Overall... how do you like the Revolution

**Nick_IT_NC** · 06-01-2011, 05:10 AM

My upgrade time is now. Like this or the charge. What do you guys think. Which one would you go with. I am coming from a dinc. Or is the thunderbolt one I get?

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**Yank731** · 06-01-2011, 08:05 AM

I'm in the same boat...I've had an upgrade since Feb. and haven't pulled the trigger yet. I'm looking at the 4G phones so I'll hopefully get grandfathered into unlimted data. Ruled out the Thunderbolt due to the poor battery so it's down to the Charge or Revolution. I played with them both at the Verizon store and right now I'm leaning towards the Charge. Not crazy about the shape but the screen is gorgeous.

**Nick_IT_NC** · 06-01-2011, 08:47 AM

I don;t like the shape of the Charge either.. i will have to play with them more today and make my decision.. though i am leaning toward the revolution.

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-01-2011, 09:51 AM

I got the charge....swapped it for the revo. Glad I did , already have a tbolt and old targa. Revo in my opinion is more responsive, faster, no hang ups in screen switching. Physical buttons in my opinion are a design fail for numerous longevity reasons not to mention cracks for stuff to get in your phone. The lock unlock button I liked better on top. Only thing I liked about the charge is the screen. Coming from a droid incredible , the revo screen is good enough. I rooted the revo for my first ever root experience and took off some apps I didnt need and this optimus UI is much better than touchwizin my opinion. LG widgets are more impressive and usable too. I hope devs and accessory manufacturers start to work on the device soon. 756 mb of ram is always a plus over 512mb and im partial to the new snapdragon chip over the sluggishbird on the charge

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-01-2011, 09:57 AM

Also, forgot to add, the stock browser is better on the revo, I know many use third party, but I like stock at least for a few days before I go dolphin hd or xscope

**Nick_IT_NC** · 06-01-2011, 10:02 AM

Revo it is then... heading there in about 30 minutes.. I am excited!!

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-01-2011, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Droid_Man

Revo it is then... heading there in about 30 minutes.. I am excited!!

Awesome buddy! If you have a corp discount or business discount on your verizon bill youll get it for <250 depends on your bus account. Also, I really enjoy the wireless chargin pad by lg verizon sales as an option for the revo. You will not de dissapointed in your decision, I like where LG is going lately

**Jasbo** · 06-01-2011, 10:50 AM

you'll be glad you got it! I love my Revo and its definately much more snappy then the Charge and significantly more reliable then the Tbolt and Charge both...

**Nick_IT_NC** · 06-01-2011, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by EaglesFANdroidPHAN

Awesome buddy! If you have a corp discount or business discount on your verizon bill youll get it for <250 depends on your bus account. Also, I really enjoy the wireless chargin pad by lg verizon sales as an option for the revo. You will not de dissapointed in your decision, I like where LG is going lately

With my corp discount i got 50 off the 200. and then with a case and tax it was like 222 out the door which isn't too bad to me. So far i like it.. i have to root it yet and get the extra crap off and i need to install and setup ADW EX on it so i can have my screens back.

So Far So Good... I really like it..

**z71kris** · 06-01-2011, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Droid_Man

With my corp discount i got 50 off the 200. and then with a case and tax it was like 222 out the door which isn't too bad to me. So far i like it.. i have to root it yet and get the extra crap off and i need to install and setup ADW EX on it so i can have my screens back.

So Far So Good... I really like it..

sweet, plan to look at it tonight after work, I forgot about the corp discount I have on my account, so I will get it a tad cheaper still....

**Nick_IT_NC** · 06-01-2011, 03:06 PM

The other cool thing that happend was they left my super cheap old alltell plan on my account so i keep my super cheap unlimited data with unlimited texts too.. and she said it will be good when 4g comes out.. I hope she didn't just tell me what i wanted to hear.. but until 4g comes to RDU we will keep our cheap plan..

**loafmaster** · 06-01-2011, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by EaglesFANdroidPHAN

I got the charge....swapped it for the revo. Glad I did , already have a tbolt and old targa. Revo in my opinion is more responsive, faster, no hang ups in screen switching. Physical buttons in my opinion are a design fail for numerous longevity reasons not to mention cracks for stuff to get in your phone. The lock unlock button I liked better on top. Only thing I liked about the charge is the screen. Coming from a droid incredible , the revo screen is good enough. I rooted the revo for my first ever root experience and took off some apps I didnt need and this optimus UI is much better than touchwizin my opinion. LG widgets are more impressive and usable too. I hope devs and accessory manufacturers start to work on the device soon. 756 mb of ram is always a plus over 512mb and im partial to the new snapdragon chip over the sluggishbird on the charge

Does the Revolution really have 756 ram? I can't seem to find this information on any specs page so I just assumed it had 512 ram just like the droid charge.

I am debating between Revolution and Charge as well. This will be my first android phone so I am new to all this. When people say they are worried that developers won't work on this phone because its not as popular, what do they mean? We won't get as many apps? I thought android apps work for all android phones? Or does each developer of an app/game/program have to create a separate version for each phone (meaning the revo will get neglected due to its poor marketing)?

**agentorange** · 06-01-2011, 08:15 PM

Apparently it has 512mb from what I've read; i think the 768 was a typo

**Madness** · 06-01-2011, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by loafmaster

When people say they are worried that developers won't work on this phone because its not as popular, what do they mean? ?

They probably mean that they think there won't be as many custom ROMs out there as soon for this phone.

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-01-2011, 11:50 PM

Yeah the whole developer deal is for root users only, if you don't know what root is then read up on it. Its like jail breaking an iphone... I read it had 768 ram... Guess not, still faster than the charge in my opinion

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-01-2011, 11:52 PM

Also, sales on this phone have jumped... Can't reveal my intel, but trust me on this

**funlap38** · 06-02-2011, 11:48 AM

Loving mine after about a week of use. No 4G in my area, so I don't have a real idea of what the battery is like, but without 4g, this thing has better life than my old Droid Eris. Just waiting for some custom roms before I root.

**speedtrap63** · 06-02-2011, 03:34 PM

I got my Rev yesterday and I love it so far. I went from a Dinc to the Rev.

So far I've found the Rev to be much more responsive and fluid. The screen is great, much brighter than the Dinc or Tbolt at full brightness. I don't know where some of the reviews are coming from with their criticism.

The battery life is better than my Dinc as well. I've had it off the charger for around 8hrs and it is at 43%. This is using 4G all day to surf, download apps, made a few calls and email. I'd say moderate to heavy usage.

By the way if you didn't know, 4G is fast! I've been speedtesting and the worst result I've gotten was 7Mbps. The fastest I've clocked so far is 13Mbps at my house. I'm in southwestern CT.

Like I said, I've only had it a day, so I'll update as the days go along.

**agentorange** · 06-02-2011, 05:15 PM

I just got mine two days ago and I'm really happy with it so far. the screen looks better than the thunderbolts in my opinion. Also has hdmi out which i haven't actually tested yet. battery life is way better than i was expecting. i unplugged at noon yesterday and it not only lasted me through the workday, i was able to go until 4am before i got to 10% battery. This is with making a couple phonecacalls, texting throughout he day and about an hour of web browsing all with 4g on and the screen on auto brightness. one thing i really like about this phone is the fact that all the software doesn't run constantly in the background. my old LG vortex had all the junk apps automating even after i force closed them. on my revo there is nothing running in the background besides the system processes and several things I've installed.

**speedtrap63** · 06-02-2011, 09:59 PM

Definitely loving the battery life, got 14 hrs on the first full charge today. 8AM till 10PM with 8% left.

**Revolutionizer** · 06-02-2011, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by EaglesFANdroidPHAN

Also, sales on this phone have jumped... Can't reveal my intel, but trust me on this

Damn it.. i kinda liked being the few who had it :P but i guess its a good thing!

**EaglesFANdroidPHAN** · 06-03-2011, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by Revolutionizer

Damn it.. i kinda liked being the few who had it :P but i guess its a good thing!

Still less than the charge and t bolt , but mybe less I phone? ;-) ...also more people hearing about it which is good so we get more cases and roms!

**Revolutionizer** · 06-03-2011, 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by EaglesFANdroidPHAN

Still less than the charge and t bolt , but mybe less I phone? ;-) ...also more people hearing about it which is good so we get more cases and roms!

WORD... hahaha i cant be gangster but you know what i mean!

**Spoon** · 06-03-2011, 03:25 AM

The touch screen on revo isnt as polished as tbolt. its overly sensitive or just cant seem to do what i want it to do. Its not as responsive as the tbolt. Screen looks nice but youll see the flaw when you use the browser and scroll. Scrolling is a bit choppy . Also when you scroll, screen scrolled too far even if you only flinged it by a little. same issue as the lg voyager from back in the day.

ui is very smooth just like tbolt. love the netflix.

stock for stock.. revo avg 1900 on quadrant and 1700 on tbollt. but by running quadrant test at the same time. tbolt finishes the test before revo everytime. Revo keeps up with tbolt till it gets i the I/O test.that's where revo just couldn't keep up with tbolt. tbolt will finish the test when revo reaches the planet visual test

Screen is definately not nicer than the tbolt. Brighter .. yes .. nicer no. i loaded a high resolution picture on both phone, set both phone's brightness to full. Picture on Revo is brighter but the color looks washed out. Doesnt seem realistic as the picture is of the beach. once zoomed in by double tap. the picture still is clear on the tbolt while the revo looks blurry. I made sure to have the picture zoom in equal fashion so the pic is coming up at the same cropping image.

camera .. i havent gotten a chance to test.

So all in all .. i rather go with tbolt. i have both the tbolt and the revo. tbolt is personal and revo is.my work phone.

**ivalum21** · 06-03-2011, 06:46 AM

Just got my revo and love it. This is my first Android phone so I can't really compare it to others out there, but I love this phone. The screen is great, its fast and responsive. And other than the bloatware, I really don't have any issue with LG's ROM they have on here. The music/album/video widget is a little much, but to each their own.

Just waiting for some backup apps before I root and drop the bloatware.