It’s official “Supersonic” on its way to sprint.

[Guest Ebartolon]

http://now.sprint.com/evo/

We've been rumoring a WiMAX "HTC Supersonic" for a while now, and Sprint just dropped the hard news: the phone will be dubbed the HTC EVO 4G, will be released this Summer and it's easily the best specced phone we've ever witnessed. The hardware is of quite obvious HD2 descent, but with Android onboard and some nice aesthetic tweaks, the EVO 4G takes on a life of its own. The handset is centered around a 480 x 800 4.3-inch TFT LCD, with a Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor under the hood (the CDMA version of the QSD8250 in the HD2 and Nexus One), and even a helpful 1GB of built-in memory and 512MB of RAM -- hello app storage! Even the battery is bigger than the HD2, and the camera is an 8 megapixel monstrosity with flash, that's capable of 720p video, and is augmented by a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for good measure. The phone features HDMI out (though you'll need an adapter for turning it into a TV-familiar HDMI plug), 802.11b/g WiFi, and an 8GB microSD card. There's that still-rare Android 2.1 underneath an updated version of HTC's Sense UI. But... despite all these wild features, what actually sets the EVO 4G apart is the fact that it's Sprint's first 4G phone. The handset runs a combo of EV-DO Rev. A and WiMAX, with calls still being made over CDMA and the EV-DO / WiMAX options for data. Interestingly, it sounds like concurrent data and voice use might be possible for the first time on CDMA carrier in this way (killing AT&T's well-advertised differentiator), though Sprint says that's still in the testing phase. One other new feature is the Sprint hotspot app, another MiFi-style connection sharing number, which is obviously aided greatly by the WiMAX on board and can support up to eight concurrent users. Follow after the break for our hands-on impressions and videos of the phone in action, including an up-close-and-personal test of the touchscreen keyboard. Below you'll find galleries of the phone by its lonesome and up against the Nexus One and iPhone 3G.

[Guest]

Easily the best looking gadget ever.

[Guest uk786]

OMG!!!

That is the best phone and the best looking ever!!

Will it come to UK?

[Guest uk786]

also still no camera shutter button :)

[Guest Ebartolon]

also still no camera shutter button :)

It needs one.

[Guest MoWeb]

You shouldn't post this here in the Hero forum. We're still uhappy about being on Version 1.5 and now this :) Thanks HTC.

[Guest masterpfa]

You shouldn't post this here in the Hero forum. We're still uhappy about being on Version 1.5 and now this ;) Thanks HTC.

I have

:)

(It is so cute though :P )

Edited March 23, 2010 by masterpfa

[Guest MoWeb]

I have

:)

(It is so cute though :P )

Don't sweat it my Bro...We'll get through this together ;)

[Guest dr3as]

I wounder if it will be available in norway, or if i can buy a sprintphone and use here..

[Guest Ebartolon]

I wounder if it will be available in norway, or if i can buy a sprintphone and use here..

does norway use CDMA? or GSM?

[Guest masterpfa]

Don't sweat it my Bro...We'll get through this together ;)

:)

OK note to self "Bypass wishes for HTC Desire, ask Santa Phone for a “Supersonic”

Edited March 24, 2010 by masterpfa

[Guest Ebartolon]

:)

OK note to self "Bypass wishes for HTC Desire, ask Santa Phone for a “Supersonic”

i think by christmas well want something newer from santa.

[Guest Dr. dre]

This phone is right now only available in the US and over it this only works and supports CDMA network, also the other HTC device named 'Incredible' will also be available in the US in about 2 weeks.

What's good to know(For me atleast and hopefully for others) is that both of them works only on CDMA networks.

[Guest dr3as]

does norway use CDMA? or GSM?

Bah, its a CDMA phone... Well.. No Evo for me..

[Guest masterpfa]

i think by christmas well want something newer from santa.

That's the irritating and exciting thing about Technology, there is always something newer and better

[Guest DLCI]

That's the irritating and exciting thing about Technology, there is always something newer and better

Yeah, especially when it comes to network standards. WiMAX?! What the....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't HTC brought earlier another wimax phone? Not too much attention was given as at the same time it was announced that LTE will be the most accepted 4G technology, right? Instead of putting an effort into this weird standard they should simply have released it with 3G ... and leave no customers for July's 4th gen iphone :)

But I guess that's what they try to achieve in US with wimax and not thinking globally (hitting apple when it hurts the most).

P.S. I don't like android, but if that beast has really hdmi I'd forget the crappy outlook integration at once.

[Guest tropmonky]

I wonder what touchscreen this unit is using, anyone know???