Time is all most up - who's keeping - who's not?

[d1c1ple]

It's a keeper!! Love it so far!

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

Very true, my BB I almost threw it out the window the first day. Then I got used to it. A lot of this reminds me of when the Storm came out. The lovers and haters all came out.

I know, I was one of the Storm 1 "lovers." And other than web surfing (which was just godawful) and battery pulls, I never had any problems.... and it still works great as a phone/email/texting/calendar tool.

I have been looking/waiting for a new phone for a l-o-n-g time, I had thought it would be the Storm 3, but three years is too long to wait for new tech in todays phones. R.I.M. has dropped the ball too many times on touch screen phones.

There's a lot to like about the TB - the WiFi, Hotspot, big screen, 4G.

But I need better exchange email, texting, and calendar sync for work. I wish I had more time to work these things out - but Wednesday is my deadline.

 

[Kronko]

I have to ask; how are you getting 30+ hours? I am getting 10-15 with moderate use, which I consider to be pretty decent. I can't imagine getting 30 hours, unless I didn't use it and put it in airplane mode.

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I just went to settings and changed a few things, as per post made by Cory Streater at the Problems and Solutions section. There are many things that I do not need running. I have been able to have my phone for over 30 hours up time and 4+ hours of awake time. It is possible.

 

[theGman911]

KEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!! Both of them

No offense but many, notice I didn't say ALL, people that are having problems with this phone are new to Android and/or just have no clue what they are doing. Please return and get an idiot proof iPhone. Thx. Android is for the TRUE geek that likes customization and doesn't mind some tweaking.


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[anon62607]

Keeping but on the battery topic, battery life does seem on the short side. I've got the extended battery (2730 mAh or whatever it is) which makes me not worry about it so much but I took it from fully charged while laying around, reading webpages and looking at youtube videos (mostly videos) to about 65% indicated remaining in 4 hours with the screen set to the dimmest mode by the HTC widget (which is still pretty bright, it seems to me).

That's not at all horrible, doing the I'd you end up with 11-12 hours of continual surfing the net and watching youtube videos on 4G - but it still feels like it's draining pretty fast considering the gernade-sized battery stuck on the thing.

Though it might sound silly, I actually wouldn't mind a triple capacity battery with appropriate scaling in size over the double - that is, around 4200 mAh for around 18 hours of the same kinds of activities, I'll feel like I can take it to work and not worry about forgetting the charging cable.

Aside from that and the problem of global roaming, I love it and won't return it. The network is really properly fast (tapping around youtube videos with very little delay as it re-buffers is addictive) and even though 4G isn't everywhere yet for Verizon, 3G basically is and the 3G service isn't awful but is quite a step down from T-Mobile's HSPA+.

The other thing is that the phone feels fast even aside from the network. I don't notice or feel any of the delays that I noticed with my other android phones (tmo G2, Vibrant and MT4G) - such as the lag delay when dragging between screens I mentioned before in another thread ( YouTube - G2 (Android) vs iPhone 4 (iOS) ).

It'd be hard to bring this phone back after getting used to the plusses.

 

[Joelist]

Definite keeper.

Sense works great as does LTE. Battery life is not bad at all. Phone is super fast and has zero lag (partly due to Sense partly to hardware).

Also, I am not getting the complaints about email and calendar vs. BB. I had a Storm 2 and a Bold, and the email and calendar on this phone makes them look bad. Easy to set up,handles many different email types, unified inbox and no ties to BES or BIS (thank God).

Calendar likewise works extremely well, and the Android notification system is the best of breed in the entire smartphone arena. Plus, there are plenty of other Exchange email systems for Android (Touchdown is far and away the best in that category).

 

[reb422]

I believe I'll be keeping mine. I too was able to tweak the settings enough to get a pretty decent battery life (plus I have the extended battery if needed). The only things that I SERIOUSLY dislike about the Thunderbolt is 1) you can NOT hear the sound recorded on video recordings and 2) the LED is worthless compared to the LED on the Droid 1. Other than these two things... I think the Bolt is a real winner.

 

[krazibones]

After the first few days I was ready to return it as the battery just sucked! But after doing many of the tweaks mentioned in this forum the battery has gotten much better. I only use 4G when i really need the speed otherwise force 3G works as you can do both voice and data at the same time!
keeping mine now!!

 

[BayRican]

I am keeping mine. Amazing phone. My Nexus one is getting put up for sale since my
T-Mo contract was up last month. I love my Thunderbolt, battery life has improved drastically since the 4 hour life at day 1. Now I get around 8 to 10 hours. Perfect phone not a fan yet of sense 2.0 but trying. Will soon go back to adw EX.

 

[zog1977]

keeping mine for sure.

by the way, the TB blows away my HTC aria when it comes to battery life.

 

[KingChicago]

I am definitely keeping mine. My battery life is 12-14 hours with pretty hard usage. Thats a stock battery btw.

Ohh and for those that took the phone back for having "unacceptable battery life" ive noticed that my charges last longer basically every day after charging it over night. The battery takes some time to break in. Mine is fine now, its no worse than my OG Droid...and LTE is absurd. Ive already racked up 8GB data for the month.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

I am definitely keeping mine. My battery life is 12-14 hours with pretty hard usage. Thats a stock battery btw.

Ohh and for those that took the phone back for having "unacceptable battery life" ive noticed that my charges last longer basically every day after charging it over night. The battery takes some time to break in. Mine is fine now, its no worse than my OG Droid...and LTE is absurd. Ive already racked up 8GB data for the month.

I agree, LTE makes web usage on a cell phone not only plausible, but enjoyable.

I haven't checked my usage, I will have to do that.

 

[Mordecaidrake]

I'm keeping mine, I have zero complaints about the phone. The battery life isn't great but luckily I don't live/work in a cave so I have access to power outlets and everyone I know has a micro USB cable.

 

[millsap2]

Definitely keeping.

 

[Rem]

Keeping mine for sure.

It probably helps that I had the Incredible before this, so I was familiar with Android/Sense and knew what to expect as far as battery life. That said, I've had no problems getting a full day out of it with things syncing, brightness on auto, etc. Absolutely love the screen size - I turned my Inc back on over the weekend to grab some files and it felt like a toy. Now I'm just patiently waiting for LTE!

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

I was planning on keeping it anyway, but my mom contacted me yesterday to help her out with a Storm that someone gave her, so I had to power up my Storm to see if I could help her out and WOW, that has got to be the slowest phone on the planet. I pretty much had it wiped clean but it still took FOREVER to boot up and just get to the area where my mom needed help.

This phone may not have dual core, but wow it's so much better than the Storm. I don't think I could go back to the Storm to wait for another phone even if I wanted to.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

Keeping but on the battery topic, battery life does seem on the short side. I've got the extended battery (2730 mAh or whatever it is) which makes me not worry about it so much but I took it from fully charged while laying around, reading webpages and looking at youtube videos (mostly videos) to about 65% indicated remaining in 4 hours with the screen set to the dimmest mode by the HTC widget (which is still pretty bright, it seems to me).

That's not at all horrible, doing the I'd you end up with 11-12 hours of continual surfing the net and watching youtube videos on 4G - but it still feels like it's draining pretty fast considering the gernade-sized battery stuck on the thing.

Though it might sound silly, I actually wouldn't mind a triple capacity battery with appropriate scaling in size over the double - that is, around 4200 mAh for around 18 hours of the same kinds of activities, I'll feel like I can take it to work and not worry about forgetting the charging cable.

Aside from that and the problem of global roaming, I love it and won't return it. The network is really properly fast (tapping around youtube videos with very little delay as it re-buffers is addictive) and even though 4G isn't everywhere yet for Verizon, 3G basically is and the 3G service isn't awful but is quite a step down from T-Mobile's HSPA+.

The other thing is that the phone feels fast even aside from the network. I don't notice or feel any of the delays that I noticed with my other android phones (tmo G2, Vibrant and MT4G) - such as the lag delay when dragging between screens I mentioned before in another thread ( YouTube - G2 (Android) vs iPhone 4 (iOS) ).

It'd be hard to bring this phone back after getting used to the plusses.

I think we are at a technological divide these days with the current crop of smart phones.

Are these cell phones? Are these tablets? Are these notebooks?

When you get a cool piece of tech like the Thunderbolt that can do all of the above, we expect it to last all day (or more) long like our old cell phones did.

Sadly, the battery technology just isn't here yet to power these things (at a physical size) that is acceptable for everyday usage.

I'm sure no one wants to go back to the days of "bag" cell phones - where you carried around a big battery sack connected to your cell phone.

HOWEVER, looking at the "hump" battery and the "slim" battery, I am sure a compromise could be designed that made the "double size" battery fit into a slim, SLIGHTLY larger (ether longer or thicker) body. I'm also sure they could eek out some extra space in the current body size to accommodate more battery space. IF THEY DID THAT, PEOPLE WOULD BE BEATING DOWN THEIR DOORS TO GET ONE. Can you imagine a Thunderbolt that didn't need to be pampered to last 20+ hours of heavy use?

None of this, of course, helps with my current dilemma - Keep or return.

A look at the body size of the EVO 3D will be very telling about the battery capacity of the Thunderbolt II. Because the body size of the EVO 3D will also be the body size of all the other "EVO II" bodies next year.

 

[Mike_is_Mike]

Definite keeper.

Sense works great as does LTE. Battery life is not bad at all. Phone is super fast and has zero lag (partly due to Sense partly to hardware).

Also, I am not getting the complaints about email and calendar vs. BB. I had a Storm 2 and a Bold, and the email and calendar on this phone makes them look bad. Easy to set up,handles many different email types, unified inbox and no ties to BES or BIS (thank God).

Calendar likewise works extremely well, and the Android notification system is the best of breed in the entire smartphone arena. Plus, there are plenty of other Exchange email systems for Android (Touchdown is far and away the best in that category).

Do you use exchange webmail for work? If so, any problems setting it up?

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

Do you use exchange webmail for work? If so, any problems setting it up?

I have Exchange webmail set up and it wasn't an issue at all. You just have to set it up manually, but I was able to figure it out on my own.

 

[Goralla]

Yeah,keeping mine for sure.It will only get better when i root.