Well before this I was using Strom and now I moved to Tour 9630 and it was excellent phone so far me. You can read my honest review on my personal blog:
I think better depends on the context and the user but in a quantifiable sense:
I believe the Bold has a faster processor and I THINK more memory? (Someone confirm this one way or the other?) And obviously the keyboard is bigger. I think overall the consensus is the Bold's keyboard is better but the Tour's isn't far behind. Personally I don't mind the Tour's keyboard, I like it and think it doesn't really lose out to the Bold. Overall personally I don't have enough time on a Bold to tell you if it's really "better" IMO than the Tour or not, all I can say is I LOVE the Tour.
I had an iPhone and used the WiFi on it since speeds and coverage were always gimped due to being on AT&T, plus the browser on it allowed for higher rendering on the pages with full html and the ability to view almost ANY webpage.
I'm not missing it on the Tour--VZW's speeds and coverage are leaps and bounds better than that of AT&T's. Some webpages are not really viewer friendly on the Tour for me...Aesthetically, the smaller screen and need to zoom and scroll in mid sentence kills it for me, but that doesn't mean it isn't usable--I just can't view every single webpage I come across. The ones I access frequently are easy to view and load quickly. VZW speeds don't make me miss the WiFi at all since I haven't encountered a time where I was without coverage.
i agree with Wakko. i orignially wanted a bold but when i heard about the tour coming out i waited for it. in my opinion the carrier was the difference.