This always comes down to personal preference do you want a physical keyboard or a touch screen, by the title of your post as for trying new devices what are you looking for
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seeing how you are on T-Mobile I'd stick with the 9700 cause you get 3G coverage. You can use the storm2 on T-Mobile but the best you'll get is 2G EDGE, once you unlock the phone of course.