They may have chosen a day when their news cycle would be stolen in a matter of hours, but Sprint has announced that two new HTC devices will be launching on their network on June 24th.
The first device is the much-anticipated successor to the popular HTC EVO 4G. On the surface, the new EVO 3D will be almost indistinguishable from its namesake, but the details are everything here. The EVO 3D is getting an upgrade in almost every major spec. Screen resolution is jumping up to qHD. The 8 GB microSD card is now supplemented by 4 GB of internal memory. RAM has been doubled to 1 GB. Android 2.3 Gingerbread, along with the latest version of HTC’s Sense UI. Most impressively, the new EVO has made an enormous leap in processor power, from a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon processor to 1.2GHz and dual-core.
The most interesting upgrade for the EVO 3D, however, are the ones that gave it such an unusual name (how often do you see names in tech count down). The EVO 4Gs 8 MP camera has been replaced by two 5 MP cameras, allowing the EVO 3D to take 3D photos and video, and that big beautiful screen can display those 3D images glasses-free. 3D hasn’t taken off the way many movie studios had hoped, but if it appeals to you, this is your chance to make some of your own content.
Sprint is charging $199.99 with a 2 year contract for the EVO 3D, pretty standard for a high-end 4G device.
The second device Sprint will be launching on the 24th is HTC’s newest Tablet, the EVO View 4G. This is basically Sprint’s version of the HTC Flyer. Same1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and 1 GB of RAM. 7-inch display, front- and rear-facing cameras, and Bluetooth 3.0.
Sprint customers do get access to 2 upgrades, however. The first is that whereas the Flyer is a WiFi-only device, the EVO View 4G will have access to Sprint’s WiMax network. Interestingly enough, the EVO View 4G also has better internal storage capacity than the Flyer, with 32 GB built in instead of 16 GB.
The EVO View 4G does have some drawbacks, however. Unlike most of this year’s tablets, it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and HTC Sense, rather than the tablet-oriented 3.0 or 3.1 Honeycomb version. It compensates with lower pricing than Honeycomb tablets ($399.99 with 2 year contract), but this is somewhat offset by the fact that HTC’s much-touted Magic Pen stylus is an $80 add-on, not an included feature, despite being heavily marketed as one of the tablet’s main selling points.
HTC and the EVO name were a huge boost for Sprint last year when they launched the nations first 4G network. It should be interesting to see how the reputation holds up against Verizon’s LTE offerings this year.
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