How do you like your Touch Pro?

[r1_rydah]

I love the phone... and it looks like over 70% of you guys do also... this thread proves just what I suspected, that the complainers are the minority, but are the majority when it comes to making threads... if someone is on the fence, and considering ordering this phone, these forums can give them the distorted view...

[Big D5]

Originally Posted by r1_rydah

I love the phone... and it looks like over 70% of you guys do also... this thread proves just what I suspected, that the complainers are the minority, but are the majority when it comes to making threads... if someone is on the fence, and considering ordering this phone, these forums can give them the distorted view...

This is the exact reason I made this thread I suspected the same and now we have proof. So if you are on the fence about getting this PPC don't let the vocal minority sway you this PPC is one of the best going not just my opinion but proven by the overwhelming majority taking this pole.

[jjday7]

Not trying to Bash the phone but pointing out my experience with this phone.

my view on this is that this is not a bad phone but it does have some quirks that only seem to happen on some phones and others don't have the issue

1. there is a issue with sip change only on very few phones. My first touch pro worked but the new one doesn't. Yes I do know what I am doing.

2. The back of the phone creaks and that is really annoying. This is a $749 phone. I had a sony erricson p910a and p900 that cost that much and that thing had absolutely nothing wrong with it and no noises or bad build quality.

3. keyboard lag sucks and I know this can be fixed but wasn't this tested before htc released it.

4. too much movement on the slider and it is just way too loose. I can't even turn up the volume without taking the phone away from my face to see the button, then hold the phone firm and then up the volume.

5. the D pad is not level on both that I have had and makes crackling noises sometimes. Don't forget the screen sensitivity with or without a fix just sucks.

6.The charger cable is so short that I can't even use the phone while it's on the charger and what's up with a charger/ data cable. I think we paid enough to get two seperate cables.

7. I have to load a file to hear people talking to me on the phone. Come on it's a phone!!!! Htc needs to recall and re issue new phones to people with this problem.

I just think that a lot of people got a pretty good deal on these phones and because it's the biggest newest thing people are dealing with it and just talking themselves into believing that it's just ok that the build quality sucks.

I am not going to lie I loved it when I got it but being on my second and maybe third now this is saying a lot about HTC and there respect for there customers. Let's speak the truth. You wouldn't accept this from a new car, why is it ok on a $750 phone. I am still going to go my 30 days before I decide but I can't say I am happy with this phone. My touch didn't have any where near the problems I have had with this phone.

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by jjday7

4. too much movement on the slider and it is just way too loose. I can't even turn up the volume without taking the phone away from my face to see the button, then hold the phone firm and then up the volume.

6.The charger cable is so short that I can't even use the phone while it's on the charger and what's up with a charger/ data cable. I think we paid enough to get two seperate cables.

7. I have to load a file to hear people talking to me on the phone. Come on it's a phone!!!! Htc needs to recall and re issue new phones to people with this problem.

I just think that a lot of people got a pretty good deal on these phones and because it's the biggest newest thing people are dealing with it and just talking themselves into believing that it's just ok that the build quality sucks.

This isn't a bash, so take it easy with my comments.
But I think answering these should help a few others with their pain.

The slider is loose. Yes. It sucks! It's not really bad though. The slide action is fairly nice. Yes, the volume buttons are disappointing. HTC should have done better. But this could be part of the design. I've broke the slide on my last mogul. It still works fine, but slides funny now.

Charger cable issue.
I do not know why you are upset about this! They finally included a cable with this phone that has the correct USB connection on the end!!!!!!!
I'm so friggen happy about that. I hate adapters. HATE HATE HATE. I ruined data connections from all the plugging and unplugging I did with my mogul. This one fits in firm and tight. So nice, as a fact, that i usually unplug from the computer instead of the phone now when things mess up with whatever i'm doing, usually active sync being lame.
The reason they did it the way they did is because the style charger they sent was probably easier to make then a seperate one with the correct connection on it.
Just do what I do, I use my old MOGUL adapter, and plug it on a standard USB charger, that way your not dorking up anything if the connection isn't fitting well into the phone. =)
I carry my TP charger in the briefcase, it doesnt' clutter things up like a normal one.

and for volume.
I've noticed every phone i've talked on except a nextel is never loud enough. All my motorola flips from nextel were quite louder.
IMO for speaker volume on ALL phones is that I shoudln't have to always use MAX volume for calls. I think that somewhere in mediumville should be plenty loud, then if i get a quiet call i can still kick it up a notch.
So, dont complain about something that is bad on all phones.
Yes, HTC should fix it. But you can easily fix this problem on the user end with hacks. You shouldn't have to, but some things are better left in the hands of private developers who have more time and expereince then these people shucking out these phones.

[aceracer24]

Originally Posted by Big D5

This is the exact reason I made this thread I suspected the same and now we have proof. So if you are on the fence about getting this PPC don't let the vocal minority sway you this PPC is one of the best going not just my opinion but proven by the overwhelming majority taking this pole.

The problem though with the pole is that not everyone uses the phone in the same way so many of the problems people find either don't bother them, rarely encounter it or never encounter them.

Also you have to take into account what phones some of the voters came from originally. I would suspect a lot of the haters might have come from Blackberry's or similar.

I was one of the ones that voted "What a stupid question never ask me anything again" lol. I have some of the issues that have been reported but I still love the phone over all and I am far more tolerant then others might be.

In truth though, the big thing that bugs me the most about people complaining about the phone, probably never bothered to test the phone out first. They just wanted the "next big thing" and purchased with no actual experience with the phone. Try before you buy and you save yourself a lot of headaches.

[WorldWide]

How many people do you think actually tried it before they bought it? the way people was acting before this thing came out. I almost never early adopt anything outside of Xboxes PS3s or whatever and im p**sed at myself for buying this so early, I broke my rule. When the Mogul came out I sat on my money waited a few months and a lot of the issues was fixed with custom ROMS and tweaks. Flash to the Pro. I just knew this was it, faster processor, more RAM, VGA but the battery sucks hard. I didn't vote hate I voted I need more time and as of today i'm 85% sure i'm selling this to my business partner. I will be back to this phone in a couple months, but right now I need a device to last longer than few hours.

[aceracer24]

Originally Posted by worldwide

How many people do you think actually tried it before they bought it?

Not enough considering the amount of complaints.

Originally Posted by worldwide

I didn't vote hate I voted I need more time and as of today i'm 85% sure i'm selling this to my business partner. I will be back to this phone in a couple months, but right now I need a device to last longer than few hours.

And this would be logical since you knew you didn't test it first. Not harping solely on people that didn't test it out first. I didn't either to be honest but I did have the Touch and the Diamond so I knew the basic phone functions, and with the Diamond I knew the potential problems.

Basically what I am saying is simply since I didn't try it first, I have little to no right to really complain about things. I mean, as a customer of course it's my right to complain when the product is not up to specs. But, I am at my own mercy if I dive in without trying it out first or collecting as much unbiased information as I could before purchasing.

For me, the Touch Pro is as I expected. It works great the majority of the time. I knew battery would be an issue and I knew there would be small annoying things with it. I jumped feet first anyway and am glad I did.

[schettj]

Originally Posted by r1_rydah

I love the phone... and it looks like over 70% of you guys do also... this thread proves just what I suspected, that the complainers are the minority, but are the majority when it comes to making threads... if someone is on the fence, and considering ordering this phone, these forums can give them the distorted view...

Yay, I'm a complainer and I love this phone. Messing with your head, now!

Flashed a new radio, that's helping.
Gutted shipped TF3d, and put TF3dHD in, that's *really* helping
Few more tweaks, helping...

Still a great hand warmer for the winter, and it's got a ways to go to beat the battery life on my mogul, but tons of ram is nice. Screen is nice. Very usable without the stylus until you get into winmo apps themselves, then its time to dig out the toothpick

And I like the keyboard, even if its a tad cramped. Most every key is actually there on the keyboard except for \

Why for the love of DOGs can't HTC find an LCD supplier for 'daylight readable' displays though. Man. Seriously. To quote the mobility today man "Hello HTC?"

But yep, I love it!

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by schettj

Why for the love of DOGs can't HTC find an LCD supplier for 'daylight readable' displays though.

Yea, no kidding.

It annoys the hell out of me when I am out in the sun watching one of my 8 year old daughters soccer games & my TP screen is totally unusable. Then, I glance over at the guy next to me surfing around on an iphone & the screen is a bright & visible as mine would be inside a building..........

~John

[Yibrushn]

I don't think hundreds of people have exchanged their pros just 20 people that keep talking about exchanging their pros