Before I got the Evo @ Google IO, I never had any phone but a Motorola (Minus a blackberry for about a month). So, when I had a upgrade to burn on a work device they were going to cancel, I got the Photon. Its a great phone by all means, but the lack of ICS, and the not easily unlocked bootloader have completely turned me off to them again. Back to HTC for me once LTE is in my area.