One word would suffice to describe the looks of this phone – Breathtaking. The HTC Evo 4G is truly a beautiful looking device, and we’ll tell you why. First, start off with a 4.3-inch WVGA touch-screen display which shows pictures and websites alike in amazing clarity and color. A black border outlines the display with a row of 4 bottom capacitive buttons – Search, Back, Menu, and Home – all symbolized and outlined with circles. On the front, you can clearly see the ‘htc’ and ‘Sprint’ brandings, as well as the small hole for the front-facing camera. Flip the HTC Evo 4G over, and we see a ‘fishhole’-looking lens cover for the rear camera – which happens to be an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with Dual-LED flashes located directly to the side of the lens.

Carriers: HTC	Retail Price: $499.99
Manufactured by: Sprint	Contact Price: $199.99

Pros: 4G connection is very limited and spotty around the US, and the mandatory $10 add-on fee seems unreasonable until 4G is readily available. There is no support for Bluetooth voice-activated dialing, and having the 4G connection finder on in an area with only 3G connection drains the battery quickly.

Cons: 4G connection, when in an area where it is accessible, is amazingly fast and data rates are unbelieveable. The HTC Evo 4G has a front facing camera for Qik.com video chat, as well as an 8-Megapixel back camera with dual-LED flash. The Evo 4G also comes equipped with Android 2.1 with HTC Sense UI, YouTube’s HQ video player, and an HDMI port.

One word would suffice to describe the looks of this phone – Breathtaking. The HTC Evo 4G is truly a beautiful looking device, and we’ll tell you why. First, start off with a 4.3-inch WVGA touch-screen display which shows pictures and websites alike in amazing clarity and color. A black border outlines the display with a row of 4 bottom capacitive buttons – Search, Back, Menu, and Home – all symbolized and outlined with circles. On the front, you can clearly see the ‘htc’ and ‘Sprint’ brandings, as well as the small hole for the front-facing camera. Flip the HTC Evo 4G over, and we see a ‘fishhole’-looking lens cover for the rear camera – which happens to be an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with Dual-LED flashes located directly to the side of the lens.

Here, we can also flip-out the kickstand, which by the way – is super-solid and isn’t going ANYWHERE – and we can use our Evo 4G as a mobile-movie screen, desktop alarm clock, or even just a propped-up speakerphone. Other than that, a tapered back panel with a soft-touch feel leave a nice finish to an elegant, yet highly-sophisticated-looking phone – and believe you me, the device operates even better than it looks.

The HTC Evo 4G runs the Android Operating System with HTC’s patented Sense-UI overlaying the OS. The capacitive touchscreen is extremely accurate, and this includes the capacitive buttons beneath the touchscreen, unlike the finicky buttons that we see on the Nexus One, these buttons are accurate, work when you touch them, and you will be using them quite often.

The main camera on the back, as mentioned before, is an 8-megapixel autofocus device which features a Dual LED Flash, and an instant shutter-speed. What does this boil down to? Have you ever used a camera on a mobile device and had the target maintain their pose for 10-15 seconds before the picture was even taken? Fortunately, with the Evo 4G, you don’t have to worry about any of that – just a few instants after you push the camera button on-screen (There is no dedicated physical button for the camera) the picture is taken. As for the front-facing camera, Qik.com is what powers the video chat by default on the Evo 4G.

If you’re interested in being able to create a mobile hotspot with your Evo 4G, then you’ll be paying Sprint a premium per month, but you will be enjoying the benefits of instant-connection gratification. Using the hotspot feature is super-simple, and as easy as pressing the dedicated hotspot Launcher button located in the Evo’s Settings Menu, setting your SSID name, encryption type, and password, set your phone down, and you’ve created a virtual ‘cloud’ of Wi-Fi conectivity which works great, whether you’re able to access 3G or 4G.

We first want to say that this device features a 1500 mAh battery out of the box, impressive to say the least, and able to power a continuous 4G hotspot for 3 hours and 13 minutes in testing. This device is an absolute champ when it comes to it’s default battery, and we can’t even imagine what an aftermarket expanded-capacity battery pack would allow for the Evo.

YouTube HQ is amazing looking, especially considering the ability to be able to flip-out the kickstand, sit back, and enjoy your Youtube videos in High Quality. The quality of the display coupled with the quality of YouTube HQ makes the picture while watching these videos simply breathtaking, like nothing I have ever seen on a Mobile device to this day.

Bottom line, when the Evo 4G is well and able to receive 4G data speeds nationwide, then this phone will be turning heads 100x faster than any new smartphone, but the problem still remains – 4G connection is sparsely located in the US, and there is no tell-tale sign as to when it is going to be spreading, so for now, 3G speeds will suffice for this noteworthy device – the HTC Evo 4G.