@dansdad2543 Nothing directly comparable but check out the Droid Charge with Super AMOLED, not 4.5" screen but pretty close. ;-) You will likely get faster data speed on LTE.
Why is the Inspire showing a strong signal while the thunderbolt has nothing at 3:05? I thought Verizon had good coverage, maybe at&t is better after all.
you know what would've been trippy? if in each youtube video it was another video review of another phone?! and it just kept going on and on and on!! :O
@XfarglesX not where i live.. its like 30 dollars for the thundebolt this week, and samsong is 99, and i just wanna know what he/she would recommend not to bicker about prices.
Yup! Thanks, was deciding between this, the Bionic, and the LG Revolution, ruled out the Bionic for the only feature I was impressed with is the 1080p film, and the revolution seemed as it would be outdated soon, and decided on this phone because of you, Thanks Lisa!
@602goliath what do you recommend, the Samsong Fascinate or the HTC thunderbolt? im curious because i wanna get one or the other, if you dont have an answer thats ok; but is it worth spending $30 more dollars on the Samsong Fascinate or going with the HTC thunerbolt?
The inspire 4g is a desire hd variant not a thunderbolt variant just cause they are both grey and made by HTC doesn't mean they are related to each other
I remember my HTC Thunderbolt very fondly. The battery life was the terrible. Other than that, it was an awesome device. I miss this old HTC sense/hardware. 😉
lupele93 I know this is three years ago and completely irrelevant, but you pop the back off and take the battery off. Then at the bottom of where the battery was is the sim card tray. And it's sim, but you probably know that by now
@Emilyducttape With any smart phone of course it's not going to be great on battery life with all the different features and apps. It depends on the user to really watch the usage if you want it to last like your old phone. Also a lot of people forget to close apps after they use them which means that they stay running in the background i.e. using up battery power.
This phone is like an upgraded EVO kickstand,soft touch plastic back,hdmi port front facing cam, but has better processor more ram slcd as opposed to the EVO's regular lcd, wonder how fast it is when rooted and optimized
those concerned about battery life, get the extended battery. just got mine and have no battery issues, but, your phone will get substantially fatter! =(
@cool8man It went from like 75 to 50%! She was using it heavily and extensively. Plus there were a few shots where it looked like they cut from her. She didn't kill any apps and loaded a million things. Calm yourself down.
Lisa , after I played your video on the htc inspire yesterday for a friend , she went out to buy it which made me a little jealous lol. She has ATT..I have Verizon. Which is the comparable phone for Verizon? Thank You..Dave
@cool8man That may be overstating it a little, but I agree. The biggest downfall of this phone looks like it's battery life. I'm in my car alot so I could probably manage but still, I don't want to have to constantly worry about where the battery level is. The Bionic may be the way to go, 1900 mAh battery (IIRC) and a dual core cpu.
My wife had this phone.... It was such a heavy brick of a phone! The 4G LTE was so unstable and connectivity was very unpredictable and unreliable... And the thing was so glitchy... Wife finally got rid of it and purchased the Galaxy S3.
The Thunderbolt is a nice phone. But I went with the Inspire instead. I have the Evo and I never used the kickstand or the FFC. The Inspire is BOSS and I get great battery life on it.
guys im deciding between this and the charge anyone who HAS/HAD it please respond my b-day is tomorrow and I would like to see what people have to say about the battery. NO rumors or assumptions please
@cool8man Honestly, people don't seem to realize how easy it is to make these phones batteries last. Simply kill your apps when your done with 'em. Not to mention you could dim the screen just a tiny bit to make a huge difference and there's plenty of apps that help battery life. Battery life on these phones aren't HALF as bad as the over exaggerations say.
why they dont release these AWESOME fones to rest of the world ... >.< where i live!!! all we got was samsungs galaxy devices!! :( and google nexus phones
I love this phone the only down side is for me the battery life sucks and while charging the phone you can't really use the kick stand in lanscape mode i have had it one day and the download speeds are crazy internet wow . did i say i love this phone......
@MTaylor0157 Ain't hating. I was just making a clear point that they all look similar to one another. Their great phones, I had one last year and it was excellent. iPhone is an iPhone there is only 1. You can choose from different sizes of storage, but overall its only one phone. It'd be different if Apple came out with another phone, with a completely different look and name.
@PREPAREORSUFFER ...Um...did I touched a nerve? How about the Evo is one of three good phones Sprint has and I have one. Before you talk about who's ignorant, know what you're talking about first. Verizon always gets these types of phones yet Sprint has been on the Evo since June of 2010 and there has been no match quality wise since. People are always quick to spew insults on here. You act like I insulted you personally. Get a grip.
40 GB of fury my phone is least then 1 gb with 4.3 inch touchscreen my phone 2.3 inch touchscreen. 8 megapixel camera my phone is 3.2. my phone is garbage compared to this phone. Now I got 2 wait 2 years for a new phone. Weeeee
the mobile hotspot app. is useless, they limit you to 5gb of data and burned through that in one night. 20$ for one night of internet use, pfffft, what a waste.
My DroidX loads some pages faster than 4G LTE! By watching other videos on RUclips, it seems Verizon 4g is more useful for uploading and download content rather than actually loading up web pages and applications; it's more like a 3G+++ when it does that... Watch some other browser tests and you'll see
@JMCASPIAN HTC phones with Android look nothing like the standard android which most android phones have other than HTC and Samsung which have their own UI over Android like HTC uses Sense over WM6.5/6.5.3 and Android which is why I stayed with HTC when i left my Touch Pro 2 for an Android phone. It made for little learning curve.
I love your reviews, very in depth and very un-biased, which is hard to find in reviews.
You have the most soothing voice out of any other phone reviewer I have watched
@GrantGuides It's not snappy compared to newer LTE Dual core phones.
i had the htc inspire for a little bit and i miss it, best smartphone that i ever had
@dansdad2543 Nothing directly comparable but check out the Droid Charge with Super AMOLED, not 4.5" screen but pretty close. ;-) You will likely get faster data speed on LTE.
preordered. Getting next week, cant wait!
Why is the Inspire showing a strong signal while the thunderbolt has nothing at 3:05? I thought Verizon had good coverage, maybe at&t is better after all.
you know what would've been trippy? if in each youtube video it was another video review of another phone?! and it just kept going on and on and on!! :O
@XfarglesX not where i live.. its like 30 dollars for the thundebolt this week, and samsong is 99, and i just wanna know what he/she would recommend not to bicker about prices.
Emilyducttape the battery life does suck but for 25 bucks I got an extended battery and it lasts me two data without charging it
@corn12409 i agree though, a lot of their phones look similar. some variation in color, design, etc. would be nice
Yup! Thanks, was deciding between this, the Bionic, and the LG Revolution, ruled out the Bionic for the only feature I was impressed with is the 1080p film, and the revolution seemed as it would be outdated soon, and decided on this phone because of you, Thanks Lisa!
@jaber900 yes after you take a pic click share and choose fb or utube
@602goliath what do you recommend, the Samsong Fascinate or the HTC thunderbolt? im curious because i wanna get one or the other, if you dont have an answer thats ok; but is it worth spending $30 more dollars on the Samsong Fascinate or going with the HTC thunerbolt?
The inspire 4g is a desire hd variant not a thunderbolt variant just cause they are both grey and made by HTC doesn't mean they are related to each other
my first smartphone!
I remember my HTC Thunderbolt very fondly. The battery life was the terrible. Other than that, it was an awesome device. I miss this old HTC sense/hardware. 😉
Getting this phone at 10:30 a.m. today! Happy Saint Patrick's Day btw everyone!
@jaber900 Facebook, yes. Though I'm not sure about uploading things straight to RUclips.
i can't decide on what phone i should get iphone4/droid2/droidx2/htc thunderbolt ?
what do you guys think ?
I have Verizon and my current phone has the zim card. I want go get this phone. When I do I just insert my zim card in it and ill be able to use it?
lupele93 I know this is three years ago and completely irrelevant, but you pop the back off and take the battery off. Then at the bottom of where the battery was is the sim card tray. And it's sim, but you probably know that by now
Oh my god. I'm watching a youtube video of a phone which is showing a youtube video of a phone review.
@Emilyducttape With any smart phone of course it's not going to be great on battery life with all the different features and apps. It depends on the user to really watch the usage if you want it to last like your old phone. Also a lot of people forget to close apps after they use them which means that they stay running in the background i.e. using up battery power.
This phone is like an upgraded EVO kickstand,soft touch plastic back,hdmi port front facing cam, but has better processor more ram slcd as opposed to the EVO's regular lcd, wonder how fast it is when rooted and optimized
thanks for helping me choose my first smartphone :)
@Arceus8540 We only tell you the launch price as Verizon changes prices with promotions and aging of the phone.
I love this phone, mostly because of LTE at the same 3G pricing, but battery life is to be desired.
does this phone do netflix,? If not what verizon phones do?
My mistake on the hdmi,so even cm7 didn't make it better that sucks what phone are you using now did you go with Samsung?
People shouldn't be surprised by the battery life on these smart phones, it takes a lot of juice to power the screens.
If only my thunder bolt had a keyboard it would be the perfect phone!
Lisa, I lost my Droid x2 and asurion sent me this thunderbolt. Would you consider this to be a downgrade?
HTC really knows what they are doing...
Should i get this or the samsung droid charge? D:
those concerned about battery life, get the extended battery. just got mine and have no battery issues, but, your phone will get substantially fatter! =(
can you do a review of the samsung suede? thanks :)
@cool8man It went from like 75 to 50%! She was using it heavily and extensively. Plus there were a few shots where it looked like they cut from her. She didn't kill any apps and loaded a million things. Calm yourself down.
@corn12409 the phones look the same but everything on the inside only gets better, cant complain
hey lisa what do you think i should get this or droid 3 please help me out?
I'm looking to see how HTC Thunderbolt 2 look like..
can you download oovoo on this phone
Expected a more powerful processor by now. We've been using 1.0GHz processors for almost a year and a half now!
Lisa , after I played your video on the htc inspire yesterday for a friend , she went out to buy it which made me a little jealous lol. She has ATT..I have Verizon. Which is the comparable phone for Verizon? Thank You..Dave
@Anoush13 Good point.
@PrinceT300 That's an HTC exclusive widget. Try Fancy widget in the market for...its pretty close
@cool8man That may be overstating it a little, but I agree. The biggest downfall of this phone looks like it's battery life. I'm in my car alot so I could probably manage but still, I don't want to have to constantly worry about where the battery level is. The Bionic may be the way to go, 1900 mAh battery (IIRC) and a dual core cpu.
Hey is this phone a good phone to get all around? Im thinking of getting one soon. Thanks!
When GingerBread(2.3.x) comes out for the TBolt, Verizon needs to add HTC Hub, The Inspire 4G has it...*sigh*
i love my thunderbolt, but i wish battery life was longer
:/
when will it be coming to canada?
@Awesome15Person the verizon phone was on 4g the att phone was most likely on 3g.. if the thunderbolt was on 3g it would have full signal.
does this have tv capabilities?
My wife had this phone.... It was such a heavy brick of a phone! The 4G LTE was so unstable and connectivity was very unpredictable and unreliable... And the thing was so glitchy... Wife finally got rid of it and purchased the Galaxy S3.
The Thunderbolt is a nice phone. But I went with the Inspire instead. I have the Evo and I never used the kickstand or the FFC. The Inspire is BOSS and I get great battery life on it.
guys im deciding between this and the charge
anyone who HAS/HAD it please respond my b-day is tomorrow and I would like to see what people have to say about the battery.
NO rumors or assumptions please
can you upload stuff strait to youtube or facebook?
it was like a review from a laid back flight attendant , i feel relaxed enough to buy something haha...
Smh wish t-mobile gets a phone like this. They're taking forever. I'm satisfied with the mytouch 4g for the time being though
@Awesome15Person it all depends on where you live
It's almost Wifi speed great phone. Can't wait for the Evo 3D yay!
I have an Incredible and there just as fast with 3G but that phone is gonna be my next choice
@aklemer15 Yea I was thinking about that after I put that comment.
@jrocktheoneandonly1 wats new htc is always like that
@cool8man Honestly, people don't seem to realize how easy it is to make these phones batteries last. Simply kill your apps when your done with 'em. Not to mention you could dim the screen just a tiny bit to make a huge difference and there's plenty of apps that help battery life.
Battery life on these phones aren't HALF as bad as the over exaggerations say.
nice like how dyou the rieview thanks..
I just saved $400 by waiting a few months. Winning.
@15adaytoremember I have the Thunderbolt. Fantastic phone, but if you don't have 4G, then get the Droid X2.
@tomriley123 Atleast all of them look pretty and similar instead of crappy looking and similar.
Is this phone getting a Gingerbread update anytime soon?
wow you really need to tone down that white light. annoying
I prefer the Verizon version, too bad there is no earphones.
@Jamnt0ast it would be better if you were watching the video on a phone
@98wq1 yah she is
why they dont release these AWESOME fones to rest of the world ... >.<
where i live!!! all we got was samsungs galaxy devices!! :( and google nexus phones
looks like the evo
00:37 anybody else hear iphone unlock tone??
Can you hack this for boost mobile
sooooooo ironic that verizon is going for the gsm LTE netwrok!
I love this phones. It's fast.
I love this phone the only down side is for me the battery life sucks and while charging the phone you can't really use the kick stand in lanscape mode i have had it one day and the download speeds are crazy internet wow . did i say i love this phone......
@MTaylor0157 Ain't hating. I was just making a clear point that they all look similar to one another. Their great phones, I had one last year and it was excellent. iPhone is an iPhone there is only 1. You can choose from different sizes of storage, but overall its only one phone. It'd be different if Apple came out with another phone, with a completely different look and name.
@ItsJesseNotJessica thats y iphone is more popular its simplicity yet so sophisticated
@PREPAREORSUFFER ...Um...did I touched a nerve? How about the Evo is one of three good phones Sprint has and I have one. Before you talk about who's ignorant, know what you're talking about first. Verizon always gets these types of phones yet Sprint has been on the Evo since June of 2010 and there has been no match quality wise since. People are always quick to spew insults on here. You act like I insulted you personally. Get a grip.
if i made pants with bigger pockets, i'd be rich
@Jamnt0ast RUclipsCEPTION- A video within a video.
it is way better than the iphone 4 because i heard it is better than the galaxy s4
HTC ThunderBolt
Yea or Nay?
@BeastMaster500
of the top of my head the HTC Incredible and oddly enough the original droid by Motorola oh yea the LG revolution too
Upgraded evo
40 GB of fury my phone is least then 1 gb with 4.3 inch touchscreen my phone 2.3 inch touchscreen. 8 megapixel camera my phone is 3.2. my phone is garbage compared to this phone. Now I got 2 wait 2 years for a new phone. Weeeee
the mobile hotspot app. is useless, they limit you to 5gb of data and burned through that in one night. 20$ for one night of internet use, pfffft, what a waste.
@tomriley123 they are all and it gets so old looking at them all the time and see the same thing
lol how the verizon one is 1 minute ahead 3:06
My DroidX loads some pages faster than 4G LTE! By watching other videos on RUclips, it seems Verizon 4g is more useful for uploading and download content rather than actually loading up web pages and applications; it's more like a 3G+++ when it does that... Watch some other browser tests and you'll see
9 people have a iphone :)
@JMCASPIAN
HTC phones with Android look nothing like the standard android which most android phones have other than HTC and Samsung which have their own UI over Android like HTC uses Sense over WM6.5/6.5.3 and Android which is why I stayed with HTC when i left my Touch Pro 2 for an Android phone. It made for little learning curve.
Verizon always gets the good phones.
Another awesome HTC phone made unusable by the pathetically short battery life. The phone barely made it through this youtube video review.
I like your videos thanks ...
@RingoKidd1955 I'll just keep my phone charged thank you