Love the Thunderbolt but not a big fan of the volume buttons

Strife21 · Mar 23, 2011

I really like the phone but I feel the volume buttons are cheaply made. They are not very tactile and I actually had to exchange my bolt today for another one cause the volume up button became stuck no clicky response at all and it would not register the key press unless I really pressed super hard.

So I got the new phone and its better and it works but the volume up on this phone pretty much sucks as well. Barely tactile and really mushy, pretty much the opposite of the volume down on both the phones I had. Just seems like they got real cheap with the buttons which is a dissappointment as I really like the rest of the phone and its features.

WarJorge · Mar 23, 2011

Aye, it was a bit of lazy designing on that part. I much preferred the volume buttons on the Droid, these feel so clunky/sticky

slckofit · Mar 23, 2011

After reading this, I notice also that pressing the volume up I can barely feel the click. Pressing down I can feel it much better.

Tumeg · Mar 23, 2011

slckofit said:
After reading this, I notice also that pressing the volume up I can barely feel the click. Pressing down I can feel it much better.

Complete opposite for me... I feel the click when pressing "up", but barely feel it (if at all) when turning the volume down...
However, I don't mind it much - since I rarely ever adjust\change my volume

sean76 · Mar 23, 2011

HTC is terrible at designing Power buttons (recessed) and cheaply made volume rockers...they cheap out on stuff that should be made well to stand the test of time, they never have in the past, and the trend continues with the TB...

CellPhoneFreak · Mar 23, 2011

Tumeg said:
Complete opposite for me... I feel the click when pressing "up", but barely feel it (if at all) when turning the volume down...
However, I don't mind it much - since I rarely ever adjust\change my volume

Same deal with mine.

I wish the buttons were smaller since I always accidentally change the volume when I hold it.

LadyX · Mar 23, 2011

I personally don't like the volume buttons either .. the ones on my Incredible were much better- I could actually tell that I was pressing a volume button. On this phone when I'm talking I have to guess where they are and pull away from the phone to adjust them which is very annoying. The volume and power buttons seem to both be cheaply made.

sean76 · Mar 23, 2011

LadyX said:
I personally don't like the volume buttons either .. the ones on my Incredible were much better- I could actually tell that I was pressing a volume button. On this phone when I'm talking I have to guess where they are and pull away from the phone to adjust them which is very annoying. The volume and power buttons seem to both be cheaply made.

Such a smart lil chickie...

LadyX · Mar 23, 2011

sean76 said:
Such a smart lil chickie...

hehe ; ) back in the box it will go ...

Strife21 · Mar 24, 2011

Well I still love the phone but it does worry as one of you said they they may not stand the test of time.

Dark Matter · Mar 24, 2011

My volume up doesnt click that good...I can bearly feel it click
Volume down clicks good..opposite of volume up.
Makes me feel better its just not me having this issue.

Strife21 · Mar 24, 2011

Dark Matter said:
My volume up doesnt click that good...I can bearly feel it click
Volume down clicks good..opposite of volume up.
Makes me feel better its just not me having this issue.

Yea it seems to be either the volume up or volume down that doesn't work that good.

I've actually had to exchange my thunderbolt 2x. The first one had a solid volume up and sticky volume down I had to exchange it do to a unresponsive screen when plugged into the oem charger.

The second exchange was due to a volume up button that flat out got stuck and wouldnt even register.

The phone I have now currently has a responsive volume down and not to responsive volume up but they seem to be working which I guess is all that matters.

I just dont get why you would cheapen something like volume buttons, I mean even if they got top of the line ones I wouldnt think a button would break the bank.

Love the Thunderbolt but not a big fan of the volume buttons

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