Having seen glitzy launches of two smartphones in close succession— Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G and Apple’s iPhone 4—followed by aggressive marketing campaigns, experts and customers are compelled to ponder: Are they really worth? It would be still too early to predict the success of iPhone 4 as it is yet to hit the stores. However, HTC EVO 4G has hit the stores and already receiving a variety of feedbacks which are mostly positive and highly appreciative.
Michael Arlington on TechCrunch says that HTC EVO 4G is likely to be a letdown for avid mobile users. Excluding its high-speed browsing, there’s nothing special that will prompt you to switch to Sprint EVO. And as far as browsing is concerned, 3G is doing well and 4G is yet to reach suburbs of the country.
HTC EVO 4G has several hiccups such as its battery life. The battery life is abysmal as compared to other smartphones available in the market. Some users have complained that the battery runs out of power even after the phone has been on stanby mode for hours. The handset’s battery needs to be charged not once but twice a day. And that is a big turn off. The last thing you would like is thinking all the time when to charge the battery.
The HTC Sense user interface doesn’t give you complete control of the device. You can’t customize settings according to your choice. According to Gizmodo, EVO is susceptible to bugs. The bugs force you to reboot the device after failing to perform a given command.
All these reports make you wonder, is HTC Evo 4G really that great as the reviews are saying? You tell us.
