well, opinions, as they say, are like a-holes, everyone has one...and here's mine...
I love both designs...so cool to see such explorations...and I think these designs are a much better blend of what we know from TOS and what could have been.
On a side note, one problem I have with any design is functionality...yeah, I know these aren't real, folks, but if they were, how hard would it be to actually READ all the small type on Next Gen style Tricorder readouts. Maybe eyesight evolved in the 23rd century, but really...has anyone really looked at how small the type is on many of the tricorder designs?
As much as I liked the 2009 Trek Movie props, the tricorder has the same problem...too tiny display.
Ahhh, gone are the days where Spock would carry around his textbook size tricoder with blank gray screen and, without hardlly glancing at the readout, he would somehow still know which direction the alien lifeforms were coming from.
Back on topic -- LOVE the new designs...so much fun. For those that keep laying into them...why not show us YOUR designs.