Had a Touch Pro for about a year and lived on PPCG...A semi-lurker. I "upgraded" to the Moment in Dec after a month of debating back and forth between that and the Hero. I obviously made the wrong decision. I liked the Moment, but I was not wow'ed by it... heck there were days I wanted my TP back!
I thought the faster processor would be a benefit, and the hardware keyboard sealed it. Now I will admit side-by-side, the AMOLED screen on the Moment is no competition, ridiculously bright and crisp. But no one can convince me that the Moment is faster... I would actually say it is slower, much slower.
Now to the Hero. Bottom line, I will never buy a phone not made by HTC again. The Hero is butter smooth, tight build quality, and just better than the Moment, period. I do already miss the touch keys, and the Hero trackball is worthless to me. But every other aspect of the Hero is head and shoulders above the Moment.
Played with it all day Friday, rooted Saturday, and flashed Fresh 1.1 Sat night. With the Moment I couldn't wait for 2.1 hoping it would make the phone everything I expected. With my Hero, I really an not worried about it... not that I wont get it when it comes out
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And finally, the coup de gras, is the online community. There are some good folks out there working hard to make the best out of the Moment, but nothing the HTC community. Sites like PPCG and XDA, rival the Apple community, without the psychosis.
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Its good to be home.