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HTC ThunderBolt

Full Specifications

Released · Mar 17, 2011

This device is also known as HTC Incredible HD, HTC Thunderbolt 4G, HTC Droid Thunderbolt

8.5

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7.7

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Availability
Officially announced	Jan 06, 2011
MSRP	$ 250

Design
Dimensions	4.75 x 2.44 x 0.56 inches 121 x 62 x 14 mm
Weight	6.23 oz (177.0 g)
Keys	Right: Volume control

Display
Size	4.3-inch, 70.38% screen-to-body
Type	TFT
Resolution	800x480px, 217 PPI

Hardware
System chip	Snapdragon S2 MSM8655
Processor	Single core 1000 MHz Scorpion
GPU	Adreno 205
Memory	0.75GB (LPDDR2)/8GB
Storage expansion	microSDHC up to 32 GB
OS	Android (4.0, 2.3, 2.2)

Battery
Type	1400 mAh, Li - Ion

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	8 MP (Autofocus)
Flash	Dual LED
Video recording	720p Video calling
Front	1.3 MP

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	2.1, Yes
WLAN	b,g,n Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible	M4/T3
Location	GPS, A-GPS
Other	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Screen mirroring	DLNA
Radio	FM
Additional microphone(s)	Noise cancellation

Cellular
4G (FDD)	Bands 13
Data Speed	LTE

Phone Features
Notifications	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features	Voice recording

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval	Date approved: Feb 07, 2011 FCC ID value: NM8PG05100
Measured SAR	Head: 1.20 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Body: 1.46 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz

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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

Verizon

News

Can a smartphone ever be so bad that an employee for the manufacturer feels compelled to apologize for its existance? HTC's Erick Nielsen wants those who had a bad experience with the HTC ThunderBolt, to give the Taiwan based manufacturer another cha...

HTC employee apologizes for the HTC ThunderBolt

When you heard that the HTC ThunderBolt was about to receive a software update, we're sure you hoped against hope that this was Android 4.1 coming, even though HTC already made it clear that the T-Bolt was all done with Ice Cream Sandwich. What is co...

New update for the HTC ThunderBolt is not Android 4.1

I'm not dead yet! Do you happen to own the HTC ThunderBolt - or even remember what that is??? If not, we don't blame you. The ThunderBolt was the first 4G LTE capable smartphone that was released by Verizon almost 2 years ago.At that time, it came wi...

Ice Cream Sandwich rolling out for the HTC ThunderBolt, better late than never?

Does anyone even remember the HTC ThunderBolt? We needed a few minutes to recall its appearance (and specs sheet), and when we finally had the complete image in our heads, we realized just how wrong all of this is.Verizon has now released an update t...

Verizon and HTC show the true meaning of 'disastrous software support' - update the HTC ThunderBolt to ICS

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Overall User Rating

(34 reviews)

7.7

Build quality

8.9

Camera quality

8.9

Performance

7.9

Display

8.8

Battery life and charging

4.4

pauljadeson28

Arena Apprentice

Worse smart phone I have ever owned

Posted: Sep 06, 2015, 8:00 AM

Phone owned for less than a year

Literally the worst phone I ever had. I bout it after I broke my galaxy s4 mini and didn't have enough money. It has to load to get to the home screan???? i have to click on the text message option about 5 or 6 times before it will take me into the text messages because it will just go out of it and wont load them. Snapchat is so slow and the camera is so bad its not even worth taking pictures. Only app that is worth going on is facebook. Ive dropped it so many times though and it only has a few cracks (I drop things alot). The normal battery it comes with isn't even worth it because fully charged it only lasts about 5 hours on standby, using it it last about 2 hours. With out the extended battery its really not even worth to have to normal battery. Anyway if you want to get a new phone just because its cheap don't do it!!! Obiviously that didn't work out for me. Now i just had to spend $300 to buy a galaxy s4 again because i can't even deal with this phone anymore. I'm smashing it with a sledge hammer when i get my new phone.

Larry_ThaGr81

Arena Apprentice

The first 4G/LTE phone ever

Posted: Jun 19, 2013, 12:23 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

This phone would have been great for the average user but the lack of support on the part of HTC and Verizon Wireless has plagued this phone. My experience with this phone was decent because I was rooted and unlocked, which allows me to use custom ROMs, etc.

NbIII3

Arena Apprentice

2 years of decreasing satisfaction

Posted: May 13, 2013, 9:17 PM

Phone owned for more than a year

When I first got this phone I was extremely excited with it being my first smart phone. However, not too long afterward I began experiencing major issues such as very poor battery and lack of Internet connection even with full bars. After the update to ics the phone became painstakingly slow and borderline unusable. I did a factory reset, no help. I bought a brand new battery, still have terrible battery life. I can't wait to switch to a Samsung product first chance I get because the thunderbolt is one of my worst decisions ever.