Sprint has once again revived itself from the poor showing of the EVO 3D to bring forth a true successor to the original EVO 4G. Whether it was a planned hiatus or if they really thought the 3D tech would woo many newbies to the company, a true EVO hero was no where to be found. Where the EVO Shift, EVO Design and EVO 3D all failed to bring the crowds back to the nation's 3rd largest cellular carrier, the new EVO 4G LTE is doing the trick rather nicely.
The EVO 4G LTE is not a device that I will personally be carrying in my pocket, as I have moved on to a new carrier and a new platform, but for many, it is a shining star that replaces those worn kickstand toting devices from long ago. As the Sprint version of the HTC One X, the EVO 4G LTE is quite an amazing piece of technology.
Facing a 4.7" display is amazing, but one with a 1280x720 resolution is downright wrong. The clarity, crispness and overall beauty of the screen is brilliant. The dual-core 1.5Ghz Snapdragon processor drives the Sense over-layed Android 4.0 OS easily and without any perceived lag. The 1GB of RAM might be a concern a year from now with the size of Android Apps, but worry about that later, for now, it's more than enough to work through the day. The 16GB of on-board storage is also augmented by a micro SD slot that will expand to 48GB without any issues.
While the hardware is excellent, the one problem that the EVO 4G LTE has is the lack of a network to support it. With Sprint's lowly 3G performance, usually in the 600kbps to 1Mbps downstream range, the EVO 4G LTE just seems mediocre. Hopefully Sprint will be able to start firing up some of the LTE markets sooner than later, but for those in WiMAX areas, that 2 year old EVO 4G will still smoke this new guy in terms of download speeds.
