Thunderbolt? Yay or Nay

[biggles]

This thread would be more useful if there was a poll asking for "yay" or "nay".

I decided "nay" on the TB after hearing about the battery issues. I still think it is a great phone overall, but the smart phone market is super competitive right now. I suspect the upcoming phones over the next 6 months or so will make the TB outdated. Like many others, the Droid Bionic is the phone I am waiting for. Meanwhile, I rooted and overclocked my D1 and that will suit my needs, for now. Getting back to the battery issue specifically, I suspect other phones will perform much better on battery life, a critical issue for some folks like me.

 

[Droid DOES!!]

+1! I own a total of 7 Android phones (2 D1s, 2 D2s, DX, Vortex, and TB) and this thing blows them all away!! Not to mention, after only being 8 days old, its already been rooted and there are already multiple ROMs for it! I love my TB!!

To each his/her own. I am waiting for the bionic, but my reasons are simpler than most others seem. A friend of mine has the TB, and I've been playing with it off and on for a few days.

1 - I do not care for the image quality of the camera on the TB. I don't know if it's the sensor itself, or the compression algorithim or what... but I don't like it. The quality of images from my D1 are superior. The TB images have artifacts typical of oversharpening, heavy compression, or a low quality CCD. (Photography is a hobby of mine.)

2 - I want gorilla glass.

3 - I prefer a higher resolution screen. My D1 has a higher resolution than the TB. I do not want to go backwards.

4 - The Bionic has HDMI out in addition to DLNA streaming. I like having a choice.

5 - I use a game-gripper on my D1 to play ROMs because I have a physical keyboard. When not using the game-gripper, I use Wiimote over bluetooth. As I understand it, this is not compatible with HTC Sense. My emulator and ROMs would be useless on the TB. I need my classic NES games.

The processor and battery are not really concerns for me. I like the TB a lot, but I believe for my own personal user experience the Bionic is a better fit, for the reasons mentioned above. That's just for me though. Everyone uses their device differently.

Whatever you choose, choose what best suits YOU. Not what suits others. Opinions are useful, but shouldn't be the deciding factor.

Happy Androiding (yes, I did just make that a verb).

First off, where in the world do you come off saying the camera on the Droid is better than the TB?? Have you even used this camera? By default this thing is set to 3624x1952 resolution & looking at them there is no grainy image that I've taken yet! Don't get me started on how well this thing takes night pictures compared to my old Droid, you can just forget about night pics in general with the Droid because they just down right sucked! Grainy as all get out, even with the flash on you could still barely see anything. In no way shape or form does it compete in this arena. The resolution may be slightly better spec wise on the Droid but on the TB it just looks way better to me. Ok so it doesn't have gorilla glass, I baby my phone as it is so I don't have to worry about that.

Seems like your just still drooling over your Droid, which is fine, leaves an extra TB for someone else to enjoy. But the TB is miles ahead of the Droid, ask any ex Droid user who's switched. I don't see any of them going back.

i am a EX Droid 1 user and believe me i loved my rooted and rom'ed droid 1... but the TB BLOWS the D1 away in every way possible.. camera, speed, overall use of the phone... to those that "played" with the phone for 5minutes and are reporting that its slower than their current verizon phone just hasnt given the thunderbolt a chance... ive also had the pleasure of having a droid X for awhile and i can tell you first hand... the TB is faster than the X... also the X's camera is par if anything... low light pictures with the X is just as bad as the D1... the TB on the other hand is amazing when it comes to low light pictures

yes, there are phones that are coming out soon that will be faster, but the fact that this phone will have great dev support like the d1 and be locked into an unlimited 4g data plan this phone WILL LAST for 2 years.. at least for me

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[Droid DOES!!]

I get just as much battery on my TB as the Motorolas I have

This thread would be more useful if there was a poll asking for "yay" or "nay".

I decided "nay" on the TB after hearing about the battery issues. I still think it is a great phone overall, but the smart phone market is super competitive right now. I suspect the upcoming phones over the next 6 months or so will make the TB outdated. Like many others, the Droid Bionic is the phone I am waiting for. Meanwhile, I rooted and overclocked my D1 and that will suit my needs, for now. Getting back to the battery issue specifically, I suspect other phones will perform much better on battery life, a critical issue for some folks like me.

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[funkyb]

6 months will make any phone outdated at the pace things are now moving.

- Powered by 1.21 Gigawatts of Android.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

Some users have stated that Rooting and removing bloatware has increased the battery uptime by as much as 6 hours...

 

[Drew_P]

@ biggles
Sorry bro, but if you passed on every smart phone you "heard" had battery issues I think you'll be stuck with your d1 for a looking while. I've had 0 battery issues after the first day of owning. IMO it seems like the battery continues to improve each day. No bump charges, everything on, syncing, texting, web browsing, video playing, app using and 4G all the time and still have more than 50% by the time I get off a 12 hour work day. Maybe I got sold a special edition. Lol

finally thunderboltin' and lovin it!!!!!

 

[Losman]

Wait till end of year. Good stuff coming by December.

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[champaned_out]

Wait till end of year. Good stuff coming by December.

Sent from Droid Inc.

Lol when its December you should wait another 8 months because there will be even better stuff coming out then

 

[mthorn79]

Wait till end of year. Good stuff coming by December.

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Lol when its December you should wait another 8 months because there will be even better stuff coming out then

...and so on and so forth...since the dawn of the technological age

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[bhall238]

I say Yay. As many others have said if you wait for the next best thing you will always be waiting. I say get it, I did and am very happy. Battery life seems to keep getting better and better and I have not rooted. I got off the charger at about 7 this morning, made several calls, messaged a good bit, went walking at lunch with Cardio Trainer running, played a game or two, streamed some audio and now at 5 PM I still have about 60% left. That's very comparable to my OG Droid with the extended Seidio battery. There are a several apps out there that are supposed to boost battery life and I have 2 of them. Have you decided yet?

 

[iRenegade]

I love the TB. Since this was my first "Smart Phone", your mileage may vary. I jumped on it because I didn't know when Verizon would go to the tiered pricing, and I wanted to sign up for the unlimited data in case there was a shot of getting grandfathered in. I see myself using it for tethering and as a wifi hot spot in the near future. The battery has been steadily improving as is my learning curve. I've been on 4g all day in standby and minor use(no streaming today) and it's been 8 hours and the battery is at 50%. If you already have a 3G phone, I guess you can wait to see how the Bionic shapes up, but the 4G is fast!

 

[Dark Helmut]

yay so far coming from a D1 im still getting used to no phsyical keyboard i wish that swype would of been included.

 

[slinky]

@ biggles
Sorry bro, but if you passed on every smart phone you "heard" had battery issues I think you'll be stuck with your d1 for a looking while. I've had 0 battery issues after the first day of owning. IMO it seems like the battery continues to improve each day. No bump charges, everything on, syncing, texting, web browsing, video playing, app using and 4G all the time and still have more than 50% by the time I get off a 12 hour work day. Maybe I got sold a special edition. Lol

No... he's right. The Thunderbolt is underpowered. There is no way I believe anyone is using 4G for more than 2-3 hours usage time - max. I'm not talking about being in a 4G area. If you're a light user, the battery will suffice. It was a very poor decision. Even the old EVO had a bigger battery. The new EVO will have a battery with over 25% more capacity and the Bionic even more than that. In this instance, you'll need to get an extended battery, which provides a significant boost although at an extra cost. It is what it is and everyone has what is right for them.

 

[WorldOfJohnboy]

yay so far coming from a D1 im still getting used to no phsyical keyboard i wish that swype would of been included.

Sign up for SWYPE beta... or just purchase "SlideIT" from the market.

 

[trebb]

The Thunderbolt'd battery may be underpowered... But the phone itself is not. It flies.

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