Apple tops J.D. Power satisfaction ranking: Motorola second and HTC third

Once again, the Apple iPhone took the number one spot in J.D. Power satisfaction ranking. Out of 1000, Apple iPhone Apple iPhone 4 scored 795 in the customer satisfactory survey. This is however lower to Apple’s September score of but this time Apple won over Motorola and HTC by a higher margin.

Motorola scored 763 and HTC 762. Last year, Motorola had 9 point difference while HTC had 19 point difference with Apple but this time it is 22 and 23 points.

The industry average score for smartphone satisfaction is 761. Both Motorola and HTC sells Android based smartphones Droid and Droid X are the best-selling phones of Motorolla while HTC EVO 4G is the best selling phone of HTC.

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HTC Thunderbolt coming on Verizon Wireless at $249.99: Are you Interested?

These are the days of smartphones and if you are planning to buy one in USA anytime soon then HTC Thunderbolt may not be a bad choice for you after all. Don’t get fooled by the price tag of $249.99 because you have to also go for ‘two-year customer agreement’. Still the smartphone has many cool features that may attract you.

4G LTE, 4.3" WVGA display, 8 MP (rear facing) camera with HD (720p) video recording, 1.3 MP front facing camera with video chatting ability, 8 GB of onboard memory and 32 GB microSD card are some of the features of HTC Thunderbolt.

HTC Thunderbolt will run on Android 2.2. So, you can expect good integration with Gmail, Google Docs and other Google services. After buying the smartphone if you want to get apps then you have to go to Android Market. You can buy the smartphone from Verizon Wireless from 17 March 2011.

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