack think it dosn't have hdmi out. Mostly I think it is poor salesmen who think the only feature of the phone is the 3d.
It is what it is.... People have their own reasons for not liking the evo 3d just like anything else. You got your evo 3d so just have fun with it.
It's the tech-train playa. People come and go so they can stay on the cutting edge of hardware progression. It was the same when I was with the Hero.
Just wave them goodbye on their journey and enjoy the awesome phone you have in your hand. I know I am!
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Just wave them goodbye on their journey and enjoy the awesome phone you have in your hand. I know I am!
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You and me both!!
But arent the specs on the 3D superior to those on the photon???
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I think its because htc did a terrible job of marketing the evo. For example, the evo3d is to the og evo as the iphone 4s is to the iphone 4. Maybe even a little more if a step up with screen resolution. Htc shouldve used the 3d selling point like apple uses SIRI. People thought the only reason to get the new evo was for the 3d feature. I do love 3d but the first time u see a 3d pic it is taboo and people never gave it that second look. I think they should have went the evo 2 route and when people went to buy it they would be like "it can do 3d also? Wow!" Apple had lines out of their store because they sold a upgraded phone with a bonus cool feature IMO.
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I think its because htc did a terrible job of marketing the evo. For example, the evo3d is to the og evo as the iphone 4s is to the iphone 4. Maybe even a little more if a step up with screen resolution. Htc shouldve used the 3d selling point like apple uses SIRI. People thought the only reason to get the new evo was for the 3d feature. I do love 3d but the first time u see a 3d pic it is taboo and people never gave it that second look. I think they should have went the evo 2 route and when people went to buy it they would be like "it can do 3d also? Wow!" Apple had lines out of their store because they sold a upgraded phone with a bonus cool feature IMO.
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Totally agree!
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Im happy with my Evo.. in my personal opinion the only thing that the phone is missing is sense 3.5...
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i love my evo 3d but another reason would be the lack of content especially when compared to optimus 3d/thrill 4g
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But arent the specs on the 3D superior to those on the photon???
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If that's the case, you wouldn't know it. The problem is, even with the dual core processor, the extra ram, etc, I still see tons of lag throughout the OS, in all apps. HTC should have spent more time tweaking Sense for speed and smoothness. The only place where the 3D really shines over the 4G is when using pinch to zoom in the browser, or in photos. I notice a huge difference there.
As far as working on the user experience, I think Samsung has done a fantastic job with their Touchwiz. Like it, or hate it, the menus are butter smooth, and it's almost impossible to find a spot where their devices lag.
Same with Motorola. I have noticed a little lag when using the photon, but the phone feels better in hand, and their "blur" interface isn't as resource intensive as Sense is.
I really like the 3D, but compared to the Evo 4G, or even other dual core beasts from motorola/samsung/etc, it just isn't the upgrade the 4G users were looking for. I'm hoping the ICS update (I plan on rooting, and installing a vanilla rom) will clear up any lag with the device, and make it run like it should have from the beginning.
Now, I'm going to go nag HTC to streamline sense, to make it run more smoothly.
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If that's the case, you wouldn't know it. The problem is, even with the dual core processor, the extra ram, etc, I still see tons of lag throughout the OS, in all apps. HTC should have spent more time tweaking Sense for speed and smoothness. The only place where the 3D really shines over the 4G is when using pinch to zoom in the browser, or in photos. I notice a huge difference there.
As far as working on the user experience, I think Samsung has done a fantastic job with their Touchwiz. Like it, or hate it, the menus are butter smooth, and it's almost impossible to find a spot where their devices lag.
Same with Motorola. I have noticed a little lag when using the photon, but the phone feels better in hand, and their "blur" interface isn't as resource intensive as Sense is.
I really like the 3D, but compared to the Evo 4G, or even other dual core beasts from motorola/samsung/etc, it just isn't the upgrade the 4G users were looking for. I'm hoping the ICS update (I plan on rooting, and installing a vanilla rom) will clear up any lag with the device, and make it run like it should have from the beginning.
Now, I'm going to go nag HTC to streamline sense, to make it run more smoothly.
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I agree with u on the whole sense pulling to much from that phone making it lag.it suppose to b a beast but yet it doesn't feel near as quick or sharp as let say et4g or photon.I believe that's another reason it gets passed up.n the 3d camera is kool but when it comes down to it u can't share 3d pics with non 3d phones n so it just basically a 5mp camera with a dual core that feels sluggish cause of sense.
So people just overlook its features cause I believe it doesn't feel like the great phone that it is.I hope when they make the new evo they will make it king of the hill with a better optimized sense.
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I dont see where people feel lag on the evo3d. After about a month of using a evo3d, downgrading back to a evo4g or nexus is almost unbearable. As for the photon, that UI feels laggy straight out of the box. As for sense, the real world doesnt like plain android. This is why everyphone has something covering it up. The evo3d is a powerhouse, so is the epic touch. I guess u can say the newer sg2s are to since they are about the same as the 3d.
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Photon's radio (phone, not FM) is much better than E3D's. Where I get 1 bar on 3D, Photon got 4.....that's a MAJOR reason to switch!!!
I never liked the feel of the EVO4g or the low screen resolution. Phone never felt good to me. I love the 3d because of the tall screen and the qhd and fast processor. I kept my hero when I got my 1 year upgrade on sero because I did not like the EVO4g. And I was the first person to get a consumer hero shipped from Sprint
Sense blows, I run viperrom with adw in the foreground and after a while sense turns itself off
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I honestly think it all depends on the phone you had previously. I had a samsung entro, which was just a regular qwerty texting phone. Upgrading to the evo 3d blew my mind. The entro took about 30 mins to boot up, my evo take 20 seconds.
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Photon's radio (phone, not FM) is much better than E3D's. Where I get 1 bar on 3D, Photon got 4.....that's a MAJOR reason to switch!!![/QUOT
True, the photon does have a great radio but bars dont mean anything. My evo4g lokks like it gets better signal than my 3d but i can stream youtube on the 3d and can even gwt a video pic on my 4g.
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I just rolled w/ the Photon for a week and I hated every second of it.
The phone runs stupidly; even w/ the removal of Blur and such; you CANNOT remove all the Moto crap without crippling your phone (see: contact fcs after you try and remove yahoo bullcrap); and the feeling of the phone in hand is pretty lackluster. Along w/ that there are just so many little software issues; glitches in the UI, glitches in the Radios (my phone liked to go into International Roaming at random), too much work to do the simplest tasks (see: using the stock gallery/music apps), etc.
Overall, sense aside, I am MUCH happier with the Evo 3D; too bad about all the hardware issues I've come across (see: 4 Evo 3D exchanges since launch). Hoping this little guy will last me until the next big thing pops out of the water. I was really thinking of hopping over to the ET or the iP4S but there's too many incongruencies w/ my habits of phone use and those devices.
Really, I'm putting my all of my faith in the Devs to step up to the plate and get some fully-working AOSP goodness on this beast.
Also, once ICS (stock) comes out we SHOULD get an upgraded Sense (even 3.5 would be a major upgrade to this bloated-ass 3.0) so I'm hoping that happens sooner rather than later.
tl;dr - People hate this phone because Sense sucks at life and because of the hardware build/quality of parts (camera, radio, screen, BUTTONS!).
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People that hate evo 3D hate out of ignorance.
Let them hate.... 3d has some legit specs. flash miui and watch it fly....
I'VE had this phone since day 1 of its UK release, took a little while but development has been pretty constant and in my opinion this is by far the best phone on the market, since buying this phone I've also bought an iPhone 4s (just to stay uptodate with Ios development) and a Samsung galaxy s2 and a galaxy s3, and without a shadow of a doubt, the EVO 3d (taking EVERYTHING into account) is far superior and far more durable than anything out there
Just saying.........
If you don't got a 3vo, your ain't got a 3vo, simples
Rant over.....ha ha ha
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If you don't got a 3vo, your ain't got a 3vo, simple/QUOTE]
Has been my favorite phone in a while I love this phone but I have the ghost finger
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
I've had my 3VO about 6 months (i can't remember exactly how long....but around 6 i think). Bought it when ASDA had the deal for £250 (cheap )
Took it out the box, flashed Virus' rom and adored it even more. Went to LeeDroid, was blown away and now i'm on Mwakious' ICS and it's just perfect.
Awesome little phone, i love it
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
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I think your forgetting this phone is 3d, and I'm booting 9 roms successfully and I've scored 8225 in antutu, and my phones supports 64gb mem card with full 24hz beats audio
Now name a device that comes close to doing all of that ? I had an s3 (most powerful and feature filled) but that doesn't come close to the EVO 3d in my opinion
High end phones are very powerful, but the power of this, I can do everything or just about everything I need it to. A more powerful phone isn't a need.
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Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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It was mwakious 12.3 with cool-z evoG 2.2 kernel, oc to 1.83 x2, amd ov 1.83 at 1350500mv, and v6 supercharger
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Hi Gav..... Witch rom gave you the super high score... Plz...
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I would like to now too! My stock rom ICS gives me pretty low score in benchmarks (Quadrant), a little more then my desire running CM7. Besides from that my battery is turning bad.. fortunate that i have mobile charger with me, and I believe this problem is not exclusive for this model.
What I do like is that even though I have dropped the phone without a case on the ground multiple times, but not a scratch or dent in the case nor the screen! All buttons still work and camera is stills sharp! (My desire has a non functioning volume button and a scratched glass that is in front of the camera).
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I love my 3D, but it's not the most superior phone out there... Let's be realistic here.
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I'm waiting for a quad core to come out. Then I'll update. In the meantime, this phone still has much more power under the hood than most out there.
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I would like to now too! My stock rom ICS gives me pretty low score in benchmarks (Quadrant), a little more then my desire running CM7. Besides from that my battery is turning bad.. fortunate that i have mobile charger with me, and I believe this problem is not exclusive for this model.
What I do like is that even though I have dropped the phone without a case on the ground multiple times, but not a scratch or dent in the case nor the screen! All buttons still work and camera is stills sharp! (My desire has a non functioning volume button and a scratched glass that is in front of the camera).
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It was mwakious 12.3 with cool-z evoG 2.2 kernel, oc to 1.83 x2, amd ov 1.83 at 1350500mv, and v6 supercharger
my phone is battered, my extended battery case has cracks and chips all over it, and the metal framing around the phone is bent away from the phone, ive had it 13 months and must have dropped it a hundred times, but its still got plenty of life left in the old dog yet, i dropped it on a drain, right on the grids, the very first day i got it, before id even got it home, or switched it on, very lucky, but id chipped it and scratched away the black paintwork around the corners, so there was no point taking extra care with it since then lol
Yeah, this phone is really cool compare to my past devices.. I've had Galaxy 9003 and Xperia R800i. Both of it tends to so hot. the durability of the casing is better...
Now, with custom ROM + smartstay apps, I think this evo is better than SGS3 , Considering 3D features that We had
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For its gen of phones, the E3D is easily my favorite. Probably a little bias since it was what brought me over from the dark side, the company with a fruit logo. The 3D is fun, even if I don't use it a whole bunch. That said, hopefully HTC makes another 3D phone. I'd like to hold off for the next one.
The insides have held up well, but I've had faulty backplates. Apparently there was an issue with the first run of US phones where the glue was faulty in a few spots. HTC replaced them for free with little hassle though.
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Oh come on. Okay, let's be realistic:
What would you realistically need a more powerful phone for? If you're dead-serious about n64-emulation, then I'll give you that. Apart from that literally everything from games to complex apps runs buttery smooth and with jb-roms becoming better and better, this will only improve.
Of course, if you're a die-hard gamer, there may be a market for those fancy quadcore-phones sometime soon, but apart from that, those new devices are only released to keep manufacturers afloat because they NEED to sell x amount of new phones every year, no matter what the software side actually needs to run.
The hardware side is WAY ahead of the software development and it's been like that for quite some time.
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Oh come on. Okay, let's be realistic:
What would you realistically need a more powerful phone for? If you're dead-serious about n64-emulation, then I'll give you that. Apart from that literally everything from games to complex apps runs buttery smooth and with jb-roms becoming better and better, this will only improve.
Of course, if you're a die-hard gamer, there may be a market for those fancy quadcore-phones sometime soon, but apart from that, those new devices are only released to keep manufacturers afloat because they NEED to sell x amount of new phones every year, no matter what the software side actually needs to run.
The hardware side is WAY ahead of the software development and it's been like that for quite some time.
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i think youll find video editing is the most cpu n gpu intensive, i edit a lot of video on my phonee, thanks to androvid pro, also flashing a rom in bootmanager from a rom with a higher oc, the process is faster,
and yeah like you say, in jb, its generally faster than ics anyway
13 months here too. Phone was doing fine, but had some nicks and scratches, but started to get the phantom touch issue. Bought an empty housing here for $45, swapped in the mother board, and now it looks and feels like a new phone. I am extremely happy with it, and will not use my free upgrade on anything right now until something more exciting comes out. The SG3 is the best Sprint phone right now, but not that exciting.
As cool as mobile glasses free 3D is, HTC has stated that this phone sold horribly, but not in the exact words. They already stated that they won't be supporting 3D because of that.
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Aside from the infamous battery life drains this phone is still bad ass compared to most phones today. I used to own an iPhone 3 back a couple years ago but really there ios had not really changed all that much now with ios 5 or 6 or whatever is current. Mind you it was great but I love my evo 3d even more. This baby is enhanced to the very limits it will allow with everything tweaked out. I can play most n64 games smooth as hell. PlayStation even better. I wouldn't even think about trading out my evo until they come out with a quad-core evo.