The EVO Heads to Japan!

This article was taken from Engadget.com - one of our favorite tech blogs online. It highlights the EVO's trek to Japan to KDDI au. It also pays some serious compliments to the device by calling it "one of the best phones on the American market well over half a year since its release on Sprint."

So, Mr. Ziegler, thank you for the wonderful article and everyone make sure to follow Engadget.com for all the greatest things EVO and non-EVO. We are especially big fans of the mobile section at http://mobile.engadget.com!

HTC EVO 4G coming to Japan's KDDI au, WiMAX and all

By Chris Ziegler posted Mar 3rd 2011 9:58AM

Talk about longevity: HTC's EVO 4G persists as one of the best phones on the American market well over half a year since its release on Sprint -- and it's just now getting ready to take its 4.3-inch, Snapdragon-powered act international. The phone is reemerging on Japan's big CDMA carrier, KDDI au, as the EVO WiMAX ISW11HT, which -- as the name implies -- means that it'll be carrying over the WiMAX radio. Interestingly, KDDI steers clear of the tricky "4G" label altogether, referring to the WiMAX network as "WX" in the status bar when you're in range of a signal. Otherwise, judging from the video, the phone looks like a fairly accurate carry-over (with Japanese localization, of course); sure, you could make the argument that it's been outclassed a couple times over since its original announcement, but we're pretty sure it's going to find some delighted buyers nonetheless. Follow the break for KDDI's full promo video.


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