HTC Touch Pro or Touch HD

[joe13]

Which one do I get?
Slide-out keyboard on the Touch Pro is awesome, but so is the screen-size on the HD.
Apart from the camera, both seem to have pretty identical specs.

If I was getting the Touch Pro it would be on T-Mobile (MDA Vario IV), how hard would it be to get rid of the horrible white + pink TouchFLO design? Can I just intall the original Touch Pro ROM? (the T-Mobile UI designers should be fired - how many business users like pink over black?)

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Was going to go for the Xperia X1, but it has 2 extremely stupid design flaws (screen is inset so you can't touch the corners without a stylus, no accelerometer for screen rotate when you slide out the keyboard)

[nejc1993]

I'd go for the HTC Touch HD, for my needs, i like the very big screen on it, or maybe wait for Omnia HD, like I will.

[dazza7111]

i dont like sliding keypads so:
HTC Touch HD

[shamiala]

HTC touch HD deo...ive got one !!!

[RossDuggan]

The touch HD has a larger screen, so it would be nicer to use. Although sometimes you need a keyboard. Personally i would go for the touch HD.

I know you didn't previously state that you wanted a touch pro 2 although it looks pretty decent and has some very nice features.

[man in dark]

The touch HD has a larger screen

[LeeBv]

This is a long saga, but I hope it will prevent anybody else from losing $700 by buying a Touch HD in the U.S. from Expansys, or even dealing with HTC.

I bought my Touch HD from Expansys USA in April 2009 for full price ($700). I had previously bought two Advantages from them, the 7501 and then the 7510. I was looking for the Touch HD to provide much of the same capability as the 7510 in a smaller form factor.

The Touch HD worked fine, except for an occasional screen flicker. While looking at various Touch HD forums, I found a reference to the flicker issue and some HTC hotfixes and a ROM update that would fix it.

I went to the HTC website and saw the hotfixes and the ROM update and opted for the ROM update as it seemed to roll in a number of other hotfixes. I put in my serial number and it said that the ROM applied and then it let me download it. What a disaster!

As soon as I did the ROM update (and I have done ROM updates on many a phone and PDA), my screen colors went crazy. I finally figured out that turning the screen display off and on corrected the colorization problem. But then the HD would run for about 30 seconds and lock up to where only taking out the battery would let me restart it. It would, however, hotsync.

I called HTC USA and they recommended reinstalling the ROM update with a fresh download from the website. Did that twice. Same thing. I called back, and then they said that I would have to call HTC International as HTC USA did not support the Touch HD.


Called HTC International. The nice bloke in the U.K. researched the unit from the IMEI number and said that it was a French version with a UK ROM overlay, but that HTC USA would have to service it as it was sold in the U.S. He said that it sounded like it needed to be sent in under warranty to have the ROM reflashed.

Called back HTC USA. They finally gave me an RMA to send it in. I did. They got back to me the day after they received it and said:

(1) The INITIAL ROM on the device was unauthorized (on the phone they said ILLEGAL) and, therefore, the warranty was voided. They would not/could not tell me what the initial ROM was or what is the authorized ROM version. I would just have to take their word.

(2) That the motherboard AND LCD must be replaced! They could not say why, except that the unauthorized ROM caused it (?).

(3) The above would cost me $546 on a two month old smartphone, and then I would only have a 90-day warrant but only on the replaced items, nothing else.

Wow. I called Expansys. Somebody dutifully recorded it and said that they would send it to the warranty department and somebody would get back to me by e-mail. When? Don't know.

The Touch HD is a great device. But I fear that owning an HTC device in the U.S. is too great a gamble.

Beware.

[lepski]

i will see if the unlocked ersion is here

[ciripian]

I have one HTC Touch HD unlocked with a EnergyROM kitchen windows , works fine !