mojo pin
Newbie
I purchased the Thunderbolt right when it came out in March. There were lots of things I loved about the phone, but after going through five of them in just a little over two months due to various problems, I finally asked if I could be put in a different model. I chose the Incredible 2 because I prefer the features of HTC over Motorola, and I'd read about how great the Incredible 1 was and how the Incredible 2 was a really good phone as well.
Today was the first day I used the phone and unfortunately I've already had to call for a replacement. It seems the earpiece speaker is blown, or at least very defective. The person on the other end sounds muffled at normal volume and when I turn the volume up so I can actually hear them, it rattles horribly - to the point where it physically hurts my eardrum. So now I'm waiting on a replacement, and if that one doesn't work (my 7th phone in a little over two months), I'm giving up, throwing it against the wall, and going phoneless for a while. (Okay, not really.)
Anyway, back to the point. Despite the speaker problem, I have to say that I love this phone a million times more than I did the Thunderbolt. It's smaller (but has the perfect sized screen, IMO) and so much lighter. I wouldn't really call the Thunderbolt "heavy" but since I had to purchase the extended battery for it so I could get more than 8 hours use out of it, it felt like it weighed 5 pounds. I hadn't realized how much of a brick it was until I got the Inc2. I loved the camera on the Thunderbolt, but the camera on the Incredible is just as good, if not better. I found that the Thunderbolt's camera was a little oversaturated. I really had no complaints about that, as the colors were very vivid and vibrant. But this one takes pictures that are more true-to-life without looking dull or washed out. The pictures are just as sharp and focused as the Thunderbolt's. It seems to respond quicker and I've experienced no texting lag like I did with the Tbolt. And so far battery life seems to be great. I turned the phone on at 2:30 this afternoon, was on it a lot getting it set up, taking lots of pictures, had a few long calls, etc, and it's now 10 hours later and I've still got about 40% left. With my last Thunderbolt (standard) battery, I was lucky to get 8-9 hours with light use. Maybe 4-5 hours with heavy use. It would definitely be dead by now. So it doesn't look like I'll be needing the extended battery for this one, which is a HUGE plus for me.
There are a couple other little things that I hope will be different with the replacement phone, like the fact that the ring and notification alerts seem pretty quiet. I had it up all the way and could hardly hear when a text or call came through, even though the phone was maybe three feet away. Also as I kind of mentioned previously, the call volume didn't seem so great. I'm assuming it's just because it's a bad speaker, but I had to have it turned up as high as it would go just to really be able to hear the person, especially if I was around any other sort of noise at all. If anyone has any comments on those issues, please feel free to share!
Today was the first day I used the phone and unfortunately I've already had to call for a replacement. It seems the earpiece speaker is blown, or at least very defective. The person on the other end sounds muffled at normal volume and when I turn the volume up so I can actually hear them, it rattles horribly - to the point where it physically hurts my eardrum. So now I'm waiting on a replacement, and if that one doesn't work (my 7th phone in a little over two months), I'm giving up, throwing it against the wall, and going phoneless for a while. (Okay, not really.)
Anyway, back to the point. Despite the speaker problem, I have to say that I love this phone a million times more than I did the Thunderbolt. It's smaller (but has the perfect sized screen, IMO) and so much lighter. I wouldn't really call the Thunderbolt "heavy" but since I had to purchase the extended battery for it so I could get more than 8 hours use out of it, it felt like it weighed 5 pounds. I hadn't realized how much of a brick it was until I got the Inc2. I loved the camera on the Thunderbolt, but the camera on the Incredible is just as good, if not better. I found that the Thunderbolt's camera was a little oversaturated. I really had no complaints about that, as the colors were very vivid and vibrant. But this one takes pictures that are more true-to-life without looking dull or washed out. The pictures are just as sharp and focused as the Thunderbolt's. It seems to respond quicker and I've experienced no texting lag like I did with the Tbolt. And so far battery life seems to be great. I turned the phone on at 2:30 this afternoon, was on it a lot getting it set up, taking lots of pictures, had a few long calls, etc, and it's now 10 hours later and I've still got about 40% left. With my last Thunderbolt (standard) battery, I was lucky to get 8-9 hours with light use. Maybe 4-5 hours with heavy use. It would definitely be dead by now. So it doesn't look like I'll be needing the extended battery for this one, which is a HUGE plus for me.
There are a couple other little things that I hope will be different with the replacement phone, like the fact that the ring and notification alerts seem pretty quiet. I had it up all the way and could hardly hear when a text or call came through, even though the phone was maybe three feet away. Also as I kind of mentioned previously, the call volume didn't seem so great. I'm assuming it's just because it's a bad speaker, but I had to have it turned up as high as it would go just to really be able to hear the person, especially if I was around any other sort of noise at all. If anyone has any comments on those issues, please feel free to share!
