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  • Me to still waiting though what you think about it

  • i got the droid charge for 10 dollars

  • I hate to be a photo nerd but at 9:33 he's comparing the camera of the phones and the angle of the picture is different. The phone at the top is picking up the light from the ceiling and the other camera because of its angle on the subject isn't. It's a poor test unless you take the same shot from the same angle with each camera.

  • Um the charge has a better everything and the tbolt is sucky

  • so the thunderbolt blew the charge out of the water but the charge wins im confused lol, i think ill get the thunderbolt, and i have problems in charlotte too

  • I have a thunderbolt myself. Great phone shitty battery life but great nonetheless. I have owned various phones including the iPhone4 and 4s (over rated and crappy phone) and I have never been happier than with my tbolt. The charge has a crappy design a smaller screen and crap camera. I'll stick with the tbolt.......even if I have to charge it every 15 minutes.

  • im a droid fan but i hate droid charge design....i have a droid bionic

  • Droid RAZR?

  • Quadrant must not work with the charge

  • I had them both. Thunderbolt is a paper weight if you don't charge it every 3 hours. Its a freaking lan line to me. Then you have to switch between 3 g and 4 g to get that much batter life. I know I owned one. I still own it. The charge to me is just as fast if not faster and the screen looks better. For the little stuff your using the phone for who needs the added processing power. You can go to the beach and enjoy your faster HTC phone for an hour or the charge for the whole day. Charge.

  • hey okay so the htc thunderbolt beats the charge in everything but then u choose the charge im getting the HTC thunderbolt on sunday off of amazon for a penny then getting it on tuesday GET THE THUNDERBOLT

  • just saying but blackberry's suck

  • Ha thunderbolt won the camera test, benchmark, and speed test but the charge won the fight? Funny stuff.

  • @xQUIPTx that and the charge is justa generally unattractive phone i have the thunderbolt and i absolutely love it

  • I like the thunderbolt. i could never have a charge b/c I hate the way it looks

  • @Jstroman221 i agree droid charge's design sucks

  • i have the htc thunderbolt and its amazing

  • So who wins???

  • whoaaa how does charge win? thunderbolt beat the iphone. wow.

  • So, the Charge wins because of the battery life and the screen... but the Thunderbolt out performs the the Charge in all the other test. =,=" I'm going to get the Thunderbolt in 3 days (when contract is up [I'm able to upgrade every 7 months because uncle works for verzion}) I have the same issues with connection in Charlotte (I live here) at my house the my 3g turns on and off at random and I get 1-2 bars, but if I go down the street to my friends house I my 3g stays on and my 4 bars remain...

  • The driod charhe is da shit of course it wins I went from iphone 4 to driod charge and never regreted it lol :)

  • This review actually was the what made me get my charge. It was my birthday and i was choosing between the thunderbolt and charge. So far i am super glad i got the charge. The screen in excellent the battery life is top notch and i dont have lag going through my phone so i see no reason why i need the extra power. Yes the UI is indeed crap but all i did was get launcher pro and it works like a charm. I havent really tried out the thunderbolt but i am not looking back with my charge.

  • Why wasn't there a woman in the picture of the kitchen?

  • I am in the market for a new Verizon phone and these are probably the two best options in 4G phones from Verizon, but my Motorola Droid X smokes those phones in performance tests. I just ran Quadrant Standard and got a score of 1780.

  • My thunderbolt always gets between 1500 and 1800 on quadrant..weird

  • spoiler: the stupid charge won.

  • the photo vs. wasn't great the Charge was held farther back and took more of a picture so you could pick out issues with it more. but otherwise i thought it was a great review and i think both phones are great.

  • does the charge have any kind of skin customization?

  • I had the epic with the super amoled screen and that's really all samsungs phones have to offer. they had to put a 1600 mili amp battery in the charge to power the screen alone. The phone itself is laggy and so was my epic. They would both get incredibly hot and I had to have my epic replaced twice from overheating. I do use my phone for media etc. but that's what it was made for. I decided to forget about the S.A. screen and go with the 8Gb internal memory of the ThunderBolt and I loveit

  • good thing fox went to Montana not Texas fox come to texas fox get his ass fried

  • wazz the best phone from verizon?

    and from sprint?

  • @xxTIGER43xx verizon - thunderbolt, sprint- photon 4g

  • @xxTIGER43xx verizon:thunerblt sprint:htc evo 3D

  • LOL typical Android app fail at 11:06

  • 4:51 LMFAO hahaha "that's a GINORMOUS SCREEN AHH" ! Anyways back on topic I would know that htc phones have worse battery life because I have owned an incredible, fascinate, and now charge. Also hdmi mirroring sold me to it as well and the screen, I'm going for the charge !

  • Everyone close your eyes and imagine watching Conan O'Brien doing this review hehe

  • I like the screen on the Charge better but the HTC Thunderbolt is more powerful. That being said the HTC Thunderbolt had some major problems that supposedly have resolved with a recent update. Let's see if the recent EMERGENCY update fix the many problems with the HTC Thunderbolt.

  • The Droid Charge is on sale for a penny :D

    goo.gl\r0KPD

  • i like the Thunderbolt.

  • Also Kindle bloatware on Thunderbolt.

  • @bfsblinkbfs same on the Charge.

  • A feature that I feel must be addressed first is that I am not an HTC fan. A key feature that I feel was left out is the internal space. The Charge has 2GB with a 32GB card. The Thunderbolt has a whopping 8GB internal with a 32GB card. for people with a lot of apps, like me, that is a big plus. I also feel the kickstand is not getting enough love. I would rather have more speed (Thunderbolt) than a brighter display. Plus if you get the extended battery for the Thunderbolt.....

  • @08mcmahillj it actually exceeds the battery life of the Charge (If properly conditioned. Dying completely before charging, not leaving plugged in too long, etc.) So everyone is bashing the battery life, when in all actuality, after the extended battery the phones are generally in the same price range and the same battery life range. I just feel that those were a few things missed and wanted to broaden the knowledge for people trying to choose between the two.

  • THUNDERBOLT SHOULD HAVE ONE !!!!!!!!

  • YEAH CHARGE FTW!!!!!!!!!

  • small screen, GINORMOUS GAMEPLAY lmao

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  • Just got the TB today and was GRANDFATHERED IN! YEE! Charge looks like and Iphone. I'm very happy with my TB choice and i'm ready to take on new gadget world in the next 2 yrs with this phone :D

  • Review starts at 1:20

  • Good run-through of both devices. The Charge is obviously the winner but Touchwiz UI does suck, and the dev community for the Thunderbolt is great compared to the Charge...

  • @kennydied23 Touchwiz 4.0 has many improvements

  • @SpankyThick69 where can you find the touchwiz 4.0 vids and has the charge been updated?

  • @ptb6744 I have not heard any updates for the charge. i watched a vid for the galaxy s 2

  • @SpankyThick69 Yeah I hear it's much better but Touchwiz 4.0 isn't on the Charge yet.

  • Obviously, screen and battery goes to the Charge, but I think everything else goes to the Thunderbolt. It's simply more powerful. Don't forget the kickstand! I thought it was kinda 'meh', but now I use it all the time.

  • Charge is the best. I tried both out at the store and must say the charge just looks better overall. You can't go wrong with that sexy ass screen. ;)

    Can't wait to get mine tomorrow.

  • You can turn off the Samsung auto correct in the settings....???!

  • -Face Palm- You guys base everything on one review, the Droid Charge won the speed tests on all the other reviews >_>

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  • The HTC Thunderbolt should have won. It clearly is the better of the two devices because of a kickstand, dual LED flash, faster in all categories and has a more fluid feel.

  • I currently have a Thunderbolt. Heres the deal to all buyers. I've had 2 so far and have demanded a Charge. Why? Because both that I've had like to reboot, drop 10% of the already piss-poor battery life, and repeat during calls, texts and everything else. I prefer HTC's UI, but this is absurd to have to deal with this crap from such a prestigious company.

  • @Captainflowers1011 new update to 2.3 supposedly is going to fix the reboot issues and when ur not using the phone u can just turn off 4g to save battery. im on tmo right now and want the unlimited data on verizon on their really fast 4g network.

  • what are the odds that EVERYBODY for the thunderbolt owns a thunderbolt.........just asking, i dont have either

  • hands DOWN the droid charge is way BETTER !

  • Here's some reason the thunderbolt shoud have won:

    Cheaper

    Better UI

    kickstand

    faster

    design

  • The Thunderbolt beat the Charge in every test you did. The only difference is better battery life and swype for the Charge. With that said, the battery life is huge.

  • the memory capacity is better for the charge than the thunderbolt

  • I just took back the thunderturd and got the charge

  • samsung phones are not that great and they look so cheap! go thunderbolt! :)

  • my mytouch 4g got a high score of 12 mega bits per second in your face verizon

  • my mytouch 4g got a high score of 12 mega bits per second

  • Thunderbolt took the cake...

    No airtime for the front-camera?

    -Thunderbolt through your video reviews/battle won in my opinion... no sense in spending 2x as much for a front faced camera.... at least not to me...

  • I think thunderbolt is more better cause i had the chrge 6 days and then my phone wouldnt let me get on internet so i got the thunderbolt and is alot better

  • That thunderbolt he has is sooo slow compared to mine. dont judge by this video. the thunderbolt has 768 MB of ram memory and the charge has 512 MB of ram memory and that is pretty much what matters when you are opening and closing or multitasking with apps.

  • Charge is lighter, longer battery, 4g, 8mp cam, and 32g memory.

    Was gonna wait for a qwerty slider but the droid 3 is duel core not 4g soo thats disappointing rather have faster internet than a faster phone.

  • i am so confused, I thought Gingerbread was not available on the Charge yet.

  • @Kidhustler I think he just downloaded the Keyboard from 2.3 the phone still has 2.2? Not sure.

  • worst review ever

  • I like the thunderbolt but it reboot 2 many times so I'm getting the Droid charge it better be better than the thunderbolt

  • @mshollywood0731 Yes, I totally agree with you the Thunderbolt has its own mind and reboots prob about 3 or 4 times a day on its own. I am really not sure what's up with that. I love the Thunderbolt, but enough is enough with that one.

  • Thunderbolt is the best!! Samsung suck!!! The thing is they put the samsung on sale because no body wants to buy it!! Any employe of Verizon can tell, wish is most sold phone!! an is the thunderbolt ok???

  • @martin3064 not on sale where I am... the Thunderbolt is back on sale though.....

    Getting back into the market for a droid 'since the first ones came out... I'm excited.. still deciding. I kinda want some videochats goin'...

  • Samsung Charge is on sale at Costco until July 8.... $179.00!

  • the battery life sucks on the thunderbolt plus my freind returned his with in two weeks of purchasing it cause the auxilary out put wasnt working ......im waiting for my droid charge SAMSUNG IS THE BEST

  • just got my thunderbolt lasnight! I LOVE MY THUNDERBOLT! BEST PHONE IVE HAD!

  • Coming from someone who used the Thunderbolt and received a replacement phone within the first 2 weeks.. The software patch HTC has in it causes it to do reboots and freeze.. I called tonight and Im getting a new handset, the Droid Charge.. I know it will be better.

  • theres no woman in the kitchen

  • good call bro droid charge for sure i love touchwiz left to right is way better than up down on htc sense

  • Hello. Excellent video!! Thanks. I just wanted to know about the sound quality of the droid charge?? I hear that the sound quality was poor in one video but then I hear that the its great in another. Which is it?? Thank you for your timely response and have a very very blessed day!!

  • LOL GINORMOUS GAMEPLAY!!! xDDD

  • arron wat fone do u use

  • I had thunderbolt to it back for droid charge, hands down best phone i ever had absolutely beautiful and far more faster than thunderbolt

  • I....would have picked the Thunderbolt. But I'm biased cause I own one lmao. Don't forget the TBolt's Simultaneous voice and data!

  • Wouldn't it be better when testing the camera to see the pic once it's uploaded to a pc?

    I would expect the pic of the Charge to be less saturated than what the screen displays.

  • The S AMOLED+ screen is sooo much nicer than competition, even our iphone.

    The phone I had before this was a droid x, so I do miss the mechanical shutter button but that is all.

  • The thunderbolt is the best phone i have ever had they say its the phone after your dream phone and the were rite i was gona get the droid x 2 but the thunderbolt kicks ass by far im not a big fan by samsung why make a android phone that has similar app icons as its competitor?

  • ThunderBolt for sure

  • i just ordered the thunderbolt because my brother has the charge and i didnt want the same phone as him, but i am worried about the thunderbolts battery because everybody says the battery life is bad. Can anyone tell me if it is a good phone or not??

  • Dumbest word ever - Bloatware. They could have picked a better word. Bloatware... that's beyond stupid!

  • I've had both phones. Throat TB was great and sense kills touch wiz. But the battery,screen, and appearance go to the Droid. I sold my TB to get the Droid and so far i have no complaints.

  • touchwiz sucks, samsung cell phones suck. without the screen, it has nothing at all. let me retype that, nothing.

  • *Know nothen*

  • Ya kinda odd here droid charge is cheaply made and can't talk and surf over 3G and is slower in benchmarks not to mention sense blows touchwiz out of the water. How can u get paid to review phone and yet no nothen..

  • Did he mention the charge has screen shots hold back then click home

  • droid charge wins? ....LOL u gotta be kidding me the TB blows it out the door...just look at the benchmarks...HTC sense is awesome so much things to change at a press of a button....let me see the droid charge stand up on its own. If i had a choice to buy either 1 of these it would be the TB.

  • what the hell use does it do to compare the cameras' picture quality on the screens of the phones? transfer them to a computer and look at them on a monitor; that's how picture quality would be judged by the rest of the world. seriously what the hell

  • To me, this seems biased towards the charge....

  • GINORMOUS GAMEPLAY!!!!

  • @ps3genius I am! Samsung makes piece of crap phones...

  • @ps3genius we need our gingerbread OTA!

  • 8:58 made up my mind. The brown cabinets look orange on the CHARGE, while actually brown on the Tunderbolt. Add that to the faster CPU/GPU benchmarks, and the HTC wins IMHO. Sadly, I'm more of a Galaxy S fan coming from Epic and Fascinate :\

  • How much does the Gingerbread Keyboard cost?

  • @AndyWolf9017 its free

    

  • You get crazy when you're tired? Most people fall asleep when they're tired.

  • Anyone else notice how the Thunderbolt's battery life is almost dead from 2 bars in Part 1 while the Charge dropped 1 bar

  • @alexkg1 I noticed that too.

  • @alexkg1 Maybe he charged the Charge while he let the Thunderbolt sit...

  • i do not regret getting my thunderbolt, its a great phone overall and i think display shouldnt account for much of the points when people now look forward to speed

  • Htc thunderbolt Is the better phonedog

  • To see the true speed of Verizon's 4G LTE you should do the Speed Test on speakeasy. You should get 17-23 Mbps on both phones with Verizon in a major metropolitan area like LA!

  • I can't stand this guy's voice. Sounds like a high pressure used car salesman. And how can he justify the Charge winning? It has an awesome screen, but everything else is not as good as the Thunderbolt. TouchWiz alone is a reason NOT to buy the Charge.

  • Charge > thunderbolt ;)

  • cant u turn off auto correct?

    

  • @awesomecollin94 yes easily

  • so which phone is better? because i cant decide which one to buy

  • @colinknight13 charge.. definitely

  • @colinknight13 trust me get the charge

  • Which one is your favorite Aaron?

  • The touch wizard interface is so efficient and fun to use..add that to the amoled screen and you have a winner

  • I think you have the gps running on the samsung. Will that have any affect on cpu and internet tests?

  • "Scorching fast 1 GHz processor" for Thunderbolt from Verizon's site.

  • Also Thunderbolt is Duel Core so its a stronger phone in the end .

  • @Sparks424 LMAO. You don't know what you're talking about. The Thundebolt is a single core phone.

  • Verizons working hard to fix there 4 G

  • im trying to decide between these two phones. i dont like sense or touch wiz, but i need to get a 4g phone before verizon gets rid of unlimited data. the charge has a bigger battery though soidk what to do.

  • I'm going with the charge...better battery I'm tired of my damn phone being dead a couple hours after I charge it

  • Team Thunderbolt!!!

  • The Charge's camera looks terrible, especially in comparison to the Thunderbolt.

  • @DimeNRhoads8204 Camera app or photos? Be more specific.

  • In the benchmarks the thunderbolt won, Thunderbolt can wrap text thunderbolt has better (more realistic camera) so I like the thunderbolt. But after the thunderbolt won everything this guy picked out the charge as the winner. I really don't care about the screen. Truth be told the colors are way too bright

  • Samsung DROID charge is amazing!!!!! :) the pictures are actually very good my uncle has the Thunderbolt but i think the Charge is better ;)

  • The thunderbolt is better...period

  • Thanks for the dogfight vids on these. I'm new to Droid phones and have been beating my head against the wall trying to decide between these two for the last few days.

    Still leaning towards the Charge, but the TBolt is very tempting.

  • HTC Thunderbolt is, hands down, a better phone. The battery issue can be fixed with an extended battery or software tweaks. The Charge has a better screen, but that's it. I am migrating from my iPhone 4 to the Thunderbolt, at least temporarily. I just hope the TB will be a lot better than the Droid X, with which I was not impressed...

  • @dn8931 What would be your reasons for the HTC being better? You stated an opinion with no facts other than the HTC has a inferior battery.

  • @slumlord66 Duel Core Phone , Better Camera in quality , HTC Sense UI way more Customizable , Might have a weaker battery but is understandable for duel core .

  • @Sparks424 its not dual core... and its spelled DUAL not duel.

  • @vznyisleszv Im aware of this now thanks for the spelling correction really im not trying to be a dick . Unlike most people . But yeah i was on a previous web site and said it had a DUAL core processor but then i went back and found out it was false info . and was actually taking about the DROID that has been discontinued. But better News NVIDIA said Tablets will have quad core by summer and plan to release The first Quad Core Phones by christmas/early 2012 .

  • Htc thunderbolt is a better phone even though they are basically the same phones it has more memory and ram also htc sense is awesome

  • My previous "1 day" for HTC means 12 hours actually. As I am still in 14 days replace period, would u please give me some precise answer to the battery issue of samsung? If samsung lasts for around 24 hours with the same using, I think I would like to change to Samsung.

  • @CelestialEmpire1 No phone can last 24 hours with med-heavy usage. Even with light usage, it probably won't get that far.

  • @DarknessAlchemist00 My Iphone 4 does easily haha.

  • To be honest, I got a HTC thunderbolt. I went to verizon store yesterday to check the droid charge, finding the operation, touch, application access of HTC is much more smooth and fast than Droid charge. May I ask how long exactly does this droid charge last for, lets say--1 hour youtube, 1 hour talking, 1 hour internet browing per day; then how many days can this android charge last? My HTC supports 1 day.

  • Actually it's AMOLED ;)

    

  • are they both the same height and width ? 

  • I just got back from the Verizon store and was playing with the Droid Charge and noticed a big lag simply moving around the different home screens. Maybe it was the widgets slowing it down.

  • @trancendent I'm guessing it's the widgets. I have the Fascinate and there's no lag when swiping through screens and switching between apps. :)

  • After seeing the really short batt life of the thunderbolt firsthand, the charge seems to make a better phone while the bolt is a better hotspot.

  • Interesting - Check out how the battery on the HTC drains while the Samsung does not

  • @Scatare If you go to part 1 you see that the Charge had more battery in the beginning, so what you said is irrelevant.

  • Thunderbolt is better now that the update went through. Battery life gives full day and minor bugs fixed. Runs smoother with bigger RAM and Qualcomm is designed to be faster maybe not as power efficient but oh well. The charge is excellent as well but the price is not backed up with what you get. The super lcd isn't that much worse than the super AMOLED