dieselpowered
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I am sorry...no not really a rant, more to let people know they are having radio issues. It is a great phone, and I am sorry HTC sense beats blur into the pavement, dirt, and anything else underneath.
Bleeeech... i returned my 1st Tbolt because the plastic thingy below the home keys just started popping off. Got my 2nd one and the audio quality is complete shyyyte. Everyone says I sound like I've got a couple of pairs of socks wrapped around the phone. Tried to exchange it at the VZ store today and they gave me the big runaround. What a joke. This phone has serious build / QC issues & I will be returning it tomorrow. Will wait for 2Q/3Q phones that will be dual core, qHD displays, inductive charging, gingerbread, etc etc....
Tbolt is a major FAIL in my eyes. Everything from
*Botched launch date (over a month late!)
*HTC locked/signed bootloader lockdown, custom ROMs gonna be tough
*Poor build quality, 1st one fell apart after 1 day, light bleeding thru cracks at the bottom strip on all TBolts that I've ever seen.
*Buggy software (HTC keyboard is a buggy mess)
*No gingerbread
*price $$$
*Screen is "Meh" (display this size releasing today no excuse for not being qHD) and have you tried using this outdoors?? in sunlight it is flat out UNUSABLE, among the worst I've ever seen
*Audio problems: call quality has been so-so to really bad, and have you tried answering a call with headphones plugged in?? sorry you cant do that because the microphone gets shut off!!
*Awful battery life (1400mAh??? You make a huge ass monster of a phone and put a puny wimpy little batt in there --wtf??????)
Overall just an epic fail. Sorry HTC & Verizon but this is DOA. Better get going on the Bionic asap.
The bootloader is not signed so you can unlock it, the release date, though delayed was still in the first quarter, many users new to android experience call quality issues you can normally fix that in settings or dialing a number to change that (i have to find that number because I forgot). We all knew about the battery life. It was no secret that the battery life was going to be poor. Basically I would recommend getting a device you like. The thunderbolt is a nice device, and though I do not have one, it is not as bad as you making it sound. I understand some devices may not grab an individual and that is why you have 14 days to try it and then take it back. Hopefully we can help you with future android devices.
Thanks for the excellent post, Shusuke. Very well thought out and written.
Thanks for the excellent post, Shusuke. Very well thought out and written.
Why thank you sir. I try ^>^
Bleeeech... i returned my 1st Tbolt because the plastic thingy below the home keys just started popping off. Got my 2nd one and the audio quality is complete shyyyte. Everyone says I sound like I've got a couple of pairs of socks wrapped around the phone. Tried to exchange it at the VZ store today and they gave me the big runaround. What a joke. This phone has serious build / QC issues & I will be returning it tomorrow. Will wait for 2Q/3Q phones that will be dual core, qHD displays, inductive charging, gingerbread, etc etc....
Tbolt is a major FAIL in my eyes. Everything from
*Botched launch date (over a month late!)
*HTC locked/signed bootloader lockdown, custom ROMs gonna be tough
*Poor build quality, 1st one fell apart after 1 day, light bleeding thru cracks at the bottom strip on all TBolts that I've ever seen.
*Buggy software (HTC keyboard is a buggy mess)
*No gingerbread
*price $$$
*Screen is "Meh" (display this size releasing today no excuse for not being qHD) and have you tried using this outdoors?? in sunlight it is flat out UNUSABLE, among the worst I've ever seen
*Audio problems: call quality has been so-so to really bad, and have you tried answering a call with headphones plugged in?? sorry you cant do that because the microphone gets shut off!!
*Awful battery life (1400mAh??? You make a huge ass monster of a phone and put a puny wimpy little batt in there --wtf??????)
Overall just an epic fail. Sorry HTC & Verizon but this is DOA. Better get going on the Bionic asap.