Thunderbolt or Droid Charge?

[MrKleen]

I've read reports from the last few days that users are still experiencing the reboots even with the latest updates.

I never had any reboots. Not on any of the radios, and I've had them all.

 

[Eddog4DROID]

I'm still on the fence.

For the Thunderbolt, the reported reboot issues are a deal-breaker for me -- reliability is my number one consideration. The reported battery life is also major concern, though I'm willing to buy an extended battery if that will let me regularly at least 18 hours on 1 charge with 6-8 hours of local music playing and 1-3 hours of LTE web browsing. I'm willing to install an AOSP-based ROM (CyanogenMod 7, which I use on my Droid, would be my preference, but it isn't even at alpha yet) if that solves problems that the stock ROM has without losing key capabilities.

For the Charge, I'm a little worried about it only having 512MB RAM (vs. 768 for the Thunderbolt and 256 for the Droid I have now). I'm also a bit worried about reported lag with the stock ROM, but I'm willing to try the Voodoo lagfix that reportedly addresses that, plus I'd probably use ADW launcher (like I do now) in place of the stock launcher. The Super Amoled screen is a plus,and reports that it is much easier to read in bright sunlight than the Thunderbolt's screen is also a plus.

I was regretting my TBolt purchase for about a month. I was thinking, two year contract for this???

Then I rooted. MR2 fixed all reliability concerns. And I had random reboot BAD.

Then I installed CM7, Now in Alpha. With CM7, it can be used as a DAILY DRIVER and it makes this phone as smooth as an iPhone as far as lag is concerned. OH my goodness, CM7 makes a HUGE difference. And really, some say it's boring compared to stock. I diasgree 100% on that. It is very clean and gives you enough tweaking ability along with a custom launcher. I even had the Sense 3.0 preview installed with the fancy stuff. Give me AOSP! There are a couple MINOR issues with CM7 (more so if you live in a 4G area with the handoff--but you still CAN use 4G on CM7! Don't worry about that).

So anyway, I am a happy camper and this is the phone I will stick with. Not even concerned about Dual Core or the "next big thing".

One more note, An Extended Battery is a must. I don't have to charge all day, even if I am on 4G. CM7 is supposed to make battery life better on top of that. As far as the weight and size of the extended battery, after a day, you will be used to it. After two days, you might even prefer it!

 

[turdbogls]

That would be my dilemma also... i want a phone that will work when I need to use it. So far it seems that the advantages of the charge over TB are the charge does not have the reboot issues nor the absurd lack of battery life. It is the reboot issues that most concern me and so far it has been months with no real fix yet.

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what about the MR2 update. there is even an MR2.5 update. these have fixed the random reboot issue and also added a 3g/4g toggle, better GPS connectivity and some other stuff. and root is not required to install as it is an official update that keeps getting pushed back due to more updates.
i have an unrooted MR2 thunderbolt and have not had a single reboot in 4 days. got 12 hours of battery life yesterday with pretty heavy use. about a hour worth of calls, 10 text messages, lots of browsing/facebook/twitter. this was about 50/50 wifi and 4G. the battery life is not great, but it is managable for me. i just plug into the carger when i need to. not a big deal to me.
coming from a droid X, this phone is pretty amazing. i actually get better reception (sitting at -87dbm now, was around -92dmb on the DX) better call quality, 4g speeds are crazy....i just love it.

dont get me wrong, the charge is a sweet phone. my buddy has one and loves it. he gets a full day of battery with some of that time playing pandora, and texting, downloading apps ect. both are great phones, but it was the developer community that brought me to the TB over the charge.

 

[Ambushbug]

I'm still on the fence.

For the Thunderbolt, the reported reboot issues are a deal-breaker for me -- reliability is my number one consideration. The reported battery life is also major concern, though I'm willing to buy an extended battery if that will let me regularly at least 18 hours on 1 charge with 6-8 hours of local music playing and 1-3 hours of LTE web browsing.

That would be my dilemma also... i want a phone that will work when I need to use it. So far it seems that the advantages of the charge over TB are the charge does not have the reboot issues nor the absurd lack of battery life. It is the reboot issues that most concern me and so far it has been months with no real fix yet.

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All I can say is that we have two Thunderbolts and haven't had a single reboot on either one, take that for what you will. As far as battery life goes, after bumping the battery we usually get between 10-16 hours of "normal use" for us. I know that will vary greatly, neither of us are real heavy users.

 

[ZaChYmO]

I'm still on the fence.

For the Thunderbolt, the reported reboot issues are a deal-breaker for me -- reliability is my number one consideration. The reported battery life is also major concern, though I'm willing to buy an extended battery if that will let me regularly at least 18 hours on 1 charge with 6-8 hours of local music playing and 1-3 hours of LTE web browsing. I'm willing to install an AOSP-based ROM (CyanogenMod 7, which I use on my Droid, would be my preference, but it isn't even at alpha yet) if that solves problems that the stock ROM has without losing key capabilities.

For the Charge, I'm a little worried about it only having 512MB RAM (vs. 768 for the Thunderbolt and 256 for the Droid I have now). I'm also a bit worried about reported lag with the stock ROM, but I'm willing to try the Voodoo lagfix that reportedly addresses that, plus I'd probably use ADW launcher (like I do now) in place of the stock launcher. The Super Amoled screen is a plus,and reports that it is much easier to read in bright sunlight than the Thunderbolt's screen is also a plus.

I was regretting my TBolt purchase for about a month. I was thinking, two year contract for this???

Then I rooted. MR2 fixed all reliability concerns. And I had random reboot BAD.

Then I installed CM7, Now in Alpha. With CM7, it can be used as a DAILY DRIVER and it makes this phone as smooth as an iPhone as far as lag is concerned. OH my goodness, CM7 makes a HUGE difference. And really, some say it's boring compared to stock. I diasgree 100% on that. It is very clean and gives you enough tweaking ability along with a custom launcher. I even had the Sense 3.0 preview installed with the fancy stuff. Give me AOSP! There are a couple MINOR issues with CM7 (more so if you live in a 4G area with the handoff--but you still CAN use 4G on CM7! Don't worry about that).

So anyway, I am a happy camper and this is the phone I will stick with. Not even concerned about Dual Core or the "next big thing".

One more note, An Extended Battery is a must. I don't have to charge all day, even if I am on 4G. CM7 is supposed to make battery life better on top of that. As far as the weight and size of the extended battery, after a day, you will be used to it. After two days, you might even prefer it!

Coming from a DROID1
+10 :icon_ banana:


Go TB my man u will not look bak! Only drawbak everyone knows is thne batt issue, get an extended batt. Ive seen and played with the charge and it not convinced me. Ill admit it I kindda like how its phisically structured, its looks, but is light and feels weak. My experience with light phones are not good (scratch easy, break easy, very little water resistant), Heavy is the opposite, tough, reliable, last 4ever a perfect example MOTO DROID! Charge is the Opposite of all that. I acquired my TB 1.5 weeks ago and rooted right away and yet to experience FCs. I tried many roms last 2 I tried being latest cm7 w/ og radio i experienced some problems w/ 4g reception switch to Gingeritis, flashed mr2 radio and running like a charm no 4g issues at all so Im sticking Gingeritis until MIUI comes out!. My phone is so fast and no issues at all! Just know u need an xtended batt and if you planed to get a case needs to be one that fits the xtra bulk. Is fascinating how Vzn promised 4g 2 b 10x faster but im getting 12x or faster, last time I recorded download speeds close to 18mps, upload 8mps!

For those xperiensing FCs on rooted phones, mayb is the app data ur installing, try wiping again or tracing bak app per app one might be causing the problem... anyway Im sticking w/ my TB Im getting an extended batt 2morrow.
lol I feel sorry for the people that swaped a TB for a CHarge :r_c:

 

[FrellingFrakker]

I'm still on the fence.

For the Thunderbolt, the reported reboot issues are a deal-breaker for me -- reliability is my number one consideration. The reported battery life is also major concern, though I'm willing to buy an extended battery if that will let me regularly at least 18 hours on 1 charge with 6-8 hours of local music playing and 1-3 hours of LTE web browsing. I'm willing to install an AOSP-based ROM (CyanogenMod 7, which I use on my Droid, would be my preference, but it isn't even at alpha yet) if that solves problems that the stock ROM has without losing key capabilities.

For the Charge, I'm a little worried about it only having 512MB RAM (vs. 768 for the Thunderbolt and 256 for the Droid I have now). I'm also a bit worried about reported lag with the stock ROM, but I'm willing to try the Voodoo lagfix that reportedly addresses that, plus I'd probably use ADW launcher (like I do now) in place of the stock launcher. The Super Amoled screen is a plus,and reports that it is much easier to read in bright sunlight than the Thunderbolt's screen is also a plus.

It can be frightening reading a bunch of people writing about constant reboots or this and that. But let me tell you that people that have problems complain.... most of those that don't have problems you never hear from. I don't have any of the issues that many speak of and never have. There is no doubt some people have problems and always will, but I also think some don't know how to fix their simple issues. Go to any of the the forums of any of the phones and you will see people having problems screaming that their phone sucks.... lol

+1 - My TBolt is stock with the first OTA and I get all day battery life with LTE turned off (still 8+ hours with LTE on) and I haven't had the reboot issue. My GPS works too.