hd for hero

After playing with this phone for well over a week, I think I am trading it in at bb for the hero!!!  After researching and reading reviews seems like it will blow the hd out of the water!!  Not impressed by hd to have it for another year

I will be joining you on the hero train.  Today was a last straw with the HD.  Had my daughter at the pumpkin patch, it was a cloudy and off and on rain here, so took a bunch of pics of her, and the flash ( had it set on auto) washed out every pic.  Not sure what was going on, but the camera was saving this phone for me.  Come on Oct 11th

I'm kind of on the boat with you. If they can fix the battery issue, then i'm on board with the HD, but I'm a bit worried. If they can't fix it before my 30 days, I may actually return it and purchase it again after the first maintenance release. I can't justify the phone if I have to have it on the charger 4 hours after I get to work. Other than that, I love the phone.

Well yeah the hero can have the battery issue...but HTC makes pretty solid phones. My dad has a HTC Touch (first one). The camera i think is a 5 mp so who knows if it is like the HD's but i also heard that the HD's cam with flash washes things out but i haven't tried it myself.

   Um thunder....did u know everytime you return a phone not only does sprint loose money but if u buy it at Bestbuy and return it Best buy looses money too. If you return it with the intent on rebuying it when the issue of the battery is resolved then make sure no other phones are out there other then the phone u buy to replace the HD to wait for the fix to come out. From taking accounting classes it makes it difficult for everyone to count returns/sales/return allowances/ and all that stuff. It costs everyone money. in fact most times the cost can come back on us the consumer.

I am aware of those principles, but would you have me keep a phone that's just not feasible for everyday use because the bettery drain is that horrendous? I am nearly certain the M850 is the phone I want. I'm also a Sprint Premier member so I can re-up next year at this time if I need to. Personally, and this is just me, I've survived that last 15 months with the original Instinct and without an app store so I'm sure I can survive another 12 with this phone, but not if I have to worry about bringing my charger with me if I'm going to be out of the house for more than a few hours. This is one bug that's too crucial to just assume Sprint/Samsung will fix it. I've done the dance with the original Instinct and been let down with the majority of their maintenance releases. However, I feel that Sprint may have learned some important lessons with that model and I'm willing to give them another try.

+1

well, i knew the hero was going to be my final decision from the get-go [preordered when i picked up the hd], but i just wanted to give the hd a trial run; being an original instinct owner and all, i wanted to see how far they've come in ~15 months...

it's not a bad phone at all, they've added a few more bells/whistles, but with the same old ui, i am kind of over it... which brings up the main point why i hate iphones, every single persons screen looks the same, [-] the standby screen you see for a second or two before they get into their device, but after that they're all synonymous, just different icons... i want more than just a bunch of icons on my screen... with the android platform, the intense amount of custom options are very nice and the growing number of apps is just stellar; you can truly "make it your own"... sure, its' got no hd video recording [compared to the hd], but i'm sure the hero's 5mp+af camera will work just fine... i upload my media ota majority of the time, so above-average quality [= bigger file size, of course], is not ideal...

if hd video recording is what you seek in a us-carrier phone, you can't have it any other way [at least for now], but other than that, you'll probably have better luck with other front-running devices, such as the palm pre [80 bones @ walmart], htc hero [180], htc touch pro2 [200 thru tele-sales, official price drop will be coming soon, i assume?], etc.

technically, i will have ~2 weeks post hero's launch to see what the early adopters report before my bb return/exchange period expires, but i am not taking any chances just in case i cosmetically damage the hd somehow... i will be there on the morning of and everything should be a-ok from there and out... my first android device, can't wait !![/s][/s][/s]

dnalor:  I agree 100%  I too  bought the hd knowing i was getting the hero on the 11th.  but  my old phone was done and thought I could play with the hd til the 11th.  and maybe I would be swayed but u fortunately that has not happened