Have had the HTC Incredible on Verizon for about a year and a half now. Wondering if it is worth upgrading to the HTC Thunderbolt or is there a better HTC comparable phone coming later this year?
If you are going to upgrade right now I would need to know if you live/spend most your time in a 4G area or an area that is supposed to get 4G soon or in a 3G only area with no hopes of 4G anytime soon?
If you are in the latter then I would suggest the Droid Incredible 2. I do not believe HTC has any phones slated to come out on VZW soon, if they do they would be WP7 and not Android more than likely.
Checked on Verizon's site with my home address:
Congratulations! Your address is within 4G LTE market.
Wear an extra pair of shorts, 4g is gonna blow your pants off
Great to hear; guess I am wondering though is going with the Thunderbolt a sufficient enough upgrade or would you wait for later this year; not sure if any new HTC comparable phones are do out.
a porn stand-- i mean kick stand. Its good for...stuff.. heeeeheee.
Enough of an upgrade? Hard to tell. Before this phone I've been such a whore for technology. Buy a brand new phone off contract then just a few months later all i hear are mumblings about newer more powerful phones coming out and I'm already writing up my Craigslist ad ready to sell.
Ever since getting this phone I've slowed down a little and stopped looking at it so simply and rather...more personalized deeper thinking. For example. The galaxy s2 is coming to Verizon soon and will feature a dual core processor, gingerbread and a 1080p cam. Hot damn that thing is smokin! If this were a woman, it would easily be Jessica Alba. On a good day
But dual core? I've played with dual core phones and none of them really feel that much faster. And faster compare to what? My bolt does everything the second i press it. This is no Droid Eris. This is still a beast of a phone. Marketing saying otherwise be damned.
Gingerbread? I could have it right now with root or soon with ota so doesn't matter. I can taste it whenever i want.
1080p? I've seen samples and they look the same as the camera phone quality 720 that's on my bolt. 720 and 1080 are the most deceiving buzz words in the industry.
People bitch on and on, very loudly too, about how a "new android phone comes out every month making theirs outdated" but its almost like they've been deliberately brainwashed by marketing into a thinking that tells them, like an army of money filled zombies "must...buy....phone!"
New phones will come out all the time. Until your phone stops doing what you bought it for, you're not outdated. I can still play every game on the market, take nice pics and surf 4g internet that puts my home internet speeds to shame.
Upgrade if you're looking for a bigger screen, front cam, updated rear can and a porn stand-- i mean kick stand. Its good for...stuff.. heeeeheee. And I don't know what it is with HTC but when I buy their phones, its like I buy an amazing community right along with them. The people in this forum are amazing. If you need help, you'll get an answer in minutes. If you need to root, you have people here that will guide you step by step.
If you have the money and its just begging to be spent, you can't go wrong with a bolt. If your incredible is still doing ya right and you're worried about what marketing might say to you in the next few months, hold out for the bolt 2
I just made this switch this past week. So far here is my PROs and CONs vs. The Incredible.
PRO: 4.3" Screen, Front Camera, LTE, Build Quality/Materials, Data can be used during phone calls.
CON: Non-AMOLED Screen, Battery Life, Size/Thickness (Not quite as easy to use one-handed)
Other Details: Buttons on the other side of phone, took me a few days to get used to. Haven't got a chance to test out cameras for quality yet. Feels just as fast and smooth as the incredible, no complaints there. I set my home screen up identical to my incredible, was nice being able to transfer my layout 100%.
Great feedback! Did you consider the Samsung Droid Charge or like me, do you prefer the HTC UI?
HTC UI can be replicated easily with a few apps. Its not worth getting a lesser phone over honestly. You'll love the Galaxy S2. I have a TB now and its nice and all but its no Galaxy S2.
Saw this review of the Galaxy S2:
Samsung Galaxy S II review -- Engadget
Class-leading speed and responsiveness
Awesome Super AMOLED Plus display
Great still camera, capable of 1080p video
Build quality could be better (?)
Pixel density is behind the leading pack
Browser rendering suffers from aliasing (what does this mean?)
Thunderbolt:
Surreal data speeds
Typical HTC design, build quality
Improved camera
Thick, heavy
Questionable battery life
Single-core in a dual-core age
Can you elaborate on which apps can replicate the HTC UI?
Droid Life proved the SGS2 has great Build Quality. Also you can download Opera Mobile or some other browser
To replicate the HTC UI, you can use Go Launcher+Go Weather and for the Lockscreen, Widget Locker.
Great feedback! Did you consider the Samsung Droid Charge or like me, do you prefer the HTC UI?
Have you seen this?
http://www.androidauthority.com/sam...der-release-date-august-12-verizon-att-20068/
slider QWERTY????? If so, no thanks.
Will be referred to as the Samsung Function at Verizon.
I LOVE Sense, I never rooted my Incredible because I was so happy with the stock experience. Its not that I am afraid, I flashed the hell out of my Samsung Omnia before that, just to get it usable. However I am not going to consider myself an HTC fanboy. My first choice was the Galaxy S II, assuming Verizon didn't mess with it too much, but my incredible died (a month after taking a ride in the washing machine), and I couldn't wait anymore. If the Bionic comes out on the 4th (looking less likely now), I will give that a look. With rooting, roms, and apps (beautiful widgets is a popular Sense-like app), you can customize any phone to how you like it now, so software is not that important.
The problem with Samsung is they don't support their US phones very well. Fascinate STILL has issues, which are not getting resolved, to the point verizon is giving free upgrades to Fascinate owners. Samsung's openess to give info to developers is a huge plus, but I am afraid it also turns off the carriers to them here in the States, as they don't want their customers messing with the stock interface. Motorola's locked bootloaders prevent a lot of the customization I was talking about (why verizon LOVES them no doubt), and since I do not like their UI, will avoid until they unlock.
Well assuming they don't mess with it much, the Super AMOLED Plus screen is the top screen out there. it is beautiful. Also the Samsung Processor is fantastic, very fast. Camera is also very good. Most of the hardware aspects of that phone are at or near the top of the line, and they all work well together. It really is the best phone available spec and performance wise. If it gets LTE, and NFC for the verizon version, plus the developer support and unlocked bootloader, it will be the phone to beat on verizon for the summer/fall.
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