Lucky Americans…
US mobile phone carrier Sprint, announced this week, the launch in June this year, of the first 4G phone to go on sale in the United States, the HTC EVO 4G. The Sprint 4G network is being touted as 10x faster than 3G.
Specs are sort of standard fare for the rich crop of emerging Android phones these days, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a nice big, 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen, and dual cameras: an 8MP primary and a 1.3MP front-facing video-calling camera. The device is able to act as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for up to eight devices, and boasts HDMI output to HDTV’s, for BIG screen playback. In fact the phone is playing big on video in many ways, with YouTube HQ player and a video chat app from Qik, to be used with the front-facing camera.
Interesting business tactics see the pricing for such a top-end handset being driven down to $199, AND there will be a $100 mail-in rebate. Aggressive pricing tactics like these go a long way to explaining how Android is now outselling the Apple iPhone, as shown in the Q1 figures, released by the NPD Group.
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