From Verizon Touch Pro to Sprint version... is it really that much better?

[zim2323]

Originally Posted by bast525

I will say a couple more things.

Comparing them completely stock, stock rom, the Sprint did have a bit better performance. But once flashed with a custom ROM, testing them literally side by side, they performed the same. Other than the Sprint having more free RAM, there was no difference. I've had the Sprint at a 24 MB page pool all day now, and still I see no difference.

But yeah, looks wise I way prefer the Sprint. As I mentioned in my original post, I really wanted the Sprint Pro over the Verizon, and would keep it were it not for a) the far worse sound, b) the noticeably less sensitive touch screen. I fully expect that these are one-off issues, not something that every Sprint Pro would have. I am not in any way implying that the Verizon is the better phone. I just wanted to share my experience, in that I was kind of surprised even, that the Sprint did not perform any better. I probably would have liked the Sprint keyboard more had I not already been used to the VZW.

Since the Sprint Pro would not be covered under my insurance, and I have no idea how I might go about getting it replaced under warranty since I am not with Sprint, I am going to keep the VZW TP and sell the Sprint one. The loss of Asurion coverage is another big factor in deciding that keeping the VZW would work better for me. I've never lost or broken a phone, I'd hate for the first time to be with something as expensive as the Pro and to have no insurance.

To the Sprint phone situation, I would guess your "friend" isn't being completely honest with you. I would guess the phone is a refurb and the extra battery was from the original phone. I noticed the same thing with phones I've had to insure. They don't want the old battery back therefore you have an extra battery. I hope you really didn't pay much for it. It probably wasn't as good of a deal as you thought with all the things you are saying is wrong with the phone.

If the above is true, I would discount ANY performance tests you've done until you know you have a truly good working phone.

I have personally ran my SSK1.5 ROM VZW Touch Pro next to Sprint's Touch Pro in the store, and the Sprint Touch Pro was incredibly fast. Screen switching, program loading, and many other activities were much quicker, side-by-side.