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sprint won't have a working LTE network until mid-2012 and even then it will only be in select cities but that hasn't stopped them from releasing an LTE phone and now that the HTC EVO 4G LTE has finally cleared us customs we can crack it open and compare it to its cousin the One X the Evo 4G LTE shares a lot of hardware with the One X but there are several important differences beyond the Evo's kickstand and two-tone case in fact the first difference is the way you open the phones now using a thin metal tool I popped off the upper half of the back cover and then remove the Evo's internal motherboard cover I then remove the speaker cover and battery compartment cover in contrast the One X has a single piece cover now that we're inside the phone we can see more differences between the Evo and the One X for starters the Evo has a larger capacity battery 2000 milliamp hours instead of 1800 the Evo's battery is also easier to replace as its connector is mounted to the top of the motherboard speaking of motherboards they're also different the Evo's board doesn't extend down the side of the phone as the one axis does and on the Evo's board most of the connectors are on the top and this makes working on the Evo easier than working on the One X lastly instead of a micro SIM card slot the Evo's motherboard has a micro SD card slot comparing the rest of the phones construction the Evo's vibration motor is mounted at the top instead of the bottom and the lower speaker is mounted to the front panel assembly instead of the back cover the Evo also lacks the circuit board that houses the 1x docking connectors contacts and despite all these differences the phone's at least the US versions do share a dual-core 1.5 gigahertz Qualcomm has 4 processor 1 gig of ram shown here on top of the processor and 16 gigs of on-board storage as well as an infant in 3-axis gyroscope and synaptics touch screen controller and although I haven't tried to swap them out yet cameras also look identical as of this taping the Evo 4G LTE is available for $199 with a two-year sprint contract and like the One X it's a solid phone even though the US version lacks a quad-core processor as CNN's Brian Bennett wrote the new Evo is light years better than its predecessors and flaunts enough features to strike real fear into the hearts of competitors c-more teardown photos and read my full Hardware analysis go to TechRepublic comm forward slash cracking open I'm Bill Detweiler thanks for watching