100% satisfied with my thunderbolt

irony · Apr 11, 2011

I picked up my thunderbolt release morning. Coming from a bb storm2 this phone has surpassed my expectations. Not 1 hiccup no nonsense great call quality and a super fast and stable OS.

I live in a 3g area and at work I get 4bars of 4g LTE. My hotspot at work is faster then my WiFi at home on my cable internet. I play world of warcraft in the coffee shop at lunch and ping under 90 using 4g. I've even done some raiding with the hotspot and its worked flawlessly.

Now I picked up Skype today and it to works fantastic. I honesty couldn't be happier with this phone.

I get a full day with my battery so I haven't had an issue there either. If I had to put one con about the phone its aliitle to hard to read when its in the sun.

Love it!

JustinHEMI · Apr 11, 2011

Same here! Day 1 owner totally satisfied! Love this phone!

slinky · Apr 11, 2011

JustinHEMI said:
Same here! Day 1 owner totally satisfied! Love this phone!

Check in with us day 10. I'm happy with some things, not so happy with others and am waiting to see what HTC has to say about it... Overall, huge improvement over the Incredible except for size and battery life.

JustinHEMI · Apr 11, 2011

slinky said:
Check in with us day 10. I'm happy with some things, not so happy with others and am waiting to see what HTC has to say about it... Overall, huge improvement over the Incredible except for size and battery life.

You again.

Its been greater then 10 days. Still totally satisfied.

Lacyanne64 · Apr 11, 2011

I love my Thunderbolt....Its not perfect but I think after some future updates it will be very close!

solo65impala · Apr 12, 2011

No device is perfect but this thing is pretty close for me. Good to see some positive posts!

thorthunderblt · Apr 12, 2011

Very nice to see a positive post about this phone. I havent had one legitimate complaint about this phone yet since i got it 3 weeks ago. Please keep the positivity flowing.

AustinTech · Apr 12, 2011

I love mine also. It's not perfect, but darn close. And sooooo much fun!

I think it will get better with updates. The "problems" I have experienced are actually minor annoyances. I find myself using this phone more than any other technological device I own. Even more than my laptop or TV.

atrain311 · Apr 12, 2011

Launch day owner here as well. I love the phone just as much as I thought I would. I owned an Inc prior to this so I knew what to expect for the most part and yet I still get surprised and excited over the Bolt's subtle nuances. Great phone.

RobG5589 · Apr 12, 2011

Man, I thought I was the only one. I did find that for a few hours on Saturday my weather location was wrong. So I guess its not 100% perfect.

UBRocked · Apr 12, 2011

Yeah, nice to see some positive posts

Refreshing change from the "I bought it, I'm not returning it, but I'm not happy" posts I've been reading for the last 3+ weeks :thinking:

I too am pleased with the T-Bolt. I really have mine loaded down with a ton of apps and it's running really well. Being rooted and being able to change the ROM & Kernel helps with performance not to mention battery life which is the only hit I can give to this phone.

My Sister-in-law called me early last week from a Verizon store, looking at the Thunderbolt and the iPhone. She wanted to get my opinion. I gave her a fair opinion of both phones (I don't like to influence people's decisions...cause they are the ones that have to live with the device). She shocked me when she picked the Thunderbolt...I really thought she would have gone with the fruity status icon

.

I asked her how she was liking it so far and she said she loved it. Turns out there are a handful of us that are satisfied with it.

LLGEG · Apr 12, 2011

Love mine as well! I've had mine 2 1/2 weeks, and I am thrilled with it, and am positive I made the right decision. My only minor irritation is when making phone calls, I hate scrolling thru to find a number. But that's my only irritation, and I can live with that! Happy customer!!

UBRocked · Apr 12, 2011

LLGEG said:
Love mine as well! I've had mine 2 1/2 weeks, and I am thrilled with it, and am positive I made the right decision. My only minor irritation is when making phone calls, I hate scrolling thru to find a number. But that's my only irritation, and I can live with that! Happy customer!!

When you pull up the phone and want to call someone named "Brian" (which by the way is a great name

) just use the keypad to type in the name just like you would for a dial-by-name directory when calling most businesses. So "Brian" would be "27426"...but it will start to show you matches as soon as your start dialing numbers so doubtful that you have to do more than the first few numbers.

LLGEG · Apr 12, 2011

UBRocked said:
When you pull up the phone and want to call someone named "Brian" (which by the way is a great name ) just use the keypad to type in the name just like you would for a dial-by-name directory when calling most businesses. So "Brian" would be "27426"...but it will start to show you matches as soon as your start dialing numbers so doubtful that you have to do more than the first few numbers.

Lol, Brian is a great name! Thank you, now I have NO complaints about my TB!!

Skeletronix · Apr 12, 2011

UBRocked said:
Yeah, nice to see some positive posts

Refreshing change from the "I bought it, I'm not returning it, but I'm not happy" posts I've been reading for the last 3+ weeks

I agree. I'm sure you know, but its important to remember that people mostly post on here to complain or look for fixes and solutions, which is fine. Most don't need to come to a forum and tell everyone how awesome their new phone is. (Guilty

)
Coming from the Eris forums, there was a ton of activity over there. People complaining about ALOT of issues. Now maybe its just because this phone hasn't been out for long, but it seems relatively quiet over here by comparison. This, IMO, is a good thing! Meaning, most people are enjoying their phones and having little reason to complain or troubleshoot.
Back on topic however....I LOVE this phone! I even like it stock. I root my phones as soon as possible usually, but haven't really felt like I need to yet. Very satisfied!

The Absolute · Apr 12, 2011

Other than the battery life (minor issue), so far this has been a great phone for me.

mattbirk · Apr 12, 2011

I love mine too. And I really love asking to borrow someone else's phone, like the EVO, and taking them both to speakeasy.net/speedtest...and blowing them away. I did it last night, EVO on 3g = 0.41Mbps, compared to my TB @ 33.14Mbps.

I just like to rub it in. Oh, and it was late night, and I was still on my original charge

LLGEG · Apr 12, 2011

Oh, I liked doing the 4g test, a friend had his droid, and we clicked FB at the same time, his 3g to my 4g was a wow, the 4g was true lightning!

lamoglinsgal · Apr 12, 2011

I am more than happy with my Thunderbolt. I've had it since release day. I was with my friend the other day who has the Incredible and didn't feel an ounce of remorse for selling it.

UBRocked · Apr 12, 2011

My daughter was running a fever last night and I streamed a movie while sitting next to my bed (which she was occupying

) using the free movie streamer app and I had two recurring thoughts:

1) I love my TB!

2) Where the hell is Netflix already!!! LOL

LLGEG · Apr 12, 2011

UBRocked said:
My daughter was running a fever last night and I streamed a movie while sitting next to my bed (which she was occupying ) using the free movie streamer app and I had two recurring thoughts:

1) I love my TB!

2) Where the hell is Netflix already!!! LOL

What is the free streamer app? I hope your daughter feels better!

UBRocked · Apr 12, 2011

LLGEG said:
What is the free streamer app? I hope your daughter feels better!

It's called Movie Streamer. It's kind of like the MegaVideo app but easier to navigate. Video quality is sub par...but it works for now.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jkeatinco.MovieStreamerLite

Seriously Netflix...If I had a better alternative I'd leave you for taking this damn long!

Edit: Sorry, I hit the edit button instead of the quote button...that's twice in one week I've done that! I'm slipping!

And thanks!...I hope she feels better soon too!

solo65impala · Apr 12, 2011

UBRocked said:
2) Where the hell is Netflix already!!! LOL

I'm with ya on that one. Can't wait!

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