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Whilst the media has been occupied by the news of AT&T acquiring T-mobile, HTC released their first Smartphone on 4G with Verizon. This may be of little surprise to AT&T as the provider has already released several phones on 4G, but it is somewhat significant to HTC fans.
HTC ThunderBolt
Its primal feature (according to Techrepublic Editor Jason Hiner in his article of 29 March 2011), is the fast speed accompanied with superior hardware. The following gives a summary list partially taken from the HTC website of the Thunderbolt’s specification:
- OS: Android 2.2 (Froyo) with HTC Sense UI;
- Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon (QSD8255), Adreno 205 GPU, and MDM9600 chipset for 3G/4G;
- RAM: 768MB;
- Storage: 8GB internal, 32GB microSD (pre-installed);
- Display: 4.3-inch WVGA with 480×800 resolution;
- Touchscreen;
- Weight: 6.23 ounces, which is heavier than the iPhone 4;
- Dimensions: 4.75 x 2.44 x 0.56 inches, it is also bigger than the iPhone 4 by on average 2 inches;
- Camera: back camera 8MP with auto-focus, dual LED flash, HD video capture, and 1.3MP front-facing camera;
- Sensors: Accelerometer, A-GPS, digital compass, proximity sensor, light sensor; 3.5mm audio jack, MicroUSB, FM radio, LTE SIM slot , TI audio DSP;
- Keyboard: Virtual QWERTY;
- Networks: CDMA 800/1900Mhz (2G); CDMA2000 EV-DO (3G); 700Mhz LTE (4G);
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;
- Bluetooth: 2.1 with EDR (3.0 when available);
- Tethering: USB + mobile Wi-Fi hotspot;
- GPS: GPS/AGPS; and
- Some special features: Dual mics with noise cancellation and Surround sound.
Battery
The Lithium-ion with 1400 mAh capacity battery is a bit of a sore subject as it has been one of the main reasons for the Thunderbolt's continuous delay to the market. The website PC Mag also rates the speed of this smartphone as being superior but not the battery, as in their tests they got eight hours of 3G talk time, six hours of video playback time, and 2.5 hours of LTE streaming. This could be a disadvantage, however Techrepublic have some solutions, but in comparison with the iPhone 4, Apple preaches up to 7 hours on 3G, however when they release 4G this may be a different story.