UPDATE:
Although we still have no real evidence of what this device will be called officially, according to the pictures above it definitely is what’s shown in the article we first posted below, which was one image that was hard to tell real from fake. Rumor is that this device will be available at Sprint in January, so were just playing the waiting game.
Source: PhoneArena
END OF UPDATE
A Sprintusers member has recently posted a picture of what’s suspected to be the EVO Shift 4G showing off its keyboard, formerly known as the HTC Merge. Other sites were quick to jump onto the image and share it so we will too. To sum it all up, the device is said to be a Sprint 4G version of basically the G2/Merge/DesireZ. Rumor still is that this device will launch January 9, 2011.
What do you think about that keyboard? Do you notice the difference in the colors? The keyboard looks sort of blue while the phone is black. Of course, some may mind and some probably will not but looking at comments on other sites so far, most people aren’t impressed. Did you notice the huge white touch pad on the keyboard as well? This is something new from HTC that I haven’t seen on a device yet, have you? Let us know what you think about this news!!
Source: AndroidPolice & Sprintusers
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Shouldn’t call this Evo Shift when the screen is smaller. Well it looks like HTC cannot make a better phone then the Evo.
**** a Android its about Windows 7
Looks like a photoshopped mess if you ask me.
that **** is FAKE!
Don’t knoe about this, even if its real, the appeal woulda been by keepin the colossal screen… now, its just another android phone.
yeah i believe in photoshop too
who knows if it’s real or not, only time will tell.
how do they have a case for it already????? i call bs, though i would enjoy if they actually were making an evo with a keyboard
so ok its coming out in 2011 WITH 2.1??and from now the weather has a rofl beside the temperature??at least the poor guy is learning to photoshop
R0fl is the guy’s username who “leaked” this on the sprintusers.com forums. What interests me is the post underneath it in which he said something about the image being for an “Ad class project” or something like that. I think he photoshopped it for school, told everyone that’s what he did, yet people got caught up and thought it was the real deal without reading.
[...] Fonte: PPCGeeks [...]
i knew our users were smart enough not to believe this
photo shopped?
by somebody with skills.
its a dummy phone with a case on it for 1; and 2: notice the rofl above the sun? Lolol that’s great.
ROFL, it is 59deg in Seattle and SUNNY on Jan 1st at noon??
I like the little R0FL underlines on the keyboard too, some one is having the last laff hear!
looks like a FAIL, whats so hard about giving the number keys their own row? and the android SIPs suck anyway so this phone would be better with a keyboard
the shift should be as thin but with a keyboard and an updated cpu…that would be acceptable.
obviously fake, but if it were real, a 4-row kb in 2010? gimme a break.
@sonicTJ – lmao, you are smoking crack… wm7 sucks balls
That looks like a pretty horrible keyboard if you ask me real or fake…
The new evo should have no hardware keyboard at all! The evo is already big ass hell. If anything they should keep the same screen size and focus on making the device thinner. I think that would be sick. I’d definitely buy it.
R u serious HTC, well looks like, HTC finally fell off, and Samsung is in the lead
@slow4g63 – Unless you actually OWN a WP7, don’t hate on it. It’s going to get better. I have the HD7 on T-Blobile and it is pretty decent for a 1.0 version. Have a EVO4g on Sprint and the battery life is atrocious. Nice phone, but waiting for gingerbread.
I would get it if had TOM TOM maps on it. But from what I heard this device does not have a front facing camera on it. But I may decide to wait until summer to make up my mind on to which device I should purchase.
It looks like this device has a track ball and some kind of control pad on the keyboard this device would be perfect for games. Even though I personally would not care for that. But I could use the track ball to navigate on my screen without touching my screen all the time.
the reason why I still think it is afake is because the keyboard KEYS ARE RESSESED…
That is a Samusing Transform keyboard!
HTC keyboards are like TP2
@Maxx134 – There was a video of the phone…looks legit
Would be cool if it had a tilt screen, so u doont miss the kickstand, but it doesnt look like it. Also slower processor wtf htc, htc always seems to leave some nice feutures out of there phones, where as my epic 4g has everything i could possibly want.. I do however like that trackpad very cool but overall:
Bad:
1.Too small of screen
2.Out of date slower processor
3.Smaller keyboard then my epic:
4. No kickstand/Tilting screen
Good:
1. Looks Nice
2. Trackpad
Damm I wanted it till you said all those negatives…
If only they could make a glass-like casing,
and replace every visible diode on the circuit boards to LED diodes!
Then it would look and glitter every time its used!
A geek’s dream..
THis phone looks like trash truck juice but what ever I hope they dont use the evo name on this rubbish.
A true EVO PRO would have 4.3″ screen with a tilting screen droid 2.3 on it with 1 gb mem
If it has front facing camera then it may actually be good(!)
As reports say the processor is actually newer 2nd generation 800MHz Snapdragon processor,
which gives it the same speed as the old 1GHz chip.
which is able to be overclocked to near 2Ghz.
With newer OS and Sense it will be nice.
Lets hope the screen is juicyer than the Evo before it,
so it can compete with Epic, if it sold for less.
NO way fake! i hope its fake. The best part about the evo is the screen size…so they should focus on making the the device thinner. keep the screen size. the screen is big enough so you don’t need a keyboard
@augozageek – This is not an EVO replacement…its an alternative for those that want keyboards…
It is coming to BestBuy stores for as low as $150..! :
phone is ugly i thought it would be just like the evo…with a keyboard..but is not i hate phones that has a keyboard and the screen is shift to 1 side..like the htc diamond or pro. the htc mogul anf pro 2 are nice. cause they have the screen set in the right position as the keyboard..well lets hope this is not an evo upgrade
Well I guess this was the real deal