HTC Thunderbolt Review from Engadget

[flashpiti]

I don't know man. I don't think I agree with this. I really like this device but a 9/10 doesn't leave much room for improvement and there are lots of ways this device could be improved. Speed is nice, yes. But imo, the Thunderbolt would have to have better battery life and aluminum unibody to be 9/10...and would have to have qHD screen and dual core to be a ten. I think 8/10 was very fair. It could have easily been a 7/10 imo, and that still would have been fair. I think the 32GB installed SD card is what, in my mind, ends up justifying the bump to 8/10. storage on this thing is great.

Also you have to remember timing is everything. When the EVO came out it was pretty darn innovative. The TB, not so much now. Things are moving quick. Like I said I really like this device but it's not revolutionary aside from being LTE capable. BUT there are many more LTE devices coming VERY quickly.

I agree completely.

 

[Droid800]

The most absurd part is that I beleive dual core was listed as a con for one of the lg phones they reviewed.

They listed it as a con with the qualifier 'yet!'. They're absolutely right. At this point, there's not much use for a dual core because there's very few applications that can actually use it. So while its nice to have (and does future proof things to an extent), it adds a lot of cost to the handset and doesn't offer vastly different performance than any other high end Android handset.

 

[upz3]

Need to remember a bit to this phone was originally photo leaked in August 2010 as well, its model is technically old regardless if it is new for us. Just seeing those Evo 3D specs I can say I really jealous (outside of the 3D crap).

Still a solid phone, def glad I only have a 1 year contract with it.

 

[bmcclure937]

I'm going to start passing over reviews that focus an entire huge paragraph to what the fricking BOX looked like and do speed test as a barometer of the phone capabilities.

This is completely absurd. Everything does not revolve around speed.

There are other important qualities. For me, I like high build quality and great hardware. As you can tell, many people also want good battery life
Speedtests and benchmarks are a good indicator of device performance but do not tell the entire story.

That being said, I could care less what Engadget's final score for the device was. It all boils down to personal preference and opinion. At least they wrote a nice, professional review. I thought it was detailed and covered a lot of the important areas!

 

[Puterguru]

This is completely absurd. Everything does not revolve around speed.

There are other important qualities. For me, I like high build quality and great hardware. As you can tell, many people also want good battery life
Speedtests and benchmarks are a good indicator of device performance but do not tell the entire story.

That being said, I could care less what Engadget's final score for the device was. It all boils down to personal preference and opinion. At least they wrote a nice, professional review. I thought it was detailed and covered a lot of the important areas!

I'm not sure if you didn't understand what I meant or if you were agreeing with me but I was saying that I ALSO find it absurd that they run right for a speed test.

 

[Kyle Gibb]

So the Evo 4G gets a 9/10, and the Thunderbolt beats it in every way and gets an 8/10, because its a little heavy and thick. LOL

The amazing LTE speeds alone should of made this a 9/10.

I want to see what BGR, and Anandtech have to say about this beast next.

Evo came out a year ago. Expectations change.

As for the Verizon iPhone 4 complaints, I would consider neither a 9 - both probably deserve 8's. iPhone 4 for being literally the same phone that came out in 2010 and TBolt minor issues like battery life, can't charge while using kickstand, etc.

 

[angel35]

Battery life could be better!!!!!!!!!