how much better is the TP2

[lafester]

oh and the battery life is MUCH better on the TP2. TP1s battery sucks.

[phidong]

Originally Posted by lafester

oh and the battery life is MUCH better on the TP2. TP1s battery sucks.

This! Higher screen res is great, more spaced out kb is awesome (minus loss of ctrl key but keyboard config makes up for this nicely) but the battery life is amazing compared to the TP1. I got to the point where I had to charge my TP1 daily (every 8 hrs or so) with little use and unless I missed something you couldn't get third party batteries and charge them in the phone. With the TP2 I've been able to last 2 days without a charge on medium use. I went on a trip that used to kill my TP1 battery in 4-6 hrs because it'd jump between roaming/1x/evdo over and over all day and my TP2 batt was at 70% after 8 hours.

Originally Posted by dLo

OK so all in all the TP2 is worth buying... Also i have to note that i will be buying this phone out of contract because i am not the main line in my service contract and am not eligible for an upgrade so I will have to pay fuill price or ebay whatever phone i get. I am a full time student and have my phone line paid for unless i am to get C's or lower so i am fortunate that i do not have to pay for service myself. I really want a new phone because the HTC TP i had just stopped turning on and i don't have insurance on it and its the 3rd one and last i will own as far as the TP is concerned, and this BB i am currently on just pisses me off and i am sick of it. I am really torn as to if i should get the TP2 or the Samsung Moment because i really like the way the Motorola Droid works but the moment isn't an exact replica as far as software and UI but does have the apps feature i like and could benefit from. I al

Maybe one option will be to wait for June 6th. I know you don't want to get an EVO but the people who do are likely going to be selling their phones and perhaps you can snag a TP2 for cheap.