HTC EVO Gets Slammed
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HTC EVO has generated a lot of buzz among consumers since it’s launch. It’s no wonder Sprint has struggled to keep up with all the demand. The phone has been dubbed by many smart-phone experts as the “best Android phone around” and a true iPhone killer. HTC EVO may be all that, but that’s not what Tech Crunch is reporting.
Let’s face it. Michael Arrington is an Android fan boy (not that there is anything wrong with that). Who would have thought of all the people who have criticized EVO, he’d go the farthest. In his recent piece, “Don’t Buy The HTC EVO, It Is A Seriously Flawed Device,” he explains how HTC EVO comes with terrible battery life. That’s not what you want to hear if you are shopping around for an Android phone:
You aren’t just charging this once a day. Or twice a day. You need to be thinking about your next power fix just about any time you are using it. I keep chargers at home, in my office, in my car, and an extra one to suck power from my laptop.
That’s the worst criticism a phone can get these days. Let’s face it. Nobody likes to pick up a phone that can’t seem to stay on. It’d be interesting to see how Sprint and HTC react to this. One has to wonder if anything can be done to address this issue.
There are plenty of companies that keep trying to upstage the iPhone, but there is a reason Apple iPhone is so popular. Apple’s iOS may be a closed platform. The iPhone may not even have the best features on the market. However, Apple does know how to offer its customers the best experience possible. That’s something other companies do not get.
Apple products are not perfect. No product is. But you don’t ever expect Steve Jobs to present a device that has a serious flaw. Platform, features, and design all matter. Nevertheless, Apple keeps proving time and time again that success in this business is all about the “experience” factor. Companies can imitate iPhone or offer super powerful phones. Unfortunately for them, the iPhone experience is not just about the phone or the platform it runs on.
There are adjustments you can make to help the battery life, that don't effect how you use it, I can get a full days use out of the phone with 34% left when I get home from work. worse comes to worst, you can buy a spare, and swap it. it isn't rocket science, if I don't make adjustments on my laptop, it lasts 2 hours. what is everyone so worried about? it is gonna use the battery, and it isn't gonna last 3 days, I don't know of many smart phones that do without an extended battery, do you?
Yeah like you only charge the iPhone once a day not if you use the thing did everyone already forget all the problems iPhone has on its battery run time anyone with an iPhone has multiple charges and carries a charger with them wherever they go jeez what’s the deal. Just jealous I guess my ecosystems battery lasts easily twelve hours on a single charge with slight adjustments like a laptop suck it up and take your defeat iPhone u lose.