HTC Thunderbolt 4G Speed Test vs DSL

 

I have been testing out the HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon, and so far, it has been a good device. Connectivity has been great. I ran a test today with my HP TouchSmart Tm2. Wanted to see how fast it was compared to our office speed, well you can see in video that DSL is very slow compared to LTE speeds. I kept it tethered to my HP Tm2 and was able to open sites with no problems, and quickly. I also uploaded a video with DSL and then using the HTC Thunderbolt. The HTC TB was so quick in uploading and was still surfing sites to compare speed. As of now, Verizon is the top speed provider. LTE is great, but we will have to wait until more users start using 4G and see how much it impacts the speed. AT&T claims H+ well I wont go there. All I can say is my iPhone 4 is much faster than my Atrix that suppose to be H+. I know AT&T hasn’t rolled out so called 4G; which is not really 4G. Instead it is 3G in steroids.  AT&T will have LTE late in the year, but we will have to wait and see how will AT&T provides 4G.

Verizon HTC Thunderbolt Unboxing and Setting 3G only

I will be testing out the New HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon network and made a quick unboxing video as you will see below to address some saying that they would love to use the 3G instead of 4G to save some battery on the phone. So far in testing with 3G set to on only, as of last night charged it to 100%. After 12 hours of been unplug with light use of calls, around 22 minutes, Checking websites 5 minutes, downloading email, composed 5 emails, and used google maps for about 3 minutes. The battery is at 60%. This is in my opinion pretty good, and is pretty much inline with my Motorola Atrix. Will be testing with LTE 4G on all day tomorrow.

HTC Thunderbolt at Best Buy?

 

When I attended CES 2011, I got to also test out the HTC Thunderbolt. The phone was pretty snappy and performed very well, and also was loading website fairly quick. Pretty much reminds me of the HTC EVO on Sprint’s network. The Thunderbolt will be Verizon’s first 4G phone, and unofficial will support calls and data at the same time.

 

 

 

Here is the Thunderbolt between two Samsung Fascinate, to give you a idea on the size compared to a 4” screen device. The Thunderbolt does have a 4.3” display to be able to view everything without a problem. The buy out price seems a bit pricey, you could almost get a 3G 64GB iPad 2 for that price. Two year contract will get you the Thunderbolt for $299.99.