People who upgraded from ORIGNAL touch pro 1... how you like TP2???

[muyoso]

Originally Posted by mxl180

oh yea one more thing... how does it feel in your pocket?

Like a phone.

[Dr.8820]

get a case soldier, putting it in your pocket will scratch it to death!

[awenthol]

Originally Posted by Dubez

Great phone! I just wish i had my camera flash back. That was real stupid of them. They put a stinkin button where the flash shouldve been. I dont even know the function of that damn button. Lol....

Yep...miss my hTorch!!!

[x10guy]

Agree with most posters. The screen is superior. The keyboard is better. The tilt function (really no comparison). GSM capability also!

The only things I miss about my TP1, is the LED light (that REALLY was handy!!) and the weight. The TP2 is considerably heavier. Minor issue is no reset hole in case (what is up with that???).

[bkrodgers]

Love it compared to the TP1. Not perfect, but pretty darn good!

BTW, if you want to read a bunch of additional opinions, we've done this exact thread before:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=97389

More than once, actually:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=101507
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=102729


Or you could just search for "TP1 upgrade" and find even more!

[one80oneday]

Originally Posted by Adrianh85

the tp2 is a tp with a bigger screen, better keyboard, more memory, less buttons,better heat disapaion, better battery, better processer(same clock speed but it faster then the one in the tp), and last but not least it has gsm support!!!

+1 and sometimes with energyrom it feels like I have the hd2

[frazell]

Originally Posted by Adrianh85

the tp2 is a tp with a bigger screen, better keyboard, more memory, less buttons,better heat disapaion, better battery, better processer(same clock speed but it faster then the one in the tp), and last but not least it has gsm support!!!

Not sure what phone you have, but the Touch Pro and the Touch Pro 2 have the same amount of RAM with LESS usable on the Touch Pro 2.

Originally Posted by mxl180

Since the TP2 has been out a while now.

What are your opinions from TP1 -> TP2

No more 1 hand navigation?
Size? Too big and thick?
Speed? Same specs=No much difference?
Bigger screen = more finger friendly?
Bigger screen = more battery usage?
Speakerphone loud enough when driving?

What are the cons and pros of the upgrade?

I am a recent upgrader who is not sold on the Touch Pro 2 yet. I have my TP1 sitting here waiting to go back to it if I'm not sold by the time my 1 month of usage comes into play. I might just be giving my TP2 to someone soon :P...

There are some great pros and some annoying cons when comparing the two phones. So it really will boild down to how you use the device and what your pain points are with the TP1. The TP2 isn't a device for every TP1 owner as this site will make it seem.

People usually like the good news first...

Pros:
1. The Touch Pro 2 has been refined. So it feels a lot smoother than the Touch Pro 1 did in a lot of areas. It does feel like the CPU is faster a lot of times when it isn't (Clock wise). So that's a major bonus.
2. The speakerphone is actually pretty good. It is probably my only really liked feature on the TP2.
3. Battery life has improved somewhat.

Cons:
1. Less usable RAM. I NEVER had Free RAM on my TP1 drop below 90MB. And that is with me never closing apps. My Touch Pro 2 sits under 20MB far too often and I have gotten out of memory messages... This is with me closing apps all the time! A major major con.
2. No LED flash. That was just too useful to leave out.
3. Touch Flo. You're really forced to swallow TouchFlo or end up with a very messy experience. I can't stand TouchFlo and turning it off leaves me with a notifications bar I can't disable with many broken options. A broken Dialer. Etc...
4. No D-Pad. I understand the jump to "touch", but the D-Pad is far more useful than the zoom bar they shoved on the TP2. Sorry, but not useful to me.

Neutrals:
1. GSM Support. Some will find this to be very useful, but since I haven't yet started traveling outside of North America I'm not going to see any use for this feature in the lifetime of my TP2.
2. Larger screen. I'm not sold on it, but then again I don't have vision problems so I don't see a larger screen as something I care for. Some do though so.

I'm sure there are more and the above stuff is my personal opinion so it is probably a lot different than the mainstream here...

For me, at this rate I'll more than likely be going back to my TP1 soon...

[inkjammer]

I miss My H-Torch now I can't take pics of wife when she is asleep LOL No just kidding but I miss the flash for nite or low light pics and I used H-Torch more than I did a flash light LOL.

[w7excursion]

Couldnt make your own avy I see. Anyways,I still have a tp on my second line but never want to use it. My tp2 gets all the playing time. I hope they keep the bigger screen in future models cause I dont like the smaller tp one.

[ps2phreek]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

For the most part, my TP2 is leaps and bounds better than my TP. Some standouts:

Pros:
-Better keyboard, no delay on sms typing
-Better screen and speakerphone
-Better battery life...will actually last a day with moderate-heavy usage.
-Better build quality/screen responsiveness
-feels snappier in general

That being said, there are some cons:
-navigation dpad
-soft reset button is covered
-less available program memory
-no flash/camera quality
-i did like the magnetic stylus and ring of light notifications

overall however I feel like the right concessions were made, and would not go back to the tp with the tp2 being available