The ThunderBolt’s display is still great, but I would have loved to see one of HTC’s qHD displays on here. This is a common issue among devices with larger displays: since they spread the same number of pixels over a larger surface compared to modern sub-4-inch displays, the result is a less impressive picture. With such a big display, however, the 800 x 480-pixel WVGA resolution shows its shortcomings. Colors are very rich, whites are bright, and text is pretty crisp. The viewing angles are here are straight up incredible - noticeably better than the HTC EVO’s screen. The 4.3-inch display on the HTC ThunderBolt is beautiful. Thankfully that’s not all a smartphone is nowadays. That, coupled with the viciously thick and heavy body makes it hard to swallow from a hardware perspective alone. Compared to, say, the aluminum unibody HTC Inspire 4G, the ThunderBolt just feels kind of last year. The ThunderBolt specifically doesn’t seem to offer much in the way of differentiation beyond its bulk, at least, and its design seems dated. The design identity of the ThunderBolt is typical HTC - literally, aside from little changes here and there, one HTC device could pass for another most of the time these days.
As heavy as the ThunderBolt is, I would like to have seen HTC strip out as much as possible, and the kickstand definitely could have been stripped.
Another thing that just might be a personal niggle is the kickstand… I mean, I just can’t honestly ever see myself using it in any scenario. It doesn’t necessarily feel as thick as it looks thanks to the heavily tapered edges, but some slick tapering can’t do anything to mask the phone’s heft. It absolutely dwarfs an iPhone 4, for instance, and it could pretty easily could swallow a T-Mobile myTouch 4G in a couple bites. It’s one of the widest, thickest, and heaviest smartphones on the market. The device is, however, extremely large and heavy.
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