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"Bonnie, how is this not an Editors Choice?!?" on by randyoaks187
Pros: It is just as good as Verizon's HTC Droid Incredible in every way, with the following additions:
4.3" screen, front facing camera, 720p video recording, HDMI out, 4G, kickstandCons: Well, since CNET doesn't rate phones based on carrier, the only thing that one could say is that the size would be a problem. I went to Best Buy to check out the HD2 and I didn't have a problem with it, and neither did my wife.
Summary: I think that it is a real disservice to CNET that they haven't given this phone the editors choice over the HTC Droid Incredible. As I mentioned above, other than being slightly larger, and on a potentially inferior network (but also potentially superior, depending if you are in a 4G area) there is no reason that this phone doesn't meet or beat the Droid Incredible in every way.
I think CNET ought to revise it's Editors Choice selection process. My idea is to combine it with the Prize Fights, where the Editors Choice award would go to the Prize Fight champ. The latest and greatest phone should go up agains the Prize Fight/Editors Choice phone (which seem to be in categories, so for these, we are obviously talking smartphones). To start off now, the HTC Droid Incredible should go up against the HTC EVO 4G, and for arguments sake, when the EVO wins, it should take the Editors Choice crown, untill the next hot smart phone comes along, say the iPhone 4G, and then it would go agains the reigning Prize Fight champ, the HTC EVO 4G for the rights to the Editors Choice award. And again for arguments sake, the EVO 4G wins again, it would retain it's Prize Fight champ status, as well as it's Editors Choice award, untill the next smart phone came along to challenge it again, like say some new phone like a Windows Phone 7 phone or a webOS from Palm or even a newer android phone, to repeat the process over again (althogh even if they don't decide to fold this in to the Editors Choice process, I still think this is the way that the Prize Fights ought to be done).
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I second that. Great call.
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I hope you realize that the Incredible received the Editor's Choice and was released in April, and this review was written at the end of May. I don't see how the Incredible's award should be any way related to or been "awarded over" the Evo 4g, especially since this phone wasn't actually released until a few days ago, two months after the Droid Incredible received it's award.
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There is a solid iPhone bias at CNET. This may be the result of the staff using the iPhone as their own personnal phone or just the fact that the iPhone pioneered the smart phone and remained on top for so long till the EVO came out. I also think there may be a bias against Sprint with many people too. I just got rid of AT&T and am now on Sprint. ATT just plain overcharges for what you get and Sprint gives you more for your money. I had to wait for the EVO to come out and my AT&T contract to expire. I just hope Sprint keeps great phones coming out and doesn't rely on the EVO to rule. A better phone will come out, eventually. Who knows, maybe the new iPhone will be better when it gets released later this summer? The EVO IS the best phone out there right now - period. The CNET staff will have to recognize it or they will be made fun of for their bias just like CNN and CBS, etc…
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First McPlot have you even looked at the Evo??? ITS ANDROID not windows mobile. WOW.
The point original poster is making is the Evo is better then the incredible, so if the incredible got editors choice the Evo definitely should. -
First McPlot have you even looked at the Evo??? ITS ANDROID not windows mobile. WOW.
The point original poster is making is the Evo is better then the incredible, so if the incredible got editors choice the Evo definitely should. -
There are more then just little differences between the Evo and Incredible. Like no hardware buttons on the front of the Evo. They are touch like the screen. Android VS Windows Mobile 6.5. Newer version of the Snapdragon processor. etc.
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I don't see the point of having the Incredible and Evo go against each other. They are essentially the same phone but with a few differences, just as you stated. It's like judging siblings. I am an Incredible owner and I don't thay the Evo is good phone but there is no purpose in them going against each other.
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