My next phone...
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4 cam tbird
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Best Buy shows bold on the Farmington Hills store to indicate that store has it in stock. all the other Best Buys show greyed out to say they don't. You might call Best Buy in F.H. and see if they have it for you. Might be too far of a drive to 14 Mile and Orchard Lake from Downriver though?
Overboost
Forum Member
Problem is, BB wants $600 for the phone out of contract. Sprint stores only charge $450. I have a $150 gift card, and mailing my Pre gets me $65, so I'm only paying $35 more out of pocket to get it from the Sprint store. I could get one at a BB, but the $150 is too much for it to be worthwhile. Thanks for looking for one.
I will say though, most of the people I know who work for Sprint or BB have said this phone blew up on the weekend. They're going to quickly replenish levels, and most likely will have shipments daily until the demand starts to slow down.
4 cam tbird
Club Member
Best Buy in Brighton said they were still holding my pre order that they couldn't activate Friday. Trying to decide if I'm picking it up after work or waiting a couple of weeks for when I'll be out of town more in the 30 day window. I talked to a rep via IM thing on the Sprint website and he eased my concerns.
selser420
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I'm on the same boat as you as far as the Pre goes. There are things I love about it, but the reliability is a bit lacking. I'm on my 3rd now and I need to get it replaced again because the speaker doesn't work.....again
My wife just got the Evo and loves it......it seems really big to me, but I may get one when I'm eligible in Sept.
Overboost
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I'm on the same boat as you as far as the Pre goes. There are things I love about it, but the reliability is a bit lacking. I'm on my 3rd now and I need to get it replaced again because the speaker doesn't work.....again
My wife just got the Evo and loves it......it seems really big to me, but I may get one when I'm eligible in Sept.
I'm on my 4th Pre. I know very few people that have kept their launch Pre, and I'm not normally very hard on my phone either. I'd just as soon get out of this phone and get the Evo and move on from the drama that is Palm hardware.
Overboost
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I'm going to pick my Evo up here in a bit. Sprint Store in Westland called and mine is in. Ordered the InvisibleShield from Zagg and I'm waiting for BB to get their Platinum cases in for the Evo and it'll be all set. Kinda bummed I'm giving up the inductive charging with the Touchstone, but it's a necessary sacrifice for the impressive specs of the Evo.
WhiteHawk
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I got my Evo yesterday. It is pretty awesome. But then again, I am coming from the 1st gen Instinct, so I may have a skewed view.
- Browser is lighting fast on 3G. All the websites I have tried work fine, including any pulldown menu's and flash content. Youtube works fast too. Youcan pause video and start it up just like on a desktop.
- Great calendar function. This was a major failure of the Instinct.
- Lighting fast. Hardly any delay at all. Switches pretty fast between horizontal and vertical.
- Comes with a bunch of preinstalled apps. I haven't even tried most of them, but it has the "Marble in a Maze" game, Googlemaps, etc.
- Camara is awesome. Great resolution, plus the front/back thing is pretty cool. Records HD video. 8 MP on the back, 2 MP on the front.
- Has an HDMI output plug next to the USB on the bottom. I can't wait to stream Netflix through my phone to my TV! Seeya Comcast!
- Only concern so far is battery life. It seems to burn it FAST. Luckily, it charges off any USB.
Great phone. I-Phone may be the benchmark, but that doesn't mean that Evo isn't better.
-Geoff
- Browser is lighting fast on 3G. All the websites I have tried work fine, including any pulldown menu's and flash content. Youtube works fast too. Youcan pause video and start it up just like on a desktop.
- Great calendar function. This was a major failure of the Instinct.
- Lighting fast. Hardly any delay at all. Switches pretty fast between horizontal and vertical.
- Comes with a bunch of preinstalled apps. I haven't even tried most of them, but it has the "Marble in a Maze" game, Googlemaps, etc.
- Camara is awesome. Great resolution, plus the front/back thing is pretty cool. Records HD video. 8 MP on the back, 2 MP on the front.
- Has an HDMI output plug next to the USB on the bottom. I can't wait to stream Netflix through my phone to my TV! Seeya Comcast!
- Only concern so far is battery life. It seems to burn it FAST. Luckily, it charges off any USB.
Great phone. I-Phone may be the benchmark, but that doesn't mean that Evo isn't better.
-Geoff
Overboost
Forum Member
There's a couple of great articles about how to maximize battery life, especially in an area without 4G, like we are right now. Turn off WiFi and 4G, and if you don't have it yet, download the Advanced Task Killer free app. It'll really make a difference. Turn the screen down as low as you can stand to manage it, and that should help you out a lot. Check out Android Central for more info on the Evo and other Android phones.
WhiteHawk
Club Member
Great tips - thank you! Yea, I have the screen cranked up all the way! I have already turned 4G and WiFi off (mostly because I just found them while playing around with it). I am kind of surprised that you don't get two batteries with it though. I guess they figure with a USB you should be able to charge anywhere.
-Geoff
ReiKo
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Do it....
98yellowcobra
Banned
I traded mine in for a blackberry. Couldn't get used to the touch screen
Can't stream netflix on it, well I can't on my Incredible and they're essentially the same phone, so maybe once full flash support comes out you can, but as it is currently you cannot.
Overboost
Forum Member
Glad I could help with the tips. I'm trying to figure out the finer points of Android, since I'm new to it. It's good so far, I absolutely love the phone and it's lightning fast.
One thing I'm trying to figure out though, how do you disable Facebook contact syncing, and is it possible to set the phone to only connect to Sprint networks? I usually can find that on any of my old phones.
One thing I'm trying to figure out though, how do you disable Facebook contact syncing, and is it possible to set the phone to only connect to Sprint networks? I usually can find that on any of my old phones.
Scooter70
Club Member
Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> Facebook -> Uncheck "Sync Contacts"
Overboost
Forum Member
Sorry, I did that. What happened after was that the FB photos were tied to some of my contacts. I had to go in and uncheck, clear, then recheck some of the contact fields and it took care of it. Finally starting to figure out things about this phone now.
SlowSRT4
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Netflix uses Silverlight, not Flash.
However, Netflix can still develop apps in order to make it work well on phones. But for the time being Netflix is focused on the iPhone where they are developing a full Netflix app. Similar Netflix app may come to other platforms at a later timeframe.
