Thunderbolt Review (Coming Soon)

[project.in.process]

How do people get review units?

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how attached are you to your kidneys?



Also, O/P, curious if there's any sight of Netflix on the phone (as hinted would be on the phone as special release treat by Bennnn)--or if now that's something that'll be a later update (if that's possible)

 

[flashpiti]

Please let us know how the call quality is as well, and if the noise cancelling mics work well. Some of us still use our phones as, you know, phones.

 

[RetiredJedi]

how attached are you to your kidneys?

or left testi... nevermind.

 

[fatboy97]

I'd like to see the review here.... and then post a link to it as well... just a suggestion.

 

[Koato]

try to let us know if there is a 4G toggle

 

[karnovaran]

Please test the speakers. I would really like to know how loud it can get. It would be most useful if you could compare to any well known phones like the original Droid (very loud), Incredible (fairly loud), and the Nexus (terrible).

 

[rubytuesday007]

try to let us know if there is a 4G toggle

Ok...Had some time to play. Cannot address battery life, since it was half charged when I got it. Sorry, gonna have to wait til tomorrow on that and I am as hopeful as everyone is that it will be efficient.

The speaker is awesome!!! Sooooo loud for music and notifications. You will be happy with this. I am playing Pandora and the music is loud enough to be useful and surprisingly good all things considered (tinny and no bass). Probably the best phone speaker out there. Vibration is no better or worse than most phones. They did add the ability to have a little sound, which reminds me of the iPhone when opening and closing from sleep (may have always been there, but haven't seen it personally).

I tested the speed multiple times in multiple rooms. Generally speaking, even with 1 bar in the basement, I was averaging around 10Mb/sec down and about 25Mb/sec up. Not sure why the upload is so crazy fast. My guess is Verizon will throttle this soon. Testing the Mobile Hotspot using my new iPad 2 with wifi, I was seeing an average of 3-4Mb down and 5-8Mb up.

For the life of me, I cannot find a 4g toggle. There isnt a widget and I cannot find it in the settings. Im either very obtuse or it just isnt there. I've had the EVO 4G, so I dont think its the former.

Call quality is solid and the earpiece speaker is loud. Had no trouble hearing callers and they me. Simultaneous voice and data works. Nice to have finally Verizon!

Thats all for now. Oh, sorry no Skype or Netflix.

 

[experiment 626]

Please test the speakers. I would really like to know how loud it can get. It would be most useful if you could compare to any well known phones like the original Droid (very loud), Incredible (fairly loud), and the Nexus (terrible).

Me too. I loved everything about the Inspire 4G except the speaker and speakerphone volume and quality. Hoping the Bolt's kickstand speaker makes the difference.

 

[gunmetalgr3g]

No 4g toggle is not good that should have been a must for when you want to switch from 4g to wifi etc...

 

[rubytuesday007]

Took a video to show a few things. And yes, it really is the speaker from the Thunderbolt playing the music.


YouTube - Thunderbolt

 

[terrain]

Nice... looks like android for me this phone is all about lte.

 

[memphisboy]

Is swype included as a keyboard option?

 

[SUB-dawg]

Took a video to show a few things. And yes, it really is the speaker from the Thunderbolt playing the music.


YouTube - Thunderbolt

a few questions:

1. did it come with headphones?
2. how snappy is it?
3. did it come with swype?
4. can you do a video with a quadrant benchmark?

 

[unibolt]

Damn those speeds are insane. Sucks that I don't live in a LTE area yet.

 

[Minacious]

There isn't a 4G toggle if you pull down the notification bar?

 

[rubytuesday007]

a few questions:

1. did it come with headphones?
2. how snappy is it?
3. did it come with swype?
4. can you do a video with a quadrant benchmark?

1. No
2. Faster than the Inspire and Droid 2. Nearly as fast as the Atrix.
3. No Swype
4. See link below.

YouTube - Thunderbolt quadrant score

 

[PJnc284]

The Evo had it as a widget that you can put on your homescreen

 

[rubytuesday007]

There isn't a 4G toggle if you pull down the notification bar?

Nope. Sorry, it just isnt there. Did a little digging and a few other testers have also said no 4G toggle.

 

[mhind52]

wow...1866 out of the box is pretty sick.

 

[SUB-dawg]

1. No
2. Faster than the Inspire and Droid 2. Nearly as fast as the Atrix.
3. No Swype
4. See link below.

YouTube - Thunderbolt quadrant score

thanks!

how did you get the device?