HTC Touch Pro Reviews

1. most likely the worst phone I've ever owned

8 Nov 2009 by penetrode

33.3%3.3out of 10

Although I hate to judge an entire company based on the merits of a hapless device like the fuze, however....
They're build quality and ergonomics are simply poor.  Deathly slow response time, touchjoke UI needed tons of work, awkward phone design, and more.

I used all kinds of cooked roms, ect with no avail.  I just don't see what the love-affair is with HTC products.  I think they are poorly designed, under-engineered, overly-priced, and way too overhyped by gadget blogs.  Perhaps they've improved, but even the handsets released currently are poor quality plastic nightmares.  I do like the SENSE UI, which I think is a step in the right direction.   

Pros

Keyboard is amazing in my opinion
good battery life

Cons

no 3.5mm
awkward design
flimsy slideout qwerty
cheap plastics
very very slow and frustrating UI, processor, software
resistive screen
tiny screen
over-priced

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2. Great Phone

4 Oct 2009 by KevinS

83.3%8.3out of 10

I couldn't believe all the negative reviews on this phone.  I have had the phone for about 8 months and have not had any problems.  I had the Tilt before this and this is a better phone.  I have had ZERO problems with this phone.  Everything works, no issues at all.  Battery life is not the greatest but it is not the worst either.  I would call it average.  Plan on recharging nightly if you use the phone regularly during the day. The keyboard is excellent.  The camera is good, but agree the shutter lag is annoying, but then again, I did not buy the phone to take pictures, I have a real camera for taking pictures, but in a pinch, the camera on the phone works fine.  If you want a solid, decent, WinMo 6.1 phone, this is a great one. 

Pros

WinMo 6.1
Keyboard
Great Design
Screen

Cons

Battery performance good be a bit better

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3. great phone, but everything has its downsides

4 Oct 2009 by MJF007

90%9out of 10

I've been using this phone for about a year now and I have to say I've come to love it, some of its small ticks where annoying at first but within about a week there was a rom update that fixed about 60% of my issues with the phone. Before the update I noticed that sliding the phone caused certain apps to act funny. After words it really only has an affect on the mobile browser iris and sometimes spb mobile shell 3. Regaurdless of its slight faults I've found that I can pretty much do anything I need to on the phone, its just a matter of knowing where to look, and actually following through and trying to use it. This phone is no iphone though, I had an iphone 3g and comparing them I'd say I do prefer the fuze but the iphone was easier and had a lot more fun apps. If you're looking for a detailed data processing phone and something to be used as an omni tool the fuze will function to your expectations if you're patient with it. The problem with ALL DATA PHONES is no one is willing to really sit down and use it. You can customize most any data phone with enough time its just a matter of doing so. I work with phones all day the trick is check for updates and just see if there are similar problems. All in all the fuze is a great phone but so are most data phones, rim, htc, apple, palm, samsung, nokia... they all make great phones its just a question of researching them before you buy them to see if they meet your needs. Hope this helps a bit.

Pros

the phone has a lot of raw power
its loaded with features
the flash is very handy,
touch screen is pretty acurate and responsive.
Touch Flo 3d is very easy to use.
keyboard is very big and easy to use
screen is crystal clear

Cons

the buttons on the front share one pannel and are hard to use do to that sometimes.
The touchscreen keyboard that is projected is rather small in full qwerty mode
the housing is incredably strong but causes a slight lack of reception sometimes I've noticed

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4. Balanced Phone. Nice and Sleek!

16 Aug 2009 by AznPersuasion2009

86.7%8.7out of 10

So I've been reading reviews on here and many people don't do this phone justice. Yes, sometimes it does lag on programs and does have its quirks, but doesn't every phone?

Let's talk about the good things:

-Though bulky, the HTC Fuze has one of the best designs I have seen on a phone. And once you've had the phone for more than about a month, the size becomes indifferent to the user.

-There are SO many programs on this phone that can be configured and modified to the user's liking.

-The camera is one of the best I have seen. Though not as impressive as Sony Ericsson's, it has a great camera. Many people compain about the shutter speed; however, I believe they are exaggerating a lot since it only takes about 1-2 seconds before it takes the picture, with EXCELLENT quality.

-The touchscreen is VERY responsive. Everytime I touch the screen, it responds to my finger. Unlike on other touchscreen phones, the HTC Fuze does not have the problem where if I touch one area, it registers a different area.

-The keyboard... The keyboard is awesome! A 5-row keyboard with many shortcuts to applications such as Calender, Music, SMS, Instant Messaging, Email, Contacts, Internet, and Cingular Video make this keyboard the best keyboard I have used... Even better than the Motorola Q9H which had a great keyboard (and yes, I can back it up since I do have the Motorola Q9H as well.)

-Windows Mobile 6.1 on this phone allows me to make, edit, and read documents from Word with ease. Though it may not be as intuitive as on a computer, it still allows me to do basic writing.

-The easily accessible task manager. For many Smartphones that have Windows Mobile 6.1 or higher, a task manager is included. However, many phones have it hidden in the application menu or somewhere else that takes some time to get to. The HTC Fuze's task manager is always on any screen you are using as it is in the top right hand corner and it is a drop-down list. This allows the user to exit out of programs in the background that lag up the phone. By exiting out of these programs, the phone's performance becomes enhanced.

Alright, now some of the bad things:

-Fingerprint Magnet. Yes, this phone's back cover WILL have a lot of fingerprints and smudges on it. Expect that when you get this phone (although cleaning it is pretty simple)

-The HTC Fuze is not as fast as some other phones like the Samsung Epix. At times, the phone does take a few seconds to load an application and send a text message.

-Call quality isn't that great. When I talked to my family and friends on the phone, their voices seemed a bit lower than what they were actually speaking.

In the end, I believe that this phone is an excellent phone. At first, I believed that it was too slow for me and I swtiched to the Epix. However, I switched back to the Fuze and realized that this phone was completely underestimated. This phone is sturdy, fashionable, and easy-to-use with great performance. Overall, the pros outweight the cons by a long shot.

Pros

-Camera
-TouchScreen
-Programs and Applications
-Design
-Task Manager
-Windows Mobile 6.1
-Keyboard

Cons

-Performance is a bit laggy
-Fingerprint Magnet on the back cover
-Call Quality

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5. Big step forward for WM

11 Aug 2009 by Gadrich

90%9out of 10

Having owned the HTC Startrek, Wizard, Hermes, and Kaiser before this, I saw the Fuze as a major leap forward.  The snappy processor and overkill RAM/ROM were more than sufficient to run whatever has been thrown at it.  I've used many ROMs, all adding more and more features to take advantage of it.  I highly recommend this phone.

Pros

Fast performance
Solid build
Very stylish appearance/design
GPS and HSDPA perform very well
Well laid out keyboard

Cons

Sub-par camera as HTC tends to provide
Small 2.8" touchscreen

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6. HTC Fuze

3 Aug 2009 by Joan

53.3%5.3out of 10

The HTC Fuze reminds me of Microsoft putting Vista out before all the bugs were worked out.  My story is like all the ones mentioned - short battery life, screen going blank, everything locking up.  I'm on my second one and will be taking it back today because it stopped working completely. It is aggravating and needs to go back to the drawing board..

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7. Great... when it works

2 Aug 2009 by Ginmae

66.7%6.7out of 10

I am now on my third HTC Pro.  My first one started giving me some problems after about 5 months.  It was lagging, the buttons weren't responding in a reasonable time, and I was having problems with sms/pic messaging.  Eventually the screen quit working.  Sprint replaced it with a new one no questions asked because what was wrong was covered by manufacturers warranty.  Within a month the second one started giving me major problems.  The biggest problem was the keyboard back lights not coming on at all and the keyboard not working 50 percent of the time.  Sprint replaced it with a refurbished one which I've had less than a month (because they couldn't find anything wrong with the 2nd one to fix).  The 3rd phone keyboard is already not responding half of the time, the keyboard isn't lighting up, it takes a few tries before it takes a pic, the pic zoom works a third of the time, and the various buttons randomly don't respond.  My husband has the same phone and his hasn't been nearly as much trouble as mine, but he constantly tinkers with it and has tried several mods.  The bottom line is it's great when it works.  I love the camera function and the gps, but it's far too high maintenance if your not into diagnosing hardware/software problems and making adjustments.  I can't keep it working long enough to utilize most of the amenities.

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8.

13 Jul 2009 by Anonymous

36.7%3.7out of 10

I Have had two HTC  touch pro phones in the last 6 months they are prone to software problems low battery life

lagging , hard to hear person on the line , and now the phone screen is glitching , screen won't come on have to

remove battery to reset ,

This phone is one of the worst phone I have had , You think a $700.00 phone would be all that , I'm going back

to a $50.00 Phone , todays phones are only worth that, They might  last a year , Phone company suck you into

the Three year plan knowing the phones only last a year . do your self a favour stick to the cheap phones with no

plans .

Pros

good pictures when it works

Cons

everything

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9. Failed High High Hopes

26 Jun 2009 by Chad14433

43.3%4.3out of 10

I had the HTC Touch Pro from Alltel for exactly 29 days (back in April) before i returned it and i cannot tell you how frustrated i was with this phone. I spent tons of time researching the phone online as well as asking Alltel reps about this phone and everything was very positive.

The biggest problem i had with the phone was its horrrrible battery life. From day one it would only last 6 hours on a charge. 6!!! And that was with VERY little to NO use. If i dared turn on the wireless internet, let an app run in the background (such as Google Maps), or use the camera the battery would last 3 hours. I asked Alltel to replace the phone because there obiously was somthing wrong, three (3!!!) representatives said that either 1.) they never had this problem or 2.) thats what they were hearing from all the Touch Pro owners and that getting a new one would not change anything.

I decided to wait to see if maybe it would get better but instead more problems came up. All of the phone's physical buttons (call send/end D-pad, keyboard) would stop working and i needed to remove battery to fix. This happened at least twice a day. The phone froze constantly. The soft reset button would not reset the device most of the time. The touch screen was soo delayed that it was nearly impossible to use. When txting somtimes the time from when you hit a button to when the letter apeared on the screen would take as long as 10 seconds. As well, the phone felt extreamly cheap, constantly creaking and wobbly, front screen buttons always felt like they were going to break. I would hate to see the aftermath after its first drop.

I could not keep a phone that was this faulty (and i can't rely on bring my charger litterally everywhere i went) so i returned it and went back to my Blackberry Curve. My Touch Pro could have been a true lemmon but seeing other user reviews out there, i'm thinking HTC needs to fix this phone.

Pros

aGPS- paired with Google Maps was awsome. Did not need to purchase Alltel's navigation to be able to find my location (within a decent area)
Touch screen with physical keyboard idea
Camera-took wonderful pictures (although it had a long lag)

Cons

Battery- i cannot stress how bad this was
build quality
Software

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10.

21 Jun 2009 by Anonymous

83.3%8.3out of 10

After reading all the reviews on here I decided to get one. This phone is slow when it comes with the preloaded att rom. But me being an htc geek I solved all the slowness including the unresponsive touchscreen. I flashed a custom built rom from xda deveplopers website and I even tried the new wm 6.5 rom which is pretty sweet and fast. This is a great phone once you know how to use. It is ten times better than my kaiser and i love the accelerometer. The att rom really slows the phone with all its useless preloaded trial games and other stuff. When using skyfire I have full flash and can watch movies from hulu.com and watch-movies-links.net without problems.

Design-7

Features-10 (after you put a different rom)

Performance-9 (after you put a different rom)

I love this phone.

Pros

Once you change the att rom to something else, its totally customizable to ur liking and way faster like the way it was designed to be.

Keyboard

Cons

The buttons on the sides.

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