HTC Thunderbolt Unboxing | Pocketnow

Опубликовано 18 марта 2011, 14:17

Here it is, the phone we've all been waiting for. The Thunderbolt is finally shipping on Verizon, and it's the first 4G LTE phone. While Sprint had WiMax a year ago with the HTC EVO 4G, LTE holds promise as a better longer-term strategy for 4G wireless thanks to higher speed potential and also and because it's the agreed-upon next-generation wireless data protocol.

The Verizon Thunderbolt is running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz CPU with 768MB of RAM. For storage, Verizon and HTC have included a spacious 32GB microSD class 4 card. It can run either on Verizon's 3G CDMA Rev A network, or their much faster 4G LTE network, which is capable of simultaneous voice and data. Here is Verizon's [url=network4g.verizonwireless.com/... LTE coverage map[/url] so that you can check to see if there is 4G in your area.

The Thunderbolt will run you $249.99 with a two year contract. With that you're likely to tack on $29.99 per month for unlimited data, and another $19.99 per month for the mobile hotspot service if you want to use the Thunderbolt as a wireless router with up to eight devices.

Here are some early first impressions:

- The device is heavier and thicker than the Inspire 4G and even the EVO 4G
- The device feels blazing fast and benchmarks around 1500 on Quadrant. Impressive
- The screen sensitivity is very high (which is good)
- There's a ton of crapware installed!
- The power button is quite small and difficult to feel for at times

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