Thunderbolt Pre Announcement Waiting Room & Availability Thread.

[azdmelani]

Twitter / Best Buy Store 344: Get your Thunderbolt by HT ...

HTC Thunderbolt Will Be $249 at Best Buy

wish they would move the graphic so I can take a pic of that code...

 

[harshpatel11]

Jennifer:
Hi, Thank You for contacting Best Buy Mobile.This session may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance. My name is Jennifer P. I will be more than happy to help you today. To better assist you, can we start off by getting your email address and phone number please?
3:10 PM ME:
hi. the best buy store # 344 states in their twitter that the thunderbolt will be released on the 24th
3:10 PM ME:
is this true?
3:11 PM Jennifer:
To my knowle4dge, yes this is true.
3:11 PM ME:
Get your Thunderbolt by HTC February 24th! =)
3:11 PM ME:
how positive are you?
3:11 PM Jennifer:
Yes but it is best to go ahead and preorder. They are taking preorders now.
3:12 PM ME:
will verizon have it too?
3:12 PM Jennifer:
95% positive.
3:13 PM Jennifer:
Yes, Verizon and Best Buy will be the only places you can get it.

 

[asianrage]

I wonder if the Thunderbolt is ready but it's Verizon's LTE newtwork that's the holdup. AT&T had no problem releasing the Inspire. While the Bolt's hardware is more complex than the Inspire's it's still nothing that difficult for HTC. Verizon has still not released specifics on their LTE service for handsets and all the Bolts' ads focus on 4G.

You do realize that AT&T basically renamed their 3G HSPA network as 4G right? And Verizon has been creating a brand new separate network to run a new set of phone on... The Inspire, for all intend and purpose, is a 3G phone right now. It doesn't download that much faster than the iPhone 4 on the same network.

 

[itsdollar]

They already apologized on their twitter status:
We're sorry the date is not official for the thunderbolt htc. We will let you know once it arrives in stores. Thanks for following. 1 minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry?

 

[phantomog]

It's not your dream phone. It's the one after that!


Oh the irony.... I just need to figure out what my dream phone is so I can use it between now and whenever the Thunderbolt does get released.

 

[Forgetful]

They already apologized on their twitter status:
We're sorry the date is not official for the thunderbolt htc. We will let you know once it arrives in stores. Thanks for following. 1 minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry?

haha. This happened the 14th too. People just need to accept it's not coming until second or first week of march.

 

[thedeceiver]

You do realize that AT&T basically renamed their 3G HSPA network as 4G right? And Verizon has been creating a brand new separate network to run a new set of phone on... The Inspire, for all intend and purpose, is a 3G phone right now. It doesn't download that much faster than the iPhone 4 on the same network.

You realize that at peak speeds, VZW 3g is considerably slower than an HSPA network, right? VZW has to do LTE because it can't get any more speed out of its current one.

I have a co worker on t-mobile. I was getting 2mbps down and she was clearing 5 mbps. Her speed was more than twice as fast as VZW.
Don't act like VZW is doing us a favor. Their network is reliable but is slow in comparison with everyone else out there.

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[ryanstfl]

YouTube - Pointer Sisters i'm so excited spamming thunderbolt threads cuz it's true

 

[thedeceiver]

Droid life is not very reliable. And why would Verizon send emails to their stores about a date being bumped that hasn't even been communicated to them?

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[asianrage]

You realize that at peak speeds, VZW 3g is considerably slower than an HSPA network, right? VZW has to do LTE because it can't get any more speed out of its current one.

I have a co worker on t-mobile. I was getting 2mbps down and she was clearing 5 mbps. Her speed was more than twice as fast as VZW.
Don't act like VZW is doing us a favor. Their network is reliable but is slow in comparison with everyone else out there.

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You're not understanding me. You're making a different point. I don't care that "VZW has to do LTE because it can't get any more speed out of its current one."

My point is, that the reason why AT&T can put out the Inspire 4G quickly, and have it work on their network, is because they haven't done anything. AT&T rebranded their network to be 4G just like T-Mobile has done. VZW created a new network on top of their current EVDO infrastructure.

 

[Nitros7]

+1 No official release date=no delays=no history of delays.

OK but then what dose VZW twitter saying "sooner then expected" mean... To me that would mean sooner then March, like I dont know late Feb. maybe? Yeah there was no date but that sure dose make me think its coming before March 1st and the 1st is getting pretty close to being here and still not even a date has been set... If March roles in and there is still nothing thats BS.

 

[Chrisy]

The only dates I recall are CES "as early as March." VZW tweeting TB earlier than expected.

Best Buy Feb 14th, 24th or 28th.

 

[thedeceiver]

You're not understanding me. You're making a different point. I don't care that "VZW has to do LTE because it can't get any more speed out of its current one."

My point is, that the reason why AT&T can put out the Inspire 4G quickly, and have it work on their network, is because they haven't done anything. AT&T rebranded their network to be 4G just like T-Mobile has done. VZW created a new network on top of their current EVDO infrastructure.

Oh I see your point. Verizon invested in a network technology that had limited speed ranges. The point that Verizon makes poor technology decisions is noted and agreed with.

ATT and the others can get away with not having an LTE network because they made a smart decision on network technology. Verizon is playing catch up.

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[thedeceiver]

The only dates I recall are CES "as early as March." VZW tweeting TB earlier than expected.

Best Buy Feb 14th, 24th or 28th.

This.

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[hydroz_23]

Do we need another thread for this? There have been ZERO delays because Verizon has never made an official announcement/date. End thread.

THIS! nuff said

 

[Nitros7]

The only dates I recall are CES "as early as March." VZW tweeting TB earlier than expected.

Best Buy Feb 14th, 24th or 28th.

dont for get some people are now saying march 1st

 

[Chrisy]

I'm not hearing March 1st and you can't make me!! Lol

 

[asianrage]

ATT and the others can get away with not having an LTE network because they just lied instead and call their network 4G.

I see that you've finally understand my point.

 

[I am Fake Jesus]

i give more credit to tmo cause at least were i live there network is awsome. att....i had a feeling there hspa+ would be shatty. an tmo has already told us there future plans of speeds an upgrades.

 

[dkoss]

OK but then what dose VZW twitter saying "sooner then expected" mean... To me that would mean sooner then March, like I dont know late Feb. maybe? Yeah there was no date but that sure dose make me think its coming before March 1st and the 1st is getting pretty close to being here and still not even a date has been set... If March roles in and there is still nothing thats BS.

"Sooner than expected" is relative to your expectations, it is not a date. If you expected it "as early as March" as you did then it would mean earlier than march. If you are realistic about VZW and their well-known vagueness and delays (c'mon man your rocking the OG Storm, you know about VZW's vagueness and delays) then you know it means "Whenever We See Fit to Release It" and we had a good day of testing.

Don't get me wrong I'm not defending VZW. I have just had their service for almost 10 years and have gone through their BS many times before. Once this phone is here learn how to root and learn all you can about CyanogenMod.
They will be your ticket to an awesome experience with this phone.

The only dates I recall are CES "as early as March." VZW tweeting TB earlier than expected.

Best Buy Feb 14th, 24th or 28th.

I didn't count the Best Buy dates as they are all speculative.