HTC EVO Design 4G Review

2. DigitalMD posted on 31 Oct 2011, 10:37 1 5

HTC is on the verge of falling woefully behind. What is bad about HTC sense is that it now is holding back HTC. Honeycomb and ICS already incorporate many of the nice features that sense innovated. Now having that complex Sense UI layered on top of base android and tied into the supporting framework cost HTC months of delay in bringing out Android OS updates. They are woefully behind at this point with some of their flagship phones running Froyo and HTC seemingly unable to get updates out at all, much less in a timely fashion. Sense was once a marketing advantage, now its become an albatross hanging around HTC's neck.
Samsung and Motorola have both announced innovative new phones and tablets running ICS 4.0 HTC is still stuck on Froyo and Gingerbread, with no new product anouincements and on the verge of being left in the dust

3. Cyd07 posted on 31 Oct 2011, 12:39 2 1

Beautiful. Looks solid. Looks masculine.

Am I the only one who found the build quality of high-end Android phones is increasing these days ? Droid Razr, now this... Good things. It was the most obvious lack of Android phones in my opinion : you simply cannot have a good design without great build quality. No way to separate the two : good lines, good "design", is nothing without a solid build quality.

It feels cheap. Here, it feels good. With Iphone 4-4S, Nokia Lumia, and this kind of Android...the war is open, my friends. The iPhone was in its own league, honestly (except for the Nexus One - HTC again - and N9-E7- Nokia again).

4. andygallo posted on 31 Oct 2011, 16:19 0 0

So basically it's a Sensation with a slightly smaller screen (but same quality), single core (possibly better battery life) and same high level HTC build quality. For $99, I can't argue with that.

5. belovedson posted on 31 Oct 2011, 18:40 0 2

Not sure why this phone even came out? It sure seems like a waste. im not much of a fan for the iphone 4.

but the iphone 4 bests this phone as well as the samsung in the same price range.

i am not a huge fan of apple. but if i could not afford the premium phones i would definitely pick the 4 over its counterparts.

just saying.

6. vette21man posted on 01 Nov 2011, 13:34 0 2

I like the design, looks great.

Why is the phone so darn thick? A half inch? That's awfully large for today's standards. What advanced tech is under the hood that requires that thickness? The EVO 3D has better specs (dual-core) and larger features (screen, 3D, battery) that you could say REQUIRE the phone to be a little thick, but the HTC Design 4G is thicker than the EVO 3D! Maybe people won't necessarily put a case on this, but if they do, that makes for a nasty bulge in the pocket.

9. msdemi posted on 19 Jan 2012, 09:08 0 1

This phone sucks.....the home screen goes out and the only way to bring it back to home is plug it in to a charger.......10 thumbs down!