The good folks at Sprint dropped off the EVO 4G for me to share with you. The EVO has the 4.3-inch display that is simply beautiful. It’s also packing 4G that can be shared with up to 8 devices at once over the Mobile Hotspot. It is running Android 2.1 and sports two cameras, the 8MP on the back and another on the front for video chatting. There’s a kickstand for watching video on that big screen and as you might guess there is not much that this phone doesn’t have.
I’ll be putting the EVO through its paces and grabbing some video to share soon; meanwhile enjoy this photo tour of the Sprint EVO 4G. There are even photos comparing the EVO with two other Android phones — Nexus One and the Droid Incredible. The EVO is not available until June 4 but have a look and see if it’s worth standing in line for.
Quick Impressions:
Likes:
- 4.3-inch display is gorgeous
- 1 GHz Snapdragon is very responsive
- Multitasking- fired up 15 apps and no lags
- Lighter than I thought
- HTC Sense
- Kickstand
Dislikes:
- Touch buttons on front are too sensitive
- Camera needs lots of light
- Power button hard to hit
You can see a short test video I shot with the preinstalled Qik application to gauge the camera quality.
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4 / 32EVO featured -
5 / 32Sprint EVO 4G boxed -
6 / 32Unboxed -
7 / 324.3-inch display -
8 / 32Back -
9 / 32Flash, 8 MP camera -
10 / 32Kickstand -
11 / 32Kickstand -
12 / 32Bottom- USB, HDMI out -
13 / 32Top-- power, 3.5mm jack -
14 / 32First boot -
15 / 324G boot -
16 / 32Front booting -
17 / 32Main home screen -
18 / 32Widgets-- favorites, radios on/off -
19 / 32Home screen previews (7 screens) -
20 / 32Web browser -
21 / 32Browser landscape -
22 / 32Kickstand profile -
23 / 32Mobile hotspot setup -
24 / 32Sprint TV -
25 / 32Nexus One, EVO, Droid Incredible -
26 / 32Droid Incredible, Nexus One, EVO (top-bottom) -
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28 / 32EVO, Nexus One -
29 / 32Nexus One (top), EVO, Droid Incredible (L-R) -
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31 / 32EVO, Incredible, Nexus One browsers -
32 / 32Nexus One, Incredible, EVO (Top-bottom)
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