Fifth- The battery did not seem to be greatly impacted by the use of LTE. It only occured to me once througout the day to look at the battery, with LTE use impacting it in mind. It did not dramatically drain the battery in the time I had it connected. The non-removable battery was definetly a con for me before actually using the phone. I am sure at some point I will have to root this phone and we will see if it proves to be an issue then. Overall very impressed with the build quality.
Wavelength- I agree 100%. I have a bad feeling that the S3 is going to be that cheap feeling device. I'am currently using the S2, but doubt that the S3 will be my next phone. I may be semi-biased though, my first Sprint phone was the original EVO. I loved everything about that device for a while. So it only seems right I give the new member of the EVO family a try....