HTC Evo V 4G’ Phone Review – The Good, The Good, And The Bad

‘HTC Evo V 4G’ Phone Review – The Good, The Good, And The Bad
As a writer and editor in chief of a mobile gaming website, it was necessary for me to be “up-to-date” with the newest gadgetry.

As a writer and editor in chief of a mobile gaming website, it was necessary for me to be “up-to-date” with the newest gadgetry. While this phone isn’t necessarily top of the line anymore (it’s about two years old), the addition of 1.5GHz processors and quad-core processors, it still does the job right. The phone has a great screen, definitely a plus over my old Motorola Triumph , which had a slight lag to the screen response. The visuals are vibrant and bright, and works fine in day light, though still not for reading.

The processor is set at 1.2GHz, which is a improvement over the Motorola Triumph , although I did have mine overclocked at 1.5GHz. The phone runs smoothly, and I didn’t find the need to overclock, which is more of a hassle due to S-ON and the new H-Boot.

The graphics in the phone is more than enough to run the latest games, including Mass Effect: Infiltrator , Minecraft: Pocket Edition , Branches ( Terraria Port), and Asphalt 6: Adrenaline .

The camera isn’t perfect, the photos blur easily with taking stills in 3D, but it works. More of a gimmick, which is probably why they didn’t stress it in the product description, since it’s just the repack of the HTC Evo 3D .

Finding accessories and cases were easier than the Motorola Triumph , since this has the same exterior design with the HTC Evo 3D (with Sprint). The phone is branded the exact same, since VM was too lazy to re-pack the phone.

The battery life is a heck lot better than my Motorola Triumph , and can last a day and night with moderate use with still power (not very much though). Playing Mass Effect: Infiltrator for about three hours can drain the battery to about 50 percent, which can still last a whole day, with auto-sync off.

Conserving battery is easy as turning off Wi-Fi, mobile data, 4G, BlueTooth, auto-sync, and GPS. Running with just phone service only (no internet), the phone lasted about two or three days with basic calling, texting, and some music. I’m quite amazed.

The Motorola Triumph has the battery life of about 12 hours, lasting through a day at max. If used, the battery drains from 100 percent at 6AM to 70 percent at 8AM, with barely any use. By 4PM, the battery is probably stressing at a low 15 percent. It was even underclocked while sleeping, and while awake, it was underclocked to 0.8GH to save battery.Terrible. This HTC Evo V 4G solves it, going though a whole day with 50 percent left over. The 1730mAh battery isn’t much larger than the 1400mAh, but it makes a difference on how much the phone is hogging.

Wow, this is great, although I’m still going to buy an external pack just in case, as I did with my iPod Touch .

Grab this, since it’s probably going to be one of the best Virgin Mobile has to offer in a while, since it took them about a year since I bought my Motorola Triumph . Love the phone, my case is slick, grabbing a screen protector soon.