If you’ve seen my past posts you already know about all the problems I’ve had with my Samsung Moment. So I wont repeat it all and relive those horrors. Just last week I was eligible for an upgrade. I went in as soon as I possibly could (which was the day before my upgrade date) and did my upgrade. Unfortunately they did not have any in the store so I had to overnight ship it. This was on a Thursday at around 4pm Pacific time. Which meant it wouldn’t get processed until Friday. It didn’t arrive until Monday afternoon. I could barely wait that long.
The day after I did my upgrade I decided to buy an extended battery. I knew as soon as I got my Evo I wouldn’t be able to put it down. This extended battery more than doubles the battery power from the 1500mAh battery it comes with to 3500mAh. So my phone and my extended battery arrived on the same day. I put the battery in at around 5pm and it had a little less than half the power left. I put it through some extremely heavy use and it was still in the green when I plugged it in before bed at around 11pm. Even better than that, it easily than lasts me the whole day with heavy use all day. By “heavy use” I mean installing/uninstalling apps, streaming, texting, emailing, etc. The battery adds a little extra bulk to the phone (it comes with a special battery door to make up for the double-sized battery) but there are two benefits of this. For one, when you lay the phone down on it’s back it does not lay on the camera lens so you don’t have to worry about scratching it up. Second, it also doesn’t cover the speaker so you can hear it better if it rings. Personally I think it fits better in my hand than when I’ve held it with the stock battery and battery door. Oh and the kickstand still works with no problems.
So far I am loving this phone so much. I am not missing a single thing about my Samsung Moment and it’s unreliable hardware. My Evo does what I want it to do, when I want it to do it. This is how Android is supposed to work.
