OK its really pretty simple as I see it and there is no real winner here. Lets start things off by build quality. Both phones look nice from a distance but the Thunderbolt looks more complex and expensive and the Charge looks more mass produced by a big electronics giant Hmmmm. I thought I would really like the real keys at the bottom vs the touch keys turns out I don't although the keys work nicely on the Charge it seems like having to push them in an unnecessary extra step in todays world. Power and volume buttons are much better on the Charge without a doubt. I do like the kickstand on the Thunderbolt it gives the handset a little extra feature that no one else has if you know what I mean.
Getting down to the nuts and bolts now on how they function is where the real difference is in my opinion. Now I have only used the Charge for one day but I can tell you this hands down the Charge just works better in almost every aspect. Not by a lot but its noticeable once you have used them both. First of all the Charge pushes 3rd party emails almost as fast as a Blackberry I'm still amazed my AOL mail arrives within 3 minutes every single time and Gmail is of course even faster. The video camera works much better on the Charge the sound is so loud and robust and clear that even after the Thunderbolts update it still makes the Thunderbolts level of volume poor. Battery life is slightly better on the Charge as well. The Charge's screen is amazing but the Thunderbolts isn't all that bad either.
Over all reception is about the same on both phones the signal bars are just about the same. Call quality on both phones just about the same. Touchwiz is laggy and just not as smooth as the HTCs sense. The Charge connects the hot spot faster and has a much better sub menu system for the hotspot it even tells you the devices names that are connected to it. Not to babble on and on my feelings are like this if you want a beautiful runway model in pretty pumps but sometimes forgets what planet she's on buy the Thunderbolt. If you want a pretty housewife that washes the floors and cooks you dinner and picks up the dog poo buy the Charge. So what am I really saying? They both work well but internally the Charge seems to work better, it's operating system seems to be more stable.
Getting down to the nuts and bolts now on how they function is where the real difference is in my opinion. Now I have only used the Charge for one day but I can tell you this hands down the Charge just works better in almost every aspect. Not by a lot but its noticeable once you have used them both. First of all the Charge pushes 3rd party emails almost as fast as a Blackberry I'm still amazed my AOL mail arrives within 3 minutes every single time and Gmail is of course even faster. The video camera works much better on the Charge the sound is so loud and robust and clear that even after the Thunderbolts update it still makes the Thunderbolts level of volume poor. Battery life is slightly better on the Charge as well. The Charge's screen is amazing but the Thunderbolts isn't all that bad either.
Over all reception is about the same on both phones the signal bars are just about the same. Call quality on both phones just about the same. Touchwiz is laggy and just not as smooth as the HTCs sense. The Charge connects the hot spot faster and has a much better sub menu system for the hotspot it even tells you the devices names that are connected to it. Not to babble on and on my feelings are like this if you want a beautiful runway model in pretty pumps but sometimes forgets what planet she's on buy the Thunderbolt. If you want a pretty housewife that washes the floors and cooks you dinner and picks up the dog poo buy the Charge. So what am I really saying? They both work well but internally the Charge seems to work better, it's operating system seems to be more stable.
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