Fellow gadget gurus over at Slashgear have been putting their recently received HTC Thunderbolt through its paces. Thus far, they’ve come away fairly impressed, especially with the speed that LTE has provided. The battery life while using LTE on the other hand leaves much to be desired. After a 2-1/2 hour browsing session over WiFI (no video, no wifi, no phone calls) the phone was down to 8% remaining charge (starting at 100%). While I realize next-gen cellular technologies are fast and require more power to operate at their claimed speeds, 2-1/2 hours is abysmal and just goes to show that (1) HTC put a much too small battery in the Thunderbolt (1400mAh) and (2) that battery technology in general has a long, long way to go.

Thunderbolt users: How is your morning going?