LG Thrill Arriving at Retail Stores!!

[grantith]

ive got mine. Thought it was supposed to have gingerbread at launch though? Coming from infuse also. No swype. Huge loss. Using slide it app for now

It doesn't come with Swype, but I installed it on mine. I'm using the Beta and it's working flawlessly.

The LG Thrill isn't shipping with Gingerbread, unfortunately, but LG claims an update should be out in September/October.

Also, I don't know if it's my unit or not, but touch screen responsiveness leaves a lot to desire. Holding down on the screen to bring up the pop up window for changing wallpapers and adding widgets doesn't work half the time. I just hit the menu key and choose add from there. Speaking of menu key, the capacitive buttons on the bottom below the screen are just as flaky. There's also a noticeable 4-5 second delay from when you hit the power button before the screen turns on as well.

I'm hoping they delayed the phone to release either a maintenance release or just to push Gingerbread out to it. At this point it is definitely not ready for general release.

That's so odd. I haven't had any problems with my LG Thrill's touch screen. I was using the Moto Atrix before getting this, and it's just as responsive. I haven't noticed any problems with the capacitive buttons. I did notice the delay in pressing the power button though.

I also agree with you the build quality is excellent. It's slightly on the heavy side, but it feels good in your hand.


PS, when I updated my old Atrix to Gingerbread, it started slowed down painfully. The lag was horrible. I'm hoping it was just a fluke and won't be the same when the Thrill gets updated to GB.

 

[soulenigma]

Just got this phone today! Coming from a 9800 torch and 9000 bold, wow! Really love the screen real estate and colors. I hope this gets gingerbread update soon.

 

[matboud]

Just got this phone today! Coming from a 9800 torch and 9000 bold, wow! Really love the screen real estate and colors. I hope this gets gingerbread update soon.

Was promised inside of 30 days after launch by AT&T. So, I hope they hold to that.