TP2? Sprint Hero, here we come!
 

Nice unboxing videos today may I add. Okay lets be realistic though, first I hear it has the same hardware as the first TP. Now I see Sprint doesn't even bother to give a case or other acessories. Maybe we could let this stuff slide, but wait! Why dont we just crank that price up well were at it? Plus everything should be capacitive now anyways. Well the newly announced Sprint Hero is sounding better and better and with that lovely price tag, I might be having a change of mind.

In all honesty, I'm going to wait anyways for October 6 and then make up my mind!

Anyone else?

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The hero has the exact same hardware as the tp and tp2. They couldnt make it capacitive, 6.1 doesnt support capacitive, and 6.5 does, but not very well yet. Plus this is for business, most people using this phone for business need the stylus to write notes etc.

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While the Hero is cheaper to acquire initially - It has much higher plan requirement, so Sprint, despite being perfectly/technically capable of activating it on a SERO line, will not. I'd rather pay a higher up-front price for the TP2 and come out ahead in the long run due to a cheaper plan.

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It's cool i got the everything plan

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Hey, where is it confirmed that the Hero will not work on SERO? I only saw some conjecture based on a cnet report that it requires an unlimited data plan, and then it was followed by a plug for the Everything Plus plan. It didn't say specifically that it was required.

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i sold my pre to save up for a touch pro 2 but the hero has swayed me to wait till october with the new (non gold) design and updated firmware that makes it smooth as butter

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I do remember HTC saying that they will start putting Sense on WinMo devices, going forward. If that's the case, you should see ROMs with HTC's sense (I know there's a PointUI one out there). So you would be able to get Hero experience on Touch Pro 2, if you are on SERO

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I based that off of a front page news item on this site. It linked to the CNET report and said something to the effect of "Sorry SERO peeps, Simply Everything required"

But I wonder... If the Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, and Hero all share the same hardware.. And we can easily make TP2 software run on a TP1.. Why can't we port a fully working copy of Android from the Hero to either TP variant?

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Well, as is typical with Sprint, we are getting conflicting reports about the Hero and SERO. I found this on sprintusers:

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=193546

It does seem strange for Sprint to be excluding HTC devices from SERO, as they have always left the door open to them. I guess we'll see what happens!

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thats touchflo3d 2.6 and up. it has the sense design now cuz they are changing prectically every tab to resemble sense. but its still manila.

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I have a sinking feeling that a few things may be in store for us legacy SERO users (SERO 500, 1250, & 2500) eventually...

- Letters from Sprint saying that they have decided to stop offering our plans altogether and that we have 60 days to switch plans or be canceled, no ETF if we or they cancel due to this.
- Phone upgrade options will be slowly restricted, first we can't get exclusive phones, then no smartphones/PDAs, then no high-end feature phones, etc..
- Our customer service experience (While pretty good now) may go down the tubes when they really want to push us away.

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Let me say this first, I love WM and always will, but in all honesty we all know how sluggish it is and even with tweaks and special ROMS it is still slow. iPhone OS is fast but not my type OS. Android seems like a snappy OS and maybe in the right direction for developers. That is why I think I will go with the Hero!

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Not to hijack the thread, but is 2.6 out from under wraps? For instance, has anyone acquired it in such a package as to be able to apply it on a TP or Diamond?

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I have accounts with both Verizon and Sprint. While I fully intend on getting the TP2 on Verizon, I also plan on getting the Hero when it's released just to have something new to play with.

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With the redesign of the Hero...and it being less than HALF the cost of the TP2...I might jump ship to Android too. I do really want that keyboard and high res screen though... :/

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yea im in the same boat as you. i also think whats really jacking up the price of the tp2 is its world phone functionality

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For people wondering about sero and the hero
http://m.gizmodo.com/site?sid=gizmod...efId%3D5351329

hearing the touch pro 2 not coming with a memory card or case is pretty crappy at that price. I know that price will not stay that way. Once AT&T and verizon drop there's, which is soon. We will see a price drop.

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Exactly, but not till after october, that is why I am in high hopes for this little Andriod phone!