HTC Thunderbolt Rapid assessment: The importance of the iPhone?

HTC unveiled Thunderbolt products to hit the market with high levels of customer criteria nice screen, camera quality and the ability to exchange data quickly.
Almost immediately after iPhone launch in 2007, the products branded “iPhone killer” is racing up the shelves. And the fact that the flat is not an empty goal topple Apple’s smartphone. iPhone always “tops” in the chart on sales of the touchscreen smartphone in the U.S. during the four years from 2007 to 2011.
Even when the storm erupted Android, dominating IOS, Android is mostly just and production of Symbian and Windows Mobile is the key, while IOS although growth has slowed, remained firm in his castle. Not a touchscreen smartphone that over the iPhone in sales. Thunderbolt until HTC release. Smartphone has exceeded the sales of the iPhone 4 (CDMA version on Verizon) and at a certain angle, HTC has become the Thunderbolt “iPhone killer” first complete her mission.
We invite you to read and learn about the HTC Thunderbolt through the assessment of experts from Engadget.
Overall, we can see that HTC Thunderbolt still inherit the same design as Sprint EVO Inspire 4G and 4G. Thunderbolt own 4.3-inch WVGA screen, 8 megapixel camera with 2 lights flash.Thiet Thunderbolt is the successor of “borrowed” from two seniors: HTC Inspire screen looks nice with a wider angle, microprocessor Qualcomm Snapdragon new generation. Add to that the ability to catch waves 4G, leaning against the foot of the EVO 4G. This is the perfect combination makes Thunderbolt ownership and power features are noteworthy. In other words, Thunderbolt has inherited the best from the 4.3-inch screen smartphone from HTC.

Thunderbolt is packed in a simple black box with the same tone phone and its accessories as batteries, chargers and computer connectivity, 32GB microSD cards. This is a phone is quite sturdy and heavy, its weight 20% heavier than the iPhone 4. So if anyone has a phone like dress up with high profile, the Thunderbolt is the ideal choice.
Design

Thunderbolt design with soft plastic covering much of the back, at the bottom with a piece of coated metal speaker protection logo engraved on Google. This metal can be made ​​into the open and help Thunderbolt rack can stand on your desk, and when you open this stand out to reveal a great speaker of Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt’s design makes removing the battery is extremely difficult, so make sure the battery is inserted and a bit too hard. Fortunately, come with a 32GB microSD card available, so most of us probably do not need to bother to remove the removable memory card.
Monitors
Visibility of the Thunderbolt can say is excellent, with 4.3-inch WVGA screen. Colors on the display of brilliant and honest, very wide viewing angle. Even the most fastidious users also can not help but admit that the display of the Thunderbolt too great. With a resolution of 480 x 800, Thunderbolt screen are ideal for Web browsing, or viewing photos. Though HTC has already reached Sensation qHD resolution 540 x 960 (fourth iPhone is 640 x 960) and seems to be the standard resolution qHD new HTC smartphones in the future, but you can not complain What about the display of Thunderbolt.

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Thunderbolt (left) for better visibility as compared to the EVO 4G will not wash.
Loudspeaker, and battery
The sound quality of speakers which are quite good, however when using the bracket is pretty much reduced volume. The conversation over the speakers is easy and completely user can hear sounds clearly. Thunderbolt battery life a little less, in standby machine can only operate for about 4 days. Unlike the EVO, the user can not set off mode tuner for 4G CDMA network used only to save battery power. Thunderbolt using an auto-detect and catch waves. Easy to some people it does not hurt much, but there’s many users expressed dissatisfaction that this function when a battery drain is not small.

Loudspeaker is protected by a metal support pieces.
Camera
HTC Thunderbolt is equipped with 8 megapixel camera, much higher than the EVO 4G, HTC Thunderbolt. But there are still some defects in the imaging software. In macro mode, users have difficulty in focusing. And there are a few problems with metering capability, it seems HTC metering uses the full screen, so will have some big problems when users want to take a back light.

8 megapixel camera is supported by the second flash.

Photographs in the room.

In bad lighting conditions capture the image will be dark.
In movie mode, allowing Thunderbolt shoot video with great clarity, no noise. But in this version no autofocus mode, but you can manual focus only on the point by focusing on the screen.
OS
Thunderbolt using OS 2.2 and Android equipped HTC Sense interface. Though HTC’s Thunderbolt Sense a little bit different compared to the unlocked network products such as HD and Desire Desire Z, but Thunderbolt is also added the “Fast Boot” as the above two models. Like standby mode as the computer, if Fast Boot is enabled, each time you shutdown, Thunderbolt will not shut down completely. This helps the boot process extremely quickly, in just over 9 seconds from 58 seconds to turn off Fast Boot. One thing that many users are unhappy that some software built in Thunderbolt, and can not uninstall this software, eg Adobe Reader, City ID, Kindle, Bitbop … The software is used depending on the preferences of each user and the manufacturer should not force the user, this will cause a bad reaction to the product.
But, overall, HTC Thunderbolt is a pretty phone with excellent design for sure, nice and sharp screen, good camera work. If this is the direction to the criteria of those who are looking for a new mobile device, this is definitely a great option.
According Genk