the THRIVE hasn't been out that long (less than a month since national ads, and it appeared in stores).....

The THRIVE would be ok if it wasn't on AT&T suck a&& network. I mean come on, the data plans for this phone are a total joke!
What's the biggest data plan for this phone? 500MB ?

why in the world would AT&T put such a nice phone on a GO-PHONE....
You can't enjoy a nice phone like this without a sufficient data package to support it.

$25 FOR 500MB
$5 for 10MB
$15 for 100MB

You could eat up 100MB in a matter of half an hour just simple browsing and checking email..

At this rate of data charging, heck, get a contract phone (or get an Optimus V)....

Of course, I hope you have great SPRINT coverage since virgin Mobile runs off Sprint

 

Idk much about the Thrive because it is new but
The colors matter...millions of colors will make the screen a lot more brighter and saturated which is a good thing vs thousands will look rather dim and dull

CDMA VS GSM...if you are an At&t customer and you are in 3G coverage and you plan to use Data(surfing the web) and talking on the phone at the same time then that maybe a big deal to you

CDMA...you can only use one of them at a time...Data then voice or Voice then Data.

Personally, GSM is not so important in US unless you travel all over the world.

Cant say much about rubber feeling or plastic but the V has a great feel to it.

The camera shutter button...I'd take a phone that has one over one that doesnt. It's good to have options and often times with touchscreen shutters, you have to be more precise

Essentially the same phone but I would go for the Optimus V

 

Well, the Thrive is $20 cheaper, so that might account for the lack of some features that the V has.

Looks like the Thrive is AT&T's *bottom* level pre-paid smart phone. If I were comparing, I would decide first between the carriers, and if I chose AT&T, then I would decide between their available phones, because some of them look like they have much better features than the Thrive.

But if you are just looking at the Thrive or the V, the V looks much better.

 

Something alot of folks do not know, if you are on a wifi connection, you can browse and talk at the same time.