What do you think?

[ssplumb]

What do you all think about Best Buy being the exclusive retailer of the Thunderbolt?

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[jdkoreclipse]

Thats good for me, since I have a $40 giftcard for best buy.

 

[rigorx]

Not that big of a deal to me. I'll still be doing the 1 year contract option directly through VZW. All this announcement means it that you won't see the device for sale on sites like Amazon / Wirefly / etc.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Fine with me. The only places I buy phones are either directly through Verizon, Best Buy and occasionally Amazon, anyway.

 

[funguy123us]

means BestBuy paid $10M to VZ

 

[ssplumb]

Not that big of a deal to me. I'll still be doing the 1 year contract option directly through VZW. All this announcement means it that you won't see the device for sale on sites like Amazon / Wirefly / etc.

That is what I was thinking also. But why has Verizon not said anything. I signed up for announcements ages ago and have not heard boo from them. I am interested to see if Verizon is going to focus on the iPhone and let bb take care of the TB. HTC has to be livid with the lack of advertising and efffort so far. I remember the first moto Droid you could not watch TV for a hour without hearing Droid Droid Droid.

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[Jude526]

The advertising will be coming for the Thunderbolt. And when it does am sure all eyes will be on it.

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

haha my eyes are on that sprint kyocera echo. im laughing hard. wat is that lol. evo fan boys, have fun with your evo forever on sprint. they will never get another real phone lol

 

[DolfanCole]

The more retailers there are, the more competition there is. If Best Buy and Verizon both release the phone for $249 for 2-yr ($319 for 1-yr), then I won't like Best Buy being the only retailer. In this case, I'd prefer someone like Amazon to also carry it to compete with Best Buy. The more retailers there are, the greater the chance of getting a lower price.

 

[rigorx]

HTC has to be livid with the lack of advertising and efffort so far.

Word is, the whole reason you're not seeing advertising or much info yet on the Thunderbolt, is DUE to HTC. It's not like HTC and/or Verizon DOESN'T want to advertise this phone. They just don't want to do it too early. It slows sales on current phones, as well as you gotta create the hype / buzz / excitement the right amount of time before a product comes out. Too early, and people forget / move on. If the phone / software is not quite ready, they don't want to advertise the heck out of it quite yet.

 

[rigorx]

haha my eyes are on that sprint kyocera echo. im laughing hard. wat is that lol. evo fan boys, have fun with your evo forever on sprint. they will never get another real phone lol

Think you might be in for a surprise at MWC and Sprint.

 

[DJBeanPole]

Best Buy having it just means theres one more store I can go into to fool around with it. Thats about it.

 

[Mustang7303]

haha my eyes are on that sprint kyocera echo. im laughing hard. wat is that lol. evo fan boys, have fun with your evo forever on sprint. they will never get another real phone lol

I am so glad I decided on the TB and not wait on Sprint's announcement. I will still miss my Palm Pre, and will be keen to see HP's announcement on the 9th.

 

[SpaceHippie]

haha my eyes are on that sprint kyocera echo. im laughing hard. wat is that lol. evo fan boys, have fun with your evo forever on sprint. they will never get another real phone lol

It's a mix between a nintendo dsi and a lg optimus lmao. It's definitely an eye sore.

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

Think you might be in for a surprise at MWC and Sprint.

tho i would never go to sprint. i hope so. i hope its not some 3d bs. cause that trend is over rated imo