Sprint's 4G Phones: EVO vs. Epic

Sprint offers two 4G phones: the HTC EVO 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G. I've been testing the two phones for the last several weeks. Here's my take.

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Science & Technology

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• Sprint
• HTC EVO 4G
• Samsung Epic 4G
• Epic
• EVO

[ConditionallyUsed]

Is there a way to find a sprint store that has the real phones to compare? All the local ones seem to have the fake plastic display ones and that does not help seeing if htc sense or samsung ui is prefered or how well i can type on display or use the keyboard.

[JohnTaylorPR]

@ConditionallyUsed I'll be honest... I'm not sure. I think it varies by location, but I'm not positive. Email me with your city and I will check. john.b.taylor@sprint.com

[ultraret]

Is EPIC that plastic or glass screen?

[JohnTaylorPR]

@ultraret Initially, I thought it was a plastic, but there is a thin layer of glass which protects the  Super AMOLED screen. (That part is plastic.) The glass layer is made by Corning and called Gorilla Glass.

Thanks to @miamijuan from Twitter for the correction.

[Krimsonjoker]

That wallpaper on the Epic is nice!!! Is it a stock background??

[JohnTaylorPR]

@Krimsonjoker Thanks. It's actually a photograph I took and uploaded onto the phone.

[StrokedGT]

ill point out that while the Epic doesn't run Sense, you can download and run LauncherPro from the market for free. It has the same feature that shows all your home screens.

[mauiboypoi]

just to let you know i hate the touch screen phones they suck and are hard ti type with but i have had 4 samsung phones in the last 3 years and there not so reliable. but i dont know why i keep buying them.. any way i think im going with the epic next week only cuz it has the real key board.. i still think htc is better

[stereorockr01]

Awesome, you're in Virginia too. :D

[MisterHumour]

@beatz02 Thank you. This is some info that I can use. I don't do gaming but, I do use promo videos. I understand the screen is better on the Epic but, it is a little smaller. I really hate to text on my Blackberry but, texting on a screen seems very difficult. I'm glad you mentioned that the Evo is easy to text on although, I plan on using the Speak to Text option more often than not. However, I thought the Swype feature was only on the Epic. Is it also on the Evo?

[bently103]

the retina display is still brighter and more and sharper ;D

[ryleywillis]

the epic is way better because of my preferances. i love the full, five row qwerty keyboard, super amoled screen, service, design, and evrything about it. i think they r both amazing phones tho. i play on my friends evo all the time to compare. i like them both, but if u like physical keyboards and samsungs, or a better looking screen, go with the epic. 4g is AMAZING either way tho.

[Branden241]

the epic is way better...there are many things missing with the Evo that the Epic has. Number 1 you don’t have to use the physical keyboard, but it’s nice to have especially for some games. The other thing is that Epic is no thicker for having it. But the main thing you’ll miss is Super AMOLED Screen and the SGX540 GPU that does 3x the speed of graphics. the is the way to go

[beatz02]

I've always had phones with a keyboard, but the Evo is superb without it. Turning the phone to its side and typing on the screen is just as fast and accurate as having a full qwerty and the auto correction makes things fluid. You don't have to worry about making mistakes; 99% of the time it chooses the correct words for you even with a thousand errors. Sometimes I use Swype. I haven't compared the screens, but it seems that the screen may be the only edge that the Epic has over the Evo.

[rocker78able]

your just like hundreds that are confused on what 4g phone to get. im one of them