ZR3D for EVO 3D Review

Let me start off by saying that I have been very impressed with this ROM as a whole.  The words smooth and stable come to mind.  What this ROM lacks in features, it compensates for with performance and great battery life.

Pros

• Excellent battery life
• Smooth interface under normal usage
• Simple, elegant stock theme
• Stock keyboard is actually usable!

Cons

• Layout forgoes many of the quick settings I have become accustomed to
• Lag issues when installing apps from market
• Stock browser is garbage
• Still not a fan of the HTC Sense UI
• Has quite a few "bloat" apps to begin with

The most noteworthy bullet point of this ROM is the battery life.  I would not consider myself a heavy user of my phone.  Again, I usually do a few Google searches, 10-15 minutes of web browsing, send and receive 40-50 text messages, and talk 5-10 minutes every day.  ZR3D beats the pants off all other ROMs I have tested for battery life.  Most days my phone's battery was above 70% when I plugged it in after 12-14 hours.  Several times the battery was able to hold out for a solid two days.

Another very surprising highlight of this ROM is the keyboard.  While I despise the layout of the HTC Sense keyboard,  I was actually able to hit the buttons I wanted 90% of the time.  The keyboard even includes swipe gestures, which while handy for longer words, often recognized simple words as strange acronyms or slang, making me avoid swipe most of the time.  The keyboard also doesn't auto space after a prediction is selected; I often found myself making up new compound words.  

The layout of this ROM is a stripped down version of HTC Sense.  All of the shortcuts have been removed from the lock screen; the only option remaining is "unlock."  There are no quick toggles in the notification menu either by default, however they can be enabled in the "Tweaks" panel.  Everything else is pretty much HTC Sense with a nice theme.  The same Sense complaints remain.  The icons are overly detailed and distracting.  The homescreen animations are cheesy and useless.  And the glossy 3D button look is about 10 years out of date.

Glossy buttons need to DIE!

Overall, the ROM is very stable and smooth.  One last thing: ZR3D is a 2.3 Gingerbread based ROM.  You wont have Google Now or other modern Android features.  If you don't need a ROM loaded with features and options, this ROM is most definitely for you.