If there is one thing that drives me nuts about our wonderful EVO, it’s that there’s no options for making them better. Unless you root, you’re stuck with the stock software. Unless you hack, the HDMI out is limited. Unless you buy the HTC Flyer, you only have a 4.3” screen for blogging. And of course, unless you know some pretty powerful higher ups somewhere, you’re going to have to pay an arm and a leg for the upgrade next month.
With the EVO 4G’s shelf life coming to an end, the EVO 3D coming soon and the addition of the EVO View, Evocentric is about to take on an all new meaning. These new brothers or cousins or whatever you want to call them, are going to offer those EVO lovers out there an amazing selection of devices that will fill about any void in their multimedia loving lives.
The EVO is still full priced on Sprint’s website, so the rumors of a June 4th launch may be a bit premature. Usually, before a device gets pushed the way side, the carriers will try to drop inventories to an extremely low level by dropping the 2 year pricing. From the sounds of things, the $199 price point of the EVO 4G may not be going anywhere – even after the launch of the 3D and View.
The View should come out of the gate with a 32GB retail of $799 – well above an of its marketplace competition. The 2 year contract pricing might cut that to $399, but that still places it well out of the cost range of those that dropped $500 for the EVO a short year ago.
The 3D is predicted to hit at the same $500 that the original did. Unfortunately for most EVO owners, they are still another year away from that $300 upgrade price. We will see if Sprint steps up to get more fans on the EVO bandwagon and gives a great upgrade deal to those that ‘lost’ their 1 year upgrades in April.
Overall, the EVO family will soon have something to offer everyone. The keyboard lovers have the Shift. The gadget hounds will have the 3D. The folks out there that want a bit more storage and power can grab a View and use if for their entertainment and reading needs. Of course, that still leaves the original EVO owners with one of the best devices that has ever hit the market – even with the slightly less than optimal battery life.
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