 This is David with The Verge and this is the HTC Evo 4G LTE for Sprint. It's the successor to the Evo 4G which was one of the best phones Sprint's ever had and when it came out in 2010 was one of the best Android phones on the market period. This phone's basically the One X just with some new styling and slight tweaks for Sprint. The back of the phone is what's most noticeably different. There are two different parts to the back. There's a matte black piece on the bottom which is really smooth and feels really nice and up top there's a glossy finish with the red ringed camera lens inside it. It's a really nice look when you first take it out of the box but after about five minutes of using it the top part starts to pick up a lot of fingerprints and just really doesn't look as good and you'll find yourself wiping it off constantly trying to get it back to a clean finish. In between the two pieces there's a red stripe which actually houses a kickstand. Sprint really loves kickstands for some reason and this one's a pretty good one. It'll actually hold up the phone in a couple of different positions and orientations and it's totally unobtrusive so you really won't even see it if you don't actually want to use it. It's kind of hard to get out but is a nice feature to have if you want to watch videos or use your phone at your bedside table. Other than that this is a really well built phone just like the One X and the One S before it. It's really solid and sturdy and has kind of a metallic feel thanks to a metal ring around the edges. It's a really nice phone and just really good to hold in your hand even though it's enormous. Other than the look the EVO 4G LTE is basically the same phone as the One X. It has a 4.7 inch 720p Super LCD display which is just fantastic. It has amazing viewing angles, it's incredibly accurate and it's just one of the best displays we've ever seen on a smartphone. There's also an 8 megapixel camera in the back along with HTC's Image Sense chip which makes the whole app experience really fast. The camera can actually shoot in a burst mode up to 200 shots all at once which is pretty crazy for a smartphone. The app itself is really good and it works really well. There's a ton of options for shooting photos but the photos that come out are good but not anything to write home about. There's some dynamic range issues and in low light it's not great. So it's good for a smartphone but you'll definitely know you're taking pictures with a phone. There's also a 1.3 megapixel front camera which is fine, it's totally average for a smartphone and the camera will shoot 1080p video which is pretty much the same story. It's good and the app is great but the results are not exactly mind blowing. Also like the One X, the Evo 4G LTE is running Android 4.0 with Sense 4.0, the latest version of HTC's UI skin. It's the best version of Sense we've seen yet but it's still kind of an overwrought skin that causes some problems on Android 4.0 and really just disrupts the design language that Android and Google have worked really hard to build. It's not a huge problem and it's definitely not as bad or a drag on the phone as it's been in the past but it's not as good as just pure stock Android. The performance on all of the HTC One series phones that we've tested has been pretty amazing and the Evo 4G LTE is definitely no exception. It runs games really well, the browser performance is great, it's just a really solid phone that I had almost no issues using. Reception and call quality are both pretty much what you'd expect from a sprint phone though thanks to a new technology called HD Voice it's about to get a lot better. HD Voice basically makes phone calls sound like Skype calls, much clearer and richer and fuller but you'll need both a network and a phone that supports it and those aren't really rolled out yet. That same it's coming mantra is a common theme with the Evo 4G LTE. Right now it's network performance isn't all that good, you're on sprints, slower 3G network but sprints in the process of upgrading it's network to LTE. So what you're buying now is a phone that should be great and fast a year from now but right now is definitely lacking in data speeds. Even without LTE killing the battery, the battery life on the Evo isn't really that great. We got about 8 hours of moderate use with pushing email and Twitter and some web browsing and video watching and the huge culprit is obviously the enormous display. You should be able to get a full day out of it but you're going to want to be careful. The Evo 4G LTE is absolutely the best Android phone available on Sprint right now. It's also maybe the smartest buy since it's future proof and will be able to be on Sprint's LTE network when it's finally ready. The only problem is we're not really sure when that's going to be and the rollout is likely to be slow over the next couple of years. If you're committed to Sprint you should absolutely buy this phone now but if you have your choice for right now you're probably better off with a phone like the One X which is a really similar phone and can already connect to AT&T's LTE network.
 This is David with The Verge and this is the HTC Evo 4G LTE for Sprint.
 It's the successor to the Evo 4G which was one of the best phones Sprint's ever had and
 when it came out in 2010 was one of the best Android phones on the market period.
 This phone's basically the One X just with some new styling and slight tweaks for Sprint.
 The back of the phone is what's most noticeably different.
 There are two different parts to the back.
 There's a matte black piece on the bottom which is really smooth and feels really nice
 and up top there's a glossy finish with the red ringed camera lens inside it.
 It's a really nice look when you first take it out of the box but after about five minutes
 of using it the top part starts to pick up a lot of fingerprints and just really doesn't
 look as good and you'll find yourself wiping it off constantly trying to get it back to
 a clean finish.
 In between the two pieces there's a red stripe which actually houses a kickstand.
 Sprint really loves kickstands for some reason and this one's a pretty good one.
 It'll actually hold up the phone in a couple of different positions and orientations and
 it's totally unobtrusive so you really won't even see it if you don't actually want to
 use it.
 It's kind of hard to get out but is a nice feature to have if you want to watch videos
 or use your phone at your bedside table.
 Other than that this is a really well built phone just like the One X and the One S before
 it.
 It's really solid and sturdy and has kind of a metallic feel thanks to a metal ring
 around the edges.
 It's a really nice phone and just really good to hold in your hand even though it's enormous.
 Other than the look the EVO 4G LTE is basically the same phone as the One X.
 It has a 4.7 inch 720p Super LCD display which is just fantastic.
 It has amazing viewing angles, it's incredibly accurate and it's just one of the best displays
 we've ever seen on a smartphone.
 There's also an 8 megapixel camera in the back along with HTC's Image Sense chip which
 makes the whole app experience really fast.
 The camera can actually shoot in a burst mode up to 200 shots all at once which is pretty
 crazy for a smartphone.
 The app itself is really good and it works really well.
 There's a ton of options for shooting photos but the photos that come out are good but
 not anything to write home about.
 There's some dynamic range issues and in low light it's not great.
 So it's good for a smartphone but you'll definitely know you're taking pictures with a phone.
 There's also a 1.3 megapixel front camera which is fine, it's totally average for a
 smartphone and the camera will shoot 1080p video which is pretty much the same story.
 It's good and the app is great but the results are not exactly mind blowing.
 Also like the One X, the Evo 4G LTE is running Android 4.0 with Sense 4.0, the latest version
 of HTC's UI skin.
 It's the best version of Sense we've seen yet but it's still kind of an overwrought
 skin that causes some problems on Android 4.0 and really just disrupts the design language
 that Android and Google have worked really hard to build.
 It's not a huge problem and it's definitely not as bad or a drag on the phone as it's
 been in the past but it's not as good as just pure stock Android.
 The performance on all of the HTC One series phones that we've tested has been pretty amazing
 and the Evo 4G LTE is definitely no exception.
 It runs games really well, the browser performance is great, it's just a really solid phone that
 I had almost no issues using.
 Reception and call quality are both pretty much what you'd expect from a sprint phone
 though thanks to a new technology called HD Voice it's about to get a lot better.
 HD Voice basically makes phone calls sound like Skype calls, much clearer and richer
 and fuller but you'll need both a network and a phone that supports it and those aren't
 really rolled out yet.
 That same it's coming mantra is a common theme with the Evo 4G LTE.
 Right now it's network performance isn't all that good, you're on sprints, slower 3G network
 but sprints in the process of upgrading it's network to LTE.
 So what you're buying now is a phone that should be great and fast a year from now but
 right now is definitely lacking in data speeds.
 Even without LTE killing the battery, the battery life on the Evo isn't really that
 great.
 We got about 8 hours of moderate use with pushing email and Twitter and some web browsing
 and video watching and the huge culprit is obviously the enormous display.
 You should be able to get a full day out of it but you're going to want to be careful.
 The Evo 4G LTE is absolutely the best Android phone available on Sprint right now.
 It's also maybe the smartest buy since it's future proof and will be able to be on Sprint's
 LTE network when it's finally ready.
 The only problem is we're not really sure when that's going to be and the rollout is
 likely to be slow over the next couple of years.
 If you're committed to Sprint you should absolutely buy this phone now but if you have your choice
 for right now you're probably better off with a phone like the One X which is a really similar
 phone and can already connect to AT&T's LTE network.