That's the thing, Verizon don't sell any LTE-capable phones right now so that is moot for me, I'd have to get a new phone from them now.
I spent another hour waiting to be helped at Sprint today, and ended up not getting an Evo to try out because they said the 30 day trial period is only on your first phone. Whatever, shit signal and shit customer service do not deserve my time or money.
I am pretty certain that the Epic I had was defective, even while showing full signal I would sometimes get really slow data and sometimes a no connection error. The sliding keyboard mechanism was already starting to loosen and make noises a mere four days in, and the battery... oh my word, I don't even know what to say about the battery. I charged it up today before leaving home, made a 30 second phone call and browsed the web for maybe 10 minutes at most, and it was dying on me by the time I was sitting in the Sprint store... no excuse for a 6 hour standby time if you ask me. Oh, and it took like 5 hours to fully charge using a wall adapter!
The Epic just kind of sucked in general... thick, plasticky and the same chintzy design Samsung has on all their devices... fake chrome does not look good Samsung, stop putting it on every damn product you push out your doors. That's why I was going to try an Evo, because it feels so much more premium, but Sprint pissed me off and I decided to go for a full refund.
But now I don't know what to do, I don't want to sign a contract with Verizon or AT&T only to have a similar experience. Plus, there is no Android phone I have my heart set on after realizing the Galaxy S phones are pieces of dog turd. I'm probably just going to bite my lip and get internet at home, and continue using my AT&T prepaid for the time being.
So in short, steer clear from Sprint and the Galaxy S phones if you ask me. I wish I hadn't let it screw with my head for four days. Now I just have to wait 6-8 weeks to get my security deposit back through the mail.