Hello Everyone,
I am writing this difference between the three phones i.e Samsung Epic 4g, HTC Evo 4g, and HTC Incredible as this question has been asked by a few fellow members and non-members.
I will only list the major differences and not similarities/minor difference for the sake of shorter post.
Display & Display Size :
Epic 4g & Fascinate : Super AMOLED, 16M colors, 4.0"
Incredible : AMOLED, 16M colors, 3.7"
HTC Evo 4g : TFT, 65K Colors, 4.3"
Remarks : SuperAmoled consumes less battery but TFT has more natural colours.SuperAmoled is most vibrant and sharp but at times colors feel unnatural. Dont get me wrong here, but this is of personal taste and you may not even notice a difference.
Both Samsung Wins
Camera, Secondary Camera, Flash :
Epic 4g : 5 MP, VGA , Yes Dual
Incredible : 8 MP, - (None) , Yes Dual
HTC Evo 4g : 8 MP, 1.3 MP , Yes Single
Fascinate : 5 MP, - (None) , Yes Single
Remarks : One should not go on specs and see the actual picture to judge the camera rather than mega pixels. It also depends on sensor size which is not listed on any site. I have not compared the cameras myself.
EVO Slightly Wins but all have good Performance
Processor :
Epic 4g & Facinate : ARM Cortex A8 1GHz (45nm dye size Hummingbird eats less power)
HTC Evo 4G & Incredible : Snapdragon QSD8650 1 GHz (65nm dye size eats more power)
Remarks : Samsung processor is considered best here as it is stated on some sites that it has better graphics acceleration and performance. The actual proccessor performance may be marginaly better but it is considered that graphic acceleration is significantly better.
Both Samsung Wins
Other Minor Differences :
Dimensions & Weight :
Epic 4g : 124 x 65 x 14 mm, 155 g
Incredible : 117.5 x 58.5 x 11.9 mm, 130 g
HTC Evo 4g : 122 x 66 x 13 mm, 170 g
Fascinate : 125 x 64 x 10.5 mm, 116 g
Fascinate Wins
User Interface :
Samsung Epic & Fascinate : TouchWiz 3.0 with Built in Swype
As per Guarang (Touch Wiz have Better App Drawer where we can make Grouping of Applications, Folders, Quick On Of Button in Task Bar, In build Task Manager Task Killer, App Manager is Breeze), Built in Widget in Samsung is Better Except Clock, 5 Good Live Wallpaper in Samsung
EVO & Incredible : HTC Sense (Look Good, Good Clock Widgets)
Both Ties
Battery :
Samsung Epic & Fascinate : 1500 mAh
Incredible : 1300 mAh
HTC Evo 4g : 1500 mAh
Personal Remarks : To me Dimensions and weight hardly matter with such minor differences. UI is a personal preference. I have heard that TouchWiz 3.0 is as good if not better than HTC Sense. Though personally I have just used it for 10 mins. I would personally say that both UIs are having very marginal difference which should not be a major consideration while choosing your phone.
Battery life of Samsung Epic 4G will clearly be the best here due to SuperAmoled, though by how much I cannot say.
Both Samsung Wins EPIC and Fascnate Gives almost Same life
Sound :
As per post by Muffy Bhai(mentioned below), Samsung Epic 4G contains wolfson audio chipset with Virtual 5.1 Ear Phones, so audio should be much better than the other 2.
EPIC Wins
Misc :
HTC Evo 4G has mini HDMI Port (used to connect it to a TV/Projector to view the output)
Fascinate has Bluetooth v3.0 but no Secondary Call Cam or wiMax (4g),
DLNA:
Fascinate and EPIC have allShare (Advanced DLNA) so you can Stream Music Phones Audio across Wifi Network, i can Open File Stored in PC on Phone and vise versa, I can play Video Stored on Phone Directly to Samsung or any DLNA Compatible TV
EPIC: Yes
Incredible: No
EVO : No
Fascinate : Yes
Samsung Wins
Scratch Resistence Glasses :
EPIC : Yes
Incredible : Yes
EVO : Yes
Fascinate : Yes
Scratch Resistence Back Panel:
EPIC : Yes
EVO : Yes
Incredible : Yes
Fascinate : No
CDMA Radio Throughput
EVO : 4.5 Star
Incredible : 4.7 Star
EPIC : 3.9 Star
Fascinate : 4 Star
HTC Uses all in one MSM Chipset (CPU(Snapdragon)+Modem+GPS)
Samsung Uses Slight Older QSC Chipset (Modem+GPS)
HTC Wins in EVDO Speed and overall Radio Performance
WiFi
EPIC : WiFi N
Incredible : WiFi G / (N Disabled to Conserve battery) but Using Custom ROM its Possible
EVO : WiFi G / (N Disabled to Conserve battery) but Using Custom ROM its Possible
Fascinate : WiFi N
Samsung Wins (WiFi N uses less power in Idle Mode and give better Range and Error Corrections)
Bluetooth Headset :
HTC Wins (Better Reconnection and Reboot Detection)
Polished ROM and Custom ROMs :
HTC Wins
Recovery Process :
Samsung Wins ODIN is Simplest (Dont Mess with this though)
Overall Looks :
EPIC : 3.9 Star
Incredible : 3.5 Star
EVO : 4.5 Star
Fascinate : 4.2 Star
EVO Wins
Video and Multimedia Performance
Samsung WINS - it can play MKV DivX AVI MP4 all using GPU Accelaration, HTC only plays MP4 using GPU Accelaration and all other with CPU
Bluetooth File Transfer
Samsung Wins
Remarks entered above are opinions based on reading a few websites, as I have not got a chance to test the phones personally. They may differ and if you find any remark incorrect, please notify me so that I can correct it.
Furthermore, I advice people to read reviews before making a decision.
Thanks !
Gaurang