Thunderbolt Pre Announcement Waiting Room & Availability Thread.

UUGGHH. I'm not thrilled to hear this at all :/

Two more weeks of this droid1 is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Ya I agree :( I am beyond sick of my OG Droid.. My best buy still has iphones in stock so I am contemplating picking one up for 2 weeks as a place holder until the T-Bolt comes out.. But mehhh not sure yet.
 
Thanks Phil,
I assume this is for both BB and Verizon. Also will there be any preorders for Verizon customers. I know, I don't want much.
Aloha.

Can't say who told me, but you all know how I am about unsourced rumors. I wouldn't be stating it here if it wasn't true.

Feb. 24. HTC Thunderbolt.

That is all.
 
Yea, but big question here -- will VZW be selling it at first or just BBM? Will there be a rebate or will that be $250 straight up?
 
I knew it!

Betcha anything Steve Jobs made Verizon launch it exactly 14 days after the iPhone in order to lock in the new iPhone users with the new 14-day return policy (which I'm CERTAIN Jobs also had a hand in implementing).

Buy an iPhone on the 10th, then when the hot new 4G phones drop (curiously) exactly 14 days later you are already locked into your iPhone contract, courtesy of Steve Jobs

Let the "herd" have the Vz iphone. I am getting out of ATT. I went buy the Vz store just to see the happening and my buddy there said that it was really tame. VZ had everyone work 16 hour shift today. Said it was a joke.
 
If Phil is so confident in this scoop, why not put it on the front page of Android Central???

probably can't do it b/c he wrote that he couldn't cite Who in particular it was that told him.
of course, this then means it should still be taken as a rumor--since it's not 'official' in terms of a Company (like BB or VZW) stating it, but it's nice to believe regardless.

still...for the love of all that is Thunderbolt--let it be true!

and now, it's time to evaluate how much i'll get for my Evo w/ accessories on Ebay and time the auction to end the day before the launch...IF dataplans are announced soon
 
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this might be enough to driver me to an iphone, at least for the time being. I have an EVO that is almost at 30 days and the Tbolt 14th release date was perfect for me...ugh, we'll see maybe hes wrong...
 
Thanks Phil...at least now I can get off the roller coaster of "yes it is the 14th"...."no it isn't"...."yes it is"...."no it isn't"....
 
Phil, do you know for certain about LTE pricing or MIR's? Some confusion in that VZW reps saying "no MIR's" expires in mid-Feb but some here saying it will continue on for indefinite future.
 
Sadly for me, I'll be out of the country till the 28th so I get a "welcome back to the country!" gift :). lol
 
Buy an iPhone on the 10th, then when the hot new 4G phones drop (curiously) exactly 14 days later you are already locked into your iPhone contract, courtesy of Steve Jobs

Now that's what I call faith in one's product. You have to play games w/the people so that they don't bring your (insert explative here) phone back. Oh that's just tooooooooo much. He's afraid people will trade his phone in ... awwwwwwww .... I find that pathetic.
 
$749?? BB told me $599.99 - $50 for the preorder...Aww ****.

Either one of these prices is wayyyy outside my finances. I could be waiting turning blue waiting all this time only to find out I can't afford it. Oh that would really suck big time. There's no way I can justify paying that kind of money for a phone and I won't even think about breaking out the plastic. I wonder how many other people would be locked out of buying if these are even close to what the price will be?
 
Either one of these prices is wayyyy outside my finances. I could be waiting turning blue waiting all this time only to find out I can't afford it. Oh that would really suck big time. There's no way I can justify paying that kind of money for a phone and I won't even think about breaking out the plastic. I wonder how many other people would be locked out of buying if these are even close to what the price will be?

599.99 is full retail. If you are a new contract or qualify as upgrade it is either 199.99 or 249.99 (we don't know yet).