This phone has me really bummed. There is just no way to reliably tell when the battery will bite the dust on this thing. I used it kinda heavily today and the battery seemed to be holding up well. After using it from 8:30 this morning to about 5:00 pm, from a full charge on the extended battery, it still showed 25% battery. I'm thinking, this is fantastic! I still have plenty for the ride home. I was planning on running it till it shutt off to see exactly what to expect, but I didn't expect this.
I turned the screen off, and that's when the phone went on the fritz. The screen came back on after about 10 seconds with the battery level warning saying to plug the phone in and that I had only 19% left. I dismissed the message and backed out of the battery usage screen. I turned the screen off again, and the battery message popped up again, this time saying that I had 12% battery, rince/repeat. It came up again at 5% and 2%. Before I could close the poppup on the 2% message, the phone shut down. This all happened in the course of about a minute and a half!
I think I've had enough of the phone. There are so many things I really like, such as the radio (always wanted one in a phone), and the camera takes nice pictures, etc, etc. There is so much to like, but above all, I need something that is reliable. This is not it. This has me kinda bummed because I was so excited to finally get my hands on the Thunderbolt. I've been holding on to my Rooted Droid1, out of contract, since last August. This phone feels light years better than the Droid, but at least my old fossile of a phone never let me down. I'm returning it after work. Verizon will have a fight on their hands if they give me any grief or try to charge me a return fee.
