s200 or Touch?

[josealb]

Hi im looking for a PDA phone to replace my N70 and my phone carrier has offered me a s200 or a Touch PPC for the same price. After reading some reviews i see that people with the Touch are really happy about it but i see the s200 has some better capabilities like 128mb memory (is that ram or flash?) or the UMTS connection.

I actually love the design and size of the Touch but i'm a little afraid that i get a slow PPC. What do you think?

[acer175]

What are you talking about? Memory and processor are both the same, and the Prophet does NOT have UMTS capability!

The differences are the size, the OS, the screen layout, and the SD-card format.

[josealb]

Ok im sorry i got a bit missinformed about this. I only read the features tab in the carrier website and it looks like that information wasnt quite exact lol.
So if both are the same in performance id better go for the Touch wouldnt I?

[lukeap69]

Yeah, I would recommend that.

[acer175]

You should always check here - http://wiki.xda-developers.com/

Well, assuming you're actually talking about the S200 (Prophet), it has a couple of advantages over the Touch (Elf), like more hardware buttons, separate USB and headphones, cheaper SD cards and easy upgradeability.

But the Touch is newer and supports WM6 natively, is smaller and lighter ... offered at the same price, well, I guess you have your answer

[josealb]

You should always check here - http://wiki.xda-developers.com/

Well, assuming you're actually talking about the S200 (Prophet), it has a couple of advantages over the Touch (Elf), like more hardware buttons, separate USB and headphones, cheaper SD cards and easy upgradeability.

But the Touch is newer and supports WM6 natively, is smaller and lighter ... offered at the same price, well, I guess you have your answer

What do you mean by easy upgradeability? Does it have 3.5mm exit?

[Da9L]

What do you mean by easy upgradeability? Does it have 3.5mm exit?

No it only has a 2,5 mm jack outlet.. But you can use a adapter for that to 3,5 mm .. The Elf does "only" use the new type of htc's headphone outlet that it the same as the charging outlet, which is in my opinion a shame..

But i would no doubt choose a touch (elf)

[jabagi]

I have an S200 and my girlfriend has Touch. I would prefer the Touch anyday, it's lighter, much smaller and it's pretty much the same on the specs...

[yamilrx]

I've had the S200 for 8months and my first experience was that the moder board got fried. Probably a bad unit to begin with. I had to send it to Spain where it was purchased so it could be repaired under warranty. I also notice that it requires more soft resets than my old Tmobile MDA(rare) which is also by HTC. I think the issue is the software that I have installed from here is not fully tested and as we all know has some bugs. I still appreciate that we are able to get this software otherwise I could not use it here with a Spanish rom. i do love the device size and when it works well it is awesome. The touch is smaller and lighter but it has the same slow porcessor 195mhz. :cool:

[shaileshashar]

i hv both.
if u want style go for touch.
if u r going to use pda features more then go for prophet.
i would personally recommend prophet with a customized wm6 rom.