When Will the ThunderBolt Be Available for Purchase

[Its TwiX]

I am surprised if the TB has battery issues that bad.

I mean come on, battery life is known in the design phase and is verified and tested very early on in development by HTC.

Also the Snapdragon in the TB uses the 45nm manufacturing process (called "2nd gen") as opposed to the earlier (also identical 1GHz clock speed) chip in the Evo 4G CPU. The EVO 4G CPU also a Snapdragon is made using a 65nm process and is labeled "1st gen".

Comparing equivalent Snapdragons in that entire line up of chips between the 45/65 process, Qualcomm stated that change provides a 30% lower dynamic power consumption and a much lower standby power as well. The battery capacity reduction from Evo 4G to Thunderbolt is only about 7%. This should guarantee an overall longer times between charges with the TB (of course under identical use). Adding an aftermarket higher capacity battery of course would also help. Now that being said the Evo 4G battery life is pretty bad.

BB also published a talk time for the TB at 6.3h, see below. Now that being said the reliability of anything on the TB from BB is questionable...

Yes but the EVO has 1500 mah battery and the TB has a 1400 which could definitely cause some problems.

 

[HDTVsportsfan]

I feel like the mods on this board are so uptight - who cares if it goes off topic, really?? It's like a complex to have power or something.

Any concerns or questions about the moderation of this board needs to be taken via PM....per forum rules.

Please...lets not start this again and take this thread down that road like earlier this week.

 

[BUFFALOMADMAN]

I feel like the mods on this board are so uptight - who cares if it goes off topic, really?? It's like a complex to have power or something.

Don't bother to argue or they will suspend you we all know this its been happening really often just agree and move on no use sayinganything because their always right because they are mods trust me

 

[BUFFALOMADMAN]

Well if its battery then there sol because nothing they can do now this phone is a bust before it came out

 

[jstafford1]

Since many of you feel the need to either ignore or not understand the rules here on Droif Forums. If there is one more slight against or questioning of the Mod team in this thread it will be closed. Infractions/banning will be given.

Last warning.

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[Its TwiX]

I feel like the mods on this board are so uptight - who cares if it goes off topic, really?? It's like a complex to have power or something.

The point of a forum is to separate discussion by topic. Talking about two topics in one thread defeats the purpose.

The Moderators are just doing their best to bring people a friendly environment for discussing specific Droid-related topics on Droid Forums.

Now back to the topic:

Even if the battery doesn't get fixed and still has a lot of battery draining going on, isn't there usually extended battery life batteries for phones? I would be fine paying the extra bucks.

 

[P7M8]

I feel like the mods on this board are so uptight - who cares if it goes off topic, really?? It's like a complex to have power or something.

It gets annoying. We're here to speculate and debate the latest rumors on the T-Bolt's release. Having a couple of guys repeat the same things over and over in every post about how great the iPhone detracts from the topic.

 

[champaned_out]

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theres already a 1600 version for $50... imagine what a 2000+ mAh battery will cost though already paying $250+taxes for the phone... and here in CA i believe we have to pay taxes for the full price of the phone which sucks even mre

 

[P7M8]

I would think that if they can't fix the battery issue VZW would have to add a second battery and a desktop charger for free or at least heavily discounted. I'd probably end up buying a higher capacity battery anyway bc I'm a heavy user but not one that would change the profile of the phone.

I'm thinking that most of the major testing was done on the 3G system which didn't reveal the battery issue?

 

[Its TwiX]

^^
theres already a 1600 version for $50... imagine what a 2000+ mAh battery will cost though already paying $250+taxes for the phone... and here in CA i believe we have to pay taxes for the full price of the phone which sucks even mre

I'm fine with that.

To Mods: I am hoping while there's no news on release date for the Thunderbolt we are allowed to discuss other topics related perhaps to delay like the battery. If not just let me know.

 

[Allen K]

Any word on whether the issue was when the phone was just connected to the 4G network, or when it was using it to stream or do other tasks when it was drinking juice?

 

[georgek]

You shouldn't have to buy a new battery to fix poor battery life. Who knows how bad the battery life is until the phone is released. It's all speculation until we have the phones in our hands.

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[A1deerhunter]

Is the TB a Hi Def device. What I mean is watching You Tube, is it Hi Def? I have not read anything about whether it is or not.

 

[Purgatoiry]

sell your TB!

The TB release must be soon or has it already happened? cause i just found a website that buys cell phones offering 92$ for your used TB!! what a deal.....

 

[jstafford1]

^^
theres already a 1600 version for $50... imagine what a 2000+ mAh battery will cost though already paying $250+taxes for the phone... and here in CA i believe we have to pay taxes for the full price of the phone which sucks even mre

I'm fine with that.

To Mods: I am hoping while there's no news on release date for the Thunderbolt we are allowed to discuss other topics related perhaps to delay like the battery. If not just let me know.

That is fine....just keep it within the realm of the release date and issues concerning that.

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