Friday, 17 February 2012
HTC EVO Design 4G review
HTC EVO Design 4G review - When Sprint announced last year that the HTC EVO 4G was just the first in a family of EVO products we were a bit skeptical, but here you have the EVO Design 4G, the 5th member of the EVO family. The EVO Design 4G is quite the looker with an aluminum unibody design and 4” qHD display. Known as the Hero S elsewhere, the EVO Design 4G has WiMAX data and a dark paint job to set it apart. Other key features include a 5 megapixel rear and 1.3MP forward-facing cameras, 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and DLNA for wireless media streaming. Included with the EVO Design 4G you’ll get the microUSB cable, AC adapter and a 8GB microSD card.
The EVO Design 4G feels nearly perfect and is one of the best designed phones recently. We’re crazy about HTC’s unibody designs and are particularly fond of the black aluminum found here. The weight gives the EVO Design 4G a good, quality feeling without being prohibitive and the slightly smaller display makes it easier to hold for small hands. As usual, build quality from HTC is top-notch with premium materials. Simply put, this is one nice looking phone.
It's no secret that we were downright smitten when HTC dropped 2010's proverbial bombshell: the EVO 4G. A knockout device that served not only as WiMAX's ambassador, but also catapulted us into expansive "superphone" territory with what was then a gargantuan 4.3-inch screen. Since then, however, subsequent EVOs haven't exactly been what we'd call up to snuff. The EVO 3D, while "good," made gimmicky trade-offs that kept it from being the home-run we'd hoped for. And others, like Samsung, who were once an Android wallflower have seriously stepped up their game -- so much so, even Google's repeatedly taken notice.
