Why is this not a "Droid"??

[Nitros7]

^ this. Let's not make quality phones into a status symbol. That's apples gig

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exactly its nothing if not a status symbol... IMO I would think less of it if it was a droid... thus far most (not all) have been plasticy junk. could not believe the let down on my cousin's Droid X!

 

[INK]

exactly its nothing if not a status symbol... IMO I would think less of it if it was a droid... thus far most (not all) have been plasticy junk. could not believe the let down on my cousin's Droid X!

But we know for a fact that it has a aluminum unibox so its neither plastic or cheap feeling. its that nice heavish feel.

 

[Beezzy]

I think the real question is, why does it matter weather or not it has the DROID branding on it? Its made by a great phone company, gonna have 4G LTE and be on VZW's awesome service, a **** ton of memory (8GB onboard/32GB SD Card), and has a promise to Gingerbread (2.3 and possibly 2.4). So is the name infront of HTC Thunderbolt gonna change my mind? Helllll no! I can't wait to get mine on Thursday!

 

[odiej34]

Thursday the 17th or 24th?

 

[akira751]

I don't care what Verizon or HTc says, My Tbolt will be called Droid Mecha{They should have used that name, its soo bad ass.}

So yea if I day Droid Mecha I mean Thunderbolt.

{Still isn't over the name.}

@Droidxcon: Droid makes it sound that much cooler, and droid ads are always the coolest.

Droid Mecha is a bad ass name

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

I think the real question is, why does it matter weather or not it has the DROID branding on it? Its made by a great phone company, gonna have 4G LTE and be on VZW's awesome service, a **** ton of memory (8GB onboard/32GB SD Card), and has a promise to Gingerbread (2.3 and possibly 2.4). So is the name infront of HTC Thunderbolt gonna change my mind? Helllll no! I can't wait to get mine on Thursday!

Some feel that Verizon is more partial to phones sporting the "Droid" branding, taking the Fascinate as their prime example. I'm not really so sure on that, though.

 

[Jude526]

No matter what it will be called HTC Thunderbolt Droid Thunderbolt it will be noticed ! It is going to be one amazing device. I love my Incredible HTC really knows how to make a great device. I can't wait to see it.

 

[Nitros7]

But we know for a fact that it has a aluminum unibox so its neither plastic or cheap feeling. its that nice heavish feel.

yeah so why let this little slice of awesome cavort with junk like that... just say'n.

 

[SpaceHippie]

Did you not see the commercial!? The thunderbolt killed a woman! What has a droid done!?

 

[colesl4w]

Would the fact that it doesn't have "droid" in the name stop you from buying it? If the answer is yes, you should rethink your purchasing deciscions

 

[anon(29585)]

The word "droid" is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. You remember "Star Wars"

The term "Droid" has been used by Verizon Wireless under license from Lucasfilm.

 

[upz3]

http://www.androidcentral.com/mythical-htc-merge-appears-or-still-verizons-inventory-system#comments

It says Droid Thunderbolt on this list with a cheaper price on the phone.

It also has the Merge and Droid Eris listed too and last updated 2/11/11

 

[SUB-dawg]

you almost beat me to it!

 

[upz3]

You got the other one

 

[SUB-dawg]

yep