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Went from Thunderbolt to Charge!

Hi Guys...
I have a Thunderbolt now (rooted) that waqs giving me problems I was going from 4g to 3g to 1x and then I wasn't getting any data at all. This started last night....I figured I would wait because it was a network problem
This morning the same thing was happening....I called VZ tech support and they told me before they send me a new phone...I have to go to a VZ store and get a new sim card. I unrooted my phone and went to the store. I got a new sim card and that didn' help. I called back tech support and they said they will send me a new Thunderbolt. I have a family plan and I have 4 phones on my plan (mine is the only smartphone) I asked if I can get a CHARGE...after some back n forth chat...he told me that they will send me a NEW Charge...and also a belt clip and screen protector for no charge....
I love my Thunderbolt...and I know there are pors and cons betwen both phones.....but I really use my Slingbox app alot and I wanted to get the charge because of the screen...so Monday or Tuesday my new charge arrives...
hope I didn't make a mistake not going with the Thunderbolt....thoughts??
I guess I will be in your forums more often now! LOL

I did the same thing. And I'm never looking back. I love my charge. It took about two days to get used to it bc of the plastic feel but now I love it. The phone runs so smooth with the voodoo lagfix and the roms are amazing and very slim. Your battery life is also amazing. Twice as long as Thunderbolt. Be happy you switched as your getting an AMAZING phone
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papi92 said:
I did the same thing. And I'm never looking back. I love my charge. It took about two days to get used to it bc of the plastic feel but now I love it. The phone runs so smooth with the voodoo lagfix and the roms are amazing and very slim. Your battery life is also amazing. Twice as long as Thunderbolt. Be happy you switched as your getting an AMAZING phone
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Thanks...I am so skeptical....if I did the right thing.....
Did you root yours???
I may or may not root mine.....I rooted my TB....
I may just wait for the over the air update....I guess I will see when I get the phone

The phone is much better after the latest update that was pushed out. The web browsing (flash content) used to be my biggest compliant. It was so slow and choppy. But now everything is right where it was at when using my old Thunderbolt. I do suggest rooting and custom Rom' ing it. Particularly the voodoo lag fix.
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I am rooted but it's not needed
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I'm debating on switching from my thunderbolt to charge mainly for the hdmi, let me know it is compared to your old thunderbolt speed wise and battery.. thanks
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I originally had a TB as well. Used since the first day it was released, then the first day Charge was released I hopped on that band wagon.
Just like Papi92 said, never looked back. Prefer the Charge over TB hands down all the way.

Haze69 said:
I'm debating on switching from my thunderbolt to charge mainly for the hdmi, let me know it is compared to your old thunderbolt speed wise and battery.. thanks
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After the latest update the speed is very close between devices. I don't use Touchwiz, any replacement launcher works better. As mentioned, I do have a custom rom on my Charge. I used to use a custom rom on my Thunderbolt as well. (bamf 1.6) I get much better battery life out of the Charge. About three to four hours more. The browser lag was fixed by the last Verizon update. I would recommend the Charge over the Thunderbolt simply because I have had many fewer problems with the Charge and the battery life and the screen are amazing.
My wife has my old Thunderbolt and she emails me pictures that she takes on her Thunderbolt, so she can view them on my screen.
Hope this helps.
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I came from the thunderbolt last night and do not regret it lol
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[Q] Iphone vs sgs4g 2.3.5 video for fun?

OK, so I haven't found any videos of the sgs4g vs an iPhone.
Could someone who has an iPhone 4 and an sgs4g running any edition of Ki1 preferably valhalla 1.2 excluding MIUI, make a video comparing how the sgs4g is better. Talk about tech stuff like processor speeds, triangles, and other hardware, vs the iPhone 4's and then visually demo the 2. the sgs4g should have an AOSP or 4-tab lock screen, with a live wallpaper, and a gingerbread launcher. The iPhone should have the default IOS4 bubbly wallpaper and should be all good. Temporarily make the phone use the stock Ki1 kernel, because it boots faster, and do a boot test, a benchmark test, and a generic app load test. (Settings, browser, etc, also a few apps available on IOS as well as android.
I request this, because I can't make a youtube video.
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That's a lot to ask. Are you gonna pay or in any way reimburse the video maker for their time?

Sorry fb, but i am to young to have any money, I am a freshman in high school.

Lol then you have more cash than we do...wait till college hits and your patents aren't paying for you anymore. Hello ramen and late night trips to taco bell...
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airfluip1 said:
Sorry fb, but i am to young to have any money, I am a freshman in high school.
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No excuse just lazy.
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jager555 said:
Lol then you have more cash than we do...wait till college hits and your patents aren't paying for you anymore. Hello ramen and late night trips to taco bell...
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Hahaha, you can say that again. .
Well if you're still a freshman in high school you probably have enough time to borrow a friend's iphone 4 and make these videos yourself. You can procrastinate a LOT in high school and still do some great things.

I find this so unnecessary. The iphone is way to old compared to the sgs4g so it's not fair. Anyway, its ios vs android, so its not fair either way. A good video would be iphone 5 vs our phone. We would still [email protected]$$!!!!!!!!!!

jager555 said:
Lol then you have more cash than we do...wait till college hits and your patents aren't paying for you anymore. Hello ramen and late night trips to taco bell...
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work 2 jobs and attend collage pay all your own bills then we will talk lol (not directed at you jag lol

Did you make a bet with your friends?

jager555 said:
Lol then you have more cash than we do...wait till college hits and your patents aren't paying for you anymore. Hello ramen and late night trips to taco bell...
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So true lol..we cant cook unless my girl does
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All along airflip was a baby lol..creating all these threads demanding stuff haha
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My gf has iphone4 and my beast beats that phone in every aspect....smoothness .apps are opening way faster ...and I am oc'd to 1.1
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Lol if this is for a bet against a friend or something its really not worth it. Back then when I got into this whole "audiophile" phase where I trashed anything not audiophile grade like audio technica, grado, shure, sennheiser, etc I was like the biggest douche bag in the world and I got nothing out of it...I just wasted lots of my time arguing with people who had beats or bose headphones. Eventually I learned that it doesn't matter if someone buys something that I don't like. All that matters is they are enjoying what they have and I'm enjoying what I have. So now I don't even bother pointing out that oh look, my phone is soo much better than yours or you got ripped off with those headphones because it doesn't matter. Not everyone is tech savvy or has the time to look up all of these things.
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Comparing iOS to Android is comparing is like comparing Apples and Oranges (pun intended ;P).
There's some things good about Android that can't be offered in iOS, and vice-versa.

wizardslovak said:
My gf has iphone4 and my beast beats that phone in every aspect....smoothness .apps are opening way faster ...and I am oc'd to 1.1
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There is no Android phone out there that's smoother than iOS.
Android isn't hardware accelerated like iOS. IOS is basically a 3D game as a whole. That's why everything on it is so smooth.
That's the only thing I like about iOS to be honest. Wish Android was like that.
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IPhones also have much much better battery life. They just squeeze the most juice outta that tiny a$$ 1400mah battery. I can use an iPhone 4 with really heavy use for a day and a half. Can't say that for this phone. If I actually use this phone, it will barely get me through the day. But with light use I can probably get a day and a half. Also most apps are more optimised on ios then android. Just look at Facebook or words with firends. They lag a lot less, are much smoother, and have a LOT less bugs and issues.
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icy56 said:
IPhones also have much much better battery life. They just squeeze the most juice outta that tiny a$$ 1400mah battery. I can use an iPhone 4 with really heavy use for a day and a half. Can't say that for this phone. If I actually use this phone, it will barely get me through the day. But with light use I can probably get a day and a half. Also most apps are more optimised on ios then android. Just look at Facebook or words with firends. They lag a lot less, are much smoother, and have a LOT less bugs and issues.
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Yeah I agree. But I actually give Android credit for lasting as long as it does on battery considering all that **** that runs in the background. With true multitasking battery is just too hard to maintain. I think that's 90% the reason why iPhones get such good battery life, it's because it does have true multitasking.
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I always thought that IPhones suck with battery life. wherever I go, I see people with IPhones carrying around chargers and plugging their phones in frequently. I get about a day with heavy usage on my phone. It may be that retina display though. People just turn on their phones to flip through their apps for no good reason. Lol.
I will agree that ios is optimized though. They did a great job with that.
A far as smoothness, ios slows down a lot so much. It struggles with apps after a while. I don't think ios 4.3.1 and below can compare to the smoothness of audiophile or miui. I'm sure 5 will deliver though
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I facepalmed so hard today. Apparently my dad is trying to sell his vibrant and get an iPhone just cause his phone "sucks". Now here's the best part.....he doesn't want me to flash a custom rom on his phone or even update it so its on ECLAIR right now....I'm seriously about to just snatch his phone, run into my room, lock the door and flash miui on that b*itch.
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icy56 said:
I facepalmed so hard today. Apparently my dad is trying to sell his vibrant and get an iPhone just cause his phone "sucks". Now here's the best part.....he doesn't want me to flash a custom rom on his phone or even update it so its on ECLAIR right now....I'm seriously about to just snatch his phone, run into my room, lock the door and flash miui on that b*itch.
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Lol, do it man. It'll be for his benefit.

So long, Thunderbolt

Got the phone a year ago for free from my mom cause VZW messed up her insurance and she got the Thunderbolt for no extra charge.
Charging port started to get really weak and you had to jiggle it around. Well, it completely got smashed in about 2 months ago. Dad has the same phone so he would charge my batteries whenever I was in town, but I usually just used a flip phone for calls and texts and my wife's old Captivate when wifi was around.
Dad offered to get me the Galaxy Nexus a few days ago before Verizon screws around with unlimited data.
I'm gonna miss you :crying:

Cool story bro.

Pre order the s3 and just get that... It's better than GNexus
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Baconrules21 said:
Pre order the s3 and just get that... It's better than GNexus
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what this guy said. much better phone in my opinion

Neverendingxsin said:
what this guy said. much better phone in my opinion
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SIII FTW :good::good:

My dad wanted to do that for me but we would have had to pay for it in full first and neither of us have that kind of money right now. I got just got lucky that we were able to charge it to the bill
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I'm not feeding my kids for 2 weeks to afford the SGS3.

blackjaguar25 said:
I'm not feeding my kids for 2 weeks to afford the SGS3.
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LOL!

blackjaguar25 said:
I'm not feeding my kids for 2 weeks to afford the SGS3.
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i made my wife walk to work for 2 weeks.

leoingle said:
i made my wife walk to work for 2 weeks.
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I joke about this with her but my wife killed my TV with her excessive QVC and HSN watching. Upside is that she now has to watch them on her crappy 19" Coby TV. Lol
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Baconrules21 said:
Pre order the s3 and just get that... It's better than GNexus
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I went to check on that. 16gb is $199. 32gb is $249. I'd have to get in today and use my wife's upgrade for myself. It's tempting, though I may just stay with the Bolt for now and buy something used later, avoiding the new contract.

Gnoop said:
I went to check on that. 16gb is $199. 32gb is $249. I'd have to get in today and use my wife's upgrade for myself. It's tempting, though I may just stay with the Bolt for now and buy something used later, avoiding the new contract.
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Bye ThunderBolt I loved you, but move over for my Galaxy s3, it's been pre orderd to keep my unlimited plan

Gnoop said:
I went to check on that. 16gb is $199. 32gb is $249. I'd have to get in today and use my wife's upgrade for myself. It's tempting, though I may just stay with the Bolt for now and buy something used later, avoiding the new contract.
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Read the CNET review first. A dim screen is the most unacceptable flaw a smart phone can have imo.

recDNA said:
Read the CNET review first. A dim screen is the most unacceptable flaw a smart phone can have imo.
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A ****ty phone is a pretty big flaw as well. I've had issues with it from day 1. Good bye Thunderbolt. Hellooooooo Galaxy S III!
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Tbolt is a great phone other than battery life.
Luke

lukesdiesel said:
Tbolt is a great phone other than battery life.
Luke
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Im usin .19 leak, with imo 6.2 dev 13 kernel, i debloated the rom with titanium, and i get fantastic battery with the stock battery. Easily lasys all day
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donnyp1 said:
Im usin .19 leak, with imo 6.2 dev 13 kernel, i debloated the rom with titanium, and i get fantastic battery with the stock battery. Easily lasys all day
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I will agree with you. It's all in what Rom you use and how you set it up. If you let everything run like gps and auto sync, the battery will die quickly on any phone, its a given. Sync when you need too and use gps when you need it. Dim the screen when you can and don't overclock a ridiculous amount and you can easily get a day out of it. I haven't had any issue with my tbolt. My .02

You guys are lucky. I keep my screen dimmed, GPS and sync off, underclocked kernel, stick on 3g...
Generally when I leave the house to catch the bus, I'm at 100%. By time I get to work two hours later... 50%.
Granted the phone gets a lot of use during that time. But compared to my droid, droid 2 and even my old blackberry curve... The battery is atrocious.
Granted if I put it in airplane mode it can last a long, long time.
I love this phone... But the battery blows.
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why i buy S3 with no built in kickstand and lol 1 flash camera
how many apps and game will compatible with ICS? ooohh..jellybean soon will launched
look at g-shop, mostly app/game min req was 2.2 aka froyo
most recent reason i stay with tbz only by their unique kickstand shape and dual flash camera( looking good and built in crucial hardware) lol

friend just got thhe SIII and loves it!

Galaxy Nexus vs ThunderBolt

I'm debating jumping ship to the galaxy nexus. Anyone else made the jump? Pros vs Cons?
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I have heard that the galaxy nexus has some data issues like the bolt does. I also hear that the battery life isn't very good either.
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I, personally, would say do it. Its the best Nexus device with LTE. I havent had any data issues on CM 10.1, and the device is just all around better. Certainly battery life sucks, but it sucks on all Android devices so you just have to choose your battles.
Basically, I would say go for it. I made the jump and it was awesome.

No comparison. The Gnex is my favorite android device so far (TB, Rezound, Gnex). The radios are a tad bit weak, but you are unlikely to notice a difference unless you live somewhere where you rock one bar regularly.
Only warning though, once you go nexus, there may be no going back. I miss some sense features, but consistent updating and tons of completely stable ROMs make it very worthwhile.
Get it. Get it now!
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The gnex is going to have a Ubuntu mobile os release soon... Its tempting. But the gnex is old as well. It will be like the eris dev wise, Maybe
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The nexus is pretty much guaranteed development support over time because of how easy it is for developing. Personally though, if you have the option pick up a GSIII instead. Having used both, I enjoy the GSIII much more.
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depends on how much you use your cell
I jumped over to the Gnex about mid-nov, (being a grandfathered in unlimited data freak I had to buy used) love it due to the features but even with the extended battery makes me wish I'd of waited and got something later. Don't get me wrong rocking jellybean from the get go for me was worth the trouble, at first. But I have to charge my cell every 2-4 hours even with the extended battery in it if I use my phone as I did with my tbolt. Keep in mind I use mine for work reasons so having to constantly have a wire hanging off the end of it to stay on top of things drives me NUTS where on the tbolt I could go all day long without recharging, with the Rezound battery. I'd just place it on the charger at bedtime and I was good to go. So needless to say, I am an extemely heavy user, always on it. Phone, texting, emails only though, I don't use any apps really other than tapatalk & gmaps off and on. Being in the DC area I am always rocking full 4G bars.
With the Gnex I get about 20mins give or take of on screentime and thats it. So the only CON I can give is that the battery is horrendous but keep in mind I run stock and not a custom rom which is probably my problem, but I am too chicken to attempt changing it as my luck I'd bust it or something, the PROS everything other than the battery is a MUST HAVE in a smartphone. I must say if I can grab me a nice cheap S3 I might have to grab it with the way people seem to really like it, but I've never even seen anyone in my office have one to try it out for myself.
So all in all, it depends on the user and how much you'll use it, weekends I can go all day without a recharge as I only use it once in a while to text or respond to some annoying military contracter that doesn't know how to enter their password in a windows machine.

How the heck does a phone get less battery life than a Thunderbolt? Just learning that alone would make me avoid it... there has to be an Android phone that can at least get you through the day on a single charge (i can do that with my rooted Tbolt using the Rezound battery, but just barely).

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How the heck does a phone get less battery life than a Thunderbolt? Just learning that alone would make me avoid it... there has to be an Android phone that can at least get you through the day on a single charge (i can do that with my rooted Tbolt using the Rezound battery, but just barely).
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My GS3 lasts most, if not all of the day depending on what I'm doing. I usually get between 4-4.5 hours screen on.
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I moved from eris to incredible to tbolt to gnex and must say I LOVE this nexus device. BUT!!!! If I could get an s3 I would totally do it. Battery life on nexus is worse than the tbolt. Nexus is a great device, terrible phone.
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But I have to charge my cell every 2-4 hours even with the extended battery in it if I use my phone as I did with my tbolt.
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I switched to the gnex around the same time, and I thought it was just my phone that had this same issue. I burn through a 2100 mAh battery in less than 5 hours even if it's just sitting idle. I've found some enjoyable ROMs, but this batty life is worse than the Tbolt.
I just posted this.

Make the move. Just bought two, one to replace my t-bolt. I too am a Verizon unlimited grandfather user and read in Money that gnex was Best of Rest pick of 2012 after iPhone. I love the phone. Development is great, battery life is not super, but better than t-bolt. Phone has an extended battery that is only slightly lager than stock; not the pregnant brick that t-bolt calls an extended battery.

The DNA blows all these away, I'd get that and root it. Its the best possible hardware you can get so you would at least be satisfied your two years
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The DNA blows all these away, I'd get that and root it. Its the best possible hardware you can get so you would at least be satisfied your two years
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You couldn't pay me to take another HTC phone, regardless of the hardware.
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The GNex is a more than capable device. I made the switch a month ago and wish I had sooner. My first Roms were aosp, aokp, then I found my personal favorite, JBSourcery. Battery life was poor on most Roms but Sourcery has improved it very much. Once you go Nexus, you'll never go back.
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I swapped over to GNex back when the refurbs were $249, I wasn't happy with the battery life after having the TBolt's extended batter, so picked up this.

I went from a TB to the GNex back in August and I must say I love my Nexus. The screen is amazing and performance is excellent. As others have already pointed out, the battery life is the biggest draw back with the Nexus. I never got very good battery life with my TB (which is why I had 2 spare batteries for it) so I was more or less already used to the poor battery life.
All I can say is if you get the Nexus I'll bet you will wish you would have switched to it sooner. It is simply a great phone.

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The DNA blows all these away, I'd get that and root it. Its the best possible hardware you can get so you would at least be satisfied your two years
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The only flaw I've found with the DNA is that if anything presses on the back too hard, you can end up with a permanent blue dot in the center of your screen. I dunno if the new screens are more prone to dead pixels, but a guy in the rezound forum had his DNA replaced for the blue dot issue and got a screen with dead pixels. (He works at a Verizon store). He ended up going back to his GSIII.
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That's not good to hear about the DNA.
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That's not good to hear about the DNA.
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I know, I was surprised too. HTC is always so close to getting it perfect.
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User opinions

I use my phone a lot for schedules, contacts, emails, and Web related activities. I play one game... Angry birds. I also listen to podcasts, series, and music.
I'm having to switch to Verizon due to my new wife and coverage issues. I'd really like to get the ultra, but specs have been drilled so far into my head, I'm having trouble pulling the trigger. I'm going to have to keep this phone for two years.... Can some of you post your opinions now that you've used this? I'd like to believe, but part of me says wait for the LG g2. It's this phone smooth? How is screen? Battery? Battery is why I don't get the ONE, which is what I use on TMOBILE
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Battery is unbelievable and I do mean unbelievable. System is buttery smooth,haven't had any lag and it handles anything I throw at it and asks for more.Signal is even better compared to my gNex thanks to global love this phone I'm a believer now Screw specs this Droid is on Beast Mode
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faceman469 said:
Battery is unbelievable and I do mean unbelievable. System is buttery smooth,haven't had any lag and it handles anything I throw at it and asks for more.Signal is even better compared to my gNex thanks to global love this phone I'm a believer now Screw specs this Droid is on Beast Mode
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I couldn't agree more. This phone is a beast in all respects. It's the smoothest running phone I've ever owned. Not once has it lagged. The battery will last me all day with moderate to heavy use and that's with gps on all day. Love this phone.
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Battery is bad-ass .. I use my phone heavily from 6am till midnight and i still haven't dropped below around 65%.

I really like it. Its very fast and no lag. That was a BIG problem for me on my RAZR MAXX. Battery life is great.
One problem is that there may or may not be root in the future. I rely on root for a couple things so it will suck for me if I dont get root. I pretty sure it will come out sooner than later but you never know.
But beyond that, its a great phone and I have zero complaints (at least now ).