The 5 Worst Features of the HTC Thunderbolt Smartphone

The HTC Thunderbolt was one of the most popular Android smartphones to hit the market in 2011, but while most people are raving about its 8 megapixel camera, 4.3 inch screen, 4G access and other features, they've almost ignored these horrible features.

Battery

One of the most notorious features of the HTC Thunderbolt is it's poor battery life. The Thunderbolt features a 1400 mAh battery that advertises up to 6.3 hours of talk time, but during actual use, the Thunderbolt only lasts as much as 4 hours on average. Regardless of all the other features of this smartphone, with only 4 hours of battery life, the fun won't last very long.

No 3G and 4G Toggling

The poor battery life of the HTC Thunderbolt is made even worse when using its 4G internet capabilities, but the Thunderbolt doesn't provide an option to toggle from 3G to 4G mobile internet. It's likely that HTC and Verizon figured that most people would prefer to have 4G access whenever possible, but not providing the option to switch between 4G and 3G is one of this phones biggest blunders.

Poor Speakers Quality

Depending on how you use your smartphone, poor speaker quality might not be a major concern, but for those that love playing mobile games, watching movies on the go, using speakerphone when hands-free calling is needed, or those that enjoy listening to music, the Thunderbolt's speakers just won't do.

Hardware Blunders

Although, the HTC Thunderbolt runs pretty fast, as a smartphone released in 2011, it's hardware leaves a lot to be desired. Under its hood, the Thunderbolt is packing a 1000 MHz single core snapdragon processor, 768 MB of RAM, 8GB of built in storage (expandable to 32GB via a microSD of microSDHC memory card), and a 1400 mAh battery. The average smartphone is supped-up in every category when compared to the Thunderbolt and features a dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and at least 8GB of storage on average.

Bloatware

Honestly, most Verizon phones come with quite a bit of unneeded [and often unwanted] software and the HTC Thunderbolt follows this trend. It wouldn't be a major issue of you could get rid of the bloatware added to the thunderbolt, but not only can you not remove the unwanted bloatware on this smartphone, it can interfere with the use of other apps downloaded from the Android Marketplace.