Well I got Leo1024 months before it was legally released in USA paid the vendor like $750 for it and that was in 2009. Most of these standard was started by HD2
that all phone shares now far as Evo fanboys goes well my base 29XXX could take them out anyday. I just laugh at them and correct them and let them know "buddy nice owning a phone that we already been had year ago" lol. Point is I didn't what to pay $350 for it in 2011 but you get what you pay for as its ONLY versatile device in market as none other can even match or come close to its development. Hackabality wise that was the perfect device for me as I made my own tweaks and sense mods which extended it more making it far more superior.
Far as HD7 goes its a total F as IDK what M$ is thinking who are they building these iPhoney style phones for as we are not kids. Whats with the squares (tiles)? I mean changing color scheme for selection is not what I call customizing lol also no C/P ya good luck with that but thats another subject of its own. So when I try to buy new phone only thing I saw in GSM profile was DHD which as we know is not TMoUS 3G capable. So only other choice was Nexus S (not very big SamSUX fan thats another standalone thread of its own) and G2 (first TMo 4G phone). Where I am I have decent 4G signal as I saw trade off. So I got the hardware spec of DHD and speed of G2 in MT4G and paid $450 for it
and saved more money directly oppressed to buying it in contract and paying more.
HTC HD2: TMoUS Leo1024 Unlocked
Rom: 121310 NRG-SE29005
Radio: Leo 2.15.50.14
Battery: Mugen Power 1300 mAh
MicroSDHC: Kingston 32GB Class 4
Shell: HD2 Clear Body Glove
Protector: Vikuiti DQC-160
HD7-WTF(best describes it)
How we go from superior customization to that is beyond me, fact is WM is far superior than Android for power users as normal users who is actually illiterate is unable to properly operate and execute. It actually requires knowledge to run which most won't grasp as it takes years to know about the CE kernel but once you know you can virtually rip it apart even if you don't have the framework.
I know the price who stole the phone got $750+50(battery)+35(shell)+150(mSD). So I was looking at close to 1k damage which was not the least of the problem as I had lost important contracts which till these days I can't get hold of lol. HD2 simply delivered as the device was way ahead of its time and now I am attempting to slowly convert AOSP 2.3.2 for my own need.