http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/ Engadget Comments for Epic 4G coming August 31st for $249.99 on contract (updated) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
It's much faster, has a better display, and a keyboard. All for $50 more. I think someone's jealous.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/LOL. Not jealous at all, sliders aren't my thang. $250 seems a bit odd. Everything else is $199.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Agree with you 100%. I was really leaning towards this. In my mind they are about even. Epic has a slightly better (but smaller) screen with a slightly better processor and more memory. The Evo has the bigger screen, HDMI out, and most importantly, XDA hacking the crap out of it.

At $199 it would have been a really tough decision. Given that there is a $50 difference the Evo is the winner.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/it was aug 20th when i saw it first on the page and after sometime when i went to the page again, it was showing 31st. something hapnd in those 30min that it got changed. this was way before engadget posted it here.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Yea, sounds like someone has Buyers Remorse...]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
$250 because it costs more to make than the EVO. Simple.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/EPIC ! ]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/This Epic device must be better than the EVO for it to be $50 more. For me it comes down to HDMI vs S-AMOLED screen. I'm glad my upgrade date is in November so I have time to decide between the two Android giants.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
well what can I say, I should have taken a screeshot to please you. anyways it does not matter now, does it? :)]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/check few other comments, the new ones. few others have seen it as 20th. ]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
The Epic 4G is the best consumer smartphone available.
Coupled with the best processor, storage, features and Samsung's build quality, this claim is hard to refute.

Shame that Epic 4G will easily be killed due:
1 no GSM (great you've just locked out 80% of the world)
2 no HDMI (great now that you've lost that too)
... something fishy is going on at Samsung, I mean they also removed LED-flashlight and the front-facing camera from the Galaxy S, seems like a waste of S-AMOLED reserves to me.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
You only pay $350 if you buy it from Sprint directly. Most other places like Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc offer instant rebates so you'd only pay the $250.]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/First it was a simple iOS vs Android fanwars, now android is dividing and now there will be Moto/HTC/Sammy/other manu's. Root for the underdog and go moto!]]>Aug 12th 2010 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Really? Samsung has always let me down build quality wise. ]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/This is EPIC!!!!]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Moto defiantly has the best android build quality. ]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/That title would most def go to the HTC Legend.]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Looks pretty damn nice though.]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Well its certainly not sammy i went through at least 10 glydes ;( ughhh just the name brings back painful dreadful horrible memories of torture and pain.

ILL NEVER GO BACK DAMN IT!!! ]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Sprint and T-Mobile are both small time fail.]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/thats gonna cost you a downrank mr]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
yea I was gonna say.. I always thought samsung phones were pretty bad build quality and very cheap looking. ]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Let's see. As long as you get the money back, does it matter?]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Not everyone got their Evo from a Sprint store. Some got it from retailers that offer instant rebates.]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
It's the keyboard and I completely understand. I feel comfortable only using physical keyboards since I have such massive thumbs and my hands do shake a bit so I don't always hit the key I want. I've used swype but it gets my fingers sore after a while and it still doesn't take as quick as typing on a virtual keyboard for me. What I'm most disappointed about is TouchWiz, which is commonly known to be inferior to HTC's Sense. If this had Sense then I'd get it, but we got Samsung's crap :-/]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Are you joking? The Evo spec wise doesn't even hold a candle to the Epic 4g. The Super Amoled screen alone is worth the extra price of admission.

The only reason one would even purchase a Evo over the Epic 4g would be if you wanted a slightly larger screen, a magnificent kickstand (sarcasm) to prop up the phone for viewing purposes or you don't want a slide out keyboard.]]>Aug 12th 2010 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Best Buy Mobile FTW]]>Aug 12th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/]]>Aug 12th 2010 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
See: Super AMOLED display, faster Hummingbird processor, QWERTY keyboard, 4G WiMAX, 8GB internal flash, Bluetooth 3.0, gyroscope, DLNA, & FM radio.

It's a superior phone to the Evo in many ways. $250/$500 on/off contract for a phone of this magnitude is a non issue in my books. What I do have a problem with is this bullshit $100 rebate, which quite honestly shouldn't be there. At all.]]>Aug 12th 2010 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
Anywhoo.... the EVO has a LCD display, MUCH slower CPU+GPU combination and among other things not the ingenious USB/HDMI combination Samsung use.

Apart from that a physical keyboard will always make a device more expensive than a keyboard-less equivalent....]]>Aug 12th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
U DNT HAVE TO USE THE TOUCHWIZ UI, JUS INSTALL ADW LAUNCHER OR LAUNCHER PRO!]]>Aug 12th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
U DONT HAVE TO USE THE TOUCHWIZ UI IF YOU INSTALL ADW LAUNCHER OR LAUNCHER PRO!]]>Aug 12th 2010 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Aug 12th 2010 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/Indeed.

The one thing that people forget about is TAXES. These $150 MIR, you are paying additional taxes up front on the whole price and then you'll get a check in the mail after several months. So not only do you get ding by your state/federal government, these carriers are also holding your $100-$150 in a high-interest accounts so that they can make further money on you.

I wished that they would forget about these MIR and simply let me walk away without doing more work on my end, including stamps and trips to the post office. But I'm sure both the carrier and uncle sam would like you all to pay more up front... just because it's the capitalistic thing to do.]]>Aug 12th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/epic-4g-coming-august-31st-for-249-99-on-contract/
And just to add my venting: WTF is with the full ~$500 "off contract" pricing? Is there a discounted (unsubsidized) monthly plan that I can choose with Sprint like I can with T-Mobile? No... so what am I saving? Can I take my CDMA Spring Epic 4G and put it on Verizon's plan, let alone AT&T or T-Mobile? No... which is why we need to have some changes from the carrier that gouge you from both your left and right pockets. First the phone... then their plans.]]>Aug 12th 2010 7:53AM