iPhone 4 Review: Does New iPhone Beat Sprint’s HTC EVO?
Beyond UCF, Business, News — By Staff on June 8, 2010 at 9:00 pmThe new iPhone 4 was unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Tuesday, fresh off the heel’s of the release of the HTC Evo, with both phones getting rave reviews.
The iPhone 4 comes with a new operating system called iOS4, allows video conferencing like we’ve never seen through a smart phone before and even lets users do HD video editing over their cell phone, much like the HTC Evo allows.
The screen uses a state of the art “Retina Display” technology to make crystal clear text and images come to life on the screen.
But the new iPhone uses the AT&T network, which is only 3G. When comparing that to Sprint’s 4G network and its new HTC Evo, it may cause some to think hard about which to choose.
Reviewers still say the iPhone 4 is super fast, despite the inferior AT&T network. And with Wi-Fi readily available on college campuses like the University of Central Florida’s, UCF students won’t be held back while in class.
AT&T is also offering cheaper data plans now. So, if you use your iPhone mostly on campus, at home, or at other places with wireless hot spots, you may be able to downgrade from the $25, 2 gigabyte data plan, and get by with the $15, 200 megabyte plan. They will no longer be offering $30 unlimited data plans for new customers, so keep track of our data usage. If you go over, you will be charged another $15 for an additional 200 megabytes.
The race is on now to see whether apps for the new Google Androids will out number apps for the iPhone, which has a clear lead given the iPhone’s enormous popularity. Apple releases developer packs, which restricts developers from full access to the iPhone, where as the Android operating software gives developers free reign of the phone.
The HTC Evo is built with a TFT LCD — same as the current iPhone. But unlike the iPhone, the Evo can play videos in high definition, sports an 8 megapixel camera with flash (which supports 720p video recording), as well as a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, is powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and even has a kickstand built into the back for easy video-viewing.
For a direct comparison of the hardware of both phones, as well as Google’s Nexus One and the Droid Incredible, view the image on the next page from Androidcentral.com.
As for Sprint’s service, they offer an “Unlimited Everything” plan, which will give users unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes, unlimited texts, and unlimited data, all for $70.
The big draw, for both Sprint and the HTC Evo, will be the 4G network. The Evo is the first phone in America to run off the 4G network, which is scheduled to go online in the Orlando area this August, just in time for the beginning of the fall term. However, 4G service will cost an additional $10 fee.
The HTC Evo, which was released last Friday, has been flying off the shelfs all around the country. Sprint’s online store has the Evo listed as “Out of Stock,” and Best Buy’s Mobile stores will be out of Evo’s June 11th, when they expect to have the second shipments of the phone.
The good news for consumers is, with all this competition, we’re likely to see more powerful phones at cheaper rates continue to roll out to win over the techy customers — and their wallets — who always want the most advanced equipment possible.
It wouldn’t be surprising if Sprint uses its 4G network to market itself as a superior video chat cellphone provider, because right now the iPhone 4 can only allow video chats — one of its coolest features — over WiFi, because AT&T’s 3G network can’t yet cut it.
According to CNBC, video chat is the next big battle, which will have Apple fighting Google, Verizon fighting AT&T, and Sprint-Nextel to see who will be the favorite.
Time will tell which phone system and platform will remain most dominant over the next couple years. Will it continue to be Sprint’s HTC ECO vs iPhone, or will a whole new competitor emerge?
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I am perplexed utterly and this entire considered this subject scares me and I need to get my pea mind round it before I transfer forward if you realize what I mean.
good review. love my new 4. feels sweeter. processor is faster and the facetime is crazy awesome. my partner lives out in LA so that is so nice. love my new unlocked cell phone. easy to manuever. texting and emailling isn’t so bad. and i havn’t had any reception problems. wish the white one would come out soon. anyways great phone recorder and camera are really crisp. got my iphone unlocking and htc unlock codes for free too! got my last couple 4′s at unlockthatphone.com 2 thumbs way up
Great write up. The iPhone is truly amazing and I don’t like being without it. This time last year I had jumped in a pool with my iPhone and it was dead. I had to wait 10 days before I was able to get a new one. The phone I had was a cheap go phone. I really love all the apps that can be downloaded to the iPhone. The best part about the iPhone to me is the ability to check emails on the fly. Thanks for the information.
Daniel, after calling someone out regarding Spell Check, you should have ensured your own article was error-free. lol
You know I really can’t say which is better. What I can tell you is that I am through with the Sprint company. With Sprint I am paying twice as much as Boost mobile customers even though sprint owns Boost? I just wrote an email to Mr. Hesse CEO of Sprint/Boost and I already feel far better. If you like me are mad about the absurdity that is Sprint visit the following website and email the CEO of Sprint.
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iOS was really more of a catch up release for Apple, with not much new. It brings backgrounding (NOT multitasking, so Android still wins there, you can’t do things that have idle connections (say an FTP or SSH app) or anything Apple didn’t exactly specify in their API. The Android still has far better application integration, with automatic live cloud syncing with any service, such as Google (Contacts, Picasa, Gmail, etc), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc, all integrated into your address book and every other app. Or sharing data between applications, which Apple still hasn’t copied. Android is already winning on the software front by far, and they’re polishing and making it very speed to make the winner very clear.
This might give Apple an edge on the hardware, where they were also getting their ass handed to them before… the screen is better, but other then that everything is found in the Evo 4G, but the iPhone 4 does have a sleeker look and better resolution screen, although it isn’t quite as big as all of the equivalent level Androids ($100+, another place where Android wins)
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Not going to lie, I could write an article way better then this. Spell check and review your facts more.
ATT has a 3.5G network. They use HSPA+ which is a pretty fast 3G network in it’s own right. The problem is that the mass amount of iPhones causes a bog down on the network. That is why they are reworking the data plans. As for the EVO, Sprint only has about 6 4G network. So you might be stuck paying a 10 premium above whatever data package you get. They each have their strong fronts, as iOS4 (iPhone’s new opperating system) is bringing a lot of new things to the mix. The EVO on the other hand, is already a beast in how fast it is. The update to Android 2.1 called Froyo (2.2) is also on the way. Once that comes out, it will boost Android speeds up to 450%. It will be good to compare them at that point, not when things are stacked in one favor. It comes down to what the consumer wants. I prefer Android, but to each their own.