Help Decideing Between Thunderbolt or Iphone

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Hey guys im a 5 time user of droid phones. Ive been extremely dispointed in Android so i left and am waiting for the Iphone. But the thunderbolt looks hot. Can someone give me any reasons to get the thunderbolt or iphone. It is tempting, and im a huge fan of sense ui. But the lack of apps kills me.

I can't wait for the Thunderbolt myself. Some of the things I am interested in with this phone compared to the iPhone are:

- 4g connectivity
- 4.3 inch screen
- 768MB of RAM (compared to 512 for iPhone)
- Higher resolution front and rear cameras
- Removable storage support
- Flash support
- Wifi media sync with Winamp app

Android has most every application I am looking for. Navigation is free too. I will admit I am still waiting for a few applications such as Netflix. I would much rather be on an open platform any day.

What applications are you looking for?

What lack of apps, for every iphone app there is an android app that does virtually the same thing.

It really comes down to this (in my opinion):

Which is more important, simplicity or customization?

My wife wants her phone to be simple as possible and thats why she loves the iphone.

Me on the other hand, hates the iphone because I can't do complex customization. I believe you should be able to change your notification tones without jailbreaking.

So if you want simplicity and just want stuff to work with as little intervention as possible, then the iphone is probaboly for you.

If you want to be able to customize the phone to tailor it more to you then android is the way to go.

Which driods have you used in the past? The Thunderbolt is basically the evo from sprint which is a very nice phone.

Originally Posted by villainous_scum

Which driods have you used in the past? The Thunderbolt is basically the evo from sprint which is a very nice phone.

This is true for the average consumer. But there are HUGE (at least to me) differences between the Evo and the Thunderbolt.

The Thunderbolt has an S-LCD screen compared to the Evo's regular LCD screen.

Thunderbolt has the 2nd gen 45 nm Snapdragon processor with Adreno 205 gpu compared to the Evo's 65 nm 1st gen Snapdragon processor with Adreno 200 gpu. This means the Thunderbolt is faster, more responsive, drains less batteries, and has much better graphics power.

Thunderbolt has 768 mb of RAM compared to Evo's 512 mb. Self explanatory here.

Thunderbolt also has a new 8 MP camera that is DIFFERENT from the Evo's camera. It's suppose to be a lot better especially under low light situations.

Thunderbolt comes with Sense 2.0 while Evo has the outdated Sense.

Thunderbolt has SRS Dolby Surround Sound while Evo does not.

I think those are all of the main differences. But other than that, they're too different.

Edit: Woops I mean to say, other than that, they're the same. x)

Thanks for clearing that up hacker01

Thunderbolt or Iphone. Hmm what to choose... What to choose...

Originally Posted by villainous_scum

Thanks for clearing that up hacker01

Thunderbolt or Iphone. Hmm what to choose... What to choose...

IPhone on Verizon will not do voice and data at the same time, iPhone does have a small screen but more pixels per inch making the screen look better. The thunderbolt has better battery life.

The nicest part about the iPhone is any idiot can use it. Bricking is almost impossible. And because there is no real multitasking its almost impossible to leave an app open and killing your battery (although I haven't had that problem since my Eris)

The final nice part about the iPhone is accessories are made for it cuz its so popular.

But with that said I have 7 friends that have the iPhone (literally 7 I'm not rounding) and all of them are jealous of basic android abilities like turn by turn GPS and how quickly gmail works and wireless backup and WIDGETS.

You loose a lot by going iPhone but you don't have to think when you use it.



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I guess I should add the nice part about the iPhone is everybody has the same screen size and what not so making apps is pretty easy but that gives you less options

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a really BIG deciding factor for me is battery life. android is known for having semi poor battery life depending on the phone (for me g1, nexus one). when i get the thunderbolt i wll definately be watching how my battery life is and if its poor then trust ill be getting the iphone. i would hate to leave android tho.