I have been a long time customer of Nextel / Sprint. During the past few years I have gone through more phones than one would like to. This wasn’t because I wanted the best, but it was more of a phone performance issue that I ran into.
The most recent phone that I had prior to the Evo 3D was the Samsung Epic 4G. This was actually a nice phone for the most part. If it wasn’t for the many problems that I had with the phone itself then I would still have the Epic.
The Epic 4G had the following problems:
The phone would continuously overheat.
Battery life was next to useless at @4-5 hours maximum.
Signal was horrible. My wife has a relic phone that was performing better.
The phone didn’t like certain apps from the Market. When you make a phone you should have the phone be able to determine what software will, and won’t work. If it won’t work, then the software should not show up in the Market.
In brief the Epic 4G has a great sized screen, and works perfect… Until you start loading things from the Market. The slide out QWERTY keyboard was a big bonus for me, but a stylus, and a touchscreen phone works the same. Actually it can be faster.
I spoke to Sprint about the continuous problems that I was having, and also noted the fact that the Brick, NJ service location was totally useless. They would constantly tell me that they couldn’t see a problem and that I needed to be able to replicate the issue for them to be able to do anything. I spent some money and got the Evo 3D.
The Evo 3D has been a great phone at this point. Some things that make this the best phone to date are:
Netflix Capability
Processor Speed
Android 2.3.4 (Aka Gingerbread)
I recently ordered a stylus for use with the Evo 3D. They actually do work. Make sure that you order a stylus from a person that has tested it to work with the Evo 3D. The 3D feature of the phone isn’t that big of a deal at this point for me. You can’t look at the photos, or videos anywhere other than the phone. I also have yet to find a good piece of software that will allow conversion of standard movies to 3D. I know that there are things out there that others say work, but I have tried numerous things and haven’t gotten them to work for me. If you don’t want to pay for Wireless Hotspot on the phone, then I suggest getting EasyTether from the Market. EasyTether makes the phone into a modem basically. I have it, and I find it to be very useful at times.
More to come in the following weeks. Keep checking back.
