HTC (Verizon Wireless) The Thunderbolt-PC Magazine

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The first 4 G LTE cell phone, the HTC-Thunderbolt with the means of transport referred to in points (a) sending a scorching landscape and fleeing to cover just the 3 G phones. This is the fastest Internet phone ever and it will win the top Verizon Wireless smartphone touch screen-check our Editors. But the scorching speed is it burn up in the price: the phone's battery, so you must import the spare.

HTC-Thunderbolt displays and feel huge. It is a classy search, all-gray, glass-front and Soft back. Is a small 1.3 mega pixel camera, next to the headphone, and greater than 8 megapixel shooter with kickstand back, so you can prop the phone table, or table. 4.3 Inch 800 by 480 screen displays an exceptionally rich. But the 6.4 ounces Thunderbolt weighing all Pocket and at 4.2.6, 8, 75 inch (HWD), it does not fit in some of them. You pay for is an early LTE-a first-time adopter price.

LTE speeds to the Internet and
Let's get to the main first: this smartphone is the fastest Internet access, ever. It put the Web on fire.

Verizon's LTE network currently operates approximately 40 metro areas, give or take a few, and it is constantly increasing. The carrier is charged the extra $ 30/LTE: the monthly cost of the plan, the details on a smartphone, as well as 3 G data plan. And now, you get unlimited data. The extra $ 20/month to buy the 2 GB of data on your portable computer or other device via USB or Wi-Fi, as the case may be, used. The status of the hotspot in your phone supports the eight devices instead of the usual five (faster access to more than 2 GB.)

The processor speed of the Ookla standard n-test itself your phone, PC connection, USB cable, and PC connected via Wi-Fi hotspot. Speeds were great. As expected, the mapping is the fastest modem you are using the phone's fast — the PC processor, but — followed by the phone speed test and Wi-Fi hotspot as a Wi-Fi bleed speed.

On average, I got 11.8Mbps down plugged the phone and 6Mbps 9.6.3Mbps with hotspot. Download speeds were also quickly; information about the destination point and 4Mbps Sterling unit. (Download as part of the Ookla speed test-app is not compatible with your phone.) The delay was usually about 85ms.

These numbers translate to download files from the super fast; Colbert Report episode Bitbop 99 MB was four minutes. Most of the smaller files, such as no Android market, just along the zip. Unlimited data with a huge video files without fear or concern is to download and had large.

You can test the Web page loads, I have compared to the HTC EVO 4 G ($ 199, 4 stars) against Thunderbolt Sprint. Here I can get between 3-5Mbps of Sprint's 4 G WiMAX network. A complex Web of pages loaded in about 1.5 times as fast as the Thunderbolt, EVO, many pages of less than 10 seconds.

All of which have been compared to Verizon, Sprint's 4 G 3 G of n compared to LTE network, is even faster. Last year, the city has a total of 18 tests, we got around the average speed of 1Mbps, Verizon's 3 G LTE: the n, about 85ms 100ms delay compared to the.

Early Verizon modems was the 3 G and 4 G in between. I got to the bottom of the Thunderbolt successfully 4 g-3 G marketing and back up to a maximum of 4 G, depending on the coverage. Move up to take longer than the drop When the phone is able to drop 3 g at the start, it takes about two minutes to get back to the 4 G.

In this connection to the Internet is so fast that it becomes crucial that Verizon offers an unlimited data plan. Even without connecting, can you eat a lot of information quickly.

If you do not have the LTE, the phone also offers 3 G data, WiFi 802 .11n base and, as the case may be. 3 G speeds were comparable to other Verizon Smartphone at the beginning of the line, such as Motorola. Droid X ($ 199, 4.5 stars)

The phone's performance and battery life
Hey remember all if they cannot speak, and appealed to the surf at the same time is the Verizon AT&T ads? No longer. Thunderbolt allows simultaneous speaking and Internet connection 3 G and 4 G networks. I tried and it worked very well.

Audio-phone is as Thunderbolt. RF reception is the mean value of a good party. The sound quality is strong; the headset is loud and unusual number of half-yell sound, which prevents its own voice in your ear. I'd want that, because it makes you can speak more softly on the phone and should help users to make better the Thunderbolt in a socially acceptable in public places. The speaker is very loud, but it is only the loud enough for the outdoors. Mic: n of the sounds are fully applicable, but the sound of a computerized, Speaker phone, through a little more background noise than I'd like to, but it is not awful. Paired with your phone in an easy-to-Jawbone Aliph Bluetooth headset Era ($ 129, 4,5 stars) and activate the voice dialing system.

The battery here is interesting. 3 G is great. I got almost eight hours of talk time surprisingly small 1400 mAh battery. In the second test, I followed a local video file to your phone's LTE network, but does not load. I got about six hours of video playback.

Heavy use of nukes in LTE, the whole battery instead. I printed out the battery only in two hours and 20 minutes by using the LTE, Bitbop, and YouTube. If you plan to make a lot of browsing, you will need 4 G per day lasting problems. Because there is no way to 4 G, Wi-Fi use, when you can save the battery.

Another option is to purchase a second battery. Verizon offers $ 39 to $ 49.99.99, the second standard battery and the battery mAh huge 2750 "expanded". Two batteries into the battery, or one extended this phone would likely to be a full day.

Processor, Android, and Apps
Thunderbolt 1 GHz, the second generation of Qualcomm MSM8655 Lion of a processor works and Android 2.2 is HTC's attractive in the mind of the layer. Our reference values, it runs a high-end smartphone that is not in the Nvidia Tegra 2-n-core chip set as well. Unless you are an avid player, there is no reason to ignore this and wait until the Tegra 2.

HTC and Verizon is vaaleastakin ton more programmes on this phone. A large part of the municipalities of bloatware, it is that the apps charge you every month. Verizon has actually been taken to a new level, is known as bloatware "V Cast Apps" is slow and ugly, but it is a great benefit for the whole of the alternative app store install: on your phone bill of materials (BOM) can charge for app purchases. Of course you can also use the 100,000-plus comes with the standard Android apps on the market, regardless of whether you can download music from other sources.

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