[RELEASED] The 4.3 inch "Thunderbolt" aka "Mecha" aka "Incredible HD" from HTC...beyond coming soon!

NKT said:

It could be said the Thunderbolt is an Evo in Verizon clothing. Very similar form, just a few internal and software tweaks.

A few key differences: new SenseUI, new CPU, LTE.

I think a lot of people are buying into HTC's hype on this phone and the rumored (all be it wrong) specs. Does that mean it's a crap device, no. Just not the God device some are hoping for. It's the Incredible all over again...

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I know I'm late in jumping in this particular conversation but really since this phone was unveiled, all I expected was for it to be Verizon's version of the Evo with a front facing cam and on the LTE network. Nothing that I've gathered so far suggests that we should be expecting anything more for this particular phone. Granted I'm coming from an i*hone 3G so practically anything will be a huge upgrade to me particulary. However, I agree with NKT that people may be buying into the recent hype a little too much.

Rolling Stone Ad Reveals HTC ThunderBolt for Verizon, Inspire 4G for AT&T | Android Phone Fans
Maybe this means it will be coming soon

ckochinsky125 said:

Rolling Stone Ad Reveals HTC ThunderBolt for Verizon, Inspire 4G for AT&T | Android Phone Fans
Maybe this means it will be coming soon

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That is old news. Check a page or so back...

ckochinsky125 said:

Rolling Stone Ad Reveals HTC ThunderBolt for Verizon, Inspire 4G for AT&T | Android Phone Fans
Maybe this means it will be coming soon

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Posted this last night. Look above

rushmore said:

An arm 7 single core getting 1900 Q scores with LTE running. Yep, I can see why the battery would be challenged. The form factor seems chubby, unless picture distortion.

LTE is probably the main reason for drain and probably a kernel that is not ready for primetime.

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It also says its running 2.1.2 wonder if they meant 2.2.1?

Whoa.... That new Sammy announced today for AT&T looks pretty darn promissing. 1.2gig single core processor but with a 4.5" SAMOLED PLUS display. 1gig of RAM!

Might be an alternative if Sammy hold true to history and released a 4G LTE device on Verizon w/ the same specs as they did with the Galaxy S line of phones.

jfoey22 said:

Whoa.... That new Sammy announced today for AT&T looks pretty darn promissing. 1.2gig single core processor but with a 4.5" SAMOLED PLUS display. 1gig of RAM!

Might be an alternative if Sammy hold true to history and released a 4G LTE device on Verizon w/ the same specs as they did with the Galaxy S line of phones.

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I wouldnt see why not samsung is all about selling the most phones im sure we will see a similar one on vzw

Motorola unveiled its dual core powerhouse it would appear too now

howarmat said:

Motorola unveiled its dual core powerhouse it would appear too now

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where?

that samsung is sick! super thin 4.5" heck yeah!. i could sacrifice a little on specs for a 4.5" samoled+

ckochinsky125 said:

where?

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http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-atrix-4g-announced-for-atandt/

Damn verizon better really have some good phones to announce other than just the thunderbolt. About time at&t steps up their android line

Okay guys. Start a new thread or continue for appropriate phone.

maddixny said:

AndroidSPIN Exclusive: Hands on with the HTC Thunderbolt 4G

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Not exactly living up to the "phone after the phone of your dreams" ads.

I'm sure VZW will sell a bunch of these, but I'm going to pass. With Samsung, LG, and MOTO all expected to announce 4G devices for VZW this will likely be left behind in the dust.

Too bad.

gobluejd said:

Okay guys. Start a new thread or continue for appropriate phone.

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Maybe create a thread for the samsung and they could

Wow that's some serious specs on that Moto. I just have not been a fan of any of the Android Motorolas or Samsungs all having better specs then my Incredible yet the Incredible was my favorite

I thought that Verizon was going to be unleasing 6 new Android LTE phones today

I gotta say I'm getting a little disapointed in the Thunderbolt , anyone know what kind of screen it has yet ?

tomorrow at 4 PM EST i think is when VZW has their time at CES

ckochinsky125 said:

Maybe create a thread for the samsung and they could

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Found something at least started using search.

http://androidforums.com/android-ne...se-4g-4-5-inch-super-amoled-plus-display.html

I am sure there will be tons of specific phone threads started.

ChiTownJim said:

Wow that's some serious specs on that Moto. I just have not been a fan of any of the Android Motorolas or Samsungs all having better specs then my Incredible yet the Incredible was my favorite

I thought that Verizon was going to be unleasing 6 new Android LTE phones today

I gotta say I'm getting a little disapointed in the Thunderbolt , anyone know what kind of screen it has yet ?

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Verizon better have something good because compared to what has been announced the thunderbolt doesnt seem like anything special at all

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Maybe create a thread for the samsung and they could

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Samsung Infuse 4G - Android Forums

and

http://androidforums.com/motorola-atrix-4g/

Guys,

I made my arguments over the past few days about this HTC device, and them advertising something great, yet falling so short of what LG and Motorola are doing, and many people in here argued against me, and that's fine. But, after hearing the official offerings from LG and Motorola today, you gotta be kidding me. Moto-1Gig of Ram?! dual core processor, 1930 mAh battery, and Qhd screen? And HTC gives us...tada!.....an Evo from June 2010, with LTE instead of Wimax...but they had the courtesy of removing the HDMI output that the original Evo had. This device destroys HTC in screen, battery, processor, ram, and more. Its not even close. I am so disappointed by HTC, its not even funny. Then, even LG comes through with Tegra 2 dual core and a screen to rival the Retina display. HTC gives us a rehash of a phone from 6 months ago. I can't even let my wife get this HTC device.

I was all giddy like a kid on Christmas, when I first heard this phone was coming out, now after seeing what Moto and samsung and LG are coming out with, I`m disappointed with the thunderbolt I guess I will just wait and see what other phone Verzion comes out with.

briankeith513 said:

Guys,

I made my arguments over the past few days about this HTC device, and them advertising something great, yet falling so short of what LG and Motorola are doing, and many people in here argued against me, and that's fine. But, after hearing the official offerings from LG and Motorola today, you gotta be kidding me. Moto-1Gig of Ram?! dual core processor, 1930 mAh battery, and Qhd screen? And HTC gives us...tada!.....an Evo from June 2010, with LTE instead of Wimax...but they had the courtesy of removing the HDMI output that the original Evo had. This device destroys HTC in screen, battery, processor, ram, and more. Its not even close. I am so disappointed by HTC, its not even funny. Then, even LG comes through with Tegra 2 dual core and a screen to rival the Retina display. HTC gives us a rehash of a phone from 6 months ago. I can't even let my wife get this HTC device.

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Typical verizon they always release everything later. This phone should have been out months ago being released now maybe they wanted it as a mid level phone who knows with verizon

I have a question. For those of you who are considering or are for sure holding out for dual core, what can you possibly do with the phone that you need that much processing power for? Or is it that you just want a phone that is more future-proof with all these dual cores being announced? Seriously, I'm curious. If it's the latter I can understand I mean most of us are going to be signing a 1 or 2 year contract, you'd hope/expect a high end phone like this to stay relevant for a long while after launch.

However, dual core isn't make or break for me. Unless dual core significantly improves performance in the OS and a lot of apps start supporting it, or battery life dramatically increases over our current processors, I don't really see it as a necessity right now for a Froyo/Gingerbread phone, maybe out on the horizon if Honeycomb ever comes to phones, but not right now.

Let me make this clear, I'm not denying progress because I don't see any practical need for it, dual core is great and it would have been awesome in the ThunderBolt, but I think we aren't completely ready for it yet, or at least I haven't seen anything that would make me think otherwise. Even without dual core I'm still going to get this phone, and for an extra $70 over two-year contract price you can get a one-year contract and I'm willing to wait until December-ish to see where we're at then with dual core. Everything else about his phone is exactly what I'm looking for, and the processor is more than adequate for today's standards.

The MSM8655 is actually a really good processor, a major improvement to the GPU over the 1st gen MSM8650 (HTC Incredible). Just check youtube for videos of gaming/benchmarks on the Desire HD (MSM8255 ~same processor).

The only practical things I can think of that would make a dual core processor a necessity right now would be 1080p video recording/playback, and maybe hardcore gaming (psx emulators etc.), there might be other things we'll be missing out on, but I can't really think of anything else at the moment...

Something is just not sitting right with me...

Could we all just been duped? Meaning have we been led to believe something is crappy and really something is BIG and in HD coming?

EDIT - I just re-read that and my makes it sound like I know something. I do not.