June, 2012 | Ryan Rampersad

HTC One V on Virgin Mobile

The iPhone 4 and 4S was today. Everyone talks about how the iPhone coming to the prepaid market is a big deal and I talked about that too. It is a big deal, assuming the handset prices come down more than they have. But today wasn’t just the release of the iPhone. It was also the release of another HTC phone on Virgin Mobile. The HTC One V.

I wondered why Virgin would bring the Evo V 4G and the One V to market so close together and clearly the answer is this: they are carving out discrete price points and phasing out the Triumph. How can Virgin justify the Triumph with $229 (which is a sale price) when the Evo V 4G is $299 and the One V is $199? The Optimus Elite, easily a more stable phone than the Triumph, is even just $149. Virgin Mobile is covering every price point they can. And they did a great job. Now, let’s hope they keep delivering.

You know? I’d love to have an HTC One V to review. You know, just for fun.

Evo V 4G Problem: radio interface resource shortage

It is definitely my luck that less than a week after writing a stellar review for the Evo V 4G, something goes amiss. Today, I get a text message from a friend and I try to reply back as one would normally do with a cell phone. I put my phone down after hitting send and then wonder why there was no response about ten minutes later. I check my phone and I find this fantastic error message:

radio interface resource shortage
Cause Code: 64
Error Class: 2

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HTC Evo V 4G Review

I think everyone knows about the HTC Evo V 4G by now and its specifications. For more information, this phone is a re-branded yet identical model of the Sprint Evo 3D. I had this phone for two weeks and it is time for my initial review. Let’s just say I’m quite pleased with the Evo V 4G.

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