goodandevo.net is also reporting the May 18th launch date. They have some photos of the internal marketing material which gives them some credibility. Of course, although the story was reported on 4/27, we don't know how old the information was that they based it on. The mystery continues...

Source: http://www.goodandev...-confirmed.html

@themuffinman Yep

@themuffinman Yep

oh ok

I certainly won't miss wimax cause I hate it but I have been using it more. Would be nice to have access to it until LTE is live but if they include wimax in this phone then that's just longer they will have to support wimax for.

I could see this go both ways. The marketing material could have been printed a long time ago. Sort of like how they print super bowl champion hats and shirts for both teams They would just need to reprint the materials for a June release assuming the delays in testing have been a recent event. Until I see a release date posted on Sprint.com I won't believe anything.

I am wondering if they'll announce the release date when pre orders go live. It seems kinda silly to pre order a phone that has no confirmed release date...which I fully plan to do, btw.

I am wondering if they'll announce the release date when pre orders go live. It seems kinda silly to pre order a phone that has no confirmed release date...which I fully plan to do, btw.

I'm going to order on 5/7 for my wife whether or not they announce a launch date. I'm sold!

Robert

curiously wirelfy is stating may 18th ship date

edit: bestbuy is giving out pamplets with preorders that also state may 18th.

I preordered, and my status on Sprint.com currently says:

Thanks for pre-ordering. A shiny new HTC EVO 4G LTE is waiting for you in our warehouse. Shipping starts May 15th and we will send you an email the second it ships. Delivery should occur within 1 to 3 business days thereafter. You may continue to track the status of your order on this web page. If you have questions, check out sprint.com/preorder for more info.

Looks like June 10th is a little less confirmed.

might wanna get with your "source" and give hima good smack

It's not a verbal report from a source. It's from official Sprint documents. To me, it appears that Sprint pulled the trigger on the device even though there is LTE Connectivity issues occurring. They probably decided it was better to get the device out there and fix the problem via OTA.

And since 99.5% of their customers will not be in a LTE coverage area anyway, there is no real loss to distribute with the LTE connectivity issue. Heck, it may even be the reason why they are blocking access to the LTE network. It will be interesting to see if a EVO LTE OTA comes out and then all of a sudden they start lighting up the LTE network.

Robert

We have an article up about the EVO release now, including some source documents: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-169-evo-lte-pre-order-under-way-with-ship-dates-as-soon-as-may-15th/

Robert