Is the TBOLT still worth it?

[AHfootball12]

While I definitely agree on all the reviews that say Thunderbolt > Atrix there is one other thing I am not seeing debated in here, Bionic.

Bionic is the same LTE as Thunderbolt, except a higher quality screen, HDMI output, Better battery life (supposedly), bigger battery, and a dual core processor.

I was 100% set on the Thunderbolt, but, due to delay, I can now wait a little longer for the better phone.

 

[biff6789]

While I definitely agree on all the reviews that say Thunderbolt > Atrix there is one other thing I am not seeing debated in here, Bionic.

Bionic is the same LTE as Thunderbolt, except a higher quality screen, HDMI output, Better battery life (supposedly), bigger battery, and a dual core processor.

I was 100% set on the Thunderbolt, but, due to delay, I can now wait a little longer for the better phone.

There are plenty of threads discussing the TB vs the Bionic. Bottom line is people want the TB over the Bionic since dual core is not yet fully optimized by Android yet (making dual core somewhat pointless at the current moment), it has less RAM (granted, it's DDR2), and the biggest reason: The Bionic and Atrix both have a locked Bootloader (sad for hack-a-holics and people like us here at AC that love to tweak our phones). As for HDMI, the TB uses DLNA instead so that you don't need to hardwire in like you do with an HDMI cable

Pros and cons for each phone

 

[Astrodroid]

I still want it and still want to wait for you guinea pigs to buy it and tell me how the battery life goes and whether there are other significant issues. I can live without the various other features/specs this didn't wind up having, but as much gadget lust as I have for this, if the battery sucks I'll try to wait for something better. I can already feel the irrational part of my brain telling me I'm going to buy this opening weekend, though. Must... resist...