It is a sad day when I think about giving up my favorite phone that I have ever had. Not because I am getting something newer and more powerful, but to save a TON on my bill. Over the last 20 months, my EVO has been everywhere with me. Shooting video, taking amazing photos, and capturing my life in blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Email.
To give the quick history of what brought me to the EVO and what is now leading me from it isn't an easy thing to put down, but to make a very long story short, I started with WAP enabled devices running on AT&Tn 2002. I then moved to Verizon Wireless and the LG VX7000 feature phone tethered via Bluetooth to a Dell Axim X30. After a few months of carrying 3 or 4 devices, I moved to the Windows Mobile powered Motorola Q. After suffering through terrible battery life for a few months, Verizon was kind enough to let me have a new BlackBerry Pearl.
At this point, I was sold on the battery life, push notifications, and performance of the BlackBerry and in a few months the Storm was coming. Unfortunately, the Storm never really worked well and it was back to Windows Mobile and the amazing Touch Pro 2. From the TP2, a quick move was made to the Samsung Moment when I left Verizon for Sprint.
After 3 months with the incredibly underpowered Moment, a brand new EVO 4G was offered up and I took advantage of it. From that lovely June day onward, the EVO replaced my point and shoot digital, my video camera and even about 50% of what I used my laptop for.
Finally, 20 months later, Android apps just overwhelm the storage capacity, the OS is surprisingly buggy for a 2 year old device and most importantly, my Sprint bill continues to climb. So, off to a new experiement for me, and a savings of $50 a month...
