Here is my take on the whole Subject.
Hero Vs. Moment
I purchased the Moment about 2 weeks ago, and Loved it. I was coming off owning blackberry for about 5 years now, and I could tell right out of the box that I was gonna love the Moment. I had it about 1.5 weeks, the apps were killer, the speed was awesome. My only problem wasn't battery life, or apps running me down and bogging me out. It was that my gps was telling me after a week I was in Germany off the Autoban 2. Up until then it was awesome, my only issue was that i needed more then 3 screens. I like to set up one for just internet, one for phone usage, and the other for music, then one for a calender. only issue is, no 4th screen.
Since I didn't have a spare moment in stock i had to bring home the Hero, the lack of full keyboard bothered me for a bit but I got used to using the full screen board. The 7 screens I have no use for them all, I really would need 4 tops maybe 5. I like the fact the calender, Music, and Email can have its own widget with the extra spaces. I read all of the posts and see many people compare the two phones but leave out things like personal preference. For me the hero is nice, its a great phone and very well built. Don't feel as flimsy as the Moment mainly cause its one piece structure. But, that for me is its own down fall because of the fact I have large hands, and it feels like i have to cut my thumb in half to use the screen. So here is my break down.
1. Screen Resolution I give to the Moment over the hero.
2. Functionality I give to the Moment over the hero, why because even tho it only has 3 screens the orientation will switch to the side view in other apps other then just internet and select apps, so you don't always have to keep it in the prone position.
3. GPS I give this to the Hero over the moment, perhaps it was just my Moment that was malfunctioning but I liked how I could select where i am at go to Google, and select where i want to go and not have to type loads of info onto the phone.
4. Apps, I give this a tie as anyone can tell Android Market has tons of applications provided for both phones.
5. Size, I have to give it to hero, its sleek look and design is great, its thin and portable.
6. Call Clarity, it's almost a tie but goes to the Moment.
7. Blue Tooth, I give to moment as I was using My hero with the MotoRokr head phones and I had very shitty experience couldn't move my head, move my head the least and the music would cut out, i would move my hand over the phone and it would cut out. Phone was only about 1foot from head set.
8. BATTERY LIFE, to me they both have life spans that will and always do very. And They Very because of apps in the back ground, temperature, call length, Bluetooth, GPS, and etc. So people that are trying to compare on over the other and base which phone is better because of it, I have your simple solution, CAR CHARGER. Because everything plays a variable on how long your battery last's including how you charge it, so base your comparison on phone capability only because if the phones not going to do what the hell you want it to, then the battery don't matter.
Over all this comparison on Moment vs Hero is based only on user experience. Yes the Hero has more screens, for what I like, but the moment has the speed and more personal functionality for what I do. The moment fits better in my hand, feels more like a phone to me, works the way I need it to. Does not lag on its apps, and only issue I had with it was the GPS. I will be taking my Hero Back to get my Moment again. nOt to mention the Hero has the dust issue and a damn track ball lol.
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