htc thunderbolt

[Grapesoda]

great phone....

[dyna mo]

nei.....

[CYF]

my dad just got one, it's a great phone. Set up his work email on it for him tonight

[NemesisEnforcer]

great phone....

You will need the 2750mAh extended battery for traveling or all day use.

[Brad Mitchell]

Been sitting on it for four weeks, time to make the switch.

Brad

[AndreaM]

You still haven't switched, Brad? LOL

Super awesome phone, craptastic battery. Love it anyway.

[dyna mo]

ok, was hoping for some specifics *what i like about this* cuz i'm in the market for a smart phone, was holding out for the droid bionic but word today is it's going back to the design & dev dept.

on to the thunderbollt, seems the camera/video of the thunderbolt is pretty sweet, how are y'all liking that? what about that 4g lte? i've read it's settled down speed wise from when it was 1st launched, thoughts? besides, that's where the battery drain is right?

the other thing is that 4.3" screen size is sweet. how does it handle day to day? not too big?

it's got the snapdragon processor right? is it the 1 or 1.2? anybody know ram on it? what about the htc sense interface, is that ok?

holla!

[Vendzilla]

ok, was hoping for some specifics *what i like about this* cuz i'm in the market for a smart phone, was holding out for the droid bionic but word today is it's going back to the design & dev dept.

on to the thunderbollt, seems the camera/video of the thunderbolt is pretty sweet, how are y'all liking that? what about that 4g lte? i've read it's settled down speed wise from when it was 1st launched, thoughts? besides, that's where the battery drain is right?

the other thing is that 4.3" screen size is sweet. how does it handle day to day? not too big?

it's got the snapdragon processor right? is it the 1 or 1.2? anybody know ram on it? what about the htc sense interface, is that ok?

holla!

think the ram is in the 700 range, going to get this myself

[AndreaM]

The 8mp camera takes better photos than my little Nikon -- which REALLY surprised me. The front facing 1.3mp is kinda meh, but works for those self shots for social media.

The 4g is amazingly quick, though not available everywhere yet - and streams videos with almost no buffer time.

The display is simply gorgeous, clear and crisp, and surprisingly not annoying and squintworthy to watch videos on. The speakers are 'decent'.

1Ghz Snapdragon, 8GBemmc, 32GB MicroSD installed and 768RAM

I'm used to Droid, so Sense took me a while to get used to but it's really rather nice.

Day to day it's a comfortable phone to use. It feels "solid" not cheap, but also comfortable and easy to hang on to.

[JFK]

OMG another phone, they are coming out with them fast an furious. It's getting rather confusing, trying to keep up with all the shit coming out, even before you got the wrapper off the last one. Sticking to the BB

[alessergod]

OMG another phone, they are coming out with them fast an furious. It's getting rather confusing, trying to keep up with all the shit coming out, even before you got the wrapper off the last one. Sticking to the BB

BB Torch

[dyna mo]

The 8mp camera takes better photos than my little Nikon -- which REALLY surprised me. The front facing 1.3mp is kinda meh, but works for those self shots for social media.

The 4g is amazingly quick, though not available everywhere yet - and streams videos with almost no buffer time.

The display is simply gorgeous, clear and crisp, and surprisingly not annoying and squintworthy to watch videos on. The speakers are 'decent'.

1Ghz Snapdragon, 8GBemmc, 32GB MicroSD installed and 768RAM

I'm used to Droid, so Sense took me a while to get used to but it's really rather nice.

Day to day it's a comfortable phone to use. It feels "solid" not cheap, but also comfortable and easy to hang on to.

appreciated! what i am wondering right now is whether to keep my *dumb* phone and get a tablet, or get a big screen smartphone with a snappy processor and lots of rammstein and a real purdy screen and not get a tablet.

[96ukssob]

I heard Nokia has some pretty sick ass phone coming out soon that will, supposedly blow all the current smart phones away, but has a pretty steep price tag nearing $1,000. I'll see if i can find the model and post it in the morning

[JFK]

BB Torch

still have the Bold 9000, I can only swicth so many times as I'm locked into a contract

[AndreaM]

appreciated! what i am wondering right now is whether to keep my *dumb* phone and get a tablet, or get a big screen smartphone with a snappy processor and lots of rammstein and a real purdy screen and not get a tablet.

It really depends on what sort of functionality you want. I like having things at my fingertips in a hurry, so I will always have a smart phone. I'd really like a tablet to pair with it for travel. The phone hotspot eliminates the need for a contract on the tablet, tablet ultimately replaces the laptop for travel for me, plus the added niceties of a nice e-reader and time killer for home.

[tiger]

Looks like a great phone, basically an EVO on verizon LTE.

[TidalWave]

i returned my htc thunderbolt -- i liked it , but battery life was fucking gross

[u-Bob]

but battery life was fucking gross

that's what I was worried about...

[CamChameleon]

i thought the thunderbolt was due to have gingerbread with a 1.2 duel processor but i saw above it was said that its a "1Ghz Snapdragon, 8GBemmc, 32GB MicroSD installed and 768RAM".

If it is a duel processor thats why the battery sucks as was like when the 1Ghz chips came out it takes a little while for them to find a balance. Shame these guys don't see how important the battery life is to us all as i wouldnt want to release a product that would fall short in this area. I guess that shows how much money they make by drip feeding us version by version.

[Grapesoda]

You will need the 2750mAh extended battery for traveling or all day use.

as a DIGITAL photographer I'm seldom far from a outlet. have on charge at my desk and in the car

[Grapesoda]

Been sitting on it for four weeks, time to make the switch.

Brad

it's pretty amazing. best phone I've had so far... great screen. runs smooth and fast. battery would only be an issue if you were going fishing or something I think, or spend the day at the mall... get the larger battery or take a spare

[Grapesoda]

ok, was hoping for some specifics *what i like about this* cuz i'm in the market for a smart phone, was holding out for the droid bionic but word today is it's going back to the design & dev dept.

on to the thunderbollt, seems the camera/video of the thunderbolt is pretty sweet, how are y'all liking that? what about that 4g lte? i've read it's settled down speed wise from when it was 1st launched, thoughts? besides, that's where the battery drain is right?

the other thing is that 4.3" screen size is sweet. how does it handle day to day? not too big?

it's got the snapdragon processor right? is it the 1 or 1.2? anybody know ram on it? what about the htc sense interface, is that ok?

holla!

it's a great size, handles well. don't have 4g in my area so no big deal. uses 4g when available

[Grapesoda]

OMG another phone, they are coming out with them fast an furious. It's getting rather confusing, trying to keep up with all the shit coming out, even before you got the wrapper off the last one. Sticking to the BB

yeah, the keyboard is a bit tight for me to use... looked very long and hard at BB

[Grapesoda]

appreciated! what i am wondering right now is whether to keep my *dumb* phone and get a tablet, or get a big screen smartphone with a snappy processor and lots of rammstein and a real purdy screen and not get a tablet.

depends on your work. I need text, email and phone to deal with the non stop BS of being a shooter. for this I needed a bigger screen and bigger keyboard. would love a tablet and will get one it's a phone as well

[kristin]

We test all sorts of devices in the office and one of our CS guys has the Thunderbolt and it's nice, super fast.

I will forever be stuck with my iPhone.

[Grapesoda]

We test all sorts of devices in the office and one of our CS guys has the Thunderbolt and it's nice, super fast.

I will forever be stuck with my iPhone.

a guy with an iphone at verizon flat out told me the htc is a better phone... getting my daughter one for video chat. possibly figure out how to hook it to my PC for live video bs when shooting as well

[Sid70]

Care to post a link, review site, pictures, or at least your ref link, eh?

[nation-x]

There are some huge benefits of the thunderbolt and some caveats.

First, you actually end up with about 2.5GB internal memory rather than 8GB because it is eMMC which basically means that it's 4GB in actuality because of how the memory works. The 8GB claim is a marketing ploy. That said... 2.5GB available internal space is plenty unless you are an idiot. Especially since the OS supports placing apps on the SD card... but a caveat of that is that widgets for the app won't work right.

The mobile data feature currently uses alot of battery because it appears to be constantly looking for 4G towers. The 4G in the phone uses GSM rather than CDMA like 3G does. The good thing about it is that you can talk on the phone and use internet at the same time... which is a new thing for Verizon.

The phone comes with a shit ton of widgets provided by HTC. If you scroll through the extensive list you will find a "power control" type of widget that allows you to turn mobile data off and on. Texting still works fine when this is shut off. Turning off the mobile data GREATLY increases your battery life. My phone will last 2 days without being plugged in if I just turn it on occasionally to check facebook or news or whatever. If you are using skype for calls then you probably don't want to turn off data.

Another caveat of the phone is that Verizon has started including alot of "bloatware" apps that you can't uninstall. I did read an article yesterday that said that, after the trial, you can uninstall City ID (one of the bloatware apps).

The 4G is fast depending on availability. I live 25 miles north of Charlotte, NC and consistently get speed test results of 18-20Mbps Down and 8-10Mbps up.

[Grapesoda]

Care to post a link, review site, pictures, or at least your ref link, eh?

search htc thunderbolt forums... all the info you could ever want.

[adult_text_links]

Get the Samsung Nexus S ... way better!

[nation-x]

Get the Samsung Nexus S ... way better!

yeah better than 4G on Verizon!

[candyflip]

Lots of customization information for the Thunderbolt here, including ways to get rid of any bloatware.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=940

[Vendzilla]

I'm at 2 years for my Black Berry storm, it rocked in it's day, but ready for something newer. Couple weeks, I'll gop to wirefly and get it, it's a lot cheaper there

[dyna mo]

It really depends on what sort of functionality you want. I like having things at my fingertips in a hurry, so I will always have a smart phone. I'd really like a tablet to pair with it for travel. The phone hotspot eliminates the need for a contract on the tablet, tablet ultimately replaces the laptop for travel for me, plus the added niceties of a nice e-reader and time killer for home.

depends on your work. I need text, email and phone to deal with the non stop BS of being a shooter. for this I needed a bigger screen and bigger keyboard. would love a tablet and will get one it's a phone as well

appreciatedd! my laptop is going pretty strong and i rly like the form-factor of the bigger smartphones or tablet phones some call them, i'm thinking a big smartphone.

i'll prolly wait a week or so until the samsung infuse is released, it's 4.5" with that super amoled + screen.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...r-amoled-plus/

the big thing i am concerned about is it's on the hspa+ network, technically not 4g, more like 3.5g, but from the comparison speedtests i've seen, now that the verizon lte network has settled into its typical speeds, hspa+ is only a tick slower.

[Grapesoda]

appreciatedd! my laptop is going pretty strong and i rly like the form-factor of the bigger smartphones or tablet phones some call them, i'm thinking a big smartphone.

i'll prolly wait a week or so until the samsung infuse is released, it's 4.5" with that super amoled + screen.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/s...r-amoled-plus/

the big thing i am concerned about is it's on the hspa+ network, technically not 4g, more like 3.5g, but from the comparison speedtests i've seen, now that the verizon lte network has settled into its typical speeds, hspa+ is only a tick slower.

if you are on att won't make much difference

[czarina]

I've heard good things about that model, but I had an HTC about a year ago and it was horrible

[JFK]

yeah, the keyboard is a bit tight for me to use... looked very long and hard at BB

I love the keyboard, that's one of the reasons for sticking with bb

[CYF]

I've heard good things about that model, but I had an HTC about a year ago and it was horrible

which model and what didn't you like about it? I had an HTC G1 and it was a great phone, HTC generally makes good stuff.

[candyflip]

I'm at 2 years for my Black Berry storm, it rocked in it's day, but ready for something newer. Couple weeks, I'll gop to wirefly and get it, it's a lot cheaper there

Sorry. The Blackberry Storm never rocked.

It was pretty much a bomb for RIM, and they quickly released a followup soon after.

When you get that new phone, you'll see what I what I mean.

[Why]

i have one and im on the verge of returning it. HTCs have horrible battery life and mine is slow as shit... i was reading on a forum to try and get it replaced as it might be faulty but damn, im unimpressed with it to be honest... wish i would have waited for the Bionic to come out in late Q2/2011 at least we know Motorola knows how to manage battery life better then HTC does and the Bionic will have a dual core snapdragon!

[dyna mo]

what's the benefit of dual core in a smart phone? for games? it's not like i'm going to render video eh- isn't a 1.2 single core snappy enough?

[Grapesoda]

i have one and im on the verge of returning it. HTCs have horrible battery life and mine is slow as shit... i was reading on a forum to try and get it replaced as it might be faulty but damn, im unimpressed with it to be honest... wish i would have waited for the Bionic to come out in late Q2/2011 at least we know Motorola knows how to manage battery life better then HTC does and the Bionic will have a dual core snapdragon!

news flash: there is NO bionic

[Just Mike]

was going to buy the thunderbolt till verizons reps told me its not a world phone and if i travel outside of the US I have to request a "LOANER" phone form Verizon.

Only 2 shitty android phones are world phones from Verizon...Mortorola Droid 2 Pro (With the slide out key board) YUCK! and another android phone with a built in keyboard (Looks like a BB)

I have decided to go with another carrier then get a shitty loaner phone when I'm outta the country

[Grapesoda]

was going to buy the thunderbolt till verizons reps told me its not a world phone and if i travel outside of the US I have to request a "LOANER" phone form Verizon.

Only 2 shitty android phones are world phones from Verizon...Mortorola Droid 2 Pro (With the slide out key board) YUCK! and another android phone with a built in keyboard (Looks like a BB)

I have decided to go with another carrier then get a shitty loaner phone when I'm outta the country

yes that is an issue with the htc thunderbolt... deal with that if I need to since I don't really travel