{"id":7769,"date":"2012-11-10T22:29:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=7769"},"modified":"2012-11-10T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T15:36:12","slug":"android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Android HTC EVO vs.the iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">by Kim Bowser<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8599\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8599\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8599\" title=\"21_hero_media_1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/21_hero_media_1.jpg?resize=552%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/21_hero_media_1.jpg?w=552&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/21_hero_media_1.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">source: HTC.com<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u00a0<strong>Editor\u2019s Note: \u00a0If you\u2019re not a current subscriber, now\u2019s the time to do it. \u00a0We will be hosting a number of fun giveaways these next two months! \u00a0We have two going on now \u2013 check out our giveaways at the end of these articles: \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Win a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/06\/springpad-coms-beautifully-organized-thanksgiving-contest-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">$99 Breville Immersion Blender<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/03\/can-you-really-play-pool-on-your-ipad-with-cues\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Pressman iPieces pool table, complete with cues\u2026for your iPad<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I became a smart phone user a little over a year ago. While I never thought I would I have fallen in love with my iPhone and all that it is capable of, it is now a lifeline for me! A smart phone is so much more then a device to call and text on.\u00a0 It is literally a portable computer, a phone,\u00a0iPod\u00a0 camera and with apps, the possibilities are endless!\u00a0 Since I have never owned or used any other smart phone then my iPhone, I was excited to test out another one and see how they compared.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/android-001-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8545\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8545 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Android-0011.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Android-0011.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Android-0011.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Android-0011.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Android-0011.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Android HTC EVO<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>The Basics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The HTC EVO 4G lite has a 8.0 MP camera and a 4.7 inch HD Display and operates on the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.\u00a0 You can check out all the specifics of the HTC EVO here.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Android HTC EVO\u00a0and iPhone 4 have very similar capabilities: talk, text, apps, camera and video camera, email,\u00a0music, web browsing, etc. so I am going to touch on a few things that the Android had that I liked better!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros of Android<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The HTC\u00a0EVO\u00a0has a larger screen which makes\u00a0 a larger overall surface to view everything.\u00a0 It does allow more to be visible on the screen at one time which is nice and leads to less &#8220;scrolling&#8221;.\u00a0 The one instance I noticed\u00a0 a big difference is when I used my\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.a.youversion.com\/free-bible-apps\" target=\"_blank\">Bible App.<\/a>\u00a0 You can see the difference below with the Left pic being the HTC\u00a0EVO\u00a0and the right being the iPhone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8548 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/photo.png?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/photo.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/photo.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8547 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-12-06-311.png?resize=168%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-12-06-311.png?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-12-06-311.png?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-12-06-311.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A lot of Apps that you have to pay for on the iPhone are FREE on Android! This is great for this mom of 4 that has kids that want all kinds of Apps<\/li>\n<li>The HTC EVO\u00a0does browse websites much nicer. The iPhone will open some website in a modified format which is frustrating to view at times.\u00a0 I never went to any websites on the HTC\u00a0EVO that I had issues viewing. I felt like I was on my computer while browsing the internet on this phone which was very nice! I have had several times on my iPhone when browsing the internet would be frustrating and I would just wait to log on to my computer if certain websites gave me trouble!<\/li>\n<li>One of the features of this phone that I really loved was the Voice Texting\u00a0 and\u00a0 FaceBook update capabilities using your voice.\u00a0 You can send a text or update your Facebook status using your voice with this phone.\u00a0 This is a pretty cool feature that I loved because it makes things so much quicker. \u00a0 I was a bit skeptical about how well it would detect what you were saying and type it, but it did very well and I seldom found mistakes when using this feature.\u00a0 My iPhone 4 does not have any voice texting capabilities.\u00a0 You can have it call someone using your voice&#8230;but I have never successfully done it because it never hears me correctly.<\/li>\n<li>Most Apps between the HTC EVO\u00a0and iPhone seemed to work very similarly.\u00a0 However one of my Favorite Apps the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nikeplus.nike.com\/plus\/products\/gps_app\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nike+GPS<\/a><\/strong>, which tracks your run distance and times did have two different ways to view your runs.\u00a0 You could either view them as a list (left picture) or in a graph (right picture) format.\u00a0\u00a0 I found I liked the graph format to be able to quickly get a feel for my run history.\u00a0 On my iPhone you can only view your run history in the &#8216;list&#8217; format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/screenshot_2012-08-08-10-40-46-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8549\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8549 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-40-46.png?resize=336%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-40-46.png?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-40-46.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=336%2C600&amp;ssl=1 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/screenshot_2012-08-08-10-41-46-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8551\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8551 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-41-461.png?resize=336%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-41-461.png?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/Screenshot_2012-08-08-10-41-461.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=336%2C600&amp;ssl=1 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The camera on the HTC EVO is great! It is a 8.0 MP camera which is the same as my small point and shoot camera that I have.\u00a0 My iPhone has a 5.0 MP camera and takes decent everyday photos, but if I knew I was going somewhere that I would want to later print the pictures out I would try to take my point and shoot along also to get a better quality picture.\u00a0 Since the camera on the HTC EVO\u00a0took the same quality pictures as my point and shoot, it saved me the trouble of having to remember to take is along.\u00a0 Here are a couple of photos using the HTC EVO camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/imag0013\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8555\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8555 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG0013.jpg?resize=338%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG0013.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG0013.jpg?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG0013.jpg?w=1840&amp;ssl=1 1840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/android-htc-evo-vs-the-iphone\/imag0014-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8556\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8556 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG00141.jpg?resize=338%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG00141.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG00141.jpg?resize=577%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 577w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/IMAG00141.jpg?w=1840&amp;ssl=1 1840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons of the HTC EVO<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It does not have all the Apps available that the iPhone does.\u00a0 There are several Apps that I have on my iPhone that are not available on the HTC EVO\u00a0yet.\u00a0 It is only a matter of time though because most Apps do become available, you just have to be patient.<\/li>\n<li>The HTC EVO is not as user-friendly as my iPhone.\u00a0 There were several things I had to look up how to do on the HTC EVO, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/6-ways-to-take-screenshots-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\">take a screen shot<\/a>, which even when I knew how to do it was touchy to get it to take.\u00a0 Also when you take a screen shot, it goes to a separate folder which took me 10 minutes to figure out where that folder was.\u00a0 It was not nearly as intuitive to learn use as my iPhone was.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>A Mom&#8217;s Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, I really enjoyed testing this phone.\u00a0 It has some great feature including the voice texting, 8.0 MP camera and hundreds of FREE Apps.\u00a0 It definitely saved me time with is ability to have me speak my texts instead of typing them.\u00a0 I no longer had to worry about bringing my point-and-shoot camera along since the camera this phone came with took great pictures!\u00a0 The fact that most Apps are free on this phone is great, since I do have 4 kids and every little bit of money we save helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HTC EVO stacks up very well against the iPhone.  WellConnectedMom.com contributing writer, Kim Bowser, tries out an Android phone for the first time, after only using the iPhone  for years.  See her take on the HTC EVO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,14,16],"tags":[25,380,1344,126,2782],"class_list":["post-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dads","category-iphone","category-moms","category-phones","tag-android","tag-cellphone","tag-evo","tag-htc","tag-iphone","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/p-content\/themes\/atahualpa342\/images\/articles\/2012\/10\/21_hero_media_1.jpg?fit=552%2C420&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}